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.

wait a minute!!! i'm only drinking iced tea and i know i entered this on the trades board.

probably drinking long island ice tea aren't you? Don't be coy, just admit it, no harm done

Magnificent Ones,
The box is now on its last leg of its first journey. I am taking the gift cigars from Bill (Thank-you Bill) and for my picks I am taking the La Gloria Churchhill, Dos Hermanos (two Hermans?) Presidente and the Joya De Nicaragua Robusto. I am adding (1) Cerdan Gigante (1) 5 Vegas Torp. (1) Perfecto Garcia Toro (1) Havana Sunrise Robusto and an "odd-ball" Craftsmans Bench Churchhill (very good). I too will add a little spice to life by adding 6 Fitipaldi Box pressed Petite Belicosos (Mad.) One for each of our Consorts. Rob, the box is now headed home to you I will mail it in the morning. May I suggest a second round with a one-for-one exchange?

i told my postal brothers to make it snappy. they did good!!!

Oh, Mel I got your gift as well....sorry
Thanks

And was there no Gloria Palmera in the box for you?

Maybe I missed that one. No worries...it will come around again. Was that one of your gifts Rob? The sticks were in good shape though. The box itself was a little worse for the journey though.

oops!!! was I supposed to send them in a box?