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Unhappy Thread

Freedom Fine Cigars in Naples was awesome if anyone is in that area. Gonna try to get back there tomorrow or Friday.
 
Our nearly 11 year-old clothes dryer quit yesterday, and I had it up and running in no time, thanks to a secret stash of spare parts.
(queue happy dance)

Then, I decided to resurrect this 5-year-old GE unit, but gave up after an estimated $200 in replacement parts. Not counting a bunch of burnt-up wiring. Weird.

As a side note, the local appliance place wanted $28 for a simple dryer fuse. I bought a six pack of those fuses a couple of years ago for $10.

So, one live one, and one dead one.

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I’ve been tangentially connected to several people who recently expressed the darkness that’s floating around in the heads and hearts. I think it’s tied to the holiday season & the cold dark nights certainly don’t help.
It hurts me to hear some of what I’ve heard from people who have kept stuff bottled up. I don’t like folks feeling gloomy.
All this to say, be available to those people around you who need a listening ear, a hug, some comfort and grace.
 
Just boarded the plane for the second leg of our flight home. They made an announcement that the plane is overbooked by one seat, and if anyone is willing to take a later flight, they will be compensated with a $1500 Visa card. I looked at my wife as I was getting up to get off of the plane. She told me to sit my ass back down. I could have bought a lot of cigars with $1500!
 
I wasn't sure what thread this belonged in soooooo
IMPORTANT ALERT!!! Do not open Cigarbid at work, on new years eve while you are bored and just got your bonus. It ends up with you the winning bid on 160+ cigars... There's still plenty of time on them for people to outbid me... right??
 
CBoukal said:
I wasn't sure what thread this belonged in soooooo
IMPORTANT ALERT!!! Do not open Cigarbid at work, on new years eve while you are bored and just got your bonus. It ends up with you the winning bid on 160+ cigars... There's still plenty of time on them for people to outbid me... right??
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Does that mean you’re not coming to see me??? 🤣
 
I was pretty geeked up for the playoff games yesterday so I set out a great cigar I got from @jfields A Bolivar Corona Gigantes. Because it was in the low teens outside it takes a bit of work to set the man cave up for decent ventilation. When I cut it, I noticed it was pretty plugged so I got the Perfecdraw out and I worked until I felt I was going to damage it. I lit it in spite of the bad draw hoping it would open up. NOPE!

So I threw it out and got a R&J #1 A/T ..... It was plugged as well:( Oh well the games were good!
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CigarStone said:
I was pretty geeked up for the playoff games yesterday so I set out a great cigar I got from @jfields A Bolivar Corona Gigantes. Because it was in the low teens outside it takes a bit of work to set the man cave up for decent ventilation. When I cut it, I noticed it was pretty plugged so I got the Perfecdraw out and I worked until I felt I was going to damage it. I lit it in spite of the bad draw hoping it would open up. NOPE!

So I threw it out and got a R&J #1 A/T ..... It was plugged as well:( Oh well the games were good!
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I've never seen someone who gets so many plugged cigars.. lol

Just curious. Do you drybox a week of so prior? A plugged cigars is a plugged cigar, but the higher the moisture, the more those leaves swell up inside.
 
jfields said:
I've never seen someone who gets so many plugged cigars.. lol

Just curious. Do you drybox a week of so prior? A plugged cigars is a plugged cigar, but the higher the moisture, the more those leaves swell up inside.
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Yes, when possible. This one was just one day 🙁

ETA:
Come to think of it, this cigar was dry boxed for over a week. I had it with me while I was deer hunting
 
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