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[CigarGuy87]

Afternoon, Fellas. Long time no Banter. Hope everyone is doing well.

STEVE!

Shaun! How goes it in the great white north... lemme guess, fukin cold. Actually, pretty damn chilly here the past few days. Back up near the 60's by tomorrow. Yay!

No complaints lately - no snow on the ground and only used the snowblower for 10-15min all winter   Should be getting cold here in a few days, couldn't last forever   How have you been?

Feel like I've been caught in a tornado the past couple months, but finally feels like I can take a breath... Just hope it lasts a minute or two.

You still filling up that humi with Pete's Johnson? 

I will get to see his older brother in 7 days, already have a countdown calendar made   Pete's Johnson, My Fathers, Cubans, etc

Had a CG Black this past Sunday... great as always. My last jar though.

Famous had them for $130 a few weeks back - couldn't resist.  That was my last one tho, I swear! 

Ha. Nice. $130 w/catsrule?

There was a $40 off $150 promo code I had that I used

[CigarGuy87]

Afternoon, Fellas. Long time no Banter. Hope everyone is doing well.

STEVE!

Shaun! How goes it in the great white north... lemme guess, fukin cold. Actually, pretty damn chilly here the past few days. Back up near the 60's by tomorrow. Yay!

No complaints lately - no snow on the ground and only used the snowblower for 10-15min all winter   Should be getting cold here in a few days, couldn't last forever   How have you been?

Feel like I've been caught in a tornado the past couple months, but finally feels like I can take a breath... Just hope it lasts a minute or two.

You still filling up that humi with Pete's Johnson? 

I will get to see his older brother in 7 days, already have a countdown calendar made   Pete's Johnson, My Fathers, Cubans, etc

Had a CG Black this past Sunday... great as always. My last jar though.

Famous had them for $130 a few weeks back - couldn't resist.  That was my last one tho, I swear! 

Ha. Nice. $130 w/catsrule?

They look to be out of stock there anyway. Found some at the biz earlier, but they were 160 with their discount.
I'll keep window shopping for awhile. May pick up a box of Skull Breakers.

Can't go wrong with those, my favorite surrogates blend.

[BackyardSmoker]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

wtf. You lookin for the Timbaland remix?

[BackyardSmoker]

Afternoon, Fellas. Long time no Banter. Hope everyone is doing well.

Oh my God, look what the cat dragged in.

Hey, I smoked a Camacho a week or so ago that was a gift from you, I think.  Muchas gracias, hermano.

Hey, Bret. Can't take the credit for that one. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it though.

I hope everything is healing up well for you.

Huh, thought it was you.  My memory is shot.  Well, it was a great little cigar.

More physical therapy today.

It's all good. I do enjoy the Camacho's myself, and would have gladly shared. 

Have you been playing any on your down time?

Some.  Mostly writing.  Getting together with the band this weekend at the lake house.

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

Ha. I thought this story was going in the direction of "he picked up my most expensive guitar". Sounds like the boy has a good ear. Once he gets the chord shapes down, it's just a matter of picking the notes out.

Great song! Love playing those plucky melodies on acoustic.

Looked at a few sheets of Amanda by Boston... tricky little piece.

[BackyardSmoker]

Afternoon, Fellas. Long time no Banter. Hope everyone is doing well.

STEVE!

Shaun! How goes it in the great white north... lemme guess, fukin cold. Actually, pretty damn chilly here the past few days. Back up near the 60's by tomorrow. Yay!

No complaints lately - no snow on the ground and only used the snowblower for 10-15min all winter   Should be getting cold here in a few days, couldn't last forever   How have you been?

Feel like I've been caught in a tornado the past couple months, but finally feels like I can take a breath... Just hope it lasts a minute or two.

You still filling up that humi with Pete's Johnson? 

I will get to see his older brother in 7 days, already have a countdown calendar made   Pete's Johnson, My Fathers, Cubans, etc

Had a CG Black this past Sunday... great as always. My last jar though.

Famous had them for $130 a few weeks back - couldn't resist.  That was my last one tho, I swear! 

Ha. Nice. $130 w/catsrule?

