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[Travellin Dave]

I really wish I had long underwear.

Not only did the blood thin, but he's totally forgotten the reality of weather away from Florida.
Next trip WE will have to make up the packing list for him.....

He should have brought along someone to keep him warm in the evenings.

I don't know that he would have wanted to deal with that for 18 hours of driving each way though.
Figured he would be able to identify some local talent.

Seems like you've got this figured out nicely, maybe you need to start building your own harem.

Already have my VERY short list.

Much more enjoyable building cigar, tequila, scotch, whiskey and beer "collections".

Lasts longer too...

Well, yea, there's that.

[Travellin Dave]

I really wish I had long underwear.

Not only did the blood thin, but he's totally forgotten the reality of weather away from Florida.
Next trip WE will have to make up the packing list for him.....

He should have brought along someone to keep him warm in the evenings.

I don't know that he would have wanted to deal with that for 18 hours of driving each way though.
Figured he would be able to identify some local talent.

Seems like you've got this figured out nicely, maybe you need to start building your own harem.

Already have my VERY short list.

Much more enjoyable building cigar, tequila, scotch, whiskey and beer "collections".

And low likelihood of restraining orders.

And you can pass it down to your kids...

Or even friends.

Well, technically you can pass the women off to friends also. Passing them to your kids is a bit creepy.

Wouldn't be friends for long though...

[Threebean]

I really wish I had long underwear.

Not only did the blood thin, but he's totally forgotten the reality of weather away from Florida.
Next trip WE will have to make up the packing list for him.....

He should have brought along someone to keep him warm in the evenings.

I don't know that he would have wanted to deal with that for 18 hours of driving each way though.
Figured he would be able to identify some local talent.

Seems like you've got this figured out nicely, maybe you need to start building your own harem.

Already have my VERY short list.

Much more enjoyable building cigar, tequila, scotch, whiskey and beer "collections".

If that's the case, you're definitely not doing the harem part right.

That is your opinion.

"A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke" Rudyard Kipling

 Open the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout,
 For things are running crossways, and Maggie and I are out.

 We quarrelled about Havanas -- we fought o'er a good cheroot,
 And I knew she is exacting, and she says I am a brute.

 Open the old cigar-box -- let me consider a space;
 In the soft blue veil of the vapour musing on Maggie's face.

 Maggie is pretty to look at -- Maggie's a loving lass,
 But the prettiest cheeks must wrinkle, the truest of loves must pass.

 There's peace in a Larranaga, there's calm in a Henry Clay;
 But the best cigar in an hour is finished and thrown away --

 Thrown away for another as perfect and ripe and brown --
 But I could not throw away Maggie for fear o' the talk o' the town!

 Maggie, my wife at fifty -- grey and dour and old --
 With never another Maggie to purchase for love or gold!

 And the light of Days that have Been the dark of the Days that Are,
 And Love's torch stinking and stale, like the butt of a dead cigar --

The butt of a dead cigar you are bound to keep in your pocket --
With never a new one to light tho' it's charred and black to the socket!

 Open the old cigar-box -- let me consider a while.
 Here is a mild Manila -- there is a wifely smile.

 Which is the better portion -- bondage bought with a ring,
 Or a harem of dusky beauties, fifty tied in a string?

 Counsellors cunning and silent -- comforters true and tried,
 And never a one of the fifty to sneer at a rival bride?

 Thought in the early morning, solace in time of woes,
 Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm ere my eyelids close,

 This will the fifty give me, asking nought in return,
 With only a Suttee's passion -- to do their duty and burn.

 This will the fifty give me. When they are spent and dead,
 Five times other fifties shall be my servants instead.

 The furrows of far-off Java, the isles of the Spanish Main,
 When they hear my harem is empty will send me my brides again.

 I will take no heed to their raiment, nor food for their mouths withal,
 So long as the gulls are nesting, so long as the showers fall.

 I will scent 'em with best vanilla, with tea will I temper their hides,
 And the Moor and the Mormon shall envy who read of the tale of my brides.

 For Maggie has written a letter to give me my choice between
 The wee little whimpering Love and the great god Nick o' Teen.

