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[CigarBanter]

What's up cigar enthusiasts?!  Any cigar 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!

[FloridaDean]

good morning and Happy Birthday to me.
Arturo Fuente Hemmingway Signature as my birthday smoke.

[razgueado]

good morning and Happy Birthday to me.
Arturo Fuente Hemmingway Signature as my birthday smoke.

Happy birthday, Deano.  Hope the day and the year ahead are amazing for you.

[IrascibleOldFool]

good morning and Happy Birthday to me.
Arturo Fuente Hemmingway Signature as my birthday smoke.

Happy birthday, Deano.  Hope the day and the year ahead are amazing for you.

Indeed!

[FloridaDean]

I'm a little disappointed in this cigar, guess I was expecting great things, sweet cedary flavor, touch of pepper through the nose, a bit tight on the draw, and the wrapper is very delicated,beginning to crack a bit, nice tabacco flavors and lots of smoke.

[FloridaDean]

good morning and Happy Birthday to me.
Arturo Fuente Hemmingway Signature as my birthday smoke.

Happy birthday, Deano.  Hope the day and the year ahead are amazing for you.

thank you RazMan my friend.

[FloridaDean]

good morning and Happy Birthday to me.
Arturo Fuente Hemmingway Signature as my birthday smoke.

Happy birthday, Deano.  Hope the day and the year ahead are amazing for you.

Indeed!

thanks Fred. is that Nancy Pelosi in your avi?

[FloridaDean]

I'm a little disappointed in this cigar, guess I was expecting great things, sweet cedary flavor, touch of pepper through the nose, a bit tight on the draw, and the wrapper is very delicated,beginning to crack a bit, nice tabacco flavors and lots of smoke.

don't get me wrong, this is a nice smoke, but not what I was expecting. too many really better cigars for the money in my opinion.

[A Friend of Charlie]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAN!!!  Hope you have a great day/year!

[FloridaDean]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAN!!!  Hope you have a great day/year!

thank you Tony, screw the year crap, just a day at a time. was just heading for lights out.

[FloridaDean]

good night.

[LSUFAN]

good night.

Good morning guys and Happy Birthday Dean.

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
1014 - King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf
1154 - Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo
1348 - 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter)
1500 - Pedro Cabral lands & annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz)
1501 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral & 6 ships return to Lisbon
1504 - King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria
1616 - Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England
1633 - Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn
1661 - English king Charles II crowned in London
1662 - Connecticut chartered as an English colony
1705 - Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London
1723 - Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht
1775 - Opera "Il R‚ Pastore" is produced (Salzburg)
1789 - President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY
1795 - William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
1798 - Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution
1826 - Missolonghi captured by Turks
1838 - English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC
1851 - Canada issues its 1st postage stamps
1860 - Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery
1861 - Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
1861 - Battle of San Antonio, TX
1864 - Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
1867 - Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
1871 - Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up
1878 - 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram
1881 - Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London
1883 - John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt
1891 - Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia
1896 - Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC)
1896 - Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (NYC)

[LSUFAN]

1900 - 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)
1903 - NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2
1904 - American Academy of Arts & Letters forms
1908 - Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accord
1910 - International Exhibition opens in Brussels
1915 - ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)
1916 - Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in NYC
1918 - Battle of Zeebrugge ends
1918 - Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
1918 - National Urban League forms
1919 - Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
1920 - Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
1921 - Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
1924 - British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
1925 - 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged
1925 - Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms
1932 - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
1933 - Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal
1936 - Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
1938 - Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
1939 - 1st performance of B‚la Bart˘k's 2nd Concerto for violin
1939 - Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR
1940 - Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
1940 - NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
1941 - Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt
1942 - 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
1943 - British & US offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta
1945 - Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated
1945 - US troops in Italy cross river Po
1946 - Bkln Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1948 - KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
1949 - Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
1949 - Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF
1949 - Netherlands annexes Elten & Tudderen
1950 - 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1950 - 4th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2
1950 - Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island

[LSUFAN]

1950 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 3
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
1952 - Bob Cain of Browns & Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter
1952 - NY Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only HR
1952 - Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed
1953 - General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
1953 - KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1955 - "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
1955 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open
1956 - US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
1958 - Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1959 - "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 perfs
1959 - 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1960 - 1st performance of Ferde Grof‚'s "San Francisco Suite"
1961 - "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances
1961 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1962 - 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched
1962 - NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
1962 - Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
1963 - "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 302 perfs
1963 - Jerry Bock & S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in NYC
1964 - James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie," premieres in NYC
1964 - New York State Theater opens
1964 - Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
1965 - Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 - Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
1968 - "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 7 performances
1968 - 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence)
1968 - United Methodist Church forms
1969 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney