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      07-16-2022, 11:43 AM   #15
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Love Fuente cigars. Hemingway short stories for a quickie. I think current Opus X cigars are not close to what they used to be when they first came out back in the mid 90's. They used to be power houses....loved the old ones.

Booze:

Sipping Vodka - ZYR

Irish Whiskey - Jameson blenders dog, Green Spot and Red Breast

Scotch - I used to get Johnnie Walker Blue for free since I worked for Diageo, so I liked it for a blended scotch. I wouldn't buy it if I had to pay for it though...plenty other great stuff out there for a fraction of the price. I was allocated $1200 per quarter to buy their booze. I retired over 8 years ago, I still have so much sitting around.

Speaking of Diageo, we had a bar on the top floor of our building...It was modeled after the Guinness bar in Dublin, also owned by Diageo. Free drinking anytime. You can drink during business hours. It was bizarre to say the least. That said, you could not work there if you ever had a DWI or DUI. You would be let go if you ever had a drinking related incident.

Their scotch whiskey lineup was quite extensive - Johnnie Walker, Buchanan's, Cardhu, Justerini & Brooks, Bell's, Black & White, White Horse, Logan, Caol Ila, Vat 69, Oban, Talisker, Lagavulin, Glenkinchie, Dalwhinnie, Cragganmore, Clynelish, The Singleton (Glen Ord, Dufftown, Glendullan), Dimple, Royal Lochnagar, Glen Elgin, Knockando, Windsor, Grand Old Parr, Auchroisk, Benrinnes, Blair Athol, Dailuaine, Glenlossie, Glen Spey, Inchgower, Linkwood, Mannochmore, Mortlach, Strathmill, Teaninich.

Steaks - Filet Mignon & Delmonico
I have no frame of reference on the Opus X. I bought 3 or 4 because my shop had them in and I knew they wouldn't last long. I've smoked one and I did enjoy it. I've been letting them season in there but haven't found an occasion. I thought I'd smoke one when Ole Miss won the College World Series, but I had a summer cold and didn't want to screw my head up more. That's my one weak spot when it comes to cigars. My sinuses get screwed up easy, so I have to spread out smoking occasions. I don't know how I smoked a pack of Marlboros a day for damn near a decade. I quit the cigarettes years ago but it just morphed into a daily Copenhagen habit.

I know some don't like the lighter cigars but I like the Cohiba Connecticut a lot. But they're so damn pricey. But as rarely as I smoke them, I don't mind burning the money. Especially since I'm not spending it on good (or bad) liquor anymore!
I tried dip once in high school. I got super dizzy and almost threw up. Maybe it was the arbys I had just eaten before hand : That pretty much ended any chance of getting hooked on that.
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