Rant: Cigar Bums

[neoflex]

Originally Posted by cmitch

Good cheap cigars is an oxymoron..

I would disagree with this. I have plenty of cheaper smokes that I consider very good and am never ashamed to smoke myself. I even would consider a box I score on C-Bid or Auctioneer on the cheap but may normally run $7-$8 a stick a cheap smoke just because if I scored it on the cheap than it's a cheap smoke.

[cmitch]

Originally Posted by neoflex

I would disagree with this. I have plenty of cheaper smokes that I consider very good and am never ashamed to smoke myself. I even would consider a box I score on C-Bid or Auctioneer on the cheap but may normally run $7-$8 a stick a cheap smoke just because if I scored it on the cheap than it's a cheap smoke.

Notice my smiley?

Nick's Sticks are cheap cigars that I often enjoy. I've not had a bad Perdomo product . . . yet.

[neoflex]

My bad. The problem with written word is it can always be interpreted different by everyone.

[MajorCaptSilly]

I love giving cigars away. Whenever I am at a party or one if the few bars in my area that still allow cigar smoking, I always bring plenty of extra. You meet some of the nicest people through the simple gift of a cigar. I don't care if they're mooching or genuinely curious, the world today can be so callous and cynical that a smile from a stranger and some casual conversation helps to remind me that what we need most is connection to our fellow human beings.


MCS

[dvickery]

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I love giving cigars away. Whenever I am at a party or one if the few bars in my area that still allow cigar smoking, I always bring plenty of extra. You meet some of the nicest people through the simple gift of a cigar. I don't care if they're mooching or genuinely curious, the world today can be so callous and cynical that a smile from a stranger and some casual conversation helps to remind me that what we need most is connection to our fellow human beings.


MCS

first...the above quote...in my opinion...this is someone who "gets it" .thank you mcs.

please dont misinterpret what i am saying...i am not trying to put anybody down.just telling a story related to this thread.

believe it or not most visitors to cuba dont smoke cigars (but many are curious enough and due to environment and location will try their first cigar)...i was in cuba recently with friends...one other was a cigar smoker and eight were not...the other guy bought a box of guantanamera crystals to give out to novice cigar smokers.myself...i handed out the best i had(at the moment)to anyone who wanted to try their first cigar(doesnt matter if they asked for a smoke or i offered first).

yes i watched someone put down one of my beloved santo coronas with but an inch smoked...maybe i should have given him a milder cigar.

who was right and who was wrong??? neither of us i suppose its just two different kinds of people(it appears(from this thread) i am in the minority tho)...still i shudder at the thought of giving a guantanamera to someone as their first cuban cigar.

didnt add much to this thread.

thanks again for your post mcs.
derrek

[LasciviousXXX]

Originally Posted by dvickery

i handed out the best i had...

Quoted for truth!!!


When this man speaks, I listen

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I love giving cigars away. Whenever I am at a party or one if the few bars in my area that still allow cigar smoking, I always bring plenty of extra. You meet some of the nicest people through the simple gift of a cigar. I don't care if they're mooching or genuinely curious, the world today can be so callous and cynical that a smile from a stranger and some casual conversation helps to remind me that what we need most is connection to our fellow human beings.


MCS

thats really cool cigar smokers are very generous people in deed i like to give them away when i got some extras

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I love giving cigars away. Whenever I am at a party or one if the few bars in my area that still allow cigar smoking, I always bring plenty of extra. You meet some of the nicest people through the simple gift of a cigar. I don't care if they're mooching or genuinely curious, the world today can be so callous and cynical that a smile from a stranger and some casual conversation helps to remind me that what we need most is connection to our fellow human beings.


MCS

[sobranie10]

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I love giving cigars away. Whenever I am at a party or one if the few bars in my area that still allow cigar smoking, I always bring plenty of extra. You meet some of the nicest people through the simple gift of a cigar. I don't care if they're mooching or genuinely curious, the world today can be so callous and cynical that a smile from a stranger and some casual conversation helps to remind me that what we need most is connection to our fellow human beings.


MCS

I think half the fun of smoking cigars is sharing cigars with others weather they enjoy cigars or not. Never know who you might meet, to me it’s not whether they look the part or know what they are doing to me it’s who I am.

Originally Posted by sobranie10

I think half the fun of smoking cigars is sharing cigars with others weather they enjoy cigars or not. Never know who you might meet, to me it’s not whether they look the part or know what they are doing to me it’s who I am.

I agree with this. I have more fun with friends having a smoke and a beer on the deck. Even my duaghter joins me on occassion for a cigar. I do not mind giving a cigar to a friend that wants to try a cigar and I try to pick out a good one so they will have nie experience with a good cigar. But, there some that just bum a cigar and wouldn't know the difference between POS and good smoke, they just don't wnat to spend their money. I guess it all comes down to the person in front of you at the time.

[cigarmonkel]

If you go through my vino temp you will find mostly higher end cigars. But that doesn't mean i don't like cheap smokes. the CAO Criollo is an excellent cheaper smoke along with the italia and brazilia. The CFO's before they stopped making them, amazing smokes.

I also had roommates who knew nothing about cigars but thought they did. I made sure to keep cheapier smokes that i enjoyed but had no problem with seeing them only half smoked and put down. I would never give them one of the high end sticks because i know their palates haven't developed for cigars yet which isn't their fault. To them the 3-5 dollar cigars were just as much enjoyed as a 10-15 dollar cigar would have been.

[BlindedByScience]

I've had very good luck gifting complete nOoBs with Padron 2K's. A very decent cigar, won't break the bank, and I won't choke them if they ash it 1/3 of the way in.....

Any experienced smokers get asked what they like, and anyone that shows up at my house gets to smoke anything I have. Always have, always will. Unless they show up every day....