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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on July 26, 2015, 12:00:15 AM
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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!
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Nightie night Tony.
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Good morning guys.
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Today is Sunday, July 26, the 207th day of 2015. There are 158 days left in the year.
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Highlight in History
On July 26, 1945, President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek issued the Potsdam Declaration, which called upon Imperial Japan to unconditionally surrender, or face "prompt amd utter destruction." The same day, Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labour Party; Clement Attlee succeeded him.
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On this date
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In 1775, Benjamin Franklin became America's first Postmaster-General.
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In 1788, New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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In 1882, the Richard Wagner opera "Parsifal" premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
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In 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte ordered creation of a force of special agents that was a forerunner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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In 1925, five days after the end of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, prosecutor William Jennings Bryan died at age 65. (Although Bryan had won a conviction against John T. Scopes for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution, the verdict was later overturned.)
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In 1952, Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33. King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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In 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank off New England, some 11 hours after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm; at least 51 people died. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
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In 1965, the Maldives became independent of Britain.
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In 1971, Apollo 15 was launched from Cape Kennedy on America's fourth successful manned mission to the moon.
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In 1989, Mark Wellman, a 29-year-old paraplegic, reached the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite (yoh-SEHM'-uh-tee) National Park after hauling himself up the granite cliff six inches at a time over nine days.
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In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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In 1995, businessman, former Michigan governor and U.S. housing secretary George W. Romney died at age 88.
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Ten years ago: America's manned space program roared back to life with the launch of Discovery, 2 1/2 years after the Columbia disaster. Six nations resumed nuclear disarmament talks that North Korea had boycotted for 13 months, but little progress was made. Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux recorded his 3,000th career strikeout against San Francisco in the third inning of a 3-2, 11-inning victory for the Giants.
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Five years ago: A U.N.-backed tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, Kaing Guek Eav, to 35 years for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people in Cambodia, with 16 years shaved off for time already served, reducing his sentence to 19 years. A Spanish man who'd undergone the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras; the 31-year-old, identified only as "Oscar," thanked his doctors and the family of the donor. Matt Garza pitched the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0.
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One year ago: Hamas resumed rocket fire on Israel after rejecting its offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts to negotiate an end to the Gaza war. The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort as fighting intensified between rival militias. Dr. Samuel Brisbane, one of Liberia's most high-profile doctors, died of Ebola; an American physician in Liberia, Dr. Kent Brantly, was reported to have caught the disease, but recovered.
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Thought for Today: "Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted." - Aldous Huxley, English author (born this date in 1894, died in 1963).
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Sheesh!
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Sheesh!
+1
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Morning Chip.
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Really holding down the fort this weekend!
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Morning Chip & Travellin Dave
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Notable Birthdays today:
Mick Jagger - 72
Sandra Bullock -51
Celebrations
National Parent's Day (4th Sunday in July)
Aunt & Uncle Day
All or Nothing Day
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Notable Birthdays today:
Mick Jagger - 72
Sandra Bullock -51
Celebrations
National Parents Day (4th Sunday in July)
Aunt & Uncle Day
All or Nothing Day
And that old fart is still strutting around on tour!
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Notable Birthdays today:
Mick Jagger - 72
Sandra Bullock -51
Celebrations
National Parents Day (4th Sunday in July)
Aunt & Uncle Day
All or Nothing Day
And that old fart is still strutting around on tour!
Pretty amazing!
Saw her around town last summer and Sandra Bullock is still hot-ass-hot too.
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Notable Birthdays today:
Mick Jagger - 72
Sandra Bullock -51
Celebrations
National Parents Day (4th Sunday in July)
Aunt & Uncle Day
All or Nothing Day
And that old fart is still strutting around on tour!
Pretty amazing!
Saw her around town last summer and Sandra Bullock is still hot-ass-hot too.
No argument from me!
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Good morning Dave and Native.
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Notable Birthdays today:
Mick Jagger - 72
Sandra Bullock -51
Celebrations
National Parents Day (4th Sunday in July)
Aunt & Uncle Day
All or Nothing Day
And that old fart is still strutting around on tour!
Pretty amazing!
Saw her around town last summer and Sandra Bullock is still hot-ass-hot too.
No argument from me!
You won't get one from me either!
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I got to mow the yard this morning just waiting for the dew to dry.
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I got to mow the yard this morning just waiting for the dew to dry.
Then back to the pool.
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I got to mow the yard this morning just waiting for the dew to dry.
Then back to the pool.
Probably so
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
You romantic devil! Morning Dean.
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
That sounds like something I should try on Thursday with the sis in law. I might do chocolate covered strawberries though in place of the Danish.
