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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on August 21, 2021, 12:43:08 AM
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What's up cigar enthusiasts?! Any cigar deals on the various internet sites that are worth talking about? Join in this discussion 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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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
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JoeCigar:
Ave Maria Immaculata Belicoso (6.0"x54) - 10 / $39.99
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Cigar.com:
Door #1 - Graycliff Profesionale Series PG (Robusto 5.2"x50) - 10 / $49.99
Door #2 - Montecristo Media Noche No. 2 (Torpedo 6.1"x54) - 10 / $59.99
Door #3 - Diesel Heart of Darkness (Gordo 6.0"x58) - 10 / $44.99
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What's for breakfast?
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
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What's for breakfast?
Cheerios Oat Crunch
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What's for breakfast?
Some NY crumb cake and black coffee.
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Morning Tony and Dave.
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Not quite starting on page 3 for me today.
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High School football started last night, with everybody back next Friday.
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College back next Saturday with everybody back in two weeks that include games on Wednesday (Sep. 1)Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday the 6th! The most wonderful time of the year!
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JoeCigar:
Ave Maria Immaculata Belicoso (6.0"x54) - 10 / $39.99
Fine morning smoke.
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Not quite starting on page 3 for me today.
Morning, EarlyPageArrivalDave.
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CI Weekend Spotlight:
H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Belicoso (6.1"x52)
+ FREE Lighter
BOX OF 20 + LIGHTER
In Stock
MSRP $208.44
SAVE $113 54% OFF
$94.99
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Today is Saturday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2021.
There are 132 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On August 21, 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
On this date:
In 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 whites; scores of Blacks were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion. (Turner was later captured and executed.)
In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting was recovered two years later in Italy.)
In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.
In 1986, more than 1,700 people died when toxic gas erupted from a volcanic lake in the West African nation of Cameroon.
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In 1987, Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, the first Marine court-martialed for spying, was convicted in Quantico, Va., of passing secrets to the KGB. (Lonetree ended up serving eight years in a military prison.)
In 1992, an 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver’s teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed.
In 1993, in a serious setback for NASA, engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission.
In 2000, rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.
In 2010, Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Moscow promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production.
In 2013, an Army private now known as Chelsea Manning was sentenced at Fort Meade, Maryland, to up to 35 years in prison for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets. (The sentence for the former intelligence analyst was commuted by President Barack Obama in his final days in office.)
In 2014, Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson, where nightly scenes of unrest had erupted since a white police officer fatally shot a Black 18-year-old nearly two weeks earlier.
In 2015, a trio of Americans, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and college student Anthony Sadler, and a British businessman, Chris Norman, tackled and disarmed a Moroccan gunman on a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris.
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Ten years ago: Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli and took control of the center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenses collapsed and his four-decade regime appeared to be crumbling.
Five years ago: Shaking to samba and sharing reflections in uniquely Brazilian words, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash inside Maracana Stadium. Earlier in the day, Kevin Durant scored 30 points and helped the Americans rout Serbia 96-66 for their third straight gold medal, capping an Olympics in which the U.S. dominated the medal tables, both the gold (46) and overall totals (121).
One year ago: Michigan’s appeals court said Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency declarations and orders to curb the coronavirus clearly fell within the scope of her legal powers. Police in Lafayette, Louisiana, shot and killed a Black man, Trayford Pellerin, outside a convenience store; they said he was carrying a knife and ignored commands to drop it. (A grand jury declined charges against the officers.) A spokeswoman for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was in a coma in a hospital in Siberia after falling ill from a suspected poisoning. A former police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, told victims in a Sacramento courtroom that he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders. “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were sentenced to prison for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their daughters into USC as crew recruits. (Giannulli would spend more than four months behind bars, Loughlin served two months.)
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Today’s Birthdays:
Ten years ago: Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli and took control of the center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenses collapsed and his four-decade regime appeared to be crumbling.
Five years ago: Shaking to samba and sharing reflections in uniquely Brazilian words, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash inside Maracana Stadium. Earlier in the day, Kevin Durant scored 30 points and helped the Americans rout Serbia 96-66 for their third straight gold medal, capping an Olympics in which the U.S. dominated the medal tables, both the gold (46) and overall totals (121).
