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It does seem obvious, but I can really see both sides: Why are there no ladies smoking cigars, let alone beautiful women smoking cigars?

Sure, cigars are very male and it’s obvious that women see them as filthy and disgusting. When and old friend was over and we were sharing a few cigars, I asked him if his wife (who smokes cigarettes) would smoke cigars. He instantly said no, no way, wasn’t going to happen because cigars are “nasty.” Hardly surprising.

But, that’s what makes it surprising. These days women seem to leaping at the chance to do everything men do often for little more reason than men do it. I could easily see women taking up cigar smoking simply because it’s there and men do it. Given how many women smoke, it’s kind a surprising more of them aren’t into cigars.

Now, I don’t mean for this to become a plea for women to start smoking…just one of those odd thoughts that passes through from time to time.

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As you know I built a humidor a while back, and I’ve had cigars in it since it was finished. When you read about seasoning humidors (that is, getting them humidity-stabilized) folks generally recommend leaving the humidifier beads or foam or whatever in the humidor with NO cigars for about a week to let things stabilize. The cedar lining can evidently take a while to get up to the proper humidity level.

Well, when I finished my humidor I wiped the inside down with water and let it go for an afternoon, and then put the cigars in. I’ve been monitoring the humidity, which should be 65%, and I’m finding that it keeps dropping. Now, it could be that the humidor isn’t sealing well, but it’s pretty tight. I’m thinking instead that the thirsty lining is still soaking up the humidity. So my solution has been to put a small container with a wad of wet paper towel in it in the humidor. The humidity will go up for a while, but when it gets above about 73% I pull it out. Since I’m using beads, which will absorb excess humidity, the idea is that the beads will bring humidity back down to the target 65% level. the humidity then starts to drop, and when it drops too much (say, down to 62%) I end up putting the wet stuff back in. None of this is really difficult, it’s just a pain to do it and there’s a risk that I’ll forget about the little pot of paper towel and inadvertantly let the humidity level get too high.

I think this is what people call “doing it the hard way” 8-)

My only message here is that when you get a humidor, follow the advice of others – get it stabilized before you put the cigars in.

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I spent Saturday building a fence with and old friend, and it was a very hard day’s labor. We got all of the posts in place, and called it quits. After a little barbeque we settled in for some cigars.

First was a Punch, double corona. These had been splitting on me in the past, but they’ve finally dried out enough to be perfectly smokable.

Second were Fonseca Robusto, which was significantly milder than the Punch. These were really just filling in a little time – we were sitting in the driveway admiring our handiwork along with glasses of Bushmills, but they were very enjoyable all the same.

Last came Montecristo #3, which was the best of the bunch. I taste much more spice than in the previous cigars. Even my friend commented that it was very good.

It was a very late night, but very enjoyable.

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