Post by: CigarBanter on January 06, 2023, 12:43:34 AM
Post by: razgueado on January 06, 2023, 03:23:21 AM
Night, lads.
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 05:58:42 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 06:03:28 AM
Carlos Torano Noventa Santiago (5.0"x49) - 10 / $29.99
OR
Gurkha Beauty (6.5"x58) - 10 / $39.99
OR
Montecristo White Rothschilde (5.0"x52) - 10 / $49.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 06:09:09 AM
Door #1 - Rocky Patel Broadleaf Toro (6.0"x52) - 10 / $39.99
Door #2 - Montecristo 8-Cigar Flight - 8 / $37.50
includes:
2 x Montecristo Robusto (4.7”x50)
2 x Montecristo Double Corona (6.2”x50)
2 x Montecristo Churchill (7.0”x50)
2 x Montecristo No. 1 (6.5”x44)
Door #3 - Diesel Top-Twenty Sampler II - 20 / $69.99
includes:
5 x Diesel Unholy Cocktail (5.0”x56)
5 x Diesel Unlimited d.5 (5.5”x54)
5 x Diesel Unlimited Maduro d.5 (5.5”x54)
5 x Diesel Rage Toro (6.0”x54)
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 06:29:55 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 08:12:27 AM
Friday! And an ABLessFriday, to boot.It should have felt like a short week but it really didn't. Only my paycheck noticed that I had Monday off.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 08:20:52 AM
I always feel the same when I have Monday off. Never feels like a short week. Having Friday off, totally different story.Friday! And an ABLessFriday, to boot.It should have felt like a short week but it really didn't. Only my paycheck noticed that I had Monday off.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 08:25:08 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 09:00:37 AM
Agreed.I always feel the same when I have Monday off. Never feels like a short week. Having Friday off, totally different story.Friday! And an ABLessFriday, to boot.It should have felt like a short week but it really didn't. Only my paycheck noticed that I had Monday off.
Post by: razgueado on January 06, 2023, 09:03:07 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 09:13:32 AM
Morning, muchachos.Morning, DictionaryRaz.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 09:16:25 AM
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Post by: razgueado on January 06, 2023, 09:19:12 AM
Morning, Dave.Morning, muchachos.Morning, DictionaryRaz.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 09:22:20 AM
Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 09:35:36 AM
With this much money at stake, I would definitely take the lump sum. And that's based solely on my inherent distrust of anything that's gonna hold on to my money for 30 years and give it to me a bit at a time.Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 10:08:02 AM
I don't think either option is too terrible. Cash option for me. I ain't gonna last THAT long.Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 10:09:12 AM
You mean like social security?With this much money at stake, I would definitely take the lump sum. And that's based solely on my inherent distrust of anything that's gonna hold on to my money for 30 years and give it to me a bit at a time.Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: razgueado on January 06, 2023, 10:21:01 AM
Right??You mean like social security?With this much money at stake, I would definitely take the lump sum. And that's based solely on my inherent distrust of anything that's gonna hold on to my money for 30 years and give it to me a bit at a time.Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 10:21:40 AM
That's exactly like what I mean. If that's still around when I retire, I'll consider it a bonus.You mean like social security?With this much money at stake, I would definitely take the lump sum. And that's based solely on my inherent distrust of anything that's gonna hold on to my money for 30 years and give it to me a bit at a time.Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 10:22:38 AM
The major difference, of course, being that I don't have a choice but to contribute to social security, whether it'll still be around in 20 years or not.Right??You mean like social security?With this much money at stake, I would definitely take the lump sum. And that's based solely on my inherent distrust of anything that's gonna hold on to my money for 30 years and give it to me a bit at a time.Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 10:28:44 AM
Sure you are. Look at the longevity genes you have. Plus, it can pay to your estate. You don't have to be living for the whole 30 years.I don't think either option is too terrible. Cash option for me. I ain't gonna last THAT long.Mega Millions currently at $940 million for tonight's drawing ($483.5 million for cash option).I've been debating the cash option recently. I calculated that if one could "guarantee" a 10% return over 30 years, than it's worth taking the cash option. I'm guessing a savvy investor would claim she could guarantee even more than 10% but otherwise the annuity might not be such a bad way to go.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 10:29:45 AM
Today is Friday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2023.
