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Title: 8/17/2025
Post by: CigarBanter on August 17, 2025, 07:35:51 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: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 07:43:28 AM
Good morning, fellas! Trying to stay chipper. According to my calculations, I've probably walked about 50 miles in the last 5 days. I have another busy one ahead of me.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 07:45:03 AM
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Macanudo Inspirado Green Robusto (5.0"x52) - 10 / $34.99
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 07:46:14 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #1 - Gurkha Beauty (Gordo) (6.5"x58) - 10 / $44.99
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 07:47:17 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #2 - H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez (Toro) (6.0"x54) - 5 / $29.99
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 07:48:04 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #3 - HC Series Maduro Toro (6.0"x50) - 20 / $49.99
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 08:55:10 AM
Good morning, fellas! Trying to stay chipper. According to my calculations, I've probably walked about 50 miles in the last 5 days. I have another busy one ahead of me.
With all that exercise, you should be trimmed down in no time!
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 08:56:05 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #2 - H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez (Toro) (6.0"x54) - 5 / $29.99
I know Rick liked these....you ever tried them Tony?
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 10:30:55 AM
Morning, boyos.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 10:31:44 AM
Good morning, fellas! Trying to stay chipper. According to my calculations, I've probably walked about 50 miles in the last 5 days. I have another busy one ahead of me.
With all that exercise, you should be trimmed down in no time!
And with calves like a Greek god.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 10:55:39 AM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 11:13:53 AM
20 minutes to go until the Arsenal match starts and the youngest wants me to take her to a friend's house. D'oh!
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 11:16:53 AM
Good morning, fellas! Trying to stay chipper. According to my calculations, I've probably walked about 50 miles in the last 5 days. I have another busy one ahead of me.
With all that exercise, you should be trimmed down in no time!
And with calves like a Greek god.
Well, an Italian god...
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 11:22:37 AM
20 minutes to go until the Arsenal match starts and the youngest wants me to take her to a friend's house. D'oh!
Now the wife is gonna take her. Score!
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 11:26:59 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #2 - H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez (Toro) (6.0"x54) - 5 / $29.99
I know Rick liked these....you ever tried them Tony?
...or Dave?
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 11:31:29 AM
Cigar.com:

Door #2 - H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez (Toro) (6.0"x54) - 5 / $29.99
I know Rick liked these....you ever tried them Tony?
...or Dave?
Not that I can recall.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 02:55:33 PM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 05:16:55 PM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 06:33:36 PM
Cigar.com:

Door #2 - H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez (Toro) (6.0"x54) - 5 / $29.99
I know Rick liked these....you ever tried them Tony?
I never have.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 06:33:58 PM
Good morning, fellas! Trying to stay chipper. According to my calculations, I've probably walked about 50 miles in the last 5 days. I have another busy one ahead of me.
With all that exercise, you should be trimmed down in no time!
You'd think. I'm as fat as ever.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 07:50:07 PM
Good evening.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 07:50:34 PM
Tony - saw this at the store a little bit ago. First time I've ever seen this.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250817/0986dc4b48b31fa719d015f4d868785e.jpg)
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 07:50:50 PM
Good evening.
Looks yummo.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 07:54:21 PM
Today is Sunday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2025
with 136 to follow.

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


On this date in history:



boat trip between Albany, N.Y., and New York City.

In 1915, a hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing 275 people.

In 1946, George Orwell publishes Animal Farm.

In 1969, the Woodstock music festival ended after three days on a 600-acre farm in Bethel, N.Y.

In 1978, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman completed the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by balloon, landing their helium-filled Double Eagle II near Paris.

In 1987, Rudolf Hess, Hitler's former deputy, was found strangled in Berlin's Spandau Prison. He was 93.

In 1996, the Reform Party nominated Texas businessman Ross Perot for president.

In 1998, addressing the American people, U.S. President Bill Clinton said he had a relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky that was "not appropriate."

In 1999, an earthquake in a densely populated region of northwestern Turkey killed at least 17,000 people and injured about 40,000.

In 2001, Ford Motor Co. announced it would dismiss up to 5,000 of its salaried employees -- 10 percent of its managers and engineers.

In 2008, Iran reported it had tested a new rocket capable of carrying a satellite into orbit.

In 2017, a man drove a van into a group of pedestrians in Barcelona, Spain, killing 14 people and injuring another 130 people. The driver killed a 15th person in a carjacking while fleeing the scene. In a related attack hours later, a group of terrorists drove into more civilians, killing a 16th person. All told, eight attackers were also killed.