One year ago: Michigan’s appeals court said Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency declarations and orders to curb the coronavirus clearly fell within the scope of her legal powers. Police in Lafayette, Louisiana, shot and killed a Black man, Trayford Pellerin, outside a convenience store; they said he was carrying a knife and ignored commands to drop it. (A grand jury declined charges against the officers.) A spokeswoman for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was in a coma in a hospital in Siberia after falling ill from a suspected poisoning. A former police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, told victims in a Sacramento courtroom that he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to multiple life prison sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders. “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were sentenced to prison for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their daughters into USC as crew recruits. (Giannulli would spend more than four months behind bars, Loughlin served two months.)
Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 89.
Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 82.
Singer Jackie DeShannon is 80.
College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is 76.
Actor Patty McCormack is 76.
Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese (jee-ah mah-REE’-see) is 74.
Actor Loretta Devine is 72.
NBC newsman Harry Smith is 70.
Singer Glenn Hughes is 69.
Actor Kim Cattrall is 65.
College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is 62.
Actor Cleo King is 59.
Rock singer Serj Tankian (TAN’-kee-ahn) (System of a Down) is 54.
Figure skater Josee Chouinard is 52.
Actor Carrie-Anne Moss is 51.
MLB player-turned-manager Craig Counsell is 51.
Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 50.
Actor Alicia Witt is 46.
Singer Kelis (kuh-LEES’) is 42.
TV personality Brody Jenner is 38.
Singer Melissa Schuman is 37.
Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain (yoo-SAYN’) Bolt is 35.
Actor Carlos Pratts is 35.
Actor-comedian Brooks Wheelan is 35.
Actor Cody Kasch is 34.
Country singer Kacey Musgraves is 33.
Actor Hayden Panettiere (pan’-uh-tee-EHR’) is 32.
Actor RJ Mitte is 29.
Actor Maxim Knight is 22.
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Over/Under is 7
Raz Over/Under is 11
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With "Q" having gone silent last November, a bunch of other nutjobs have vied to lead the Q quackery.
Maybe not so much any more with them getting outed...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hillicon-valley-key-qanon-influencer-ghostezra-identified/ar-AANyv7L?ocid=msnews
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Over/Under is 7
Raz Over/Under is 11
7 for me
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With "Q" having gone silent last November, a bunch of other nutjobs have vied to lead the Q quackery.
Maybe not so much any more with them getting outed...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hillicon-valley-key-qanon-influencer-ghostezra-identified/ar-AANyv7L?ocid=msnews
It won't slow them down, the nutjobs must have a lead nutjob!
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Time to get crackin' on the yard work. Until later!
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
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What's for breakfast?
Some NY crumb cake and black coffee.
Always black coffee here. I had a banana and half a cheese danish with mine.
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CI Weekend Spotlight:
H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Belicoso (6.1"x52)
+ FREE Lighter
BOX OF 20 + LIGHTER
In Stock
MSRP $208.44
SAVE $113 54% OFF
$94.99
I'd bite if they were the 175th anniversaries. That's a great stick.
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CI Weekend Spotlight:
H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Belicoso (6.1"x52)
+ FREE Lighter
BOX OF 20 + LIGHTER
In Stock
MSRP $208.44
SAVE $113 54% OFF
$94.99
I'd bite if they were the 175th anniversaries. That's a great stick.
They're available at CI but a box of 10 goes for $162.
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I'm doing some yardwork too (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210821/14855a53a56eb474f7fcef056e84aae7.jpg)
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Tony, Can the Yankees keep it going?
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Tony, Can the Yankees keep it going?
I really hope so. It's all about the pitching.
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Tony, Can the Yankees keep it going?
I really hope so. It's all about the pitching.
Yes it is.... the bats are clicking too
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
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I'm doing some yardwork too (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210821/14855a53a56eb474f7fcef056e84aae7.jpg)
I can get behind that kind of yardwork!
