Hello all,
Greetings from Melissa Texas, 45 min. North of Dallas. I have been a member since November 2008 but have not done a lot of posting. I just started getting into cigars back in October 2008. Prior to that, I smoked a pretty strong cigar back in late 1995 when I was discharged from the Navy and became sick as a dog.
My cigar experiences have been much better since then. My first cigar I tried back in October 08 was the Macanudo Robust Portofino. I had bought two sampler packs from Thompson Cigars in September to give to clients, I am a Directional Driller in the Oil industry. I thought it would be a nice gift to give to these guys except almost no one seems to smoke and the few who did take a cigar, took them as a curiosity. So, Hell, I'm not giving away keepsakes that will dry up like firewood in some ones nightstand. So after having these sampler packs sitting around, I wanted to see what the big deal was, I fixed my self a Johnny Walker Black, climbed in the hot tub an lit up the Portofino. It was good, I didn't get sick, and it went well with my Scotch.
Since then I have found other brands which I enjoy more than the Macanudo Robust Portofino but that one incident opened up a can of worms. Six months later I own 2 humidors, a 100 count down stairs in our office/library and a 400 count humidor that sits upstairs to store my surplus, check out my virtual humidor.
http://www.cigargeeks.com/index.php?action=humidors;area=public;member=Samhain2000Some of you may cringe at this but I have found on the days where I do not feel like drinking alcohol with a cigar, Cherry Coke Zero works very well, go figure?
Other than cigars, I like computers, reading, archery and target shooting. I am currently between employers so I am enjoying my time off, spending it with my family, tweaking the humidors and of course smoking.
Oh I forgot to mention, I have seasonal asthma and since I started smoking cigars back in Oct. 2008, I have not had any occurrences. Weird huh?
