Like i said in a previous post, i work in a sign shop. I get a call this morning and this guy is opening up a new tobacco store and needs a sign today. made the sign and he comes and gets it. it was a 3x8 size sign and he brought his car to come get it. once i saw him just standing by his car for a while, i went out to see if he needed some help and to talk to him. he was calling someone else up there to get the sign, when the guy showed up, he was driving a same sized car. idiot. anyways, i told him me and my buddy would drive down there after work and deliver it for them. they followed by telling me how cool i was.

in the midst of all that while waiting for the other guy to get there, i started asking the guy some questions about what he planned on keeping in stock. he then asked me what i had and what i enjoyed smoking. he started talking about cigars, and even though i'm a complete newb, i new more about alot of them than he did. that shouldn't be. in his defense, this is a tobacco superstore not a b&m.

after we made the plan to deliver it, he told the other guy to give me a cigar. i just assumed he meant when i got there after work, so i walked back inside. well the guy comes be-bopping in there with a cigar in mid air! you have to understand my boss, the most conservative guy i know. seriously, he shakes his head at the thought of me. now don't get me wrong, i am a christian, do doubt, but he is an old time kjv christian if you know what i mean. so anything like tatttoos, peircing, smoking cigars, listening to anything other than AFR, is blasphemy. me and him have already had discussions about this, i will post my side of it at the bottom in case anyone cares to read it.

any ways, i'm in the back and see this guy waving a cigar, so i ran up to the front grabbed it and threw it in my pocket. walked to the back and heard the door again, it's the other guy with two cigars in his hand, i quickly recovered them and snuck around my boss. if my boss had caught me with those, he would seriously fire me. i get to safety to look at my cigars and its some glass tube cigar called "Casino Gold" or some crap like that. i was dissapointed and handed them off to my swisher sweet smoking friend.

we delivered the sign to the guys and i wanted to browse through his humidor real quick. honestly, they had quite a nice selection, and excellent prices. the guy walks up behind me and says, see anything you like? i said, ya i had been wanting to try one of those Punch After Dinners but no one around here carries em. so the guy just gave it to me. Alright, no so bad after all, they got a free delivery, my friend got three dog rockets, and i got a free smoke. everybody wins!

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here's my quick argument that i talked about earlier. in my opinion, you have your absolutes and your grey areas. absolutes include things that I believe to be nothing but true. God exist. God is crazy in love with us. Jesus died for us, and so forth. Then there's your grey areas, where the Bible never really states whats wrong and whats right. Things like i said earlier: smoking, tattoos, piercings, social drinking, listening to things other than AFR, are things that i would classify under the grey area. in my opinion, man has made up his own rules for a lot of things, ecspeciall guys like my boss. he means wells and loves the Lord, but is just close minded about things and gets upset over things like people not dressing up for church or a loud praise and worship band. he's very conservative. it's people like him that say, ok, that generation before me had it right. king james verstion only! the only instruments that should be on stage are a piano and an organ. guys shouldn't grow long hair or have earrings. they leave no room for growth in a culture. for example, he may really worship the Lord singing old hyms. that fantastic, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but i may worship Him through some band that you can't understand what he's saying. both sides have done nothing wrong until someone points the finger and says, "You can't worship God that way." more times than not, it's the old conservatives saying this.

anyways, sorry for rambling, and if you took the time to read that, thank you!

wow, i just typed a whole lot. sorry guys.