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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on December 12, 2025, 12:50:07 AM
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It's Friday! Any 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.
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Joe:
Door #1 - Rocky Patel Decade Cigars Robusto - 5/27.50
Door #2 - CAO Gold Churchill - 10/34.99
Door #3 - CI Knock-Offs - Compare to La Gloria Cubana Torpedo - 20/39.99
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Sis:
Door #1 - Gran Habano Vintage 2002 Robusto - 20/69.99
Door #2 - Gurkha XO Big-Ring V Sampler - 8/34.99
1 x Gurkha Beast (6.0”x60)
1 x Gurkha Beauty 6x60
1 x Gurkha Centurian Double Perfecto (6.0”x60)
1 x Gurkha Legend Vintage 2001 (6.0”x60)
1 x Gurkha Crest (6.0”x60)
1 x Gurkha Titan (6.0”x60)
1 x Gurkha Widow Maker Maduro (6.0”x60)
1 x Gurkha 125th Anniversario (6.0”x60)
Door #3 - Nub by Oliva 460 - 10/49.99
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #445
🟢🟢🟢🟢
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟣🟣🟣🟣
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No extras
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
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Morning, boyos.
Is it morning already? Howdy, Dave.
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I'm commuting again this morning.
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I'm commuting again this morning.
So now is THIS one the last of the year?
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I'm commuting again this morning.
So now is THIS one the last of the year?
Maybe. I may just have to go in on Wednesday too.
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I should have had this in three, and then I second-guessed myself.
Wordle 1,637 4/6
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⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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I figured this word had been used already but gave it a shot anyway.
Wordle 1,637 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #445
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🟢🟢🟢🟢
🟡🟡🟡🟡
🟣🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
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Morning, muchachos.
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Look at all them Gurkhas!
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Morning page 1 Raz. Good to see you're still above water!
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Connections
Puzzle #915
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Today is Friday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2025
with 19 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
On this date in history:
In 1870, Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina was sworn in as the first Black American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1901, Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1913, two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was recovered in a Florence, Italy, hotel room.
In 1917, the Rev. Edward J. Flanagan, a 31-year-old Irish priest, opened the doors to Boys Town, a home for troubled and neglected children in Omaha. He lived by the adage, "There is no such thing as a bad boy." It graduated its first class of girls in 1983.
In 1937, Japanese warplanes sank the USS Panay, a U.S. gunboat, in China as part of the Sino-Japanese War. The incident killed three people.
In 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first Black American to be ranked No. 1 in tennis in the United States.
In 1975, Sara Jane Moore said she willfully tried to kill U.S. President Gerald Ford. She was sentenced to life in prison but released Dec. 31, 2007.
In 1980, a U.S. oil tycoon spent $5 million at auction for a notebook written by Leonardo da Vinci. The 36 pages of notes featured "remarkably illegible right-to-left writing" and was "illustrated with marginal sketches of a technical nature."
In 1985, the crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, a military charter, on takeoff from Gander, Newfoundland, killed all 256 people aboard, including 248 U.S. soldiers.
In 1988, three trains collided in London, killing 35 people, Britain's worst railway accident in 21 years.
In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 it was reversing the ruling of the Florida Supreme Court allowing hand recount of votes in Florida, in effect ensuring the Republican Texas Gov. George W. Bush would win the presidency over former Vice President Al Gore.
In 2015, Saudis elected women to municipal councils for the first time in Saudi Arabian history.
In 2019, a project to map the topography of land beneath Antarctica's ice sheet revealed the world's deepest land canyon underneath Denman Glacier.
In 2022, a shootout in Wieambilla, Queensland, Australia, left two police officers and a bystander dead. After a 6-hour siege, authorities killed the three alleged shooters.
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Morning page 1 Raz. Good to see you're still above water!
Yeah, flooding wasn't going to reach me. But it got kinda ugly elsewhere around Enumclaw. The real damage is up north, around the Skagit river.
We lost power last night for a couple of hours, right when I was loading up to come out to Belfair, on Hood's Canal, to do some recording. On the drive out it was eerie to see all the rivers running so high. No flooding here in Belfair, but a dense fog is rolling in.
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include:
writer Gustave Flaubert in 1821;
artist Edvard Munch in 1863;
actor Edward G. Robinson in 1893;
writer Patrick O'Brian in 1914;
musician/actor Frank Sinatra in 1915;
TV personality Bob Barker in 1923;
New York Mayor Edward Koch in 1924;
Basketball Hall of Fame member Bob Pettit in 1932 (age 93);
musician Connie Francis in 1937;
musician Dionne Warwick in 1940 (age 85);
musician Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers) in 1943;
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in 1948 (age 77);
actor Bill Nighy in 1949 (age 76);
actor Duane Chase in 1950 (age 75);
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame member/actor Cathy Rigby in 1952 (age 73);
musician Sheila E. in 1957 (age 68);
International Tennis Hall of Fame member Tracy Austin in 1962 (age 63);
musician Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors) in 1963 (age 62);
actor Jennifer Connelly in 1970 (age 55);
actor Regina Hall in 1970 (age 55);
actor Mädchen Amick in 1970 (age 55);
musician Paz Lenchantin (Pixies/Perfect Circle/Zwan) in 1973 (age 52);
actor Mayim Bialik in 1975 (age 50);
actor Gbenga Akinnagbe in 1978 (age 47);
actor Lucas Hedges in 1996 (age 29);
actor Britain Dalton in 2001 (age 24).
