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#1 Posted: Thu, Feb 13 2020, 6:25 PM EST
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Arganese Il Mezzo sucks
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#2 Posted: Thu, Feb 13 2020, 11:30 PM EST
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noted
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#3 Posted: Thu, Feb 13 2020, 11:31 PM EST
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There’s only one Guinea Stinker...
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#4 Posted: Thu, Feb 13 2020, 11:35 PM EST
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yup
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#5 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 5:57 AM EST
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I had onion soup last night.
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#6 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 9:37 AM EST
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Is this a parody on parodies?
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#7 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 10:36 AM EST
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they have the Seal of Approval on the box
that's the Parodi Parody
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#8 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 11:51 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
noted

👍
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#9 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 11:53 AM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
There’s only one Guinea Stinker...

For sure
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#10 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 11:56 AM EST
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tamapatom wrote:
Is this a parody on parodies?


Yes I call it the arganese fugaze
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#11 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 11:57 AM EST
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And the red lion cheroots are garbage to
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#12 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 12:00 PM EST
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I still got 55 cigars left I will have to suffer for a couple weeks
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#13 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 6:29 PM EST
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When I was an noob, I would smoke the occasional Arganese. I probably haven't had one in 10 years, and have no desire to ever do so again.

David
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#14 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 6:47 PM EST
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Mrs. dpnewell wrote:
When I was an noob, I would smoke the occasional Arganese. I probably haven't had one in 10 years, and have no desire to ever do so again.

David



It's been years since I smoked a regular cigar from arganese I didn't care for it

But this fire cured fake parodi thing they came up with is terrible
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#15 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 7:30 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
I had onion soup last night.


Did you use the onion off your belt?
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#16 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 7:52 PM EST
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Unloader wrote:
Arganese Il Mezzo sucks

Well, that’s a load off my mind...
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#17 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 8:30 PM EST
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The president of Avanti Cigar Co. (maker of Parodi, De Nobili, Petri, Avanti, etc.) led me and some cigar pals on a tour of his factory in Scranton, back before they sold out to that large company. That was a good time!
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#18 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 8:42 PM EST
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Pudding Mittens wrote:
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The president of Avanti Cigar Co. (maker of Parodi, De Nobili, Petri, Avanti, etc.) led me and some cigar pals on a tour of his factory in Scranton, back before they sold out to that large company. That was a good time!
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Would love to have been there for that.

I must admit, I love me some Avanti anisettes.
And a Parodi around the campfire is quite a kick...
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#19 Posted: Fri, Feb 14 2020, 10:20 PM EST
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USNGunner wrote:
Did you use the onion off your belt?



Not yet, maybe in the next pot of soup.
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#20 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 10:55 AM EST
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Pudding Mittens wrote:
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The president of Avanti Cigar Co. (maker of Parodi, De Nobili, Petri, Avanti, etc.) led me and some cigar pals on a tour of his factory in Scranton, back before they sold out to that large company. That was a good time!
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I'm sure it was a good time im jealous

I got an open invitation to do a tour from an employee of avanti but with the new ownership I dont if it will be as good of time as you had

I wished I did it with the old ownership cause lots of questions about the history I would of asked
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#21 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 10:56 AM EST
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izonfire wrote:
Well, that’s a load off my mind...



Glad I could eased your mind
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#22 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 12:41 PM EST
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You eased his mind with a load...
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#23 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 2:12 PM EST
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jjanecka wrote:
You eased his mind with a load...


That's why they call me the unloader
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#24 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 2:19 PM EST
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Unloader wrote:
That's why they call me the unloader

So, do you do any loading?
Or you strictly unloading only?
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#25 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 2:20 PM EST
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jjanecka wrote:
You eased his mind with a load...

You’re a load...
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#26 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 2:35 PM EST
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izonfire wrote:
So, do you do any loading?
Or you strictly unloading only?


mostly unload but at the end of the shift my bosses send me to load up what's left of what I unloaded
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#27 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 4:54 PM EST
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Unloader wrote:
I'm sure it was a good time im jealous

I got an open invitation to do a tour from an employee of avanti but with the new ownership I dont if it will be as good of time as you had

I wished I did it with the old ownership cause lots of questions about the history I would of asked

It was in the original factory in Scranton too, before they moved to... Dunmore, I think.

The original Scranton factory is now being converted to apartments or something, last I heard.

I wonder if, after the big-company takeover and the move to the new location, they still allow cigar smoking in the entire place like they did in the old location. It was REALLY WEIRD to walk into the office part of the building and just stand around smoking cigars among the computers, copy machines, cubicles, desks, drop-ceiling with fluorescent lighting, secretaries typing away, etc. Your brain is yelling at you, "THIS ISN'T 1960 STOP SMOKING IN HERE YOU'RE BREAKING A RULE!" but you're not. Fun!

I suspect the new big-company owners prohibits cigar smoking in the new facility, at least in the office areas, just a guess of course but I'll bet I'm right.

And yeah, the prez had some great historical info, for sure! The "corporate seal" story was the best.
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#28 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 8:31 PM EST
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Pudding Mittens wrote:
It was in the original factory in Scranton too, before they moved to... Dunmore, I think.

The original Scranton factory is now being converted to apartments or something, last I heard.

