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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on January 09, 2025, 12:10:34 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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Morning, boyos and bots.
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Joe:
Astral Talanga Valley Selection Pyramid - 10/26.50
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Sis:
Door #1 - H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez (Toro) - 5/29.99
Door #2 - Ave Maria Immaculata Toro - 10/34.99
Door #3 - Montecristo Nicaragua Toro - 10/59.99
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Morning, boyos and bots.
Good morning, GolfingDave.
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Here's a crazy coinky dink - in 2001, the Ravens won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Trent Dilfer, aged 28. 12 years later, they won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Joe Flacco, aged 28. 12 years later, they're making another SB run with Lamar Jackson, aged 28.
That's very interesting, but no.
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Little Friday is upon us. It's been, and continues to be, a heck of a week. Won't lie though, I'm very much looking forward to PayDayFriday.
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Here's a crazy coinky dink - in 2001, the Ravens won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Trent Dilfer, aged 28. 12 years later, they won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Joe Flacco, aged 28. 12 years later, they're making another SB run with Lamar Jackson, aged 28.
That's very interesting, but no.
LALTS, no argument here.
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
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Here's a crazy coinky dink - in 2001, the Ravens won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Trent Dilfer, aged 28. 12 years later, they won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Joe Flacco, aged 28. 12 years later, they're making another SB run with Lamar Jackson, aged 28.
That's very interesting, but no.
LALTS, no argument here.
According to ChatGPT, the average age of a starting quarterback currently is consistent with the average age of all time, which is 28. So...
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Meeting time. Don't miss me too much.
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10er day at the Page:
https://www.cigarpage.com/smashed-at-happy-hour.html
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Here's a crazy coinky dink - in 2001, the Ravens won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Trent Dilfer, aged 28. 12 years later, they won the Super Bowl by scoring 34 points with QB Joe Flacco, aged 28. 12 years later, they're making another SB run with Lamar Jackson, aged 28.
That's very interesting, but no.
LALTS, no argument here.
According to ChatGPT, the average age of a starting quarterback currently is consistent with the average age of all time, which is 28. So...
Well, sure, if you want to take the word of a future terminator. :D
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Joe:
Astral Talanga Valley Selection Pyramid - 10/26.50
I thought that was Bot posting nonsense...then realized it was a cigar.
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Joe:
Astral Talanga Valley Selection Pyramid - 10/26.50
I thought that was Bot posting nonsense...then realized it was a cigar.
Yeah, it's a new one to me as well.
Morning, APNewsDave.
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
Low 20's here as well. Gearing up for the great southern snowstorm of '25. Looking at 2-3".
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2025
with 356 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1768, Philip Astley, regarded as the "father of the modern circus," staged the first event in an open field at what is now the Waterloo area of London.
In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth U.S. state.
In 1861, Mississippi seceded from the Union, becoming a founding member of the Confederate States of America.
In 1916, the Ottoman Empire claimed victory in the Battle of Gallipoli following the evacuation of Allied forces from the peninsula.
In 1945, in World War II, U.S. troops landed on the Philippine island of Luzon, beginning a battle that would rage on for eight months.
In 1947, Elizabeth Short, more commonly known as the Black Dahlia, disappears. Her body was found six days later. To this day, the investigation into her death remains unsolved.
In 1951, the U.N. headquarters opened in New York.
In 1972, the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth was gutted by fire while docked in Hong Kong.
In 1982, Angelo Buono Jr., one of the so-called Hillside Stranglers, was sentenced to life in prison. He and his cousin Kenneth Bianchi raped, tortured and killed 10 women in Los Angeles from 1977-78.
In 1996, rebels in the Russian republic of Chechnya overran the town of Kizlyar and took 2,000 hostages at a hospital and in nearby homes.
In 2005, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip elected Mahmoud Abbas their new president. He succeeded the late Yasser Arafat.
In 2007, the world changed when Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.
In 2007, Venezuelan stock prices fell almost 19 percent -- the biggest drop on record -- and its currency lost almost one-third of its value after President Hugo Chavez pledged to nationalize the country's utilities.
