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  1. 10-09-2006, 08:16 AM #1
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    Default Greetings from Newbville

    Hey guys,
    I've been lurking, waiting for the approval to go through. Is there a backround check?
    I'm in the (way) northern Chicago burbs. Been a cigar fan again for about a year. Gone through a few dog rockets, and some pretty good ones too.
    Glad to have found this forum, looks like there are alot of experienced cigar people here.
    You guys already saved me from a few purchasing blunders. Thanks for that.
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    I love it when I hear the term dog rockets...


    Welcome to the board!
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    Welcome from the UK
    I thought it was a tampon joke!
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  4. 10-09-2006, 09:25 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by sprangalang View Post
    Hey guys,
    I've been lurking, waiting for the approval to go through. Is there a backround check?
    I'm in the (way) northern Chicago burbs. Been a cigar fan again for about a year. Gone through a few dog rockets, and some pretty good ones too.
    Glad to have found this forum, looks like there are alot of experienced cigar people here.
    You guys already saved me from a few purchasing blunders. Thanks for that.


    yes indeed...there is a background check...you're borderline..

    welcome!!!!...
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    Hello from DC. What are the good cigar stores out in the windy city? May company has a lot of conventions out ther since is kind of in the middle of our 'sphere of work'.
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    Greetings, brother-of-the-leaf. Welcome to the global smoking lounge. Fire one up!
    --Gerald
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    Sorry, I'm much not help with this. I rarely make it downtown, and if I do, I'll grab a smoke from the humi. To tell the truth, I've never even been to a real shop in Chicago proper.
    Avoid the little tourist shop at the end of restaurant row on Navy Pier. I saw Weevil Holes there!!
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    up down cigars and iwan reis are two very good stores in chicago
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigpoppapuff View Post
    yes indeed...there is a background check...you're borderline..

    welcome!!!!...
    glad I was grandfathered in then I guess...






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    Great to have you on board, hope you're already finding smokes that suit your tastes. There's a huge world of cigars out there, don't be afraid to shop around and try a few hundred kinds before you make up your mind!
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    hi.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sprangalang View Post
    Hey guys,
    I've been lurking, waiting for the approval to go through. Is there a backround check?
    I'm in the (way) northern Chicago burbs. Been a cigar fan again for about a year. Gone through a few dog rockets, and some pretty good ones too.
    Glad to have found this forum, looks like there are alot of experienced cigar people here.
    You guys already saved me from a few purchasing blunders. Thanks for that.
    Welcome aboard...
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    How did I miss your intro post, sprangalang... A fellow Lake County resident here (in Grayslake).

    You ever make it over to Cigar and More in Libertyville? Was there this afternoon watching the Bears game...

    Welcome!!!
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    Welcome from one new member to another.

    My earliest memories of growing up were in a SW Chicago suburb. Grew up in Calumet next to the golf course, and moved to Potowatomie Hills down the street during kindergarten and first grade.

    I still love the upper mid-west.
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    Hey Ggiese,
    I haven't been to Cigars and More yet. THey let you hang out and smoke there? I'll have to check that out.
    Thanks
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    Hey Sprang!

    Is that a black Gibson ES-335 as your icon? I have a 1979 dot neck sunburst 335 and it's still my favorite guitar.

    And welcome to CS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sprangalang View Post
    Hey Ggiese,
    I haven't been to Cigars and More yet. THey let you hang out and smoke there? I'll have to check that out.
    Thanks
    The only place you can legally smoke in Libertyville after they moved to be a "smoke free" community 10/01. You can't smoke anything in any establishment other than a smoke shop...

    You gotta stop by - they have a great area in the back with leather chairs, big screen TV's, game tables, etc. And usually a great bunch of guys... You get a chance, check it out...

    I'm going to try and be there next Sunday for the Miami game...
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