Just a quick note of introduction. I've been smoking since I can't remember when, mostly Nicaraguan lately. Found this place through the directions of Mr Mean, who is not quite as bad as his handle would indicate.

I'm always happy to find another forum for lovers of the leaf and I recognize many of the names here from other boards. I look forward to posting with you gentlemen.

Ban WSUCoug,ban him now! J/K LOL....Welcome to c-bid any friend of MrMeans is a friend of,well MrMeans....

Welcome aboard. You will find this board much more light-hearted than others. Just watch what you say, no sudden moves, and no pointy objects. That way, nobody gets hurt.

Coug, if you've survived winters in the Palousse, you'll survive here pretty well, following your successful initiation.

As Mean no doubt told you, we require that you send each of us a cigar, then we form our judgement of you, based on how we like it. You should be aware that while some will tell you that initiation also requires you to pose for a picture wearing a thin form-fitting pink top and a poodle skirt, but that effective the first of this month, that is no longer the case since the poodle skirt quota was met for the entire year by one of June's newbies who now seems to have left town.

BTW, Coug ... what part of the country do you live in now? After Drew recently opted to move to Buffalo where winters are as bad as in Pullman, if you say something like Cleveland, we could begin to question the education process at WSU.

Thank you for the welcome. I'll do my best not to make any sudden moves and get those cigars out to everyone right away. That should prevent a banning....this time anyway. I now live on the gentler side of the state, Steve. It's nice but there seems to be less beer. And by the way, everyone I know questions my education 🙂. As far as the picture....no one wants to see that.

Welcome aboard Coug! I think you will like it here! Good group of smokers around these parts. ;o)

Welcome, Bienvenidos...jump in whenever, here and in the auctions.

and for a second there, I thought he was going to say go jump in the lake, which is the reception most new guys get ... you seem to be faring quite well, compared to the norm.

go jump in the lake, coug.

and welcome aboard.

Welcome!...Do you also reside near us (in IL)?...We need someone to herf with now that Todog has blown us off several times by not showing up at even one herf yet 😉

Hey! Who are you calling gentlemen?! Why I ought to.................say hello and thanks for the free cigar.
Have fun Barry

(Mr Mean has friends?)

Yo Coug ; Welcome aboard , people here are actually fighting to be Mr. Means friend ( loser of the fight has to be his friend ). LOL JonR

I got him over here with an online fight. He called me poopy head, I called him a doody biter. And now he's hanging out with us!

Howdy, Doody biter......

TO BE READ LIKE "The Count" from "Sesame Street":

wellllllcome..... hah......hah.......haaah.......

MM, again, I was out of line with the poopy head comment. And the 'WS' in WSUCoug is for Washington State, so although it seems like quite a hike for an Illinois herf.....I'll give it a shot. Anyone else here from the west coast?

SteveS---just thought i'd say hello.

hello, Rick ...

Coug ... there is at least one other resident of WA on the board and more than a dozen of us down here in CA ... myself and the above mentioned RICK being two among that number. Probably even more who don't post as frequently, but just "lurk" on the sidelines ...

Maybe instead of sending out all of those cigars, you should just invite all of us to your place and we could have a great big West Coast herf ... sounds like a party to me. See you at your place.

oh, and Coug ... one more thing before I go ... don't worry too much about that poopy head thing ... hell, all of us have been called much worse ... Mean no doubt feels quite lucky you didn't come right out and say sh*t-head ... (see what he got you into)

coug!