In 2011, an Iran Air Boeing 727 with 105 people aboard crashed shortly before it was scheduled to land in northwestern Iran. Authorities said there were 50 survivors.
In 2014, as part of an agreement to end a political deadlock, Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh resigned to let a caretaker government oversee the next elections. Mehdi Jomaa, the minister of industry, became acting PM. The formal handover in power took place Jan. 29, 2014.
In 2020, the earliest known U.S. death linked to the novel coronavirus took place in Kansas. The case wasn't identified, though, until mid-2021, when the victim's doctor amended their death certificate based on a review of the case. The first reported death in the United States didn't happen until Feb. 29.
In 2021, an Indonesian plane carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all on board.
In 2024, Gabriel Attal was appointed prime minister of France, becoming the youngest and first openly gay person to hold the position.
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Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.
They include:
Pope Gregory XV in 1554;
writer Simone de Beauvoir in 1908;
entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee in 1911;
Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, in 1913;
writer Judith Krantz in 1928;
Football Hall of Fame member Bart Starr in 1934;
actor Bob Denver in 1935;
sportscaster Dick Enberg in 1935;
actor K Callan in 1936 (age 89);
actor Susannah York in 1939;
musician Joan Baez in 1941 (age 84);
musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin/Yardbirds) in 1944 (age 81);
musician Crystal Gayle in 1951 (age 74);
actor J.K. Simmons in 1955 (age 70);
actor Imelda Staunton in 1956 (age 69);
Guatemalan activist/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu in 1959 (age 66);
musician Eric Erlandson (Hole) in 1963 (age 62);
actor Joely Richardson in 1965 (age 60);
musician Dave Matthews in 1967 (age 58);
musician Carl Bell (Fuel) in 1967 (age 58);
actor David Costabile in 1967 (age 58);
actor Joey Lauren Adams in 1968 (age 57);
comedian/actor Deon Cole in 1972 (age 53);
actor/filmmaker Angela Bettis in 1973 (age 52);
musician Sean Paul in 1973 (age 52);
actor Omari Hardwick in 1974 (age 51);
musician A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) in 1978 (age 47);
golfer Sergio Garcia in 1980 (age 45);
Kate Middleton, princess of Wales, in 1982 (age 43);
musician Drew Brown (OneRepublic) in 1984 (age 41);
actor Nicola Coughlan in 1987 (age 38);
actor Nina Dobrev in 1989 (age 36);
actor Nicola Peltz in 1995 (age 30);
actor Kerris Dorsey in 1998 (age 27).
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Today's Over/Under is 12
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
Low 20's here as well. Gearing up for the great southern snowstorm of '25. Looking at 2-3".
Hope you've got your French toast ingredients already.
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Today's Over/Under is 12
Nailed it, 12.
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
Low 20's here as well. Gearing up for the great southern snowstorm of '25. Looking at 2-3".
Hope you've got your French toast ingredients already.
I've got whiskey and cigars...same thing basically.
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Can't ignore AP
Today is Thursday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2025.
There are 356 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at the Macworld conference in San Francisco.
Also on this date:
In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, retreated because of artillery fire.
In 1916, the World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended with an Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew.
In 1945, during World War II, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces.
In 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority. following the death of Yasser Arafat the previous November.
In 2018, downpours sent mud and boulders roaring down Southern California hillsides that had been stripped of vegetation by a gigantic wildfire; more than 20 people died and hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed.
In 2022, 17 people, including eight children, died after a fire sparked by a malfunctioning space heater filled a high-rise apartment building with smoke in the New York City borough of the Bronx; it was the city’s deadliest blaze in three decades.
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
Low 20's here as well. Gearing up for the great southern snowstorm of '25. Looking at 2-3".
Hope you've got your French toast ingredients already.
I've got whiskey and cigars...same thing basically.
You can toast with the whiskey, I'll allow it. In fact, we can call that Freedom toast. Well, at least for a couple more weeks. ;)
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Joe:
Astral Talanga Valley Selection Pyramid - 10/26.50
I thought that was Bot posting nonsense...then realized it was a cigar.
