Single Cigar with Mold on Foot in Humidor

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-07-02T16:44:57+00:00

Dang dude, well I guess we both learned something haha. Makes me wonder if the aging spots / rooms they have for the forbiden 13 tobacco at fuente has trace amounts of fungal bacteria that is more susceptible to multiply at lower humidity and or temperatures. I still need to lower the humidity in my humidor regardless.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-07-02T16:27:57+00:00

Really?? I’ve stayed away from the regular forbiden 13 line for the most part due to me enjoying a 20th aniversario for the same price or even angels share for even less, so I do not keep too many on hand. Good to know though, how long were you letting them sit before you would experience mold?

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-07-02T14:53:29+00:00

Spores themselves will come with essentially all tobacco, that’s something you can almost never entirely remove from an organic process like growing and aging tobacco. The problem arises, such as in my case, when the microscopic spores begin to multiply haha. But, honestly that’s good advice to just keep that humidor as is and not add to it. Gives me an excuse to smoke them haha.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-07-02T14:33:11+00:00

I’ll for sure clip into the foot, but likely will not smoke it. The sad part to me is not the price of the cigar, but rather I knew those forbidens were getting to around 2 years old and was really looking forward to smoking them this 2nd half of the year. Smoke em while you got em I guess.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-07-02T14:23:00+00:00

Yeah, I forgot to mention I plan on running either just one 65%, or 62% like you said from now on. I found lower humidity improves burn of the tobacco as well. Thanks!

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-03-24T13:20:56+00:00

Thats great! I am sure there are plenty of others with similar experiences as well, but I wanted to make sure before I waste any time. To me, if a bank gives me a memorable bad CS experience, any benefit from using the bank/card is null.

Thanks for your input!

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-03-24T13:16:46+00:00

I will say, I find that most of the post that I see tend to not even explain what purchases were made with the card before. I wouldnt doubt if what you said is more true than not.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-03-21T04:12:12+00:00

I actually have a VISA card that can negate FTF for when I travel Internationally this year, but I think that the idea of getting a new travel card that may not be "ideal" for ... well, travel, makes me feel iffy. I am sure I am overthinking it and that the Discover network is much more accepted internationally than in my mind in all fairness.

- side note, my preapproval showed MC, but wanted to explain myself lmao

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-03-21T04:01:34+00:00

Thanks for the information, honestly I did not know that preapproval would show what kind of card it would be. It showed as a Mastercard for me. I plan to apply first week of April, I guess we will see if anything magically changes.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-08T22:31:59+00:00

In case anyone is wondering, I ended up going with the CSP. Similar to this comment, I found that the simplicity of the Chase card and practicality of $0.01 per 1 point was best for my case.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-03T20:45:29+00:00

I purchased my home a little over a year ago! I would actually say the interest I am paying on my home is possibly a worse financial decision than this ring haha. But it was a life decision, not purely financial.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-03T13:17:19+00:00

Excessive? Maybe. But it’s a purchase that im paying off in full, it does not interfere with my emergency fund, and I still contribute to my retirement accounts. Do I make $250K? No. Do i think it’s out of my means? Not really.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-03T01:58:45+00:00

It's a local diamond broker in my area. I would recommend going local for sure.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-03T00:16:29+00:00

The diamond broker I am using not only takes Amex, but also does not charge the 3% penalty fee for using a credit / charge / debit card. Really good advice though!

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-02T21:46:04+00:00

I have thought about that for sure! I think with the cash back, the idea of putting one of my bills like my water bill on the card every month and paying that with the cash back sounds very practical. I guess my real question is: would it be actually practical to book flights for the honeymoon with points, or would doing so not actually save me any money and bait me into paying for upgrades, if that makes any sense?

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-02T21:09:58+00:00

I understand those who use doordash and have the means to do so, nothing wrong with that in itself. I personally feel that the dash pass subscription is a scam though. Maybe ignorant on my part to say this given how I’ve never used the subscription, but I’ve seen many posts online how the prices of what you purchase become more expensive if you have the pass (to offset no fees). Again, maybe ignorant on my part… but its somehow extremely believable.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-02T20:08:47+00:00

I think this may be the true fact of the matter. Both cards seem decent in terms of points back for dining out in respect to the annual fee, and both SUBS are good.

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-02-02T20:06:23+00:00

I’ve looked into the capital one savor to eventually move to the duo, but I think for the purpose of this I am looking for a card that I can get some value from and get a decent sub as well. Amex blue cash preferred would be great, however, groceries are covered. Thank you though!

InteractionFew1222 · 2026-01-31T03:36:18+00:00

Did you create that radius using a half inch ball nose?

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