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[cigarsarge]

Don't degrade those brotherhoods by calling this one.

Now you have struck a nerve with me.

In my line of work I know full well what a brotherhood is. I work with a bunch of guys I rely on for my life every day.

Granted the relationships on this board is not as strong as this but I have true brothers here. I have never met or spoke in person to many of them but we have an understanding. Something you obviously you don't have.

In our own way we rely on each other. We watch each other's backs. We speak a common language. We confide in each other. I have true friends here.

I think that is what a brotherhood is about.

I in no way believe this brotherhood degrades my other brotherhood. In fact this brotherhood offers me some degree of escape from the reality of my job. For that I am thankful.

By the way...I think you are an ASSHAT.

You best talk about things you know about...

[slcraiders]

I am not a firefighter nor policeman. As a member of this board I feel a true brotherhood. I have been accepted and put in my place in the same day; sometimes in the same sentence. Yes, this is an escape for me. Yet, the friendships I have forged here in a few short months over one common bond (cigars) surpass some of those I have had for years.

Guys like BPP,GG, Basil, Sarge, Hefty, K7, CC, DG, BK, Godfather, Drew, Hex, Kenyth, Cameron Couch, Propheitic Joe, 1101 and anyone else I may have forgotten are all men of great character. So are other BOTLs on different boards They will provide brutal honesty when needed, forgive you (if earned), and create an atmosphere of daily dialogue not to be found anywhere else. These people will give the shirts off of their backs to lend a hand.

I have had personal conversations with some of these gentleman that would rival anything a therapist could provide. A couple of these BOTLs I have had the pleasure to speak with over the phone, and a few more with phone numbers offered up in the event I need to talk. I hope to develop my relationship with each and every one of them further.

Based on your writings here, I highly doubt you would get along with most of us. Quit fooling yourself and move on to something more worthwhile for all. Thanks for stopping by.

[heftysmokes]

In our own way we rely on each other. We watch each other's backs. We speak a common language. We confide in each other. I have true friends here.

I think that is what a brotherhood is about.

Sarge, you hit it exactly on the head. Lopaka and SLC are dead-on as well.

The guys who spend a bit of their day on this board started out with a common interest, but in most cases it has become a lot more than a discussion about smokes. People --myself included-- have joyously announced births, unloaded about a job loss, grieved the death of a loved one...all on a silly internet website.

I'm proud to call these guys my friends.

And maybe my pathetic little degree from a small, inexpensive college in Montana isn't as impressive as yours, but I know most of us are a lot smarter than you, because we get it...

and you, obviously, do not.

[prophetic_joe]

Well after reading this thread, I have just a few things to say. I have no idea how someone who claims to have such a high intellegence can lack so much in the area of common sense. Partjackassallstupid, you really have no idea what a message board is about and no clue what this hobby really means. This place is a home and a family to most of the guys here. We look out for one another, keep eachother in check and help eachother whenever we can. It's really a shame that you will never get it, you are just going to miss out on some of the greatest and most generous guys around. The real sad part is that if you had been less of a cocksmoke you would have found out, like many do, how good of a place this is.

You came here to sell something that you recieved for free and that for one shows no class, you are informed of your mistake in a much nicer way than I have seen others informed and you turn into a little bitch. Grow the fuck up jackass, it may be the internet but that shit doesn't excuse you from using common curteousy.

In short, go swallow a knife I hate you. Oh look at that now I forgot courteousy.
Please go swallow a knife, I hate you.