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  2. petite corona Haven’t had time here yet in Cali for a bigger vitola yet. First cigar in beautiful weather First 3rd barnyard, very earthy and rich toasted tobacco,slightly creamy smoke texture, great smoke output, medium strength almost a hint of cherry trying to come through. Second 3rd More cherry notes and now more med to medium-full in strength, great smoke output, earthy dark toasted tobacco Final 3rd picking up a slight ammonia they sure do burn quicker without that Alaskan humidity. Now the ammonia is backing off and it’s mainly dark toasted tobacco Nub stage suprised me w/ how far and earthy it is and the ammonia tappered off Nope, Meh, ok, decent, good(nub worthy), great, phenomenal Was good and had the potential for being great if not for the slight sourness of the ammonia on the final 3rd. I’d say between good and great overall. So far I’m loving the aftertaste of sweet toasted tobacco in the mouth and this thing had some teeth on it great for an April 23 box 90/100 would’ve scored higher if not for the wonky burn but they got a point back for naturaly correcting Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. She it, in my cigar infancy there were rumors that vendors would switch bands on fugazies and mix a few in with authentic cigars. It’s about the vendor in the end and even they can be fooled. the big prices make it more worthwhile to counterfeit cigars. BTW, shouldn’t the warranty seal have another sticker , I forget what it’s called, under it thus providing a little bump in the outer sticker?
  4. I suspect the shipping company will have approx $100M (USD) in Liability insurance. (give or take). This overall loss will be $1B+ I'm sure. Curious how financially stable this company is (or is bankruptcy inevitable?)
  5. I use Insta and Fb to promote my work. These two platforms are a great way to get pictures of my art work out to people who follow me and are my social media friends. I often post a picture and sell a piece within hours. Social media is a great resource for creative people. I do not particularly like my personal life to windup on these platforms but I cannot control posted pictures that include me. I also moderate a Fb page for my ski club. Fb is a useful resource to publish information for a select group of people with a common interest. I do not read any news on social media and I look forward to the day. soon, that I am no longer obligated to moderate a Fb page. It’s a time suck and I’d prefer to waste that time here.
  6. I hope it's an accident. It's guilty until proven innocent in my industry. Jury is still out until a complete forensic investigation is done. Those potentially on the hook to pay will have their own investigations too.
  7. I saw some Reddit math nerds working the problem today. The estimated mass was 95,000 tons travelling at 15 km/hr. They calculated the energy at essentially a 1,000lb bomb being dropped on the bridge.
  8. Contaminated fuel is rife among many who are unsuspecting. Easy to mix it in. Should be severely punished.
  9. Same here. Don't have a gmail account either. I won't use any free services that require an account.
  10. Ditched all that crap many years ago. I like to save all my whining for the good people of FOH
  11. I was watching one of old heads cigar aficionado and he talked about there's fake cigars with the original boxes/packaging and bands and the SN checks out. basically there's no way you can tell if its fake or not unless you take it to Cuba. scary indeed.
  12. is the lettering supposed to be printed?, this looks like someone took a hammer and a chisel.
  13. Indeed it is, quite scary. The cigars/caps looks pretty damn good imo. Also, @HoyoDC, by chance do you have a UV light? If so, I'd be interested in seeing pictures of the UV seal on the green seal as well as the bands. (While these measures have been successfully copied by forgers before, I'd still be interested in seeing what your box has).
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  15. " A box starting in 000050 should be a 2020" A good point
  16. Not that I have ever seen. MAR was no longer used as a box code after JAN or FEB of 22. So that fact alone would make me believe they're fake. But then you add in the weird font with the incorrect serial number; just is too many coincidences. A box starting in 000050 should be a 2020 box if I'm not mistaken.
  17. I'm on most of it, but it's the cost of doing cigar media. I actually quit Facebook back in the mid 2000's and it was everyone else complaining they couldn't contact me (I guess texting, email and phone calls are too complicated) that forced me back onto it. Reddit is the only one I really joined by choice, and I've been there 13 years now.
  18. Nudie pc and a mushroom coffee. Happy Easter weekend foh
  19. I think you can see in one of the videos big plumes of black smoke from the smoke stacks as they try and start/restart the engines
  20. Is there going to be a 24:24 today for Friday? or not this week because its Good Friday?
  21. Opening day ! My Giants face the Padres. Bob Melvin knows that team pretty well 😉. As for the Ohtani scandal nothing new to report. It looks to me as if he bailed his buddy out of trouble and his legal team is trying to clean up the mess. Time will tell if more is involved. Power rankings have the Braves and Dodgers at 1 and 2. Neither won the world series or appeared in it last year. I'm ready for Baseball!!
  22. Mofoh Robusto Trinity. Look at that stack of dimes for an ash! These are excellent.
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