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Title: 2/8/2021
Post by: CigarBanter on February 08, 2021, 12:00:10 AM
Happy Monday!  Any cigar deals on the various internet sites? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something about cigars along the way.  Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either...  And welcome aboard!
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: bluecollar on February 08, 2021, 05:25:45 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 05:28:36 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
That WAS nice, glad we get a couple months off from hearing how great he is. Also surprised it wasn't more of a game, TB dominated completely. Hats off to them.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 06:07:59 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
I thought it would be a much better game. That TB defense was tough.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 06:08:57 AM
Good morning, Rick and Dave.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: bluecollar on February 08, 2021, 06:59:39 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
I thought it would be a much better game. That TB defense was tough.
Yes defense was incredible. Good morning Tony and Dave
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 07:09:37 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
I thought it would be a much better game. That TB defense was tough.
Yes defense was incredible. Good morning Tony and Dave
Actually recorded the game and began watching it late because I was still finishing up some "home work". Then, of course I wasn't able to skip through the commercials because that's what the rest of the family was interested in. Wound up behind another late night.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 07:39:14 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
I thought it would be a much better game. That TB defense was tough.
Yes defense was incredible. Good morning Tony and Dave
Actually recorded the game and began watching it late because I was still finishing up some "home work". Then, of course I wasn't able to skip through the commercials because that's what the rest of the family was interested in. Wound up behind another late night.
Damn family.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 07:44:40 AM
Meanwhile, Josh Hawley is out there today protesting the results of the game, cause all of TB's points came after KC was already winning. :D
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 07:52:47 AM
Meanwhile, we're jammin' today, in case anyone is interested.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 07:53:11 AM
La Barba Red Toro - 5/24.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 08:15:12 AM
Gurkha Beast - 10/37.50
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 08:16:04 AM
Meanwhile, we're jammin' today, in case anyone is interested.
Nah.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 08:17:17 AM
@LuvTooGolf: I'm more interested in any updates regarding your fence.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 08:42:48 AM
Blast from the past. Haven't seen these in a while...

Drew Estate Tabak Especial Limited Cafe con Leche (Belicoso) (5.5"x54) - 5 / $24.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 08:51:29 AM
@LuvTooGolf: I'm more interested in any updates regarding your fence.
Lol, same here. Still waiting to hear back from Geico about whether or not they're going to cover it.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: razgueado on February 08, 2021, 09:23:38 AM
Morning, muchachos.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 09:34:49 AM
New World by AJ Fernandez Toro - 5/24.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 09:34:56 AM
Morning, muchachos.
Morning, Raz.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 09:46:25 AM
Morning, muchachos.
Hola, Raz.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:25:29 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
Frazzled wasn't the word for it.  He was running for his life the whole game.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:29:16 AM
Blast from the past. Haven't seen these in a while...

Drew Estate Tabak Especial Limited Cafe con Leche (Belicoso) (5.5"x54) - 5 / $24.99
Fishy used to always get them for his brother.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:31:14 AM
Good day FencelessDave, OverworkedTony, FrostyRick and InAndOutRaz.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:32:08 AM
Graycliff 1666 Toro (6.0"x50)
Pack of 10 / $37.50
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:32:42 AM
OK, all caught up.  On to daily chores.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:35:01 AM
Today is Monday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2021.
There are 326 days left in the year.


Today’s Highlights in History:
On Feb. 8, 1952, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her accession to the British throne following the death of her father, King George VI.

On this date:
In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1693, a charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the Virginia Colony.
In 1831, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, was born in Delaware.

In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
In 1922, President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House.
In 1924, the first execution by gas in the United States took place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City as Gee Jon, a Chinese immigrant convicted of murder, was put to death.

In 1960, work began on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles.
In 1971, NASDAQ, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.
In 1973, Senate leaders named seven members of a select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal, including its chairman, Sen. Sam J. Ervin, D-N.C.

In 1989, 144 people were killed when an American-chartered Boeing 707 filled with Italian tourists slammed into a fog-covered mountain in the Azores.
In 2007, model, actor and tabloid sensation Anna Nicole Smith died in Hollywood, Florida, at age 39 of an accidental drug overdose.
In 2010, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop superstar in Los Angeles Superior Court. (Murray was convicted in 2011 and served two years in prison.)
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:35:57 AM
Ten years ago: Wael Ghonim (WY’-uhl goh-NEEM’), a 30-year-old Google executive who’d helped ignite Egypt’s uprising, appeared before protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for the first time after being released from detention; he told them, “We won’t give up.”


Five years ago: President Barack Obama asked Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the Zika virus and the mosquitoes that were spreading it in the United States and abroad, but said “there shouldn’t be a panic on this.” Villanova was No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time.


