real or psychosematic

Razorhog · 02-23-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Kind of a stretch, Beau....I consider Cubans the best (for me) because of their taste, not their legal status, and I am sure many others with lots of experience with both CCs and NCs do too.

A stretch, yes, and perhaps I stated that incorrectly. Just wanted to state that there is a certain "forbidden fruit" factor to Cubans.
The point I was trying to make is that it is grossly unfair to lump cigars into two categories: Cubans and Non-Cubans, when the latter is such a diverse group geographically.

akumushi · 02-23-2010, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Razorhog

A stretch, yes, and perhaps I stated that incorrectly. Just wanted to state that there is a certain "forbidden fruit" factor to Cubans.
The point I was trying to make is that it is grossly unfair to lump cigars into two categories: Cubans and Non-Cubans, when the latter is such a diverse group geographically.

I think the "forbidden fruit" angle is highly exagerated by those for whom CCs are a forbidden fruit. Once you have several boxes of CCs in your humidor next to several boxes of NCs, your own tastes are going to take over. The CCs won't taste any better just because you got them illegally. The CCs in my humidor are not "forbidden fruit" any more than the NCs, because I have twice as many CCs and I know where to get more if I wanted to, so the fact that I keep reaching for them is solely predicated on my subjective tastes.

icehog3 · 02-23-2010, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JJG

wtf! Is this common??? I'm seriously a little freaked out that my next CC is going to be the one that turns me loony.

I have never heard of anything like it before, Jeff, and certainly never experienced it or seen it experienced. My guess, with no disrespect meant to Thomas, is that something else besides a CC contributed to whatever he experienced.

Razorhog · 02-23-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

I have never heard of anything like it before, Jeff, and certainly never experienced it or seen it experienced. My guess, with no disrespect meant to Thomas, is that something else besides a CC contributed to whatever he experienced.

Never heard of that before either, but a google search turns up a lot on the subject. Apparently there is a natural Lithium content in the soil in Cuba.

icehog3 · 02-23-2010, 04:26 PM

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Never heard of that before either, but a google search turns up a lot on the subject. Apparently there is a natural Lithium content in the soil in Cuba.

I have read that, but also heard from people who have much more scientific knowledge than I ever will that any Lithium content in a cigar would be negligible.

Razorhog · 02-23-2010, 04:29 PM

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I have read that, but also heard from people who have much more scientific knowledge than I ever will that any Lithium content in a cigar would be negligible.

I believe that. If it were enough to matter, psychiatrists would be prescribing them to mental patients! Hmm....

icehog3 · 02-23-2010, 04:35 PM

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I believe that. If it were enough to matter, psychiatrists would be prescribing them to mental patients! Hmm....

And I would be up to 30 cigars a day, Beau!

akumushi · 02-23-2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Razorhog

I believe that. If it were enough to matter, psychiatrists would be prescribing them to mental patients! Hmm....

Gee, and to think I've been self-medicating with CCs for all these years...