They look to be out of stock there anyway. Found some at the biz earlier, but they were 160 with their discount.
I'll keep window shopping for awhile. May pick up a box of Skull Breakers.

Can't go wrong with those, my favorite surrogates blend.

Mine as well. Took some experimenting. Tried the Stamps, Crackers, and Crushers as well.

All good, but the SB's seem to work best for me.

[BackyardSmoker]

Afternoon, Fellas. Long time no Banter. Hope everyone is doing well.

STEVE!

Shaun! How goes it in the great white north... lemme guess, fukin cold. Actually, pretty damn chilly here the past few days. Back up near the 60's by tomorrow. Yay!

No complaints lately - no snow on the ground and only used the snowblower for 10-15min all winter   Should be getting cold here in a few days, couldn't last forever   How have you been?

Feel like I've been caught in a tornado the past couple months, but finally feels like I can take a breath... Just hope it lasts a minute or two.

You still filling up that humi with Pete's Johnson? 

I will get to see his older brother in 7 days, already have a countdown calendar made   Pete's Johnson, My Fathers, Cubans, etc

Had a CG Black this past Sunday... great as always. My last jar though.

Famous had them for $130 a few weeks back - couldn't resist.  That was my last one tho, I swear! 

Ha. Nice. $130 w/catsrule?

They look to be out of stock there anyway. Found some at the biz earlier, but they were 160 with their discount.
I'll keep window shopping for awhile. May pick up a box of Skull Breakers.

Can't go wrong with those, my favorite surrogates blend.

Mine as well. Took some experimenting. Tried the Stamps, Crackers, and Crushers as well.

All good, but the SB's seem to work best for me.

I need to ask NJDave about the Namakubi Ecuador's. Really like the regular line, and these are supposed to be a 'bolder' version. He was right on, imo, with the Avion's/Fausto, so I'm interested to see his opinion on these.

[razgueado]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

You may need to up the dosage of your medication.

[A Friend of Charlie]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

wtf. You lookin for the Timbaland remix?

You're gonna make me google Timbaland ?

[flip from jersey]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

wtf. You lookin for the Timbaland remix?

You're gonna make me google Timbaland ?

You can do it!  Hello boys..

[BackyardSmoker]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

wtf. You lookin for the Timbaland remix?

You're gonna make me google Timbaland ?

I figured you were already in the know, so yeah. 

[A Friend of Charlie]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

You may need to up the dosage of your medication.

I can't afford the co-payment.

[A Friend of Charlie]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

wtf. You lookin for the Timbaland remix?

You're gonna make me google Timbaland ?

You can do it!  Hello boys..

Flip, you familiar with this Timbaland fella?

[BackyardSmoker]

Afternoon meeting. See if I can find my way back after awhile.

[flip from jersey]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

wtf. You lookin for the Timbaland remix?

You're gonna make me google Timbaland ?

You can do it!  Hello boys..

Flip, you familiar with this Timbaland fella?

no, too recent, only rap I do at Karaoke is Young M.C. & Tone Loc....
 

[BackyardSmoker]

My 14-year-old son decided to avail himself of my guitars while I was laid up.  Kid's been playing piano since he was 7, drums since he was 9, baritone sax since he was 11.  But he'd never been interested in my guitars.  Then he runs across a video on YouTube of Paul McCartney playing "Blackbird".  He grabs one of my acoustic guitars, and goes after it.  Took him two days - Two fuckin' days  - and he had the song down.  Took me months to get functional on a guitar when I was 13.  Took him two days.  Now, a good guitarist will tell you it's not that complicated a piece.  It's not as tricky to play as, say, SRV's "Pride and Joy."  But to start from nuthin', not even "Stairway to Heaven" and go right to "Blackbird"?  Fuhgeddaboudit.

How come our kids get more talent than we do?

I've got to hear that now.  Love that tune.

I'm on my third version of it.  Help, I'm in a youtube rabbit hole!

OK, I got my fill for now.  Must have heard 7 versions.

wtf. You lookin for the Timbaland remix?

You're gonna make me google Timbaland ?

You can do it!  Hello boys..

Flip, you familiar with this Timbaland fella?

You're kids may know. CG may as well.



HINT: He's a pa-du-sa