The Interesting Members Quiz.

[Simon Bolivar]

Some great answers coming back guys; let's see some more members posting their answers as they log in & find it.

[dvickery]

Okay ... I will try ... pretty boring story I think ...


1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?
15 years old ... stole it from my dad (1971) .

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?
My dad was a cigar smoker ... to this day the smell of stale cigar smoke reminds me of dad .

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?
since retiring (at the end of 2011) about 250 cigars a year ... would be one per day but I don't smoke when grandkids are in the house .

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?
Comodoro hotel in Havana ... my favourite cigar store in the world ... Andreas Kathy Farrah and Alex are my second family .

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?
palio ... have worn out 8 or 9 or 10 palios .

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?
With my fingers .

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?
usually soon after supper ... occasionally before .

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.
B)


9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right – you have more than you will ever smoke!.
d)

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?
a)

[Simon Bolivar]

Okay ... I will try ... pretty boring story I think ...



Not boring at all, we all have our interesting path that brought us to where we are today, thanks for sharing.1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?
15 years old ... stole it from my dad (1971) .

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?
My dad was a cigar smoker ... to this day the smell of stale cigar smoke reminds me of dad .

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?
since retiring (at the end of 2011) about 250 cigars a year ... would be one per day but I don't smoke when grandkids are in the house .

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?
Comodoro hotel in Havana ... my favourite cigar store in the world ... Andreas Kathy Farrah and Alex are my second family .

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?
palio ... have worn out 8 or 9 or 10 palios .

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?
With my fingers .

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?
usually soon after supper ... occasionally before .

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.
B)


9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right ? you have more than you will ever smoke!.
d)

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?
a)

Not boring at all, we all have our story of how we came to be at our current position & all so far have indeed been noteworthy.

[bigbarneyhotdog]

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?
20's. I used to play keyboards in a band and dress in a poncho and cowboy hat smoking big cigars. In my 30's I'd moved onto smoking Cubans.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?
properly, the relaxation and contemplation.


3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?
2 or 3 a week, some weeks nothing because of work etc. On holidays, maybe 3 a day.

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?
All the usual haunts in Havana, the old Cigar Lounges in London, pubs (yes kids, indoors too!), the best place is my mancave though.

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?
Swiss Army Cigar Scissors.

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?
A million miles away from anything.

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?
Early afternoon, evening usually. If away at festivals etc then with my morning coffee.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.
C for sure.


9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right – you have more than you will ever smoke!.
C fluctuating

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?
B

[Kickback]

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars? 42 so only a few years ago.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars? Always fancied and a little more exclusive than fags.

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week? 2 or 3 a week if I'm lucky

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar? The Foreign Correspondents Club Phnom Penh Cambodia.

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?Cheap plastic cutter as waiting to find a perfect cutter.

6) How do you feel while you are smoking? Relaxed

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day? Usually only get to smoke on way to work in car so 6 am

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family. A

9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right ? you have more than you will ever smoke!.
B
10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100%E as I'm working my wway through NC mainly as the CC I have tried to date have been a disappointment.

[Wigan]

Saw a similar quiz elsewhere & I thought it would be interesting to learn more about each other. Feel feel to add comments or leave any questions you'd rather not answer.

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?
About 20 minutes younger than I currently am on this one.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?

Mate said he would make a curry and then give this one

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?

This is my second today. So far.

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?

Well the dining table was alright but better now we have retired to the sofa.

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?

Held the cutter in my fingers

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?

Pretty full. It was a big curry.

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?

Shortly after taking it out of the humidor.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.

Bit bored tbh.

9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right ? you have more than you will ever smoke!.

Think my mate wouldn't be impressed if I decribed the cigar stock as mine.

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?

It's all in the UK currently.

Hope that helps!

[Rich B]

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?

About 18. I'd smoked cigarettes from 16 mainly to annoy my parents.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?

My best friend?s father worked in exporting and so always had a box of Cuban cigars in his lounge. We tried some and enjoyed them, that was start of a slippery slope.

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?

My cigar smoking is very seasonal. In the summer maybe one a day, in the winter it could go down to one a month.

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?

A couple spring to mind. Sitting at the bar in the Partagas factory in Havana for the first time (Siglo VI). Our back garden after the birth of our son (Montecristo A).

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?

I used a cheap cigar cutter until Nic Wing showed me the error of my ways. If I am travelling I take a small cutter. At home, I have a Sautter desk cutter.

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?

I stop thinking and relax, something I otherwise very rarely do.

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?

Late afternoon or evening.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.

B

9) Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right ? you have more than you will ever smoke!

C

10) Is your current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100%

I?d say B. I have some wonderful NC smokes, but always seem to gravitate back to Cubans.

[Budgie Smuggler]

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?

Smoked my first at 18, infrequently thereafter. I started smoking regularly about 3/4 years ago.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?

I?ve always loved the smell of cigars and pipe tobacco.

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?

During the Winter as little as 1 a month, will smoke frequently during warmer months. I probably average 2/3 per week over the year.

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?

Most memorable was at a restaurant called Polygon in Clapham close to 2 decades ago, back when you could smoke indoors and they had a humidor on the bar. It was an RyJ Ex 4.

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?

Usually a Colibri v-cutter.

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?

