dunng 05:36 AM 03-27-2009
landhoney 10:00 AM 03-27-2009
Originally Posted by dunng:
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WALDORF: They aren’t half bad.
STATLER: Nope, they’re ALL bad!
STATLER: I wonder if there really is life on another planet.
WALDORF: Why do you care? You don’t have a life on this one?
WALDORF: What’s all the commotion about?
STATLER: Waldorf, the bunny ran away!
WALDORF: Well, you know what that makes him -
BOTH: Smarter than us!
Statler: Well, that was different.
Waldorf: Yep. Lousy...
Both: ...but different!
Statler: Wake up you old fool. You slept through the show.
Waldorf: Who's a fool? You watched it.
S: I like the steel Drums!
W: What?!?
S: THE PIGS' STEEL DRUMS!!!
W: I beleive it! They'll take anything that isn't bolted down!
S: Is your hearing aid fixed?
W: No.
S: Then how do you know what I'm saying?
W: I don't!
S: Oh. (does double take)
md4958 10:20 AM 03-27-2009
Originally Posted by landhoney:
WALDORF: They aren’t half bad.
STATLER: Nope, they’re ALL bad!
STATLER: I wonder if there really is life on another planet.
WALDORF: Why do you care? You don’t have a life on this one?
WALDORF: What’s all the commotion about?
STATLER: Waldorf, the bunny ran away!
WALDORF: Well, you know what that makes him -
BOTH: Smarter than us!
Statler: Well, that was different.
Waldorf: Yep. Lousy...
Both: ...but different!
Statler: Wake up you old fool. You slept through the show.
Waldorf: Who's a fool? You watched it.
S: I like the steel Drums!
W: What?!?
S: THE PIGS' STEEL DRUMS!!!
W: I beleive it! They'll take anything that isn't bolted down!
S: Is your hearing aid fixed?
W: No.
S: Then how do you know what I'm saying?
W: I don't!
S: Oh. (does double take)
:-):-):-)
pnutbutrsangwich 02:32 PM 03-30-2009
I'm only on page 16 of this thread. I'll leave this here as a placeholder in case this gets locked before I finish. Thanks for pointing this out to me, Dave!
WildBlueSooner 02:58 PM 03-30-2009
Why would this get locked?
:-)
icehog3 03:18 PM 03-30-2009
Just when I thought I was out....Tom pulled me back in.
:-)
ChicagoWhiteSox 03:18 PM 03-30-2009
Who left the door open? I thought this one had died finally.
:-)
thebiglebowski 03:34 PM 03-30-2009
who the hell bumped this thing???
pnutbutrsangwich 07:34 AM 03-31-2009
That'd be me. I'm up to page 29 now... it's really getting good!
ahc4353 07:41 AM 03-31-2009
Originally Posted by pnutbutrsangwich:
That'd be me. I'm up to page 29 now... it's really getting good!
If your reading this entire mess you need a life.
:-)
Negncic 08:05 AM 03-31-2009
looking at this is like looking at a bad accident. you really do not want to look but you have to.
pnutbutrsangwich 08:19 AM 03-31-2009
Originally Posted by ahc4353:
If your reading this entire mess you need a life. :-)
Oh, I beg to differ. I just finished it and I can't tell you the number of "life lessons" that I think I just picked up
:-)
ahc4353 08:20 AM 03-31-2009
Originally Posted by pnutbutrsangwich:
Oh, I beg to differ. I just finished it and I can't tell you the number of "life lessons" that I think I just picked up :-)
Oh do tell!
Legend 12:50 PM 04-27-2009
OK.
Update: Due to business(good thing) I am canceling the tour to Don Pepin factory in May(bad thing). However, I will go sometime, it's just not feasible right now, have at least 2 national Clients trying my business out and need to make sure everything goes perfect for a while.
This Friday I did speak with don Pepin at the event at Zarka's. don Is a very nice soft spoken guy, no English, I did my best with the 4 years I took of Spanish and a translator. Don said while others may provide a slightly higher quality to the Smaller shops, It's not something done at his factory, he refuses even to produce 2nds. Anything that is not up to quality is cut up and used in short filler production.
So that's it for now, will have to check in with some of the other factories when i can.
ahc4353 01:10 PM 04-27-2009
Kwilkinson 01:12 PM 04-27-2009
Legend 01:16 PM 04-27-2009
Funny
replicant_argent 01:19 PM 04-27-2009
no matter how you phrase it, it is fortunate you didn't meet a chaveta.
BlackDog 02:35 PM 04-27-2009
Originally Posted by Legend:
1. Side by side tests. I've taken a number of internet cigars into my lounge and bought the same cigar there and smoked them side by side. Even had a few botl try it too and we all thought the local one was better. Even in blind tests.
2. Botl had gone to Honduras and Dominican republic and reported that locals(workers at the factories) had stated that inferior tobacco and piles left laying around in the factory were for internet cigars.
3. Just conjecture here but I think to myself as a businessman. First the big guys want these incredible discounts. Need to use surplus and extra tobacco.
Interesting. I'm not saying you're right or wrong. You've got a lot more experience at this than I have. But one thought comes to mind. Your conjecture, if I draw it out to it's logical conclusion, is that Rocky, Nestor, Nick, etc., keep two stocks of the same cigar; one for the big internet shops, and another, the superior cigar, for the B&M. Personally, I doubt that would last for very long without being "found out." There's too many well informed people in this hobby to keep something like that secret. I think the care, storage & aging scenario is far more plausible.
