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Title: 2/16/2025
Post by: CigarBanter on February 16, 2025, 12:01:55 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: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 08:51:19 AM
Good morning, banterers and bots.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 08:52:57 AM
JoeCigar:

Macanudo Inspirado Green Robusto (5.0"x52) - 10 / $34.99
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 08:54:55 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #1 - The Best of CAO Collection - 20 / $62.50
includes:
4 x CAO Brazilia Gol! (5.0"x56) - '91' rated
4 x CAO Colombia Tinto (5.0"x50) - '92' rated
4 x CAO Italia Ciao (5.0"x56) - '92' rated
4 x CAO Extreme Robusto (5.0"x54)
4 x CAO Black Bengal (6.0"x50)
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 08:56:35 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #2 - AJ Box-Pressed Perfecto Collection II - 20 / $79.99
includes:
4 x Man O' War Ruination 10th Anniversary Box-Pressed Perfecto (6.0"x60)
4 x Hoyo La Amistad Gold Box-Pressed Perfecto (6.0"x60)
4 x San Lotano Oval Box-Pressed Perfecto (6.0"x60)
4 x Diesel Unlimited Box-Pressed Perfecto (6.0"x60)
4 x Ave Maria Reconquista Box-Pressed Perfecto (6.0"x60)
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 08:58:28 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #3 - 95+ Rated Showcase Sampler - 12 / $64.99
includes:
4 x Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro (6.0"x52)​ '96' Rated
4 x La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Duque (5.2"x56) '95' Rated
4 x Rocky Patel Decade Robusto (5.0”x50) '95' Rated
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 09:20:16 AM
Good Morning Tony.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 09:21:06 AM
Woke up this morning to a phone alarm for tornado warning.  What fun.  BTW...I'm still here.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 09:26:07 AM
After all the buildup, think it's going to be tough for the SNL 50th show tonight to meet expectations.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 09:26:42 AM
The SNL music special last night was interesting...
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 10:05:28 AM
Morning, boyos.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 10:07:32 AM
Woke up this morning to a phone alarm for tornado warning.  What fun.  BTW...I'm still here.
Glad to hear it. Raining like hell here today, but I'll take it over snow. Lola doesn't seem to mind precipitation.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 10:08:28 AM
After all the buildup, think it's going to be tough for the SNL 50th show tonight to meet expectations.
I'm looking forward to it. I'm not sure why they didn't do it on Saturday Night.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 10:08:51 AM
Good Morning Tony.
Good morning, Dave.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 10:09:04 AM
Morning, boyos.
Good morning, Dave.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 10:21:15 AM
Woke up this morning to a phone alarm for tornado warning.  What fun.  BTW...I'm still here.
Glad to hear it. Raining like hell here today, but I'll take it over snow. Lola doesn't seem to mind precipitation.
Ours turned overnight from rain to snow. Still snowing right now, winds also supposed to be picking up today.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 11:23:56 AM
Woke up this morning to a phone alarm for tornado warning.  What fun.  BTW...I'm still here.
Glad to hear it. Raining like hell here today, but I'll take it over snow. Lola doesn't seem to mind precipitation.
Ours turned overnight from rain to snow. Still snowing right now, winds also supposed to be picking up today.
Oof.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 11:36:05 AM
Turning into a real goddamn winter wonderland here.

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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 11:50:01 AM
Turning into a real goddamn winter wonderland here.

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Nothing like a nice wet snow.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 11:51:01 AM
Son up in Boston got 6+ inches of snow changing to ice and rain then back to snow and a stretch of freezing temps so everything will be rock hard.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 11:56:14 AM
Today is Sunday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2025
with 318 to follow.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.



On this date in history:

UPI Archives: NHL reaches labor agreement
In 1923, archaeologists opened the treasure-laden inner tomb of Tutankhamen, "King Tut," in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.

In 1933, a patent for the synthetic fiber nylon was awarded to the DuPont Co.

In 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as Cuba's leader and set up a Communist regime.

In 1983, roaring summer brush fires fanned by 50 mph winds swept southern Australia, killing dozens of people and destroying at least 100 homes.

In 1984, Bill Johnson became the first American male downhill skier to win an Olympic gold medal. His mother, D.B. Johnson, told UPI, "I'm just so proud of him I could just burst."

In 1986, Mario Soares was elected Portugal's first civilian head of state in 60 years.

In 1992, the Los Angeles Lakers retired Magic Johnson's No. 32 jersey during a tearful ceremony.

In 1999, Germany announced $1.7 billion would be set aside to compensate victims of the Holocaust.

In 2005, after a five-month lockout, the National Hockey League canceled its entire 2004-05 season.

In 2009, Japan reported its domestic product fell at a 12.7 percent annual rate in the last quarter of 2008, plunging the country into what experts say was its worst financial crisis since World War II.

In 2011, Borders, the 40-year-old retail book superstore chain that began as a used book shop in Ann Arbor, Mich., and rapidly expanded in the 1990s with 650 locations and 19,500 employees, filed for bankruptcy. The retailer fully shuttered in September 2011.

In 2021, Dallas recorded its lowest temperature since 1949 -- minus 2 -- amid a widespread winter storm that left millions without power and killed at least 246 people in Texas.

