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And, Giz, I’d like to recognize and re-emphasize this point you’ve (repeatedly) made on the issue, ie, the passage of time. Senator seems to disregard the two-plus years between purchase and sale as irrelevant, but it’s clearly not - especially with large stores of cigars, was Bam supposed to remember where and when he bought every single cigar in his collection? Is he required to keep a log of all transactions? And to do so forever? Just to avoid the appearance of impropriety on any later day sale? Personally, I think that’s a silly proposition. I’m happy to give Bam the benefit of the doubt (again, assuming it’s Rooster’s box at issue) that he truly forgot where he procured it and simply wanted to sell off a box he was no longer interested in.

Fantastic write up. I'll be back in Malaysia in March for my cousin's wedding. Have a list of restaurants to hit to get my Malaysian food fix.

I clicked on the article and it basically is a list compiled by asking this question then putting the answers up from the readers. Seems like a weird way to write an article. Plus a lot of these items were cheap then, because they got popular the price shot up for example skirt steak. You could also say that for hot wings. They used to be fairly cheap then they got popular at bars so the demand drove the price up. Do I need to hold pink fingers out when I eat hot wings because I am eating rich people food? 😆

I'm no doctor either, one could dig and find studies going both ways about ldl-c so there's no clear answer to that problem. High ldl levels seem to be protective to elderly people in regard to some cancers and other pathologies so.... My post was just meant to point out that there's no certainty when it comes to science, that's the whole point of it 👍 Feel free to DM me if you want to dig deeper, I don't want to hijack the thread 😉

But there's LDL-C that's the, I believe, Scientifically backed problem. So when we talk about cholesterol problems it's the cholesterol carried by ldl particles that causes problems. Still reading around the ApoB test to give an actual particle count of LDL, VLDL, and IDL. A high density of these is what causes build up apparently ... Then there's lp(a)... Statins of no use against some combination of these, and have side effects. Otherwise if it's a genetic reason the other drugs. I'm no doctor!

Agreed 100% It's a very sensitive topic, modern drugs and modern medicine are phenomenal tools but one cannot deny that there's too much money at stake to blindly trust the industry. I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and a big part of the job is to bring people back to their physicians (all the more since COVID) in order to work together, not against them. Even in China my teachers were all both TCM/Medicine doctors.

Thank you, Scott for your kind appreciation! 👍

TRUTH I've been lucky enough to drive all sorts of things, but never a Ferrari. Maserati over Porsche, but barely.

I once gave a gentleman who smoked cigars regularly one of these. For the next month he complained I spoiled him as nothing else tasted as good. I honestly think he might have quit smoking cigars.

I'm not sure we had the same cigar at all here. I had no savory notes, nothing really out of the sandbox of mocha creme and toasted nuts. Certainly no pepper or a sweetness as strong as anise. That cello should go to a museum though.

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Basically everything in my browser history - wine, whisky, cigars, cars, denim, watches, shoes, "models" who "tour"...

Communism is based on deception, lies and jedi-mind-tricks. Let's fact check Mr Gomez. Before 2018, Venezuela was the #1 supplier of jet fuel to the US. Good enough for the US but not Cuba. In fact, that Heavy Sour Crude from Venezuela is more efficient in producing diesel and other industrial lubricants that all countries use. The "donations" from Mexico are Venezuelan tankers that shut off their radar once they reach a Mexican port and are transferred to smaller vessels, that are going to Cuba to "donate". No Canadian corporation in their right mind will sell Cuba oil because of the Magnitsky Act set by the US on Cuba. In this act no $$$ can be transferred electronically to or from Cuba. The virus/influenza/mosquito phenomenon knocked out a lot of Cubans in December. I know quite a few that were bed-ridden 30+ days. Some feel better, some have a lot of pain, some didn't make it. Plan to spray? They have sprayed twice in Havana the past 3 months. Terminal 3 in Havana has been on and off without power, sometimes for 2-3 days. Lately its OK, but its cooler there now (70's). So everything they say is smokescreen and mirrors. John

I would rather smoke a Chicos. Cheapos.

That’s a dramatic take. Most people are happy to denounce pharma in the abstract…right up until they need antibiotics, anesthesia, or cancer treatment. The Steve Jobs route doesn’t really work. Medicine is messy, regulated, and imperfect, and dismissing it entirely is easier than understanding it. The loudest critics tend to speak in slogans, not specifics, which is easy to do when you’ve never been in the arena.

These are making me dizzy.

Yeah I think that’s why he mentioned the weight—that’s the point at which it’ll work the same as a truly fresh pack. He’s a lab chemist, so he expects measurements to be hyper precise, but in any event, recharging them and weighing them is more annoying to me than buying another one 😆 * Edited to add I’m just a lawyer, so this ALL is over my head! 😛

The wealthy using skirt steak for fajitas??? I thought they'd go with no less than wagyu ribeye. Maybe add welfare to the list. Brett Favre seems to have taken it all from Mississippi. Oh, and 'special' pics to complete strangers - he ruined that too Rich people, I tell ya! Cheers

That’s great for your brother, Guido, but nonetheless he errs in this regard (man, even Cambridge seems to have lost its lustre 😂). As a graduated chemist, once he gets into the details of the thermodynamics of the equilibrium of water in the atmosphere above a supersaturated aqueous salt solution (closed system) he’ll sure be able to see where he didn’t fully grasp the concept yet. Humidifier pack systems, such as Boveda, work two-ways (!), meaning bidirectional. This fully reversible, instantaneous decharging and recharging (with water molecules) is the very concept behind their stabilising effect and their long-term ability to do so. If they’d just be capable of keeping that ability only within a very narrow range of water loss or gain, they’d be useless for the job. The internal solution is highly oversaturated, therefore vastly tolerant to water uptake. So, of course can you deliberately “recharge“ them up to a certain extent without altering the basic properties. Important to not let them dry out too far, as crystals will grow too big to redissolve easily back into the solution at room temperature (perhaps this is what he has in mind there). It’ll take its time but on principle, diluting a supersaturated salt solution back to a point still within the original range - that is, roughly up to the pack’s original weight, will still be keeping it within the necessary supersaturated range. That’s the whole trick behind their functionality and why those packs come in so handy and set-and-forget-easy to use.

I am tough to buy for because if someone asks what I’d like, I can’t think of anything because I generally buy what I need, when I need it. One thing that might be a good option is a tasting kit of various finishing salts.

If a LCDH can’t make it work in Toronto or Montreal, I’m not sure how it can in Edmonton. Maybe Toronto and Montreal were related to the rent cost of being downtown in those cities. Both were great but Montreal in particular because you could still smoke in it. I hope it works for them.

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