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Title: 12/8/2023
Post by: CigarBanter on December 08, 2023, 12:01:28 AM
It's Friday! Any 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: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 06:00:24 AM
Friday!
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 06:01:33 AM
Joe:

Door #1 - Room101 Muzzle Loader Gordo - 5/22.50

Door #2 - Best of Cream Sampler - 20/29.99
    5 - Nicaraguan Cream Toro (6.0" x 54)
    5 - Brazilian Cream Toro (6.0" x 54)
    5 - Dominican Cream Toro (6.0" x 54)
    5 - Havana Cream Toro (6.0" x 54)

Door #3 - Gurkha Special Edition Titan - 10/37.50
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 06:02:48 AM
Sis:

Door #1 - Gurkha Symphony Toro - 10/39.99

Door #2 - Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 '50 Years' Robusto - 10/39.99

Door #3 - 5 Vegas Series 'A' Apocalypse (Gordo) - 10/29.99
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 07:09:23 AM
Good morning, chaps.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 07:10:30 AM
Wow. Six doors to choose from and I'd rather keep them all closed.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 07:48:44 AM
Wow. Six doors to choose from and I'd rather keep them all closed.
CNS, ain't that the truth. Maybe trying to give the shipping department an easy Friday.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 08:04:56 AM
Wow. Six doors to choose from and I'd rather keep them all closed.
CNS, ain't that the truth. Maybe trying to give the shipping department an easy Friday.
Happy holidays! No bonuses this year but you'll have a light day and you can even go home early.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 08:30:36 AM
Wow. Six doors to choose from and I'd rather keep them all closed.
CNS, ain't that the truth. Maybe trying to give the shipping department an easy Friday.
Happy holidays! No bonuses this year but you'll have a light day and you can even go home early.
If they're really lucky, they might even get a couple slices of pizza. Standard corporate appeasement food.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 08:33:00 AM
Wordle 902 5/6

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Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: bluecollar on December 08, 2023, 08:42:46 AM
Wow. Six doors to choose from and I'd rather keep them all closed.
CNS, ain't that the truth. Maybe trying to give the shipping department an easy Friday.
Happy holidays! No bonuses this year but you'll have a light day and you can even go home early.
That's all I want can I leave now
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 08:51:49 AM
Wow. Six doors to choose from and I'd rather keep them all closed.
CNS, ain't that the truth. Maybe trying to give the shipping department an easy Friday.
Happy holidays! No bonuses this year but you'll have a light day and you can even go home early.
That's all I want can I leave now
Sure. Tell them, I said so.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 08:52:36 AM
Good morning, Richard.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 09:50:20 AM
Morning, muchachos.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 09:52:32 AM
Tricky bastard.

Connections
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Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 09:53:39 AM
Wordle 902 3/6

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Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 09:53:51 AM
Morning, muchachos.
Morning, Page1Raz, EarlyQuitRick.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 09:55:08 AM
Should've gotten it in 3, but accidentally misspelled my initial word, which gave me an extra guess to eliminate the missing letter.

Wordle 902 4/6*

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Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 09:55:47 AM
And my friend Scott is at two consecutive days and counting. I'm telling you, it ain't natural.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 09:56:09 AM
Tricky bastard.

Connections
Puzzle #180
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Been staring at this one off and on this morning and haven't come up with anything yet.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 09:56:33 AM
And my friend Scott is at two consecutive days and counting. I'm telling you, it ain't natural.
Another day and I'm calling shenanigans.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: bluecollar on December 08, 2023, 10:04:24 AM
Good morning, Richard.
Good morning tony, Raz, Dave
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 10:27:53 AM
Wow. Six doors to choose from and I'd rather keep them all closed.
When I saw best of Cream, I though Eric Clapton was selling cigars...
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 10:29:13 AM
Morning Dave, Tony, Raz and Rick.  Everybody's here for breakfast!
Good thing Tony got the pre-workweek donuts.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 10:29:40 AM
Connections
Puzzle #180
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Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 10:34:34 AM
Today is Friday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2023.
There are 23 days left in the year.



Today’s highlight

On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.


On this date

In 1765, Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, was born in Westborough, Massachusetts.

In 1886, the American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio.

In 1949, the Chinese Nationalist government moved from the Chinese mainland to Formosa as the Communists pressed their attacks.

In 1980, rock star and former Beatle John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman.

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a treaty at the White House calling for destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.

In 1991, AIDS patient Kimberly Bergalis, who had contracted the disease from her dentist, died in Fort Pierce, Florida, at age 23.

In 2001, the U.S. Capitol was reopened to tourists after a two-month security shutdown.

In 2008, in a startling about-face, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also abandoned their defenses.

In 2011, the 161-day NBA lockout ended when owners and players ratified the new collective bargaining agreement.

In 2014, the U.S. and NATO ceremonially ended their combat mission in Afghanistan, 13 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks sparked their invasion of the country to topple the Taliban-led government.

In 2016, John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died in Columbus, Ohio, at age 95.

In 2020, the Supreme Court rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground; the court refused to call into question the certification process in the state.