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Today's Over/Under is 11
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Morning page 1 Raz. Good to see you're still above water!
Yeah, flooding wasn't going to reach me. But it got kinda ugly elsewhere around Enumclaw. The real damage is up north, around the Skagit river.
We lost power last night for a couple of hours, right when I was loading up to come out to Belfair, on Hood's Canal, to do some recording. On the drive out it was eerie to see all the rivers running so high. No flooding here in Belfair, but a dense fog is rolling in.
I've seen some images, doesn't look good. Seems like every time it gets mentioned here, FB picks up on that and the algorithm adjusts my feed. I should see some more very soon.
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Today's Over/Under is 11
6
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No extras, but I'll also admit that I didn't know what was meant by the Spangram.
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
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No extras, but I'll also admit that I didn't know what was meant by the Spangram.
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
You've never heard that nickname before?
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No extras, but I'll also admit that I didn't know what was meant by the Spangram.
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
You've never heard that nickname before?
Nope.
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No extras, but I'll also admit that I didn't know what was meant by the Spangram.
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
You've never heard that nickname before?
Nope.
In that case, I'm impressed by your solving skills.
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Morning page 1 Raz. Good to see you're still above water!
Yeah, flooding wasn't going to reach me. But it got kinda ugly elsewhere around Enumclaw. The real damage is up north, around the Skagit river.
We lost power last night for a couple of hours, right when I was loading up to come out to Belfair, on Hood's Canal, to do some recording. On the drive out it was eerie to see all the rivers running so high. No flooding here in Belfair, but a dense fog is rolling in.
Stay safe, my friend.
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No extras, but I'll also admit that I didn't know what was meant by the Spangram.
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
You've never heard that nickname before?
Nope.
In that case, I'm impressed by your solving skills.
I solved all the others in my head first, then those were the only letters remaining. Is that cheating, because I really wanted the Spangram first?
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include:
writer Gustave Flaubert in 1821;
artist Edvard Munch in 1863;
actor Edward G. Robinson in 1893;
writer Patrick O'Brian in 1914;
musician/actor Frank Sinatra in 1915;
TV personality Bob Barker in 1923;
New York Mayor Edward Koch in 1924;
Basketball Hall of Fame member Bob Pettit in 1932 (age 93);
musician Connie Francis in 1937;
musician Dionne Warwick in 1940 (age 85);
musician Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers) in 1943;
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in 1948 (age 77);
actor Bill Nighy in 1949 (age 76);
actor Duane Chase in 1950 (age 75);
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame member/actor Cathy Rigby in 1952 (age 73);
musician Sheila E. in 1957 (age 68);
International Tennis Hall of Fame member Tracy Austin in 1962 (age 63);
musician Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors) in 1963 (age 62);
actor Jennifer Connelly in 1970 (age 55);
actor Regina Hall in 1970 (age 55);
actor Mädchen Amick in 1970 (age 55);
musician Paz Lenchantin (Pixies/Perfect Circle/Zwan) in 1973 (age 52);
actor Mayim Bialik in 1975 (age 50);
actor Gbenga Akinnagbe in 1978 (age 47);
actor Lucas Hedges in 1996 (age 29);
actor Britain Dalton in 2001 (age 24).
Today's Over/Under is 11
Ten.
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No extras, but I'll also admit that I didn't know what was meant by the Spangram.
Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
You've never heard that nickname before?
Nope.
In that case, I'm impressed by your solving skills.
I solved all the others in my head first, then those were the only letters remaining. Is that cheating, because I really wanted the Spangram first?
I shouldn't think so, because that's the same method I use. Or get enough clues to spy out the outline, then figure out the spangram from that.
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Friday afternoon lull
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Friday afternoon lull
That's a great present. Is there a gift receipt, and how much time do I have to exchange her it?
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Page 3
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also...
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finally...
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Hazzuh!
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Friday evening lull...
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Still lulling?
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Haven't had one of these in a long while...a little earlier today....
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Still lulling?
We will if you keep posting these pics. 😆
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Haven't had one of these in a long while...a little earlier today....
I don't think I ever had that one. Is that one you want to smoke on a full stomach?
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Haven't had one of these in a long while...a little earlier today....
Did it crush your skull?
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Haven't had one of these in a long while...a little earlier today....
I don't think I ever had that one. Is that one you want to smoke on a full stomach?
Not a morning cigar for sure.
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Haven't had one of these in a long while...a little earlier today....
I don't think I ever had that one. Is that one you want to smoke on a full stomach?
Not a morning cigar for sure.
Hard to tell with all the dents already there...