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5 Vegas Classic. 6 X 50 A Nestor Plasencia cigar is a blend of Cuban-seed long-fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, Nicaraguan binder, with a Sumatra wrapper. Considered a medium.  MSRP $8. Diplomatico Mantuano has been reviewed before. We very much like the Mantuano at $24.

They talk briefly about cigarbid.com. They mention the Business Minutia podcast and Nick from Cigar Pulpit podcast and halfwheel.com. All worth a listen and read. They very much like this combination of cigar and rum. They think this would be a good 1st or last cigar. They talk news about the FDA possibly backing off on the equivalency rules. They talk about the Honest brand dual flame lighter.

In the 2nd half of our afternoon, Nick Miller of Cigar Pulpit talks at Riverman Cigar Company in Crestwood Missouri about his newspaper. He talks about the difficulties of running a newspaper, the details of him paper, his move to digital, Facebook, the issues with news accuracy, how TV and radio are also suffering at the hands of streaming services, discussing how news is created and distributed.

Bill and Darrell sit down with Nick Miller of Cigar Pulpit at Teh Riverman Cigar Company in Crestwood Missouri. The goal is to give listeners the feeling of sitting in a lounge again. Their 1st in person interview since corona restrictions were relaxed. They talk about coffee, late herfs, TV shows, internet speed/quality, how Nick got into cigars (his Vegas story), Nick has to be reminded to puff and it becomes a running joke, zoom herfs and the value of cigar lounges, cigar sizes and some of the hottest brands right now, good drinks and distilleries making hand sanitizer, the discomfort of wearing masks.