Cigars are Yummy (A Thread About Cigars)

No cigar threads? Anyway, I broke my fast last night with a Don Pepin Garcia black label. It was really heavy, but didn't have the taste I generally go for. I'd say medium-bodied, but it was definitely nice to break a fast on. Totally chilled me out for about an hour. (It cost me $10 at the local cigar shop.)

Anyway, smoked any good cigars lately? Any recommendations? This is the thread for all you occasional (or habitual) cigar smokers.

No one??

Quit smoking cigarettes "officially" in late September, but still enjoy the weekly Pom Pom

Off smokes again at present. Maybe I should start a trendwatch: indie girls smoking pipes.

"I believe I owe to the cigar a great intensification of my capacity to work and a facilitation of my self control. My model in this was my father, who was a heavy smoker and remained one for his entire life."

The last 16 years of Freud's life were spent in continual pain, irritation and physical discomfort. He had cancer of the mouth diagnosed in 1923 and was operated on in the same year. Over thirty more operations were to follow, to remove the cancer itself and other pre-cancerous growths, as well as radiation treatment and the fitting of an artificial palate and jaw. The prosthesis was a source of misery for Freud. It not only affected his speech and was impossible to fit comfortably, it also prevented scar tissue and ulcers from healing. The operations also caused deafness in his right ear through an infection of the Eustacian tubes, while adrenaline used to facilitate the anaesthetics began to affect his heart.

Throughout this time Freud continued to smoke. He knew it was killing him but he carried on regardless, despite the exhortations and advice of family, doctors, and friends.

tbf making it to 83 as a heavy smoker is not bad going.

http://jezebel.com/cigars-are-puke-1766816269

When I was growing up in the ‘70s the man who lived next door to me smoked cigars in his house every day, and so his house had a perpetual cigar smell. And since one of my best friends lived there as well and I always had a good time hanging out there, the smell of inexpensive cigars is intensely nostalgic for me. Now I’m trying to isolate which brand it was that smells so nostalgic for me. I remember from the cigar boxes lying around their house that this man smoked Dutch Masters and Garcia y Vega cigars. I tried a Dutch Masters, whose leaf smells like maple and whose smoke smells like French vanilla… very smooth but not quite a match for my memory. Trying to find a regular-sized Garcia y Vega to see if that matches better.