In 2012, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.

In 2017, Japanese pitching and hitting star Shohei Ohtani announced that he would sign with the Los Angeles Angels.

In 2022, Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the U.S., which released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 10:44:40 AM
Today's birthdays:

Flutist James Galway is 84.
Singer Jerry Butler is 84.
Pop musician Bobby Elliott (The Hollies) is 82.
Actor Mary Woronov is 80.
Actor John Rubinstein is 77.
Actor Kim Basinger is 70.
Rock musician Warren Cuccurullo is 67.
Rock musician Phil Collen (Def Leppard) is 66.
Country singer Marty Raybon is 64.
Political commentator Ann Coulter is 62.
Rock musician Marty Friedman is 61.
Actor Wendell Pierce is 60.
Actor Teri Hatcher is 59.
Actor David Harewood is 58.
Actor Matthew Laborteaux is 57.
Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Mussina is 55.
Rock musician Ryan Newell (Sister Hazel) is 51.
Actor Dominic Monaghan is 47.
Actor Ian Somerhalder is 45.
Rock singer Ingrid Michaelson is 44.
R&B singer Chrisette Michele is 41.
Actor Hannah Ware is 41.
Country singer Sam Hunt is 39.
MLB All-Star infielder Josh Donaldson is 38.
Christian rock musician Jen Ledger (Skillet) is 34.
NHL defenseman Drew Doughty is 34.
Actor Wallis Currie-Wood is 32.
Actor AnnaSophia Robb is 30.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 10:44:59 AM
Today's Over/Under is 3
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 10:45:51 AM
Today's Over/Under is 3
6
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 10:47:54 AM
Morning Dave, Tony, Raz and Rick.  Everybody's here for breakfast!
Good thing Tony got the pre-workweek donuts.
I want a donut.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 11:32:17 AM
Today's Over/Under is 3
Six.  Bunch of 80's rockers there.

Oops, miscounted.  Seven actually.  I know what James Galway looks like.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 11:34:28 AM
Connections
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Apparently you figured something out.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 11:36:11 AM
Morning Dave, Tony, Raz and Rick.  Everybody's here for breakfast!
Good thing Tony got the pre-workweek donuts.
I want a donut.
I want breakfast.  Steak and Eggs.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: bluecollar on December 08, 2023, 11:44:19 AM
Morning Dave, Tony, Raz and Rick.  Everybody's here for breakfast!
Good thing Tony got the pre-workweek donuts.
I want a donut.
I want breakfast.  Steak and Eggs.
We will get Tony on that right away. After Monday we are all on our own
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 11:44:51 AM
Connections
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Apparently you figured something out.
Just needed to step away from it for a while.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 11:48:57 AM
The algorithms.  Maybe you'll recall that last year I wrote "Pirate Radio" which was inspired by the discovery of a body in a barrel in a lake.  Here's a reminder:

"They found a body in a barrel in a reservoir
Thirty miles south of town
With a hole in the head where it shouldn't been
Somebody put the boy down
The water level's down 'cause the rain won't fall
And they're holding up the river's flow
Now the lake's telling stories like a Charismatic preacher on pirate radio..."

I never mentioned what lake it was.  I clicked on a single news item that was the source of inspiration. 

But the webz have dutifully kept me informed of every new development about the water level in Lake Mead, ever since.  Right up to this morning.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 11:52:46 AM
The algorithms.  Maybe you'll recall that last year I wrote "Pirate Radio" which was inspired by the discovery of a body in a barrel in a lake.  Here's a reminder:

"They found a body in a barrel in a reservoir
Thirty miles south of town
With a hole in the head where it shouldn't been
Somebody put the boy down
The water level's down 'cause the rain won't fall
And they're holding up the river's flow
Now the lake's telling stories like a Charismatic preacher on pirate radio..."

I never mentioned what lake it was.  I clicked on a single news item that was the source of inspiration. 

But the webz have dutifully kept me informed of every new development about the water level in Lake Mead, ever since.  Right up to this morning.
Lol, Lord Google is always watching.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 01:08:20 PM
The algorithms.  Maybe you'll recall that last year I wrote "Pirate Radio" which was inspired by the discovery of a body in a barrel in a lake.  Here's a reminder:

"They found a body in a barrel in a reservoir
Thirty miles south of town
With a hole in the head where it shouldn't been
Somebody put the boy down
The water level's down 'cause the rain won't fall
And they're holding up the river's flow
Now the lake's telling stories like a Charismatic preacher on pirate radio..."

I never mentioned what lake it was.  I clicked on a single news item that was the source of inspiration. 

