El Presidente

I wouldn't even know the mechanics. Imports from Honduras at 10%, our sales refunds, client refunds. It would take a full time accountant two months to unravel it. Genius level clusterf

Great cigar deck session with the lads yesterday and it is always a great introduction to the weekend. Working on the boat and trailer today with my sons Ben and Tom as we head away on a fishing (barramundi) camping trip end of next week for a few days. I really don't expect to do any real work on the either boat and trailer. Grant, my brother-in-law is coming along with us on the trip and he is a gun camper/Mr Fix-it. Ben and Tom aren't too bad either given they had a mechanical Gumby as a father. I will do what I do best and offer to pay for a post lunch at the pub. Otherwise it will be newspapers and cigars/drinks this afternoon before a Mexican tortilla movie night outdoors with Dee. Sunday is parents day this week so we will herd all the extra oldies to the Bulimba pub for lunch. Dee's mum, my mum and dad and any invitees they decide to bring. Since I have a short week next week due to fishing, I will need to work a few hours Sunday but otherwise a relatively quiet and enjoyable weekend. Cigar wise I have been hoovering through the last of some aged Monte 2 which have been 94/95 per one. I see no reason to stop. For those in the Fat Bastid Competition we have a weigh in coming up! Stay on the course good people!

They are 40% self sufficient (apparently). Incoming oil is largely bartered/contra on security/doctors/nurses/soldiers/cigars/rum/UN votes and regional/international talkfest support for despised regimes and leftist groups. Russia talks a big game but has shown little. China is a net importer of oil. Mexico is best bet and most practical but in a bind with Trump. If not checkmate then certainly cornered.

Cuban residents turn to solar panels amid fuel shortages ......Meanwhile at the White House

VINTAGE GERMAN TIN LITHOGRAPH "ANDY" MAN WITH CIGAR TOY MECHANICAL SPARKLER A mechanical sparkler, often called a cold spark machine or Sparkular, is a safe, indoor-friendly special effects device that creates a fountain of shimmering, glowing sparks without using fire, smoke, or gunpowder. These machines heat special titanium and zirconium granules, propelling them upwards via a fan to produce a "cold" (often safe-to-touch) visual effect, typically used for wedding dances, concerts, and grand entrances.

Thank you Supreme court! Let me know where I can submit my refund request ...I am not confident that I will ever see it, but who knows what a tangled mess the muppets come up with next?

You have to start a thread.....not post on this one

“Tubo” simply means tube in Spanish. In cigar terms, it refers to an individual cigar packaged inside a protective tube, most commonly aluminum, sometimes glass. Late 1800s The Glass Era. Before aluminum, there was glass. In the late 19th century, particularly in the UK and parts of Europe, premium cigars were sometimes sold in glass tubes sealed with cork. These were practical, offering protection, but also theatrical. They signaled quality, hygiene, and luxury at a time when presentation mattered enormously.You could argue this was the first premium individual packaging in cigars. 1933 The Aluminum Revolution The modern tubo as we know it emerged in 1933 at the historic Havana factory of H. Upmann. Waldo Bradden, then president of the company, introduced the aluminum cigar tube. The objective was simple: protect the cigar during shipping, reduce wrapper damage, help retain moisture slightly longer than a naked stick, add retail appeal.This was particularly important as Cuban cigars were traveling further afield into Europe and the Americas. Rough transit, changing climates, and retail handling all posed risks. By the mid 20th century, tubos were mainstream.

The Bolivar Petit Corona - Bolivar Number 2 Tubos thread sparked the idea to explore questions about Tubos this weekend. Think of it of us all working together to to develop a Masterclass of Tubos that Steve (MoeFOH) will package up in a separate section for reference purposes Competition Prize: Three boxes of BR 109 (10's) to be won. Post an intelligent well thought out Question on Tubos from now until Monday. Two tickets in the draw for the intelligent well thought question. One ticket in the draw for each Intelligent well thought out answer Two tickets in the draw for a Review of a Tubos Cigar (CC or NC). *Once a question has been posted it can not be repeated. *One question per member. Craft it thoughtfully. You can answer posts as many times as you like. *Once an answer has been posted, the same answer cannot be repeated however it can be expanded on. *Multiple reviews of the same cigar are welcome.

EAR = Email Assistance Required. "I know that the consensus opinion around the interweb is that the Bolivar Petit Corona and Bolivar Number 2 Tubos are the same cigar but I just don't get it? I have smoked boxes and boxes of both and find them to be significantly different. Would you do me the courtesy of putting it forward to your members? Am I going mad?" Over to you good folk. I have a poll if that helps.

Jumping in now

Marty K is an Aussie and a good friend of mine. He was mine manager at the Moa Nickel mine for two years. Oh the stories I could tell of Moa mine efficiency "Cuba style"!

To our FOH brethren across Asia and around the world celebrating the Lunar New Year, Wishing you and your families prosperity, health, wisdom, and great happiness in the year ahead. Fuzz.....stop eating ....your in the Fat Bastid competition

For the record, Melania had the highest grossing opening weekend for a documentary of all time. "THE GREATEST MOVIE SINCE BEN HUR" (Truth Social). "IT WAS LIKE A POLITICAL VERSION OF PRETTY WOMAN" (ICE Agent 007) "KIDS TRAUMATISED BECAUSE I THOUGHT I BOOKED MOANA" (Defendant District Court 5).

I also don't want to sit next to someone with a pet dog under their seat or the obese lass/lad whose lats overhang is hitting my nipple, or the lad/lass who hasn't discovered deodorant.