Slim, thank you for bringing this to our attention. I am a newer, active participant of the "500" posts and I will speak for myself and only myself.
As many of the members here, I "stalked" the various forums and threads until one day while e,njoying a cigar, I ventured in and began my forum discussions.
Cigarbid realizes that cigar smokers are a social lot and thus, they created a Miscellaneous board for us. In this board, members have shared their experiences that range from: trials, tribulations, recipes for both food and drink, music, arts, books, movies, health, to include gastro intestinal issues, and yes, political, social, and economic opinions.
I don't need to tell any regulars about the heated debates that have been played out on these boards. They have gone as far as an accusation that a member has taken a picture of another member from the picture boards and created a bogus profile on an online dating service!
I, for one, do not wish to participate is such debates. And thus I stumbled upon this large thread filled with other CBid members looking to share some on-line companionship without aggravation. Not that I oppose free thought and expression, it's just that I deal with enough negotiations and heated issues in my position at work.
IMO, the thread definately fits within the defintion of "Miscellaneous." It is a group of friends that welcome anyone, like myself, who comes in without looking for an arguement.
Little milestones along the way makes it a little more interesting.
The thread has resulted in some of us getting together and possibly starting a weekly herf, open to anyone willing to share a smoke, a conversation, and a good time.
I feel it exemplifies what we are all here to do: Have a little fun and talk cigars. If anyone from this board or CBid disagrees with me, so be it. It's my position and until someone from CBid tells me to stop, I will continue to go to the "Seinfeld" thread as one member calls it.
You are welcome to join us or ignore us. It is entirely upto you.
John