Post by: CigarBanter on December 28, 2017, 12:02:43 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 28, 2017, 07:40:39 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 07:50:53 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 07:51:40 AM
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 28, 1917, the New York Evening Mail published "A Neglected Anniversary," a facetious essay by H.L. Mencken supposedly recounting the history of bathtubs in America, starting with the "first" one in Cincinnati in 1842. Among the spoof's other straight-faced claims: that Millard Fillmore was the first president to have a bathtub installed in the White House. (Mencken was astonished when people took his "tissue of absurdities" seriously.)
On this date:
In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn't officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
In 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down because of differences with President Andrew Jackson.
In 1846, Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.
In 1856, the 28th president of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, was born in Staunton (STAN'-tun), Virginia.
In 1895, the Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis, held the first public showing of their movies in Paris.
In 1937, composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62.
In 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
In 1961, the Tennessee Williams play "Night of the Iguana" opened on Broadway. Former first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington at age 89.
In 1973, the book "Gulag Archipelago," Alexander Solzhenitsyn's expose (eks-poh-SAY') of the Soviet prison system, was first published in Paris.
In 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American "test-tube" baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
In 1987, the bodies of 14 relatives of Ronald Gene Simmons were found at his home near Dover, Arkansas, after Simmons shot and killed two other people in Russellville. (Simmons, who never explained his motives, was executed in 1990.)
In 1997, one woman was killed when a United Airlines jumbo jet en route from Narita, Japan, to Honolulu encountered severe turbulence over the Pacific.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 07:52:21 AM
Five years ago: Dockworkers along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico agreed to extend their contract for more than a month, averting a strike that could have crippled major ports from Boston to Houston and bottled up billions of dollars' worth of cargo. (A new contract was ratified in April 2013.) Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
One year ago: Actress Debbie Reynolds, who lit up the screen in "Singin' in the Rain" and other Hollywood classics, died at age 84 a day after losing her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was 60. Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic (ee-VAH'-noh-vich) said she was retiring from tennis after a series of injuries meant she could no longer play at the highest level.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 07:52:49 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 07:53:12 AM
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 08:17:41 AM
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 09:21:40 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 28, 2017, 09:51:15 AM
Morning Uncle Tony. Another frosty one!Been in the office for a few hours now and still haven't thawed. Sheesh.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 28, 2017, 09:59:18 AM
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 10:13:35 AM
Good morning Dave and Sam. Looks like no walk-across-town-smoke (wats) for me again today.definitely too cold for that! i'm just glad that i can sit in my car and turn the heater on if i want to partake. (which i plan to do today) Puros Ambar was a pretty good smoke ott last night.
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 10:34:27 AM
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 12:07:17 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 12:14:55 PM
Good morning Dave and Sam. Looks like no walk-across-town-smoke (wats) for me again today.Need to find a convenient indoor retreat.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 12:16:30 PM
Lunch smoke. Monte White Robusto. Later!Just got some of them as a freebie with a CI order. It's been years since I've had a Monte.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 12:17:04 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 12:19:38 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 12:31:10 PM
Post by: sfish on December 28, 2017, 01:45:25 PM
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 02:02:51 PM
Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 02:03:30 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 02:59:08 PM
Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 03:04:37 PM
On Thursdays, $24 for 14 oz. prime rib !Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 03:42:10 PM
Actually, me too for the whites. had one with the yellow label (classic?) about 2 weeks ago. both very good sticks, construction and taste.Lunch smoke. Monte White Robusto. Later!Just got some of them as a freebie with a CI order. It's been years since I've had a Monte.
Post by: ss2 on December 28, 2017, 03:43:54 PM
Cool! that's a good price! we had lunch there and i thought it was good. don't get up that way very often but would definitely stop in there again.On Thursdays, $24 for 14 oz. prime rib !Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 28, 2017, 04:38:54 PM
The king cut is only a few bucks more. Just sayin'.On Thursdays, $24 for 14 oz. prime rib !Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: cigarbreath on December 28, 2017, 05:25:45 PM
Meat!The king cut is only a few bucks more. Just sayin'.On Thursdays, $24 for 14 oz. prime rib !Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 28, 2017, 05:58:03 PM
Let's meet for meat... wait that's not what I meant!Meat!The king cut is only a few bucks more. Just sayin'.On Thursdays, $24 for 14 oz. prime rib !Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 09:00:52 PM
That is the King cut silly! Queen cut is 10 oz. for $18.The king cut is only a few bucks more. Just sayin'.On Thursdays, $24 for 14 oz. prime rib !Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 09:01:19 PM
That's exactly what you meant.Let's meet for meat... wait that's not what I meant!Meat!The king cut is only a few bucks more. Just sayin'.On Thursdays, $24 for 14 oz. prime rib !Yea, Leaf. Pretty nice place, some nice specials too.Afternoon boys, thinking of a possible trip to Famous on Saturday for a smoke. Will see if we can pull it offI was in their store a few years ago. they still have the restaurant ?
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 28, 2017, 09:02:01 PM