Fsonicsmith Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I am from C-Bus. That is Ohio. My main hobbies are music, collecting vinyl records, high end audio, exotic hand built bicycles and cycling, wine collecting, cooking, and BBQ. And single malt Scotch. I am 61 and a lawyer. My wife of 33 years understands all of my collecting, or so she claims. When the cigar boom of 1990 or so hit, I got swept up in it. I used to take eight hour trips on the way to go fly-fishing in the Smokeys to that big vendor of cigars including house brands in Burlington NC, following the billboards. I still have 30 year old cigars in one of two huge Igloodors I maintain. My cigar smoking tapered off a lot until three years ago when I started buying Cubans. Sitting back smoking a brisket, sipping single malt, and smoking a Cuban is one of the World's great past times. There is something in common among playing vinyl records and smoking a cigar. Ritual and accessories. With records, there is a process that many but not all of us employ of first cleaning the record with a record cleaning machine, then de-stating the record, then cleaning the stylus, and then again applying a special brush to the spinning vinyl and then putting a record weight/clamp on top all before carefully lowering the tonearm. We don't find it to be a nuisance but instead a relaxing ritual. I don't need to tell you the rituals surrounding (allegedly) properly enjoying a cigar. I love the feel of a nice lighter. I recently splurged on a beautiful blue fade ST Dupont. Before that I insisted on using a Corona Dunhill-knock-off. I know torches are arguably better. But there is something so satisfying about a well crafted heavy milled from a metal block old fashioned lighter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bijan Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Welcome to FOH! I also have a lot of vinyl records, though I stopped buying them a few years ago, still enjoy listening to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood502 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Welcome to FOH! Nice intro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connoisseur Kim Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Welcome to FOH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fsonicsmith Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Thank you Bijan, eastwood502, and Connoisseur Kim for your kindness. l am not sure I will be posting much, but I know that I can learn a lot from you folks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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