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    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

    You can buy cigars on eBay?

    Man, I'd love to know what online stores you're referring to because I checked all the sites I usually buy from and they were all out of stock if you wanted to buy just one tin (the one B&M in my city does not have them, either). I did find one site that was selling a box of seven tins (and...
  2. Phaedron

    You can buy cigars on eBay?

    Well, I just now bought a "sealed tin" of Papas Fritas on eBay for $31 (which includes shipping)... so let's see what happens! (Coincidentally, I see a five-pack of LPPFs just closed on cbid for $46-- so to get those, I'd have had to pay at least $49, plus shipping.) It's a gamble, but it...
  3. Phaedron

    Cigar Aficionado Top 25

    OK, so after work this afternoon, I stopped into the local B&M (as is my Friday ritual) and they did have the Flor de las Antillas toro. So I got one. Here's my capsule review: I did not like. Unremarkable flavor, and a really bad burn (kept getting that hard charred nugget at the end-- is...
  4. Phaedron

    Cigar Aficionado Top 25

    Amen, brother! So much fun!
  5. Phaedron

    Cigar Aficionado Top 25

    I'm really curious about this skepticism regarding CA selecting its "top cigars" via blind testing. With regard to their routine reviewing, they say "You'll find reviews by our panel of experts on premium, handmade cigars from all around the world, each of them conducted blind." And for the...
  6. Phaedron

    Box-press drives me nuts

    Well, you know our aesthetics are all so subjective. I kind of prefer box-press, and I think it's 97% psychological. The Padron 1926's that really gave me my first "cigar ephiphany" were box-pressed and now there's just a certain... cachet... in my mind when I grab any oblong beauty. Like...
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    Cigar Aficionado Top 25

    It's funny to see the skepticism about the list and how certain cigars can even make it on there. I've been to a couple San Diego Comic-Cons over the past few years and when the "expert panel" comes up with the annual Eisner Awards, all the blogs and forums light up with, "How in the hell did...
  8. Phaedron

    How many humidors do you have?

    I had previously posted that I had four desktop humidors, but I am now seasoning my new acquisition-- a used Don Salvatore end table/cabinet found on Craigs List-- in hopes of consolidating everything into this unit...!
  9. Phaedron

    You can buy cigars on eBay?

    Well, I'll be the contrarian. I picked up a sealed tin of the Fuente Fuente Opus X Rare 1992 Estate Reserve (Perfexcion) on eBay a couple of weeks ago for $60.00 (including shipping). This is an item that is out of production and pretty well sold out everywhere. The only online retailers I...
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    Don Salvatore Via Craigs List

    I'm turning into a Friday afternoon regular at the TR-- nice group of folks there! If I can break away from household mishigas next Saturday, I'll stop down. I'm on the west side of Madison, over by Crestwood Elementary.
  11. Phaedron

    Don Salvatore Via Craigs List

    I'm tired of working out of four desktop humidors, so when I saw this on Craigs List fairly locally, I pulled the trigger. It came with a Cigar Oasis, too. It's getting all seasoned up as I type. I don't see this model on the Don Salvatore website, so it must be discontinued. Anyone know...
  12. Phaedron

    LAST DAY : BOTL / Drew Estate Holiday Extravaganza

    Well, I'm going to do the ascent of Kilimanjaro next year on the occasion of my fiftieth birthday, and I have a Cohiba Behike 54 waiting for that (to be smoked AFTER I get back down the mountain). Usually, I'll go to an Opus X.
  13. Phaedron

    # of Diff Sticks ?

    Not counting the different sizes... the spreadsheet sez... 115.
  14. Phaedron

    Day 7 : Drew Estate / BOTL 8 Day Holiday Extravaganza

    Well, seeing as the only one I've met is Rocky Patel, I guess I have to say Rocky Patel.
  15. Phaedron

    How often do you ash?

    Come on guys, fess up! You know when we're all sitting around the lounge at the B&M, we're all going for the longest ash-- and we're all surreptitiously checking out everyone else's ash-- it's a metaphor, pure and simple!
  16. Phaedron

    Day 6 : Drew Estate / BOTL Holiday Extravaganza

    I was on vacation in Akumal, Mexico just shy of ten years ago, on the occasion of my 40th birthday. Out of curiosity, I picked up what was purported to be a Cuban cigar at the local grocery store. In retrospect it was, of course, fake. But I didn't know any better, and I must have liked it...
  17. Phaedron

    Going to retry pipes

    A friend of mine took up pipes early this year and now owns three Dunhills and a Castello-- Briars all, I think they're a straight billiard, a bent billiard, a Dublin and a church warden (which is fun to watch him smoke). His whole mishigas has involved breaking them in. He claims it takes 30...
  18. Phaedron

    How many humidors do you have?

    I've got four desktop humidors. I can't remember the "official" capacity of each one, but according to my painstakingly maintained inventory spreadhseet, they are holding a total of 434 sticks. I almost pulled the trigger on one of those tall cabinet humidors this year, but I just don't have...
  19. Phaedron

    Day 5 : BOTL / Drew Estate 8 Day Holiday Extravaganza

    All things considered... Robusto. Thanks!
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    Day 4 : BOTL / Drew Estate 8 Day Holiday Extravaganza

    If I REALLY thought the world was gonna end, I'd smoke that Cohiba Behike BHK 54.
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