Jim's Christmas present...The Big Bamboo!!!

Last year, Jim accompanied Connie and I on a cruise to the Bahamas. While in the Bahamas we stopped at the Greycliff cigar factory. We had a great time there. The rollers even let us hold a Big Bamboo cigar; an 18" x 60 ring monster that retails for $50 apiece!!!!! Of course, that was just a little too rich for my blood. Well, I've known for awhile that you can usually get them at a better price on CigarBid.com, so being in the Christmas spirit I logged on to CigarBid and checked. They had a 2 pack of them in a current auction and I bid...and won!!!! I decided to give one of them to Jim for a Christmas present and keep the other for myself, hoping that we'd smoke them at the same time in the future! Of course, we'll need to set aside at least 4 hours for these cigars!!!!! Below is a pic if Jim with his present!

Wacco stops in Columbia on his cross-country move!

Last Sunday, December 17th, wacco and Jackie made it from Massachusetts to Columbia, SC...finally! They were on their way to a new home in Tombstone, Arizona! Wacco had a house built over the past several months and now it was time for the big move. I don't envy them AT ALL! So, with everything they own in a 35 Penske truck they began driving down I-95 south to South Carolina where they picked up I-20 and headed west. Since I'm just off I-20 in Columbia, wacco decided to make this an overnight stop on their trip. They arrived at their hotel around 7pm and checked in. Shortly after that they made the short trip to the Wild Hare Sports Bar, where we hold all our cigar Sit Downs. This was the first time Connie and I had met Jackie. She's a very nice young lady who obviously has infinite patience. Afterall, she DOES put up with wacco! Below is a pic of us together at the Wild Hare. Wacco looks, well, wacco as usual!

L-R; Jackie, Wacco (Bill), Connie, and me