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Title: 12/31/2024
Post by: CigarBanter on December 31, 2024, 01:42:05 AM
Happy Tuesday! In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars.  Join in 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: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 08:03:34 AM
JoeCigar:

INCH Natural by E.P. Carrillo #62 (5.0"x62) - 5 /$22.50
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 08:04:38 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #1 - Oliva Serie 'V' Melanio Maduro Robusto (5.0"x52) - 5 /$31.99
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 08:06:00 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #2 - The Cohiba Collection - 10 /$59.99
includes:
2 x Red Dot Robusto (5.0"x49) - '92' rated
2 x Nicaragua N54 (5.5"X54) - '91' rated
2 x Connecticut Robusto (5.0"x50)
2 x Puro Dominicana Toro (6.0"x54)
2 x Black Supremo (6.0"x54)
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 08:07:01 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #3 - Pledge by E.P. Carrillo Prequel (Robusto) (5.0"x50) - 5 /$34.99
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 09:21:03 AM
JoeCigar:

INCH Natural by E.P. Carrillo #62 (5.0"x62) - 5 /$22.50
Probably the one line by EPC that I haven't tried.  Just don't go for the jawbreakers.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 09:21:50 AM
JoeCigar:

INCH Natural by E.P. Carrillo #62 (5.0"x62) - 5 /$22.50
Probably the one line by EPC that I haven't tried.  Just don't go for the jawbreakers.
I couldn't agree more. It just doesn't appeal to me.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 09:22:28 AM
Good morning, Dave.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 09:22:46 AM
Morning Tony.  Happy New Year!
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 09:23:08 AM
You doing anything or just hanging at home?
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 09:30:18 AM
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Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 09:35:00 AM
You doing anything or just hanging at home?
Going to a neighbor/friend's place. It's about a mile away so I'll drive home afterwards, but it's all local streets and I won't be drinking.

How about you?
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 10:19:48 AM
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Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 10:32:18 AM
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Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 31, 2024, 10:53:24 AM
Morning, boyos. The wife and I will go back to our tradition of going out to eat, then settling into our whirlpool tub hotel room to soak into the new year. Didn't get to last year because she had to work.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 31, 2024, 10:53:57 AM
Still haven't chosen a new starting word.

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Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 10:59:24 AM
You doing anything or just hanging at home?
Going to a neighbor/friend's place. It's about a mile away so I'll drive home afterwards, but it's all local streets and I won't be drinking.

How about you?
Going to a neighborhood thing.  Start at the wine bar with appetizers and beverages, up the street to the steak house for dinner then finish at a neighbors house.  Nice having it all nearby.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 11:02:27 AM
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 31, the 366th and final day of 2024.
This is New Year’s Eve.



Today in history:

On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first demonstrated his electric incandescent lights for the public by illuminating some 100 bulbs in and around his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.


Also on this date:

In 1904, New York’s Times Square saw its first New Year’s Eve celebration, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance.

In 1972, Major League baseball player Roberto Clemente, 38, was killed when a plane he had chartered and was traveling on to bring relief supplies to earthquake-devastated Nicaragua crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Rico.

In 1985, singer Rick Nelson, 45, and six others were killed when fire broke out aboard a plane that was taking the group to a New Year’s Eve performance in Dallas.

In 1995, the syndicated comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes,” created by Bill Watterson, came to an end after a 10-year run.

In 1999, Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigned, making Prime Minister Vladimir Putin acting president.

In 2019, the health commission in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that experts were investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness and that most of the victims had visited a seafood market in the city; the statement said 27 people had become ill with a strain of viral pneumonia, which would eventually be known as COVID-19.

In 2022, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who had become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign as pope, died at age 95.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 11:06:20 AM
Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Anthony Hopkins is 87.
Rock musician Andy Summers (The Police) is 82.
Actor Ben Kingsley is 81.
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford is 80.
Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg is 78.
Actor Tim Matheson is 77.
Actor Bebe Neuwirth is 66.
Actor Gong Li is 59.
Author Nicholas Sparks is 59. Businessman Donald Trump Jr. is 47.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is 45.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Gabby Douglas is 29.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 11:10:56 AM
Today's Over/Under is 8
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 31, 2024, 11:12:28 AM
Today's Over/Under is 8
5
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: LuvTooGolf on December 31, 2024, 11:12:51 AM
You doing anything or just hanging at home?
Going to a neighbor/friend's place. It's about a mile away so I'll drive home afterwards, but it's all local streets and I won't be drinking.

How about you?
Going to a neighborhood thing.  Start at the wine bar with appetizers and beverages, up the street to the steak house for dinner then finish at a neighbors house.  Nice having it all nearby.
Sounds like we've all got some solid plans tonight.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 11:33:26 AM
Morning, boyos. The wife and I will go back to our tradition of going out to eat, then settling into our whirlpool tub hotel room to soak into the new year. Didn't get to last year because she had to work.
Aren't you two cute.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 11:34:07 AM
You doing anything or just hanging at home?
Going to a neighbor/friend's place. It's about a mile away so I'll drive home afterwards, but it's all local streets and I won't be drinking.