One year ago: The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said a 60-year-old U.S. citizen who’d been diagnosed with the coronavirus had died on Feb. 5 in Wuhan; it was apparently the first American fatality from the virus. A soldier who was angry about a land dispute began a 16-hour shooting rampage in northeastern Thailand, killing at least 29 people and wounding dozens more before being shot and killed by police and soldiers at a shopping mall.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:38:34 AM
Today’s Birthdays:

Composer-conductor John Williams is 89.
Broadcast journalist Ted Koppel is 81.
Actor Nick Nolte is 80.
Comedian Robert Klein is 79.
Actor-rock musician Creed Bratton is 78.
Singer Ron Tyson is 73.
Actor Brooke Adams is 72.
Actor Mary Steenburgen is 68.
Author John Grisham is 66.
Retired NBA All-Star and College Basketball Hall of Famer Marques Johnson is 65.
Actor Henry Czerny is 62.
The former president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is 61.
Rock singer Vince Neil (Motley Crue) is 60.
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson is 59.
Movie producer Toby Emmerich is 58.
Actor Missy Yager is 53.
Actor Mary McCormack is 52.
Basketball Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning is 51.
Actor Susan Misner is 50.
 musician Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk) is 47.
Actor Seth Green is 47.
Actor Joshua Morrow is 47.
Rock musician Phoenix (Linkin Park) is 44.
Actor William Jackson Harper is 41.
Actor Jim Parrack is 40.
Folk singer-musician Joey Ryan (Milk Carton Kids) is 39.
Actor-comedian Cecily Strong is 37.
Rock musician Jeremy Davis is 36.
Hip-hop artist Anderson.Paak is 35.
Actor Ryan Pinkston is 33.
NBA star Klay Thompson is 31.
Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton is 31.
Actor Karle Warren is 29.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 10:40:03 AM
Camacho 5 Cigar Assortment and Charger Combo - 34.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 10:42:11 AM
I was surprised at the outcome of the game. Almost won some money but. TB scored before the end of First Quarter. Kind of was nice to see Mahomes frazzled.
Frazzled wasn't the word for it.  He was running for his life the whole game.
He is an incredible athlete but he makes me nervous when he holds the ball too long. Gonna get himself killed.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 10:42:23 AM
Good day FencelessDave, OverworkedTony, FrostyRick and InAndOutRaz.
Morning NotSoFrostyDave.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 10:43:28 AM
Good morning, NewsworthyDave.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:46:54 AM
Not there's something you don't see every day...cigar and phone charger deal!

Camacho 5 Cigar Assortment and Charger Combo
5 Cigars / $34.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:47:28 AM
Good day FencelessDave, OverworkedTony, FrostyRick and InAndOutRaz.
Morning NotSoFrostyDave.
And I don't miss it a bit!!!
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: razgueado on February 08, 2021, 11:04:33 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 11:14:49 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Still waiting on the W-2 from my wife's employer. They always wait until the last minute to mail them, and don't offer them online.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 11:15:15 AM
La Perla Habana Classic Cameroon - 10/37.50
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 11:15:31 AM
Good day FencelessDave, OverworkedTony, FrostyRick and InAndOutRaz.
Morning NotSoFrostyDave.
And I don't miss it a bit!!!
And rightfully so, it's for the damn birds.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 11:15:33 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 11:20:58 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Don't you love how that works.  Can't see the grades you paid for either.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 11:21:46 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 11:32:03 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 11:32:20 AM
CAO Flathead Steel Horse Apehanger (Gordo) (5.5"x58)
Pack of 10 / $44.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 11:34:38 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
If she goes to TCNJ, you can buy my parents house, will be cheaper than a dorm and you can rent out the extra space.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: razgueado on February 08, 2021, 11:44:13 AM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 11:44:40 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
If she goes to TCNJ, you can buy my parents house, will be cheaper than a dorm and you can rent out the extra space.
You must have mistaken me for a wealthy man. Although, I haven't yet checked my lottery tickets. Let me get back to you.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 11:45:47 AM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
Buy him a nice bottle of his favorite spirit and give him a pat on the back. Gotta love friends like that.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 11:47:03 AM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
Wow, she really is a beaut!
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 11:49:13 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
If she goes to TCNJ, you can buy my parents house, will be cheaper than a dorm and you can rent out the extra space.
You must have mistaken me for a wealthy man. Although, I haven't yet checked my lottery tickets. Let me get back to you.
Damn, the tickets are in the car my wife took to work this morning.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 11:49:37 AM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
Buy him a nice bottle of his favorite spirit and give him a pat on the back. Gotta love friends like that.
Hell, I'd even take an enemy like that.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 11:50:11 AM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
If she goes to TCNJ, you can buy my parents house, will be cheaper than a dorm and you can rent out the extra space.
You must have mistaken me for a wealthy man. Although, I haven't yet checked my lottery tickets. Let me get back to you.
Damn, the tickets are in the car my wife took to work this morning.
If she doesn't come home, assume at least one was a winner. :D
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: razgueado on February 08, 2021, 12:04:50 PM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
Buy him a nice bottle of his favorite spirit and give him a pat on the back. Gotta love friends like that.
Hell, I'd even take an enemy like that.
Right?

