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[CigarBanter]

Sheesh, October already?!  Join in this cigar talk with the rest of us and learn something along the way.  Be warned, you will catch hell if you post something everyone doesn't agree with.  And heaven forbid if you should make a grammatical error, you'll be berated with GFYs!  So don't proceed if you have thin skin.  Then light a cigar, pop open your favorite pumpkin beer and welcome aboard!

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Good morning guys.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Good morning guys.

Good morning, Chip.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Catch you a little later, Chip.  I'm gonna get some zzz's.

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Catch you a little later, Chip.  I'm gonna get some zzz's.

Sorry I missed you Tony, I got side tracked again as usual.

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Today is Saturday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2014. There are 88 days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.

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On this date:

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In 1777, Gen. George Washington's troops launched an assault on the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania, resulting in heavy American casualties.

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In 1814, French painter Jean-Francois Millet was born in Normandy.

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1822, the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, was born in Delaware, Ohio.

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In 1931, the comic strip "Dick Tracy," created by Chester Gould, made its debut.

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In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini conferred at Brenner Pass in the Alps.

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In 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 3, a space probe which transmitted images of the far side of the moon.

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In 1960, an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-188A Electra crashed on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing all but 10 of the 72 people on board.