El Presidente

Some good points raised

Taken LCDH Tijuana January 2023

One week to go! Eat up 1. Register in the week Monday 26th of January and Friday the 30th of January on this thread

Is the "Cigar Influencer" train running out of steam? To be fair, I am talking about the influencer "genre" in general. What happens when you have taken all the short vids possible of yourself lighting/cutting/puffing a cigar? You start to insta/you tube short vids of you and other cigar influencers lighting/cutting/puffing a cigar together It reminds me very much of what is happening to the podcast world right now. There are so many podcasters and podcasters devoid of interesting content, that shows are taken up by podcasters interviewing other podcasters. They literally do a podcaster circuit. It is certain death So what is the next "trend/s" in the cigar world? Topic of discussion in this weeks FOH Video Room Session Tuesday night NY 8PM. Still, kick it off here so we can continue to kick it around there

This Duke of Parma wind up cigar cutter originating from the late 19th century. The cigar cuter shows a nickel finished cast iron construction with brass gears and a steel spring. The top of the piece is marked "Duke of Parma Cigar - Hart, & Murphy Makers St. Paul." with a hole with a pressure trigger for the cutting blade. The base of the piece shows engraved floral pattern across the bottom. The interior bottom is marked "Erie Specialty Co. Erie PA." and Pat. Feb. 19' 1889".

Old School Cool

Enjoyed it immensely John! I love country and play it regularly be it stand alone or on my cruising play list mix. Diana is a hater of Country music (boooo Dee...booooo!)...but I continue to try and show her the light...again! 😉

Nice Gold Spotted Cod first up this morning on the boat with son Ben. Just fishing the local river 20 mins launch from our office, where we keep the boat.

What an excellent video in a world of cigar influencer crap. I visited the Correnti factory years ago. It is indeed a time capsule. Every continued success to Chris and his team.

Happy Birthday John!

I loved that school/sport stage of life taking Ben, Becky and Tom to the various week trainings and weekend games. Very special. Enjoy!

Assuming it is not an overly thick wrapper + construction good...glorious. I love a mottled wrapper with what looks to be a rosado tinge. Photos can be deceptive, of course. Reminds me of the wrappers on many of the Punch Punch 50 cabs when they were available. If it was my box, straight down for a 60-90 day nap/acclimatisation and try one. Work out your strategy from there.

Relatively quiet one this weekend which makes a nice change. walk and gym now (after I tap this out), Zoom with Hamlet, knock out a couple of hours work, read the newspapers + Negroni (3) followed by Saturday arvo kip. I think I will cook up some pork rack for dinner and have an espresso martini movie night + a Fenomenos. Need to find a 2 hour plus movie classic. ......will report back. Tomorrow (Sunday), Ben and I are taking the boat out for a 1/2 day fish. I haven't been out for a while so am looking forward to spending the time with Ben and hopefully bringing home some dinner. There are a couple of cigars in the Fabrica 5 development pipeline I need to try, so that will deliver the perfect opportunity. What's up for the weekend?