Another newb chimes in..

skweekz

Hey everyone. I've been a lurker around the forums on and off for a while as an anonymous guest. I figured it was time to just join so I could chime in on the conversations! My name is Mike. I'm 27 and a paramedic in Altoona, PA. I'm an Iraqi Freedom veteran that was in the Air Force out of high school as a firefighter. My wife and I just welcomed our beautiful little girl, Maddalena, into the world 2 months ago. I enjoyed my first cigar at the ripe old age of 18 haha. A delicious Carcia Vega in the brown plastic tube. I've been in love ever since! I've since moved on to better sticks. I usually try various sample packs (I'm a CI.com shopper usually!) because I like to taste different varieties that are out there! I always seem to fall back on my favs though. Diesel Unholy Cocktails, 5 Vegas Gold, Kuba Kuba, Oliva V are my tops... Looking forward to getting to know you all! Mike

JCizzle

skweekz:

(I'm a CI.com shopper usually!)

Uh oh. :-S

drpepperdude

skweekz:

I'm an Iraqi Freedom veteran that was in the Air Force out of high school as a firefighter. My wife and I just welcomed our beautiful little girl, Maddalena, into the world 2 months ago. Mike

Appreciate your service to our country! Congrats on the baby. I'm also new to the forums; how do you like those 5 Vegas Gold? Are they "just another connie" or do that have something special to set them apart?

fla-gypsy

Welcome to the group bro

Heavy

1) Welcome to the madness!
2) Thanks for your service!
3) Congrats on the new bambino! (beautiful name by the way)
4) "(I'm a CI.com shopper usually!)" -- Stay away from the dark side!

undulac

Welcome and thank you for your service!!

Ken_Light

Can I noob welcome a noob? I think I can...welcome! These are great people! As others have said thanks for the service and congrats on the baby! I too enjoyed my first cigar at 18, a Macanudo, which I know gets a lot of flack on here but I thought it was amazing back then!

t_evan50

Welcome aboard. Always something interesting to read and comment on around here.

undulac

Ken Light:

Can I noob welcome a noob? I think I can...welcome! These are great people! As others have said thanks for the service and congrats on the baby! I too enjoyed my first cigar at 18, a Macanudo, which I know gets a lot of flack on here but I thought it was amazing back then!

I don't know if the Macanudo has a bad rap because of the quality of the cigar. I think it comes down to the fact that the guys on the board found out for the price of one Macanudo, you can buy three Man O War Virtues or even five 5 Vegas Gold and the flavor and quality are just as good.

I used to smoke a lot of Punch back in the day at around $4 per for the box price and although I still have quite a few Punch in my humi, they are one dimensional compared to quite a few sticks that I can get on here cheaper (Man o War, Diesel, etc). The reason I still smoke the amount of them that I do is because they just bring back great memories. It's amazing how the body's sense of smell and takes tiggers memories from 10 years ago. In fact, a great brother here recently gifted me with a Punch Rothchild maduro that has my name on it tonight.

Now I rambling. Again, welcome all new guys and go out and recruit. This is the best place around.

jsnake

Macanudo has the flavor of the cardboard in the middle of a toilet paper roll IMO. Welcome to the boards.

wwhwang

Welcome to the boards! Try anything you can get your hands on. I'm not a fan of Macanudo either. Mostly because there's a not much flavor and it's usually price-controlled by General Cigar...and General Cigar is known to pump out mediocre cigars 90% of the time. The only Macanudo I like so far is the Macanudo Cru Royale.

lilwing88

Welcome Mike, and thank you for your service.

AQUADGIO1200

Welcome Mike, you will have fun here, great group of guys.

xIcedGuardianx

Glad to have you around Mike! Im sure some of us can broaden your horizons a bit, but sounds like you are off to a good start with diesels. Thanks for your service and see you around the boards.

ShotgunJohn

Welcome aboard this forum is the greatest.
Thank you for your service.
Congrats on fatherhood
You will find CCOM > CI; we have Alex and "The Beard" and the best BORKs

Sandman1am

Welcome and enjoy...hope you stick around.

skweekz

drpepperdude:

skweekz:

I'm an Iraqi Freedom veteran that was in the Air Force out of high school as a firefighter. My wife and I just welcomed our beautiful little girl, Maddalena, into the world 2 months ago. Mike

Appreciate your service to our country! Congrats on the baby. I'm also new to the forums; how do you like those 5 Vegas Gold? Are they "just another connie" or do that have something special to set them apart?

The 5 Vegas Gold, I actually bought a box of (creative packaging too, I might add; it's a gold brick) and got them settled down and aged well. They had a nice, even, crisp burn to them with a smooth, velvety, almost creamy flavor (at least that's how i perceived them...as always, others may be different!). And for the price, each one was an enjoyable smoke. They'll always be a nice "go-to" smoke when I'm in the mood for something on the more mild-to-medium mellow side.

SgtRick

Welcome from beautiful Baghdad (wet, muddy, and nasty actually). Lots of good people and I am a big shopper on CI as well. Enjoy your stay.