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
Or a hurricane preparedness pack.
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Ready or not, here comes "Onri" (Henri)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/henri-becomes-a-hurricane-as-it-moves-toward-the-northeast/ar-AANzeUp?ocid=msedgntp
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CI Weekend Spotlight:
H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Belicoso (6.1"x52)
+ FREE Lighter
BOX OF 20 + LIGHTER
In Stock
MSRP $208.44
SAVE $113 54% OFF
$94.99
I'd bite if they were the 175th anniversaries. That's a great stick.
They are only Churchills? Checked Atlantic, but I can only get the $5 cheaper than CI, sheesh.
Next time you order something else (with FS), throw a couple singles in for a special occasion. $17 per.... ???
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Saturday afternoon porch time.
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
Or a hurricane preparedness pack.
They've postponed the final round of the golf tournament until Monday because of the path of the storm.
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
Or a hurricane preparedness pack.
They've postponed the final round of the golf tournament until Monday because of the path of the storm.
And a day after a hurricane/TS rolls through the course is going to look like?
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
Or a hurricane preparedness pack.
They've postponed the final round of the golf tournament until Monday because of the path of the storm.
And a day after a hurricane/TS rolls through the course is going to look like?
They already said on the telecast that they're basically following the final group and putting away anything that's movable in anticipation of the storm tolling through. Plus, I'm sure they'll be out there hella early Monday morning to work on getting the course prepared.
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Got this on close out, but the dog doesn’t seem very excited about it 😴
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I'm doing some yardwork too (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210821/14855a53a56eb474f7fcef056e84aae7.jpg)
I can get behind that kind of yardwork!
did a little yard work myself today.
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
I picked up chicken and some skirt steaks. Grilling them up now. Having a barbeque for grandma to say goodbye to my daughter. They probably won't see each other again until Thanksgiving.
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
I picked up chicken and some skirt steaks. Grilling them up now. Having a barbeque for grandma to say goodbye to my daughter. They probably won't see each other again until Thanksgiving.
How long is the trip from the college to your house?
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
I picked up chicken and some skirt steaks. Grilling them up now. Having a barbeque for grandma to say goodbye to my daughter. They probably won't see each other again until Thanksgiving.
How long is the trip from the college to your house?
About 3 1/2 hours.
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
I picked up chicken and some skirt steaks. Grilling them up now. Having a barbeque for grandma to say goodbye to my daughter. They probably won't see each other again until Thanksgiving.
How long is the trip from the college to your house?
About 3 1/2 hours.
So definitely not close enough to be coming home consistently. That'll be good for her, I think.
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Good morning, banterland. No one is working OT today?
I am. Just a quick 90 minutes before I get started on yard work. Morning, Tony.
Making a Costco run. Anyone need anything?
Get something for the grill this week.
I picked up chicken and some skirt steaks. Grilling them up now. Having a barbeque for grandma to say goodbye to my daughter. They probably won't see each other again until Thanksgiving.
How long is the trip from the college to your house?
About 3 1/2 hours.
So definitely not close enough to be coming home consistently. That'll be good for her, I think.
Just far enough when coming home won't be easy.
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I am going to be a total bum for the rest of the night.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210821/2c66022f9c05f783db906a382cfba3ef.jpg)
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after dinner smoke. always got a kick out of the little pigtail.
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got four visitors while I smoke.
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I am going to be a total bum for the rest of the night.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210821/2c66022f9c05f783db906a382cfba3ef.jpg)
I have a similar plan.
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after dinner smoke. always got a kick out of the little pigtail.
I always did like that Pinolero. I think it's an event only stick
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I am going to be a total bum for the rest of the night.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210821/2c66022f9c05f783db906a382cfba3ef.jpg)
I have a similar plan.
I did walk one of my dogs. I used to have 3. I lost one last year and my oldest dog now is almost ready for a trip across the bridge.
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after dinner smoke. always got a kick out of the little pigtail.
I always did like that Pinolero. I think it's an event only stick
everyday is an event for me lately.
how are you Rick?
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after dinner smoke. always got a kick out of the little pigtail.
