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Title: 7/10/2019
Post by: CigarBanter on July 10, 2019, 01:27:21 AM
Any hump day deals on the various internet sites that are worth talking about? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something along the way. Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either... And welcome aboard!
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on July 10, 2019, 05:40:25 AM
Morning Humps
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on July 10, 2019, 05:47:54 AM
Today Is The First:  No More Fresh Brewed Cuban Coffee Service!

Meanwhile, I am enjoying my fresh hot cup.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 05:55:17 AM
Today Is The First:  No More Fresh Brewed Cuban Coffee Service!

Meanwhile, I am enjoying my fresh hot cup.
no problem, I have a blend of Columbian Supreme, Italian French Roast, and Expresso brewing. will be ready in a few.

good morning Dave.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 06:42:06 AM
Italian sausage, eggs over easy, and hashbrowns up.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 06:49:57 AM
Italian sausage, eggs over easy, and hashbrowns up.
Sounds delightful.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 06:50:12 AM
Good morning, Dave and Dean.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on July 10, 2019, 06:52:54 AM
Good morning, Dave and Dean.
Morning Mayor, are you home yet?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 07:10:42 AM
Italian sausage, eggs over easy, and hashbrowns up.
Sounds delightful.
it was. good morning Tony.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 07:12:29 AM
quindi Tony. qual è stato il miglior pasto che hai avuto laggiù?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 07:21:45 AM
Good morning, Dave and Dean.
Morning Mayor, are you home yet?
No sir. Coming back on the weekend.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 07:33:24 AM
quindi Tony. qual è stato il miglior pasto che hai avuto laggiù?
You'd be hard pressed to find a bad one. My nephew's wedding had some stupendous dishes. Lots and lots of seafood.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:40:06 AM
Today Is The First:  No More Fresh Brewed Cuban Coffee Service!

Meanwhile, I am enjoying my fresh hot cup.
no problem, I have a blend of Columbian Supreme, Italian French Roast, and Expresso brewing. will be ready in a few.

good morning Dave.
So it's leftovers day?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:42:11 AM
Morning NonCubanDave, MasterBlenderDean and ExpressoTony.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 07:42:31 AM
Today Is The First:  No More Fresh Brewed Cuban Coffee Service!

Meanwhile, I am enjoying my fresh hot cup.
no problem, I have a blend of Columbian Supreme, Italian French Roast, and Expresso brewing. will be ready in a few.

good morning Dave.
So it's leftovers day?
lol. no, I buy 3# of each and mix it all together and place in freezer until needed. the blend is quite eye opening, and seals driveways.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 07:43:05 AM
Morning NonCubanDave, MasterBlenderDean and ExpressoTony.
good morning Dave.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:43:32 AM
Diesel Day at the Sis and Jammin' at CI.  Wonder if Rick is shopping?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 07:44:41 AM
quindi Tony. qual è stato il miglior pasto che hai avuto laggiù?
You'd be hard pressed to find a bad one. My nephew's wedding had some stupendous dishes. Lots and lots of seafood.
so you spent all that time on a diet so you could eat freely in Italy? great thinking. 👍
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:45:47 AM
Today is Wednesday, July 10, the 191st day of 2019. There are 174 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On July 10, 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.

On this date:
In 1509, theologian John Calvin, a key figure of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Noyon, Picardy, France.
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY') to the Senate and urged its ratification. (However, the Senate rejected it.)
In 1925, jury selection took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in the trial of John T. Scopes, charged with violating the law by teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution. (Scopes was convicted and fined, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality.)
In 1929, American paper currency was reduced in size as the government began issuing bills that were approximately 25 percent smaller.
In 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the Luftwaffe started attacking southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.)
In 1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong.
In 1973, the Bahamas became fully independent after three centuries of British colonial rule. John Paul Getty III, the teenage grandson of the oil tycoon, was abducted in Rome by kidnappers who cut off his ear when his family was slow to meet their ransom demands; Getty was released in December 1973 for nearly $3 million.
In 1979, conductor Arthur Fiedler (FEED'-lur), who had led the Boston Pops orchestra for a half-century, died in Brookline, Mass., at age 84.
In 1985, the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by French intelligence agents; one activist was killed. Bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Co. said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.
In 1999, the United States women's soccer team won the World Cup, beating China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
In 2002, The House approved, 310-113, a measure to allow airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit to defend their planes against terrorists (President George W. Bush later signed the measure into law).
In 2004, President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address that legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization, and that a constitutional amendment was needed to protect traditional marriage.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:46:21 AM
Ten years ago: General Motors completed an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy protection with promises of making money and building cars people would be eager to buy. Pope Benedict XVI stressed the Catholic church's opposition to abortion and embryonic stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama at the Vatican. British conductor Sir Edward Downes, 85, almost blind and growing deaf, and his terminally ill wife, Joan, 74, ended their lives together at an assisted suicide clinic in Zurich, Switzerland.