 And I have been servant of Love for barely a twelvemonth clear,
 But I have been Priest of Cabanas a matter of seven year;

 And the gloom of my bachelor days is flecked with the cheery light
 Of stums that I burned to Friendship and Pleasure and Work and Fight.

 And I turn my eyes to the future that Maggie and I must prove,
 But the only light on the marshes is the Will-o'-the-Wisp of Love.

 Will it see me safe through my journey or leave me bogged in the mire?
 Since a puff of tobacco can cloud it, shall I follow the fitful fire?

 Open the old cigar-box -- let me consider anew --
 Old friends, and who is Maggie that I should abandon you?

 A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke;
 And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke.

 Light me another Cuba -- I hold to my first-sworn vows.
 If Maggie will have no rival, I'll have no Maggie for Spouse!

[razgueado]

Morning RevRaz

Morning, TD. Well, afternoon for you now.

Nope, I'm not getting much time to banter today. Sigh.

[razgueado]

“Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey.”
―  Ernest Hemingway

...unless you expect to be nominated to the Supreme Court.

[LuvTooGolf]

Hazzuh!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Hazzuh!

Later, LTG.

[FloridaDean]

Yes, the faux food holidays are coming at us fast and furious. We just wrapped up National Coffee Day (did you get your free java?) and already we’re looking at National Taco Day this Thursday, Oct. 4.

Here’s where to go to embellish your lunch or dinner. And keep checking back for more offers as other restaurants jump on the bandwagon.

Del Taco: Buy one Shredded Beef Soft Taco and get one free. Show digital coupon that you can download from www.deltaco.com. Multiple Bay Area locations.

El Pollo Loco: Get a free Chicken Taco Al Carbon when you purchase any regularly priced food or beverage item. Show digital coupon from www.elpolloloco.com. You can also enter a contest to win tacos for a year. Multiple Bay Area locations.

Green Leaf’s: Get a coupon for a free Baja Street Taco (smoked chicken, cabbage, mango, pico de gallo and chili lime sauce) when you sign up online at www.greenleafsbananas.com/tacoday.  No purchase required. Two Bay Area locations: Livermore outlets, Daly City/Serramonte.

On the Border: This full-service Mexican restaurant is serving Endless Tacos for $8.99 all day Thursday. Mix-and-match chicken tinga and ground beef tacos, served with rice, beans and chips. Two Bay Area locations: Milpitas, Dublin.

Puesto: Follow Puesto on Instagram (@eatpuesto) and mention the National Taco Day special to your server to receive a free taco of the month, which in October is a roasted squash one with braised greens in mojo de ajo, queso enchilado, warm squash salsa, pepitas and cilantro. Also this month, Puesto will donate $1 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for every Frozen Horchata ordered. Valid at the Santa Clara location; a Concord Puesto is coming soon.

Rubio’s Coastal Grill: Receive a free Original Fish Taco with any beverage purchase Thursday. Show digital coupon downloaded from this Rubio’s link. Multiple Bay Area locations.

Taco Bell: For $5, customers can buy a National Taco Day Gift Set that includes four hard-shell tacos: Crunchy, Fiery, Cool Ranch and Nacho Cheese Doritos® Locos. You can email a coupon for one of these gift sets to a friend too. Multiple Bay Area locations.

[Travellin Dave]

“Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey.”
―  Ernest Hemingway

...unless you expect to be nominated to the Supreme Court.

Even then doesn't matter so much...

[Travellin Dave]

Yes, the faux food holidays are coming at us fast and furious. We just wrapped up National Coffee Day (did you get your free java?) and already we’re looking at National Taco Day this Thursday, Oct. 4.

Here’s where to go to embellish your lunch or dinner. And keep checking back for more offers as other restaurants jump on the bandwagon.

Del Taco: Buy one Shredded Beef Soft Taco and get one free. Show digital coupon that you can download from www.deltaco.com. Multiple Bay Area locations.

El Pollo Loco: Get a free Chicken Taco Al Carbon when you purchase any regularly priced food or beverage item. Show digital coupon from www.elpolloloco.com. You can also enter a contest to win tacos for a year. Multiple Bay Area locations.

