Post by: CigarBanter on December 21, 2019, 12:00:02 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:05:25 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:06:16 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:10:43 AM
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 21, 1988, 270 people were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, sending wreckage crashing to the ground.
On this date:
In 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts.
In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed a congressional act authorizing the Navy Medal of Honor.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman concluded their “March to the Sea” as they captured Savannah, Georgia.
In 1891, the first basketball game, devised by James Naismith, is believed to have been played at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (The final score of this experimental game: 1-0.)
In 1913, the first newspaper crossword puzzle, billed as a “Word-Cross Puzzle,” was published in the New York World.
In 1914, the U.S. government began requiring passport applicants to provide photographs of themselves.
In 1945, U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, 60, died in Heidelberg, Germany, 12 days after being seriously injured in a car accident.
In 1967, Louis Washkansky, the first human heart transplant recipient, died at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, 18 days after receiving the donor organ. The satirical comedy-drama “The Graduate,” starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman, was released by Embassy Pictures.
In 1968, Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.
In 1969, Vince Lombardi coached his last football game as his team, the Washington Redskins, lost to the Dallas Cowboys, 20-10.
In 1991, eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the death of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
In 1995, the city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:11:40 AM
Five years ago: Jordan Axani, a 28-year-old businessman from Toronto, and a woman he’d never met before, Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher, a 23-year-old student from Nova Scotia, set out on a round-the-world trip. (Axani had advertised on social media for a travel companion after breaking up with his girlfriend, also named Elizabeth Gallagher; the companion was required to be a Canadian named Elizabeth Gallagher to take advantage of the non-refundable, non-exchangeable airline tickets.) Actress Billie Whitelaw, 82, died in London.
One year ago: The House and Senate adjourned without a deal on spending, guaranteeing that a partial government shutdown would begin at midnight; President Donald Trump continued to push for $5 billion in border wall funding, a proposal Democrats staunchly opposed. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery in New York to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time she had been treated for cancer since 1999. In his annual Christmas speech, Pope Francis demanded that priests who had raped and molested children turn themselves in, and vowed that the Catholic Church would “never again” hide their crimes.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:15:12 AM
Talk show host Phil Donahue is 84.
Actress Jane Fonda is 82.
Actor Larry Bryggman is 81.
Singer Carla Thomas is 77.
Musician Albert Lee is 76.
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is 75.
Actor Josh Mostel is 73.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 71.
Rock singer Nick Gilder is 69.
Movie producer Jeffrey Katzenberg is 69.
Actor Dennis Boutsikaris is 67.
Singer Betty Wright is 66.
International Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert is 65.
Actress Jane Kaczmarek is 64.
Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 63.
Entertainer Jim Rose is 63.
Former child actress Lisa Gerritsen is 62.
Actor-comedian Ray Romano is 62.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is 57.
Country singer Christy Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 57.
Rock musician Murph (The Lemonheads; Dinosaur Jr.) is 55.
Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 54.
Rock musician Gabrielle Glaser is 54.
Actress Michelle Hurd is 53.
Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 53.
Actress Karri Turner is 53.
Actress Khrystyne Haje is 51.
Country singer Brad Warren (The Warren Brothers) is 51.
Actress Julie Delpy is 50.
Country singer-musician Rhean (rehn) Boyer (Carolina Rain) is 49.
Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant is 48.
Actor Glenn Fitzgerald is 48.
Singer-musician Brett Scallions is 48.
World Golf Hall of Famer Karrie Webb is 45.
Rock singer Lukas Rossi (Rock Star Supernova) is 43.
Actress Rutina Wesley is 41.
Rock musician Anna Bulbrook (Airborne Toxic Event) is 37.
Country singer Luke Stricklin is 37.
Actor Steven Yeun is 36.
Actress Kaitlyn Dever is 23.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:15:57 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:19:02 AM
https://www.cigar.com/daily-cigar-deal
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:48:14 AM
http://www.stogieguys.com/2019/12/12182019-stogieguys-coms-top-cigars-of-2019-part-ii.html
http://www.stogieguys.com/2019/12/12162019-stogieguys-coms-top-cigars-of-2019.html
Nice to have a list of cigars you would want to smoke or have already smoked.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 07:55:15 AM
https://cigar-coop.com/2019-cigar-of-the-year
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 08:11:03 AM
https://halfwheel.com/weekly-news-dec-16-2019/369525/
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:12:29 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 08:14:11 AM
https://halfwheel.com/colibri-quasar-table-lighter/369083/
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 08:15:11 AM
good morning Dave. glad you made it home safe. did you have a great time?I just arrived back in NJ....12 1/2 hours on the road? Not really what I would call a great time.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 08:16:00 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 08:21:39 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:22:15 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:23:10 AM
did you drive straight through?good morning Dave. glad you made it home safe. did you have a great time?I just arrived back in NJ....12 1/2 hours on the road? Not really what I would call a great time.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:23:58 AM
Morning Dean...thought I was going to have to fill the whole page myself.'tis the season' I guess.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:26:24 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:36:30 AM
At least we get to page 2...that could be it for the day.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:47:40 AM
A Villager’s grown son reportedly attempted shoplifting in Florida’s Friendliest Hometown “to see if he could get away with it.”
