Been smoking 'em for about 6 months...CB for 2 weeks. Already made two orders and exceeded cigar budget for the month. I often hear of encounters with plugged cigars. How can I tell if I have a plugged smoke?

Popped a cuban Montecristo #2 in the box today...my first de la habana. Plan on aging as long as I can hold out. Might try to develop a single malt scotch liking first.

Slow down there. You gonna develope all your vises at once? Throw some crack smokin in there, a little varmit poaching, and a some backyard toxic waste dumping and might be able to fit in. "Smoking 'em", cigars, right? What's your brand? On the plugged, sometimes you just don't know till you light it up. Others you can sometimes tell on the pre-draw or if you feel unusually hard spots will indicate possible plugged stogie.

Plugged cigars have a cord that goes into the wall....

Grounded?

I like at 220. LOL Barry

Are U saying Del's grounded. Does that mean he can't smoke cigars? That's pretty harsh if he can't.

You can't really tell, until you actually smoke it. I've had some smokes that were like 'broom handles' ... and they smoked beautifully.

I was even given some 'plugged' ISOM SLR A's because they were hard as rocks, and were thought to be unsmokeable. It turned out to be the best Cubans I've ever smoked ...

For those plugged ones I do get, I just use one of those turkey 'needles' you see in the housewares department around Thanksgiving time. You know, the ones that you supposedly use to sew the turkey up after you stuff it? They works great!

Won't the turkey needle make your cigar smell foul?

Try a bamboo skewer... they're pointed on one end and come in sizes...of course, remove the shrimp first.

Dont use a fish hook. They make your gars smell like gars.

reading this post reminds me of the joys of........... i forgot what i was going to say.

"plugged" tends to get confused with "tight draw". I've found a draw poker to work OK with tight draws but not so much with pluggers. Some cigars are of such poor construction you gotta wonder whether the roller conciously set the filler sideways -- The poker cannot help these. Thank jod I don't come across them that often, but when I do they get airborne quickly.

"220....221, whatever it takes"

An injection of Botox tends to loosen up a tight draw also

And it takes care of those unwanted crows feet around the eyes.

and makes for softer, more cushiony lips.

Mr Mean,Keep them damm crows off your face! X

I gotta figure out why I keeping waking up in the yard first.

I'd tell why I do,but U don't wanna no. X

From plugged cigars to Botox to waking up in your yard; this baby's all over the road! LMAO at you guys. Maybe we don't get a damn thing accomplished around here, but man I like this place. Did I hear we're going fishing?