Green Leaf’s: Get a coupon for a free Baja Street Taco (smoked chicken, cabbage, mango, pico de gallo and chili lime sauce) when you sign up online at www.greenleafsbananas.com/tacoday.  No purchase required. Two Bay Area locations: Livermore outlets, Daly City/Serramonte.

On the Border: This full-service Mexican restaurant is serving Endless Tacos for $8.99 all day Thursday. Mix-and-match chicken tinga and ground beef tacos, served with rice, beans and chips. Two Bay Area locations: Milpitas, Dublin.

Puesto: Follow Puesto on Instagram (@eatpuesto) and mention the National Taco Day special to your server to receive a free taco of the month, which in October is a roasted squash one with braised greens in mojo de ajo, queso enchilado, warm squash salsa, pepitas and cilantro. Also this month, Puesto will donate $1 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for every Frozen Horchata ordered. Valid at the Santa Clara location; a Concord Puesto is coming soon.

Rubio’s Coastal Grill: Receive a free Original Fish Taco with any beverage purchase Thursday. Show digital coupon downloaded from this Rubio’s link. Multiple Bay Area locations.

Taco Bell: For $5, customers can buy a National Taco Day Gift Set that includes four hard-shell tacos: Crunchy, Fiery, Cool Ranch and Nacho Cheese Doritos® Locos. You can email a coupon for one of these gift sets to a friend too. Multiple Bay Area locations.

If they're offering up free food, they are as real as any holiday in my book!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Yes, the faux food holidays are coming at us fast and furious. We just wrapped up National Coffee Day (did you get your free java?) and already we’re looking at National Taco Day this Thursday, Oct. 4.

Here’s where to go to embellish your lunch or dinner. And keep checking back for more offers as other restaurants jump on the bandwagon.

Del Taco: Buy one Shredded Beef Soft Taco and get one free. Show digital coupon that you can download from www.deltaco.com. Multiple Bay Area locations.

El Pollo Loco: Get a free Chicken Taco Al Carbon when you purchase any regularly priced food or beverage item. Show digital coupon from www.elpolloloco.com. You can also enter a contest to win tacos for a year. Multiple Bay Area locations.

Green Leaf’s: Get a coupon for a free Baja Street Taco (smoked chicken, cabbage, mango, pico de gallo and chili lime sauce) when you sign up online at www.greenleafsbananas.com/tacoday.  No purchase required. Two Bay Area locations: Livermore outlets, Daly City/Serramonte.

On the Border: This full-service Mexican restaurant is serving Endless Tacos for $8.99 all day Thursday. Mix-and-match chicken tinga and ground beef tacos, served with rice, beans and chips. Two Bay Area locations: Milpitas, Dublin.

Puesto: Follow Puesto on Instagram (@eatpuesto) and mention the National Taco Day special to your server to receive a free taco of the month, which in October is a roasted squash one with braised greens in mojo de ajo, queso enchilado, warm squash salsa, pepitas and cilantro. Also this month, Puesto will donate $1 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for every Frozen Horchata ordered. Valid at the Santa Clara location; a Concord Puesto is coming soon.

Rubio’s Coastal Grill: Receive a free Original Fish Taco with any beverage purchase Thursday. Show digital coupon downloaded from this Rubio’s link. Multiple Bay Area locations.

Taco Bell: For $5, customers can buy a National Taco Day Gift Set that includes four hard-shell tacos: Crunchy, Fiery, Cool Ranch and Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos. You can email a coupon for one of these gift sets to a friend too. Multiple Bay Area locations.

If they're offering up free food, they are as real as any holiday in my book!

Couldn't agree more.

[A Friend of Charlie]

It's absolutely beautiful out. Needed a coffee and almost didn't go back to work. Now I've gotta figure out what to smoke for the way home.

[Travellin Dave]

It's absolutely beautiful out. Needed a coffee and almost didn't go back to work. Now I've gotta figure out what to smoke for the way home.

Got any My Father's?

[Travellin Dave]

Over the Hump lull...

[A Friend of Charlie]

It's absolutely beautiful out. Needed a coffee and almost didn't go back to work. Now I've gotta figure out what to smoke for the way home.

Got any My Father's?

I don't believe so, but I'll check.