Yeah, it's a new one to me as well.
Morning, APNewsDave.
The beloved late Flip used to buy Astrals for folks at his VFW lodge. He had given me a few to try, and they are absolute shite.
Good morning, ClemsonDave.
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Joe:
Astral Talanga Valley Selection Pyramid - 10/26.50
I thought that was Bot posting nonsense...then realized it was a cigar.
Yeah, it's a new one to me as well.
Morning, APNewsDave.
The beloved late Flip used to buy Astrals for folks at his VFW lodge. He had given me a few to try, and they are absolute shite.
Good morning, ClemsonDave.
Good for him, those old fellas probably didn't know the difference.
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Never saw a cigar-robe giveaway before. :o
This is from the CI 2025 Sampler Kickoff....
The Dude Robe Gift Set Sale
by Espinosa
5 out of 5
2 Ratings
Write a Review
Throw on your fanciest bath robe, mix yourself a White Russian, and prepare to abide by The Dude.
Erik Espinosa has grown into one of the most prolific cigar manufacturers of the modern day. Since starting his own brand and opening up the La Zona cigar factory in Nicaragua, Espinosa has quickly grown into one of the largest boutique cigar brands in the world. With a multitude of award-winning blends, anyone who enjoys a decent cigar from time to time oughtta be excited about his newest offering.
The Dude is a mellow to medium-bodied cigar with amazing flavor and a gorgeous look. Looking beneath the stylistic band shows a gorgeous Connecticut-shade wrapper. Underneath the wrapper lies a Nicaraguan Corojo binder, and long-fillers from Esteli and Jalapa. The Connecticut-shade adds natural sweetness and light creaminess, while the corojo binder contributes baking spices and pepper, while the Nicaraguan core beneath toss in some contrasting flavors of natural sweetness and earth. In addition to 10 of these blonde beauties, you'll also receive a Dude Bath Robe, so throw on your favorite pajamas and bask in the glory that is... The Dude!
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Never saw a cigar-robe giveaway before. :o
This is from the CI 2025 Sampler Kickoff....
The Dude Robe Gift Set Sale
by Espinosa
5 out of 5
2 Ratings
Write a Review
Throw on your fanciest bath robe, mix yourself a White Russian, and prepare to abide by The Dude.
Erik Espinosa has grown into one of the most prolific cigar manufacturers of the modern day. Since starting his own brand and opening up the La Zona cigar factory in Nicaragua, Espinosa has quickly grown into one of the largest boutique cigar brands in the world. With a multitude of award-winning blends, anyone who enjoys a decent cigar from time to time oughtta be excited about his newest offering.
The Dude is a mellow to medium-bodied cigar with amazing flavor and a gorgeous look. Looking beneath the stylistic band shows a gorgeous Connecticut-shade wrapper. Underneath the wrapper lies a Nicaraguan Corojo binder, and long-fillers from Esteli and Jalapa. The Connecticut-shade adds natural sweetness and light creaminess, while the corojo binder contributes baking spices and pepper, while the Nicaraguan core beneath toss in some contrasting flavors of natural sweetness and earth. In addition to 10 of these blonde beauties, you'll also receive a Dude Bath Robe, so throw on your favorite pajamas and bask in the glory that is... The Dude!
Erik told Ramon I'll see your wooden ashtray and raise you a bathrobe?
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
Low 20's here as well. Gearing up for the great southern snowstorm of '25. Looking at 2-3".
Hope you've got your French toast ingredients already.
I've got whiskey and cigars...same thing basically.
You can toast with the whiskey, I'll allow it. In fact, we can call that Freedom toast. Well, at least for a couple more weeks. ;)
Do have a Basil Haden called Toast.
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Never saw a cigar-robe giveaway before. :o
This is from the CI 2025 Sampler Kickoff....
The Dude Robe Gift Set Sale
by Espinosa
5 out of 5
2 Ratings
Write a Review
Throw on your fanciest bath robe, mix yourself a White Russian, and prepare to abide by The Dude.
