Smithy's last day

[Dimmers]

What what what?!?!? Wishing you the very best for the go forward Smithy, you will be missed here.

Will do my best to try and make the deck this arvo.

[mazolaman]

Good luck to you Mr Smith.

[buster]

Smithy, go to the Dagobah system! Best wishes, mate.

Rick

[WarriorPrincess]

Smithy Smithy Smithy why O why are you leaving me ?????

i have thanked you so many times for helping me and being my rock in the first months in the chair and even until today you never falter.

i will miss you but you will never be to far away to "shake your booty" in front of me when times are tough....not sure if Alastair will take over the role

Good luck and always be happy

[PaulP]

I have always looked forward to your next video production and have enjoyed every one. Hopefully you will take part in more reviews on the other side of the lens now. All the best.

[Overproof]

All the best mate, thanks for all your great advice. Legend

[PuffDaddie]

Good luck

Good luck Smithy.

[almudawi]

All the best smithy.. It will not be the same without you

[Munts]

All the best mate! Thanks for all the advice and help you have given to me. I am sure you will not be a stranger in the forum. Enjoy this new journey on the road that is life.

[paulF]

Best of luck with your new adventure Smithy

[asmith]

Thanks heaps for the kind words guys, had to close the door to my office and have a little cry. Yes it is time for me to take my Wookie costume and move on.

The long and the short of it is I am chasing a girl to the other side of the world and we will see what happens. Feel free to add whatever stupid comments like about that in there, you guys have never held back so why should the last day be any different.

Fuzz where the hell did you find that picture of me with a beard, cigar, cigarette and red wine? Sums up Czars in one photo right there.

It is hard to leave, just this morning Rob, Di and I were in fits of laughter over stupid comments on the cigar review by Ken, Rob's dumb attempt to set up a fish feeder and an over cooked steak from the pub last night. That's what I will miss, good times here, good friends and good laughs. Although I will not be working here I will always return to the deck for a cigar.

Lisa dropped in this week to bring me lunch and say good bye, I will be able to drive up to Redcliffe now and have lunch with you and little Dom.

Please look after Di for me. You may not realise it but she works stupid long hours for you guys and genuinely loves you all most of you. A nice email or asking how her day is going when you place an order makes a world of difference and I ask that you all take that extra 19 seconds in your emails to make Di's day. The other thing is now that I am out and about I can come and knock on your doors around the world and if you have not been good to Di it won't be a friendly knock on the door. She has made me lunch for the last 5 years in an attempt to fatten me up so be good to her.

We have added some great innovation in the world of cigars, the LFH and LFTW have allowed all of you to choose out some great cigars. Some days the amount of bloody in the water is amazing, and guys missing out on cigars because they got tied up in a meeting, dinner, traffic, slow internet connections made me laugh. But lets face it the most important thing we have done is the video reviews. Somehow people take us seriously, like we knew what we are talking about. Just a bunch a drunks taking the piss out of each other and putting it on YouTube. I guess we did get credibility when we told you exactly what we thought of some cigars and told you not to buy them. There were times when I had to wade through hour of rubbish raw video data just to find a bit of gold. But the truth be known there was always more gold than I could squeeze into the 10min reviews.

Rob and I have changed the world so many times on the deck, that we actually changed it back to where we started. I have already missed the rocking chairs from the old deck and will miss the arvos on this deck. There is a lot more I can say here but I think Thanks Rob is enough.

And thank you guys, your support and abuse over the years has been like a warm blanket. I will hopefully share a cigar with you all one days soon.

[ritan]

You deserve the best that life brings, Smithy. May the Force be with you...

[Reevzy]

All the best Smithy.

I always liked the reviews with you in them, you were the guy that talked about cigars!

[Warren]

Hey Mate just a question. Those Oris dive watches were going for $200 a piece weren't they?

[BRAC]

Best of luck Smithy!

Looking forward to seeing you in more video reviews and don't be a stranger on the forum.

[UpInSmoak]

Best of luck Smithy! Great things happen to great people. Quite the special lady to drag you away from a place like this. Cheers and good luck mate!

[David67]

Best of Luck Smithy! You were always very helpful when I'd phone up.

Just one thing, what's with that photo of you smoking a cigar AND a cigarette at the same time?!

[khamy]

  On 8/1/2013 at 11:38 PM, Warren said:

Hey Mate just a question. Those Oris dive watches were going for $200 a piece weren't they?

Congrats on the new role!

Lock me in at that price mate.

thanks.

[Mxmike]

Best of luck Smithy! You will be missed.

[Skyfall]

Wait a second........I see what's going on here. Couldn't be more clear.

Late night on the deck, a little too much red wine

Shenaniganz ensue

Smithy threatens Rob with a Sexual Harassment lawsuit

Rob mitigates damages and offers settlement

Settlement includes cash, cigars, hat, keychain, non-compete and immediate termination

????

Am I close?

[NMJoe]

  On 8/1/2013 at 12:27 PM, asmith said:

Here I am late at night still editing bloody video reviews. Committed right to the end

I'm sure there will be a little something extra for you in your final paycheck.

But in all seriousness, congratulations to you and best of luck with your future endeavors. You will be sorely missed by everyone here.

[rckymtn22]

Good luck Smithy we will miss you. If you ever in the Calgary area let me know and I will show you around. Good luck with the pursuit, hope you get her!

[warren516]

Congratulations Smitty!!! Good luck in your next endeavor.

[SCgarman]

Best Wishes! If you ever come to the Washington DC area, I would love to share a cigar and a drink with you on my deck! Mi casa es su casa.

[ZinZan]

Best of luck Smithy