Which means "Just In Time," in logistics-speak. That was the case with today's mail, where we were re-supplied just in time with these:
Those are Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve in the Lancero size. Note the extraneous "E" hung on the perfectly good and serviceable standard spelling of "old." I am NOT impressed; as a matter o' fact I find that practice rather annoying.
We were down to our very last everyday cigar... one each... the five sticks in the jar at right are what remains of my on-going experiment to "see if aging makes any difference" where taste, etc. is concerned. If you've been with me for a while (and have been paying attention) you know I set aside about a dozen of those Deep Dish beauties last Christmas for the experiment. Five are all that remain... what with me smoking about one a month as part of the evaluation process. Right now I'm of the opinion that aging a cigar for six months is a worthwhile endeavor, as these sticks are now the softest and most pliable cigars I've ever smoked... which is a left-handed way of saying they are fully humidified, perhaps even over-humidified. My guess is the smoking time lasts just a bit longer, as the cigar seems to burn a lil slower than I remember a fresh-out-o'-the-box Deep Dish doing. I haven't noticed any change in the taste: they're still wonderful.
Note the extraneous "E" hung on the perfectly good and serviceable standard spelling of "old." I am NOT impressed; as a matter o' fact I find that practice rather annoying. Calgary is FULL of communities that have names with that. Great big ol' WTF?
ReplyDelete"Deep Dish" is a rather delicious name for a cigar. Good to see you still having your own signature style of lunch – ale & a cigar. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSoft most pliable, fully humidified, over humidified, Deep Dish, burn slower, taste, wonderful, etc...It's all Greek to me, and maybe a bit unbelievable. I'll just take your word for it.
ReplyDeleteRE: the "e," I'll blather a little...
ReplyDeleteAdvertisers, promoters, marketers, etc. have been having their way with the language for some time now. But most of the time it's the ordinary folks' usage that ends up having a lasting effect. And along those lines who knows what effect all the texting and blogging abbreviations will eventually have. Even before all that, English was a dynamic thing though. I doubt we could understand everything said or written if we could come back from the grave say a couple of hundred years from now. Hell, I have enough trouble right now with LOL, BTW, LMAO, etc.
As for those Rocky Patels, they look pretty dang good. And your description makes them sound even better.
I'm surprised they didn't carry it through and add another 'e' to world.
ReplyDeleteThen they could be e-cigars.
BTW - they look like a decent smoke.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing quite like a box full of cigars. I don't know that I can put exactly into words what I mean, but you probably know. It represents much pleasure waiting to be had, for one thing, and the box itself is almost always an artistic expression, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm no afficianado (hell, I'm not even sure I spelled it correctly) but even when I've had a box of cheap Garcia Y Vega, it gave me pleasure just to see them in their pre-smoking house.
Great big ol' WTF?
ReplyDeleteAmen, Deb.
Red: See? Nuthin's changed. ;-)
...maybe a bit unbelievable.
Whut? I NEVER lie, Lou! ;-)
I doubt we could understand everything said or written if we could come back from the grave say a couple of hundred years from now.
One wonders how Willy the Shake would react if HE came back today, no? Still, you're right, Dan. English is most dynamic and it's one of the things I both love and hate about our language.
Skip: The OWRs ARE good. I wasn't sure if I'd like 'em, but I do.
Jim: I have a minor love affair with cigar packaging. As you say, it's one of the small joys associated with cigars.