In 2024, imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died while in custody. He had been held at a penal colony in the Arctic on a 30-year sentence on extremism and fraud convictions.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 11:59:54 AM
Today's Birthdays

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include:

 historian Henry Brooks Adams in 1838;
actor Chester Morris in 1901;
actor James Baskett in 1904;
musician Patty Andrews (Andrews Sisters) in 1918;
actor Vera-Ellen in 1921;
musician/U.S. Rep. Sonny Bono in 1935;
businessman Carl Icahn in 1936 (age 89);
writer Richard Ford in 1944 (age 81);
actor William Katt in 1951 (age 74);
model/actor Margaux Hemingway in 1954;
actor/filmmaker LeVar Burton in 1957 (age 68);
actor/musician Ice-T in 1958 (age 67);
International Tennis Hall of Fame member John McEnroe in 1959 (age 66);
musician Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) in 1961 (age 64);
actor Christopher Eccleston in 1964 (age 61);
musician David Lombardo (Slayer/Misfits) in 1965 (age 60);
actor Sarah Clarke in 1972 (age 53);
actor Mahershala Ali in 1974 (age 51);
musician Lupe Fiasco in 1982 (age 43);
actor Elizabeth Olsen in 1989 (age 36);
musician Danielle Haim in 1989 (age 36);
musician/actor The Weeknd in 1990 (age 35);
musician Ava Max in 1994 (age 31);
musician Girl in Red in 1999 (age 26);
actor Chloe East in 2001 (age 24).

Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 12:01:29 PM
Today's Over/Under is 9
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 12:03:10 PM
 Connections: Sports Edition
 Puzzle #146
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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 12:03:45 PM
Today's Over/Under is 9
7
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 01:11:30 PM
Son up in Boston got 6+ inches of snow changing to ice and rain then back to snow and a stretch of freezing temps so everything will be rock hard.
6+ inches and rock hard. Sounds like you're bragging.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 01:27:34 PM
Just got done with round 1 of shoveling. Have to pick up the youngest from a sleepover in a bit.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 02:37:16 PM
Today's Birthdays

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include:

historian Henry Brooks Adams in 1838;
actor Chester Morris in 1901;
actor James Baskett in 1904;
musician Patty Andrews (Andrews Sisters) in 1918;
actor Vera-Ellen in 1921;
musician/U.S. Rep. Sonny Bono in 1935;
businessman Carl Icahn in 1936 (age 89);
writer Richard Ford in 1944 (age 81);
actor William Katt in 1951 (age 74);
model/actor Margaux Hemingway in 1954;
actor/filmmaker LeVar Burton in 1957 (age 68);
actor/musician Ice-T in 1958 (age 67);
International Tennis Hall of Fame member John McEnroe in 1959 (age 66);
musician Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) in 1961 (age 64);
actor Christopher Eccleston in 1964 (age 61);
musician David Lombardo (Slayer/Misfits) in 1965 (age 60);
actor Sarah Clarke in 1972 (age 53);
actor Mahershala Ali in 1974 (age 51);
musician Lupe Fiasco in 1982 (age 43);
actor Elizabeth Olsen in 1989 (age 36);
musician Danielle Haim in 1989 (age 36);
musician/actor The Weeknd in 1990 (age 35);
musician Ava Max in 1994 (age 31);
musician Girl in Red in 1999 (age 26);
actor Chloe East in 2001 (age 24).

Today's Over/Under is 9
Yes, nine. Thoughts and prayers to Andy Taylor whose battling stage 4 prostate cancer.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 02:56:54 PM
Connections
Puzzle #616
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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 03:04:11 PM
Fo yesterdays pummeling of FSU.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 03:30:41 PM
Sheesh!

Wordle 1,338 6/6

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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 03:31:25 PM
Sheesh!

Wordle 1,338 6/6

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That was a tough one. Just got it.

Wordle 1,338 4/6

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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 03:31:29 PM
Page 3!
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 03:32:00 PM
and...
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 03:32:37 PM
Finally....
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on February 16, 2025, 03:34:58 PM
Fairly easy

 Connections: Sports Edition
 Puzzle #146
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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 03:50:26 PM
No extras

Strands #350
“Flour power”
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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 03:50:56 PM
Finally....
I should've known Sarah, 8.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 03:51:28 PM
Wordle 1,338 4/6*

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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 05:47:34 PM
For David...

https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/mini.html?d=2025-02-16&t=56&c=f84f02de978c7006ddc2da9679a54827&smid=url-share
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 06:04:33 PM
 Connections: Sports Edition
 Puzzle #146
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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 07:28:59 PM
Blue was the first I figured out except for one of them I'd never heard of.

Connections
Puzzle #616
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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on February 16, 2025, 08:20:41 PM
No extras.

Strands #350
“Flour power”
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Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 08:42:07 PM
Blue was the first I figured out except for one of them I'd never heard of.

Connections
Puzzle #616
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I'm having no luck with this one.
Title: Re: 2/16/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on February 16, 2025, 08:43:53 PM
Blue was the first I figured out except for one of them I'd never heard of.

Connections
Puzzle #616
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I'm having no luck with this one.
Failed. I also had the three blue ones but have never heard of the 4th. Oh well.