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dhofer22 Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 11:02 AM EST
Joined: 04-14-2002
Posts: 192
I have been here about one year with buying cigars and about 8 months posting.

GIG'EM,

DAN
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 11:07 AM EST
Joined: 10-01-2000
Posts: 33,248
so long we used to have to put them in an envelope and mail pur posts to cbid. they would put them on a bulletin board and post a photo of the board. hence the picture board.
BMW Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 11:26 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 3,010
I found an old receipt from 10/00. That was the first bid I won I think. I'm not sure how long I lurked before taking the plunge.

Barry
Slimboli Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 12:02 PM EST
Joined: 07-09-2000
Posts: 16,139
... too long.

... for some people here, LOL!
SteveS Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 2:17 PM EST
Joined: 01-13-2002
Posts: 8,751
Another example of your insightful responses, Slim ...
redneck1 Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 3:21 PM EST
Joined: 11-15-2000
Posts: 813
CBider at least two years. (Two and a half or three maybe??) Don't visit the forum (or post) often enough. Since I have bid here RICKAMAVEN and Slimboli have been hero's of mine though.
iquester Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 3:25 PM EST
Joined: 06-29-2002
Posts: 179
A lurker and buyer for quite a while....
Posting only recently...
Trading only recently...

Smoking cigars... For a half century
(Ok -- maybe not for the first ten years of my life)

Mike Gardner
SteveS Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 3:46 PM EST
Joined: 01-13-2002
Posts: 8,751
LOL @ iquester ... smoked my first as a junior in HS ... not a half century ago, but a lot closer to that mark than I'd care to admit ...

Redneck 1 made an interesting observation about a couple of guys being heros to him ... I not only couldn't argue with him over that point of view, but would like to add to it a bit ... I doubt I could list all the names of those who meet that description for me here, even in the sort of long posts I too often make ... there are just too many of them and each is different from the other ...

what they all have in common though, is a love of cigars and I wanna take a second here to say, I think cigar smokers are special guys ... not special because they smoke cigars, but are special guys that have somehow become cigar smokers ... I think cigar smokers tend to be warm and gregarious, thoughtful and generous, intelligent and witty ... those who populate this board certainly reflect that description well ...

there's a wide mix of occupations and ages here, and some that have been here a very long time, as well as some who're still regarded as newbies ... but there's not a guy (or gal) here that I've come to know in my long period of lurking and posting, that I couldn't say as Redneck did ... have become heros to me ...
Tobasco Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 4:34 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2003
Posts: 2,809
Ive been bidding here for over 2 years. Hundreds of stogies! On the forums for about 3 months.

I feel like you all are friends already! Thanks

Mag
jcrimmins Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 5:01 PM EST
Joined: 04-26-2000
Posts: 787
I got here in 19 aught 6. And Rickamaven was one of the old-timers then. lol
rayder1 Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 5:35 PM EST
Joined: 06-02-2002
Posts: 2,226
Lurked a half a year, been posting the rest of the year. Bought cigars from other places I wish I hadn't.
Spent more here on vigars than any place else.
rayder1 Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 5:36 PM EST
Joined: 06-02-2002
Posts: 2,226
SPELL CHECK:
vigars=cigars

Was dark and the "c" was next to "v" etc....
Charlie Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 5:47 PM EST
Joined: 06-16-2002
Posts: 39,751
Two fun filled years!!!!

Charlie
E-Chick Offline
#14 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 6:55 PM EST
Joined: 06-15-2002
Posts: 4,877
9/00

justforfun Offline
#15 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 8:14 PM EST
Joined: 03-06-2002
Posts: 797
Long enough now that my head is now almost completely bald, my mustache is graying, I'm beginning ( at least I think ) to shrink in size (NO ECHICK --- not there), and I have no more room in my dresser drawers, closets, refrigerators, or humidors for cigars. WHAT AM I SAYING -- I take that very last part back --- there's always room for more cigars, somewhere.
BMW Offline
#16 Posted: Sat, Dec 14 2002, 9:11 PM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 3,010
jsutforfun,

and to think you're only 19 years old! LOL

Barry
hegemonic Offline
#17 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 7:19 AM EST
Joined: 01-17-2000
Posts: 1,294
Either 3/00 or 4/00 don't remember. Back in the days of wanyburger (who made slim look like Miss Congeniality :)
Slimboli Offline
#18 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 7:20 AM EST
Joined: 07-09-2000
Posts: 16,139
LOL @ Heg ... but you are so true!
Mr.Mean Offline
#19 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 9:55 AM EST
Joined: 05-16-2001
Posts: 3,025
Only about two weeks now.
wouldestous Offline
#20 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 10:04 AM EST
Joined: 02-07-2002
Posts: 412
7 mos or so
BMW Offline
#21 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 10:40 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 3,010
Mr. Mean needs to send Steve a cigar!

2 weeks.......sheeeesh.

