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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on September 03, 2019, 12:00:03 AM
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It's Tuesday again! In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars. Join in 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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I'm doing more window shopping than buying. How do you decide on what cigars to buy? There's many within my price range but I like so many different varieties. Connecticut, Maduro, habano. Sounds like a personal problem?.....lol
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I'm doing more window shopping than buying. How do you decide on what cigars to buy? There's many within my price range but I like so many different varieties. Connecticut, Maduro, habano. Sounds like a personal problem?.....lol
What I often do is search for a blender that I like and then see what is offered across different lines. For example, I've enjoyed AJ Fernandez and EP Carrillo and Matt Booth (Room 101). They have their own lines and also blend for other product lines. With EPC, I like a lot of their lines, some more than others (trial and error, but rarely a bad one). EPC also blends Southern Draw along with many others. The "T" blended by AJF, Matt Booth and Caldwell. Another starting point is tobacco sourcing. I generally like Aganorsa tobaccos used with Illusione as well as Warped. That might be a good starting point for you. How's that for a start.
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I'm doing more window shopping than buying. How do you decide on what cigars to buy? There's many within my price range but I like so many different varieties. Connecticut, Maduro, habano. Sounds like a personal problem?.....lol
What I often do is search for a blender that I like and then see what is offered across different lines. For example, I've enjoyed AJ Fernandez and EP Carrillo and Matt Booth (Room 101). They have their own lines and also blend for other product lines. With EPC, I like a lot of their lines, some more than others (trial and error, but rarely a bad one). EPC also blends Southern Draw along with many others. The "T" blended by AJF, Matt Booth and Caldwell. Another starting point is tobacco sourcing. I generally like Aganorsa tobaccos used with Illusione as well as Warped. That might be a good starting point for you. How's that for a start.
I'm impressed. It almost resembles cigar banter.
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Morning Slackers
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Final storm prep day here. Not too much left to do, biggest job is securing the balcony furniture, etc.
Storm eye remains stationary over Grand Bahama Island, terrible situation for those poor Island people that mostly had little to nothing to begin with.
For us the Track moved a little further off shore this morning, every mile further from the coast helps!
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I'm doing more window shopping than buying. How do you decide on what cigars to buy? There's many within my price range but I like so many different varieties. Connecticut, Maduro, habano. Sounds like a personal problem?.....lol
What I often do is search for a blender that I like and then see what is offered across different lines. For example, I've enjoyed AJ Fernandez and EP Carrillo and Matt Booth (Room 101). They have their own lines and also blend for other product lines. With EPC, I like a lot of their lines, some more than others (trial and error, but rarely a bad one). EPC also blends Southern Draw along with many others. The "T" blended by AJF, Matt Booth and Caldwell. Another starting point is tobacco sourcing. I generally like Aganorsa tobaccos used with Illusione as well as Warped. That might be a good starting point for you. How's that for a start.
I'm impressed. It almost resembles cigar banter.
Your after midnight expectations are obviously quite low🙄
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I'm doing more window shopping than buying. How do you decide on what cigars to buy? There's many within my price range but I like so many different varieties. Connecticut, Maduro, habano. Sounds like a personal problem?.....lol
What I often do is search for a blender that I like and then see what is offered across different lines. For example, I've enjoyed AJ Fernandez and EP Carrillo and Matt Booth (Room 101). They have their own lines and also blend for other product lines. With EPC, I like a lot of their lines, some more than others (trial and error, but rarely a bad one). EPC also blends Southern Draw along with many others. The "T" blended by AJF, Matt Booth and Caldwell. Another starting point is tobacco sourcing. I generally like Aganorsa tobaccos used with Illusione as well as Warped. That might be a good starting point for you. How's that for a start.
I'm impressed. It almost resembles cigar banter.
Yes I had my expectations low on the responses and he knocked it out of the park.
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Happy
Monday Tuesday!
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good morning and GFY.
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Final storm prep day here. Not too much left to do, biggest job is securing the balcony furniture, etc.
Storm eye remains stationary over Grand Bahama Island, terrible situation for those poor Island people that mostly had little to nothing to begin with.
For us the Track moved a little further off shore this morning, every mile further from the coast helps!
you can come down and stay with me.
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Happy Monday Tuesday!
Good morning fellers
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Short Story and coffee here.
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breakfast.
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breakfast.
Breakfast of champions.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
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Good morning, guys.
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I'm doing more window shopping than buying. How do you decide on what cigars to buy? There's many within my price range but I like so many different varieties. Connecticut, Maduro, habano. Sounds like a personal problem?.....lol
What I often do is search for a blender that I like and then see what is offered across different lines. For example, I've enjoyed AJ Fernandez and EP Carrillo and Matt Booth (Room 101). They have their own lines and also blend for other product lines. With EPC, I like a lot of their lines, some more than others (trial and error, but rarely a bad one). EPC also blends Southern Draw along with many others. The "T" blended by AJF, Matt Booth and Caldwell. Another starting point is tobacco sourcing. I generally like Aganorsa tobaccos used with Illusione as well as Warped. That might be a good starting point for you. How's that for a start.
I'm impressed. It almost resembles cigar banter.
