Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 301 - A Rollercoaster Ride of Cigar News and a Mischievous Bear
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Welcome to the Cigar Hustlers
Podcast Episode 301, where we
bring you the latest news and
insights from the world of
premium cigars.
In this episode, we dive into
big stories of the week.
The King Mike Stefan Kovich, and
Reverend BDP Mike Palmer are two
dynamic individuals who cohost
the captivating Cigar Hustlers
Podcast and me.
I am Phil the Alien.
I'm Phil.
Wow, delicious.
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Hustlers Podcast.
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Kiss my ass.
No.
No good, Mikey, you said.
What?
You can kiss my ass.
Hey, sorry.
We will do what we want to do.
I have this new lighter here.
This is the song slider.
Oh yeah, it's the new lighter
from upstairs.
Yes.
Oh, is it ours for the show now?
No, it's for me for to help so.
You play.
Oh, so we do have a sponsor.
They just come back.
Camera 3.
Camera 3.
We made like camera 3, we put
them on the site but we only
made like five of them to start
so.
They're very heavy.
I like it.
Now that's a new color.
The the smaller ones came in
that color too, did they right?
It's like a glossy metallic red.
It's a pretty lighter.
Yes, it's a boss lighter.
Pretty badass.
If you're gonna use it as a
holder, can you move your
ashtray closer?
Cuz you'll just ask on that
thing.
No, of course not.
Even if it's.
If it's no, you also will not
tell me what to do.
Just like the sponsors that
we're never gonna have, you are
also not gonna tell me.
What to do?
I'm kiss my ass.
Even if you move the ashtray
closer, it doesn't.
Not gonna change anything, but
there's gonna be.
A mask.
Yeah, aliens.
It's bogging.
Up.
It's nice.
Well, don't.
I'll cut hole for your nose.
Don't you do it.
You got half of it off.
Yeah, I like, but he laughs.
Only.
Two so that.
Was the event.
Poor Phil.
At Roma Trons, a Lake Country
event, it's.
Delicious.
The event was fantastic.
I didn't hit the button.
It sounded like the.
Yeah, he just said it.
Everybody's been telling me that
now.
You're delicious, no?
The same delicious, delicious,
yeah, they do my my phrase.
It went, yeah, it does have a
woody.
No, that's.
The one that you do, Yeah, it
does have a woody, just needs
one blow.
It was fantastic, man.
I gotta tell you there there
were a lot of people there.
Yeah, and a lot.
The store is very well ran it.
Looks like it's a beautiful
shop.
Everybody.
Roma Trama sending me photos.
A lot of people bought boxes.
Some people bought multiple
boxes.
Oh, multiples?
Yeah.
Wow, that was really cool.
It's a good event.
I was very tired though.
After you.
Well, you guys left very, very.
Well, we had apparently TSA.
It doesn't open till 3:30.
We got there three note to self.
Oh yeah.
Yeah, I think no to everybody
except.
Was there already people in
line?
You know what was funny is there
were people in line for the TSA
pre-check, but there was nobody
in line for the standard TSA, so
we just walked right through.
It's at the standard few
peoples.
Didn't do the clear hello.
You clear clear doesn't start
till 5.
Am Oh my Lord, Yeah.
So we just walked right through.
I will tell you this, Clear was
clutch in Chicago.
People were mad.
Oh man, because they did.
They.
Excuse me, they have.
Yeah, we made it through TSA,
everything on the little train
that gets all the all the way to
the gates and their trains.
Fast by the way.
They train.
Chicago's trains don't.
Yeah, they don't.
Fuck.
Around We made it in 16 minutes.
Yeah, through it all.
Like, OK, wow.
Nobody has stopped.
No, you guys always get stuff.
No torch, lighter and
everything.
Nice.
Yeah, yeah, they don't.
They don't care anymore.
It's fine.
It's fine.
We just do.
It too up to the anniversary, up
to the 9/11 anniversary, then we
don't do it.
That was it.
But it was awesome.
Maybe.
We had a great event.
We had a good time.
Boots slept well in the car ride
home.
Yeah, no photos.
Yeah, but did you see my reel?
Yes, you did a good job.
I told you you did a good job.
Thank you.
That was nice.
Is this a new thing?
You like that If you would have
thrown in one of him, sleeping
would have been even better.
You know what was funny?
Is the video of me in the car?
Yeah, it did have him sleeping.
I don't know why it didn't.
Oh, they cuts off a little me.
I just, I just missed it in the
end of it.
You get so mad when people.
That's take pictures of you when
you sleeping or either every
time you sleep you're like, did
you take pictures of me?
If you sleep in the car, you get
your picture taken.
That's the rule.
That's the rule.
That's not the rule.
That has been the rule forever.
It's always been the rule for
been the rule, yes.
Yeah, it actually started when
we went down to Stuart with
Chet.
Yeah, they took a picture of me.
And then we said that was the
rule.
And then that was the rule from
there on.
That was the rule.
You guys get a flat tire on the
way back.
We did get a.
On the highway or at the?
Yeah.
Boots went ahead and ran over
something on 436 and they
instantly starts going.
I go.
You have a flat.
You officially have a flat.
Those are big ass tires too.
Yeah.
So you picked up the truck?
Yeah, I just lifted it.
And he changed the tire.
Pretty much, yeah.
But we fixed that within like 20
minutes or so.
That's not bad, yeah.
Didn't call auto club or
something, did you?
So.
No, He called his dad and
brought a big Jack, which is so
much nicer because, yeah, the
little Jack.
So I start to have a little
tripod looking thing in the
truck.
Yeah, I start to loosen the lug
nuts and whatever.
And he's looking and I see him
looking at this Jack.
I'm like, Oh my God.
The fuck that.
What the fuck is that thing
gonna do as a heavy truck?
Yeah, what the fuck.
It's like this little big.
It's like a coffee can,
probably.
Wasn't gonna be tall enough.
So then his dad pops in with the
floor with the NASCAR special.
Yeah, I'm like, Oh yeah, this is
awesome.
So his dad changed the tire.
No, no, he just brought us a
Jack.
Yeah, come on.
Boots and I did it.
Yeah, we worked.
We worked.
We did well as a team.
We did a little duo action
there.
Yeah, yeah.
Good for you.
That was a good little video
clip that in.
I think We were so fucking
tired.
We just weren't fucking around
anymore.
He was like, fuck it, we're
changing it.
Let's just get the fuck out.
Yeah.
And then I had I.
Mean, Phil?
That's what Boots told you.
Yeah, yeah, Boots told me that.
And then, And what did I do
after that?
I did the football.
You did the football was not
easy you.
Didn't make it here for the
event though.
No, I was too tired.
I didn't make it here.
Yeah, I was exhausted.
But I did do the football.
OK, well now that Jax is 5-6,
fifth grade, 6th grade his his
game starts 78840.
Oh, wow.
So really, I got the little one
at 4:30 to five. 4:30 or 5:00 is
when his game starts, right?
And then we got this lull
between games, so it's a bit
crazy.
He's gonna have to start driving
himself, huh?
Yeah, so, yeah, exactly.
So the 1-2 game was didn't go
the way I planned it to.