William Donald Najger, 56, who lives with his mother at 270 Arbella Loop, was spotted shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday wearing a brown pair of khaki shorts at Belk at La Plaza Grande, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
A loss prevention officer noticed Najger when he walked into the store wearing a pair of gray shorts. Najger selected the darker khaki shorts, put them on in a fitting room and attempted to walk out of the store wearing them. Najger had returned a hanger to the rack after leaving the fitting room and a check revealed he “left his old, dirty shorts” behind on the hanger, the arresting officer wrote in the report.
The officer noted that Najger “even took the time to take the tag off the stolen shorts and put them on his old shorts he put on a hanger and hung back on the rack.”
The police officer also noted the irony in the report that the stolen shorts cost $12 and Najger, who apparently splits his time between Florida and North Carolina, “had more money on his person than the shorts cost and could have easily paid for the shorts he stole.”
Najger admitted he attempted to steal the shorts “to see if he could get away with it.”
Najger has been ordered to appear Jan. 2 in Lake County Court to answer to the shoplifting charge.
His mother has owned her home in The Villages for 10 years.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 08:48:45 AM
John Privitera was arrested Tuesday at his home at 1206 E. Schwartz Blvd. on a Sumter County warrant charging him with failure to appear on a charge of driving under the influence. He was booked at the Lake County Jail and released after posting $3,000 bond.
Privitera was originally arrested Nov. 17 along the golf cart path near Buena Vista Boulevard and Odell Circle, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
Privitera was spotted by a Good Samaritan who feared he was ill. Privitera told the woman he was OK and just had “too much to drink,” the report said. He told her he “just wanted to lay down in the bushes for a while and rest.” EMS arrived on the scene and evaluated Privitera.
A deputy responded to the scene and found the key was still in the ignition of Privitera’s red 2009 Club Car golf cart.
The Massachusetts native told the deputy he had breakfast at Bob Evans that morning but had nothing else to eat the rest of the day. He said he spent the day at the Mallory Championship Golf Course and had one vodka martini while golfing.
Privitera struggled through field sobriety exercises and when asked to recite the alphabet, he threw his hands up in the air and said, “I can’t do it!” He provided breath samples that registered .135 and .133 blood alcohol content.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 09:09:24 AM
Indeed I did. Want it over and done.did you drive straight through?good morning Dave. glad you made it home safe. did you have a great time?I just arrived back in NJ....12 1/2 hours on the road? Not really what I would call a great time.
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 21, 2019, 09:13:51 AM
A 62-year-old Villager was arrested at his home on the Historic Side of The Villages after failing to show up in court to answer in a golf cart drunk driving case.Must have been one martini pitcher.
John Privitera was arrested Tuesday at his home at 1206 E. Schwartz Blvd. on a Sumter County warrant charging him with failure to appear on a charge of driving under the influence. He was booked at the Lake County Jail and released after posting $3,000 bond.
Privitera was originally arrested Nov. 17 along the golf cart path near Buena Vista Boulevard and Odell Circle, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
Privitera was spotted by a Good Samaritan who feared he was ill. Privitera told the woman he was OK and just had “too much to drink,” the report said. He told her he “just wanted to lay down in the bushes for a while and rest.” EMS arrived on the scene and evaluated Privitera.
A deputy responded to the scene and found the key was still in the ignition of Privitera’s red 2009 Club Car golf cart.
The Massachusetts native told the deputy he had breakfast at Bob Evans that morning but had nothing else to eat the rest of the day. He said he spent the day at the Mallory Championship Golf Course and had one vodka martini while golfing.
Privitera struggled through field sobriety exercises and when asked to recite the alphabet, he threw his hands up in the air and said, “I can’t do it!” He provided breath samples that registered .135 and .133 blood alcohol content.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:15:10 AM
Couple of unwelcome delays during travel yesterday, but made it in good order and in time for dinner!Glad to hear it. Good morning, Dave.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:17:52 AM
If you don't want to bother with the silly Cigar Aficionado top 25, here are some lists of cigars you might actually try and like:Been so busy, I forgot about the lists that come out this time of year.
http://www.stogieguys.com/2019/12/12182019-stogieguys-coms-top-cigars-of-2019-part-ii.html
http://www.stogieguys.com/2019/12/12162019-stogieguys-coms-top-cigars-of-2019.html
Nice to have a list of cigars you would want to smoke or have already smoked.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:19:55 AM
Guess there's room for $150 lighters...That's pretty cool looking. I recently used my kitchen torch to light a cigar and it cost me far less. Works well on creme brulee too.
https://halfwheel.com/colibri-quasar-table-lighter/369083/
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:20:20 AM
good morning Dave. glad you made it home safe. did you have a great time?Good morning, Deano.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:21:19 AM
seldom does a list come out that I know what they are talking about. usually I will have had one or two on the list. I need the top 10 cigars under $5 list.You should create it.
Post by: sfish on December 21, 2019, 09:24:25 AM
Nice! When are we smoking?good morning Dave. glad you made it home safe. did you have a great time?I just arrived back in NJ....12 1/2 hours on the road? Not really what I would call a great time.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:25:21 AM
What a waste. That man needs a hobby. If only they could lock him up for 30 days.
