Or, uses an VPN out-port there to get around his home country's restrictions. 

Sun May 25 2025 16:21:15 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Look who logged in

New user account <L0rd5a7an> has been created, from host
2a01cb08914e11007265d6accd4dd55d.ipv6.abo.wanadoo.fr [].

So in case anyone was wondering, Satan really does live in France.

Dasvidanya MFer. Dobroya Utra? Chta Eta Parooski? Ya Gabaroosh Parooksi. Nyet Gabaroosh Parooski. 
I'm a 7th grade Russian drop out. I can say enough to piss off a Russian. What would you like me to say to the invaders? 

They always go, "You speak Russian like a Soviet!" and I always respond, "Because I'm KGB, MFer... you wanna keep going?" 

Wed May 06 2020 22:17:11 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

Some nitwit in Russia has been trying to dictionary-attack this system for a while now.

User Name Room Idle From host
------------------------- -------------------- ---- ------------------------
.- mat 185.50.149.32


The "-" in the left column shows that a valid username has been entered but a password has not succeeded yet.

The dictionary attack is being conducted using SMTP AUTH, suggesting that said nitwit intends to use any harvested accounts as a means to send assloads of spam out through my server. They're going to be disappointed when they find out that the vast majority of accounts on this server, all but a handful, don't have permission to send Internet email.

Savor the irony that if they took the extra few seconds to point a web browser at the same address they'd see that you can create a free account. And they'd quickly figure out that Internet email isn't permitted.

Me and my homie, Putin, smoking Cohibas on a Russian Ogliarch's megayacth off the coast of Barcelona... good times. 

That's the second place here where you've mentioned Cohibas.

Do you smoke premium cigars?  It's something I've been wanting to get into.

I do. I was in Italy recently, bought more than I could smoke before returning home, and found it is relatively easy to get them back. Things have relaxed considerably. Romeo Y Julieta, Monte Cristo, Cohiba... a lot of domestics too. 

It is - I mean, the same things that trigger us on collecting technology, or cars, or watches - applies to cigars - right - they're expensive, exclusive... and a total waste of money - and they take obsessive care - your humidor, you can keep a good cigar indefinitely - and its character will age like wine. 

My first Cohiba was a gift from a wealthy older gentleman on my honeymoon cruise, on the deck of a Norwegian cruise ship in the middle of the Caribbean -  later I had a friend who worked for the Bush JR administration's CIA and travelled the world overthrowing regimes - and he brought home boxes of them and we would smoke them at his house in Maryland. They're *really* the best. 

But - I also find myself quite found of Churchills and other Dominican brands. They're far less addictive, too. I can smoke out while drinking, and then go a week without a huge pressing need to smoke more in order to feel "normal," but when I am drinking, the symbiotic nature of alcohol and nicotine is something I missed quitting cigarettes. 

They're not SAFE - but I think they're safer than cigarettes by a clear measure. 

I assume you're dealing exclusively with the genuine Cuban version of Cohibas and not the ones made in the Dominican Republic for export to the US?

Premium cigars are something I'm interested in getting to know better.  I'm going to be spending more time with people who smoke them and it's an opportunity to figure out what my palate is like.  I have a friend/coworker who I've smoked with before and all I know is that whatever cigar he puts in my hand is going to be good.  I'd like to be more well versed than that.

There are red dot (dominican, expensive, and not that good) and yellow dot (Cuban, Cohibas are absolutely the best, no matter what some aficionados tell you.) 

Red dot Cohibas ride the name and are too expensive. They're good, but there are other Dominicans and Ecuadorians that are just as good for far less. 

Among real cubans - Cohiba, Romeo y Julieta and Montecristos are the "best", in that order in my opinion - but I think Churchill domestics are on part with Romeo Y Julieta and far easier to get and marginally less expensive. 

But I'm also a huge fan of Tuscanellos - an Italian "working man's" cigar - that is super popular in Italy. They're hardy, rich, and made of Kentucky tobacco - because - it is an exotic import in Italy - and about $5 a pack of 5 there - they're about $15 a pack here in the US. 

Like most things of this nature - listen to what people tell you - but follow your own taste. Here is the caveat - in places like Mexico and Canada - counterfeit Cohiba Yellow Dots are as rampant as fake Gucci purses - but if you get one in the Caribbean, or a reputable European tobacco store - you'll be able to tell the difference immediately. 

And keep in mind - I'm not THAT rich - there are $1000.... even $10,000 Cuban cigars. I'm in the top end at about $140 a cigar, and that is a rare and unusual experience. Usually I top out about $30-$40 and most of my smokes are between $1 - $20. 

I have a wealthy friend who told me that cigars are the last way rich men find to burn money. 

Tue Dec 02 2025 02:58:34 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

I assume you're dealing exclusively with the genuine Cuban version of Cohibas and not the ones made in the Dominican Republic for export to the US?

Premium cigars are something I'm interested in getting to know better.  I'm going to be spending more time with people who smoke them and it's an opportunity to figure out what my palate is like.  I have a friend/coworker who I've smoked with before and all I know is that whatever cigar he puts in my hand is going to be good.  I'd like to be more well versed than that.

Lately I import my Cohibas from duty-free stores in England. I'd prefer to buy them from tobacco shops in Mainland Europe or even better, anywhere in the islands. 

Will they ship to USA, or do you go there?

I visit. There are evidently some sources that will import, but shipments may never arrive - and that is the risk you take. 

I suppose my way, you face the same risks. 

I'm not sure what the point is in continuing to punish Cuba. They're inconsequential at this point. 

Tue Dec 30 2025 23:00:17 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

Will they ship to USA, or do you go there?

Why do you think that is? ;)

Sat Jan 03 2026 04:05:49 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

They're inconsequential at this point.

I don't think letting them export their cigars to the US is going to turn their economy around and make them a nuclear superpower. 

But I could be wrong. 

Sat Jan 03 2026 22:24:00 UTC from SouthernComputerGeek

Why do you think that is? ;)

 

Well no, a nuclear reaction usually runs on something like uranium, not tobacco.

How much uranium could Cuba get? At this point? 

I'm much more interested in their tobacco. 

Wed Jan 21 2026 22:37:07 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

Well no, a nuclear reaction usually runs on something like uranium, not tobacco.