We ended up in a tie.
And I was so despondent.
I was a bit frustrated.
The line judge, the ref line
judge, he was kind of a Dick.
Yeah, that wasn't good.
I don't like that, you know,
like you can miss.
I thought you had kids that were
like, scared of you last season.
And now we have professional
refs like people like to.
Go back to the bribes.
Well, the professional refs, I
would say the professional refs
that do it for a living.
They're pretty good now.
They're all different.
Some of them are more strict
than whatever the case may be,
which is fine.
And look, plays are going to get
missed.
Shit's going to happen, you
know?
Yeah, they're only human.
Yeah, you just let it go.
I don't.
I let it go.
This guy was an asshole, though,
Like, he was just kind of
berating me a little bit.
And I'm like.
They try to throw you out.
You got to calm down.
Back off, coach.
I'm throwing you out.
You know, he was yelling at me
about my kids as false starts.
I'm like one of them six, you
know, they're not.
We're not getting over on
anybody.
They're like, what, are you
missing a step or they're not
lining up right?
They can't.
They're an invisible line, you
know?
And OK, so my 678 year olds,
they're not going to be perfect
every time, but I'll keep
working on it.
That's fine.
I'll put, I'll put that back in
the training for.
Next year yelled at me about my
flags.
He yelled at me about a bunch of
shit and I'm just.
Like flags on your flags you
lose.
That like one of the one of the
ropes was showing or something.
I'm going to pull gear a
penalty.
Like he's just yelling at me.
I'm like, holy shit dude, calm
down.
So term Britney.
And then he called the two point
conversion a touchdown.
Or he gave me the score and then
he decided to walk it back a few
minutes later.
He's like, now you know what it
doesn't.
Oh no, that wasn't good.
And I'm like, what the fuck the
hell I?
Already gave the.
Kids, the juice, OK, I got
orange slice and then at the end
I was getting.
I was in a huge debate with
everybody and I'm tired of shit.
Right, so you're cranky.
So I'm like, it's 1212, OK, And
then?
My assistant, my coach who goes
with me goes, no, it was 1812,
my assistant coach, it was 1812,
it was 1812 and I'm like. 1812
The Other.
No, I'm like, OK, I don't think
so, dude.
I think it was 12/12 and like
and the refs getting agitated
with me and I so I call over
Brittany and I said was it 1212
or was it 1812?
And as she's coming over, this
fucking guy is yelling at me,
Sign the paper.
Sign the papers.
I'm like, relax.
I just want to confirm.
That the scores.
Right the scorekeeper here.
You know very.
Pretty let her talk.
Fucking chill the fuck out, bro.
And he had, like, his girlfriend
keeping score, which is weird.
She had her wife or whatever,
and she had a baby on her chest.
It was weird.
It was just reading stuff.
Yeah, it was just fucking weird.
Wow.
You know all the other refs,
because I've experienced a lot
of them because I have the older
kids and the younger kids, you
know, we've been on almost every
different field at this point.
They're all good.
Except for this one guy.
Yeah, this one guy was just an
ass.
You need to have a talk with the
one guy.
This one guy was an ass.
Get him on the payroll.
No, I just don't.
You know, I'm gonna tell you if
I run into him again and he
starts getting shitty with me,
I'm just say, look, go get the
head guy and have him replace
you cuz I'm not dealing with
your shit.
I just won't.
Is that possible?
Is that right?
There are floor people that run
around, right?
I'm gonna say, listen, you know.
So it's not guys gotta fucking
look.
You're out for the for the game
throws you out.
No, no, I'm the customer here
and not only that, but I have a
reputation.
I'm not.
I'm not the type of guy that
just.
Kind of angry.
I'm angry when people fuck up.
I'm angry.
I'm angry when people aren't
decent human beings.
Not when people fuck up.
When people aren't decent human
beings, that's when I get
agitated.
Like if a kid is flicking off
another kid, I get agitated,
right?
You know, stuff like that, so.
I could see me saying, hey,
look, you know what, bro?
We're just gonna part ways.
You're gonna.
You can go sit down.
You go over to the three-year
olds.
You go take a break and I'll
have the floor judge run the
floor.
Send Kenny over.
I like Kenny.
The guy's name is.
Hobby is actually.
Really nice and hobby overhead.
Yeah, which is actually Indian
for Kenny.
What Indian?
Indian hobby hobby is Middle
Eastern.
Isn't I gotta tell you something
that I forgot to tell you last
week?
What?
I love you too.
I met Stogie Trooper.
Oh, did you really?
I did.
Oh, I did.
I thought I was about to get
weird for a SEC.
He put up a picture or I used
one of his pictures for the
board upstairs today.
Yeah, I met him.
Where at he was at?
Cigars on the Ave.
Blend and barrel.
Oh, OK, that's where.
Yeah, that's where his picture
was taken.
At at the event, yeah.
How'd you know it was him?
He showed me his Instagram.
Oh my God, I feel like it just
met Santa Claus, right?
And I was like, Palmer's going
to be so jealous.
It look like I can't tell you.
Wow.
Because he comes in here, but he
never puts it all the time.
But he never puts up his face.
So I don't know who he is.
It's probably, it's probably
Greg.
No, no, no.
He's a highway patrolman.
Super nice guy.
Short.
Yeah.
What?
Short I can't tell you.
Tall.
I won't.
I won't give any information.
White, Black.
Hispanic.
Yes.
Wow.
All of those.
Yep, all of those.
Probably a little Asian dude.
It was amazing.
It was.
Oh, don't tell him who I am.
He never know.
I've waited on him, apparently
because they know I didn't take
a picture as he's leaving.
Yeah, and.
It's just his hand.
Like son of a bitch son.
Of a bitch.
Which one was he?
He was just here.
He was just here.
He never says anything.
You didn't go back to the the
camera with Greg.
Come on, man.
I don't know.
So it was too.
Much looking for seven different
guys.
Too much, huh?
You never know what it is.
Super.
I even text him every once in a
while back and forth on
Instagram.
Yeah.
Hey, you should meet me here.
I've tried that before and then
he'll put a video.
I was just there.
I love a bitch.
He's like a Liam Nielsen or
something.
Yeah, something.
I will find you.
I will find.
You.
I was in the skills built over a
lifetime of Stogie.
Nice, super nice guy.
Yeah, he seems like he is.
Yeah.
Well, if you're listening to Mr.
Stogie Trooper.
He listens.
He listens.
He's listening to the show.
Please show up at Cigar so
Palmer can see who you are.
I spoke to him the other day.
I said I forgot to mention last
week.
Don't worry, I'll bring it up
this week.
Great.
You take your mascot, I take
mine.
Come in in uniform or something.
Give me a tip.
He won't do that.
Yeah, he doesn't do that.
He has posted pictures from
inside his vehicle.
Yes, but never of him in
uniform.
Nope.
A lot of the guys won't do that.
That are.
No, he doesn't wanna.
Even Jerry and Gio wouldn't do a
birthday video for you because
they don't want it up on social.
Media, Yeah.
Well, because you don't want it
to come across that you're
encouraging something and you're
also.
