Funny you should mention that Ray, I grew up in the part CT that produces some of the worlds best tobacco leaves they used to wrap the cigars in. CT actually has a lot of tobacco farms and when you fly into Bradley International (right outside of Hartford) you see a ton of farms! Also in Cromwell, CT right in the area of the Greater Hartford Golf Open, there's a large number of tobacco farms! The barns they use to dry the leaves are unlike any barn, the sides all open to allow or hinder air flow, always thought they were pretty cool.
Shells:) Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:33:44 To: feistfans-l<[email protected]> Reply-To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Adventures in scotch drinking On Nov 2, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Nat Russo wrote: > This is making me miss my defense contractor days back in Germany. We used > to be able to walk in to the Canadian PX and buy Cuban cigars. I smoked the > occasional cigar for the better part of 20 years before finally trying a > Cuban. I never would have believed how much of a difference there is until I > experienced it myself. I'm curious how long ago that was, Nat. The cubans I've had were OK, but nothing legendary. The problem was when Castro took over, he did some very stupid agricultural stuff (among other things) that hurt the Cuban tobacco industry. Only a lot of Soviet money bailed them out. Moreover, a majority of the great tobacco growers and cigar makers left and started growing their tobacco (from Cuban seed) in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, even a small stand in Connecticut of all places, and continued making great stogies. I'm a huge fan of Arturo Fuentes, especially their Hemmingway series. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
