Introductions

**chadth** · 02-15-2007, 05:54 PM

I thought I would take the opportunity to introduce myself since I am new to the board. My name is Chad and reside near Seattle, WA and have been smoking cigars off and on for some time. My best memory is picking up a 5 pack of Montecristos while on business trip to London and sitting near the water in the Docklands district having a smoke. It was the only time I truly had a chance to relax while there which likely why I remember the day so well. I have not had the opportunity to pick up another Monte since but look forward to it again.

I recently had my first child and with it, an influx of cigars. I thought I would take the opportunity to understand the world of cigars a little better and found a large amount of helpful information on this forum. I have now ordered a humidor (my first) from cheaphumidors and am already looking to pick up some samplers to broaden my horizons.

I look forward to learning more and more and eventually contributing.

-Chad

**heftysmokes** · 02-15-2007, 05:57 PM

Welcome from MT

**Lopaka** · 02-15-2007, 06:00 PM

Welcome from the lone star state!

**boomshay** · 02-15-2007, 06:01 PM

welcome from iowa

**derivation** · 02-15-2007, 06:17 PM

welcome and graduations on your new child. Got some cigars for having a kid, huh? Hmmm...

**597** · 02-15-2007, 06:49 PM

Welcome from Maryland.

**chefchris** · 02-15-2007, 11:18 PM

Welcome from MS

**CoventryCat86** · 02-16-2007, 01:35 AM

Welcome Chad!

**nhcigarfan** · 02-16-2007, 08:20 AM

welcome

**SkinnyDan** · 02-16-2007, 09:09 AM

Welcome from Central Georgia

**SideWinder** · 02-16-2007, 09:21 AM

Welcome from Indianapolis!

**jiaguy** · 02-16-2007, 11:08 AM

Welcome from MIchigan

**ashauler** · 02-16-2007, 12:27 PM

Welcome from Kansas.

**mills** · 02-16-2007, 01:11 PM

Welcome, and...

Originally Posted by derivation

welcome and graduations on your new child. Got some cigars for having a kid, huh? Hmmm...

Maybe I'll have to try that. (Although buying the smokes myself is probably a lot cheaper.)

**chadth** · 02-16-2007, 01:14 PM

Thanks everyone for the welcome.

-Chad

**Shelby07** · 02-20-2007, 05:05 PM

Welcome - what kind of old cars do you like?

**chadth** · 02-20-2007, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Shelby07

Welcome - what kind of old cars do you like?

For anything 60s and up, I am a big mopar fan. Anything older, I love em all. I have a '74 Cuda that I have been "restoring" for 8 years. In reality, I have replaced a bunch of suspension and then put it on hold due to priorities. The tranny needs rebuilding and the trunk pans need to be replace, but other then that, its in good condition. It sat in a old woman's garage for 20 years so all the seals are cracked.

I also had a Plymouth Fury III and my first car was a '74 Dodge Dart Swinger. I would love to get the Cuda restored then a get a nice convertable boat, something like a '62 Lincoln Continental or another, older, Fury.

It looks like you have a nice newer Shelby. I am not the biggest Ford fan but I have to admit those things look nice. How do they handle? Any other cars you have stashed?

I also noticed you retired from the InfoSec space. May I ask what you were doing prior to retiring?

-Chad

**sprangalang** · 02-21-2007, 04:14 PM

Welcome to the board!

**Shelby07** · 02-21-2007, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by chadth

For anything 60s and up, I am a big mopar fan. Anything older, I love em all. I have a '74 Cuda that I have been "restoring" for 8 years. In reality, I have replaced a bunch of suspension and then put it on hold due to priorities. The tranny needs rebuilding and the trunk pans need to be replace, but other then that, its in good condition. It sat in a old woman's garage for 20 years so all the seals are cracked.

I also had a Plymouth Fury III and my first car was a '74 Dodge Dart Swinger. I would love to get the Cuda restored then a get a nice convertable boat, something like a '62 Lincoln Continental or another, older, Fury.

It looks like you have a nice newer Shelby. I am not the biggest Ford fan but I have to admit those things look nice. How do they handle? Any other cars you have stashed?

I also noticed you retired from the InfoSec space. May I ask what you were doing prior to retiring?

-Chad

I love the old Mopars. My first brand new car from the dealer was a '71 Challenger with a 440 slap shift. Before that I had bought a '68 Charger from a buddy with the 383 4V. Fun cars but basically big motors on frames that neither handled nor stopped very well. I think the new technology is heads above anything from the 60's or early '70's. My last "fun" car (before this GT500) was a '68 Roadrunner. I must admit, tho, that my favorite cars over the years have been the Shelby's and HiPo Fords. Had plenty of GM cars along with a few english cars that were fun, Jaguars, Austin Healeys, Sunbeam, etc., but they took a lot of weekend time "spinning a spanner" and I got real good at adjusting the old Weber side drafts by listening through a hose (some of you may know what that means.) I had a couple of bumper stickers, one that read "The parts falling off this car are of the finest British quality" and another "Hail Lucas, Prince of Darkness!" And the garage always had a pan on the floor.

The GT500 is a great handling car, although it can go sideways very easily. The big heavy 5.4L engine does cause the car to plow a bit, but it is extremely well mannered with more of the '70's feel than european cars.

As for my IT life, for most of my career I was a UNIX admin/system programmer, tech manager with Bell Labs. Man, that seems like a long time ago. I started getting involved with UNIX in the late 70's. Working at the Labs was great as I could just pick up the phone and talk with people like Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Fred Grammp or Bob Morris. That was just about the time Berkeley was getting ahold of the operating system. Of course before that it was Cobol, Fortran and AL.

Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. Aren't you glad you asked?