Only while it's airing out after being scrubbed down with baking soda. Tomorrow it'll be loaded up with the contents of the Sterilite bin, and also the contents of my desktop for a few days so I can add silicone around the glass.
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Lol, that can't be good. :-)
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Got the cooler loaded up just in time for the UPS guy to show up with some cbid winnings.
Sitting at the local B&M enjoying a Lot 23. Apparently, he sells empty boxes for $5/ea. Guess I'll be starting a WTB thread. :-)
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Ahh, glad you liked them. :-)
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Yeah, they're decent, especially for just over a buck a stick. Those house sticks you sent were pretty tasty, too. I think I can survive on Backwoods until the Shorties get here. Ordered at 10 am, apparently Holt's doesn't ship as quick as CI. :-)
A little over 4 days with no cigs. I'm in that lovely "coughing the nasty sh!t out of my lungs" stage. :-)
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http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/lot.cfm?lotID=833748

These auctions usually close rather low, like $7-9 IIRC
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I'll agree, buy a 10-pack from CI - it'll be a heck of a lot cheaper in the long run.
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Thanks, guys. I'll probably go that route. Then I'll have to submit a few low-ball bids while I'm on cbid... :-)
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So I could not get the desktop above 55%, even after throwing an 8 oz. bag of Scott's beads in there. So... I moved everything over to the cooler, and ran a bead of silicone (GE Silicone II) around the inside of the glass top and the analog hygro. I figure I'll give it about a week, then re-season the desktop and see how it holds RH.
The cooler has been holding pretty steady at 60% with 8 oz. of Scott's beads (a full pound now while the desktop is in the "shop").
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Cooler's filling up. Time to think about reseasoning the desktop... :-)
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Kreth - you ever go down the road of buying boxes from Cigars International? I heard stories of guys getting Acid boxes and all sorts of junk from that deal.
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Or you could get another cooler :-)
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Not yet. I haven't seen any lots on cbid lately. Also, I'd prefer to get larger boxes, as I buy most of my smokes in robusto or toro. My local shop wants $5 a pop for them, which is just ridiculous.
Ha! The desktop will free up some space. Plus, getting some boxes will help. Right now I've got a bunch of bundles and 5-finger bags in there, plus the top tray from the desktop that I just kind of set on top of everything else.
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I agree $5 is high, although $3 isn't uncommon. That was one of the good things of the B&M near my old place in PA, I got deals on empty boxes from time to time and could 'cherry pick' unfinished ones.
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The B&M we herf at actually gives them away. I just need to get up there.
I thought about putting up a WTT thread, but I know no one here could be trusted to send *empty* boxes. :-)
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That's your own fault buddy. I don't have any extras at the moment or I would help you out.
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I can bring some out to you on the 27th if you are going to the 'Cuse Herf.
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I've bought an "Empty Wooden Box Assortment" from cbid years ago, and never got "junk" or acid boxes - most were actually really heavy & decent boxes (all but one, see next paragraph). According to Steve, you are supposed to get whichever the first 10 empty boxes they grab, with no duplicates and no "super special/rare boxes" like OpusX, CAO Vision & Sopranos, Stradivarius (although I did end up with one of the numbered CAO Black MOW boxes somehow). I think I paid $7 or $9 to win the auction.

One of the boxes was a really thin box and they had put heavier boxes on top of it, so it crushed the lid in during shipping, but no BFD, since I was buying these to stuff in a cooler anyway, I just pulled the lid off and just used it as an open tray at the top of the cooler instead.
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That would be outstanding, Ryan. Thanks! :-)
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