Facing the community, Yeah.
So I don't want anybody to know
who you are.
Social media insurance purposes
too.
I feel like it's okay, like
everybody knows that he does
this.
Yeah.
I just think that it's not.
It's just he doesn't want to
prompt.
Somebody over and they find out
who he is through social media
and then they can track him
down, blah blah.
Well, or it's just inappropriate
to be a representation of the
law and then encouraging, That's
true.
Cigar smoking, whatever the case
might be, right.
You know, So there's that.
But he was awesome.
Yeah, it was great.
I'm sure he is perfect.
Yeah, and you missed it.
We had Jeff and Becky in town
again.
We went to Disney Springs
Saturday night.
Nice.
It was their anniversary.
How was that?
We ended up at What's That Wine
place?
Crap, I can't think of the wine
place in.
Disney Springs No, it's not a
Disney Springs, but it's over at
International Drive.
I don't know.
I can't.
I can't think of the name of it.
It's a nice place.
Bought a dinner and we had a
good time.
Is it like a wine bar?
Just a wine restaurant.
It's a wine restaurant, it's a
chain where they have wine
tastings when you come in and
but.
Brittany loves that place.
Yeah, it's great.
The food's amazing.
Shit.
Why can't I?
Think of it's 2 words.
Yeah, yeah.
Total wine.
No, no, damn it.
Thought I was there.
Go to go to Adrian's Facebook.
She tag to say Kenopy Springs.
No, that's not what it is.
Martha's Vineyard.
That's it.
Martha's Vineyard.
That says Martha's Vineyard.
Cooper's Hawk.
Cooper's Hawk.
That's it.
Oh, I knew it was a name.
What do we have from Johnny?
A nice war bear lighter. $75
drip wine decanter from piece of
glass Blown glass.
There you go.
I'm stacked up right by the
door.
It's the one that bring to the
table.
So is that one like, so you went
out for their anniversary?
We didn't realize it was their
anniversary till later in the
evening.
When they tried to coax you into
the sex.
No, no, they don't do no sex.
Adrian's known this lady since
the 2nd grade.
Yeah, so just her with the sex.
Just 29th anniversary scene.
Oh, no, no.
We were fine.
When you guys came over Sunday,
we had that, you know, to get
right there.
OK, good.
You were well rested.
Well, yes.
OK, perfect.
I got I got all.
That was the hotel sex.
The It's always good.
He's unconscious.
That's true, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Then put up a fight.
Drug him like Mr. T.
He blew up the bathroom a couple
times.
That was that was intense.
You're gonna bring that up?
That was, that was intense.
At the hotel.
Oh my God.
Yeah, made me gag.
Bro, how many What did you guys
have for dinner?
Oh, all the food you said there
was people brought where in
Wisconsin?
Where's?
My cheese curds where I hate
them all.
I have a couple more at the
house, so if you come to the
thing tonight, I'm.
Sorry, Yeah, I've got to be
Tara's security.
She's coming.
Yeah, but until later.
Well, then you come with her.
I can't.
I have movie night with Edgar.
No, you don't.
She's on payroll.
No, until I know, but we like.
Anyway, Terra's till Seven gives
me 45 minutes to get over to
Edgar's and get the movie
started with you Alonda before
Edgar gets off from work.
Yeah, Harry Potter 7 tonight.
How many years are you gonna do
this for?
So.
Rolling did roll with it.
At least I don't have a court
order like Sam and I.
I had one guy try and jump the
line on the plane.
He got mad.
Oh yeah.
When he's getting off, yeah,
well, there was two in his two
things that happened on the.
Barn bar, yeah, there.
Yeah, there was one that
happened to you.
Yeah.
And one that happened to that
Lady.
We witnessed it.
Yeah, so somehow our our tickets
got changed and I was stuck in
this window.
I saw you sent me the lovely
photo.
Which drives me nuts.
I mean, kind of gives me
anxiety.
Yeah, I can't do the.
One Oh my God, I'm fine.
Aerobic, especially with him in
the center.
Yeah, yeah, forget the wall
there.
Oh my God.
I'm trying to sleep.
And this fucking this, guys is
fucking.
You can't turn.
We're like, son of a bitch.
We're like laying on each other.
It's ridiculous.
Crazy, just like the hotel.
So she gets, she goes to get off
the plane and then there's like
this guy, he's probably mid 20s,
extremely socially inept.
You can tell that he does not
have.
Correspondence with
civilization, right?
The the friend from Ferris
Bueller.
Yeah, exactly.
That's similar.
Similar aspect and she in this
lady's nice polite and you could
tell that this lady travels a
lot.
Right.
And she said Listen.
Just relax.
We got to wait your turn.
We're all trying to get off the
plane and he yells.
I was here first.
She's like here in my space.
He was where?
First, yeah.
I don't.
Yeah, I don't.
I don't.
And I said sure.
We all got on the plate,
actually, we all arrived at the
same.
So you know me, I'm like, I have
to comment and I say well.
Actually back the hell.
She's correct.
We're all trying to get off
because I'm stuck.
I'm, I'm in this.
I want the fuck out, right?
And I'm going to be damned if
you're getting in front of me,
dude, because I will fucking
dive in front of you in front of
this fucking.
Aisle Who was on who was on the
aisle on you guys?
The.
That girl.
Oh.
The lady.
Oh, there was this lady.
Yeah, so.
I said technically she's right,
bro.
Wait your turn like everybody
else.
And he just got stood there and
we got off.
I'm like, you ain't getting
fucking.
You're not.
It's not happening there.
We'll stand up for a SEC.
Yeah, so then this.
So then when?
So we got on the next plane and
of course the planes broken.
Where did you change planes in
Atlanta?
Atlanta.
Which actually works out well
because we were on another plane
in about an hour 45.
Oh yeah, a lot of planes.
Thank God.
And we you know.
I mean, we had a little bit of
cush time, but it got a little
bit tighter because of that,
right?
So this guy, he gets up right
away and he starts to, so I so I
put my arm out and I stop him.
I said hey, just relax man.
We all got to get my turn.
We all got to wait to get off
the plane and he instantly he's
like, I don't speak English.
Now, now you don't.
I don't speak English, so I said
espetta, which is Spanish for
wait.
I'm like wait and I get up.
So then I get up and all of a
sudden he speaks a little more
English and he says hey, I wanna
go.
I said we all wanna go.
She's really gonna go.
I don't speak English.
And they just turned around and
inflated and I said, wait, so,
so you know, there was one guy,
he was nervous, he wasn't ready
to go.
Come on man, come on.
I'm like, I'm waiting.
Yeah, he's learning the whole
plane.
Don't worry, don't worry.
We're all get on.
This fucking guy is going to
wait.
Yeah, yeah.
Bring her wheelchair.
Bring it on.
Ma'am.
Just go ahead.
Take your time, Take your time.
Don't worry.
No rush.
Take your time.
I mean Alto.
I mean, honestly, what are we
rushing for?
You're you're rushing to get off
the plane, to wait another hour
to get on another fucking.
I don't.
We're all claustrophobic.
Nobody wants to be on the plane,
no.
Nobody wants to be.
