Post by: CigarBanter on May 12, 2025, 12:02:41 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 06:11:00 AM
Fore, please
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/18a088746adb8f6c3c371e1b67a897df.jpg)
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 06:15:39 AM
Front 9 smoke
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/b8f4fb2f620ba6b00c0b44d73a0a0f2f.jpg)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:27:04 AM
Paired me in the same cart with another single. Hope he doesn't mind cigar smoke.Hit 'em straight!
Fore, please
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/18a088746adb8f6c3c371e1b67a897df.jpg)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:30:50 AM
Door (A) - Man O' War Armada Gordo (6.5"x56) - 5 / $29.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:32:07 AM
Door (B) - La Herencia Cubana Toro (6.5"x52) - 10 / $34.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:33:34 AM
Door (C) - Romeo y Julieta 1875 Bully (5.0"x50) - 10 / $39.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:35:32 AM
Door #1 - AJ Fernandez Box-Press Perfecto Collection - 20 / $79.99
includes:
4 x Diesel Rage Perfecto (6.0”x60)
4 x Ave Maria Divinia Perfecto (6.0”x60)
4 x Man O War Ruination Perfecto (6.0”x60)
4 x La Herencia Cubana CORE Perfecto (6.0”x60)
4 x HC Series Habano2 Perfecto (6.0”x60)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:37:18 AM
Door #2 - Oliva Serie 'V' Double Robusto (5.0"x54) - Box of 12 / $69.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:38:21 AM
Door #3 - Gurkha Centurian Double Perfecto (6.0"x60) - 10 / $39.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 07:14:14 AM
Change of plans - they let us take separate carts.And I thought you were gonna make a new friend.
Front 9 smoke
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/b8f4fb2f620ba6b00c0b44d73a0a0f2f.jpg)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 07:19:51 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 07:49:29 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/b7bb0f5ce93cd89b2b8a53268ef1ba8e.jpg)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 08:16:04 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 09:52:22 AM
He was a nice enough guy to play with. We still cruised around pretty quickly, despite neither of us hitting the cover off of it.Change of plans - they let us take separate carts.And I thought you were gonna make a new friend.
Front 9 smoke
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/b8f4fb2f620ba6b00c0b44d73a0a0f2f.jpg)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 09:56:37 AM
Sounds like a great way to begin the week.He was a nice enough guy to play with. We still cruised around pretty quickly, despite neither of us hitting the cover off of it.Change of plans - they let us take separate carts.And I thought you were gonna make a new friend.
Front 9 smoke
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/b8f4fb2f620ba6b00c0b44d73a0a0f2f.jpg)
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 10:36:00 AM
Puzzle #231
🟢🟢🟢🟢
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟣🟣🟣🟣
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 10:36:06 AM
Puzzle #701
🟩🟦🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 10:36:18 AM
You'll get no argument from me.Sounds like a great way to begin the week.He was a nice enough guy to play with. We still cruised around pretty quickly, despite neither of us hitting the cover off of it.Change of plans - they let us take separate carts.And I thought you were gonna make a new friend.
Front 9 smoke
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250512/b8f4fb2f620ba6b00c0b44d73a0a0f2f.jpg)
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 11:32:28 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 11:39:20 AM
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Post by: razgueado on May 12, 2025, 11:42:33 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 11:43:44 AM
Morning, muchachos.Morning, Page2Raz.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 11:44:08 AM
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 11:45:58 AM
Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #231
🟢🟢🟢🟢
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟣🟣🟣🟣
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 11:46:50 AM
Morning, muchachos.Hola, Bret.
Post by: razgueado on May 12, 2025, 11:51:48 AM
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:07:20 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 12:12:41 PM
Twinsies!Nice!
Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #231
🟢🟢🟢🟢
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟣🟣🟣🟣
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 12:13:21 PM
Good day gentlemen. Back after a great weekend.Good looking group, with only a single exception.
Welcome back, TravellinMan.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 12:13:57 PM
I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.That's quite the view.
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:17:26 PM
with 233 to follow.
The moon is full. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Mars.
On this date in history:
In 1909, two giraffes, one leopard and one buffalo killed, and two leopard cubs captured were the latest additions to the former President Teddy Roosevelt's hunting trophies, according to reports out of Nairobi.
In 1926, the British general strike, which had held the nation in its grip for more than 8 1/2 days, was called off.
In 1937, George VI was crowned king of England, succeeding his brother Edward, who abdicated to marry U.S. divorcee Wallis Simpson.
