Post by: CigarBanter on December 25, 2019, 12:05:31 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 01:58:45 AM
Post by: Short stack on December 25, 2019, 04:38:16 AM
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on December 25, 2019, 05:30:34 AM
Post by: bluecollar on December 25, 2019, 08:12:56 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 09:25:07 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 09:25:55 AM
Merry Christmas everyone. Time to eat breakfast and see what's under the tree. Check in when I have my morning cigar.We're about to start opening gifts here too.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 09:27:50 AM
Merry Christmas!Thank you, Dave. Did you see Santa on the tug?
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 09:31:04 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 10:00:55 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 10:01:45 AM
Merry Christmas! Nice to see friends stopping by.Indeed it is.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 10:02:25 AM
Me too!....oh wait, nevermind.Merry Christmas everyone. Time to eat breakfast and see what's under the tree. Check in when I have my morning cigar.We're about to start opening gifts here too.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 10:05:25 AM
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 25, 2009, passengers aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 foiled an attempt to blow up the plane as it was landing in Detroit by seizing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (OO’-mahr fah-ROOK’ ahb-DOOL’-moo-TAH’-lahb), who tried to set off explosives in his underwear. (Abdulmutallab later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.)
On this date:
In A.D. 336, the first known commemoration of Christmas on Dec. 25 took place in Rome.
In 1776, Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War.
In 1926, Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito.
In 1931, New York’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast an entire live opera over radio for the first time: “Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck.
In 1973, “The Sting,” starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a pair of 1930s grifters, was released by Universal Pictures.
In 1977, comedian Sir Charles Chaplin died in Switzerland at age 88.
In 1989, ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu (chow-SHES’-koo) and his wife, Elena, were executed following a popular uprising. Former baseball manager Billy Martin, 61, died in a traffic accident near Binghamton, New York.
In 1990, the World Wide Web, the system providing quick access to websites over the Internet, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau (KAH’-yoh) created the world’s first hyperlinked webpage.
In 1991, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.
In 1999, space shuttle Discovery’s astronauts finished their repair job on the Hubble Space Telescope and released it back into orbit.
In 2003, sixteen people were killed by mudslides that swept over campgrounds in California’s San Bernardino Valley. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf (pur-VEHZ’ moo-SHAH’-ruhv) survived a second assassination bid in 11 days, but 17 other people were killed.
In 2006, James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” died in Atlanta at age 73.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 10:06:34 AM
Five years ago: The black comedy “The Interview” opened in 331 locations in the U.S., culminating in the truly unprecedented move by a major studio to release a film in theaters and on digital platforms simultaneously.
One year ago: In a Christmas Day appearance in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump issued a lengthy defense of his demand for a border wall; he said parts of the federal government would stay closed until Democrats agreed to put up more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements. Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish for fraternity among people of different nations, cultures, faiths, races or ideas.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 10:10:23 AM
Author Anne Roiphe is 84.
Actress Hanna Schygulla (SHEE’-goo-lah) is 76.
Rhythm-and-blues singer John Edwards (The Spinners) is 75.
Actor Gary Sandy is 74.
Singer Jimmy Buffett is 73.
Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Larry Csonka is 73.
Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 71.
Actress Sissy Spacek is 70.
Blues singer/guitarist Joe Louis Walker is 70.
Former White House adviser Karl Rove is 69.
Actress CCH Pounder is 67.
Singer Annie Lennox is 65.
Reggae singer-musician Robin Campbell (UB40) is 65.
Country singer Steve Wariner is 65.
Singer Shane MacGowan (The Pogues, The Popes) is 62.
Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is 61.
The former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, is 61.
Actress Klea Scott is 51.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is 48.
Rock musician Noel Hogan (The Cranberries) is 48.
Singer Dido is 48.
Rock singer Mac Powell (Third Day) is 47.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Ryan Shaw is 39.
Country singer Alecia Elliott is 37.
Pop singers Jess and Lisa Origliasso (The Veronicas) are 35.
Actress Perdita Weeks is 34.