Yeah, watch it, Lanes.
So the Chinese get up when it
hits the ground.
It didn't land.
Whenever the Chinese get up,
they get up.
They're ready.
It's terrible, no.
And they won't let you get out
of the way.
Like if you're on the island
when this they'll slide in.
Don't give you a chance to get
up.
First of all, when this
happened, this is when we were
changing planes.
Right.
So then we got to see him again.
He was on your second flight
too?
He stood right next.
Because we had to change the
plane.
The plane broke.
You're getting off the broken
plane.
You hadn't landed?
Yeah, exactly so.
So you got on a plane and.
And I broke.
After about 20 minutes, yeah.
So a guy came up to me as we're
standing with the next plane.
He's like, that guy was such a
Dick.
And I said, listen man, yeah, he
was, But I feel like, you know,
maybe he just doesn't know.
I can't get.
Doesn't speak English.
Maybe doesn't.
I can't get, I can't get to a
point where I'm going to be
irate and physical with somebody
unless they turn around and be
physical with me, right?
And I got to try and give
everybody the benefit of the
doubt.
Maybe just doesn't understand.
I tried shoving the guy in the
Mikey.
Maybe maybe he just, you know he
just.
See what he did, Michael?
He doesn't, he doesn't get the
courtesy of, you know, just
being a decent person, right?
So I just chalk it up to
whatever the guy was around us.
He sneezed.
I said, bless you.
He'd ignored me, but he didn't
speak English.
If you want to be up, if you
want to be angry, go ahead, be
angry.
Well, nobody, nobody said, bless
you.
And he got a little loud about
it.
Sorry, that was another time.
That was when I sneezed.
Not a single fucking person
said.
Bless you.
So then I started Screaming
Salute Every time he's the.
Fucking ridiculous.
I don't understand it.
It's not hard to be a decent
person.
It isn't.
Hannibal Lecter had it right.
Eat the rude.
It's just fucking moan down.
You're an asshole.
That guy was probably Hannibal
Lecter.
Taste your liver with some fava
beans.
Nice Chiante.
A nice chiante.
Hey Ray, were filled fun facts.
You guys got anything else
trying to keep the show moving
along?
No.
Oh, by the way, you wanna know
what food it was?
Food.
Where there was a lot of
fucking.
Cheese, he said upstairs.
I'm sure it's a cheese steak.
The soup we had, cheese soup,
was like blue cheese chickens.
Nice.
It was great.
It was delicious.
It was good, but you?
Can were they cheese egg rolls?
You said they were egg rolls.
They were Reuben.
I didn't get to any of that.
I tried.
I tried to give him some food at
one point, but he said I'll get
it, I'll get it and then.
I'm gonna try and send me
pictures of you sitting there in
the chair just looking at your
phone.
It's pretty much, yeah.
That's what he does.
The floor is there and he said,
tell me, sweep the floor.
He goes it wasn't true.
People came in there.
The one guy, he's like, oh, I
like Roma.
I said, Oh well, you love this.
And he came right on over and
then you were tired.
And then he said yeah.
That's a lot of work, man.
My work here is done.
That's right.
I got the one customer I had one
guy that was a complete asshole.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, There was this one
guy.
Yeah.
And I said, hey, what'd you buy?
I was trying to talk to him and
he just fucking ignored me and
kept walking.
I said hey and he just got into
his minivan and he didn't speak
English.
No, he did.
He was just angry.
Just getting bit of it down.
I wouldn't.
The guy from the plane, was it
he's already by then?
No, but that guy was obviously
happy about it.
That guy was obviously having a
bad well.
You know, because maybe he's had
a chief for one, he's driving a
minivan.
And you know, as a dad, you
don't want to drive a minivan if
you're driving, if you're
driving a minivan.
I feel you, man, that's that's
rough.
It's a tough life, you know.
It's good for the kids, not good
for you.
No, you know.
No, not a good luck.
I like to threaten Britney with
that all the time.
You're gonna get fucking
minivan.
Minivan.
I'll fucking kill you.
I'm like OK.
It was a good time though.
There was guys were a great
group of guys.
Oh my God.
Fucking there.
Burn you with my smoke.
OK?
No minivan.
No.
Sorry, I don't hurt.
Me.
She hasn't called.
What's going on?
No, she hasn't.
Matt was awesome.
That's the name.
Yeah, Hell yeah.
I learned a lot of cool stories
about Matt.
Pretty fascinating.
The owner of the country, there
was this really cool guy.
His name was Bill.
Yeah, he was an older gentleman.
Yeah, he was an older guy.
And he starts talking about how
his wife passed a couple years
ago and Oh my God, man, this
guy's.
Fucking I want to party.
Bill, punching your heart, he
was going to work for this one
company.
I don't remember the company.
And they would have leveled them
up, as you know.
But he decided he didn't want to
do that, right?
He wanted to be a musician.
Oh yeah.
So he traveled the world or the
at least the US and did what he
wanted to do.
And he had a great time.
And you know, then when he got a
little older, he, you know, they
did a bunch of things together
with his wife and she passed a
couple years, two years ago
today or something.
It was on the day or some shit.
And I'm like, oh God, this is
intense tear jerk.
I gotta call my wife.
Yeah, I love you.
I love you, Brittany.
That's crazy.
So.
But that's really what's awesome
is you know what?
You get to travel.
And you get to meet some pretty
fascinating people.
He never smoked post on him
before, though.
He's up, yeah.
And he bought two boxes.
Oh, I just liked it.
Yeah, Bill's alright.
We did.
Bill's a solid guy, Bill.
Yeah, do.
You listen to the show?
I don't know.
I'm sure we're all with John.
Put him on the they.
Talk about you.
Yeah, go ahead.
Fills 1 packs.
Hit it.
He's gotta put his mask back on.
You mean he's not an alien?
He's not.
I saw that knew knew he would
just love it.
There's a huge.
Yeah, I love it.
It's not your last camera.
Push them.
The Cigar Hustlers podcast
feature fills fun facts.
Hello people's.
All right.
You guys ready?
Ready.
This must be a good one if
you're fucking laughing already.
It's the mask.
I love the mask.
I love the mask.
And your two, your two teeth
that show.
All right.
Well, the White House has a
dedicated cigar room known as
the Cigar Den.
That's really what it's called.
It's a private room.
I'm sorry.
Don't read ahead.
Where presidents can enjoy
cigars.
It's hard because I'm such a
fast reader.
I'm reading ahead as we're
talking.
Don't read ahead.
I have a private room at my
house where I can enjoy Playgirl
magazines called Phil's Special
Room.
Really.
That's nice.
You know, congratulations.
You spelled calls.
It should have been called.
Sometimes I type fast that I
can't.
Spells that I can type.
Are you sure?
Yep.
Oh, we didn't talk about my red
light stuff.
You wanted to talk about that?
Oh yeah.
How's the red light?
There we go.
I did 5 days last week, took the
weekend off.
Started again today.
Yeah, yeah.
How do you feel?
I haven't know.
It's different.
Nothing different.
Not.
That I know it's but it's only
been only been 5 days.
Yeah, well, you seem like you're
remembering more here.
