How do you moderate?

[N2Advnture]

It's tough...

...with that said, recently I calculate how many years I could smoke if I stopped buying today (which we know won't happen). It was a bit of an eye opener to say the least.

[gnukfu]

Once all my containers are full of cigars I stop buying them.

[N2Advnture]

Originally Posted by gnukfu

Once all my containers are full of cigars I stop buying them.

Stop buying cigars or containers

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by N2Advnture

Stop buying cigars or containers

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

I'll go with this response as well.

[gnukfu]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

Dave

Don't remind me of the empty 120 quart cooler sitting in my garage! I forgot all about that!

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

That's pretty much the epitomy of the Anti-Moderator.
I just made a note to myself to not ask you for any purchase avoidance advice.

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

If you're not married then I think Dave's post about sums it up.

On a serious note, I do pretty regularly go through my collection and "cull the herd" so to speak. Anything that I don't think is going to be smoked in the near future gets the axe. Near future at this point I think means in the next 4-5 years.

Originally Posted by gnukfu

Once all my containers are full of cigars I stop buying them.

Problem is I consider my house a container

[shilala]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Problem is I consider my house a container

That's my problem, too. I don't have to fly acquisitions past anyone, and that's a killer. Not too many women would allow a gigantic display humi in the dining room.
They probably wouldn't be cool with a stack of winadors in the living room, either.

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by N2Advnture

It's tough...

...with that said, recently I calculate how many years I could smoke if I stopped buying today (which we know won't happen). It was a bit of an eye opener to say the least.

Come on ... how many years (rounded up)?




No money and being married are my #1 and #2 ways (tied, probably).


And in the spirit of full disclosure, I could probably go 2-3 years at my current rate.

[Ashcan Bill]

It took a couple of years but my cabinet is full now. From here on out, my rule is if I can't get a new box into the cabinet, I won't buy it. Basically one out, one in.

It's a rule I'll keep for a number of reasons.

• I have enough in there to keep on smoking a long time even if I never bought another box. The need is diminished.
  
• I have enough duplicates of favorites that I can let some of them mature for years. An initial goal met.
  
• What I have stashed I like - no mistakes or buyer regrets. I'll actually smoke and enjoy what I have.
  
• And as I slowly replace what I smoke, I can upgrade fairly inexpensively if I choose since I'll be buying one box at a time instead of multiple boxes.

Through the end of last year I had multiple orders coming in monthly. In December I hit critical mass and ran out of room. I just placed my first order for '09 - a single box to replace a single box. So far, so good.

[ucla695]

My buying is moderated by the amount of room I have in my humis. Now that I’m at capacity and the moderator (my wife) doesn’t want to see another humi in the house, I’m holding steady.