urbino:Does this mean you won't be finding out what the heck it was? You should email them back and make them tell you. I'm out on the patio again, having a La Cuna 85. This one's a little bitter, for some reason. Anyhoo, I'm waiting around to see if my stray cat shows up again. He came up for a visit last night, then went out to the dumpster and got his ass kicked by a raccoon, then decided he liked it better up here with me.
gmill880: j0z3r:Damn Gene, you're all over the funky cigars and getting freebies from the manufacturer. I might just have to fabricate my own red string. I wish you could have seen it Joe the pics really didn't do it justice it was really strange/funky. I was hoping it was some sort of 100,000,000 celebration winner and I had won a yatch, I woulda had my captain sail down thru the canal and pick you west coasters up. You talk about the herf from he-ll baby , we woulda had it!!! East meets West , there woulda been enough cigar smoke hangin' over that thing the coast guard woulda probably shown up
j0z3r:Damn Gene, you're all over the funky cigars and getting freebies from the manufacturer. I might just have to fabricate my own red string.
gmill880: gmill880: kaspera79: urbino: gmill880:I didn't know whether to smoke it or light the fuse and throw it! Heh. That's dang weird, gm. I'd take it back, then make them cut it open while you're there so you can see what it is. I would bring that tainted cigar back to "Smokes-R-Us" and get a new one. I am pretty sure the shop owner will cut it open to see what is at the other end of that cord, and gladly replace it. i will let you know how it turns out Update on the funky Nub cigar with the red nylon string that I posted pics of. I e-mailed Oliva Cigar Co and told them of the cigar and red nylon. I received two responses. The first from Jose R Oliva thanking me and stating in all the years of cigar mfg and 50,000,000 cigars he had never heard of such an "oddity". To please mail it to him and he would like to send me a gift in return. Basically the same message from a sales manager who also responded. Sent in back priority mail Friday.....received today from Oliva Cigars 2 Cameroon, 2 Habano and 3 Conn. Nub cigars, A very nice cigar ashtray with Nub logo in bottom and a nice guillotine cigar cutter with Nub logo on it as well, and a match container with Nub logo. Pretty sweet , although I'll always wonder what the he-ll that was hanging outta my cigar.....Props to Oliva for responding and the freebies...
gmill880: kaspera79: urbino: gmill880:I didn't know whether to smoke it or light the fuse and throw it! Heh. That's dang weird, gm. I'd take it back, then make them cut it open while you're there so you can see what it is. I would bring that tainted cigar back to "Smokes-R-Us" and get a new one. I am pretty sure the shop owner will cut it open to see what is at the other end of that cord, and gladly replace it. i will let you know how it turns out
kaspera79: urbino: gmill880:I didn't know whether to smoke it or light the fuse and throw it! Heh. That's dang weird, gm. I'd take it back, then make them cut it open while you're there so you can see what it is. I would bring that tainted cigar back to "Smokes-R-Us" and get a new one. I am pretty sure the shop owner will cut it open to see what is at the other end of that cord, and gladly replace it.
urbino: gmill880:I didn't know whether to smoke it or light the fuse and throw it! Heh. That's dang weird, gm. I'd take it back, then make them cut it open while you're there so you can see what it is.
gmill880:I didn't know whether to smoke it or light the fuse and throw it!
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gmill880:RP Decade this is becoming a favorite
Luko:I don't think I've ever experienced ammonia in a cigar, where does that come from?
j0z3r: Luko:I don't think I've ever experienced ammonia in a cigar, where does that come from?Part of a cigar's life is the "ammonia phase", where the breakdown of the tobacco leaf causes ammonia to be released. If a cigar is not aged long enough after production, sometimes traces of ammonia are still present in the finished product.
j0z3r:I really enjoyed the GK too wheely, though I got none of the ammonia you describe. I'd consider buying a couple, but I just couldn't keep many on hand, just don't have the occasion to smoke them all too often. Today was a RP R4 robusto, a tasty cigar. A bit later was an El Mejor Espresso torpedo, classic maduro taste and pretty good, medium bodied.
zoom6zoom:OK, this made me laugh a bit. I returned to my hotel room this afternoon. I had left the remains of last night's stick in the ashtray as I didn't want to just dump it in the waste basket. Today I found that the maid had emptied and cleaned the ashtray, and returned the 1" butt to the now clean ash tray. She must know some cheapskates..
kaspera79: zoom6zoom:OK, this made me laugh a bit. I returned to my hotel room this afternoon. I had left the remains of last night's stick in the ashtray as I didn't want to just dump it in the waste basket. Today I found that the maid had emptied and cleaned the ashtray, and returned the 1" butt to the now clean ash tray. She must know some cheapskates.. Hey zoom, that' s good maid service. I use to manage people in the service employees business and they will not throw away anything they believe is of any value. She must know cigar smokers and how they value their cigars. good for her. Actually, it would depend how you left it. among the ashes, Bye,bye. Resting in the center lifted on the holders.. Keep it.
alienmisprint:Just finished a Tatuaje J21 Reserva courtesy Brandon (bbc020). Man, that was a helluva smoke. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it, it went out with about half an inch left and I burnt my finger re-lighting it just for a last few puffs. Damn good cigar, thanks again Brandon!
