The contents of my humidor pass
dennisking
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One day I was driving to work thinking to myself, what would be a cool pass/bomb/contest thing to do on the forums. Then I was saddened because I only have 20-25 sticks in my humidor because I don't get to smoke that much these days. There isn't a need for a big inventory if I don't smoke that often. I mean, I would love to have a ton of sticks but it's just not in the cars. That meant that if I sent out a big bomb or had a a big contest, I would be out of sticks and I usually don't get the checkbook to go buy new sticks on a whim or I would be living on my own, without my Wife.
That's when it came to me. A message from the Gods if you will. The BOTL Gods ordered me to give the ultimate sacrifice and donate all my sticks to a box pass. Not just a handful or my second rate sticks but all of them. I have chosen to comply.
Then came the question of WHO. Who to pass to. Who should be in this unique pass. I again consulted the BOTL Gods and they replied with a list of names. If your name isn't on this list, don't be dismayed. It wasn't in the will of the Gods.
The rules of the pass are simple. Log your takes and your puts on the list and take pics of you can. Send it out as fast as you can so that all the "chosen ones" may enjoy in the festivities. It's also a one for one pass with NO JUDGE on what trades are deemed acceptable and no limit to quantity. That means, if you want to trade 20 sticks for 20 others, so be it. The people on this list are more than qualified to use their discretion.
This pass is already closed, so please no inquiries and again, don't be offended if you weren't included. It's not anything personal, just the will of the Gods.
The order of the pass is as follows:
Laker
Diamonddog
RCY
Stephen
Enfidel
BigT06
Sniper
Shaun.Harrison87
Greg2648
firetruckguy
jj20030
spindrift
robbyras
j0z3r
bandyt09
415
lcpleel
The Kid
back to me
That's when it came to me. A message from the Gods if you will. The BOTL Gods ordered me to give the ultimate sacrifice and donate all my sticks to a box pass. Not just a handful or my second rate sticks but all of them. I have chosen to comply.
Then came the question of WHO. Who to pass to. Who should be in this unique pass. I again consulted the BOTL Gods and they replied with a list of names. If your name isn't on this list, don't be dismayed. It wasn't in the will of the Gods.
The rules of the pass are simple. Log your takes and your puts on the list and take pics of you can. Send it out as fast as you can so that all the "chosen ones" may enjoy in the festivities. It's also a one for one pass with NO JUDGE on what trades are deemed acceptable and no limit to quantity. That means, if you want to trade 20 sticks for 20 others, so be it. The people on this list are more than qualified to use their discretion.
This pass is already closed, so please no inquiries and again, don't be offended if you weren't included. It's not anything personal, just the will of the Gods.
The order of the pass is as follows:
Laker
Diamonddog
RCY
Stephen
Enfidel
BigT06
Sniper
Shaun.Harrison87
Greg2648
firetruckguy
jj20030
spindrift
robbyras
j0z3r
bandyt09
415
lcpleel
The Kid
back to me
Comments
bummer, guess I'll just smoke all my Behikes, Padrons, and awesome Cubans till I puke..........
lol.....obviously just kidding.....just reminded me of a thread I read here along time ago.....so I stole their punch line.....
good luck with this one...sounds interesting
Posting puts and takes says you are being judged. Either you trust them or you don't. Pretty simple.
The pics are just so the hype stays up and the members of the pass stay "in the know" as to what's going where and who's trading what.
Thanks for insulting the only sticks I have in my collection. I hope you feel better that I didn't include you in this pass. funny thing is, your name came up but I don't have any dealings or trades with you so I passed. Everyone on the list was chosen because of trades I have done in the past or bombs that have been passed back and forth. You and I have never had any dealings and now, we never will.
To be honest, I don't have a ton of sticks, nor a ton of money and I wanted to do something fun. I knew that if I sent what I had in my humi, some may snub their noses, and that's okay too. I have a wife and three kids and they take a lot of my cigar money. the cool thing about a pass is, if they don't want to trade for anything, they don't have to. It's not a big deal.
