Father, grandfather, and great grandfather. While none of them were everyday smokers, and it faded through the generations, I kind of rekindled it for nostalgia...
Just think of all the pipes and tobacco you could have bought with the money you spent on 2000 cigars. I can’t imagine you smoked cheap cigars.hoosierpipeguy was a cigar buddy. One day were chatting and he tells me I have to try a pipe. I said are you crazy I had over 2000 cigars and a cabinet that could hold 6000. He wouldn't let up and I finally broke down and got me a nice Savinelli and I was on my way. Now i am all pipes no more cigars and happy as a pig in shit.
Thanks buddy, I know I wasn't that easy in the beginning.
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Hawky, I smoked mostly Cuban cigars and paid only 5-9 bucks a stick as I had the best connections in the world for quality and prices. Back in 1999 The SPanish Pasetas was in the toilet at 181 to a dollar. I was paying 177 for Cohiba Siglo III's. 272.00 for Trinidad Fundadores and those were 336 in Cuba. Before the Euro came on line I was stocking up about 25K worth a year. Cabinets of 50 Punch Selecion 2's were right around 6 a stick and Punch Punch Cabs were even less at 5 and change a stick. I could buy Cuban cigars for way less than high end Fuentes or Padrons so that is what I was smoking. One of the best sources was Stagnetto's in Gibralter. Another was a guy named Rony who was in Beirut Lebanon. His business name was Promocigars. When he heard I was smoking pipes he had 3 pipe shaped cigars made for me. When I sold my cigar collection I sold those as well and I really regret that. A cigar buddy really wanted them and made me an offer I couldn't refuse.Just think of all the pipes and tobacco you could have bought with the money you spent on 2000 cigars. I can’t imagine you smoked cheap cigars.
I never really got into cigars, they always gave me a headache but I know how much they cost, my stepfather had about a $600 to $1,000 a month habit before his stroke. You can get so much more pipe tobacco with a grand than ya can with cigars.
Do you still smoke an occasional cigar? I’m trying to picture what I pipe shaped cigar would look like... I imagine they weren’t smokable?Hawky, I smoked mostly Cuban cigars and paid only 5-9 bucks a stick as I had the best connections in the world for quality and prices. Back in 1999 The SPanish Pasetas was in the toilet at 181 to a dollar. I was paying 177 for Cohiba Siglo III's. 272.00 for Trinidad Fundadores and those were 336 in Cuba. Before the Euro came on line I was stocking up about 25K worth a year. Cabinets of 50 Punch Selecion 2's were right around 6 a stick and Punch Punch Cabs were even less at 5 and change a stick. I could buy Cuban cigars for way less than high end Fuentes or Padrons so that is what I was smoking. One of the best sources was Stagnetto's in Gibralter. Another was a guy named Rony who was in Beirut Lebanon. His business name was Promocigars. When he heard I was smoking pipes he had 3 pipe shaped cigars made for me. When I sold my cigar collection I sold those as well and I really regret that. A cigar buddy really wanted them and made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
I cannot believe I am remembering this stuff. I can't remember what I did yesterday but for some reason these numbers stick to my brain. I think I am like Rainman or something.
I cannot believe I am remembering these numbers.
A certain mixture of weirdio and anachronistic tendencies […]
a certain amount of stubbornness and mild decadence […]
I can tell.That’s my story.
Was it the bowler or the monocle that gave it away?I can tell.
nope, well not all by it's self. It's stuff like thinking that's odd.Was it the bowler or the monocle that gave it away?
I haven't smoked a cigar in years. I purposely stay away from them as I know how addicting they can be. I am not going near them. The pipe shaped cigars were designed to smoke perfectly. I also had some one of a kind Opus X I also sold. A guy paid me 1800 for 11 cigars. I t was all for the kids so it was worth while. One of the auctions we had raised over 100K in only a few hours. One of my cigars was a Sammy Sosa bat and it went for 300.00. We did a lot of good with the auctions we did at least once a year.Do you still smoke an occasional cigar? I’m trying to picture what I pipe shaped cigar would look like... I imagine they weren’t smokable?
I think pipes help with that. Honestly I think a lot of it is just the smell which is something people respond to on a very subconscious level. Though the made or born debate could go on forever, but it's worth considering that something grabbed all of these folks attention where as how many non smokers or non pipe smokers have seen the same movies, read the same books, and had relatives that smoked a pipe. Oh and bottom line on getting some if you stick to something long enough it will work, or to put it another way there is a reason there are billions of people and it's not cause we're so great.It looks as though "made" is correct. Most here seem to be emulating a relative, imitating a literary character or, got sucked in through Hollywood's products. The "Hobbit" smokers seem to have been driven as much by the movies as the books. I believe we are "followers" with regard to the pipe.
As I wrote earlier, "I simply wanted to get laid. I smoked cigarettes and chewed but, the professors were getting all the "tail." I had to get a pipe and sport jacket with elbow patches in order to compete. Too late I discovered the coeds were after father figures. An off campus bar would have been a cheaper way of gaining my goals.
I found the pipe to be an acceptable nicotine delivery system though and added it to my arsenal.
Hallelujah!(the book, not the movie)