Not a purchase but got these in the mail from the Ninja!

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:-):-):-):-)

Someones got some smoking to do....... You might as well sleep on the deck/porch or in the garage.

That Should Last You A Couple Of Days, Kevin!:-):-)

Those will last me a week or two Greg. Then I might be screwed!

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Got some Montecristos #2 from 08. And some Tatuaje noella reservas. Also a Xikar cutter and cigar case. And to finished it off. A tatuaje t-shirt.

Guess most of you already saw what I brought back from my trip to Florida

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today my order from the Oliva Cigar Lounge (shop in The Netherlands) came in:

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Dirty Rats and Oliva V Maduro short robusto edicion Europe

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several singles

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this is something special. Ilja van Horssen was one of the 3 people that founded the Longfiller Company, which is now the European Oliva distributer and distributer for Drew Estate, Fuente, Ashton, Tatuaje, Don Pepin, Padron, Casa Magna and a few more brands in The Netherlands. Ilja was also the owner of the famous G. de Graaff and Cuesta Rey shops in The Hague. A few years ago he died of cancer at the early age of 36. Since then, his brother Sasja, CEO of The Longfiller Company and also one of the founders, releases 36 boxes of hard to find sigars with a special band for Ilja and the proceeds go to charity. Last sunday he released the Ilja 4, this years release is the Padron 1926 80th anniversary maduro, and due to my surgery I couldn't make the release party. Sasja was kind enough to send me one with my order.

AWESOME haul Ferdie!! :-) :-)

Great Pick-Ups, Ferdie!:-)

NICE Haul!

2 Quick questions:

1. Do those Dirty Rats have a second band? And if so, what does it say?
2. I have an Opus Ilja Edition I was going to review, is that one of the releases you mentioned (36 boxes) from a year in the past?

Thanks :-)

~brooks

Ferdie gots the hookup. :-)

It's a tax band. All cigars sold in The Netherlands have a tax band with the price on it (tobacco is government priced here)

Yes, the Opus A was the first Ilja release ever, I don't know what the 2nd was, the third release was an Oliva V Maduro (which was not available in Europe then) and this year's Ilja is the Padron 80th maduro.

ImageJust Received This Nice Selection Of RP Nordings From Larry (lbowles2). Thanks, Brother!:-)

Greg, what are those?? I dont recognize the band and cant read it.

Got 2 RP sampler packs, a 5er of Decades, and an RP 20 humi delivered to the office the other day.

While I Was Posting, These Came In From FedEx!:-) I Should Be OK 'Til Christmas, Anyway!:-)
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Kristoff Churchill Criollo

"And" A Box Of Kristoff Ligero Maduro Churchills!:-)
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Damn Greg that is one awesome delivery of Cigars.

Here You Go, Larry!:-)
http://www.toastedfoot.com/2010/02/c...patel-nording/

Thanks, Larry! I Fell In Love With The Kristoffs & Wanted To Try The Nordings!:-)

one of my brother's favorite cigars right there.