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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on March 18, 2025, 12:00:14 AM
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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!
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I still literally have no idea. Lol
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Twinsies!
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So I had to look up that Spangram word, after the fact. I wasn't wrong...
Crushing Blow
Wedding Bells
Chicken Strips
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I still literally have no idea. Lol
Strands #379
“Sound switching”






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Twinsies!
Strands #379
“Sound switching”






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So I had to look up that Spangram word, after the fact. I wasn't wrong...
Crushing Blow
Wedding Bells
Chicken Strips
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250318/1544619cc1c30d6ccb95e6d6aa69613a.jpg)
I also looked up the word afterwards. Still think it was a pretty stupid puzzle.
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Morning, twofers.
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Joe:
CI Knock-Offs - Compare to Romeo y Julieta Torpedo - 20/39.99
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Sis:
Door #1 - Rocky Patel The Edge Habano Toro - 10/39.99
Door #2 - Ave Maria St. George (Belicoso) - 10/39.99
Door #3 - Drew Estate Undercrown Gran Toro - 10/49.99
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I also looked up the word afterwards. Still think it was a pretty stupid puzzle.
Agreed. That was never in question.
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Morning, twofers.
Good morning, DaveDave.
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
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Today's makes much more sense. Only 1 extra, which was part of the spangram.
Strands #380
“Grrr”
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #176
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
Same here. Supposedly getting up to 68 today, 72 tomorrow. I think the course is calling me tomorrow morning.
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
Same here. Supposedly getting up to 68 today, 72 tomorrow. I think the course is calling me tomorrow morning.
Definitely take advantage while you can. I just heard possible snow here on Friday.
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
Same here. Supposedly getting up to 68 today, 72 tomorrow. I think the course is calling me tomorrow morning.
Definitely take advantage while you can. I just heard possible snow here on Friday.
Yeah, looks like we have a drop in temp coming some time tomorrow, because then we have a chance of snow Thursday. It's the winter that just won't quit.
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
Same here. Supposedly getting up to 68 today, 72 tomorrow. I think the course is calling me tomorrow morning.
Definitely take advantage while you can. I just heard possible snow here on Friday.
Yeah, looks like we have a drop in temp coming some time tomorrow, because then we have a chance of snow Thursday. It's the winter that just won't quit.
I hope that doesn't somehow mess up my working from the cigar lounge plans.
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
Same here. Supposedly getting up to 68 today, 72 tomorrow. I think the course is calling me tomorrow morning.
Definitely take advantage while you can. I just heard possible snow here on Friday.
Yeah, looks like we have a drop in temp coming some time tomorrow, because then we have a chance of snow Thursday. It's the winter that just won't quit.
I hope that doesn't somehow mess up my working from the cigar lounge plans.
I'll cross my crossables for you.
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A whole heap of Graycliff options at the Page today:
https://www.cigarpage.com/go-graycliff-go.html
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I still literally have no idea. Lol
Strands #379
“Sound switching”






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Twinsies!
Strands #379
“Sound switching”