I haven't seen you guys in four
days.
I mean, you remember to talk
about their light there.
There's no that's true.
That's.
Really good.
But now I've added for the For
the time I'm sitting there, I
listen to a motivational thing
on YouTube.
Yeah, yeah.
Who's the motive is?
It, I don't know.
I just pick one that's around
six to 10 minutes.
Oh, you just say this, this.
Yeah, this one, right?
No, Chad Palmer shows.
No, no.
Jet publisher Eric Thomas is it.
Eric Thomas?
I love Eric Thomas I.
Don't know who it was today.
It was a bunch of different
people put together,
collaborated.
I guess.
Or somebody.
Choco, whatever, Cut it all up
or something, I guess.
I don't know the seal choco
willings or something.
So before we get into.
Yes, news the.
News One more thing.
Yes, so we released the War
Bear.
Yes.
In Wisconsin.
Yes.
Is that coming soon?
Here.
It is now available in store
only Upstate.
I feel like, yeah, you know
when's it available online?
Some of the questions that Phil
whatever is so stupid.
When's it available online?
I don't know, maybe in a week or
two.
Do you have the next event
scheduled for the what's next?
Yes, the SBC 16 or SBC 23, No, I
don't.
That's the next one, right?
It's the only one left.
Yeah.
Well, for this year, yeah.
Well, that's what I mean.
I don't know.
I don't know what I'm gonna do
with.
Here's the thing.
Ideas.
Ideas.
Probably.
Here's the thing.
Yes, I ain't going far from this
last.
One, yes.
Well, I should be in Florida.
I thought I should be in Florida
somewhere.
I ain't going.
Far Like maybe Sarasota.
Sarasota.
The new shop in Sarasota, oh
Heritage.
Heritage.
Maybe I might go to smoke on the
water I.
Did one with them already?
Did I?
Well, last time we were there,
we did something there, yeah,
but it was just an event or
Caribbean.
Ooh, Caribbean would be nice.
Or Cigar Castle over in Tampa.
Or you could do a multiple.
Not cigar castle, Not cigar
castle.
Can you do a multi 1A multi one?
Where you do like multiple.
Where we drive around and stop
it all.
Where's like going three like if
they're close by?
And yeah, you do like 2 hours at
each one.
That sounds silly.
It does.
Somebody's gonna get mad.
They got there two hours and 15
minutes and you've moved on.
Yeah, I came here.
I came here for the guys.
Where the guys?
Yeah, sorry, they moved on.
You gotta go to the next show,
so we'll see.
Spend money here.
Smoke of the Lord's got a nice,
I mean, but you know, I mean
Humidor maybe Steven Dothan up
in or spot Steven Dothan.
But it's he's in Dothan, AL.
I mean, that's not far.
That's a plane.
Though I've never been in
Alabama, we could drive.
Dothan, AL.
Yeah.
Oh, we could.
We could record our whole trip.
Long Ass Drive.
That's right.
You don't want to fly.
No, I do.
He's into the real thing now.
He likes the reels.
I am into the reals.
Yeah, he was a good real.
Yeah, it was a good.
Facebook My creator thing on
Facebook I supposed to do more
videos.
I said we need more videos on
me.
I have to feel like I like to my
dad, I thought.
My.
Video.
I thought it was great.
What are you using to edit
Instagram?
OK, yeah, this one.
You could put iMovie and it's
real easy.
Is it on your phone?
I just hit all the videos that I
did and I cropped them and
adjusted them and it's like, oh
this is perfect.
This looks good.
It did, yeah.
Yeah, I think it covered a lot.
Yeah, flat tire and everything.
So trip to Alabama.
You had to look close to know it
was a flat tire.
I think it's just a picture of
him next to the truck with the
tire with the bear on the back.
I was looking at the flat tire.
I started the video on the flat
tire.
Yes.
Oh, then did it pan to him at
the truck?
Yeah, OK, Palmer only watches
the 1st 3 minutes of any video.
I watched them but it it it self
edits I guess.
So it's the cuts are where it
wanted to be, not where you want
them.
I went through them and I
adjusted them.
Oh, can you do that?
Yeah.
OK.
Gonna let you save it and you
can put it on Facebook.
Was it on Facebook too?
I don't remember.
Me neither.
But Facebook has reels, too.
I didn't see it on Facebook.
Yeah I thought I saw it more
than one place cuz you tagged me
in it or something so I did tag.
Yes, it was in your messages.
Probably messages too.
Yeah, yeah, I tagged you and I
tagged you.
Yep, that's how I saw it.
Yeah.
Yes, I saw it too.
So there's that.
Anything else?
Anybody.
No.
No.
No, because there's not a lot of
news, But we're Okay from the
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All the cigar industry news you
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The Cigar Hustler podcast report
with Mike too.
Massive tobacco tax increase
bill reintroduced in Congress.
Oh, now the Tobacco Tax Equity
Act is back as a standalone
item.
Senator John Whedon of Democrat
from Oregon and Senator Dick
Durbin from Illinois introduces
the Tobacco Tax Equity Act of
2023 in the Senate while
Representative Raja Frijamore
from Illinois introduced a bill
in the House of Representatives
tobacco tax related languages
copied and pasted from previous
bills.
It includes new taxes, Free
cigarettes, double the tax on
roll your own tobacco.
More than 16% increase on pipe
tobacco.
Doubling the tax and small
cigars and a massive tax hike
for premium cigars.
Oh, what's massive mean?
We'll get to it.
Hold on.
For premium cigars.
The language removes the
existing federal excess tax of
5275%, capped at 40 per cigar.
Replace it with a weight base
tax of 4956 per pound. $49.00
and. $59.56 per pound.
Wow, that's humongous.
Yes, it is.
Because it's a weight based tax,
the difference between the
existing tax and the new tax
would vary depending on how
heavy the cigar is.
For cigar robuso or smaller, it
would likely be more than triple
the current federal tax rate.
Dollar fifty.
Let's see.
Half Wheel estimated that the
new weight based tax would
equate to on a robusto currently
up to 40.26 per cigar if the
bill passes $1.37 per cigar.
So it must be 40.26 per pound.
I don't understand this works.
Or 240.29% increase, $1.40
additional per cigar, right?
But here's what happens.
If they charge $1.40 for the tax
and it's rolled into the price
of the cigar, it gets keystones.
So that means that.
So you pay double, the consumer
pays 280, additionally almost 3
bucks.
If it's a Toro, it's a dollar
80%.
So if you're paying $13 for that
cigar, you're paying $16.00 for
that.
It's okay.
Everybody's charging $30.00 the.
State taxes based on the price?
How do the state taxes figured
in states that have high tax?
It varies, but it's normally
just based on percentage of the
sale.
Of the price.
So does it add this tax, the
federal tax to it and then they
that's beforehand.
So it's before, Yeah.
So it's when it's imported.
It's a double.
What you're asking, it's a
double.
So what I'll have, yeah.
Yeah.
You mean is it double taxation
without representation?
Yes.
Yes.
It doesn't, but do the federal
tax versus the state tax.
Say it's $5 for the cigar, Okay
the federal tax is say it's
$1.50.
