Quote Originally Posted by Old Smokey View Post
Mark, I can relate to your post. I really don't know why I tend to bypass the more limited stuff when picking out a cigar. I have slowed WAY down on buying cigars with the plan of just smoking and enjoying what I have and eventually I will have to smoke the ones I seem to find excuses to bypass.

Maybe for me it is from being raised having to be frugal. We never missed a meal growing up, but there was a lot of Bologna, hot dogs and beans involved. And I can remember my mom putting patches over patches on my jeans, that were hand me downs when I got them and the thought of getting a new bicycle for Christmas never happened. I didn't know any better and look at my childhood in a very positive light. It taught me that if I wanted something I had better be willing to work for it. This entitlement stuff that is so prevalent today is a real head shaker for me. Sorry for getting off track.
I was raised quite poor myself as my father had a heart attack in 1969 and was disabled. My brother and I started selling door to door when I was 11 to get groceries for the family . We lived in an old cabinet shop and I slept in a hallway with concrete floors. To get a little extra money, my dad would pay me 25 cents for every mouse I would catch. I guess I'm trying to say that I'm saving my Gurkhas for as long as I can....