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So I had to look up that Spangram word, after the fact. I wasn't wrong...
Crushing Blow
Wedding Bells
Chicken Strips
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250318/1544619cc1c30d6ccb95e6d6aa69613a.jpg)
I also looked up the word afterwards. Still think it was a pretty stupid puzzle.
I think most of them are....why I don't bother.
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
Same here. Supposedly getting up to 68 today, 72 tomorrow. I think the course is calling me tomorrow morning.
Definitely take advantage while you can. I just heard possible snow here on Friday.
Yeah, looks like we have a drop in temp coming some time tomorrow, because then we have a chance of snow Thursday. It's the winter that just won't quit.
I hope that doesn't somehow mess up my working from the cigar lounge plans.
Now that sounds like a fine plan. Is there a deli near the lounge?
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Morning Tony and Dave.
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Busy day today. Packing to head up north tomorrow. Stop in Bmore tomorrow then head the rest of the way to Boston on Thursday.
Taking the pup and the lady just so I'm assured of enough aggravation in case the traffic isn't bad.
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Busy day today. Packing to head up north tomorrow. Stop in Bmore tomorrow then head the rest of the way to Boston on Thursday.
Taking the pup and the lady just so I'm assured of enough aggravation in case the traffic isn't bad.
LALTS. What's the reason for the trip?
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Today is Tuesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2025
with 288 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter and Mars. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
On this date in history:
In 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience against the British rulers of India.
In 1925, the worst tornado in U.S. history roared through eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southern Indiana, killing 695 people, injuring thousands of others and causing $17 million in property damage.
In 1937, a natural gas explosion at a public school in New London, Texas, killed almost 300 people, most of them children.
In 1962, France and Algeria signed a cease-fire agreement ending a seven-year civil war and bringing independence to the North African country.
In 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov became the first person to walk in space.
In 1995, "I'm back." Superstar Michael Jordan announced he was returning to professional basketball and the Chicago Bulls after a 17-month break, during which he had tried a baseball career.
In 2002, a 13-year-old girl died two days after being struck in the head by a puck at a Columbus Blue Jackets-Calgary Flames game. The incident forced the National Hockey League to have teams install 18-foot nets behind all goals to protect spectators.
In 2003, on the eve of war with Iraq, the U.S. State Department listed 30 countries as members of a "coalition of the willing" supporting military intervention, but only the United States, Britain and Australia were known to be providing troops.
In 2005, doctors removed the feeding tube keeping Terri Schiavo alive after a wide-ranging fight over the brain-damaged Florida woman's care that involved U.S. President George Bush and Congress.
In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed a jobs-stimulus measure into law. It provided $17.5 billion in tax cuts and other employer incentives and shifted $20 billion to boost transit programs.
In 2014, the U.S. State Department ordered Syria to close its embassy in Washington, D.C., and consulates in Michigan and Texas, and expelled all diplomats without U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency status.
In 2018, an Uber vehicle on autonomous mode struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., the first fatal crash involving a self-driving car.
In 2021, the Senate confirmed William Burns to serve as CIA director.
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It's currently the opposite of yesterday. Only 30° now, but we're headed towards the low 60s and mostly sunny.
Same here. Supposedly getting up to 68 today, 72 tomorrow. I think the course is calling me tomorrow morning.
Definitely take advantage while you can. I just heard possible snow here on Friday.
Yeah, looks like we have a drop in temp coming some time tomorrow, because then we have a chance of snow Thursday. It's the winter that just won't quit.
I hope that doesn't somehow mess up my working from the cigar lounge plans.
Now that sounds like a fine plan. Is there a deli near the lounge?
It's located in a center of down with tons of stuff nearby.
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include:
John C. Calhoun, the first U.S. vice president to resign that office, in 1782;
Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, in 1837;
musician Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1844;
engineer Rudolf Diesel in 1858;
actor Edward Everett Horton in 1886;
poet Wilfred Owen in 1893;
winemaker Ernest Gallo in 1909;
actor Peter Graves in 1926;
musician John Kander in 1927 (age 98);
writer John Updike in 1932;
musician Charley Pride in 1934;
musician Wilson Pickett in 1941;
ctor Brad Dourif in 1950 (age 75);
Olympic gold medal-winning skier Ingemar Stenmark in 1956 (age 69);
musician Irene Cara in 1959;
actor Geoffrey Owens in 1961 (age 64);
TV personality Mike Rowe in 1962 (age 63);
actor Thomas Ian Griffith in 1962 (age 63);
actor/musician Vanessa Williams in 1963 (age 62);
Olympic champion speed skater Bonnie Blair in 1964 (age 61);
musician Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) in 1966 (age 59);
musician/actor Queen Latifah in 1970 (age 55);
comedian/actor Dane Cook in 1972 (age 53);
musician Phillip Sweet (Little Big Town) in 1974 (age 51);
actor Sutton Foster in 1975 (age 50);
musician/TV personality Adam Levine (Maroon 5) in 1979 (age 46);
actor Adam Pally in 1982 (age 43);
actor Lily Collins in 1989 (age 36);
actor Lenny Rush in 2009 (age 16).
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Today's Over/Under is 11
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Today's Over/Under is 11
7
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include:
John C. Calhoun, the first U.S. vice president to resign that office, in 1782;
Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, in 1837;
musician Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1844;
engineer Rudolf Diesel in 1858;
actor Edward Everett Horton in 1886;
poet Wilfred Owen in 1893;
winemaker Ernest Gallo in 1909;
actor Peter Graves in 1926;
musician John Kander in 1927 (age 98);
writer John Updike in 1932;
musician Charley Pride in 1934;
musician Wilson Pickett in 1941;
ctor Brad Dourif in 1950 (age 75);
Olympic gold medal-winning skier Ingemar Stenmark in 1956 (age 69);
musician Irene Cara in 1959;
actor Geoffrey Owens in 1961 (age 64);
TV personality Mike Rowe in 1962 (age 63);
actor Thomas Ian Griffith in 1962 (age 63);
actor/musician Vanessa Williams in 1963 (age 62);
Olympic champion speed skater Bonnie Blair in 1964 (age 61);
musician Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) in 1966 (age 59);
musician/actor Queen Latifah in 1970 (age 55);
comedian/actor Dane Cook in 1972 (age 53);
musician Phillip Sweet (Little Big Town) in 1974 (age 51);
actor Sutton Foster in 1975 (age 50);
musician/TV personality Adam Levine (Maroon 5) in 1979 (age 46);
actor Adam Pally in 1982 (age 43);
actor Lily Collins in 1989 (age 36);
actor Lenny Rush in 2009 (age 16).
Today's Over/Under is 11
Ten.
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Today's Over/Under is 11
Is there a relation to Thomas Ian Griffith?
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https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/mini.html?d=2025-03-18&t=148&c=78e9b9c5be51719b80cc3bfc95bbb890&smid=url-share
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Wordle 1,368 3/6
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #176
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Connections
Puzzle #646
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Wordle 1,368 3/6*
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Page 3!
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and...
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Many extras.
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Perdomo Fresco
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Into the evening.