10,000

Here it is: My 10,000th post.
man, are my fingers tired.

This epic number of posts show how much of a nerd I am, how much time I have on my hands and how much I love cigars, this forum and all the wonderful people here.

Thank you, cigar.com and Alex, for hosting this forum, where people like me, that love cigars, can come to chat about what we enjoy. Like many here, I have learned and grown in this hobby because of the community here. It started out as a learning tool but has turned into a place that has given me an opportunity to get to know and meet many great BOTLs (BORKs). I hope only the best to this community and its inhabitants that have given me so much.



In the spirit of giving back I have a little contest.

of course there are some rules...

-this is open to members that are in good standing on the Good traders thread or this one.

-due to the large prize being offered, members must have at least 250 posts. Sorry, new guys. I want this to go to someone that has been around for a while and shows sign of sticking around for a while. I hope that makes sense and does not offend anyone. (questions and comments can be PMed to me)

-to respond to this contest, you do not need to post a picture of a filled in answer sheet. I understand that many of you dont know how or are unable to post pictures due to the device you use to access the forum. However, I highly encourage you to do so if you can.

-If you do not post a picture of the answer sheet filled in, you can just post the answers as answers to the questions/hints. Please keep them in the order they are originally posted in as to not confuse me. (I am easily confused)

-Do NOT post incomplete sheets or answers. If you are wrong, this gives other the opportunity to take your hard work and take the winnings away from you. If you post a response that is complete but wrong then I will simply respond by telling you it is wrong, but not how or where.

-I have done my best to proof read this thing as many times as I can. But, as I have proven time and again, I am only human. Any errors that have an effect on the game will be dealt with as fairly as possible with help from the forum at large.

-there are no spaces. Any muti-word answers have the spaces removed.

-Hints will be given out should this contest drag out longer than 7 days. Only one hint will be given out per day. They will be handed out on a first come first serve basis according to when they are asked for in this thread starting after the seventh day.

I think that may be it. Any other questions or comments sould be asked in form of a PM and I will respond via PM as well unless it effects the game.

on with the show...




Across
1. Hank, Dean, Rusty
3. my pets (glorified furniture)
4. Cuban-Spanish term for partially smoked and unlit cigar
6. Spanish term for cigar factory
8. Ive said it before and ill say it again: ______ does Maduro right
10. Beer coming to Ohio in October
13. brand of mountain bike i have
15. Asneeze, father of _____
18. AJ's hat
22. Straight-sided
23. _________ Tabacum
24. god of Cigar Press
25. my car
27. The ________ Piggy
29. my post count
31. the best thing to happen to cigars since fire
32. 5 x 50
33. brand of running shoes i have
34. Double-Claro, Flue or heat Cured (to keep the chlorophyll) Wrapper leaf


Down

2. last country i was in other than the US
3. (IMHO) best time for Corojo cigars
5. half man, half dog; own best friend
7. rum and ____. pairs with corojo cigars
9. I want a girl with a short skirt and a long ______
11. Leaves from the upper priming
12. my musical instrument of choice
14. 26.2
15. original forum Ccom was associated with
16. yellow trucks are ______
17. the 1 to 3 foot tall piles of tobacco which fermentation takes place
19. Stole fire from Zeus
20. My first concert
21. Very Big Rat
26. wants to stand next to your fire
28. Tim
30. Fell into a burning ring of fire
31. A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language



good luck.





since that's done, I'm gunna go light up an OpusX PL.