So now I'm at 650.
Yes, 650 for sorry.
Then does the state tax go into
advance?
Correct.
So.
They're taxing off the tax money
that you already got taxed on,
correct?
It's a lot of tax.
Double taxation with that
representation?
That's a lot of bones, man.
For Gordo, it's $2.41 per cigar.
It depends on the Gordo.
I've seen some shit that doesn't
weigh.
We weigh the couple.
Yeah, you know, Aldino would
become very popular.
You're very very cheap.
Very, very affordable.
Very affordable cigars.
So you think that means people
make their cigars lighter?
So we take personal, we take out
the tobacco and then they weigh
less.
And that's gotta pass, I mean.
Right, this is the second time,
but before it was part of
something else.
We're going to separate it.
I hate politicians.
All a bunch of funks.
Well, this is just something
that they've put into where
they're going to vote on it.
God forbid we should focus on
something that's productive.
So let me so so we just what
just happened is the cigar
industry just won.
And we have a story on that.
There was a bill that was
cleared, right?
They weren't doing it well, the
FDA.
It was the FDA regulating
cigars.
Yeah, end up doing the tax.
So then somebody came back and
said, you know what?
This wasn't in that one.
Right now we have more money.
I know what we're gonna.
They're trying to make them so
expensive nobody wants to buy
them.
Right.
Well, that's not true.
I mean, people still buy fucking
cars.
Look how expensive those things
are.
Yeah, but they figure you're not
gonna finance a box of cigars.
Right.
Well, you might have to.
Maybe we should do that here 30
years.
Synchrony, Synchrony, they'll
finance.
Anything.
I think I pay them three
different times on three
different different products.
The government will appeal the
FDA premium cigar lawsuit
decision.
Oh good.
The FDA premium cigar lawsuit is
not over just yet.
Multiple sources have informed
cigar houses.
Podcasts at the Department of
Justice will appeal last month's
decision in Cigar Association of
America, United States Food and
Drug Administration.
It's never over.
They the granted the relief that
the plaintiff in the case 3
cigar industry trade groups that
sued FDA in 2016 on behalf of
the premium cigar industry,
Mahatta Mahatta.
Oh.
He took it off.
I didn't know what he's doing
with it.
Mahatta as a ruling determined
the form of remedy.
The judge has already cited in
July 2022 that the US Food and
Drug Administration errored when
considering how to regulate
premium cigars.
Specifically, he found the
agency ignored comments that
showed the premium cigars large,
unflavored, blah blah blah blah
blah.
Blah.
In response, the PCA released
every strongly worded press
release that they believe the
judge was also right.
Only one person picked up that
story.
Smoking tobacco.
Oh really?
Really.
Yeah.
The only person that ended up
know that that the PCA responded
with a strongly worded letter.
All caps.
All caps right and all caps.
In Havalica, so it's a little
slanted too, so it really looks
like.
Telesizing.
Very angry.
Premium cigar imports drop from
record High of 2022.
No shit.
New reports from the Cigar
Association of America shows
that that's the CAA, the CAA.
Shows that premium cigars
imported into the UA are they
the only ones that track?
How many come in and out?
Not the Retailers Association
of.
Not them, not the PCA.
What's the one that's the?
I don't know when we found out
there what that existed last
week, that's huge that we don't
even we've never heard.
Of nobody knows about just for
Rita Cigar Retailers of America.
That's the FDA.
I don't know the we've heard.
That's I'll call Tobacco and
Firearms.
Yeah, I thought it was.
I thought there was another one,
though.
Doesn't that the one you're
talking about?
I.
Don't think so, no.
I think.
I think an acronym from the
things like FAA or something
like that.
Yeah, they have like something
like.
Something to somebody else and
somebody else is already doing
it right?
Yeah, I'll see.
Through the end of July, CAA
estimates the US imported 252.81
million cigars compared to
261.63 million in the same
period during the year before.
Well, numbers are down compared
to last year.
The trend line for the first
seven months of the year is
actually closer to 2022 than the
Q1 numbers.
More importantly, the numbers
are still significantly above
pre COVID-19 levels, right?
On a month by month basis,
imports have actually begun have
been up.
In four of the seven months
though, March and April we're
down because tax season people
spending as much.
Buying 11.7 million cigars or
14.41%.
All these numbers just get 1.21
gigawatts.
Nicaragua remains the dominant
supplier premium cigars. the US
economy roughly 55% of imports
to the first seven months,
according to CAA.
They said those imports are down
4.2% compared to last year.
The CAA breaks down individual
imports from 7 countries and all
were down except the Dominican
Republic which the group.
3.33.37 million more cigars
compared to the same period last
year 3.3.
Or it's because Skip did there.
Yeah, it skips because it's.
Increase of 4.8% which exactly
the same amount of when Quan De
Niro.
Same number?
Yeah, exactly the same.
Well, the US imports numbers
might be down many it, if not
most cigar factors continue to
operate at extremely high
production levels due to the
Cuban cigars being so expensive.
Your Cuban is very expensive.
Supply chain challenges have
improved compared to 20/22/2021
because there's no COVID.
But the cigar industry faces a
diverse group of significant
issues that are impacting both
production and quality.
So many issues, labor issues
remain, especially in Nicaragua.
Yeah, which has experienced
record immigration in recent
years.
Where Nicaragua on Nicaragua.
Thank you.
Furthermore, due to both the
increase in cigar production and
other factors, tobacco suppliers
have not recovered from the pre
code 19 levels which have caused
blends to change and lend to
higher prices.
We will rebuild.
Ecuador, a key supplier rapidly
for non Cuban cigars, experience
heavy flooding and Ecuadorian
government recently raised an
alert for an El Nino OH which is
expected to be strong this
winter from yellow to orange.
Oh, it's orange level.
Nino, do you see the flooding in
New York?
Yeah, I did.
The subways are flooded.
Well, yeah, cuz they're
underground, yeah, yeah, but the
streets are flooded too.
What?
The streets are flooded so the
subway is under the under the
streets, so the water is running
into the subway tunnels, so
having to close the subways.
How much fucking water came
here?
They were like waist deep in
some places in New York.
From the subway up, No.
No, the street.
And then, you know, it runs into
the little thing.
So it's raining in the subway.
Over the summer, mini Cigar
Factory owners is the button.
I know, but I couldn't move.
Hit the button and hold the
paper too.
We're concerned about the damage
done to Ecuador's most recent
tobacco crop, though the effects
of all they shouldn't likely be
felt for at least another year.
That said, given the decrease
supply heading into the summer,
the cigar district will be
impacted by the winter climate
in Ecuador.
Huh.
So, so there's all that.
All that lot going on.
Craig Smith joined Crown Heads.
Yeah, thank you.
Appreciate.
The.
China in there?
No, I have some.
I have a theory behind that,
Crown Heads has announced it has
added.
Two new sales representatives,
Andy Yaffe, will serve as the
company's new representative for
Kentucky, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia and the company's home
state of Tennessee.
Yaffe most recently served as
the national sales director of
McAuliffe Cigars.