It was a cheap guitar in the 30's, compared to the Gibson and Vega archtops. But in those days, even cheap guitars were made with materials that are now expensive premiums - like curly maple and Brazilian rosewood. So it has aged really well. It was refinished before my friend bought it, which kills what little collector value it had, but it was refinished at Collings guitars, which is a super-premium guitar builder, and they just did a gentle touch up. I couldn't care less about collector value. I play my guitars.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 12:15:35 PM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
If she goes to TCNJ, you can buy my parents house, will be cheaper than a dorm and you can rent out the extra space.
You must have mistaken me for a wealthy man. Although, I haven't yet checked my lottery tickets. Let me get back to you.
Damn, the tickets are in the car my wife took to work this morning.
If she doesn't come home, assume at least one was a winner. :D
Sounds like a win/win.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: razgueado on February 08, 2021, 12:46:18 PM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
If she goes to TCNJ, you can buy my parents house, will be cheaper than a dorm and you can rent out the extra space.
You must have mistaken me for a wealthy man. Although, I haven't yet checked my lottery tickets. Let me get back to you.
Damn, the tickets are in the car my wife took to work this morning.
If she doesn't come home, assume at least one was a winner. :D
Sounds like a win/win.
Only if she sends child support.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 12:51:51 PM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
Smile, say think you and then do it justice.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 12:55:17 PM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
Buy him a nice bottle of his favorite spirit and give him a pat on the back. Gotta love friends like that.
Hell, I'd even take an enemy like that.
Right?

It was a cheap guitar in the 30's, compared to the Gibson and Vega archtops. But in those days, even cheap guitars were made with materials that are now expensive premiums - like curly maple and Brazilian rosewood. So it has aged really well. It was refinished before my friend bought it, which kills what little collector value it had, but it was refinished at Collings guitars, which is a super-premium guitar builder, and they just did a gentle touch up. I couldn't care less about collector value. I play my guitars.
She's definitely a beaut, Clark.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 12:55:34 PM
Almost done with taxes.  All I need is for the student to send his 1098-T.  I pay all the bills, but they won't send me the documents.  I am SO ready to be done with having college students.
Me too. Unfortunately, I haven't started yet.
Do you think she has choices narrowed down yet?
Personally, I'm hoping for TCNJ. She likes Marist, Vassar, and Villanova. She's only heard back from Seton Hall and Rider so far. I don't believe she ever intended to go to either but she had application wavers and was told she could use those acceptances for negotiations.
If she goes to TCNJ, you can buy my parents house, will be cheaper than a dorm and you can rent out the extra space.
You must have mistaken me for a wealthy man. Although, I haven't yet checked my lottery tickets. Let me get back to you.
Damn, the tickets are in the car my wife took to work this morning.
If she doesn't come home, assume at least one was a winner. :D
Sounds like a win/win.
Had a feeling that would be your response.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 12:57:31 PM
Gurkha 10-Count Churchill - 10/39.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 12:58:09 PM
Gurkha's up, no need to post.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Oyam18 on February 08, 2021, 01:00:51 PM
cold and working
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Oyam18 on February 08, 2021, 01:01:11 PM
Da'GOAT
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 01:04:25 PM
Saw this and couldn't resist.   Unlike Mr. Raz, this will probably never see use or ash.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 01:05:33 PM
Starting the afternoon with something different...Alec & Bradley.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 01:06:01 PM
Starting the afternoon with something different...Alec & Bradley.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 01:09:26 PM
Hoyo Epicure Seleccion No.2 (Robusto) (4.9"x50)
Pack of 10 / $39.99
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 01:24:46 PM
Da'GOAT
Hard to argue with that.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 01:31:33 PM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
I can fully understand acoustic guitars having their voice shaped by the wood, the craftsmanship, like any string instrument.  I don't quite understand the differences in electric guitars however.  If it's electric, can't the voice of any guitar be modified to anything you want electronically regardless of the guitar?
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 01:58:50 PM
Saw this and couldn't resist.   Unlike Mr. Raz, this will probably never see use or ash.
A fine decorative piece, at least. Like the girlfriend of an elderly billionaire.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 01:59:07 PM
Gurkha's up, no need to post.
That's not way to jack up the post count.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 02:07:02 PM
Saw this and couldn't resist.   Unlike Mr. Raz, this will probably never see use or ash.
A fine decorative piece, at least. Like the girlfriend of an elderly billionaire.
Except I don't have to keep paying.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 02:08:51 PM
Starting the afternoon with something different...Alec & Bradley.
Nice cigar.  Good pepper and spice throughout.  Reminded me of some early CLEs.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 02:24:37 PM
Hazzuh!
Saw this and couldn't resist.   Unlike Mr. Raz, this will probably never see use or ash.
A fine decorative piece, at least. Like the girlfriend of an elderly billionaire.
Except I don't have to keep paying.
But you also get to enjoy your piece less than the billionaire would his.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 08, 2021, 02:24:42 PM
Hazzuh!
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: razgueado on February 08, 2021, 03:02:16 PM
This was gifted to me by a friend yesterday.  A late 30's Orpheum Style C.  I've coveted it for years, and he's been willing to sell it to me, but it was always the wrong timing.  Finally was at a point where I had the money and no other priorities.  So we played together at church this weekend and he brought it for me to use.  Sounded amazing.  Knocked my son out.  Even knocked my wife out, and she has NEVER been impressed by the sound of a guitar.  We agreed on Saturday night he'd sell it to me for what he had in it ($1045), and I borrowed it for the night to really work it out and make  up my mind. After the service yesterday, I agreed to buy, just needed his PayPal account to transfer the money.  He told me my money was no good, and that if I wanted the guitar it was a gift.  He said he'd just been waiting for me to finally decide I really wanted it.  I protested, but he was unmoving.  Whattya gonna do with people like that?
I can fully understand acoustic guitars having their voice shaped by the wood, the craftsmanship, like any string instrument.  I don't quite understand the differences in electric guitars however.  If it's electric, can't the voice of any guitar be modified to anything you want electronically regardless of the guitar?
Well, this is an acoustic guitar, though it has a piezoelectric transducer installed.