Erik Espinosa has grown into one of the most prolific cigar manufacturers of the modern day. Since starting his own brand and opening up the La Zona cigar factory in Nicaragua, Espinosa has quickly grown into one of the largest boutique cigar brands in the world. With a multitude of award-winning blends, anyone who enjoys a decent cigar from time to time oughtta be excited about his newest offering.
The Dude is a mellow to medium-bodied cigar with amazing flavor and a gorgeous look. Looking beneath the stylistic band shows a gorgeous Connecticut-shade wrapper. Underneath the wrapper lies a Nicaraguan Corojo binder, and long-fillers from Esteli and Jalapa. The Connecticut-shade adds natural sweetness and light creaminess, while the corojo binder contributes baking spices and pepper, while the Nicaraguan core beneath toss in some contrasting flavors of natural sweetness and earth. In addition to 10 of these blonde beauties, you'll also receive a Dude Bath Robe, so throw on your favorite pajamas and bask in the glory that is... The Dude!
Erik told Ramon I'll see your wooden ashtray and raise you a bathrobe?
Now that would be a GREAT thing to wear if we had an in person CigarFest!
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Happy page 3!
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as well as...
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finally...
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
Low 20's here as well. Gearing up for the great southern snowstorm of '25. Looking at 2-3".
Hope you've got your French toast ingredients already.
I've got whiskey and cigars...same thing basically.
You can toast with the whiskey, I'll allow it. In fact, we can call that Freedom toast. Well, at least for a couple more weeks. ;)
Do have a Basil Haden called Toast.
Serendipity, my friend.
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with...
Whoops, missed Nicola's name somehow. Make that 13 for me.
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Never saw a cigar-robe giveaway before. :o
This is from the CI 2025 Sampler Kickoff....
The Dude Robe Gift Set Sale
by Espinosa
5 out of 5
2 Ratings
Write a Review
Throw on your fanciest bath robe, mix yourself a White Russian, and prepare to abide by The Dude.
Erik Espinosa has grown into one of the most prolific cigar manufacturers of the modern day. Since starting his own brand and opening up the La Zona cigar factory in Nicaragua, Espinosa has quickly grown into one of the largest boutique cigar brands in the world. With a multitude of award-winning blends, anyone who enjoys a decent cigar from time to time oughtta be excited about his newest offering.
The Dude is a mellow to medium-bodied cigar with amazing flavor and a gorgeous look. Looking beneath the stylistic band shows a gorgeous Connecticut-shade wrapper. Underneath the wrapper lies a Nicaraguan Corojo binder, and long-fillers from Esteli and Jalapa. The Connecticut-shade adds natural sweetness and light creaminess, while the corojo binder contributes baking spices and pepper, while the Nicaraguan core beneath toss in some contrasting flavors of natural sweetness and earth. In addition to 10 of these blonde beauties, you'll also receive a Dude Bath Robe, so throw on your favorite pajamas and bask in the glory that is... The Dude!
Erik told Ramon I'll see your wooden ashtray and raise you a bathrobe?
Now that would be a GREAT thing to wear if we had an in person CigarFest!
No question.
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Morning, muchachos. Sorry I'm late. Day started with my fancy new mesh WiFi network failing.
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Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.