Your after midnight expectations are obviously quite low🙄
Always a good approach to take around here.
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Morning PreEvacSCDave, InquiringMindsRick, FloDave, RedHeadSubstitutesDean and Mr. Mayor.
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Today is Tuesday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2019. There are 119 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 3, 1943, Allied forces invaded Italy during World War II, the same day Italian officials signed a secret armistice with the Allies.
On this date:
In 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War.
In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland; in a radio address, Britain's King George VI said, "With God's help, we shall prevail." The same day, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner SS Athenia some 250 miles off the Irish coast, killing more than 100 out of the 1,400 or so people on board.
In 1962, poet E.E. Cummings died in North Conway, N.H., at age 67.
In 1967, Nguyen Van Thieu (nwen van too) was elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution.
In 1970, legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, 57, died in Washington, D.C.
In 1976, America's Viking 2 lander touched down on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the red planet's surface.
In 1978, Pope John Paul I was installed as the 264th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1994, China and Russia proclaimed an end to any lingering hostilities, pledging they would no longer target nuclear missiles or use force against each other.
In 1995, the online auction site eBay was founded in San Jose, California, by Pierre Omidyar under the name "AuctionWeb."
In 1999, a French judge closed a two-year inquiry into the car crash that killed Princess Diana, dismissing all charges against nine photographers and a press motorcyclist, and concluding the accident was caused by an inebriated driver.
In 2003, Paul Hill, a former minister who said he murdered an abortion doctor and his bodyguard to save the lives of unborn babies, was executed in Florida by injection, becoming the first person put to death in the United States for anti-abortion violence.
In 2005, President George W. Bush ordered more than 7,000 active duty forces to the Gulf Coast as his administration intensified efforts to rescue Katrina survivors and send aid to the hurricane-ravaged region in the face of criticism it did not act quickly enough. U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died in Arlington, Virginia, at age 80, after more than three decades on the Supreme Court.
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Ten years ago: Vice President Joe Biden told a Brookings Institution gathering that the Obama administration was fiercely determined to get a health care overhaul, although he conceded it likely wouldn't happen without "an awful lot of screaming and hollering." A private funeral service was held in Glendale, California, for pop superstar Michael Jackson, whose body was entombed in a mausoleum more than two months after his death.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama, during a visit to Estonia, harshly condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace. President Obama also said the United States would not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff. A judge sentenced Theodore Wafer, a suburban Detroit man who'd killed an unarmed woman on his porch instead of calling police, to at least 17 years in prison.
One year ago: A court in Myanmar sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison on charges of illegal possession of official documents, a ruling that was met with international condemnation. (The two were freed as part of a mass presidential pardon in May 2019.) President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, suggesting that the Justice Department had hurt the chances of Republicans in midterm elections with the recent indictments of two GOP congressmen.
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Today's Birthdays:
Actress Pauline Collins is 79.
Rock singer-musician Al Jardine is 77.
Actress Valerie Perrine is 76.
Rock musician Donald Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad) is 71.
Rock guitarist Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols) is 64.
Actor Steve Schirripa is 62.
Actor Holt McCallany is 55.
Rock singer-musician Todd Lewis is 54.
Actor Costas Mandylor is 54.
Actor Charlie Sheen is 54.
Singer Jennifer Paige is 46.
Dance-rock musician Redfoo is 44.
Actress Ashley Jones is 43.
Actress Nichole Hiltz is 41.
Actor Joel Johnstone is 41.
Actor Nick Wechsler is 41.
Rock musician Tomo Milicevic (30 Seconds to Mars) is 40.
Bluegrass musician Darren Nicholson (Balsam Range) is 36.
Actress Christine Woods is 36.
Actor Garrett Hedlund is 35.
Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White is 33.
Hip-hop singer August Alsina is 27.
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Thought for Today: "In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising." — Pauline Kael, American movie critic (1919-2001).
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
😂 WinnDixie.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
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Morning Tuesdayites. A donut would hit the spot right now.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
You tell us.
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Good day Mr. Bean. ND looking a bit rough around the edges yesterday. Win is a win.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
You tell us.
Or not...
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
You tell us.
Or not...
Nothing to tell. I was merely inquiring.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
yes I like sex. why do you ask? 😂
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Good day Mr. Bean. ND looking a bit rough around the edges yesterday. Win is a win.
Yep, the defense seemed like they didn't want to play. The fumble-fumble-fumble sequence was certainly entertaining.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
You tell us.
Or not...
+1.
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Morning, muchachos.
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Morning, muchachos.
Good morning, Raz.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
You tell us.
Or not...
+1.
That's kinky.
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breakfast.
Did you make those yourself?
WinnDixie.
I would end up in a sugar coma. I have changed my diet dramatically. Kept my weight for 2 + years
I've kept my weight for about 15... Very high.
Consistency!
when you get to a certain age a lot of shit just doesn't matter anymore.
Like sex?
You tell us.
Or not...
+1.
That's kinky.
Well, this has escalated quickly.
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Morning, muchachos.
RazMan.
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Morning, muchachos.
RazMan.
Deano!
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Morning, muchachos.