Five years ago: Germany demanded that the CIA station chief in Berlin leave the country as a new round of allegations of U.S. espionage worsened friction between the two allies.

One year ago: A daring rescue mission in Thailand was completed successfully, as the last four of the 12 boys who were trapped in a flooded cave for 2 ½ weeks were brought to safety along with their soccer coach. The other eight had been brought out in the two preceding days. Rancher Dwight Hammond and his son Steven, who had been convicted of intentionally setting fires on public land in Oregon, were pardoned by President Donald Trump. 
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: bluecollar on July 10, 2019, 07:48:31 AM
Good morning cigar lovers. High of 88 deg and high humidity. I'm dealing with some breakdowns and getting ready to go on a weeks vacation from work. Participation will be scarce at best. Have a great day and smoke something good.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:48:47 AM
Today's Birthdays:

Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins is 92.
Actor William Smithers is 92.
Broadway composer Jerry Herman is 88.
Director Ivan Passer is 86.
Actor Lawrence Pressman is 80.
Singer Mavis Staples is 80.
Actor Mills Watson is 79.
Actor Robert Pine is 78.
Rock musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is 76.
International Tennis Hall of Famer Virginia Wade is 74.
Actress Sue Lyon is 73.
Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 72.
Rock musician Dave Smalley is 70.
Country-folk singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler is 68.
Rock singer Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is 65.
Banjo player Bela Fleck is 61.
Actress Fiona Shaw is 61.
Country musician Shaw Wilson (BR549) is 59.
Bluegrass singer-musician Tim Surrett (Balsam Range) is 56.
Actor Alec Mapa is 54.
Country singer-songwriter Ken Mellons is 54.
Rock musician Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros) is 54.
Actor Gale Harold is 50.
Country singer Gary LeVox (leh-VOH') (Rascal Flatts) is 49.
Actor Aaron D. Spears is 48.
Actress Sofia Vergara is 47.
Rockabilly singer Imelda May is 45.
Actor Adrian Grenier (grehn-YAY') is 43.
Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (CHOO'-ih-tehl EHJ'-ee-oh-for) is 42.
Actress Gwendoline Yeo is 42.
Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas is 39.
Singer-actress Jessica Simpson is 39.
Rock musician John Spiker is 38.
Actress Heather Hemmens is 35.
Actress Emily Skeggs (TV: "When We Rise") is 29.
Rapper/singer Angel Haze is 28.
Pop singer Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) is 26.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:49:18 AM
Thought for Today: "The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind." — Frank Herbert, American author (1920-1986).
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 07:51:09 AM
Morning LightAtTheEndOfTheTunnelRick.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 07:59:59 AM
quindi Tony. qual è stato il miglior pasto che hai avuto laggiù?
You'd be hard pressed to find a bad one. My nephew's wedding had some stupendous dishes. Lots and lots of seafood.
so you spent all that time on a diet so you could eat freely in Italy? great thinking.
I just needed to fit into my tux. Now that's over and all bets are off.

I'll diet when I get back.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: bluecollar on July 10, 2019, 09:36:40 AM
Morning LightAtTheEndOfTheTunnelRick.
AlwaysOptimisticDave
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: bluecollar on July 10, 2019, 09:39:18 AM
Sorry out of the loop. Mr Mayor is in Italy?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: bluecollar on July 10, 2019, 09:40:39 AM
I thought the MLB  all-star was fun to watch and great for the city of Cleveland
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: razgueado on July 10, 2019, 10:11:16 AM
Morning, muchachos.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 11:12:42 AM
Sorry out of the loop. Mr Mayor is in Italy?
That's correct.  Went for a family wedding.  Been there a week already.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 11:13:05 AM
Morning Mr. Raz!
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 11:13:52 AM
Wow, page 3 already.....sheesh!
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 12:21:06 PM
golf course closed due to aeration before the rains hit. taco Wednesday for lunch, NY strip steaks out for dinner with baked potato and spinach.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 12:21:57 PM
Morning, muchachos.
good morning LeftyBossRevRazMan.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 12:25:12 PM
quindi Tony. qual è stato il miglior pasto che hai avuto laggiù?
You'd be hard pressed to find a bad one. My nephew's wedding had some stupendous dishes. Lots and lots of seafood.
so you spent all that time on a diet so you could eat freely in Italy? great thinking.
I just needed to fit into my tux. Now that's over and all bets are off.

I'll diet when I get back.
how's the Braciole over there?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Threebean on July 10, 2019, 12:30:27 PM
Morning Daves, raz, Rick, PaisanoTony, and ChefDean. Cool and overcast in the NW.  What a surprise.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 12:35:13 PM
Morning Daves, raz, Rick, PaisanoTony, and ChefDean. Cool and overcast in the NW.  What a surprise.
cooler here too, only 84° realfeel 95°, humidity only 69%.

morning Mark.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 12:46:02 PM
If you're looking for some cigar reading, ICPCR summary from Cigar Aficionado.

