i feel like a serf amongst chevaliers!!! your praises should be sung from the ramparts. your generosity is legendary. a thousand thanks for the freebies, o wonderful ones. but what am i to do? our first rule as members of the order is "thou shalt not mooch". after searching the dungeon, i am sending along 6 Corps Diplomatique conference cigars. take one and please accept them in the spirit in which they are offered for, dare i say it, they are machine made. they are not meant to impress, but to give you another experience in the world of cigars. these are a european-style dry-cured cigar, made with a combination of indonesian, brazilian and ***** tobaccos(can we legally use that word?). they are made in belgium. i would recommend them after a meal or with a drink. i hope you do not find them to be dragon rockets.now, on with the pass!!! i have taken the flor de oliva torpedo, the don leo rothschild and the cordova toro. i was tempted to take one of the "gigantes", but it's hard enough to find time to smoke a robusto. drum roll, please!!! make that a short drum roll...unklebill stole a lot of my thunder. i am adding a tamboril robusto-sumatra wrapper(5/00), a joya de nicaragua robusto(5/00),a la gloria cubana churchill(11/99), a victory spirit robusto(5/00), and capping the evening off with an h. upmann cabinet selection robusto(10/99).dates in parentheses are when i bought them. i will try to broaden the selection both in "strength" and "shape" for the next go round. will also try to come up with a solution for a better humidifier. i've been trying to contact mark to speed things up. i could've taken him the box this evening as he's only a 25 minute drive down the road. i guess he's off doing army things. if i don't hear from him by tomorrow morning, the box will be in the mailstream by noon. once again...many thanks.