Post by: CigarBanter on December 24, 2019, 12:00:08 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 06:38:47 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 06:46:27 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 07:21:26 AM
Office will be very slow today. Hoping to get a lot done. I plan on leaving no later than 3.pm or am?
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 07:21:57 AM
Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 07:23:45 AM
That is a fair question. PM.Office will be very slow today. Hoping to get a lot done. I plan on leaving no later than 3.pm or am?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 07:24:15 AM
Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 07:40:28 AM
gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 07:41:37 AM
Office will be very slow today. Hoping to get a lot done. I plan on leaving no later than 3.Sounds like a good plan Tony.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 07:42:14 AM
Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on December 24, 2019, 07:46:28 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 07:48:15 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 07:52:07 AM
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast.
On this date:
In 1809, legendary American frontiersman Christopher “Kit” Carson was born in Madison County, Kentucky.
In 1814, the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 following ratification by both the British Parliament and the U.S. Senate.
In 1865, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, that was the original version of the Ku Klux Klan.
In 1913, 73 people, most of them children, died in a crush of panic after a false cry of “Fire!” during a Christmas party for striking miners and their families at the Italian Hall in Calumet, Michigan.
In 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front between British and German soldiers.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe as part of Operation Overlord.
In 1980, Americans remembered the U.S. hostages in Iran by burning candles or shining lights for 417 seconds [–] one second for each day of captivity.
In 1984, actor Peter Lawford, 61, died in Los Angeles.
In 1990, actor Tom Cruise married his “Days of Thunder” co-star, Nicole Kidman, during a private ceremony at a Colorado ski resort (the marriage ended in 2001).
In 1992, President Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.
In 1993, the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, who blended Christian and psychiatric principles into a message of “positive thinking,” died in Pawling, New York, at age 95.
In 1994, militants hijacked an Air France Airbus A-300 at the Algiers airport; three passengers were slain during the siege before all four hijackers were killed by French commandos in Marseille two days later.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 07:53:02 AM
Five years ago: Sony Pictures broadly released “The Interview” online [–] an unprecedented counterstroke against the hackers who’d spoiled the Christmas opening of the comedy depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A Jordanian pilot, Lt. Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh, was captured by the Islamic State group after his warplane crashed in Syria; he was later killed. TCU’s Gary Patterson was named The Associated Press college football coach of the year. Western Kentucky held on to defeat Central Michigan 49-48 in a wild inaugural Bahamas Bowl.
One year ago: An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; he was the second immigrant child to die in December while in the agency’s care. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump took Christmas Eve calls from children anxious to find out where Santa was on his gift-giving journey; Trump asked one 7-year-old girl if she still believed in Santa and added, “Because at 7, it’s marginal, right?” An hours-long coordinated attack on a public welfare building in the Afghan capital of Kabul left at least 40 people dead, as gunmen held out for eight hours against security forces. A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 07:55:40 AM
Author Mary Higgins Clark is 92.
Federal health official Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., is 79.
Recording company executive Mike Curb is 75.
Actress Sharon Farrell is 73.
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is 73.
Actor Grand L. Bush is 64.
Actor Clarence Gilyard is 64.
Actress Stephanie Hodge is 63.
The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai (HAH’-mihd KAHR’-zeye), is 62.
Rock musician Ian Burden (The Human League) is 62.
Actor Anil Kapoor (ah-NEEL’ kuh-POOR’) is 60.
Actress Eva Tamargo is 59.
Actor Wade Williams is 58.
Rock singer Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) is 56.
Actor Mark Valley is 55.
Actor Diedrich Bader is 53.
Actor Amaury Nolasco is 49.
Singer Ricky Martin is 48.
Author Stephenie Meyer is 46.
TV personality Ryan Seacrest (TV: “Live With Kelly & Ryan”) is 45.
Actor Michael Raymond-James is 42.
Actor Austin Stowell is 35.
Actress Sofia Black-D’Elia is 28.
Rock singer Louis Tomlinson (One Direction) is 28.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 07:56:40 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 08:26:43 AM
Andy Rooney
Many merry Christmas’, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us.
Charles Dickens
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.
Harlan Miller
Dear Santa… before I explain, how much do you know already?
“Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”
– Dave Barry
“Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.”
– Kin Hubbard
“I love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can’t wait to exchange.”
– Henny Youngman
“Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What’s in that pipe that he’s smoking?”
– Arlo Guthrie
“The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn’t for any religious reasons. They couldn’t find three wise men and a virgin.”