I always did like that Pinolero. I think it's an event only stick
everyday is an event for me lately.
how are you Rick?
Dean I have a lot going on with work but besides that I am grateful. I've had some ups and downs like many people this year.
It's nice to hear from you. Drop me a line anytime.
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got four visitors while I smoke.
It's like you're living in a zoo.
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Giving the Sarsasparilla by Espinosa a try.
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Giving the Sarsasparilla by Espinosa a try.
Do tell!
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I thought for sure it was Sunday and that I'd be returning to work tomorrow. Thank goodness that's not the case. Raining like a motherfucker at the moment. Lightning show too.
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I am going to be a total bum for the rest of the night.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210821/2c66022f9c05f783db906a382cfba3ef.jpg)
Now that sounds like a plan!
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I thought for sure it was Sunday and that I'd be returning to work tomorrow. Thank goodness that's not the case. Raining like a motherfucker at the moment. Lightning show too.
Phew!
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Diesel Rage
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210822/9505968ebb9a5c542d1159cbb99391a6.jpg)
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after dinner smoke. always got a kick out of the little pigtail.
I always did like that Pinolero. I think it's an event only stick
I have one of those tucked away. Haven't seen one available in quite a while. Fine cigar.
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got four visitors while I smoke.
That tortoise challenge you to a race?
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got four visitors while I smoke.
It's like you're living in a zoo.
Well, it is Florida.
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got four visitors while I smoke.
That tortoise challenge you to a race?
My money is on the tortoise.
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Another new one...Kristoff TAA San Andres
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I thought for sure it was Sunday and that I'd be returning to work tomorrow. Thank goodness that's not the case. Raining like a motherfucker at the moment. Lightning show too.
Phew!
Watching some Steelers pre-season football added to my confusion.
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Giving the Sarsasparilla by Espinosa a try.
Do tell!
Definitely an interesting and unique smoke. Don't know if I can say sarsaparilla, but a different taste for sure. Fairly uniform with pleasant creaminess especially in the second half. On the lighter side of medium in strength.
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Giving the Sarsasparilla by Espinosa a try.
Do tell!
Definitely an interesting and unique smoke. Don't know if I can say sarsaparilla, but a different taste for sure. Fairly uniform with pleasant creaminess especially in the second half. On the lighter side of medium in strength.
That review is good enough for me to look for and try 1 or 2.
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I thought for sure it was Sunday and that I'd be returning to work tomorrow. Thank goodness that's not the case. Raining like a motherfucker at the moment. Lightning show too.
Getting a little bit of Henri. My son left LBI this afternoon and will be home and settled when he visits tomorrow.
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Giving the Sarsasparilla by Espinosa a try.
Do tell!
Definitely an interesting and unique smoke. Don't know if I can say sarsaparilla, but a different taste for sure. Fairly uniform with pleasant creaminess especially in the second half. On the lighter side of medium in strength.
That review is good enough for me to look for and try 1 or 2.
I think it's well worth a try.
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I thought for sure it was Sunday and that I'd be returning to work tomorrow. Thank goodness that's not the case. Raining like a motherfucker at the moment. Lightning show too.
Phew!
Watching some Steelers pre-season football added to my confusion.
Panthers looked inept, but most offensive starters didn't play. Ravens looked OK.
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I thought for sure it was Sunday and that I'd be returning to work tomorrow. Thank goodness that's not the case. Raining like a motherfucker at the moment. Lightning show too.
Getting a little bit of Henri. My son left LBI this afternoon and will be home and settled when he visits tomorrow.
It looks like Henri will be running up the middlle between here and Boston. Therefore, we'll both just get the rainy edges of it. Long Island and Connecticut will get the brunt of it.
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I thought for sure it was Sunday and that I'd be returning to work tomorrow. Thank goodness that's not the case. Raining like a motherfucker at the moment. Lightning show too.
Phew!
Watching some Steelers pre-season football added to my confusion.
Panthers looked inept, but most offensive starters didn't play. Ravens looked OK.
Hard to tell anything from preseason.
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But we will get to page 6!