In 1949, Soviet authorities announced the end of a land blockade of Berlin. The blockade lasted 328 days but was neutralized by the Allies' Berlin airlift.
In 1975, a Cambodian gunboat fired on the U.S. cargo ship Mayaguez and forced it into a Cambodian port, setting off an international incident. Although authorities were to release the ship's crew members unharmed, a mission to rescue them led to the downing of three U.S. helicopters, and many deaths among U.S. troops and others.
In 2000, Adam Petty, the fourth-generation driver of NASCAR's first family of racing, died after crashing into a wall during a practice session at New Hampshire International Speedway. He was 19.
In 2002, former President Jimmy Carter began a visit to Cuba. He was the first president, in or out of office, to visit the island since communists took over in 1959.
In 2008, a magnitude-8 earthquake, China's deadliest in three decades, killed more than 69,000 people, with nearly 18,000 missing and hundreds of thousands homeless. It is often called the Great Sichuan Earthquake.
In 2010, a man armed with a meat cleaver entered a central China kindergarten classroom and slaughtered seven children, a teacher and her mother before taking his own life. Seventeen people died and about 100 were injured in five attacks in Chinese schools in a two-month period.
In 2013, 19 people were injured in what police said were gang-related shootings at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans.
In 2016, Vice President Michel Temer became Brazil's interim president after the Senate voted to proceed with an impeachment trial for Dilma Rousseff.
In 2019, attackers killed six people attending a mass at a Catholic church in Dablo, Burkina Faso.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:20:46 PM
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include:
nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale in 1820;
poet/artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1828;
lawmaker/writer Henry Cabot Lodge in 1850;
actor Katharine Hepburn in 1907;
newscaster Howard K. Smith in 1914;
businesswoman Mary Kay Ash in 1918;
convicted spy Julius Rosenberg in 1918;
Baseball Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra in 1925;
musician Burt Bacharach in 1928;
TV personality Tom Snyder in 1936;
artist Frank Stella in 1936;
comedian George Carlin in 1937;
musician Steve Winwood in 1948 (age 77);
actor Bruce Boxleitner in 1950 (age 75);
actor Gabriel Byrne in 1950 (age 75);
musician Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) in 1955 (age 70);
musician Eric Singer (Kiss) in 1958 (age 67);
actor Ving Rhames in 1959 (age 66);
political commentator Paul Begala in 1961 (age 64);
actor Emilio Estevez in 1962 (age 63);
musician/producer Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) in 1962 (age 63);
TV personality/chef Carla Hall in 1964 (age 61);
Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone, in 1964 (age 61);
actor Stephen Baldwin in 1966 (age 59);
Skateboarding Hall of Fame member Tony Hawk in 1968 (age 58);
actor Catherine Tate in 1968 (age 57);
actor Kim Fields in 1969 (age 56);
Actor Samantha Mathis in 1970 (age 55);
actor Rhea Seehorn in 1972 (age 53);
musician Matt Mangano (Zac Brown Band) in 1976 (age 49);
actor Rebecca Herbst in 1977 (age 48);
actor Malin Akerman in 1978 (age 47);
actor Jason Biggs in 1978 (age 47);
actor Rami Malek in 1981 (age 44);
actor Domhnall Gleeson in 1983 (age 42);
actor Emily VanCamp in 1986 (age 39);
actor Odeya Rush in 1997 (age 28).
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:22:54 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 12:31:01 PM
Today's Over/Under is 1514
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:40:16 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:40:27 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:41:36 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:42:13 PM
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:43:55 PM
That's why I hang around all the pretty ones....never get noticed.Good day gentlemen. Back after a great weekend.Good looking group, with only a single exception.
Welcome back, TravellinMan.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:45:50 PM
That's my brother and SIL next to us.Good day gentlemen. Back after a great weekend.Good looking group, with only a single exception.
Welcome back, TravellinMan.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 12:52:12 PM
Guess Uranus is out of the picture for a while.