But to more broadly answer your question - it's true that the sound of an electric guitar comes from strings vibrating in front of magnetic pickups.  But the materials of which an electric guitar is made influence how the strings move.  If you watch extreme slo-mo video of a guitar string that has been plucked, you'll see that it doesn't move with any apparent order.  It flops like spaghetti, and generates various frequencies and cancellations depending on how it flops.  But it will flop differently with different combinations of materials, which alters what the pickups pick up, and changes the sound. So while you can control a huge amount of what a guitar sounds like by changing the pickups, the same pickups installed in a guitar body made of mahogany will sound different if you pull them out and put them in a guitar body made of Swamp Ash.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Oyam18 on February 08, 2021, 05:41:12 PM
Saw this and couldn't resist.   Unlike Mr. Raz, this will probably never see use or ash.
very cool reminds me of the tiger painting print that was popular in the 70’s
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 05:50:02 PM
Saw this and couldn't resist.   Unlike Mr. Raz, this will probably never see use or ash.
very cool reminds me of the tiger painting print that was popular in the 70’s
Wonder if he ever made anything of himself.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Oyam18 on February 08, 2021, 06:32:28 PM
Couldn’t resist
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: bluecollar on February 08, 2021, 07:06:10 PM
Starting the afternoon with something different...Alec & Bradley.
Nice cigar.  Good pepper and spice throughout.  Reminded me of some early CLEs.
Good to know, thanks.....
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: bluecollar on February 08, 2021, 07:12:24 PM
One of our closed glycol systems sprung a leak underground. It feeds the main ITS data/electronic room. Things are piling up at work but that's the life of working man.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 08, 2021, 08:37:39 PM
One of our closed glycol systems sprung a leak underground. It feeds the main ITS data/electronic room. Things are piling up at work but that's the life of working man.
Underground stuff gets old, deteriorates, and is especially susceptible during the cold months. Good luck with that.
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 08, 2021, 10:48:25 PM
One of our closed glycol systems sprung a leak underground. It feeds the main ITS data/electronic room. Things are piling up at work but that's the life of working man.
Underground stuff gets old, deteriorates, and is especially susceptible during the cold months. Good luck with that.
Of course underground work is even more fun when the ground is frozen in sub zero temps with snow on the ground.   :-\
Title: Re: 2/8/2021
Post by: Oyam18 on February 08, 2021, 10:56:57 PM
4 guitars