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Trumpetstud Veteran Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2021 Posts: 202
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 11:52 am Post subject: Cigars |
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Do you smoke cigars? Just being nosey! lol |
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JayKosta Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Dec 2018 Posts: 3274 Location: Endwell NY USA
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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About 1 a week - Churchill size, not rushed, but enjoyed.
And don't play that day afterwards (practice first!). _________________ Most Important Note ? - the next one !
KNOW (see) what the next note is BEFORE you have to play it.
PLAY the next note 'on time' and 'in rhythm'.
Oh ya, watch the conductor - they set what is 'on time'. |
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A.N.A.Mendez Heavyweight Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 5225 Location: ca.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yup. once or twice a month.
AVO
and I like the ones from Cuba we get in Italy..... _________________ "There is no necessity for deadly strife" A. Lincoln 1860
☛ "No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to keep up" Lily Tomlin☚ |
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CNYTrumpet Regular Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 29
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 6:38 am Post subject: |
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1 - 2 a week, sometimes more depending on my schedule. |
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kevin_soda Heavyweight Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2015 Posts: 558 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 11:03 am Post subject: |
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About four times per year. Nothing too crazy. Mostly robustos. _________________ Kevin |
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Shifty Veteran Member
Joined: 23 Feb 2013 Posts: 248 Location: Phoenix AZ
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Three coronas per week, usually in the morning with my second cup of coffee. This is Arizona, so that works much of the time.
In the "winter" I often switch to the afternoon to avoid the cooler morning temps. Sometimes in the summer it's too danged hot to go out at all, let alone spend an hour with a cigar.
Jay is right about playing first. Sometimes the nicotine spoils a practice session. _________________ Getzen Eterna 700, Eterna 800
Conn Connstellation 28A, Victor 80A, Connqueror (1903)
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Trumpetstud Veteran Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2021 Posts: 202
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Does anyone inhale cigar smoke? I invited a friend to join me at a cigar lounge but he declined. Said the last time he smoked his lungs hurt for weeks.
I told him you don’t inhale dummy! |
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LittleRusty Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 12647 Location: Gardena, Ca
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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As I live in a fire prone state we are not allowed to start trash fires, so no smoking cigars for me.
Serious question. If one isn't supposed to inhale the smoke what is the point of smoking cigars? |
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A.N.A.Mendez Heavyweight Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 5225 Location: ca.
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Most important to have a good , mild cigar, you just enjoy it in the mouth. A good one wafts around you and you enjoy the aroma.
Some enjoy more bracing cigars, but I doubt anyone starts out on one. _________________ "There is no necessity for deadly strife" A. Lincoln 1860
☛ "No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to keep up" Lily Tomlin☚ |
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JayKosta Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Dec 2018 Posts: 3274 Location: Endwell NY USA
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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LittleRusty wrote: | ... Serious question. If one isn't supposed to inhale the smoke what is the point of smoking cigars? |
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Some taste comes the cigar leaf on the lips. Just bringing the smoke into the mouth is sufficient for the enjoyable taste.
Point of smoking ... it's relaxing - just sit quietly by yourself or with friends - gives time for thinking and 'enjoyment of the moment'.
Cigarettes are too quick, pipes require too much attention.
I'm too fidgety to just sit doing nothing, having a cigar is a slow & easy process for relaxation. _________________ Most Important Note ? - the next one !
KNOW (see) what the next note is BEFORE you have to play it.
PLAY the next note 'on time' and 'in rhythm'.
Oh ya, watch the conductor - they set what is 'on time'. |
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huntman10 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 30 Aug 2017 Posts: 672 Location: Texas South Plains
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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I smoke 2 cigars a year, and prefer a nice Churchill with a dark Maduro wrapper and Dominican tobacco. I have it with a glass of Scot's Whisky at our family lake place with my brother in law. Unfortunately, it always seems when I get there, he has smoked my preferred cigars and replaced it with his cheap stuff. He lives up there, and when he runs low, uses mine and always gets the same crap!!
Anyway, 12 or 13 years ago, I used to use tobacco products more regularly for a year or 2, either chewing a bit of tobacco or cigars, and upon quitting, my range went up a 5th almost instantly. 🤔 _________________ huntman10
Collector/Player of Fine (and not so fine) Brass Instruments including
Various Strads, Yammies, Al Hirt Courtois, Schilkes,
Selmer 25, Getzen Eternas, Kanstuls (920 Pic, CG)
Martin Custom Large Bore, Lots Olds!, Conns, etc. |
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Shifty Veteran Member
Joined: 23 Feb 2013 Posts: 248 Location: Phoenix AZ
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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A.N.A.Mendez wrote: | Some enjoy more bracing cigars, but I doubt anyone starts out on one. |
In most cases, that would be a mistake that you'd be unlikely to repeat. _________________ Getzen Eterna 700, Eterna 800
Conn Connstellation 28A, Victor 80A, Connqueror (1903)
ACB Doubler Flugelhorn |
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p76 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 1070 Location: The Golden City of OZ
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Up until about 2019, I used to smoke one every month or so - here in OZ we can get the real deal from Cuba, and I was very partial to a Partagas, or a Punch or Montecristo. I did like a Macanudo now and then too. One of my good friends is a big Cohiba fan, so when at his place I enjoyed them too. As for size, mostly Corona, although I did love the Partagas Lonsdale, which I don't think they make any more.
The problem down here is the ridiculous taxes they whack onto any tobacco products - the recent hike late last year means that any corona-ish sized stick is about $A 40, which at the moment I really can't justify.
Thankfully single malt is still (kind of) affordable.
Cheers!
Roger _________________ Bb - Selmer Radial, Yamaha YTR634, Kanstul 1001, Kanstul 700.
C - Yamaha 641.
Cornet - Olds Ambassador A6T, Besson 723, Olds Ambassador Long.
Flugel - Kanstul 1525
Mpc. - ACB 3CS, ACB 3ES, Curry 3BBC, Kanstul FB Flugel |
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blbaumgarn Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 Jul 2017 Posts: 705
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:23 pm Post subject: Cigars |
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When my brother comes up from Texas to visit. He has some from mayby the Dominican Republic or even Cuba that are, as they say "smooth as a prom queen's thighs, and twice as enticing." That would be all the smoking I every have done. _________________ "There are two sides to a trumpeter's personality,
there is one that lives to lay waste to woodwinds and strings, leaving them lie blue and lifeless along a swath of destruction that is a
trumpeter's fury-then there is the dark side!" Irving Bush |
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