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Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 12:49:06 PM


quindi Tony. qual è stato il miglior pasto che hai avuto laggiù?
You'd be hard pressed to find a bad one. My nephew's wedding had some stupendous dishes. Lots and lots of seafood.
so you spent all that time on a diet so you could eat freely in Italy? great thinking.
I just needed to fit into my tux. Now that's over and all bets are off.

I'll diet when I get back.
how's the Braciole over there?

All joking aside. I've had the best braciole, this trip. My sister hooked us up with some great food. The eggplant parm was pretty spectacular too.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 12:51:33 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 01:19:48 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic. 😂
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 10, 2019, 01:36:32 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic. 😂
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Threebean on July 10, 2019, 01:56:15 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic. 😂
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Are those dining tables at the lower elevation?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 01:59:59 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic. 😂
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Are those dining tables at the lower elevation?
short, stout, Italian ghosts.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 02:05:32 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic.
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Are those dining tables at the lower elevation?
Yeah. It's actually very cool. We didn't go there but my sister was telling me how cool (and expensive) it is. It's called, Grotta Palazzese.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Threebean on July 10, 2019, 02:45:34 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic.
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Are those dining tables at the lower elevation?
Yeah. It's actually very cool. We didn't go there but my sister was telling me how cool (and expensive) it is. It's called, Grotta Palazzese.
Eh, just find an Olive Garden and save the cash.   :D
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 02:59:35 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic.
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Are those dining tables at the lower elevation?
Yeah. It's actually very cool. We didn't go there but my sister was telling me how cool (and expensive) it is. It's called, Grotta Palazzese.

https://www.grottapalazzese.it/en/restaurant/
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 03:08:25 PM
https://nypost.com/2019/07/10/crazed-dmv-customer-opens-fire-over-slow-moving-crowd/
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 03:12:47 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic.
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Are those dining tables at the lower elevation?
Yeah. It's actually very cool. We didn't go there but my sister was telling me how cool (and expensive) it is. It's called, Grotta Palazzese.

https://www.grottapalazzese.it/en/restaurant/
You're a good googler.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 03:33:00 PM
We took a ride to Polignano today but the weather wasn't cooperating. At one point we had golf ball sized hail coming down.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190710/05365b8d0df7bb782395f37962b65021.jpg)
looks historic.
Looks like a bit of a fixer upper...
Are those dining tables at the lower elevation?
Yeah. It's actually very cool. We didn't go there but my sister was telling me how cool (and expensive) it is. It's called, Grotta Palazzese.

https://www.grottapalazzese.it/en/restaurant/
You're a good googler.
no menu and no prices though.
found it. 180-220 euro per meal. I went to 'book a table'.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 03:34:43 PM
conference call coming up. haven't had one of those since 2009 when I retired. I'm ready though.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 10, 2019, 04:52:42 PM
conference call coming up. haven't had one of those since 2009 when I retired. I'm ready though.
That looks like a decent setup. Haven't smoked a San Lotano in a bit. I'll have to unbury my box of Requiem when I get back.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Threebean on July 10, 2019, 08:55:43 PM
Conference call lull.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 09:27:16 PM
Conference call lull.
it was a clusterfukk. 7 people, one guys dog wouldn't stop barking, a few guys you couldn't hear, a lady who must have had a power mike, and other than me and the moderator nobody bothered to have the agenda and resource material with them. but the good part is that it's for a statewide event in February 2020. 😂
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Threebean on July 10, 2019, 10:10:02 PM
Conference call lull.
it was a clusterfukk. 7 people, one guys dog wouldn't stop barking, a few guys you couldn't hear, a lady who must have had a power mike, and other than me and the moderator nobody bothered to have the agenda and resource material with them. but the good part is that it's for a statewide event in February 2020.
I'll admit,  that's worse than most.  Did it at least end like most conference calls,  nothing got done except schedule the next one?
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: FloridaDean on July 10, 2019, 10:20:41 PM
Conference call lull.
it was a clusterfukk. 7 people, one guys dog wouldn't stop barking, a few guys you couldn't hear, a lady who must have had a power mike, and other than me and the moderator nobody bothered to have the agenda and resource material with them. but the good part is that it's for a statewide event in February 2020.
I'll admit,  that's worse than most.  Did it at least end like most conference calls,  nothing got done except schedule the next one?
surprisingly we accomplished quite a bit.
Title: Re: 7/10/2019
Post by: Threebean on July 10, 2019, 11:56:52 PM
Conference call lull.
it was a clusterfukk. 7 people, one guys dog wouldn't stop barking, a few guys you couldn't hear, a lady who must have had a power mike, and other than me and the moderator nobody bothered to have the agenda and resource material with them. but the good part is that it's for a statewide event in February 2020.
I'll admit,  that's worse than most.  Did it at least end like most conference calls,  nothing got done except schedule the next one?
surprisingly we accomplished quite a bit.
Probably because it was just you and the moderator who could hear anything.