A Villager’s grown son reportedly attempted shoplifting in Florida’s Friendliest Hometown “to see if he could get away with it.”
William Donald Najger, 56, who lives with his mother at 270 Arbella Loop, was spotted shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday wearing a brown pair of khaki shorts at Belk at La Plaza Grande, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
A loss prevention officer noticed Najger when he walked into the store wearing a pair of gray shorts. Najger selected the darker khaki shorts, put them on in a fitting room and attempted to walk out of the store wearing them. Najger had returned a hanger to the rack after leaving the fitting room and a check revealed he “left his old, dirty shorts” behind on the hanger, the arresting officer wrote in the report.
The officer noted that Najger “even took the time to take the tag off the stolen shorts and put them on his old shorts he put on a hanger and hung back on the rack.”
The police officer also noted the irony in the report that the stolen shorts cost $12 and Najger, who apparently splits his time between Florida and North Carolina, “had more money on his person than the shorts cost and could have easily paid for the shorts he stole.”
Najger admitted he attempted to steal the shorts “to see if he could get away with it.”
Najger has been ordered to appear Jan. 2 in Lake County Court to answer to the shoplifting charge.
His mother has owned her home in The Villages for 10 years.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:27:54 AM
I just hope he brought some warmth up with him. Been a brutal couple of days.Nice! When are we smoking?good morning Dave. glad you made it home safe. did you have a great time?I just arrived back in NJ....12 1/2 hours on the road? Not really what I would call a great time.
Good morning, Scott.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 09:42:58 AM
I'm on it for 2020.seldom does a list come out that I know what they are talking about. usually I will have had one or two on the list. I need the top 10 cigars under $5 list.You should create it.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 09:57:57 AM
Maybe by then, I'll have an area where you can post stuff like that. But that'll probably not happen until 2022.I'm on it for 2020.seldom does a list come out that I know what they are talking about. usually I will have had one or two on the list. I need the top 10 cigars under $5 list.You should create it.
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 10:01:59 AM
the nice thing about procrastination is you always have something to do tomorrow.Maybe by then, I'll have an area where you can post stuff like that. But that'll probably not happen until 2022.I'm on it for 2020.seldom does a list come out that I know what they are talking about. usually I will have had one or two on the list. I need the top 10 cigars under $5 list.You should create it.
Post by: Threebean on December 21, 2019, 10:23:41 AM
TWSSIndeed I did. Want it over and done.did you drive straight through?good morning Dave. glad you made it home safe. did you have a great time?I just arrived back in NJ....12 1/2 hours on the road? Not really what I would call a great time.
Post by: Threebean on December 21, 2019, 10:25:31 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 10:54:04 AM
Morning Dave, Dean, Mr. Mayor, and What'sHisName. Still have a bit of Christmas shopping to finish. It will be fun out there.I'm done. just the redhead getting presents.
grandkids getting $100 each for Disney. glad there's only 4 of them.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 11:00:00 AM
Morning Dave, Dean, Mr. Mayor, and What'sHisName. Still have a bit of Christmas shopping to finish. It will be fun out there.Good morning, Mark. Heading to the mall now, in fact. FMTT!
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 11:01:00 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 11:12:11 AM
...And three more elf moves until checkmate.do you own a garbage can? 🤣
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 11:18:52 AM
Post by: Threebean on December 21, 2019, 11:45:53 AM
Indeed.Morning Dave, Dean, Mr. Mayor, and What'sHisName. Still have a bit of Christmas shopping to finish. It will be fun out there.Good morning, Mark. Heading to the mall now, in fact. FMTT!
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 12:17:10 PM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/us/freight-train-cars-derail-potomac-river-west-virginia.amp
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 12:24:21 PM
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/poacher-fined-53000-killing-elk-colorado.amp
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 21, 2019, 02:58:20 PM
I actually need new ones. Maybe I'll ask the elves to ask Santa for me....And three more elf moves until checkmate.do you own a garbage can?
Post by: FloridaDean on December 21, 2019, 03:41:29 PM
along with a V groove cutter? stay away from the Palio V groove. too shallow a cut for my liking. just my opinion.I actually need new ones. Maybe I'll ask the elves to ask Santa for me....And three more elf moves until checkmate.do you own a garbage can?
Post by: bluecollar on December 21, 2019, 06:42:23 PM
look at the smoke come off the head
Always sharp and smooth cut.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191221/2068ab6f228ddfd2c9318a36ba8c37ad.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191221/f37d6e3b905da26dbeba64e0f52ff519.jpg)
Post by: bluecollar on December 21, 2019, 06:43:54 PM
Post by: Threebean on December 21, 2019, 08:24:37 PM
Colibri is my favorite. Also cuts a nice Perfecto/torpedo.That is an awesome photo (#2).
look at the smoke come off the head
Always sharp and smooth cut.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191221/2068ab6f228ddfd2c9318a36ba8c37ad.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191221/f37d6e3b905da26dbeba64e0f52ff519.jpg)