I wonder if, after the big-company takeover and the move to the new location, they still allow cigar smoking in the entire place like they did in the old location. It was REALLY WEIRD to walk into the office part of the building and just stand around smoking cigars among the computers, copy machines, cubicles, desks, drop-ceiling with fluorescent lighting, secretaries typing away, etc. Your brain is yelling at you, "THIS ISN'T 1960 STOP SMOKING IN HERE YOU'RE BREAKING A RULE!" but you're not. Fun!

I suspect the new big-company owners prohibits cigar smoking in the new facility, at least in the office areas, just a guess of course but I'll bet I'm right.

And yeah, the prez had some great historical info, for sure! The "corporate seal" story was the best.
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I know you can verify...this has to be the third time we've done this dance.
But so many got started on these little smokes, they're preserved in history.
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#29 Posted: Sat, Feb 15 2020, 10:55 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
I know you can verify...this has to be the third time we've done this dance.
But so many got started on these little smokes, they're preserved in history.

It's always a new dance to somebody, so keep it alive
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#30 Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2020, 12:33 AM EST
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izonfire wrote:
It's always a new dance to somebody, so keep it alive

OK...but I get to lead.
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#31 Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2020, 12:44 AM EST
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In honor of this post, fired-cured up a Parodi of my own this evening. Running low, time to reload.
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#32 Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2020, 9:00 AM EST
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Must be 30 years since I had a Parodi.
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#33 Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2020, 9:47 AM EST
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midmofan wrote:
In honor of this post, fired-cured up a Parodi of my own this evening. Running low, time to reload.


Im dry time to reload also

But I do got two packs of parodis circa 1955 I might crack open a pack
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#34 Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2020, 9:48 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Must be 30 years since I had a Parodi.


I'll send ya one of my circa 1955 parodis if ya want it
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#35 Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2020, 12:22 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
they have the Seal of Approval on the box
that's the Parodi Parody


Do the cigars smell fishy ?
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#36 Posted: Sun, Feb 16 2020, 11:48 PM EST
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dunno. the box was sealed.
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#37 Posted: Mon, Feb 17 2020, 10:49 PM EST
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Good story - back when you could still smoke on airplanes, my father was pissed that the regs said cigarettes were okay, but cigars were not allowed. At the time (still?), Parodis were, according to the package, cigarettes, so he bought a ton of them and chain smoked them everytime he flew.
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#38 Posted: Mon, Feb 17 2020, 11:13 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
dunno. the box was sealed.

The seal’s box?
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#39 Posted: Mon, Feb 17 2020, 11:16 PM EST
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steve02 wrote:
Good story - back when you could still smoke on airplanes, my father was pissed that the regs said cigarettes were okay, but cigars were not allowed. At the time (still?), Parodis were, according to the package, cigarettes, so he bought a ton of them and chain smoked them everytime he flew.

ThumpUp
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#40 Posted: Mon, Feb 17 2020, 11:27 PM EST
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izonfire wrote:
The seal’s box?

without fists, it looks more like rasslin'
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#41 Posted: Mon, Feb 17 2020, 11:39 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
without fists, it looks more like rasslin'

I prefer to club ‘em. But it smells horrible once you open up that seal...

“Hey baby seal - Welcome to the club!”
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#42 Posted: Mon, Feb 17 2020, 11:39 PM EST
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steve02 wrote:
back when you could still smoke on airplanes...

Smoking on US and most other nations' airplanes has been banned for many years, and yet you WILL see an ashtray in EVERY airliner's bathroom, EVERY time.

People assume it's because they're old planes, from back when you could smoke, and the bathroom wasn't renovated since.

Nope, that's not it. It's mandatory safety equipment on every plane. Under federal regulations the plane can't leave the ground without it!

Why? Because despite VERY harsh penalties, some passengers insist on breaking the no-smoking rule, usually in the bathroom. This is from my memory and the details might be slightly off, but awhile back some passenger on a flight in... I think it was Brazil... broke the rule and smoked in the bathroom and had nowhere to put their cigarette butt because there was no longer an ashtray in the plane's bathroom. So they put it in the trash, and the result was a fire that downed the plane and killed everyone on board.

After this, the US and some other nations mandated ashtrays in all plane bathrooms so that rule-breaking passengers would always have somewhere safe to mash out their cigarette butts.

As Paul Harvey would say, and now you know the REST of the story!
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#43 Posted: Tue, Feb 18 2020, 12:15 AM EST
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steve02 wrote:
Good story - back when you could still smoke on airplanes, my father was pissed that the regs said cigarettes were okay, but cigars were not allowed. At the time (still?), Parodis were, according to the package, cigarettes, so he bought a ton of them and chain smoked them everytime he flew.


I love stories like that. Much respect! Applause
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#44 Posted: Tue, Feb 18 2020, 7:03 AM EST
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Unloader wrote:
I'll send ya one of my circa 1955 parodis if ya want it


Thanks, but I think I may never smoke another Parodi. It will go down in my smoking history aa few years before my Topstone and real CT and PA broadleaf period.
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#45 Posted: Tue, Feb 18 2020, 7:51 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Thanks, but I think I may never smoke another Parodi. It will go down in my smoking history aa few years before my Topstone and real CT and PA broadleaf period.

My my, how Gurkhas have spoiled you...
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#46 Posted: Tue, Feb 18 2020, 9:47 AM EST
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izonfire wrote:
My my, how Gurkhas have spoiled you...

HA!
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