Michael,

There is no doubt you have changed your tone in this thread. You are acting contrite and humble. However, this is not the way you have acted in the past (and for QUITE a while I might add). This history of yours did not suddenly occur within the last few months - nor does it suddenly end at this site. I wonder how long this current phase of your personality will last. It seems you've been in this exact same position on a number of occasions previously. Every single time they have ended in disaster for you - unfortunately also causing hard feelings amongst other board members who had to put up with the crap while you were there.

You are correct in stating that you do not CURRENTLY mooch anything. You have, though, very clearly posted in numerous threads at various boards over the years your "situation" (i.e. no money, disabled, etc.). You whined, bitched and moaned when someone sent you some free cigars - pestering the hell out of the generous person who sent them to you - because someone at the post office lost them. You have a history, Michael. Whether you will admit it or not, you are a mooch. You have been one, and you will continue to be one. The crap about passing them out to firemen friends as a way of paying back the community is a new twist to your plot. Funny, you've never mentioned that before until you got here... How is it that all of a sudden you've been doing it for some time, but never mentioned it before? C'mon - I didn't just fall off the turnip truck...

You also have had SEVERAL run ins over the years - "melt-downs" shall we say.... Not only at Cigar Pass and Cigar Snobs, but several other cigar boards as well (ie CF). While those posts may be a distant memory in your mind, they are not forgotten...

Hugh is right - don't get too comfortable. You're walking in here like you're getting a fresh start - like nothing has ever happened - playing the "poor me" routine you've become famous for - "I'll only stay of you allow me to..", crap You, sir, are carrying a whole SHITLOAD of dirty laundry with you. And I, for one, will not see you fuck this place up because you want a place to hang out. You may be lonely at the Island, but that's the "utopia" you envisioned for yourself when you started your current misdeeds. Your "sentence" of isolation came from a whole lot of tolerance of others for what you were who are fed up with your behavior, period! Like a criminal that has been sentenced to exile, you can't just say "Okay, everything is good now..." and expect to be admitted back into the community. You've got some SERIOUS penance to do before that happens.

Spend some more time at your cricket farm and survey what you've created. You asked for it - you got it...