Newsletter Newsletter Newsletter!! :-)
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You must have been sleeping the day the were taking requests....Darryl got one started and I received my advance copy.
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What happened to those biology 101 pics of said cigars???
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I agree Tom...education is key....why pay Mercedes Benz prices for a voltswagon???
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Sorry to hear Darryl...my opinion ... in any case need to thank, to try, but then say that Fake is absolutely differs from the originals ... you need to properly convey the essence of the problem..it's difficult, but I'm sure, if you say correctly, he will appreciate it :-)

hahaha...excellent comparison...:-)
agree with you, guys =)
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We used to have a MassHole Newsletter, but you had to be a MassHole instead of just an @sshole, Jay. :-)

:-)
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Hey Darryl, props on the last issue of the newsletter. It was awesome.
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Agreed, I'm a noob here and I get it monthly.
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The newsletter goes over the all important rule of 3's.
I think.
I have never received one, and it would be wasted on me, for I am illiterate.
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I think if it is being offered as the "CA" newsletter then anyone who wants one should get one.
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but only those living in California, evidently.
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This is why we called ours the MassHole Newsletter. Printing costs for all of CA would have sunk us.
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Life got in the way :-)
Without further ado, the Autopsy of a beach cigar.
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A seemingly well put together cigar, 42 x 129 (5.1")
As seen earlier in what appears to be a Mille Fleur box without all the labels.
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Removed what appears to be a legit band.
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Proceeded to remove the cap, (nice job) and the wrapper.
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Next came the binder, again a nice job.
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The binder separated into two pieces.
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Finally the contents...:-)
At least in all appears to be tobacco.
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Once it warms up a bit, I'll burn one and see how it is.
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Actually the last newsletter compared the Padron line to the Gurkha line ...Same thing as far as taste goes I guess. I'll be hording Gurkhas from now on. :-)
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Daryl I had similar situation a few years ago when my buddy returning home from Iraq brought me back the infamous glass top Cohiba's! Anyway I didnt tell him untill later on, all wasnt lost I have been using the box to store my smoked bands in. :-)
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See, always a purpose for everything! :-)
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Darryl, I tend to lean toward's Tom's line of thinking.
I'd smoke one and see how they are. That way you can say something like "they're not bad at all really, but I gotta tell you, they're counterfeit cc's"
My guess is that they got them in Cuba, and as such, they're very likely made from very real cuban tobacco, so they're as "real" as any other cc. As such, and after looking at your dissection, I bet they're gonna smoke pretty nice, even though they're not going to be true to the marca.
If you have another box handy it might give you opportunity to show them the differences like the cardboard insert. My guess is that since they didn't bother listening to you last time when you tried to explain things to them, they just think you're full of sh1t, ya know? Folks that aren't involved and invested in this thing like we are would probably think a little thing like no date stamp and a cardboard insert doesn't really mean anything. Honestly, it might even be laughable to some people.
I'm sure you can think of a very tactful way to thank them and educate them.
On top of that, I bet you're going to have some nice, interesting homegrown cc's to smoke. Make sure you let us know how they are. :-)
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+1. I want to know how they smoke too.
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