Barry
BBJ Offline
#22 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 12:09 PM EST
Joined: 11-21-1999
Posts: 286
I HAve Been Posting Over A Year.My First Bid Had To Be Around June Of 1998 It Was A 5 Pack Of 5 Vagas Panatelas I Won At A Terable Price $12.00.As I Recall Keith And Gonz Both Laugh At Me.I An Feeling Much Better Now!!!Happy And Safe Holidays To All.
RZiems Offline
#23 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 5:28 PM EST
Joined: 11-28-2002
Posts: 98
I just started posting around Thanksgiving this year. I went a bit crazy on my first bid experience that weekend. I have learned more from the few weeks I have been reading what you guys and gals have to say than I have learned from any other source.

I started my cigar smoking education by reading a book by Hacker. Good history of cigars. But you people really answer the good questions.

I agree. Cigar smokers tend to be class acts. Thanks for letting me participate.
Mr.Mean Offline
#24 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 5:55 PM EST
Joined: 05-16-2001
Posts: 3,025
Welcome aboard!
rlr68 Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Dec 15 2002, 6:25 PM EST
Joined: 10-16-2002
Posts: 135
I found the site somewhere around the end of October.
bud451 Offline
#26 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 3:27 AM EST
Joined: 09-11-2010
Posts: 2,237
Too.
cliffie3d Offline
#27 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 12:00 PM EST
Joined: 07-17-2002
Posts: 297
I'm guessing early 2000. I was "CL" until I figured out I didn't have to use my initials for my screen name. I could be wrong, but I think this board had just started up. I'm back there with Heg, when the board was policed by Wanyburger. If ya stepped out of line, he didn't use the Slim approach "Maybe you should re-read the rules". No, he would tell you something like "Go away and piss off". Ahhh, the good ol' days, when no subject was a dead horse unless Wany said so. Back then, we teased Hansen 'cause he didn't know who the pop group "Hansen" was and we all wrote "ummm-bop" in our response posts. Robnsue was around then. So was Hokiebama, and Unklebill. Aberdeen was always around mumbling something about stomach acid on toast. BrentM01 hung out here until someone accidentally sent his wife the Breast Test. Bulldogbandit was sending everyone his tasty nuts. It was here, of course, that the REAL Hubcap the clown first posted, Bud worked his magical graphics, and the phrase "you've been hubcapped" was born. Who participated in the "Elite 8" or the "Magnificent 7" box passes?
I see Timinator, another oldie, popped in a week ago or so. Melski, another old fart, was actively kicking back then; I see him around here from time to time. I just mention some that are no longer around much anymore; there's plenty still here.
Yep, now I just sits here on the back porch hopin' one of the oldtimers drops by. Good to talk to you youngin's too, though. Hey, I think I'll go find an old Wany thread and top it for old-time's sake. I'll see what else I can dig up.
jjohnson28 Offline
#28 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 12:42 PM EST
Joined: 09-12-2000
Posts: 7,914
I don't really remember myself for sure,I think I found the site in mid 2000 and then the forum soon after that.
cliffie3d Offline
#29 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 12:48 PM EST
Joined: 07-17-2002
Posts: 297
Okay, I found a couple of oldies. See "testing new thread function" (really just to show you about how long this has been around) and "Growing Forum..." to see a little classic Wanyburger.
cayman2b Offline
#30 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 12:55 PM EST
Joined: 05-19-2000
Posts: 1,734
Found Cbid about Feb 01.. lurked the boards for a while.. dont remember when I started posting... too
lazy to check..

Gonna start up a nice Birch wood fire and enjoy a good smoke ( Gurkha Expedition Rob ) here in the cold Michigan SE..

Enjoy life- its way too short for some of us.. (GBWYJF)

ellesson Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 1:15 PM EST
Joined: 05-13-2001
Posts: 150
Posting and buying for 'bout 18 months(?) Smoking for 30 yrs. cj
calavera Offline
#32 Posted: Mon, Dec 16 2002, 4:49 PM EST
Joined: 01-26-2002
Posts: 1,868
Bidding and posting here since January of 2001. On vacation in New Orleans the second week of January, a guy at The Epitome told me about a site I might like where you could bid on cigars. I got back home, checked it out and now send it my paycheck each month.
Timinator Offline
#33 Posted: Thu, Dec 19 2002, 12:31 PM EST
Joined: 11-09-1999
Posts: 218
It seems like forever!!
lenny4z Offline
#34 Posted: Thu, Dec 19 2002, 1:40 PM EST
Joined: 10-29-2002
Posts: 297
Well, I've been bidding long enough that I'll be building my third tupperdor this weekend. I haven't been posting nearly as long though, a month maybe. I've been lurking quite a while and have finally decided to show myself and join the merry gang here.
fgruben Offline
#35 Posted: Fri, Dec 20 2002, 6:37 AM EST
Joined: 06-22-2001
Posts: 383
i've been buying from cbid for about 2.5 years, and about a year ago is when i discovered the forum here. i was to busy drooling over all the different deals, i never looked up
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