Best month, McAuliffe announced
that it had hired Mickey Pegg to
serve as the President of Sales.
Yeah, and then Andy fucking
leaves.
I feel like Mickey Pegg was too
much for Andy, so he packed his
shit.
That the fuck out huge is huge.
Yeah, there was one meeting.
There's a lot of huge
statements.
And he said fuck no, he was the
national sales director for.
Mccalliff, But now he is a
regional salesman.
Yeah.
For Crown, Yeah, he took a step
down.
Take a step down.
He's like, you know what, As
long as I have to deal with
Mickey, that's fine.
Sales.
Salesman.
Yeah, he went from regional, he
went from director of to
regional salesman, what's up?
Huge.
And he said, you know what,
you're so huge, I'm fucking huge
out of here prior to his time at
McCall if.
You worked at La Florida
Dominicana and Nat Sherman.
He did work at La Florida
Dominicana.
He didn't like John Carney
either.
They're friends.
Yeah, nice.
In addition, Crown has
announced.
That Craig Smith will serve as a
Maybe he didn't like him too.
Maybe it's possible it is?
Maybe he's a vegetarian.
I know that he doesn't like his
potatoes that much.
Nobody likes Don't eat the
potatoes, don't eat the potato I
saw you put.
That on Andy's congratulations.
Yes, yes, that was nice.
And don't eat the potatoes.
In addition, Crown Heads has
announced that Craig.
Smith will serve as the
company's representative for
Arizona, California, Nevada and
New Mexico.
Craig, yes.
He's excited.
I'm excited to welcome these
dynamic individuals at Crown
Head, said Miguel Chanel.
Yeah, I had the shingles.
The shingles should know
National sales manager for Crown
heads and.
Press release.
Their addition will go to a long
way towards our goal of
providing an unparalleled level
of customer support and
attention to our retail
partners.
I love to go.
You feeling better?
The shingles gone.
Shingles are gone, I heard.
They don't ever really go.
It doesn't go away.
You get like, a flare up every
once in a while.
Yeah.
Like like, Oh my God, it's.
Like.
Herpes.
Yeah, herpes, yeah.
Gonorrhea.
No, and that was herpes.
I know it was one of the others.
I mean those are both Std's.
I don't think shingles is an you
know, it's good, no.
But you never really get over
herpes.
I mean I'm kind of hoping that
one day I get shingles cuz then
I could just use the flare up as
a reason why I'm not hurting.
I got a flare up even though I
don't.
Very painful not coming in.
It's a nerve disorder.
Feeling a little shingly, I got.
Some shingles or you could just
say that you have it.
Yeah.
Who's gonna?
Who's gonna?
No, I have.
Shingles, just say you have it
for now on everybody.
Michael has shingles, has
shingles, and so if he doesn't
show up he had a flare.
I'm not.
Yeah.
Go to two.
I'm not coming here for the.
Love of God, he's going to one
for like 20 minutes.
Well, it's his time.
Maripelle's.
The Maripel family flagship
brand Maripel's.
That's how you Browns.
I looked it up.
Yeah, Maripel's.
Maripel.
Maripel.
What about that?
It's silent.
I looked up at you saying why is
it even in there?
I don't know what it put a B on
the end of.
Climb, climb, climb.
Climb Oh, that's.
True, that's the.
Silent B.
It's the silent B.
It's the silent F Maripels
climb, the Maripels, the
Cameroon kings of the cigar
industry.
They have updated the internal.
Tray for their 25 count boxes.
Oh really?
This is mind boggling that they
thought of.
Yeah, the company says that for
2023 shipments, each of the 25
count boxes will come with an
updated tray that allows for
better airflow.
Solar Panel Maripel's standard
box the company refers to as a
chest are unique 25 count boxes
where the cigars are placed in a
single row, 25 blah blah.
Those cigars sit on a floating
shelf that has a Bovita
humidification pack underneath.
Now the boxes will have greater
airflow thanks to the updated
some type of wood I can't
pronounce Royal Palooian.
Why did they royal?
Blue hold on the original
version of the box.
Just had a wide opening all the
way across right now.
They've put many little holes.
Oh, very well done.
Oh yes, very well.
The technology, it's so
advanced, I thought there was a
labor issue.
Sounds like there's a lot of
Labor going on.
There's more labor.
They gotta drill the little
holes.
So it's.
Not a bit.
It's not a.
They're just pounding it just
right.
Yeah, hoping the wood.
Doesn't crack all the.
I don't wanna.
Never mind.
You get some pounding in the
hotel.
I told you no.
Maybe he was semi.
Conscious, I actually said I.
Made him.
I had to yell Mike a few times.
No.
Did you?
Yeah.
I would say like a.
BC style BC before Christ.
Just not the same.
Not the same.
Yeah, you really aren't that
funny.
Right, cuz I don't.
Talk about getting pounded.
Does it make you uncomfortable?
It is.
It's uncomfortable. 46 I don't
talk about getting pounded.
Wow.
And this in from.
Jason Walpert.
My friend Wahlberg's Walpert.
I love that.
But Jason Walpert?
He's getting the race car put
back together.
Yes, the race car guy, The
three.
Legged bear breaks into.
Florida Home and drinks 3 white
clothes The Florida Story
Really.
Get out of here, a teen boy.
Filmed with three legged.
Bears it broke into his Lake
Mary FL home, opened the
refrigerator on the screen in
Lanai.
And drank 3 white claws.
Hard seltzer beverages.
Ain't no laws.
This boy's mother.
The boy's mother Who is there?
Is this a story from the boy?
No, no, this is an actual.
He sent me the link for the
story.
Show me the video.
Well, OK, outside afterwards.
The boy's mother sent FOX35 the
video of the bear, which is
known in the community.
It's tripod because he has three
legs, get it showing.
It wandered around the driveway
near the family pool.
Then the bear entered the home
through a screened in Lanai in
the backyard.
Oh my God, look at him, the 13
year old son could be heard
saying one of the videos.
This is crazy, added He says the
bear opened the fridge door,
helped himself to three of his
mother's white claws.
See the video and the bear.
Eventually walked off.
Cuz I feel like the kid.
Draped the white claws and until
they the bear.
No.
You see the bear doing it.
I had saw the video.
OK, I have.
That's a question which?
Type of white claws.
Oh, I don't know.
We don't even know.
We don't know.
That's the mom's white claws.
Yeah, we.
Don't suppose we don't know her
weapons?
It's probably watermelon.
You think it's?
Yeah, that's probably I was if
white cloth does not grab hold
of this.
Bear thing and uses in their
advertising.
Yeah, I mean, that's just stupid
not to do.
I mean, the one bear wound up in
Disney, right?
Yeah, just wanted.
To go on Space Mountain, he did.
He was just trying to go.
There was a bear in Space
Mountain.
He was actually by the he.
Was in the country Bear Jamboree
section, was he?
Yeah, he was by the trying to.
Hang out with his ancestors.
The Thunder Mountain.
Yeah, he's there by Thunder
Mountain.
Wow, turns out there's an access
gate.
Right behind Thunder Mountain,
Yes, there is.
That's how we got in.
That's how we get in during grad
night the 110 years ago.
