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8/27/2015
« on: August 27, 2015, 12:00:39 AM »

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!
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2015, 12:04:49 AM »

Double jam, well, how about that!
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2015, 12:09:39 AM »

Double jam, well, how about that!
Hot damn!  Well that is too overwhelming for me.  Time to catch some ZZZzzzs.
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2015, 03:35:31 AM »

Good morning guys. 
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2015, 03:35:51 AM »

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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2015, 03:36:29 AM »

Today is Thursday, August 27, the 239th day of 2015. There are 126 days left in the year.

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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2015, 03:36:56 AM »

Highlight in History

On August 27, 1975, Haile Selassie (HY'-lee sehl-AH'-see), the last emperor of Ethiopia's 3,000-year-old monarchy, died in Addis Ababa at age 83 almost a year after being overthrown.
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2015, 03:37:20 AM »

On this date

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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2015, 03:37:41 AM »

In 1776, the Battle of Long Island began during the Revolutionary War as British troops attacked American forces, who ended up being forced to retreat two days later.
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2015, 03:38:11 AM »

In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions; the resulting tidal waves in Indonesia's Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra.

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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2015, 03:38:47 AM »

In 1908, Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, was born near Stonewall, Texas.
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2015, 03:39:15 AM »

In 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.

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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2015, 03:39:40 AM »

In 1939, the first turbojet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, went on its first full-fledged test flight over Germany.

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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2015, 03:40:11 AM »

In 1949, a violent white mob prevented an outdoor concert headlined by Paul Robeson from taking place near Peekskill, New York. (The concert was held eight days later.)
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Re: 8/27/2015
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2015, 03:40:42 AM »

In 1957, the USS Swordfish, the second Skate Class nuclear submarine, was launched from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.

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