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luckyace12 said:

Dry box is full. These aren't as pretty. Its amazing what a difference a week or so off the table makes in your rolling.
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You have probably read somewhere that wrapper leaf should be in "high case."

Now, the Code of Federal Regulations Title 7, Subtitle B, Chapter I, Subchapter A, Part 29, Subpart C, Section 29.6053 defines high-case as "Wet."

But what do the Feds know? There is another kind of high case that is neither wet nor even damp, but merely very pliable, like cloth or a paper towel. Totally bendy but not damp. The water molecules have been subsumed into the flesh of the leaf making it supple, rather than being on the surface, making it damp, wet, or soggy. That's the sort of high case I put my wrapper leaves into before I let them near a bunch. Supple but dry. Visit a few cigar factories and ask to touch their wrapper right before they stick it on the bunch, and that's what you'll find: supple but dry. You can find exceptions in Youtube videos, but those are the exception.

Ref (applicable but erroneous Title 7 code): https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/29.6053

 
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blisscigarco said:
You have probably read somewhere that wrapper leaf should be in "high case."

Now, the Code of Federal Regulations Title 7, Subtitle B, Chapter I, Subchapter A, Part 29, Subpart C, Section 29.6053 defines high-case as "Wet."

But what do the Feds know? There is another kind of high case that is neither wet nor even damp, but merely very pliable, like cloth or a paper towel. Totally bendy but not damp. The water molecules have been subsumed into the flesh of the leaf making it supple, rather than being on the surface, making it damp, wet, or soggy. That's the sort of high case I put my wrapper leaves into before I let them near a bunch. Supple buy dry. Visit a few cigar factories and ask to touch their wrapper right before they stick it on the bunch, and that's what you'll find: supple buy dry. You can find exceptions in Youtube videos, but those are the exception.

Ref (applicable but erroneous Title 7 code): https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/29.6053

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This video is a life saver!!! Thank you very much for sharing this!
 
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blisscigarco said:
Check out the date on this stick, a nice Laguito #2 vitola, I'm enjoying after lunch today. I think this might be the first one I ever smoked at a year to the day from rolling.
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And now you're gonna kick yourself for not aging more that long before smoking. At least I do when I smoke ones with a year or more on them.
 
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Bunched yesterday, wrapped today, I wonder if I will be able to hold out a year....I might have to start a twelve step program to make them last that long!
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I'd be proud of myself if they make it to June 11th....
Into the dry box with some short smokes rolled last week for comparison (they'll be out after the photo). Last week's were wrapped in Habano seco (filler) leaf, and one Ecuador ligero wrapped. This week's are wrapped in Ecuador Shade Seco.
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Jim D said:
Bunched yesterday, wrapped today, I wonder if I will be able to hold out a year....I might have to start a twelve step program to make them last that long!
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I'd be proud of myself if they make it to June 11th....
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The scientific equation for how to age your stock is to roll a metric assload more than you can smoke. Then hide them from yourself. I have a couple coolers besides my humidors and I stash things randomly buried deep. Most of the time I'm too lazy to go digging, but when I do I find things I forgot about completely.
 
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BrewinHooligan said:
The scientific equation for how to age your stock is to roll a metric assload more than you can smoke. Then hide them from yourself. I have a couple coolers besides my humidors and I stash things randomly buried deep. Most of the time I'm too lazy to go digging, but when I do I find things I forgot about completely.
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The part that I struggle with is my wife's happiness factor is inversely proportional to the amount of time I spend rolling and her honey-do list accelerates exponentially as I roll...:banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
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The part that I struggle with is my wife's happiness factor is inversely proportional to the amount of time I spend rolling and her honey-do list accelerates exponentially as I roll...:banghead::banghead::banghead:
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I wish I had a suggestion that was good or reasonable. I really need to be better about showing mine how much I appreciate her tolerance of my hobbies.
 
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The part that I struggle with is my wife's happiness factor is inversely proportional to the amount of time I spend rolling and her honey-do list accelerates exponentially as I roll...:banghead::banghead::banghead:
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That's brutal. My wife Michelle can see how essential rolling is to my psychological balance/happiness, and understands that my well-being is part-and-parcel with her own. Sometimes when I'm rolling she asks if she can fix me a cocktail or bring me anything, and enquirers about how my hunt is going for new sources of leaf. She asks to see my latest label designs and wonders when I'll be doing another rolling video. Meanwhile she works full-time.
 
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That's brutal. My wife Michelle can see how essential rolling is to my psychological balance/happiness, and understands that my well-being is part-and-parcel with her own. Sometimes when I'm rolling she asks if she can fix me a cocktail or bring me anything, and enquirers about how my hunt is going for new sources of leaf. She asks to see my latest label designs and wonders when I'll be doing another rolling video. Meanwhile she works full-time.
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Similar to my girlfriend, she doesn't mind if I'm rolling as long as i hang out with her and talk at the same time. Even just being in the same room is enough for her if she's busy with her own hobbies.

Plus, i don't know if I've ever shown our "dining room", but she has fully supported that room being my rolling, brewing, gaming room This will also ensure i get a garage for all my hobbies when we leave NC!

Sent from the past on VeLoRoK's flip phone
 
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That's brutal. My wife Michelle can see how essential rolling is to my psychological balance/happiness, and understands that my well-being is part-and-parcel with her own. Sometimes when I'm rolling she asks if she can fix me a cocktail or bring me anything, and enquirers about how my hunt is going for new sources of leaf. She asks to see my latest label designs and wonders when I'll be doing another rolling video. Meanwhile she works full-time.
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I think I'm in love again. Got any pictures of this Michelle? Is she seeing anyone? Is it serious?




Seriously, tho -- over 35 years, Bearswatter has learned to tolerate my alone time. Sometimes I'm wrenching, sometimes I'm carpentering, sometimes reading, writing, rolling, programming -- even camping and long murdersickle rides. None of this came easily. Anyone who says women can't be made to learn hasn't spent 35 obdurate years doing it. The secret is never give an inch. If you do, sets you back another ten years just like that.

It helps that we reserve our dedicated one on one face time. Every Saturday morning we go to breakfast regular as clockwork; I pretend to listen; and on the way back, I thank her for going out with me. Once a week, we go out to dinner, and likewise. They need to think they are being courted.

The only thing she bidges about is the time spent on fora. Gotta go now.......
 
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