Just got a call from my wife and she said the box has safely arrived at my front door! Will post more details after I get home and inspect the contents!

You might as well go home now... You are going to be obsessing all day about it 😉

Touche

:) @ cs because he is sooo right

Wooo...Hooo...time to light up as EMOTR finds a new temp home...

Chewbaca...are you still in there....

RasDas

Don't think you're off the hook b/c of the weekend... we want an update and picture ASAP!!! (Billy STILL has me worried!!!)

Can't wait to see what the great wer has in store for us!!

Chewy was still there when I shipped it out. Can't for the life of me figure out why I didn't take it or the flies!!!

Ease your worries brothers, the box has arrived in immaculate condition. It's huge! I thought there might be a DVD player in there (but it's all the dog rockets in the MaddVibe bag:).

I brought home my office digital camera so I will take pics, but cannot post them until Tues. once I'm back at work. Of course, the box will also go out Tues. morning (unless phenix wants to drive in for the holiday? Interested in a Houston labor day herf/handoff?). I intend to linger over all the goodies for awhile and will post my puts/takes on Sat. eve or Sun morning. That should give everyone plenty of time to voice disapprovals (but I'm gonna strive hard to avoid that from happening).

Chewy is safe and sound. He may get loaded up and gain a new friend. What's the deal with all that stuff? Is it all for Ethan? I have no problem with that, but that whisky is both making me nervous and calling out my name!

Who put in the North Stars Bobby Smith autograph card? He was a boyhood hero. I spent the first 25yrs of my life in Minnesota and all of my family (nuclear and extended) still live there. I'm still bitter that they left for Dallas, but now that the Wild are pretty good I'm getting over.....but I digress.....I gotta get back to salivating over cigars.

Have a safe and happy holiday all!

Cheers, Bil

wer the personal items are up for grabs by anyone. Ethan put in the card you refer to.

GO BLUES!!!!

The misc. is a free-for-all...i took the priceless CBid matches put in by Choner...could not find the Gecko and did not know who took it...that would have been my pick...then i saw the habeneros...was digging them...and about to take them...when the wifa (yes, wifa) came in and said to get something practical like the matches???...

Tell you what though...if that whiskey would have been there when i got the box...it would be no more...

RasDas

Oh yeah...the Misc. sheet should have the puts and some takes...

RasDas

I'd snatch that whiskey in a heartbeat. I took the Gecko and put in the dried habbies. If you are interested I grow and dry them myself. I am happy to share.

Whisky?! What whisky? All that I see is a stinky empty bottle.......and a whole lota ceegars.

Billy Jackson, thank you much for this tasty Friday night libation.

"rasdas" Hey BOTL if ya want some Hot Peppers I have some that will make ya want the Habbies just to cool down.. If ya want some let me know and I'll send them your way..TinMan
cnyreen at bmtc dot com

Okay guys, a couple of questions:

I know we lost a data sheet and RasDas put in lots of time constructing a new one, but there are still lots of gaps and missing information.

Maybe I'm just a geeky, anal scientist, but incomplete data sets like this drive me looney, so I'll likely be up all night trying to sleuth out the proper takes/puts (and I like pouring over cigars too so there is some additional motivation). Hopefully you can help a bit so that I can go to sleep.

First, I think Choner took the Montecristo Delacroix in the bonus bag and replaced it with a AF Work of Art. Coma-one took this Work of Art and his replacement, a Punch Habana, this ended up in the main cigar selection, which Billy Jackson later grabbed (if this sounds reasonable it helps account for one additional entry).

Next, on Ethan's original list he had a HdM Ex 1066. I remember Tone grabbed these. Were they in the main cigar or bonus bag selections? All of his puts are accounted for (taken or still in the bonus bag). The reason I ask is that even though I've managed to fill in 4 blank slots (initialed - I may be wrong) there are still 5 blanks in the original main cigar list Ethan/Tony put together.

