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Old 08-26-2013, 05:46 PM   #14
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Default Re: Lighting technique

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Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill View Post
I'm just the opposite. For a long time I'd toast the foot, blow on it, and then gently puff. I'd spend a good five minutes playing around with the thing. Then one day I realized two things.
  • I've got a lot more life behind me than I do in front, and wasting time needlessly makes less and less sense as time goes on.
  • I could never honestly tell any darn difference in the way the cigar smoked or tasted anyway.

Now I just apply fire and puff away. The cigar doesn't seem to mind.
Five minutes, Bill?....we obviously do something different, takes me about 20-30 seconds to get it fully lit...and I don't even blow on it.
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