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  • BOTL UPCOMING MAINTENANCE

    Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.

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  1. Phaedron

    The Official Cigar Deals Thread

    *Whoof* Looks like I snagged the very last sixer of UF-13 Darks at Emerson's. How the heck would anyone ever know they dropped some Unicos? Are you guys just constantly checking the site?
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    Comic Books

    Ditto the above. I'm a long-time comics collector and just from this photo, I'm concluding there isn't value here-- Particularly, that one with a piece of the cover missing you might as well just shred for packing materials for your next bombing run! That said, I've found this site to be...
  3. Phaedron

    Ezra Zion Tantrum ?

    Just ordered a 5-pack via Charmed Leaf. I know the original Inceptions were fantastic (now known as Jamais Vu), so I'm looking forward to giving these a try!
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    The Official Cigar Deals Thread

    Hmph-- Thompson sent me an e-mail implying that these won't be shipped on September 3 after all... Anyone else hear similarly? I see my credit card charge is still hanging out there as a "pending." I really want to get hold of one of these to celebrate my conquering of the summit of Mt...
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    Free Cigar Aficionado subscription for one year

    Well, I've done the survey now, too-- I was a little hesitant just because I'm halfway through a paid digital subscription. So I wonder if somehow it will be figured out that this should start after the end of my paid subscription, or if I will subsequently get three issues both digitally AND...
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    Your First

    Mine was a "Cuban" I picked up at a grocery store in Akumal, Mexico when I was down there for my 40th birthday ten years ago. What the hell did I know? But it must have been good enough to make me want to come back for more...
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    How much is smoking worth to you?

    I'll be ready for the flaming, as I have to say I don't see anything wrong with this. It's just actuarial. People who get a lot of speeding tickets will pay higher car insurance premiums because they have demonstrated a propensity to engage in risky behavior behind the wheel. Smokers engage...
  8. Phaedron

    London and Paris...

    Just back from across the pond. Went to the recommended J.J. Fox in London and A La Civette in Paris. Fox was definitely the better store, sitting in Churchill's chair was fun. A La Civette didn't have quite the selection and, more disturbingly, many of their cigars were exhibiting mold...
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    London and Paris...

    Advice for future travelers-- I've discovered that, despite an indoor smoking ban in London, one can still enjoy a drink and a smoke at the terrace bar at the Hippodrome Casino at Leicester Square. They sell Habanos (exorbitant) and there's a hookah on every table.
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    London and Paris...

    Today's the day we're heading out! If any B's or S's OTL are in London this week or Paris next week, PM me for a possible mini-herf. (And if anyone else has tobacconist recommendations, I'd still love to hear them!)
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    I'm going fishing.

    Bobber. Split-shot. Hook. Fat, squirmy leech. Fish on! Guaranteed.
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    Hello from Madison, WI

    Welcome! See ya down at the Tasting Room!
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    BOTL & Drew Estate Cigar Safari 2014, 01/29 - 02/01

    Just to clarify-- Is this the only opportunity for a DE Cigar Safari in 2014? Or does Drew Estate offer these year-round so that we could actually go at any time? I wanted to do this in 2014, but these dates don't work...
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    The Official Cigar Deals Thread

    Wow, that's awesome, thanks! That'll save my eyeballs. Oh, and folks should keep an eye on the Cbid free-falls as well for the MUWAT Bait Fish. I got two five-packs for $35.14 last week. With the $4.95 shipping, it's about the same as the Joe Deal. (I coulda saved nine cents if I'd waited...
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    The Official Cigar Deals Thread

    Speaking of Genesis The Project, here's an unconventional "deal" you might want to play around with. Right now, Cbid has the 6-stick samplers that come with the ashtray thing (see http://www.cigarbid.com/Auction/Lot/1509240/Genesis-The-Project-Wooden-Ashtray-Sampler-6-Cigars/). $29.66 is the...
  16. Phaedron

    world no tobacco day

    OK, sure, it's Friday so I'll be having a cigar today. But I certainly don't hold this day's designation against the WHO. No one can deny that we'd all be, in the aggregate, in better health now and into the future without tobacco. I rationalize my behavior by emphasizing to myself that I've...
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    Recent Pic of the DPG Collection

    What are all those unbanded ones?
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    Star Trek Into Darkness

    Just got back from the Imax 3D presentation. One word. Awesome.
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    Remember what you have smoked

    I bought a lot of samplers early on, and I try a lot of new single sticks at lounges when I travel, so I don't have too much inadvertant duplication-- if I have more than one of a kind, it generally means I liked it enough to get a five-pack or a box of ten... Maybe someday, I'll get to the...
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    Remember what you have smoked

    This is something of a dilemma for me. There are just SO MANY cigars in the world to sample, if I have the choice between trying something new or going back and giving something I didn't like the first time another chance, I'm likely to choose the former...
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