It's probably not a big deal and I'm probably obsessing over trivial details (plus I've got Ethan's cd going and after polishing Billy J's contribution I dipped into my own so I'm trying to keep the momentum flowing:), but it would be nice to have complete records if possible. The research is part of the fun....before you do a put, if you don't know the size/name/type, go ahead and look it up. Just a suggestion.

I'm gonna stop now before I write a 350 page Jack Kerouacesque ramble without punctuation. Stay tuned for more cogent contributions tomorrow. Out

anybody?.......anybody?........Bueller?

Good morning America (shut the hell up and go to bed wer...).

Well, well, well my droogies, an insomniac, vampire-like nocturnal restlessness has ensnared me (substitute a viscous brown liquid for sustenance over the more traditional red, red krovvy) and my spinning gulliver prevents me from any spatchka so I shall post my puts and takes early in order to provide you ample time to cry foul and me a chance to make amends without any horrorshow unpleasantries erupting.

A couple points of interest before starting. The "rules" state that 5-7 puts/takes are typical but slightly more are allowed if you are being VERY fair. Well, if I'm paying $15-20 to ship this monstrosity I want to sample some new cigars. I have selected 9 that I would like to try and replace with equivalent or better smokes.

I checked the MSRP on everything I am taking and putting and believe I am being VERY fair, however, if anyone objects I am not so obstinate that I will not go along with the majority (but I do have data!) and will adjust accordingly.

Here we go:

Takes Puts
1. #61 Cohiba XV AF Fuente Fuente Opus X (4.875x40)
2. #27 La Unica Belicoso Vega Talanga Tercio (6x52)
3. #58 Montesino Torpedo Bucanero Full Sail (6x50)
4. #28 C. Torano Exodus Silver Punch Gran Puro Sierra (6.5x48)
5. #68 CAO Black Gothic Bucanero "Z" (6x50)
6. #50 Partagas Black Torpedo La Aroma de Cuba Churchill(7x50)
7. #52 AVO XO Preludio Hoja XXO Maduro (6x50)
8. #40 Bohemian Hawkeye Robusto Bohemian Predator Robusto (5x50)
9. #70 La Aurora Platinum #2 PAM 1964 Monarca (6.5x46)

Let me know whether you approve. I'd love to mail this back out tomorrow, but no use with Monday being a holiday. Hence, we have lots of time. I will post new numbers on the "puts" once my suggestions are approved by members of the pass.

I also intend to pillage and refill the "bonus" bags. As much as the habana is calling to me, I'm too much of a reserved (read: repressed) midwesterner to take it and not replace it with something equivalent or superior. We'll see. Still lots of time left in the weekend. The host and troop bag will also benefit from a labor day weekend in Houston.

I just heard the paper boy drop my daily fishwrap and I need a refill.

Deliberately,
Bil

Damn, my tabs were completely lost. Here's another try to make clear what is what:

Takes..................................................................................Puts
1. #61 Cohiba XV..............................................................AF Fuente Fuente Opus X (4.875x40)
2. #27 La Unica Belicoso................................................Vega Talanga Tercio (6x52)
3. #58 Montesino Torpedo..............................................Bucanero Full Sail (6x50)
4. #28 C. Torano Exodus Silver......................................Punch Gran Puro Sierra (6.5x48)
5. #68 CAO Black Gothic..................................................Bucanero "Z" (6x50)
6. #50 Partagas Black Torpedo......................................La Aroma de Cuba Churchill(7x50)
7. #52 AVO XO Preludio....................................................Hoja XXO Maduro (6x50)
8. #40 Bohemian Hawkeye Robusto.............................Bohemian Predator Robusto (5x50)
9. #70 La Aurora Platinum #2..........................................PAM 1964 Monarca (6.5x46)

hopefully, better?

hey, that's not bad for a guy that's beginning to lose his vision.......

all right,

the first person t acknowledge that i'm not trapped in a Twilight Zone episode gets a package mailed out Tuesday with EMOTR pass.