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[A Friend of Charlie]

Please folks, these are in huge demand so keep the waiting line orderly and be aware they not be enough to go around.  Only buy as many as you can smoke so others can enjoy some.

92-rated and back in business

Rocky Patel ITC Super Fuerte is a brand cigar historians are well aware of. THE cigar that put the Rocky Patel name on the map in the cigar boom of the 1990’s, this Honduran handmade was a fan-favorite across the nation. Not to mention the prestigious 92-rating bestowed upon it. Now, the brand is back in all of its former glory — and there’s no trick up the sleeves. Same blend, same wrapper, same factory… same delicious flavor.

10/$40 at CI Joe

I used to smoke tons of these.

Still a pretty regular smoke for me.

Really? I'm kinda surprised to here that. It's time I revisit it. I'm sure I've got at least a few at the bottom of the humidor.

[A Friend of Charlie]

SHEESH!

Looks like you're the only lady here. Good morning, Dave.

Not quite.  Morning CarolinaDave and TankEngineTony.

Good morning, NJDave.

[Travellin Dave]

Today is Monday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2017.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Oct. 16, 1987, a 58-1/2-hour drama in Midland, Texas, ended happily as rescuers freed Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old girl trapped in a narrow, abandoned well.

On this date:

In 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.

In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 men in a raid on Harpers Ferry in western Virginia. (Ten of Brown’s men were killed and five escaped. Brown and six followers were captured; all were executed.)

In 1916, Planned Parenthood had its beginnings as Margaret Sanger and her sister, Ethel Byrne, opened the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1934, Chinese Communists, under siege by the Nationalists, began their “long march” lasting a year from southeastern to northwestern China.

In 1942, the ballet “Rodeo” (roh-DAY’-oh), with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Agnes de Mille, premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House.

In 1946, ten Nazi war criminals condemned during the Nuremberg trials were hanged.

In 1957, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip began a visit to the United States with a stopover at the site of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.

In 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked controversy at the Mexico City Olympics by giving “black power” salutes during a victory ceremony after they’d won gold and bronze medals in the 200-meter race.

In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (voy-TEE’-wah) to be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II.

In 1991, a deadly shooting rampage took place in Killeen, Texas, as a gunman opened fire at a Luby’s Cafeteria, killing 23 people before taking his own life.

In 1995, a vast throng of black men gathered in Washington, D.C. for the “Million Man March” led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

In 1997, author James Michener died in Austin, Texas, at age 90.

[Travellin Dave]

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House for a half-hour meeting. Libya won a seat on the U.N. Security Council. Actress Deborah Kerr (kahr) died in Suffolk, England, at age 86. Barbara West Dainton, believed to be the next-to-last survivor from the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, died in Camborne, England, at age 96.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney met for their second debate; during the town-hall-style encounter in suburban Hempstead, New York, Obama accused Romney of favoring a “one-point plan” to help the rich at the expense of the middle class while Romney countered by saying “the middle class has been crushed over the last four years.” The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 2-1 to go up 3-0 in the American League Championship Series.

One year ago: Joy, jubilation and dancing erupted when a group of Nigerian parents were reunited with 21 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram 2 ½ years earlier and freed in the first negotiated release organized by the government and the Islamic extremist group. The 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay, Trinity Gay, was fatally shot outside a restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky. The Los Angeles Dodgers evened the National League Championship Series with a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. Singer Randy Travis, fiddler Charlie Daniels and producer Fred Foster were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

 

[Travellin Dave]

Today's Birthdays:

1903   Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies)
1903   Jerry Colona, Boston Mass, comedian (Jerry Colona Show)
1903   Nathanael West, American novelist (Day of the Locusts)
1905   Franco Albini, Italian architect
1905   Jean Arthur, NYC, actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
1909   Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer
1912   John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978)
1914   Albert Markos, composer
1914   Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman)
1914   John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
1915   Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)
1916   Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)
1916   Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer
1917   Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)
1917   Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)
1919   John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)
1919   Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey)
1920   Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity)
1920   Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels)
1921   George Mackey Brown, poet
1921   Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952)
1921   Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review)
1921   Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart)
1922   Louis Benjamin, showman
1926   Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz Calif, actress (My 3 Sons)
1926   Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red)
1926   Karl Gordon Henize, Cincinnati Ohio, astronaut (STS 51-F)
1928   Ivan Marinov, composer
1928   James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers (NL rookie of year 1953)
1928   Zacharias J de Beer, S African physician/MP (DP)
1929   Ram Da-Oz, composer
1930   Angelo Paccignini, composer
1930   Jimmy Breslin, Queens NYC, columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday)
1932   Gundaris Pone, composer
1932   Paul Anderson, US, light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic-gold-1956)
1932   William J Hughes, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975- )
1933   William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut (Apollo
1934   Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist (Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode)
1935   Alan Brown, cricketer (Engld opening attack Brown & White vs Pak 1961)
1936   David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio)
1938   Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon)
1941   Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1941   Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth Oh, country singer (Too Many Times)
1941   James Seals, Sidney Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
1942   Gary Puckett, vocalist (& Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl)
1943   Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize)
1944   Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
1945   Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1946   Bob Seagren, Pomona Calif, actor (Soap)/pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-68)
1946   James Ray Tucker, LA Calif, rock guitarist (Turtles-Eleanor)
1946   Vicki Hodge, London England, actress (Confessions of a Sex Maniac)
1947   Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher
1947   Gene Green, (Rep-D-Texas)
1947   Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist
1947   Michael McKean, NYC, actor (Laverne & Shirley, SNL, Spinal Tap)
1948   George Wendt, Chicago Ill, actor (Norm-Cheers)
1948   Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress (Lois Lane, Amityville Horror)
1949   Bill Hudson, Portland Ore, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
1949   Maurice Willis Wright, composer
1949   Timothy Bottoms, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Adam-East of Eden)
1950   Howard E Rollins Jr, Balt Md, actor (Bannister-Wildside,Another World)
1950   Michael Lynn Synar, (Rep-D-Oklahoma, 1979- )
1950   Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (As Love Goes)
1955   Sam Bottoms, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Prime Risk, Savages)
1956   Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut (STS 47)
1956   Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs (VVD)
1957   Vincent Van Patten, Belrose NY, actor (Apple's Way, 3 for the Road)
1958   Alan Jackson, Newnan Ga, country singer (Here in the Real World)
1958   Blaine McCallister, Ft Stockton TX, PGA golfer (1989 Honda Classic)
1958   France St Louis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1958   Gig Gangel Harlingen TX, playmate (Jan, 1980)
1959   Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky 4, Masters of Universe) [or Nov 3]
1960   Angéla Kramers, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1960   James Patrick Delsing, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1993 New England-2nd)
1960   Mandy Yachad, cricketer (South African ODI opening batsman 1991)
1962   John Dorge, Australian basketball center (Olympics-96)
1963   Vijay Mehra, cricketer (United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup)
1965   Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress (New Kind of Family)
1965   Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket (Sri Lanka's greatest batsman)
1966   Danny Ferry, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1967   Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, LA Calif, tennis star (1990 Futures-Chiba)
1967   Allen West, US metal guitarist (Obituary, Cause of Death)
1967   Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, LA Calif, tennis star
1967   Mark Johnson, Worcester MA, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
1967   Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star (1993 Quebec City)
1967   Reggie Clark, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968   Heather McDermid, Calgary Alberta, rower (Olympics-96)
1968   Ziggy Marley, reggae performer
1969   Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end (SD Chargers)
1969   Joe Courtney, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1969   Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg S Afr, PGA golfer (1994 US Open)
1970   Anil Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg-spinner since 1990)
1970   Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1970   John Mabry, Wilmington DE, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1970   Marciano Vink, soccer player (Genoa/PSV)
1970   Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress (Showgirls)
1970   Tasha Tsang, Saskatoon Saskatchwan, rower (Olympics-96)
1971   Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire)
1971   Ernest Dixon, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1971   Henry McMillian, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1972   Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-12th)
1973   Keith McKenzie, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1973   Lorie Bennett West, Miss Kentucky USA (1996)

[Travellin Dave]

Today’s Birthdays

Actress Angela Lansbury is 92. Actor Peter Bowles is 81. Actor-producer Tony Anthony is 80. Actor Barry Corbin is 77. Sportscaster Tim McCarver is 76. Rock musician C.F. Turner (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 74. Actress Suzanne Somers is 71. Rock singer-musician Bob Weir is 70. Producer-director David Zucker is 70. Record company executive Jim Ed Norman is 69. Actor Daniel Gerroll is 66. Actor Morgan Stevens is 66. Actress Martha Smith is 65. Comedian-actor Andy Kindler is 61. Actor-director Tim Robbins is 59. Actor-musician Gary Kemp is 58. Singer-musician Bob Mould is 57. Actor Randy Vasquez is 56. Rock musician Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 55. Movie director Kenneth Lonergan is 55. Actor Christian Stolte is 55. Actor Todd Stashwick is 49. Jazz musician Roy Hargrove is 48. Actress Terri J. Vaughn is 48. Singer Wendy Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 48. Rapper B-Rock (B-Rock and the Bizz) is 46. Rock singer Chad Gray (Mudvayne) is 46. Actor Paul Sparks is 46. Actress Kellie Martin is 42. Singer John Mayer is 40. Actor Jeremy Jackson is 37. Actress Caterina Scorsone is 37. Actress Brea Grant is 36.

[Travellin Dave]

“What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries — these are but arbitrary and outward signs, the measure of Time, not Time itself. Time is the Life of the soul.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (1807-1882).

[South Carolina Redfish]

“What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries — these are but arbitrary and outward signs, the measure of Time, not Time itself. Time is the Life of the soul.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (1807-1882).

Ahhhh, I feel so much better after reading that lovely poem.  At least it is not commie today, has Travellin Dave seen the light?

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning Travellin Dave

[Travellin Dave]

Big upsets with Giants over Denver and Pittsburgh ruining KC's perfect season.  Luckily Cleveland is still holding on to it's perfect season.  AbsenteeDave should be proud.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Two birthday lists

Suzanne Summers is 71, depressing but yes I still would!

[Travellin Dave]

Two birthday lists

Suzanne Summers is 71, depressing but yes I still would!

For sure Deano  CarolinaDave.

[Travellin Dave]

Two birthday lists

Suzanne Summers is 71, depressing but yes I still would!

Info sourcing is becoming a problem...and the second list had a number of different names, so rather than cutting and pasting, I just did both.

[South Carolina Redfish]

@ Mayor T - Fact or Nonsense?

Every Wi-Fi network at risk of unprecedented 'Krack' hacking attack

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/10/16/every-wi-fi-device-risk-unprecedented-krack-attack-security/

[South Carolina Redfish]

Two birthday lists

Suzanne Summers is 71, depressing but yes I still would!

For sure Deano  CarolinaDave.  Everyone Here.

Now it is correct