How about you?
Going to a neighborhood thing.  Start at the wine bar with appetizers and beverages, up the street to the steak house for dinner then finish at a neighbors house.  Nice having it all nearby.
Indeed. Sounds like a fun evening.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 01:09:35 PM
Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Anthony Hopkins is 87.
Rock musician Andy Summers (The Police) is 82.
Actor Ben Kingsley is 81.
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford is 80.
Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg is 78.
Actor Tim Matheson is 77.
Actor Bebe Neuwirth is 66.
Actor Gong Li is 59.
Author Nicholas Sparks is 59. Businessman Donald Trump Jr. is 47.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is 45.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Gabby Douglas is 29.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 01:11:41 PM
Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Anthony Hopkins is 87.
Rock musician Andy Summers (The Police) is 82.
Actor Ben Kingsley is 81.
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford is 80.
Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg is 78.
Actor Tim Matheson is 77.
Actor Bebe Neuwirth is 66.
Actor Gong Li is 59.
Author Nicholas Sparks is 59.
"Businessman" Donald Trump Jr. is 47.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is 45.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Gabby Douglas is 29.

Today's Over/Under is 8
Six.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 01:20:41 PM
You doing anything or just hanging at home?
Going to a neighbor/friend's place. It's about a mile away so I'll drive home afterwards, but it's all local streets and I won't be drinking.

How about you?
Going to a neighborhood thing.  Start at the wine bar with appetizers and beverages, up the street to the steak house for dinner then finish at a neighbors house.  Nice having it all nearby.
Indeed. Sounds like a fun evening.
Good having a nice restaurant, a breakfast/lunch restaurant, OK pizza place, wine bar, brew pub and assorted other stuff in walking distance.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: razgueado on December 31, 2024, 02:09:12 PM
Morning, muchachos.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: razgueado on December 31, 2024, 02:10:19 PM
Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Anthony Hopkins is 87.
Rock musician Andy Summers (The Police) is 82.
Actor Ben Kingsley is 81.

Filmmaker Taylor Hackford is 80.
Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg is 78.
Actor Tim Matheson is 77.
Actor Bebe Neuwirth is 66.

Actor Gong Li is 59.
Author Nicholas Sparks is 59. Businessman Donald Trump Jr. is 47.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is 45.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Gabby Douglas is 29.

Eight.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 02:21:08 PM
You doing anything or just hanging at home?
Going to a neighbor/friend's place. It's about a mile away so I'll drive home afterwards, but it's all local streets and I won't be drinking.

How about you?
Going to a neighborhood thing.  Start at the wine bar with appetizers and beverages, up the street to the steak house for dinner then finish at a neighbors house.  Nice having it all nearby.
Indeed. Sounds like a fun evening.
Good having a nice restaurant, a breakfast/lunch restaurant, OK pizza place, wine bar, brew pub and assorted other stuff in walking distance.
That is quite nice. We have a center of town, about two blocks away, with decent pizza, restaurants, and other shops too. The only issue is that the taxes in this town are a killer.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 02:21:35 PM
Morning, muchachos.
Feliz año nuevo, amigo.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on December 31, 2024, 02:22:37 PM


Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Anthony Hopkins is 87.
Rock musician Andy Summers (The Police) is 82.
Actor Ben Kingsley is 81.

Filmmaker Taylor Hackford is 80.
Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg is 78.
Actor Tim Matheson is 77.
Actor Bebe Neuwirth is 66.

Actor Gong Li is 59.
Author Nicholas Sparks is 59.
Businessman Donald Trump Jr. is 47.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is 45.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Gabby Douglas is 29.

Eight.

You missed Junior.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: razgueado on December 31, 2024, 05:06:17 PM
Morning, muchachos.
Feliz año nuevo, amigo.
Feliziones y bendiciones, hermano, a usted y a su familia.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: razgueado on December 31, 2024, 05:07:28 PM


Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Anthony Hopkins is 87.
Rock musician Andy Summers (The Police) is 82.
Actor Ben Kingsley is 81.

Filmmaker Taylor Hackford is 80.
Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg is 78.
Actor Tim Matheson is 77.
Actor Bebe Neuwirth is 66.

Actor Gong Li is 59.
Author Nicholas Sparks is 59.
Businessman Donald Trump Jr. is 47.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is 45.
Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Gabby Douglas is 29.

Eight.

You missed Junior.
'Deed I did. Brain didn't even register the name was there.  Gettin' old.

Nine.
Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 10:44:49 PM
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Title: Re: 12/31/2024
Post by: Travellin Dave on December 31, 2024, 10:45:25 PM
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