They include:
Pope Gregory XV in 1554;
writer Simone de Beauvoir in 1908;
entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee in 1911;
Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, in 1913;
writer Judith Krantz in 1928;
Football Hall of Fame member Bart Starr in 1934;
actor Bob Denver in 1935;
sportscaster Dick Enberg in 1935;
actor K Callan in 1936 (age 89);
actor Susannah York in 1939;
musician Joan Baez in 1941 (age 84);
musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin/Yardbirds) in 1944 (age 81);
musician Crystal Gayle in 1951 (age 74);
actor J.K. Simmons in 1955 (age 70);
actor Imelda Staunton in 1956 (age 69);
Guatemalan activist/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu in 1959 (age 66);
musician Eric Erlandson (Hole) in 1963 (age 62);
actor Joely Richardson in 1965 (age 60);
musician Dave Matthews in 1967 (age 58);
musician Carl Bell (Fuel) in 1967 (age 58);
actor David Costabile in 1967 (age 58);
actor Joey Lauren Adams in 1968 (age 57);
comedian/actor Deon Cole in 1972 (age 53);
actor/filmmaker Angela Bettis in 1973 (age 52);
musician Sean Paul in 1973 (age 52);
actor Omari Hardwick in 1974 (age 51);
musician A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) in 1978 (age 47);
golfer Sergio Garcia in 1980 (age 45);
Kate Middleton, princess of Wales, in 1982 (age 43);
musician Drew Brown (OneRepublic) in 1984 (age 41);
actor Nicola Coughlan in 1987 (age 38);
actor Nina Dobrev in 1989 (age 36);
actor Nicola Peltz in 1995 (age 30);
actor Kerris Dorsey in 1998 (age 27).
Ten. And a bunch of familiar names.
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Morning, muchachos. Sorry I'm late. Day started with my fancy new mesh WiFi network failing.
Afternoon, NoNetworkAvailableRaz.
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Morning, muchachos. Sorry I'm late. Day started with my fancy new mesh WiFi network failing.
Afternoon, NoNetworkAvailableRaz.
Fortunately, I had not disposed of the old router so was able to function. I've sent the defective gear back to Amazon and ordered in a more advanced mesh system.
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Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.
They include:
Pope Gregory XV in 1554;
writer Simone de Beauvoir in 1908;
entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee in 1911;
Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, in 1913;
writer Judith Krantz in 1928;
Football Hall of Fame member Bart Starr in 1934;
actor Bob Denver in 1935;
sportscaster Dick Enberg in 1935;
actor K Callan in 1936 (age 89);
actor Susannah York in 1939;
musician Joan Baez in 1941 (age 84);
musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin/Yardbirds) in 1944 (age 81);
musician Crystal Gayle in 1951 (age 74);
actor J.K. Simmons in 1955 (age 70);
actor Imelda Staunton in 1956 (age 69);
Guatemalan activist/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu in 1959 (age 66);
musician Eric Erlandson (Hole) in 1963 (age 62);
actor Joely Richardson in 1965 (age 60);
musician Dave Matthews in 1967 (age 58);
musician Carl Bell (Fuel) in 1967 (age 58);
actor David Costabile in 1967 (age 58);
actor Joey Lauren Adams in 1968 (age 57);
comedian/actor Deon Cole in 1972 (age 53);
actor/filmmaker Angela Bettis in 1973 (age 52);
musician Sean Paul in 1973 (age 52);
actor Omari Hardwick in 1974 (age 51);
musician A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) in 1978 (age 47);
golfer Sergio Garcia in 1980 (age 45);
Kate Middleton, princess of Wales, in 1982 (age 43);
musician Drew Brown (OneRepublic) in 1984 (age 41);
actor Nicola Coughlan in 1987 (age 38);
actor Nina Dobrev in 1989 (age 36);
actor Nicola Peltz in 1995 (age 30);
actor Kerris Dorsey in 1998 (age 27).
Today's Over/Under is 12
Ten.
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Lots of sun here today, but still plenty chilly. Only 18 at the moment, and it's not going up much further today.
Low 20's here as well. Gearing up for the great southern snowstorm of '25. Looking at 2-3".
Hope you've got your French toast ingredients already.
I've got whiskey and cigars...same thing basically.
You can toast with the whiskey, I'll allow it. In fact, we can call that Freedom toast. Well, at least for a couple more weeks. ;)
Do have a Basil Haden called Toast.
I also have it. It's ok, but I thought I was going to like it more than I do.
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Morning, muchachos. Sorry I'm late. Day started with my fancy new mesh WiFi network failing.
Friggin technology, AmIRight?
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Morning, muchachos. Sorry I'm late. Day started with my fancy new mesh WiFi network failing.
Friggin technology, AmIRight?
SeriouslyRight.
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Vikings/Rams playoff game on Monday has been moved to Phoenix, due to the wildfires.
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