But the webz have dutifully kept me informed of every new development about the water level in Lake Mead, ever since.  Right up to this morning.
Lol, Lord Google is always watching.
No joke.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 01:11:03 PM
Morning Dave, Tony, Raz and Rick.  Everybody's here for breakfast!
Good thing Tony got the pre-workweek donuts.
I want a donut.
Need to start going back for in office meetings.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 01:13:10 PM
Page 3!
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 01:14:08 PM
Happy Birthday ladies.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 01:16:18 PM
The algorithms.  Maybe you'll recall that last year I wrote "Pirate Radio" which was inspired by the discovery of a body in a barrel in a lake.  Here's a reminder:

"They found a body in a barrel in a reservoir
Thirty miles south of town
With a hole in the head where it shouldn't been
Somebody put the boy down
The water level's down 'cause the rain won't fall
And they're holding up the river's flow
Now the lake's telling stories like a Charismatic preacher on pirate radio..."

I never mentioned what lake it was.  I clicked on a single news item that was the source of inspiration. 

But the webz have dutifully kept me informed of every new development about the water level in Lake Mead, ever since.  Right up to this morning.
Don't feel too special, I got a Lake Mead notice today as well.
...so probably a coinkidink.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 01:30:23 PM
Morning Dave, Tony, Raz and Rick.  Everybody's here for breakfast!
Good thing Tony got the pre-workweek donuts.
I want a donut.
Need to start going back for in office meetings.
Not worth it.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 01:30:55 PM
The algorithms.  Maybe you'll recall that last year I wrote "Pirate Radio" which was inspired by the discovery of a body in a barrel in a lake.  Here's a reminder:

"They found a body in a barrel in a reservoir
Thirty miles south of town
With a hole in the head where it shouldn't been
Somebody put the boy down
The water level's down 'cause the rain won't fall
And they're holding up the river's flow
Now the lake's telling stories like a Charismatic preacher on pirate radio..."

I never mentioned what lake it was.  I clicked on a single news item that was the source of inspiration. 

But the webz have dutifully kept me informed of every new development about the water level in Lake Mead, ever since.  Right up to this morning.
Don't feel too special, I got a Lake Mead notice today as well.
...so probably a coinkidink.
That's because the news is coming from INSIDE THE BANTER!
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 02:11:53 PM
Hazzuh!
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 03:10:56 PM
Enjoying the afternoon with a fine cigar!
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 03:38:11 PM
Enjoying the afternoon with a fine cigar!
I had one of those recently and enjoyed it.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 03:41:14 PM
Enjoying the afternoon with a fine cigar!
I had one of those recently and enjoyed it.
Went back and looked. It was on October 25th. I posted that it wasn't too complex but the flavor was very good and I'd definitely smoke it again.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 04:37:01 PM
I should have stepped away.

Connections
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Failed again.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 04:49:42 PM
This is kind of a weird experience for me.

https://artists.landr.com/Rusty-Axle-Holiest-of-Nights
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 05:11:09 PM
I should have stepped away.

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Failed again.
Oof
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 05:12:04 PM
This is kind of a weird experience for me.

https://artists.landr.com/064837272863
Well done! A couple thousand streams and you'll be able to buy yourself a cappuccino!
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 05:12:23 PM
This is kind of a weird experience for me.

https://artists.landr.com/064837272863
Well done! A couple thousand streams and you'll be able to buy yourself a cappuccino!
Though, the link doesn't seem to be working.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 05:46:51 PM
This is kind of a weird experience for me.

https://artists.landr.com/064837272863
Very very cool.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 05:47:54 PM
Ryan O'Neal, the Oscar-nominated actor, has died. He was 82.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 07:12:52 PM
This is kind of a weird experience for me.

https://artists.landr.com/064837272863
Well done! A couple thousand streams and you'll be able to buy yourself a cappuccino!
Though, the link doesn't seem to be working.
Oops.  The producer changed it to make it more "friendly."  He just forgot to tell me.  But I can't yell at him, because he's my son.

https://artists.landr.com/Rusty-Axle-Holiest-of-Nights

I fixed it in my original post, too.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 07:14:48 PM
This is kind of a weird experience for me.

https://artists.landr.com/064837272863
Well done! A couple thousand streams and you'll be able to buy yourself a cappuccino!
I'm not holding my breath. 
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 07:47:51 PM
Aaaannnnd...now I get a whole new genre of junk mail, because now I run a record label.  At least, I do on paper. 

How fun!

Can I write off cigars as a business expense? 

"Come in here dear boy, have a..." Never mind.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 09:11:51 PM
CAO Flathead

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Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 08, 2023, 09:43:49 PM
Aaaannnnd...now I get a whole new genre of junk mail, because now I run a record label.  At least, I do on paper. 

How fun!

Can I write off cigars as a business expense? 

"Come in here dear boy, have a..." Never mind.
Absolutely. In fact, maybe re-record the Pink Floyd song and then you can definitely write-off the cigars.

... You're gonna go far.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 08, 2023, 11:17:02 PM
Back from a nice Chapel Hart concert.
Time for a Futuro.
Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: razgueado on December 08, 2023, 11:54:25 PM
Shenanigans, then, LTG?

Three consecutive days this week. Four days last week.

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Title: Re: 12/8/2023
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 08, 2023, 11:55:19 PM
Shenanigans, then, LTG?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231209/eab297b3b0db087725306bff1b8c8803.jpg)
Yeah, no question.