There are 359 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump, fueled by his false claims of a stolen election, assaulted police and smashed their way into the Capitol to interrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, forcing lawmakers into hiding; most of the rioters had come from a nearby rally where Trump urged them to “fight like hell.” A Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, was shot and killed by a police officer as she tried to breach a barricaded doorway inside the Capitol. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, injured while confronting the rioters, suffered a stroke the next day and died from natural causes, the Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office said. (In the weeks that followed, four of the officers who responded to the riot took their own lives.) Congress reconvened hours later to finish certifying the election result.
On this date:
In 1412, tradition holds that Joan of Arc was born this day in Domremy.
In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first successful public demonstration of their telegraph in Morristown, New Jersey.
In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.
In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60.
In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.
In 1974, year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.
In 1982, truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of 10 of the “Freeway Killer” slayings of young men and boys. (Bonin was later convicted of four other killings; he was executed in 1996.)
In 1994, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit’s Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan’s rival, Tonya Harding, went to prison for their roles in the attack. (Harding pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution, but denied any advance knowledge about the assault.)
In 2001, with Vice President Al Gore presiding in his capacity as president of the Senate, Congress formally certified George W. Bush the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.
In 2005, former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested on murder charges 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison; he died in prison in 2018.)
In 2006, velvet-voiced singer Lou Rawls died in Los Angeles at age 72.
In 2020, throngs of Iranians attended the funeral of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who’d been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq; Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while praying over the casket. Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said he was “prepared to testify” if subpoenaed by the Senate in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (The Senate voted against calling witnesses.)
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 10:30:44 AM
Five years ago: Pushing back against a new book that said his own aides questioned his competence, President Donald Trump defended his mental fitness in a series of tweets, saying that he is “like, really smart” and “a very stable genius.” Japanese air bag maker Takata said it was recalling an additional 3.3 million faulty air bag inflators, expanding the largest automotive recall in U.S. history. About 100 million Americans were faced with a gusty deep freeze that followed a whopping East Coast snowstorm; the wind chill was close to minus 100 on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.
One year ago: On the anniversary of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters for holding a “dagger at the throat of democracy” with election lies that sparked the attack; Biden spoke in the Capitol’s ornate Statuary Hall, where rioters had laid siege, and called on Americans to remember what they saw on Jan. 6 with their own eyes, amid what he said were efforts of Trump supporters to “rewrite history.” Actor Sidney Poitier (PWAH’-tee-ay) died at his Los Angeles home at 94; he was the first Black actor to win an Oscar for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw. Peter Bogdanovich, director of 1970s black-and-white classics including “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” died in Los Angeles at 82.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 10:33:35 AM
Country musician Joey Miskulin (Riders in the Sky) is 74.
Former FBI director Louis Freeh is 73.
Rock singer-musician Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 72.
Singer Jett Williams is 70.
Actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson is 68.
World Golf Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez is 66.
Actor Scott Bryce is 65.
R&B singer Kathy Sledge is 64.
TV chef Nigella Lawson is 63.
R&B singer Eric Williams (BLACKstreet) is 63.
Actor Norman Reedus is 54.
Food writer and blogger Ree Drummond is 54.
TV personality Julie Chen is 53.
Actor Danny Pintauro (TV: “Who’s the Boss?”) is 47.
Actor Cristela Alonzo is 44.
Actor Rinko Kikuchi (RINK’-oh kih-KOO’-chee) is 42.
Actor Eddie Redmayne is 41.
Retired NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas is 41.
Actor-comedian Kate McKinnon is 39.
Actor Diona Reasonover is 39.
Rock singer Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) is 37.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 10:35:11 AM
Raz Over/Under is 7
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 10:36:24 AM
Over/Under for today is 57
Raz Over/Under is 7
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 10:49:55 AM
Post by: razgueado on January 06, 2023, 10:53:34 AM
Over/Under for today is 5Nine.