If I?m not relaxed it probably wasn?t the right time for a cigar.

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?

Usually in the evening when the kids are in bed.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.

B to C.

9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right ? you have more than you will ever smoke!.

C to D.

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?

I own 2 non-Cuban; a Sons of Anarchy Robusto and a UKCF banded Dunhill. Neither will be smoked, I doubt I?ll knowingly buy an NC again.

[Emaresee]

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?

17/18

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?

The theatre of it all... usual black tie event coupled with a smoke after the dinner (back when smoking at the table indoors was ok)

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?

A running average may be none or 1 or 2. A holiday is probably 7-10

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?

place is not really my thing. The occasion has been more memorable. Up in the Rockies a little bit 'up' on altitude was a decent spot!
5) What do you use to cut the cigar?

A Xigar cutter

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?

like I am grabbing back some time. I have long said that buying is like putting relaxation in the bank. Smoking is cashing it in!

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?

No set pattern. All down to mood and opportunity.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.

An A/B

9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right – you have more than you will ever smoke!.

I feel C, reality likely to be D


10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?

B/C - fluctuates its Cuban dominated by I have a locknlock reserved for NC puros as I really quite like them!

[thedame007]

1) I have long said that buying is like putting relaxation in the bank. Smoking is cashing it in!

Fantastic notion; not only is it true, it is also a wonderful way to justify buying those smokes

[K444HEP]

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?
Although I have smoked cigars previously, I have only started smoking properly this year, so 32.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?
The variety of purported flavours to discover along with making time for rest and relaxation.

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?
Currently 1 or 2 maximum.

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?
Nowhere noteworthy; probably my garden on a warm summer evening.

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?
Guillotine cutter or V cutter.

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?
Usually (and hopefully!) relaxed.

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?
Often after dinner, around 9.30pm

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.
A but would like it to be B, though it often feels like C!

9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right – you have more than you will ever smoke!.
Mostly A

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?
B

[Simon Bolivar]

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?
20's. I used to play keyboards in a band and dress in a poncho and cowboy hat smoking big cigars. In my 30's I'd moved onto smoking Cubans.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?
properly, the relaxation and contemplation.


3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?
2 or 3 a week, some weeks nothing because of work etc. On holidays, maybe 3 a day.

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?
All the usual haunts in Havana, the old Cigar Lounges in London, pubs (yes kids, indoors too!), the best place is my mancave though.

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?
Swiss Army Cigar Scissors.

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?
A million miles away from anything.

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?
Early afternoon, evening usually. If away at festivals etc then with my morning coffee.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.
C for sure.


9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right ? you have more than you will ever smoke!.
C fluctuating

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?
B

Cheers Barney, Good to hear you're still managing to find time for our mutual hobby & from the pics I've seen, you have a grade A listed Man Cave!

[bigbarneyhotdog]

Cheers Barney, Good to hear you're still managing to find time for our mutual hobby & from the pics I've seen, you have a grade A listed Man Cave!

Thanks Simon, the man cave (The Float Inn) is still a work in progress but nearly there. Chesterfields are in, beer fridge, guitars on the wall etc.

[ha_banos]

hmm always to try to see oneself as interesting!

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars?
32-33

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?
Always liked the smell of a proper cigar. So just tried it! Liked it!

3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week?
Lucky to get in 2 a week during better weather. Lot less during cold months. Although I've found my smoking lounge now!

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?
Out in the open on a Kenyan safari. I also love the great outdoors .. don't get out enough!
The RAC club was an 'odd' one too!

5) What do you use to cut the cigar?
Xikar MTX multi tool mostly.

6) How do you feel while you are smoking?
Relaaaaaxed. "Some people meditate. I smoke a cigar." Its time I know I wont be disturbed really.

7) When do you light your first cigar of the day?
Varies when I get the opportunity usually afternoon to evening - as I said at best 1 in a day when I do.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.
A

9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right – you have more than you will ever smoke!.
B-C - and recently started growing a bit more...

10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?
B - but more like 95% CC

[mcdee]

Saw a similar quiz elsewhere & I thought it would be interesting to learn more about each other. Feel feel to add comments or leave any questions you'd rather not answer.

1) How old were you when you started smoking cigars? A few years ago, mid 30s.

2) What attracted you to smoking cigars?
While reading a book on Churchill.
3) How many cigars do you smoke a day/a week? About 4 a week (Thu.-Sun.)

4) Which is the best place you have smoked a cigar?
Leopard cigar lounge, Geneva.
5) What do you use to cut the cigar?
Punch or guillotine cutter.
6) How do you feel while you are smoking?
Relaxed and contented.
7) When do you light your first cigar of the day? Mainly in the evening, after dinner.

8) What level of interest would you class yourself as? A) Infrequent pleasure/ B) regular feature of my leisure time/ C) I am constantly planning how to fit smoking time around work & family.
B
9/ Would you describe your current cigar stock as approx: A) Buying more or less as you smoke them. B) appropriate to the amount you smoke C) modest aging stock D) You actually believe the wife is right – you have more than you will ever smoke!.
C
10/ Is you current stock approx.: A) 100% Cuban, B) 90% Cuban, C) 75% Cuban D) 50% Cuba, E) 25% Cuban, F) 100% NC?

B