How do you moderate?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Problem is I consider my house a container

That's my problem, too. I don't have to fly acquisitions past anyone, and that's a killer. Not too many women would allow a gigantic display humi in the dining room.
They probably wouldn't be cool with a stack of winadors in the living room, either.

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by N2Advnture

It's tough...

...with that said, recently I calculate how many years I could smoke if I stopped buying today (which we know won't happen). It was a bit of an eye opener to say the least.

Come on ... how many years (rounded up)?




No money and being married are my #1 and #2 ways (tied, probably).


And in the spirit of full disclosure, I could probably go 2-3 years at my current rate.

[Ashcan Bill]

It took a couple of years but my cabinet is full now. From here on out, my rule is if I can't get a new box into the cabinet, I won't buy it. Basically one out, one in.

It's a rule I'll keep for a number of reasons.

• I have enough in there to keep on smoking a long time even if I never bought another box. The need is diminished.
  
• I have enough duplicates of favorites that I can let some of them mature for years. An initial goal met.
  
• What I have stashed I like - no mistakes or buyer regrets. I'll actually smoke and enjoy what I have.
  
• And as I slowly replace what I smoke, I can upgrade fairly inexpensively if I choose since I'll be buying one box at a time instead of multiple boxes.

Through the end of last year I had multiple orders coming in monthly. In December I hit critical mass and ran out of room. I just placed my first order for '09 - a single box to replace a single box. So far, so good.

[ucla695]

My buying is moderated by the amount of room I have in my humis. Now that I’m at capacity and the moderator (my wife) doesn’t want to see another humi in the house, I’m holding steady.

I have way too many cigars, yet I can't stop buying more.

[karmaz00]

im just buying...buying....cause i heard cigars are on the endangered species list

[bobarian]

Not a big fan of moderation. I try to limit things to max capacity, but if I find something I want at a good price it just gives me an excuse to give some smokes away.

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by karmaz00

im just buying...buying....cause i heard cigars are on the endangered species list

The whole "But honey, I need to buy them now before mean ol' President Obama taxes the cigar companies out of business" argument didn't work for me...

[14holestogie]

I'm married to a failing moderator.

So what you are saying, then, is that if your collection grows without any signs of moderation or control, its is really your wife's fault. I like that angle. It maintains your ability to buy the cigars, while divorcing you of any responsibility or accountability. It seems you have turned your cigar purchasing process into a government program. Clever!

[Sauer Grapes]

Originally Posted by Cyanide

So what you are saying, then, is that if your collection grows without any signs of moderation or control, its is really your wife's fault. I like that angle. It maintains your ability to buy the cigars, while divorcing you of any responsibility or accountability. It seems you have turned your cigar purchasing process into a government program. Clever!

Funny using that word in a post about blaming one's wife.

I have other interests that are more costly and more satisfying to me. I'd rather have only a few cigars that I really enjoy than a vast collection and use the money toward other things. Mainly right now though I don't have much to devote to this sort of thing anyway so my hobbies are on hold.

I buy car parts... cuts down on cigars.

Scott, my need to consume, touch and play with tobacco is somewhat placated by the demands that growing, drying, curing, aging and storing tobacco provides.

With a crop underway for this year your personal experiment utilizing this theory is underway, see if it doesn't work for you.

Edit: You would be amazed at the amount of tobaccos seductive essence is absorbed through the skin when tending, sorting, rolling and what-not.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

Scott, my need to consume, touch and play with tobacco is somewhat placated by the demands that growing, drying, curing, aging and storing tobacco provides.

With a crop underway for this year your personal experiment utilizing this theory is underway, see if it doesn't work for you.

Edit: You would be amazed at the amount of tobaccos seductive essence is absorbed through the skin when tending, sorting, rolling and what-not.

I can't wait to smoke those home rolls you sent. They smell amazing and they're ready to go.
I imagine this will do just the opposite of what I'd hope would happen with this obsession, but I'm gonna dive in anyways.

[ca21455]

My 20 count humi kept me from buying more then 20 so,

purchased a 100 count humi which kept me from buying more then 120 so,

put together a Plexiglas 300 count humi which kept me from buying more then 420 so,

purchased a cabinet and put all my cigars in it which keeps me from buying more then 1500 cigars so,

I am building a walk-in and will have to assume budget will keep me from filling it, at least for some time.

[Wolfgang]

Easy!

No job = no money = less cigars :-D

You could rent out a basement suite and use the procedes of that to buy more cigars!!