Post by: razgueado on May 12, 2025, 01:06:15 PM
Today's BirthdaysEighteen.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include:
nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale in 1820;
poet/artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1828;
lawmaker/writer Henry Cabot Lodge in 1850;
actor Katharine Hepburn in 1907;
newscaster Howard K. Smith in 1914;
businesswoman Mary Kay Ash in 1918;
convicted spy Julius Rosenberg in 1918;
Baseball Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra in 1925;
musician Burt Bacharach in 1928;
TV personality Tom Snyder in 1936;
artist Frank Stella in 1936;
comedian George Carlin in 1937;
musician Steve Winwood in 1948 (age 77);
actor Bruce Boxleitner in 1950 (age 75);
actor Gabriel Byrne in 1950 (age 75);
musician Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) in 1955 (age 70);
musician Eric Singer (Kiss) in 1958 (age 67);
actor Ving Rhames in 1959 (age 66);
political commentator Paul Begala in 1961 (age 64);
actor Emilio Estevez in 1962 (age 63);
musician/producer Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) in 1962 (age 63);
TV personality/chef Carla Hall in 1964 (age 61);
Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone, in 1964 (age 61);
actor Stephen Baldwin in 1966 (age 59);
Skateboarding Hall of Fame member Tony Hawk in 1968 (age 58);
actor Catherine Tate in 1968 (age 57);
actor Kim Fields in 1969 (age 56);
Actor Samantha Mathis in 1970 (age 55);
actor Rhea Seehorn in 1972 (age 53);
musician Matt Mangano (Zac Brown Band) in 1976 (age 49);
actor Rebecca Herbst in 1977 (age 48);
actor Malin Akerman in 1978 (age 47);
actor Jason Biggs in 1978 (age 47);
actor Rami Malek in 1981 (age 44);
actor Domhnall Gleeson in 1983 (age 42);
actor Emily VanCamp in 1986 (age 39);
actor Odeya Rush in 1997 (age 28).
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 01:12:43 PM
The moon is full. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Mars.Should be coming back around for Father's Day. :D
Guess Uranus is out of the picture for a while.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 01:12:53 PM
Good plan.That's why I hang around all the pretty ones....never get noticed.Good day gentlemen. Back after a great weekend.Good looking group, with only a single exception.
Welcome back, TravellinMan.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 01:46:51 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 01:47:26 PM
I think Dave looks rather dashing.Good day gentlemen. Back after a great weekend.Good looking group, with only a single exception.
Welcome back, TravellinMan.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 01:48:18 PM
I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 01:48:26 PM
Who said I was talking about Dave? :DI think Dave looks rather dashing.Good day gentlemen. Back after a great weekend.Good looking group, with only a single exception.
Welcome back, TravellinMan.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 01:49:08 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 01:56:10 PM
Wrapping up the day here. Stayed logged in longer than I thought I would. Another half day tomorrow, as the oldest and I have dentist appts. Groceries await, hazzuh!Have fun!
Post by: razgueado on May 12, 2025, 02:03:20 PM
The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 02:55:08 PM
Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 04:40:14 PM
Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Post by: razgueado on May 12, 2025, 05:00:49 PM
Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 05:33:45 PM
It's an investment!Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 06:01:15 PM
Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include:
nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale in 1820;
poet/artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1828;
lawmaker/writer Henry Cabot Lodge in 1850;
actor Katharine Hepburn in 1907;
newscaster Howard K. Smith in 1914;
businesswoman Mary Kay Ash in 1918;
convicted spy Julius Rosenberg in 1918;
Baseball Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra in 1925;
musician Burt Bacharach in 1928;
TV personality Tom Snyder in 1936;
artist Frank Stella in 1936;
comedian George Carlin in 1937;
musician Steve Winwood in 1948 (age 77);
actor Bruce Boxleitner in 1950 (age 75);
actor Gabriel Byrne in 1950 (age 75);
musician Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn) in 1955 (age 70);
musician Eric Singer (Kiss) in 1958 (age 67);
actor Ving Rhames in 1959 (age 66);
political commentator Paul Begala in 1961 (age 64);
actor Emilio Estevez in 1962 (age 63);
musician/producer Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) in 1962 (age 63);
TV personality/chef Carla Hall in 1964 (age 61);
Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone, in 1964 (age 61);
actor Stephen Baldwin in 1966 (age 59);
Skateboarding Hall of Fame member Tony Hawk in 1968 (age 58);
actor Catherine Tate in 1968 (age 57);
actor Kim Fields in 1969 (age 56);
Actor Samantha Mathis in 1970 (age 55);
actor Rhea Seehorn in 1972 (age 53);
musician Matt Mangano (Zac Brown Band) in 1976 (age 49);
actor Rebecca Herbst in 1977 (age 48);
actor Malin Akerman in 1978 (age 47);
actor Jason Biggs in 1978 (age 47);
actor Rami Malek in 1981 (age 44);
actor Domhnall Gleeson in 1983 (age 42);
actor Emily VanCamp in 1986 (age 39);
actor Odeya Rush in 1997 (age 28).
Today's Over/Under is 1516!
