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2013-09-23 Economy

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Posted by Fred 2013-09-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Whew! For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Nick Swisher...

Posted by Raj 2013-09-23 00:44|| 2013-09-23 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Many decades ago I enjoyed good smokes. I am sorry to say this but Swisher was never a quality smoke.
It was flip a coin and tip it to an Indian Beedi as slightly better.

Posted by 3dc 2013-09-23 02:04|| 2013-09-23 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 It was flip a coin and tip it to an Indian Beedi as slightly better.

Come on! A beedi, really? Swisher products certainly aren't high quality, but beedi's are just plain nasty.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2013-09-23 07:07|| 2013-09-23 07:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Beedi smoker:

Don't bogart that ~~joint~~ Beedi, my friend Pass it over to me.

Beedi:

Posted by Au Auric 2013-09-23 08:14|| 2013-09-23 08:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Jeeze. I thought this was the "You piss on our good name every day." Swisher. I like a good smoke too, and don't appreciate the backsplatter...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-09-23 10:04|| 2013-09-23 10:04|| Front Page Top

#6 beedi's are just plain nasty

Then there's DeNobilis, or "dog turds" as the old Italian mens' wives call em..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-09-23 10:05|| 2013-09-23 10:05|| Front Page Top

#7 De Nobilis:

Helped keep the mosquitos at bay, while my father, brother and I were fishing on Poland Lake in Maine

Posted by Au Auric 2013-09-23 12:19|| 2013-09-23 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 See. There's a use for almost everything...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-09-23 12:24|| 2013-09-23 12:24|| Front Page Top

#9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lkHcVDBlyY

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-09-23 12:29|| 2013-09-23 12:29|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL beedi's there's a flashback for 'ye.

Posted by Shipman 2013-09-23 18:26|| 2013-09-23 18:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Shipman - I had a Grandpa that actually liked Roytans and sometimes a Swisher. I tried gifting him with some of the nice Brazilians, non-Cuban Havanas and other finer tobaccos ... no luck. Poor Grandma had to smell that junk for life.

Just like once there were fine cigs like:

Nat Shermans:

and such

Posted by 3dc 2013-09-23 20:19|| 2013-09-23 20:19|| Front Page Top

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