I have a wife and 4 kids. Don't have a large cigar budget but I am still on here doing passes and trades. As you know from another place you read I am pretty active there as well. If you think my dealings with others were not worthy of your pass that is ok with me. Before your PMs went out I was not counting on being involved because we have never dealt with each other.
Dennis has been one of the most humble and generous person on the forum. He is emptying his humidor for a pass to his fellow brothers; I haven't seen anyone else on the forum ever do this in the years that I have been here and you have the audacity to criticize him and the cigars he has? Seriously, that is bush league, especially to someone in the brotherhood. You just made me feel embarrassed to be called a BOTL, because of what you just did to another brother, is any indication of what being a BOTL is all about, I don't want to be one.
Dennis, please do not let this person, who has NOTHING to do with the pass ruin the fun for you. I don't even care if you would have sent all DOG ROCKETS, which you didn't, I am very honored to be in this pass.
Jaime, is it harder to give from the excess one has or to give from only the little that one has? Brother a cigar is just a cigar, but a gift from Dennis' stock is something to be treasured, because it came from a friend. You can learn a lot from him.
Marker, I know you're a good dude. I know you aren't trying to blow stuff out of proportion and I also knew that there would be some on here who may get their feelings hurt if they didn't get invited. Some of my favorite BOTL's didn't get invited to this pass because I know they have a lot going on and I wanted to try to make this smooth for everyone and maybe they are traveling or have family stuff or whatever. It's not about favorites, but I also chose to give back to BOTL's that have been so generous to me over the past few years. I wish I could give more but I don't have more to give and with my wife and her position on the hobby, I don't get to spend money on sticks much these days so my selection isn't what it was a few months ago. It's all good though, I don't really care if I even get my sticks back, as long as others get to have some fun, that's all I care about.
Dennis I appreciate you inviting me into this pass and we have had dealings in the past so I know what an upstanding BOTL you are.
Marker, he and I have had some dealings in the more recent past and he too is a Top Notch BOTL. I think that if you are invited to a pass you feel special because you were selected from a rather large group of BOTL to participate. If you were not invited for whatever reason, suddenly you feel like you must have done something to offend the person who started the pass. Or maybe that person is judging your past passes with others and decides that you don't make the grade. While that may be the case, there are so many reasons for being overlooked, these are only a couple of possibilities, but, bottom line is... it stings when you are overlooked.
Dennis and Jamie are both standup BOTL and it pains me to see this sort of thing get started, as it can grow and hard feelings can be permanent.
While I have already accepted and will absolutley go forward in this pass, this will be the last pass I go into that is not just open to whoever is a member in good standing at the forums. I have never liked little cliques, or cartels. Being part of them is no less uncomfortable for me, just a room with a different view if you get my meaning.
Everyone should just take a breath and relax a little here. There is always a tendancy to be drawn to people who seem to have similar thoughts and beliefs. The forums were a fantastic place for people of various backgrounds, wealth, work experience, and even political beliefs to spend time together and share experiences with the one thing we all have in common... a love of a good cigar. When these little invitation only passes started I was afraid that some would feel left out ( I know I did when it happened to me) and that it would lead to hard feelings eventually. I hope I am wrong and I hope this isn't the first such instance of this happening.
So no more invitation only passes for me. I appreciate all who have invited me, and definatley mean no disrespect for BOTL who may have been considering inviting me into their pass. It is my personal belief that these will be destructive to the coherance of this group. This has all been JUST MY OPINION, I have intended to offend nobody with these comments. Just the way I see it.
Doug
It's not like anyone was the "Fat kid" at recess being picked last to play dodgeball or anything. Hell, truth be told, I was that "fat kid".
Doug, thanks for your input. I've always weighed it heavily, even in the early OT days when we were on the opposite end of the political discussions. That's why I respect you. BTW, the box is on it's way to you as we speak. Hobby supplies....
Onward and upward BOTLs
after reading brooks and halfwheels reviews of the el museo i decided to skip picking one up. although if i got the chance to grab one durring a pass i would do it, just to say ive tried one