– Jay Leno
“This past Christmas, I told my girlfriend for months in advance that all I wanted was an Xbox. That’s it. Beginning and end of list, Xbox. You know what she got me? A homemade frame with a picture of us from our first date together. Which was fine. Because I got her an Xbox.”
– Anthony Jeselnik
“The outdoor Christmas lights, green and red and gold and blue and twinkling, remind me that most people are that way all year round — kind, generous, friendly and with an occasional moment of ecstasy. But Christmas is the only time they dare reveal themselves.”
– Harlan Miller
“You know you’re getting old, when Santa starts looking younger.” – Bart Simpson
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 08:27:56 AM
Merry Christmas Eve from the Tug Boats, they never get a day off.Look what Santa brought us! Merry Christmas, SCDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 08:28:17 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 08:29:00 AM
And to you and your family Mr. Tony. Time to flush that elf!Merry Christmas Eve from the Tug Boats, they never get a day off.Look what Santa brought us! Merry Christmas, SCDave.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 08:29:10 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 08:30:06 AM
Not a moment too soon.And to you and your family Mr. Tony. Time to flush that elf!Merry Christmas Eve from the Tug Boats, they never get a day off.Look what Santa brought us! Merry Christmas, SCDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 08:30:45 AM
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on December 24, 2019, 08:48:29 AM
Thought for Today: “Christmas comes, but once a year is enough.” [–] American proverb.My Thought for Today:
- JINGLE BELLS, SHOTGUN SHELLS, PUPPIES ON THE RUN -
THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT IS BEST SERVED OVER ICE
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on December 24, 2019, 08:49:42 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 09:16:40 AM
Merry Christmas UpStateDave, Mayor T and Disney Dean’OMerry Merry Christmas Dave.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 09:17:32 AM
I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 09:33:43 AM
You know you want to...I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on December 24, 2019, 09:42:10 AM
But Mini sure better not give him a wink.........I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 09:49:42 AM
actually, no I don't.You know you want to...I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 09:50:24 AM
Minnie would have to give me alot more than a wink.But Mini sure better not give him a wink.........I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 10:01:58 AM
She's known to be promiscuous.Minnie would have to give me alot more than a wink.But Mini sure better not give him a wink.........I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
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Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 10:04:48 AM
me too!She's known to be promiscuous.Minnie would have to give me alot more than a wink.But Mini sure better not give him a wink.........I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 10:13:14 AM
That goes without saying.me too!She's known to be promiscuous.Minnie would have to give me alot more than a wink.But Mini sure better not give him a wink.........I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
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Hey Deano, you smoking anything?
Post by: Threebean on December 24, 2019, 10:27:23 AM
I guess the flu shot I had a couple months ago either lessened the severity or didn't work for schitt.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 10:31:42 AM
finished an Oliva O maduro a bit ago. doing Christmas cards for the kids and trying to figure what to pack for the trip Thursday.That goes without saying.me too!She's known to be promiscuous.Minnie would have to give me alot more than a wink.But Mini sure better not give him a wink.........I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
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Hey Deano, you smoking anything?
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 10:32:57 AM
Good morning Tony, Dean, RegularDave, and IrregularDave. Came down with a touch of the flu yesterday. Fever broke but I still have the chest cough.morning Mark. not a good time to get sick, not like there's ever a good time. hope you get well soon.
I guess the flu shot I had a couple months ago either lessened the severity or didn't work for schitt.
Post by: Threebean on December 24, 2019, 10:36:46 AM
Thanks. Flu ran rampant thru our area. I'm less sick than other folks.Good morning Tony, Dean, RegularDave, and IrregularDave. Came down with a touch of the flu yesterday. Fever broke but I still have the chest cough.morning Mark. not a good time to get sick, not like there's ever a good time. hope you get well soon.
I guess the flu shot I had a couple months ago either lessened the severity or didn't work for schitt.
Post by: bluecollar on December 24, 2019, 10:42:01 AM
Merry Christmas Eve from the Tug Boats, they never get a day off.Merry Christmas SCDave and the rest of you guys.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 10:47:13 AM
ditto Rick.Merry Christmas Eve from the Tug Boats, they never get a day off.Merry Christmas SCDave and the rest of you guys.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 10:59:52 AM
Good morning Tony, Dean, RegularDave, and IrregularDave. Came down with a touch of the flu yesterday. Fever broke but I still have the chest cough.Oof. That sucks. I'm really sorry to hear it, Mark. I hope you'll be better soon and be able to enjoy your Christmas.
