Day 6 : Drew Estate / BOTL Holiday Extravaganza

[Angry Bill]

While deployed on Embassy Duty in the Marine Corps, my gunnery sergeant blessed me with my first cigar. Haven't looked back since. That was in 1979 ans a memory ill never forget.

 

[torin]

Walked by a b&m all the time which was a block away from my place in college. Curiosity got the best if me, and it evolved from there.

 

[Robario12]

Always thought it looked cool. During college my bro and his friends took me to club macanudo in NYC. Just got into it more and more from there.

 

[calgon]

I had an epephany in liquor store and the rest is history.

 

[heavyd]

I'm not entering the contest. I just want to chime. I actually became interested in cigars due to the rich history involved. I am a history buff, and I saw a article in a magazine about the rollers in Cuba. Shortly after, a guy transferred to my work area, and he smoked cheap cigars. I tried one. And now it's hopeless.

 

[sean]

My grandfather, who essentially raised me, left me his ashtrays when he passed away just after my 13th birthday. When I turned 18 I decided to start putting them to use... and then really got serious about the hobby just after my son was born 4 years ago.

 

[heavyd]

Very cool, Sean. That's a great way to start down the slippery.

 

[TheMadScientist]

As an ex cigarette smoker, I use to have a cigar occasionally at a wedding or such. Quit smoking cigarettes and found I really missed the social aspect to smoking. A few years ago, a friend handed me a great scotch (Belvaine Double wood) and asked if I cared for a cigar to go with it. It was down hill from there. On a side note my wife truely got onboard at our wedding where I made sure we had a few verities of scotch and 4 boxes of cigars....we spent about have the night smoking and drinking with family and friends.

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[Anthony_Joseph]

Birth of my Daughter, Smoked a RP Decade and it was not very good, But I though that it was so neat. So I kept pretending I liked smoking cigars until I finally started enjoying it.

 

[bdc30]

Got a free humidor as a gift from a poker site I used to play at. Figured I might as well grab some sticks to fill it. Found BOTL.

Down the slippery slope I went....lol

 

[Pappy]

I think I got an appreciation for cigars early, being around a couple old family members that I liked that smoked them. Smoked them occasionally, as a novelty, as a kid, just cause we weren't allowed. Always carried a curiosity about them. Then, at almost 50, I bit on a Thompson's ad in a magazine. Life pretty much had me by the short hairs, and I needed a relaxing outlet. Cigars worked, but I didn't know good from bad. Then I found a b&m 30mi. away. Wandered in a bought a few singles that I recognized from the catalogs. Smoked a Oliva G maduro that evening. Realized, "This tastes good!" Ditched Thompson's, and have been enjoying them since.

 

[drewestatecigar]

Winner is LigaPrivadaFanboy.

 

[CigarGavin]

Congrads liga!... this thing is fixed.... :cursing:

 

[heavyd]

Congrats. Who better than the biggest fan?

cough cough...it is a conspiracy. lol

 

[FuenteSmoker]

Congratulations liga

 

[MoJo]

Congrats!

 

[thejavaman]

Congrats, man. You really are a Fan Boy now!

 

[Red Raider]

Congrats bro... seems fitting

Phil

 

[mcroom]

Congrats brother!

 

[xFreebirdx]

Congrats LPF!