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Title: 3/5/2023
Post by: CigarBanter on March 05, 2023, 12:07:08 AM
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!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: razgueado on March 05, 2023, 01:44:08 AM
Yesterday (for you guys) was the Big Birthday for my clan. My dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son were all born on March 4. The celebration is today, er, tomorrow for me. This is getting confusing.

Ahem. On March 5, my clan will celebrate the birthdays of my dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son, who were all born on March 4. My dad is 76, my brother is 45, and my son is 27.

And this is all to say that I cannot fucking believe I have a son who is pushing 30, or beginning to. That is just bizarre to me.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 02:16:32 AM
Yesterday (for you guys) was the Big Birthday for my clan. My dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son were all born on March 4. The celebration is today, er, tomorrow for me. This is getting confusing.

Ahem. On March 5, my clan will celebrate the birthdays of my dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son, who were all born on March 4. My dad is 76, my brother is 45, and my son is 27.

And this is all to say that I cannot fucking believe I have a son who is pushing 30, or beginning to. That is just bizarre to me.
That is awesome. Three generations with the same date? Happy birthday to them all!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: razgueado on March 05, 2023, 04:25:20 AM
Yesterday (for you guys) was the Big Birthday for my clan. My dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son were all born on March 4. The celebration is today, er, tomorrow for me. This is getting confusing.

Ahem. On March 5, my clan will celebrate the birthdays of my dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son, who were all born on March 4. My dad is 76, my brother is 45, and my son is 27.

And this is all to say that I cannot fucking believe I have a son who is pushing 30, or beginning to. That is just bizarre to me.
That is awesome. Three generations with the same date? Happy birthday to them all!
Thank you, T. It's a big deal to us.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 09:08:45 AM
Yesterday (for you guys) was the Big Birthday for my clan. My dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son were all born on March 4. The celebration is today, er, tomorrow for me. This is getting confusing.

Ahem. On March 5, my clan will celebrate the birthdays of my dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son, who were all born on March 4. My dad is 76, my brother is 45, and my son is 27.

And this is all to say that I cannot fucking believe I have a son who is pushing 30, or beginning to. That is just bizarre to me.
Now there's a coinky dink. Happy belated birthday to the clan!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 09:09:04 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 09:09:24 AM
Joe:

Rocky Patel The Edge Maduro Toro - 10/42.50
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 09:10:17 AM
Sis:

Door #1 - Alec Bradley Prensado Robusto - 10/49.99

Door #2 - 5 Vegas Classic The Judge (Gordo) - 10/29.99

Door #3 - CAO Mx2 Toro - 10/39.99
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 09:48:05 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
Good morning, OHDave. Been busy cleaning and whatnot. Hadn't had a chance to do any banter updates.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 09:48:43 AM
ABs and all. Seems like a perfect Sunday.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 09:54:02 AM
It's about 44° now and might climb up another 10. I think the fam and I are going to do an outdoor activity.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 09:54:29 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
Good morning, OHDave. Been busy cleaning and whatnot. Hadn't had a chance to do any banter updates.
Gotta get the middle kid packed up today, she leaves for DC with her class in the wee hours tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 09:54:49 AM
It's about 44° now and might climb up another 10. I think the fam and I are going to do an outdoor activity.
That's the spirit!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 09:54:53 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
I read this again and sense sarcasm. What are you up to?
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 09:56:51 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
Good morning, OHDave. Been busy cleaning and whatnot. Hadn't had a chance to do any banter updates.
Gotta get the middle kid packed up today, she leaves for DC with her class in the wee hours tomorrow morning.
Oh cool. My daughter wasn't able to make that trip due to the pandemic. Glad things are back to normal. Well, you know what I mean.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 09:57:25 AM
Yesterday (for you guys) was the Big Birthday for my clan. My dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son were all born on March 4. The celebration is today, er, tomorrow for me. This is getting confusing.

Ahem. On March 5, my clan will celebrate the birthdays of my dad, my youngest brother, and my eldest son, who were all born on March 4. My dad is 76, my brother is 45, and my son is 27.