I guess the flu shot I had a couple months ago either lessened the severity or didn't work for schitt.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 11:00:30 AM
Don't forget your flip flops.finished an Oliva O maduro a bit ago. doing Christmas cards for the kids and trying to figure what to pack for the trip Thursday.That goes without saying.me too!She's known to be promiscuous.Minnie would have to give me alot more than a wink.But Mini sure better not give him a wink.........I sure hope not.Gonna see Mickey?gotta hit the bank and start packing for the trip to Orlando. presents all wrapped so it's kind of a lay low day. Attitude Adjustment at 7pm.Good morning, Dean. What's on the agenda for today?Merry Christmas Eve, gentlemen.Merry Christmas Eve Tony.
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Hey Deano, you smoking anything?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 11:01:28 AM
Thanks, Rick. Merry Christmas to you and yours too.Merry Christmas Eve from the Tug Boats, they never get a day off.Merry Christmas SCDave and the rest of you guys.
Post by: bluecollar on December 24, 2019, 12:09:48 PM
Yes I hope you all have a great Christmas.Thanks, Rick. Merry Christmas to you and yours too.Merry Christmas Eve from the Tug Boats, they never get a day off.Merry Christmas SCDave and the rest of you guys.
Mr. Mayor, Dean, Bean, a Dave or 2, a couple of Tugs and all who drop by.
Post by: bluecollar on December 24, 2019, 12:25:02 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 01:20:57 PM
Keeping the Connecticut theme...(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191224/d00934b0208272cbd421d357b2d54aea.jpg)Nice ash. Did you enjoy it? Where would you put it among your other recent connies?
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 02:25:58 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 02:27:41 PM
most of the packing is done. now I can relax a little.I'm gotten a lot done but not everything I wanted to. I'm heading out shortly anyway. The rest will have to wait until Thursday.
Post by: bluecollar on December 24, 2019, 02:38:38 PM
I would include it in my top 10 or 15 Connecticut's. List keeps growing thoughKeeping the Connecticut theme...(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191224/d00934b0208272cbd421d357b2d54aea.jpg)Nice ash. Did you enjoy it? Where would you put it among your other recent connies?
Post by: FloridaDean on December 24, 2019, 02:45:40 PM
hey, better than 3am.most of the packing is done. now I can relax a little.I'm gotten a lot done but not everything I wanted to. I'm heading out shortly anyway. The rest will have to wait until Thursday.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 02:47:51 PM
Go to list of 10-15 isn't bad at all.I would include it in my top 10 or 15 Connecticut's. List keeps growing thoughKeeping the Connecticut theme...(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191224/d00934b0208272cbd421d357b2d54aea.jpg)Nice ash. Did you enjoy it? Where would you put it among your other recent connies?
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 02:48:47 PM
Hope we were able to help with that list.Go to list of 10-15 isn't bad at all.I would include it in my top 10 or 15 Connecticut's. List keeps growing thoughKeeping the Connecticut theme...(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191224/d00934b0208272cbd421d357b2d54aea.jpg)Nice ash. Did you enjoy it? Where would you put it among your other recent connies?
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 02:49:48 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 03:24:48 PM
Post by: bluecollar on December 24, 2019, 04:43:16 PM
Merry Christmas Mr Bean and Mr. Rick (and families).To you as well Dave. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Post by: bluecollar on December 24, 2019, 04:45:34 PM
Yes you have certainly did. I know when you give a cigar a thumbs up. I always look to give it a try when I can.Hope we were able to help with that list.Go to list of 10-15 isn't bad at all.I would include it in my top 10 or 15 Connecticut's. List keeps growing thoughKeeping the Connecticut theme...(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191224/d00934b0208272cbd421d357b2d54aea.jpg)Nice ash. Did you enjoy it? Where would you put it among your other recent connies?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 04:52:02 PM
Hope you're heading home Tony. Got to get started on those fishes!Is now a bad time to share with you all about how I hate Christmas?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 04:52:25 PM
Hope you're heading home Tony. Got to get started on those fishes!I'm home.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 08:25:49 PM
Let it RIP Tony. First time I dont get to spend ot with family, so no a great one here either.Hope you're heading home Tony. Got to get started on those fishes!Is now a bad time to share with you all about how I hate Christmas?
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 24, 2019, 08:27:12 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 24, 2019, 08:27:40 PM
We'll get through it. Hang in there, brother.Let it RIP Tony. First time I dont get to spend ot with family, so no a great one here either.Hope you're heading home Tony. Got to get started on those fishes!Is now a bad time to share with you all about how I hate Christmas?