Oh, wasn't.
Yeah.
Things you learn.
Things you learn.
Yeah.
That's the news, and that's the
news you gotta shop of the week.
Ooh, do I have a shot?
Nothing.
The hell was that?
That was one of your new things.
It should be if it's.
Not listen to the week Bill from
Lake Country cigars We like
Bill.
We do Bill.
Yeah.
I'm very sorry.
About the patching of your wife.
But yeah, stop.
We're gonna tearjerk again,
it's.
Tough man.
What was your name?
He.
Never told me.
Never said the name?
No.
No, no, but he told.
Me stories about his wife, about
him and his wife.
I was lovely, yeah, he.
Smokes in his house?
Well, he can now.
There's no he's got a rabbit.
Air does he?
Yep.
You know it says replace filter,
yeah?
I replaced the filter.
The light wasn't on before did.
You clean the other filter.
I threw it away.
It was terrible.
But there's like, there's
certain layers.
Yeah.
No, I didn't throw, just the
replacement.
Part to it, yeah.
The other part, yes, you might
have to reset it.
There's not a reset button.
There's gotta be a reset button.
YouTube it.
I left it.
Unplugged all weekend.
See if that would do it.
And I didn't do it anyway.
No, there's a reset button.
I have to find the reset button.
Starting to turn?
Yellow, You might wanna clean it
a little.
Bleach.
Knock yourself out.
I changed out.
My cold point Slaughter.
Wow.
Why you coming so aggressive?
You told me I gotta clean it.
I do everything.
In here.
That's why I cleaned the toilet
today.
That's why I'm telling you
somebody replaced the toilet
paper.
But.
Didn't unwrap it.
They just took the new role and
slid it on the thing.
Who would do that?
We weren't even.
Well, I wasn't here either.
I didn't.
I didn't do it.
I wouldn't have brought it up.
Oh my God, someone's coming in
our building.
Somebody's coming.
He's taking a.
Shit, it's Greg.
It's probably Greg.
He doesn't have the other key
he's asked me for.
It twice, which is pretty funny.
No, he does not have a key.
He does.
Not have a key.
He only has the bottom key.
Not the top key, yeah, he keeps
asking.
But I tell him that I don't have
the keys, really need the.
Key That your room, dude, That's
not me Bomber's.
Got the keys?
04 Greg He always.
Says he needs it, but there's no
hurry.
So in OK then.
I'm not going to hurry.
No stop of the.
Week, huh?
Come on, you got one?
Go ahead.
Blend and barrel you wanna?
Go up on the world?
No.
We can do blend and barrel,
sure.
Sure, blend and barrel.
Blend and barrels Job of the
week.
Jason and his lovely wife were
up here on Thursday.
I think it was last Saturday.
Thursday, Thursday, I seen them
with the pictures.
They were here Thursday I.
Popped in briefly to help Steve
find the the prize winner thing.
He'd already found it, but so
they were here then, Yeah?
Yes, was I got.
Lectured by Steve, I need to do
a better job communicating
things.
And then I just sent him an
order that I'm like, this is a
different he is.
Right about that though.
Yeah, yeah.
No, he's not.
Sometimes you punch in an order,
yeah.
And then I'll fill it and you
go, no, put that one aside.
Yeah, that's the one we can do.
We can't do that one.
All right.
Just 10 minutes putting it
together.
Did you go to Howie G's event at
all?
No.
Well, he's he's.
The October event for here.
Yeah, wait.
No, he said.
Espinoza.
There's a Saturday.
Event with him here.
A ticketed event, yeah.
Yeah, we gotta get on that too.
Wow.
That's on a Saturday.
Gotta do.
That, but it's in the private
line, so it's not very.
Super busy.
So Espinoza is the October?
Event is the October event here?
Yeah, it's Smashing Pumpkins.
That's right.
It's Smashing Pumpkins.
Is air coming?
Yeah.
Nice.
Nice.
Well.
You better.
Barbecue him something or
whatever.
No, we had the cornhole smoke it
or whatever.
Yeah, yeah.
I said I'd do a brisket.
They should bring a domino
tables upstairs, not play it
though.
Just just have it that have it.
No Domino's.
Can't play Domino's here?
Domino's he, probably.
Has some in the car, How Greg
put one of those signs on there?
No Domino's.
No Domino's on the Domino table.
No Domino's is Jack and Hector
coming too?
I know Jack is well, somebody's
gotta drive.
Come.
On Hector, I know you're.
Listening, maybe Hector see
Richie, oh Richie the whole
game.
Should come.
They should bring Tyler.
All of them.
They.
Should bring I want Tyler here.
We want Tyler.
I want my Rep Tyler, yeah, my
Rep not.
That other guy, I haven't seen
him in a little bit.
He stopped in a few weeks, like
a few months ago.
Who does a few months?
Yeah, the.
Guy who just used to do cigar.
I don't remember his name.
Adrian.
Adrian.
He came in on Friday.
Did he?
I'd like 1002.
Is he still?
Doing Cigar culture or is he
done?
No, I don't know.
Not that one.
Now he's doing.
Black Label.
And he's doing some Mexicans.
There's a bag of cigars.
He's probably doing rajas.
I don't know if that's it or
not, but he gave me one I'm.
Interested to try it.
I saw the bag, Okay.
Yeah, it's like.
About the file campaign.
Yeah, yeah.
I'll smoke some now.
Nice.
All right.
Well, hey all.
Right, it's been episode 300 and
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Show Notes
In Episode 301 of The Cigar Hustlers Podcast, get ready for a whirlwind of cigar industry updates and some unexpected wildlife antics. The hosts dive deep into the following topics:
MASSIVE TOBACCO TAX INCREASE BILL REINTRODUCED IN CONGRESSDiscover the latest developments in Congress as a substantial tobacco tax increase bill resurfaces. How might this impact the cigar industry?
GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL FDA PREMIUM CIGAR LAWSUIT DECISIONThe FDA premium cigar lawsuit continues to evolve. Learn about the government's decision to appeal, keeping the industry on its toes.
PREMIUM CIGAR IMPORTS DROP FROM RECORD HIGH OF 2022Explore the reasons behind the drop in premium cigar imports from their record high in 2022. What factors are at play, and what does this mean for cigar enthusiasts?
ANDY YAFFEE, CRAIG SMITH JOIN CROWNED HEADSExciting news for Crowned Heads as Andy Yaffee and Craig Smith join their ranks. Get the inside scoop on these industry professionals' new roles.
MEERAPFEL CIGAR UPDATES PACKAGING TRAYFind out what's changing with Meerapfel Cigar's packaging tray. How will this update enhance the cigar experience for aficionados?
Wildlife Alert!In an unexpected turn of events, Jason Wolpert shares a wild story about a three-legged bear breaking into a Florida home and enjoying three White Claws. You won't want to miss this humorous twist!
Join The Cigar Hustlers Podcast hosts as they break down these intriguing topics and provide their unique insights into the world of cigars and beyond. Whether you're a seasoned cigar enthusiast or just curious about the latest industry happenings, Episode 301 is a must-listen. Tune in now and enjoy the ride!