I read this a few days back and meant to post earlier that I smoked a very special cigar for your grandfather (a Siglo VI from the Cohiba Siglo X Aniversario Humidor). For me, my grandfather (Grampa Jack), a career Marine who fought in three wars and is buried in Arlington.....well he was a father-figure to me and a very special person in my life, as was Earl to you. He also loved Cuban cigars....
I smoked one in Earl's honor as well as Grampa Jack, because I felt the tie you had with your grandfather as I had with mine.