When you start spinning? Oh man, I hate that. Thank God I'm over that level of partying.


I had one of Lim's ISOM Cohibas last night in celebration of 2 Dead bastards. Just when I was about to cut it, I noticed the notorious, Monterey Bay fog was rolling in. I lit it in defiance anyway. The draw was tight and I had a hell of a time getting any smoke out of it. I had to pull on it constantly just to keep it lit. I'm getting an indoor/outdoor thermomter/hygrometer today damnit!


ANY OPINIONS ON WHAT RH IS TOO HIGH TO SMOKE IN?


I know this has been done to some degree, but I'm hoping this post will bring some sort of concensus.


Thanks gang.
Sketch

P.S. I forgot to mention one thing. My wife and I haven't gone out to dinner together in a long time. So when I found out I didn't have to work, we found a sitter and went out for some killer Italian. So I had to put off my celebratory smoke and that gave mother nature time to fog my neighborhood. I was determined to have that smoke. I'll never do that again.

A common factor in General Aviation accidents, hurry-up-itis. John jr. started experiencing fog and should've called it off. As a pilot, I should've known better myself.

sketcha --- I seriously doubt that the fog had that much to do with it, in that short of time ... uless it sat ot for awhile ...

... ISOM's are notorious for being rolled too tight, and being plugged ... 😉

Hey Um Sketch...

Santa Cruz/Capitola = Heavy, wet, thick-ass fog. Might as well be rain. Like this is telling you something! I have tried on a few occasions to enjoy a cigar while on the pier after dinner or when Im crabbing/fishing. It dont work...EVER. Shoulda saved that fine cigar and smoked a Backwoods.

Shame on you

Damn bass players

Geeze ... uless it sat ot for awhile?

That should have been, 'unless it sat out for awhile' ...

Slim,

I will have to disagree with you on this one. Out there it doesnt take long for a cigar to soak up a large amount of moisture.

Can't say that the fog rolling in has ever dampened a cigar smoking experience other than to make me uncomfortably cold ... however, I CAN tell you that there does seem to be a humidity problem associated with smoking while taking a shower

I would assume that with each pull, I'm drawing in more and more moisture, right?

Like Beat said, we get some gnarly fog around these parts. It's almost like drizzle, for shizzle dizzle. Sitting on my deck and looking at the porch light (about 25 feet away) I could see the fog moving like the aformentioned drizzle.

Slim,

The cigar felt moist and extra supple to my fingers and it wasn't that way when I pulled it out of the humi.

so, the cigar sat out in the fog for a while before you lit it ?? ...

No.

Here is my 2 cents.

I live in FL and it rains almost every afternoon/evening during the summer. I almost always sit outside in my screen room and smoke a cigar in the evening, one of the ways I like to relax, even when it is raining outside and have had no problems with draw unless the cigar its self was plugged or was hard to draw to begin with before it was lit. Just my 2 cents worth.

Remington

Sketch,

I guess these guys have never experienced that thick coastal fog.

It doesnt have to sit out. Just be exposed to the fog in your mouth for about 2 minutes.

You stand in this stuff for 10 minutes and your hair is wet to the scalp and your clothes are past damp.

sketcha --- drawing on the cigar when lit won't bring any more moisture into the cigar ... unless it can make it through that 1500/2300 degree 'cherry' ... 😉

Remi,

When you're under the porch you may be safe. If you're out in the drizzle you're wet.

Thanks for the $.02 though

Now, I must say that my hair wasn't really wet when I was finished. It wasn't that bad.

BeatDragon --- Several times I've left a cigar out on the deck overnight (in the winter), and it has drizzled a little, and the next morning ... I had no problem with smoking it. Heck ... the wrapper even had noticable water drops on it!

I would attribute it more to the fact that many ISOM's are have a reputatuon of being rolled to tight, and frequently have plugs in them ... at least that is the way it was with the several Cohiba's have that I've smoked. I've got two more ... looks like I'll have to do a little test ... 😉

But ... I'm sure the fog didn't help ...

Overexageration for effect...Kinda like a gratuitous drum solor before the last chorus.

In a gaddadeveda honey....

Slim,

So you're opinion is that even heavy fog shouldn't have an effect?