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"welcome trey ;-) " the anonymous pick replied Sep 20, 2016 to Hello Cigar Box Nation!	14	Oct 4, 2016 Reply by Bernard D.
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"yer welcome . and here are some folks near you http://www.cigarboxnation.com/pr…" the anonymous pick replied Sep 4, 2016 to Newb from New Brunswick, Canada	17	Sep 5, 2016 Reply by Eric Horncastle
"welcome Eric . im in Ontario , there is a Canadian club on this sute whe…" the anonymous pick replied Sep 4, 2016 to Newb from New Brunswick, Canada	17	Sep 5, 2016 Reply by Eric Horncastle
"cheers , thanks for the kind words ;-) " the anonymous pick replied Aug 21, 2016 to Completely Newb	22	Aug 23, 2016 Reply by Rusty Summer
"that box originally looked just like yours , the "grain " is burnt on with…" the anonymous pick replied Aug 20, 2016 to Completely Newb	22	Aug 23, 2016 Reply by Rusty Summer
"i have used similar , they work fine . " the anonymous pick replied Aug 20, 2016 to Completely Newb	22	Aug 23, 2016 Reply by Rusty Summer
"welcome Bane " the anonymous pick replied Aug 18, 2016 to Completely Newb	22	Aug 23, 2016 Reply by Rusty Summer
"whew ;-) good to hear ;-) " the anonymous pick replied Jan 29, 2016 to So, I went and did it.	17	Jan 31, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"i'm hoping it is just the picture angles etc ,, but it looks to me like …" the anonymous pick replied Jan 29, 2016 to So, I went and did it.	17	Jan 31, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig

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the anonymous pick's Discussions (2,515)

"welcome trey ;-) "

"the club is pretty non active except for introductions and canadian cbg news now a…"

"yer welcome . and here are some folks near you http://www.cigarboxnation.com/pr…"

"welcome Eric . im in Ontario , there is a Canadian club on this sute whe…"

"cheers , thanks for the kind words ;-) "

"that box originally looked just like yours , the "grain " is burnt on with…"

"i have used similar , they work fine . "

"welcome Bane "

"whew ;-) good to hear ;-) "

"i'm hoping it is just the picture angles etc ,, but it looks to me like …"

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