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 07:03:45 PM
Puzzle #701
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 07:12:46 PM
Strands #435
“A little respect”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵
Post by: LuvTooGolf on May 12, 2025, 07:41:32 PM
Strands #435
“A little respect”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵
Post by: razgueado on May 12, 2025, 07:53:45 PM
Doing my part to keep the economy moving.It's an investment!Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 07:57:55 PM
Much appreciated! I did my share this weekend.Doing my part to keep the economy moving.It's an investment!Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 09:03:41 PM
No extras, but it took me nearly all day.Especially when the Spangram isn't a word.
Strands #435
“A little respect”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 09:05:36 PM
If Paige was happy, it was worth it. I'd do anything for my girls. My boys can go scratch.Much appreciated! I did my share this weekend.Doing my part to keep the economy moving.It's an investment!Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 09:15:58 PM
Paige and Lauren did this all themselves. Didn't ask for any money, but of course I was happy to help them out. It was a beautiful evening, everyone enjoyed themselves and they were very happy with the weekend. Christophers event coming up in September is going to be a whole different story. i'm just staying out of the way on that one and hoping for the best.If Paige was happy, it was worth it. I'd do anything for my girls. My boys can go scratch.Much appreciated! I did my share this weekend.Doing my part to keep the economy moving.It's an investment!Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on May 12, 2025, 09:21:36 PM
It's not Christopher's event... It's his fiancee's. Hopefully, her folks are doling out for most of it.Paige and Lauren did this all themselves. Didn't ask for any money, but of course I was happy to help them out. It was a beautiful evening, everyone enjoyed themselves and they were very happy with the weekend. Christophers event coming up in September is going to be a whole different story. i'm just staying out of the way on that one and hoping for the best.If Paige was happy, it was worth it. I'd do anything for my girls. My boys can go scratch.Much appreciated! I did my share this weekend.Doing my part to keep the economy moving.It's an investment!Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.
Post by: Travellin Dave on May 12, 2025, 10:46:38 PM
They are and have plenty. Not very communicative, so they can do their thing.It's not Christopher's event... It's his fiancee's. Hopefully, her folks are doling out for most of it.Paige and Lauren did this all themselves. Didn't ask for any money, but of course I was happy to help them out. It was a beautiful evening, everyone enjoyed themselves and they were very happy with the weekend. Christophers event coming up in September is going to be a whole different story. i'm just staying out of the way on that one and hoping for the best.If Paige was happy, it was worth it. I'd do anything for my girls. My boys can go scratch.Much appreciated! I did my share this weekend.Doing my part to keep the economy moving.It's an investment!Well, SURE it drives the restaurant and bar scene. Because every time I take the missus to visit her ducks, I'm on the hook for dinner. And every time I go to see one of their gigs, I'm buying a round for the band.Something we were commenting on in Baltimore...cities coming back with lots of young people. Helps to drive the restaurant and bar scene followed by trendy retail. Very good to see.Very cool.The condo belongs to my sister. She bought it in 2006 or 2007, IIRC. After she left Amazon and moved to California in 2014, she rented it to a series of Amazon developers. My #2 son graduated college in 2024 and he and #1 son were looking for a place to room together when the latest batch of Amazon devs ended their lease. So my sons leased it from her, and are exploring life in the big city.I took this picture of Seattle's iconic Smith Tower from the balcony of my sons' condo on Friday night.Very nice, Bret. Is this condo a recent acquisition?
When it was completed in 1914, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and remained so until the Kansas Power & Light building was completed in 1931. Even so, Smith Tower remained the tallest structure on the west coast until the erection in 1962 of that other Seattle icon, the Space Needle.
Its namesake, Lyman Cornelius Smith, made his first fortune manufacturing hammerless shotguns, though he is not related to the Smiths of Smith & Wesson firearms fame. He is, however, the Smith in the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company, which still exists today as a manufacturer of thermal printing and labelling products.
What looks like a gray wall across the bottom of my picture is actually the top of the Seattle Fire Dept Emergency Communications Center across the street from my sons' building.
Friday night it was Il Bistro. Il Bistro is located at the Pike Place Market, and as Italian bistros go it's...above average. Good service, good wine list, food's good but not necessarily exceptional, except for one thing - they do a killer lasagne. They warn you up front that it takes extra time, about 20 minutes. I'm not sure what they put in it, other than veal and pork and house-made Ricotta. Maybe they sprinkle it with cocaine or ecstasy. I dunno. But it kills. And the 2018 Montepulciano didn't hurt it a bit. But it was a $370 tab when all was said and done.