Putting my foot in the door here with an intro post. I actually just discovered there were message boards on cigarbid just a couple days ago. I've been reading a bit on here - still can't make heads or tails of half the terms/acronyms used in here (as well as other cigar forums) ... still learning. But, seems like a great group of cigar lovers that makes up the boards here.

I'm a fairly new BOTL from Indiana, having only recently jumped two feet into the hobby about 3 months ago. I say hobby because I treat it as one. As with my other interests, it involves tools, toys and time. I've been an occasional cigar smoker for a few years, maybe one or two a year. Fast forward a bit and my brother in law gifted me a 10pack of MUWAT. I needed cigar storage.

Once I got interested in cigar accessories I knew it was all over. Now I'm buying toys and tools, and spending time learning/exploring this interest. All the ingredients for a hobby.

So, after some consideration I decided to do a Hybrid Humidor. Part tupperdor/coolerdor, part custom humidor. I had a watertight case that I tested for the ability to hold humidity and it passed as well as any cooler, which is to say perfectly. I bought some Spanish Cedar and built a liner in the box. All press-fit within the box and the box lid closed-cell foam is a tight fit against the box on the inside while the box's silicone O-ring seal keeps the whole thing airtight.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b82/anghellicdan/20140211_174621_zps4e411f7a.jpg 

Now that I had the space for more sticks, I started looking around and found CigarBid. Threw out a couple low bids on a few boxes and fivers of cigars I wanted to try, thinking I'd only win a third of them, and won 90% of them...

So, I'm really hoping I can be an active contributing member here, I'm on a couple other forums online and active still in most of them. Always the hard part is becoming an established member. I'll do my best.

No kidding necessary.

I'm "long-winded" on the keyboard. Especially after a couple drinks. I brew my own beer, and have 5 live taps at all times.

I don't talk much in person, make up for it at times like these. Thing is, I don't tend to say anything unless I have a receptive audience interested in a topic where I have knowledge to share. Then, I can talk for hours. I've been invited to speak to students, and have to write a script to keep myself in check.

In my professional life as well as my hobbies I hold a couple things close to heart. One is a plaque a friend made for me about 15 years ago. It's a plate of steel he welded "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing" -danmdevries- It was a quote I said to him at one point that he took to heart and I stick to it. The other is "its better to be thought a fool, than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt" I won't say a word unless I am 100% certain of my position on the topic.

And a simple reply on an interwebs forum just turned into a short story.

Keep it up I'll write a novel.

Hey, if it's online and unsecured, it's public information.

The methlab comment isn't uncommon. I actually had someone drive by, turn around, drive past again slowly, turn around, drive by a third time and about 5 minutes later an officer pulled in the driveway for "we got a call that you might be manufacturing methamphetamine" Showed him my brewery, offered a beer and he was on his way.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b82/anghellicdan/20131013_153822_zps20ee0519.jpg 

People see three tiers of boiling liquid in stainless pots and assume illegal activity.

What do I do for a living? I'm a nurse in cardiothoracic intensive care. Heart and lung surgeries are my bread and butter. Just the place you'd expect to find a BOTL, right? :-"

Now run away, run away! [frypan]

Had a second glass of beer tonight, and being that it's too cold to actually go outside and enjoy a smoke, I spent the time enjoying the idea of having a smoke i.e. on cbid.

Locked up another $200 with the hopes that I get outbid on 66% of those items. Though last time I won 8 of 9....

Well, looks like there's no hope for you. May as well ask your bank to increase the credit limit on your credit card.

Or cards.

Or use your AMEX Black Card and not worry about it all.

Hahaha.

Still need to feed the rest of the family and keep the house above 65°F

But, once that's done, I'm all ears. 😇

Why you such a cranky old bass turd, nixon ?

One question.... Tabasco or Tapatio?

Julian

Hi Ho!

Welcome

Welcome to the Brotherhood, good first post 🇨🇮

99% of people read ONLY the first two or three sentences of posts, emails, and other online content.

Ok, the TL;DR

I'm a noob here, and I'm pretty proud of my hybrid humi so I thought I'd share a picture of it.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b82/anghellicdan/20140211_174621_zps4e411f7a.jpg 

Sometimes after a couple beers I ramble.

Just as dead as you or I shall someday be.

Top left hand corner of IN

Neither. El Yucateco for most, but sriracha for eggs.

I'll be damned. I'm impressed. I keep two El Yucateco's on hand at all times. Though, I also use Tobasco often for certain things.