RazMan.
Deano!
you doing okay?
getting snow yet?
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good Day Razman.
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Morning, muchachos.
RazMan.
Deano!
you doing okay?
getting snow yet?
Too early for snow. Doesn't really start getting seriously cold until around Halloween. Planning a motorcycle ride 13-15.
I'm doing fine. Hand's still healing. Spent the long weekend in the eastern deserts of the state, boating, drinking, eating, and banging on guitars. Good times.
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good Day Razman.
Greetings, TD. Hope all is well.
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finally getting a chance to watch The Mule with Clint Eastwood while building a salad for our pot luck/anniversary meeting.
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Morning, muchachos.
RazMan.
Deano!
you doing okay?
getting snow yet?
Too early for snow. Doesn't really start getting seriously cold until around Halloween. Planning a motorcycle ride 13-15.
I'm doing fine. Hand's still healing. Spent the long weekend in the eastern deserts of the state, boating, drinking, eating, and banging on guitars. Good times.
Well at least you're banging.
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Morning, muchachos.
RazMan.
Deano!
you doing okay?
getting snow yet?
Too early for snow. Doesn't really start getting seriously cold until around Halloween. Planning a motorcycle ride 13-15.
I'm doing fine. Hand's still healing. Spent the long weekend in the eastern deserts of the state, boating, drinking, eating, and banging on guitars. Good times.
Well at least you're banging.
Yeah, but it's challenging to tune the guitar now.
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finally getting a chance to watch The Mule with Clint Eastwood while building a salad for our pot luck/anniversary meeting.
Looking for a second career?
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Do you know one donut holes has 80 calories. Keep the jokes a comming.
Workaference
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finally getting a chance to watch The Mule with Clint Eastwood while building a salad for our pot luck/anniversary meeting.
Looking for a second career?
I'd make a lousy mule.
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Do you know one donut holes has 80 calories. Keep the jokes a comming.
Workaference
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Donut hole lull. We've had worse.
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Donut hole lull. We've had worse.
But not tastier.
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So I pulled the trigger on a box of H Upmann by AJ Toro's. These have been one of my go to cigars since it's introduction.
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So I pulled the trigger on a box of H Upmann by AJ Toro's. These have been one of my go to cigars since it's introduction.
Nothing wrong with a sure thing!
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Time to get a swim in I believe.
Not much summertime left.
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Time to get a swim in I believe.
Not much summertime left.
Enjoy.
Thinking the same with golf. Ball travels much better in the warmer weather.
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Time to get a swim in I believe.
Not much summertime left.
Jumped back up to 83 here today before the bottom falls out again for the forseeable future.
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Hazzuh!
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Most items secured from the wind, the few other things can stay out for use until the wind exceeds 35-40, if it actually does that.
Time for a Seagar!
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So I pulled the trigger on a box of H Upmann by AJ Toro's. These have been one of my go to cigars since it's introduction.
Nothing wrong with a sure thing!
TWHS
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Most items secured from the wind, the few other things can stay out for use until the wind exceeds 35-40, if it actually does that.
Time for a Seagar!
I'm starting to consider the same.
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So I pulled the trigger on a box of H Upmann by AJ Toro's. These have been one of my go to cigars since it's introduction.
Nothing wrong with a sure thing!
TWHS
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No doubt.
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Officially kicking off the hurricane watch with an Intemperance and a shot of brown whiskey 🥃
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Laranja with coffee in the man cave.
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I decided on a Fratello Navetta robusto For the walk homeward. No particular reason why.
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Officially kicking off the hurricane watch with an Intemperance and a shot of brown whiskey 🥃
Now forecasting the storm to be closer in for us and a little stronger than previously forecast.
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Pre shower Fallen Angel here.
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Officially kicking off the hurricane watch with an Intemperance and a shot of brown whiskey
Now forecasting the storm to be closer in for us and a little stronger than previously forecast.
That should change any moment now. Hopefully for the better.
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Officially kicking off the hurricane watch with an Intemperance and a shot of brown whiskey
Now forecasting the storm to be closer in for us and a little stronger than previously forecast.
That should change any moment now. Hopefully for the better.
Changed for the worse
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I decided on a Fratello Navetta robusto For the walk homeward. No particular reason why.
Time is kind to these. Plus the people watching is pretty nice this evening and makes the cigar taste even better.
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After work / evening cigar lull?
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Something like that.
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I think we've got this one, Rick.
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I think we've got this one, Rick.
Rick? He has a campus to run.
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I think we've got this one, Rick.
Rick? He has a campus to run.
Yeah but he's still following the Yankees.
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I think we've got this one, Rick.
Rick? He has a campus to run.
Yeah but he's still following the Yankees.
Oh, baseball. I'm watching tennis.
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I think we've got this one, Rick.
Rick? He has a campus to run.
Yeah but he's still following the Yankees.
Oh, baseball. I'm watching tennis.
Double yawn.
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I think we've got this one, Rick.
Rick? He has a campus to run.
Yeah but he's still following the Yankees.
Oh, baseball. I'm watching tennis.
I enjoy watching either. U.S. Open is fun. You didn't tell us about your trip.