Raz Over/Under is 7
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 10:55:30 AM
What more does McCarthy have to do to humiliate himself? HIs own party shows it has no respect for him. What else does he have to do? Give them blowjobs on the House floor. I'm sure he would at this point... :-\At least it would be something new to watch. :D
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 10:56:54 AM
Over/Under for today is 5
Raz Over/Under is 7
5, but 4 if they didn't already tell us who Pintauro was.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 11:02:08 AM
I didn't count him because I have no idea what he looks like today.Over/Under for today is 5
Raz Over/Under is 7
5, but 4 if they didn't already tell us who Pintauro was.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 11:22:08 AM
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This one was not in my vocabulary. Just happy to keep the streak alive.
Post by: razgueado on January 06, 2023, 12:08:16 PM
Wordle 566 5/6The word is in my vocabulary, but very rarely used. It's a word I read more than write, and almost never say, and nearly always encounter in second or third person forms. So when I got the middle three letters, all the words I could think of were ruled out by already excluded letters. I finally grabbed a dictionary, and after about ten minutes I had identified four words, one of which I considered extremely unlikely, and one of which I figured was no better than even odds. That left two, and I had two guesses left, so held my breath and went with alphabetical order. As it was, the first guess was correct. Phew.
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This one was not in my vocabulary. Just happy to keep the streak alive.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 12:10:44 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 12:26:11 PM
The Bills player had his breathing tube removed last night, so he's continuing to improve. Good news there.That's really great. I think the whole situation was handled pretty well. Glad Damar is on the road to recovery.
Post by: razgueado on January 06, 2023, 12:27:47 PM
The Bills player had his breathing tube removed last night, so he's continuing to improve. Good news there.Gotta love it. Apparently his first words after the tube was removed were, "Who won the game?"
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 01:34:25 PM
I wonder who had to break the news to him and fill him in on all the goings on. LolThe Bills player had his breathing tube removed last night, so he's continuing to improve. Good news there.Gotta love it. Apparently his first words after the tube was removed were, "Who won the game?"
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 02:19:06 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 02:20:13 PM
Hazzuh!Happy weekend, Dave.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 02:24:33 PM
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Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 03:06:40 PM
The Bills player had his breathing tube removed last night, so he's continuing to improve. Good news there.Facetimed into team meetings today!
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 03:07:59 PM
The answer was "You won" "You won the game of life"I wonder who had to break the news to him and fill him in on all the goings on. LolThe Bills player had his breathing tube removed last night, so he's continuing to improve. Good news there.Gotta love it. Apparently his first words after the tube was removed were, "Who won the game?"
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 03:09:54 PM
Ahhh, to be 24 again! I'd probably do it all differently if given that opportunity.The Bills player had his breathing tube removed last night, so he's continuing to improve. Good news there.Facetimed into team meetings today!
Really happy for Hamlin though.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 03:42:14 PM
Not sure if these prices are any good but I'll post this link to some Southern Draw cigars anyway:Nope, prices not good.
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Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 03:49:27 PM
Post by: bluecollar on January 06, 2023, 06:02:33 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 06:10:26 PM
House takes a break after 13th failed vote in time to get to happy hour.Can't say they haven't earned it. These couple of days will be the most they'll work in the next 3 months.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 07:39:42 PM
I have been busy. I hope all is well(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230106/289d6bfa4f30e72a73a23d560efbc9cf.jpg)Evening Rick, Good end of the week cigar you have there.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 06, 2023, 07:40:34 PM
And the less Congress does, the happier the stock market is. All good.House takes a break after 13th failed vote in time to get to happy hour.Can't say they haven't earned it. These couple of days will be the most they'll work in the next 3 months.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 07:59:51 PM
Agreed, my 401k was very happy today.And the less Congress does, the happier the stock market is. All good.House takes a break after 13th failed vote in time to get to happy hour.Can't say they haven't earned it. These couple of days will be the most they'll work in the next 3 months.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 09:14:04 PM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 06, 2023, 10:14:58 PM
LADC Mi AmorThat's a great smoke. Unfortunately, haven't had one in a very long time.
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 06, 2023, 11:29:27 PM
Hadn't had one in forever. Still a great smoke.LADC Mi AmorThat's a great smoke. Unfortunately, haven't had one in a very long time.
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 07, 2023, 07:56:05 AM