And this is all to say that I cannot fucking believe I have a son who is pushing 30, or beginning to. That is just bizarre to me.
And it only gets worse.
Happy Birthday to all!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 09:57:53 AM
Somebody had to get us to page 2.... ::) :P
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 09:58:44 AM
Good morning, ClemsonDave.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 09:58:45 AM
Sis:

Door #1 - Alec Bradley Prensado Robusto - 10/49.99

Door #2 - 5 Vegas Classic The Judge (Gordo) - 10/29.99

Door #3 - CAO Mx2 Toro - 10/39.99
I will sure be resting on those deals!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:01:26 AM
Finally fixed the Weekend Spotlight, but not great prices at all for the Ave Maria's...

https://www.cigarsinternational.com/shop/ave-maria-box-deal/1800519/
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:04:39 AM
Don't know if the cigar is any good, but kudo's for the packaging. 
Maybe they can sell it along with the Espinosa Wasabi.

https://www.smokeinn.com/Punch-Spring-Roll/
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:08:33 AM

Today is Sunday, March 5, the 64th day of 2023.
There are 301 days left in the year.



Today’s highlight in history:

On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people.

On this date:

In 1849, Zachary Taylor was inaugurated as the 12th president of the United States. (The swearing-in was delayed by a day because March 4 fell on a Sunday.)

In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate, with Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding. Johnson, the first U.S. president to be impeached, was accused of “high crimes and misdemeanors” stemming from his attempt to fire Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; the trial ended on May 26 with Johnson’s acquittal.

In 1933, in German parliamentary elections, the Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote; the Nazis joined with a conservative nationalist party to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.

In 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in which he said: “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an ‘iron curtain’ has descended across the continent, allowing police governments to rule Eastern Europe.”

In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died after three decades in power.

In 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a Piper Comanche, near Camden, Tennessee, along with pilot Randy Hughes (Cline’s manager).

In 1970, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons went into effect after 43 nations ratified it.

In 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe flew past Jupiter, sending back photographs of the planet and its moons.

In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a rented bungalow in Hollywood; he was 33.

In 1998, NASA scientists said enough water was frozen in the loose soil of the moon to support a lunar base and perhaps, one day, a human colony.

In 2004, Martha Stewart was convicted in New York of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she’d unloaded her Imclone stock just before the price plummeted; her ex-stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, also was found guilty in the stock scandal. (Each later received a five-month prison sentence.)

In 2020, Palestinian officials closed the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem over fears of the coronavirus. Officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast until passengers and crew could be tested; a traveler from its previous voyage died of the coronavirus.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:09:31 AM
Ten years ago: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Latin America’s most vocal and controversial leader, died in Caracas at age 58 after a struggle with cancer. Transportation Security Administration head John Pistole announced that airline passengers would be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes (the plan was dropped three months later amid fierce congressional and industry opposition).


Five years ago: House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican allies of President Donald Trump pleaded with him to back away from his threatened tariffs, but Trump responded, “We’re not backing down.” Los Angeles police arrested Terry Bryant, 47, on charges that he stole Frances McDormand’s Oscar trophy after the Academy Awards a night earlier; the award was returned to the actress. (Charges against Bryant would later be dismissed.) The Nielsen company announced that the Academy Awards viewership had plunged to a record low of 26.5 million, down 20 percent from a year earlier.


One year ago: A promised cease-fire in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol collapsed amid scenes of terror in the besieged town. The number of people fleeing the country reached 1.4 million just 10 days after Russian forces invaded. Officials in Russia revealed that WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner had been arrested at a Moscow airport weeks earlier when a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. (Nine months later, Griner would be released in a prisoner swap with the U.S.)
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:12:01 AM
Today’s birthdays:

Actor Paul Sand is 91.
Actor James B. Sikking is 89.
Actor Fred Williamson is 85.
Actor Samantha Eggar is 84.
Actor Michael Warren is 77.
Singer Eddy Grant is 75.
Rock musician Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is 71.
Actor-comedian Marsha Warfield is 69.
Magician Penn Jillette is 68.
Actor Adriana Barraza is 67.
Actor Talia Balsam is 64.
Rock singers Charlie and Craig Reid (The Proclaimers) are 61.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin is 57.
Actor Paul Blackthorne is 54.
Rock musician John Frusciante is 53.
Singer Rome is 53.
Actor Kevin Connolly is 49.
Actor Eva Mendes is 49.
Actor Jill Ritchie is 49.
Actor Jolene Blalock is 48.
Model Niki Taylor is 48.
Actor Kimberly McCullough is 45.
Actor Karolina Wydra is 42.
Singer-songwriter Amanda Shires is 41.
Actor Dominique McElligott is 37.
Actor Sterling Knight is 34.
Actor Jake Lloyd is 34.
Actor Micah Fowler is 25.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:12:18 AM
Today's Over/Under is 5
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 10:15:28 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
Good morning, OHDave. Been busy cleaning and whatnot. Hadn't had a chance to do any banter updates.
Gotta get the middle kid packed up today, she leaves for DC with her class in the wee hours tomorrow morning.
Oh cool. My daughter wasn't able to make that trip due to the pandemic. Glad things are back to normal. Well, you know what I mean.
Yeah, my oldest also got hosed out of her trip. This is the first one the school is making after missing it three times.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 10:15:49 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
I read this again and sense sarcasm. What are you up to?
OT, as usual.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 10:18:03 AM
Today's Over/Under is 5
8
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:23:14 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
I read this again and sense sarcasm. What are you up to?
OT, as usual.
Ca Ching!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:23:45 AM
How am I supposed to post page 3 birthday ladies without page 3?
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:25:00 AM
Nothing a little PWing can't fix.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 10:25:51 AM
Happy Sunday!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 10:28:51 AM
Morning, all. Happy "day of rest".
I read this again and sense sarcasm. What are you up to?
OT, as usual.
Ca Ching!
That's the idea.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 10:29:00 AM
Today's Over/Under is 5
Nailed it. Couldn't put a face to Niki Taylor but I'm sure ClemsonDave will come through for me.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 10:32:49 AM
Happy Sunday!
Came through in spades.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 05, 2023, 10:41:47 AM
Wordle 624 3/6

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This was always my daughter's first guess but then she stopped playing.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 11:03:28 AM
Wordle 624 3/6

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This was always my daughter's first guess but then she stopped playing.
An odd first guess.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 11:03:45 AM
Wordle 624 4/6*

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Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 11:14:00 AM
I think I am going to have a SD Connecticut.
It's the corona Gordo vitola  I just got from the page
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 11:18:09 AM
I think I am going to have a SD Connecticut.
It's the corona Gordo vitola  I just got from the page
Not a bad way to start the day.  (or is it finish the night?)  Good day Rick!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 11:49:10 AM
OT shift done, hoping to watch a lot of golf the rest of the day.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 11:54:03 AM
I think I am going to have a SD Connecticut.
It's the corona Gordo vitola  I just got from the page
Not a bad way to start the day.  (or is it finish the night?)  Good day Rick!
Hello Dave. Just slow to move in my household here.
Hope all your day's going well (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230305/128d9986d76f44c04224247ee1d0be38.jpg)
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 12:12:52 PM
I didn't escape any calls from work. I just got off the sheesh
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 01:31:29 PM
I wonder how this SD is going to be. The others in this line kick my butt a bit. I know some would agree. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230305/ea65d3fca77acf027061df0521e6f647.jpg)
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 01:33:22 PM
I didn't escape any calls from work. I just got off the sheesh
Oof
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: razgueado on March 05, 2023, 02:38:18 PM
Morning, muchachos.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: razgueado on March 05, 2023, 02:38:55 PM
That was harder than it should have been.

Wordle 624 5/6

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Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: razgueado on March 05, 2023, 02:42:23 PM
Today's Over/Under is 5

Six.

Here's a coinkydink for you. My stepmother, Athena Dean Holtz (neé Sikking), is birthday boy James B. Sikking's niece.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 02:43:51 PM
Today's Over/Under is 5

Six.

