Gurkhas

[craig]

It's a nice thought, but they're probably fake anyway.

Will

They're out there already. The fakes on the Internet look like they have real bands, unfortunately.

In any case, Behike's are regular production and the Internet says that the Cubans have already spread production from El Laguito (the Cohiba factory) to other factories to meet the demand. Supposedly the only bottleneck is the rollers (although people are complaining about the glue in the boxes not being cured before they get them - which means either the boxes are also being counterfeited, or ...)

Ashauler, if BB1300's from Newfoundland, then people from there use 'buddy' as a normal term for any male (and 'darling' for a female stranger). Otherwise, there is the New York (Chicago?) usage of the word ...

[ashauler]

Ashauler, if BB1300's from Newfoundland, then people from there use 'buddy' as a normal term for any male (and 'darling' for a female stranger). Otherwise, there is the New York (Chicago?) usage of the word ...

Well, thank ya craig. Not being the world traveler, and absent any other information regarding the poster, I fell back on what is considered normal usage of the word buddy here on the plains.

[craig]

Well, thank ya craig. Not being the world traveler, and absent any other information regarding the poster, I fell back on what is considered normal usage of the word buddy here on the plains.

I was wrong. You were correct.

... and neither of us is a world traveler. I've never been outside North America, although I am thinking of going to Cuba next winter. Hopefully there will be glass-top Behike's on the beaches by then.