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2009 Epi 2

First one was a blast! I’m available for Dec. 14.

PRESOS TRABAJAN VENDE box code maybe 🤔 ? Wish I could say this was funny, but it’s not. PASS, easy pass.

Pairing was great thanks. I find champagne pairs well with cigars in general. E2 from a 5 count box. This one has been the best of the 3 I've smoked so far, as the others had been underfilled.

Bucket list: Masters F1 Monaco GP MotoGP in Barcelona or San Marino Wimbledon Open at St Andrews Premier League / Champions League Kentucky Derby Melbourne Cup All Blacks match Olympics (winter and summer) Attended: Several World Series games (Philly, NY) Various golf tournaments including Majors NBA Finals Playoff NFL football NCAA Final Four US Open (Tennis) Preakness, Belmont, Breeder’s Cup Played golf at Portrush immediately after The Open World Cup in Europe and Brazil* (*didn't attend the Cup but was traveling in Europe and Brazil on separate occasions while their World Cup was happening, which was likely crazier than going to the actual event)

Thanks Alex, because from the user side, I personally enjoy competing, battling and "killing” others in last minutes (no matter if it's 10-59 seconds), so please consider only increasing to 60 seconds only, LOL!

Will have a look at this. There hasn't been any change to the rules, but the system is erroneously allowing you to submit anything for review. We'll get that fixed, but in the meantime the admin should reject new regular production stuff if you try and submit it. On the old system if someone bid within the last minute, it would reset the counter to one minute, i.e., if there are 30 seconds left and someone bids then it resets it to 1 minute. In the new system, it adds a minute, i.e., if there are 30 seconds left and someone bids then there will be 1:30 left. If you bid 800 but someone else has a max bid of 1000, then the the auto bidder will bid 805, which also counts as a bid, so each bid will add a minute and there will be 2:30 left. It's not something we set out to do, just the default behaviour of the new software. I've put it on our list of things to consider.

Tung Chung mate.

Drew Estate Undercrown Corona Viva. Nice cheaper alternative to the Liga Privada series with a similar profile.

As long as they still have the pits in them. I can't stand pitted dates.

First thing I’d check and it already failed. Seems like most objective box to check prior to moving on to the more nuanced fonts and such.

Again, with the second bid, the time left increases to 3-4 minutes when people exceed my price (not 1 minute as before). It's not much fun for the bidding excitement because as a user, l like to compete with others at the last minute.

On both the old and the new system, if the auction closes without reaching the reserve, the seller has an option to offer it to the high bidder at their bid. I.e., if the reserve was $1000 and you had bid $950, the seller might decide that that is good enough and offer it to you at $950. I think what you're saying is that if the reserve is $1000 and it closes at $950 then you should have a second chance to pay the $1000? While we could do it that way, I think the existing way makes more sense. While the auction is open it says whether or not the reserve has been met, so you would know you hadn't hit the reserve as soon as you placed the $950. If you are willing to pay more you should increase your bid then and win it the old fashioned way. I did not know they had the option to offer at the highest bid. That make sense. Thanks.

Bond Roberts Petit 109 Charleston release 2014, blown away. Finished the evening with an extra 109, and enjoyed Robusto Trinity and the Ninfa, and made some new friends. Can we do it again?

Oh, its back in operation, I thought it had stopped. A new finding...when we bid during last minute, I find that if I failed 1 time (other's bid over me), then it delays 1 more minute. If I failed twice, it becomes delayed by 2 minutes. I remember that the previous version would remain 1 minute.

I cut all of my TV subscriptions about two weeks ago. Just not worth it anymore. Currently, though: Prime (for the crazy fast shipping) NYTimes Wall Street Journal YouTube Premium (can't stand ads) Spotify Family SiriusXM

Oh jeeze. Amazon Prime 2x (wife and I both have, should cancel one) Netflix HBO Max Apple Tv+ Chatgpt Spotify ESPN wsj Peacock Nanit baby monitor my wife has a bunch of twitter / substacks that she supports Tunnels to Towers (she is on a subscription to donate monthly in exchange for a free tote bag!)

YouTube premium, my #1 used service Spotify Netflix Hulu but not the expensive one HBO Disney plus I have a skin care subscription that is too expensive but I like the results. Just cancelled a razor subscription. We actually cancelled Amazon Prime a couple years ago. I think Amazon is the devil and my wife doesn’t like the idea of paying for the “privilege” of free shipping. I found it’s not that hard to get the c**p that I need without Amazon.

Enjoyed sticky dates from Coachella this morning. Love them.

Fair disclosure, I smoked one ROTT and didn't post any review because it was not good. I read what other people were saying about it and was thoroughly confuzzled, because that was not what I had experienced. Decided to give the other one from my sampler 30 days and try again. Holy peanut marshmallow caramel chocolate nougat wrapped in cedar, Batman! It was delicious. Light cedar, baking spices and milk chocolate on the cold draw. First light offered a rich array of candy bar flavors with a hint of pleasant wood and leather which remained consistent throughout the cigar. Body and intensity ramped up a bit from mild to mild-medium as the smoke progressed. Consistent burn and excellent smoke output. 30 days down made a really remarkable difference. I am not surprised that this one is going head to head with the HdM Epi 2. The flavor notes that I recall from that marca are similar. I regret not having a few more to age, I think they could do quite well with even more resting time.

Not 1 thing. Ever. Aside from my internet service. Life is better here. Let go of the control these companies have over you. I don't know WHAT you are talking about here

I have a few invitations left to a certain site of this nature if you aren't already on GP. 😁

I went to play pickle ball tonight, and didn't bring a cigar with me so I stopped off at the cigar lounge and bought a NC. I have to say, these are really nice cigars.

Amazon Prime Spotify The rest that's what the high seas are for Arrrrr! Plex/Radarr/Sonarr/home server is the way to go

Nice view! Where in Hong Kong?