Rock singer-musician Lukas Nelson (Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) is 31.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 10:11:12 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 10:15:27 AM
Merry Christmas Tony, SCDave, ShortStack and Dean.Merry Christmas Dave.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 10:21:13 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 10:36:04 AM
Merry Christmas guys!Thank you, Dean. Merry Christmas to you too.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 10:36:47 AM
Merry Christmas Tony, SCDave, ShortStack and Dean.Merry Christmas, Dave!
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 10:41:00 AM
Thought for Today: “One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” [–] Andy Rooney, CBS News commentator (1919-2011).It didn't last long. I keep the Hefty bag very handy for such occasions. Didn't take long to fill it up either.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 10:43:29 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 10:44:47 AM
never does. my day is done.Thought for Today: “One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” [–] Andy Rooney, CBS News commentator (1919-2011).It didn't last long. I keep the Hefty bag very handy for such occasions. Didn't take long to fill it up either.
Merry Christmas Tony.
Post by: bluecollar on December 25, 2019, 11:05:22 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 11:11:47 AM
Such a great morning. Merry Christmas to all of you guys. Espinosa Crema going.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191225/66577dd40d8e8bfd1c401d675368161e.jpg)Merry Merry Rick.
Post by: bluecollar on December 25, 2019, 11:46:30 AM
Same to you Buddy. Actually a nice weather day. 50 degrees and SunnySuch a great morning. Merry Christmas to all of you guys. Espinosa Crema going.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191225/66577dd40d8e8bfd1c401d675368161e.jpg)Merry Merry Rick.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 02:55:51 PM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 03:13:09 PM
Have had this one for a while...no time like the present.never heard of it.
good a time as ever.
Post by: Threebean on December 25, 2019, 03:28:19 PM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 03:32:04 PM
Merry Christmas boys. I'm still sick, so not as merry as it might otherwise be. Nice weather to enjoy a cigar, but I have no desire.unMerry Christmas to you Mark. hope you get better soon. my brother is down and out with the flu and my oldest daughter if coming down with something.
Post by: Threebean on December 25, 2019, 03:46:50 PM
It's definitely making the rounds. I just hope the warden doesn't catch it. You know whose fault that will be.Merry Christmas boys. I'm still sick, so not as merry as it might otherwise be. Nice weather to enjoy a cigar, but I have no desire.unMerry Christmas to you Mark. hope you get better soon. my brother is down and out with the flu and my oldest daughter if coming down with something.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 04:01:03 PM
D'oh!It's definitely making the rounds. I just hope the warden doesn't catch it. You know whose fault that will be.Merry Christmas boys. I'm still sick, so not as merry as it might otherwise be. Nice weather to enjoy a cigar, but I have no desire.unMerry Christmas to you Mark. hope you get better soon. my brother is down and out with the flu and my oldest daughter if coming down with something.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 05:46:12 PM
Merry Christmas boys. I'm still sick, so not as merry as it might otherwise be. Nice weather to enjoy a cigar, but I have no desire.TWSS
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 05:48:43 PM
Post by: Threebean on December 25, 2019, 06:30:22 PM
Follow up with a Viaje..That looks rather short and stubby....
Post by: bluecollar on December 25, 2019, 06:55:45 PM
A little fatter than this one(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191225/f4e6e9f7b584d1f7aa9204632ade6afb.jpg)Follow up with a Viaje..That looks rather short and stubby....
Post by: FloridaDean on December 25, 2019, 07:23:50 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 25, 2019, 08:34:51 PM
Definitely not a preferred victrola. Viaje generally tends to smaller cigars.Follow up with a Viaje..That looks rather short and stubby....
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 09:01:38 PM
Have had this one for a while...no time like the present.I have the same. May smoke it tomorrow because I left it in the office.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 25, 2019, 09:30:12 PM
TWSSFollow up with a Viaje..That looks rather short and stubby....
Post by: Threebean on December 25, 2019, 09:41:57 PM
Nicely done, Mr. Mayor. That one hung over the plate forever.TWSSFollow up with a Viaje..That looks rather short and stubby....
Post by: bluecollar on December 25, 2019, 10:22:41 PM
Geeze you need a day off brotherHave had this one for a while...no time like the present.I have the same. May smoke it tomorrow because I left it in the office.
Post by: bluecollar on December 25, 2019, 10:32:33 PM