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Excellent! Liked the format and think the meet the BoD Members section was great too. Appreciate all the work you put into this every month Brandon.
You aren’t alone Joe. Numbers are going up in many states and me and mine are continuing to Social Distance.
atta boy Rick, toss the Freud crap and enjoy yourself one of lifes simple pleasures!
“Cigarettes are for chain-smoking, cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, cigars are for eternity.” G. Cabera Infante
“By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls.” John Galsworthy
“Ah, if only I had brought a cigar with me! This would have established my identity.” Charles Dickens
“A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores.” M*A*S*H, Klinger, Bug-Out 1976
Personally not a fan of relighting them … they never taste as good to me. Dave has a metal tube he uses that works well if the taste of a relight doesn’t bother you. Amazon is your friend!
Nice one Rick … guess I will reach waaaaaay back to one of my favorite moto stories. My father, brother and I were riding in Gormon in the late ’60’s, maybe very early ’70’s. I was in Jr High School and loving life with my Hodaka Ace 90. My Dad was riding his ’68 Husky 360, and I don’t recall what my older brother was riding at the time. The three of us had pulled off a trail for a breather and had removed our helmets. As we are talking, this guy on another Husky comes FLYING up to us. He comes to a quick stop and starts asking us if we had seen a small boy on a Yamaha Mini Enduro? He explains that his son got separated from his group and is lost and alone. As he is telling us this, my Dad recognizes him (partly because of his last name written across the bottom of his helmet ;- ), and asks in surprise “are you Steve McQueen?” He says yes and continues describing his son and bike, letting us know he is very worried and telling us where their trucks are parked and they are riding out of, in case we find him. Needless to say our trail ride had a new variable as we added “rescue mission” to the days adventure. After a while, a helicopter has joined the search party .. funny, but none of my “lost in the desert” adventures as a child enlisted helicopter searches … guess my folks didn’t love me as much as Steve loved his son! Soon enough, it was getting to be time to load the bikes in the truck and head back to good ole Downey. Before returning to our camp, we routed thru Steve McQueens. As we rolled thru, Steve was sitting in the cab of an older Ford truck with his son and another guy eating a sandwich. As we slowly rolled by, he flashed us a big grin and while holding a sandwich in one hand, he gave us a thumbs up with the other. Over 50 years later I still enjoy the memory of meeting Steve McQueen in the middle of the CA desert with my Dad and brother!
I honestly don’t think I have ever had a bad Montecristo or Romeo y Julieta .. but they are never really a go-to cigar for me .. Romeo’s because they are simply more mild than I prefer and Montecristo .. I don’t really know why. I have purchased Cuban Montecristo’s on most of our over sea trips, but never gravitate towards them here .. let me know if you find some you really like and I will try them too.
The Padron 1964 Maduro Anniversario series are my all time favorite cigars, bar none.
Pricey at around $12 and up a stick, but worth it. Give yourself at least and hour to sit back, relax and enjoy this cigar. It is not one for working in the shop, doing this or that … for me this one is a sit back, relax and enjoy the time with a quality cigar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_OzEgRozFIMy Fathers Cigars are a mid priced cigar starting around $10 a stick, that are always very good as well
https://www.cigaraficionado.com/company/my-father-cigars-incA couple of nice everyday type smokes are the San Lotano Maduro’s starting around $7.50. I also kind of like the Nub brand made by Oliva. Nothing to write home about, but a consistent, decent cigar at a reasonable price of around $6 a stick. They are unique in that they are a very large ring size, but short cigar .. maybe a 45 minute smoke or so.
I will be interested in your continuing list of favorites! One of the most famous cigar smokers was Mark Twain who always had a burning cigar in his hands. On the subject of recommendations, he is quoted as saying “No one can tell me what is a good cigar for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to know say that I smoke the worst cigars in the world. They bring their own cigars when they come to my house.” Mark Twain
Glad you like the Oliva Malanio .. definitely a good cigar. I just forwarded you an email from Famous-Smoke.com. They are doing one of the deals we talked about where if you order $100 worth of cigars they will give you a free humidor.
Hopefully we will soon be able to fill up that agenda with our normal past and pending ride reports !!! To Bill’s point, I was concerned about the light agenda, but as Dave pointed out, it made for a great interactive meeting I thought.
Holy Cow … I had no idea the Sturgis Rally generated this kind of revenue. It was documented in the MOA Rally forum in the context of criteria factored in when deciding if to cancel or postpone the rally.
Impact of the Rally
The City of Sturgis hosts the state’s single largest tourism event.
The 79th Annual Rally generated the following:
$655,090,000 of direct spending by visitors
$65,509,000 in additional indirect spending
$615,116 in funding for local non-profit and charitable organizations
$1,165,688 in net profit to the City of Sturgis
In 2014, the City’s SIP resident survey indicated 15% of residents rent their homes, 6% rent their yards and 22% work a Rally job – 43% of our residents are a part of the Rally
This income is generally 5-15% of a household’s annual incomeMy favorite brand is Padron. I actually started with Romeo & Julietta cigars years ago and they are a quality cigar with great consistency .. box after box (that is important). They are typically a bit too mild for my liking now, but I did just finish a box of one of their new offerings. I enjoyed it but won’t be purchasing another box. I also always enjoy most of Rocky Patel’s cigars. Of the ones you have ordered, I have bought more boxes of the Oliva Serie V Melanio Robusto than I can remember and think it is an excellent cigar. I have also bought 2 or 3 (maybe more) boxes of Arturo Fuente Sun Grown Double over the last few years and enjoy them as well. Not enough to place on my favorites list, but certainly enough to buy a full box of them multiple times when I see them on sale.
You asked about humidors .. my answer is a definite YES … cigars are again like fine wine in that most improve with age, if aged properly. I try to maintain a stock in my humidor so I can age them rather than immediately receiving and smoking them. They should be maintained in the ballpark of 70% humidity and 70 degrees Fahrenheit give or take. Until you get a humidor you should at minimum store them in a tupperware container with a tiny bit of sponge damp with distilled water. This will work fine and save your investment from drying out, tasting bad and burning too hot. Keep your eyes out at JR, Famous-Smoke, Cigar International, etc. since they have specials every now and then where you buy a box of cigars and they will sale accessories for pennies on the dollar. I have received many desktop humidors that way. When all this “Stay at Home” stuff ends, perhaps you can come to Brea and have a stick with me. We can discuss in more detail and I would love to show you the humidor I made out of an old oak ice box refrigerator many years ago … it holds more cigars than I can afford to stock it with and might be another aspect of the hobby you would enjoy.