In 2019, an explosion at a Kabul, Afghanistan, wedding hall killed at least 63 people. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 07:58:39 PM
Today's Birthdays

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

mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1601;
frontiersman Davy Crockett in 1786;
movie producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1882;
actor Mae West in 1893;
Watergate figure W. Mark Felt, known as "Deep Throat," in 1913;
actor Maureen O'Hara in 1920;
aviator Francis Gary Powers in 1929;
writer Ted Hughes in 1930;
writer V.S. Naipaul in 1932;
actor Robert De Niro in 1943 (age 82);
filmmaker Julian Fellowes in 1949 (age 76);
actor Robert Joy in 1951 (age 74);
actor Tim Bagley in 1957 (age 68);
musician Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's) in 1958 (age 67);
writer Jonathan Franzen in 1959 (age 65);
journalist Eric Schlosser in 1959 (age 66);
actor Sean Penn in 1960 (age 65);
musician Gilbert J. Clarke (Guns N' Roses) in 1962 (age 63);
musician Steve Gorman (Black Crowes) in 1965 (age 60);
musician Jill Cunniff (Lucious Jackson) in 1966 (age 59);
actor Helen McCrory in 1968;
actor/musician Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) in 1969 (age 56);
musician Posdnuos (De La Soul) in 1969 (age 56);
International Tennis Hall of Fame member Jim Courier in 1970 (age 55);
TV personality Giuliana Rancic in 1974 (age 51);
actor Mark Salling in 1982;
actor Brady Corbet in 1988 (age 37);
actor Austin Butler in 1991 (age 34);
former WWE wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis, who also competed under the name Paige, in 1992 (age 33);
actor Taissa Farmiga in 1994 (age 31);
musician Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) in 1994 (age 31);
actor Won Ji-an in 1999 (age 26);
musician The Kid Laroi in 2003 (age 22).
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 08:01:19 PM
Today's Over/Under is 5
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 08:35:00 PM
Today's Over/Under is 5
6
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 08:36:55 PM
Today's coinkydink is Julian Fellowes creating The Gilded Age, which stars, among others, Taissa Farmiga. Kind of a bummer the season finale was last Sunday, they should've made it tonight.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: LuvTooGolf on August 17, 2025, 09:11:15 PM
Shady Moose

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250818/23735fa6812cd4784aa6aa9d871481b9.jpg)
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 09:50:28 PM
Tony - saw this at the store a little bit ago. First time I've ever seen this.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250817/0986dc4b48b31fa719d015f4d868785e.jpg)
I'm not surprised. It always happens that way.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 09:59:28 PM
Today's Birthdays

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

mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1601;
frontiersman Davy Crockett in 1786;
movie producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1882;
actor Mae West in 1893;
Watergate figure W. Mark Felt, known as "Deep Throat," in 1913;
actor Maureen O'Hara in 1920;
aviator Francis Gary Powers in 1929;
writer Ted Hughes in 1930;
writer V.S. Naipaul in 1932;
actor Robert De Niro in 1943 (age 82);
filmmaker Julian Fellowes in 1949 (age 76);
actor Robert Joy in 1951 (age 74);
actor Tim Bagley in 1957 (age 68);
musician Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's) in 1958 (age 67);
writer Jonathan Franzen in 1959 (age 65);
journalist Eric Schlosser in 1959 (age 66);
actor Sean Penn in 1960 (age 65);
musician Gilbert J. Clarke (Guns N' Roses) in 1962 (age 63);
musician Steve Gorman (Black Crowes) in 1965 (age 60);
musician Jill Cunniff (Lucious Jackson) in 1966 (age 59);
actor Helen McCrory in 1968;
actor/musician Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) in 1969 (age 56);
musician Posdnuos (De La Soul) in 1969 (age 56);
International Tennis Hall of Fame member Jim Courier in 1970 (age 55);
TV personality Giuliana Rancic in 1974 (age 51);
actor Mark Salling in 1982;
actor Brady Corbet in 1988 (age 37);
actor Austin Butler in 1991 (age 34);
former WWE wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis, who also competed under the name Paige, in 1992 (age 33);
actor Taissa Farmiga in 1994 (age 31);
musician Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) in 1994 (age 31);
actor Won Ji-an in 1999 (age 26);
musician The Kid Laroi in 2003 (age 22).

Today's Over/Under is 5
Eight.
Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 11:14:22 PM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
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Post by: Travellin Dave on August 17, 2025, 11:16:20 PM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 17, 2025, 11:56:16 PM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 18, 2025, 12:12:19 AM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 18, 2025, 12:22:42 AM
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Title: Re: 8/17/2025
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on August 18, 2025, 12:35:17 AM
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