Austinoir
The luckiest guy in Shawshank
True story. Met up w my cigar mentor Sarge (aka Sgt. Retired US Army) in Waco, TX. We took a day trip to my old city of Austin, TX to listen to a jazz band. After arriving in Austin, we stopped at a flea market and he spotted a used humidor on sale for $5. He bought it for me as a gift, handed it to me, and as he walked away, the lady who sold it to him said "Sir, do you want the cigars that came with it? " Sgt didn't hear her, because he's hard of hearing (years of artillery or "blowing shit up" as he says). I turned and said "what cigars?" She proceeded to reach in a plastic shopping bag and pulled out several long metal tubes labeled "Romeo and Julietta". Stunned, I looked for Sgt who was looking at a long table of knives in the distance. I asked how much? She said, "you can have them, I didn't know if I could sell them, so I was just going to throw them away. Here". She took the humidor from me, opened it up and plopped them in. I smiled, thanked her and found Sgt, but said nothing. Later, over a dinner of fried chicken at Gus' Fried chicken, I thank him for the humidor, put it on the table and told him about the cigars. Amazed, I asked him to inspect them for mold or rot. He looked at them and said matter-of-factly they were shit and he needed to smoke each one personally to save me from a horrible fate. We laughed and I said "they're all yours, you're the only guy at the table who smokes Romeo and Juliettas exclusively". We laughed and he accepted the cigars (see photos). All told, we got a $40+ humidor (made in China) and over $100 worth of Romeo and Juliettas for $5. Sgt summed it up nicely "Sometimes, you just take the win!"
The jazz was great, the company even better and an amazing story/memory in my cigar journey. I want to thank the cigar gods, but more so the guy who donated all of this, or maybe his wife. Lmfao!
The jazz was great, the company even better and an amazing story/memory in my cigar journey. I want to thank the cigar gods, but more so the guy who donated all of this, or maybe his wife. Lmfao!
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