Here's a coinkydink for you. My stepmother, Athena Dean Holtz (neé Sikking), is James Sikking's niece.
You're full of coinky dinks this weekend.

Afternoon, Page4Raz.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 02:45:12 PM
Heading to the store to pick up some steaks for dinner, along with a couple things the kid needs for her trip.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: razgueado on March 05, 2023, 02:50:33 PM
Today's Over/Under is 5

Six.

Here's a coinkydink for you. My stepmother, Athena Dean Holtz (neé Sikking), is James Sikking's niece.
You're full of coinky dinks this weekend.

Afternoon, Page4Raz.
Well, better full of coinkydinks than full of shit like I usually am, I suppose.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 02:57:47 PM
I wonder how this SD is going to be. The others in this line kick my butt a bit. I know some would agree. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230305/ea65d3fca77acf027061df0521e6f647.jpg)
That is one of more potent ones.  Tasty but will get your attention.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 05, 2023, 02:58:36 PM
Today's Over/Under is 5

Six.

Here's a coinkydink for you. My stepmother, Athena Dean Holtz (neé Sikking), is James Sikking's niece.
You're full of coinky dinks this weekend.

Afternoon, Page4Raz.
Well, better full of coinkydinks than full of shit like I usually am, I suppose.
But that's why you fit in so well here!
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 04:35:38 PM
Today's Over/Under is 5

Six.

Here's a coinkydink for you. My stepmother, Athena Dean Holtz (neé Sikking), is James Sikking's niece.
You're full of coinky dinks this weekend.

Afternoon, Page4Raz.
Well, better full of coinkydinks than full of shit like I usually am, I suppose.
I wasn't gonna say it.
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 06:58:37 PM
I wonder how this SD is going to be. The others in this line kick my butt a bit. I know some would agree. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230305/ea65d3fca77acf027061df0521e6f647.jpg)
That is one of more potent ones.  Tasty but will get your attention.
Smooth so far but just took a flame 10 minutes ago. I think this is a creeper
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 07:01:39 PM
I wonder how this SD is going to be. The others in this line kick my butt a bit. I know some would agree. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230305/ea65d3fca77acf027061df0521e6f647.jpg)
That is one of more potent ones.  Tasty but will get your attention.
Smooth so far but just took a flame 10 minutes ago. I think this is a creeper
15 minutes in (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230306/0f20e927c34516e0c42525953df61ce4.jpg)
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 07:18:18 PM
1/2 hour in and I need to slow down on my puffing (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230306/ef06d3988d1187ae258fb7a0b39d1221.jpg)
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: bluecollar on March 05, 2023, 07:56:53 PM
Hour and 15
Vitamin N has crept in (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230306/b1003db502a1af6bcdb6c4968a802a3b.jpg)
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 09:19:03 PM
Joining Rick on the SD train

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230306/ba9cc6dc23e1c03994e5847a8928c8a1.jpg)
Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: razgueado on March 05, 2023, 09:48:47 PM
Well THAT was a party. Had most of the clan here. We had Christian's Famous chicken "fajita" tacos, margaritas, Pacifico, a little Green Spot Irish whiskey, cake and ice cream. I took a short nap,  and then I raided the leftovers. Now I am stuffed to the rafters and sleepy.

Tomorrow afternoon, pop and I fly out to Tucson to see Uncle Andy in hospice. He sent a text message today wishing everyone a happy birthday. That kinda choked everybody up.

Title: Re: 3/5/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 05, 2023, 10:40:41 PM
Well THAT was a party. Had most of the clan here. We had Christian's Famous chicken "fajita" tacos, margaritas, Pacifico, a little Green Spot Irish whiskey, cake and ice cream. I took a short nap,  and then I raided the leftovers. Now I am stuffed to the rafters and sleepy.

Tomorrow afternoon, pop and I fly out to Tucson to see Uncle Andy in hospice. He sent a text message today wishing everyone a happy birthday. That kinda choked everybody up.
Sounds like a good time had by all.