Wednesday 24th August 2016

[Simon Bolivar]

Cheers CJ & Horsebox, yes Pondering Moose, I'd chose the garden too. The wife gave me the book as a W.A. present, I have read it before but now I have a copy onboard as well. I am not a fan of el Che, the more you read about him once he took up arms, the less there is to empathise with. I am sure if he hadn't been executed in Bolivia & had returned to Cuba, he & Castro would have fallen out at some stage & it wouldn't have ended well for either. Now he's the martya & it's his image that's plastered all over Cuba & not Fidel's, as it's easy & safer to have a dead hero to worship. Tourists & students who wear clothing with Che think seem to think was more like Wolfey of Citizen Smith than a cold blooded killer, executing political prisoners without trial - long after the fighting was finished.

[Tom Major]

Had Little Q earlier today, but it was so crappy that I binned it after about 1/2. Plugged, bitter, totally unsmokable. Very different than last Q I smoked few days ago.

[TJCoro]

No Labels!

Not long finished...

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Cool picture, CJ121. How did you do it (title and emoji at the bottom)?

Ricky Bobby

[Simon Bolivar]

Good question R.B, I'd been meaning to ask myself; I am guessing it's some fancy phone app?

[cj121]

Cool picture, CJ121. How did you do it (title and emoji at the bottom)?

Ricky Bobby

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[Johnny Thunder]

A Quintero Favorito at lunch time yesterday.

[Shaun]

A Quintero Favorito at lunch time yesterday.

How do you like those favoritos? Any good?

[Johnny Thunder]

They are OK Shaun. Not the best smoke I have had, but certainly not the worst.
Well worth giving one a go.

[Emaresee]

Got back from an evening out so making the most of the still warm evening and enjoying this superb ERDM Choix Supreme. Think it came from a split with @Emaresee? Cheers chap [emoji1360]



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hope you enjoyed it. I've had a couple from that box and they've been cracking.

[PeeJay]

Happy Anniversary @PeeJay and Mrs! Who complained about the cigar?!


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No one got the chance, I pre-empted it by going home. There were a lot of middle class mums with kids in the garden though.

[the pondering moose]

Cheers CJ & Horsebox, yes Pondering Moose, I'd chose the garden too. The wife gave me the book as a W.A. present, I have read it before but now I have a copy onboard as well. I am not a fan of el Che, the more you read about him once he took up arms, the less there is to empathise with. I am sure if he hadn't been executed in Bolivia & had returned to Cuba, he & Castro would have fallen out at some stage & it wouldn't have ended well for either. Now he's the martya & it's his image that's plastered all over Cuba & not Fidel's, as it's easy & safer to have a dead hero to worship. Tourists & students who wear clothing with Che think seem to think was more like Wolfey of Citizen Smith than a cold blooded killer, executing political prisoners without trial - long after the fighting was finished.

Whilst I've not read the book, I recently watched Steven Soderburgh's "Che" double feature. It's quite a cinematic experience, but I definitely came away with a different feeling about Guevara. I respected his original Pan-American odyssey on a motorcycle; but learning and seeing more about his ruthlessness, and absolute desire to keep the Marxist revolution rolling (particularly in Bolivia), I see him as not so much a hero. Undoubtedly an important figure, but inflexible, and perhaps not corruptible, but with a very significant range of infractions he was willing to act the despot regarding.

I suppose it is like seeing people with satchels with the Maoist Shining Path logo on it, without them remotely knowing what this really means.

Sorry, OT, tangentially cigar related, but as we know he did like Monte #4 I think.

[smokey joe]

So today is our 25th Wedding Anniversary & I am stuck on the rig, so difficult to celebrate in style but a friend sent me a pair of 1980's Cuban Davidoff's to try & I chose the smallest to bring out with me for today. The Chat Haut Brion is a Perla size 4" x 40 & relatively rare these days & on the expensive side; as a guideline I bought 3 different Davidoff's at Easter for E290. If I had known someone would have been generous enough to send me a couple, I wouldn't have made the purchase but now I have some to smoke on our next visit to Cuba.

Some say all the flav has faded away on these cigars & they are way overpriced & just collected by millionaires & traded box for box. Well I am glad to say there were still plenty of soft flav's in this particular stick & as I had it with just a coffee I didn't lose them like I could have if I had smoked it at home with a whiskey. It was an interesting experience & certainly made my day. Hope you like the pics.

How do you get your finger nails so shiny?!

[SHAMZ84]

Happy belated anniversary Simon...looks like a great smoke to mark the day.

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[Budgie Smuggler]

How do you get your finger nails so shiny?!

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[smokey joe]

Ah not 2 pints of milk a day then!