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Puff_DougiePuff_Dougie Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Right... So, a couple of weeks ago, I'm minding my own business and surfing the web for cool stuff, when I come across this cool site called Cigar.com and stumble onto an online forum for cigar lovers, like me. I browse the site and find some really good information, as well as an apparently warm and fun-loving group of people who love good smokes and making each other laugh. Seems like fun, so I jump in.

A week later, I find myself reaching into my humi for some select sticks, boxing them up, and mailing them to dudes I've never met.

Can someone explain this strange phenomenon? Is it the power of the web to quickly create a sense of personal connection via social media? Is it the natural bond of finding fellow cigar enthusiasts and feeling instant comeraderie? Or am I just a total lunatic?
"When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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  • curtpickcurtpick Posts: 2,757 ✭✭✭
    You be craaaaaazy ! You up for a trade ? If so Pm me you craaaaaazy lunatic !
    Family, Friends, Golf, Cigars, Fine Whiskey, Good beer.... is there anything else ?  Follow on instagram @crguy1961
  • WaltBasilWaltBasil Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭
    cuckoo...
  • curtpickcurtpick Posts: 2,757 ✭✭✭
    Pm back at you Puff !
    Family, Friends, Golf, Cigars, Fine Whiskey, Good beer.... is there anything else ?  Follow on instagram @crguy1961
  • twistedstemtwistedstem Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ONE OF US..ONE OF US...ONE OF US...that's why we call it a brotherhood.I had the same experience 2 years ago.found this motley crude of guys started talking.got bombed didn't get it then I sent out a few.....then I got it.its all about sharing our hobby with others....hope you stick around for a great while!!!!
    no matter where you go, there you are.

  • curtpickcurtpick Posts: 2,757 ✭✭✭
    We have a taker on the trade offer ! Welcome Puff !
    Family, Friends, Golf, Cigars, Fine Whiskey, Good beer.... is there anything else ?  Follow on instagram @crguy1961
  • Jetmech_63Jetmech_63 Posts: 3,451 ✭✭✭
    HA! Had the same problem when i joined! I still check the boards 5 times a day, bomb people i have never even talked to...gotta love it! Truly an awesome brotherhood here!
  • EchambersEchambers Posts: 4,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Indeed. It s a like a crack addiction but with slightly more socially appropriate people.
    -- "There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go poke it with a stick."
  • edelrionycedelrionyc Posts: 361 ✭✭✭
    I'm sure this question as crossed all our minds.... I'm blaming it on insanity.....
  • Lee.mcglynnLee.mcglynn Posts: 5,960 ✭✭✭✭
    Lmao don't think about it too much!! Even if you try too explain this too other people you just sound nuts!! So you buy a crap ton of cigars so you can ship a good amount away? Yeah until someone comes here and jumps in there is no explanation
    Money can't buy taste
  • rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 7,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome to the asylum
  • JaximsagJaximsag Posts: 4
    what's wrong with you man their is nothing wrong..
  • kuzi16kuzi16 Posts: 14,633 ✭✭✭✭
    rsherman24:
    Welcome to the asylum
    wrong forum
    Kuzi's Forum Links Page
  • lilwing88lilwing88 Posts: 2,812 ✭✭✭
    About four years ago, I was in the same boat. I miss those days. This hobby started out innocent enough, but has evolved into a strange and interesting journey. It really has opened up my mind to a culture that I never knew existed. The first couple of years, I was really involved in trades, passes, bombs, games, etc... Unfortunately, my involvement in the forums slowed down, to say the least. I've done everything from pitching in a "fiver" for a pool to sending a humidor and some smokes to a BOTL over seas without even batting an eye. I've also learned a ton about cigars from seed to cellophane. I've become the local "cigar expert" to all my friends and co-workers. Family, kids, work.... Life.... it all changes over the years. But it's nice to check in here every once in a while and see newbies with the same enthusiasm I had four years ago.

    Puff Dougie, I envy you....
    Guns don't kill people, Daddies with pretty daughters do…..
  • Ken_LightKen_Light Posts: 3,537 ✭✭✭
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    ^Troll: DO NOT FEED.
  • Puff_DougiePuff_Dougie Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened. Figured that was just a myth. :^p
    "When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  • Ken_LightKen_Light Posts: 3,537 ✭✭✭
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened yet. Figured that was just a myth.I got a little time to prepare. :^p



    Some careless errors there. Fixed it for ya. ;D
    ^Troll: DO NOT FEED.
  • dr_frankenstein56dr_frankenstein56 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭
    yea this hobby will grab ya by the boo boo and make you do strange things.... things that will make your wife look at you with that evil eye.... its one of the best feelings in the entire world.

    Aj
  • Puff_DougiePuff_Dougie Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ken Light:
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened yet. Figured that was just a myth.I got a little time to prepare. :^p



    Some careless errors there. Fixed it for ya. ;D
    ROFL!
    "When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  • mmccartneydcmmccartneydc Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened yet. Figured that was just a myth.I got a little time to prepare. :^p



    Some careless errors there. Fixed it for ya. ;D
    ROFL!
    Yeah the first thing that any noob to the forum should do is buy a cooler. It took me a year to figure that one out!
  • No_one21No_one21 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened. Figured that was just a myth. :^p
    Is that a challenge?
  • jd50aejd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Puff_Dougie:
    Right... So, a couple of weeks ago, I'm minding my own business and surfing the web for cool stuff, when I come across this cool site called Cigar.com and stumble onto an online forum for cigar lovers, like me. I browse the site and find some really good information, as well as an apparently warm and fun-loving group of people who love good smokes and making each other laugh. Seems like fun, so I jump in.

    A week later, I find myself reaching into my humi for some select sticks, boxing them up, and mailing them to dudes I've never met.

    Can someone explain this strange phenomenon? Is it the power of the web to quickly create a sense of personal connection via social media? Is it the natural bond of finding fellow cigar enthusiasts and feeling instant comeraderie? Or am I just a total lunatic?


    I warned you....didn't I..?
  • curtiscr79curtiscr79 Posts: 859 ✭
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened. Figured that was just a myth. :^p

    Don't let them scare you. Just be careful getting in a lot of trades and you should be fine.

    From what I have seen it is common to do a 5 for 5 trade and end up with way more than 5. It is some kind of cigar counting algorithm. I use it some times when the wife asks how many cigars I get from my local B&M or online order.
  • No_one21No_one21 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭
    curtiscr79:
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened. Figured that was just a myth. :^p

    Don't let them scare you. Just be careful getting in a lot of trades and you should be fine.

    From what I have seen it is common to do a 5 for 5 trade and end up with way more than 5. It is some kind of cigar counting algorithm. I use it some times when the wife asks how many cigars I get from my local B&M or online order.
    I prefer something similar to (Agreed Number x 1.6) +/- 1 exception.
  • curtiscr79curtiscr79 Posts: 859 ✭
    No_one21:
    curtiscr79:
    Puff_Dougie:
    Ken Light:
    You forgot the part about boxes showing up on your doorstep and needing more space for storage...
    Hasn't happened. Figured that was just a myth. :^p

    Don't let them scare you. Just be careful getting in a lot of trades and you should be fine.

    From what I have seen it is common to do a 5 for 5 trade and end up with way more than 5. It is some kind of cigar counting algorithm. I use it some times when the wife asks how many cigars I get from my local B&M or online order.
    I prefer something similar to (Agreed Number x 1.6) +/- 1 exception.
    That seems to be common, with the occasional exception.
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