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
You romantic devil! Morning Dean.
we all know a happy woman makes for a happy man.
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
That sounds like something I should try on Thursday with the sis in law. I might do chocolate covered strawberries though in place of the Danish.
I just created a simple atmosphere and left her alone, waiting, wanting, needing.
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she drew the line on bring the cigar in the tub though.
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
You romantic devil! Morning Dean.
we all know a happy woman makes for a happy man.
The problem is, there's no pleasing 'em.
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Good morning Chip, TXDave, NJDave and Dean.
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
You romantic devil! Morning Dean.
we all know a happy woman makes for a happy man.
The problem is, there's no pleasing 'em.
Certainly true for some.
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Morning Mr. Mayor. What's for breakfast?
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Morning Mr. Mayor. What's for breakfast?
Haven't thought of it yet. May just stop for a cup of coffee on the way to Costco.
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Time to split, y'all have a nice quiet enjoyable Sunday.
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Time to split, y'all have a nice quiet enjoyable Sunday.
Hi and Bye Mayor
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
You romantic devil! Morning Dean.
we all know a happy woman makes for a happy man.
The problem is, there's no pleasing 'em.
+1. More you do the more they expect.
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good Sunday morning guys.
Punch lancero I found in a B&M yesterday and coffee.
drew the lady a bubble bath with candles, coffee, and raspberry danish. nothing taken for granted there.
You romantic devil! Morning Dean.
we all know a happy woman makes for a happy man.
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Yard mowed now taking my truck to the car wash.
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Ain't this a hell of a mess! (Area is west of Ft Worth)
North Texas family may flee ranch after venomous copperhead snake invasion
By Rebecca Salinas, Friday, July 24, 2015
http://www.chron.com/news/local/texas/article/North-Texas-family-invaded-by-poisonous-6403512.php
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www.cigarsintl.com/freesh58 .... Write it down this time, ya bums! And good morning.
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www.cigarsintl.com/freesh58 .... Write it down this time, ya bums! And good morning.
Thanks Dave.
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Ain't this a hell of a mess! (Area is west of Ft Worth)
North Texas family may flee ranch after venomous copperhead snake invasion
By Rebecca Salinas, Friday, July 24, 2015
http://www.chron.com/news/local/texas/article/North-Texas-family-invaded-by-poisonous-6403512.php
Just about the time for us to relo to that area, I am expecting a plague of snakes of biblical proportions....
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www.cigarsintl.com/freesh58 .... Write it down this time, ya bums! And good morning.
Thanks Dave.
Afternoon and Thank You YAD. I had something in my cart on hold so used it already.
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Ain't this a hell of a mess! (Area is west of Ft Worth)
North Texas family may flee ranch after venomous copperhead snake invasion
By Rebecca Salinas, Friday, July 24, 2015
http://www.chron.com/news/local/texas/article/North-Texas-family-invaded-by-poisonous-6403512.php
Just about the time for us to relo to that area, I am expecting a plague of snakes of biblical proportions....
At least they are Copperheads and not 6' Rattlesnakes
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Afternoon men, just lit a Padron 7000 I think. Pretty big cigar, haven't smoked a regular Padron in awhile always good
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Afternoon men, just lit a Padron 7000 I think. Pretty big cigar, haven't smoked a regular Padron in awhile always good
Afternoon Fish, can never go wrong with a Padron.
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I have got to make a smoke selection pretty soon myself.
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I have got to make a smoke selection pretty soon myself.
Hey Dave, I'm almost ready for cigar #2. Padron is a very nice smoke, not quite as punchy as I remember but it's a few years old
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I have got to make a smoke selection pretty soon myself.
Hey Dave, I'm almost ready for cigar #2. Padron is a very nice smoke, not quite as punchy as I remember but it's a few years old
I had to take the warden to lunch and the grocery store so running late.
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I have got to make a smoke selection pretty soon myself.
Hey Dave, I'm almost ready for cigar #2. Padron is a very nice smoke, not quite as punchy as I remember but it's a few years old
I had to take the warden to lunch and the grocery store so running late.
So you really earned your cigar today
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I have got to make a smoke selection pretty soon myself.
Hey Dave, I'm almost ready for cigar #2. Padron is a very nice smoke, not quite as punchy as I remember but it's a few years old
I had to take the warden to lunch and the grocery store so running late.
So you really earned your cigar today
Yes definitely. V Lancero lit now.
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I have got to make a smoke selection pretty soon myself.
Hey Dave, I'm almost ready for cigar #2. Padron is a very nice smoke, not quite as punchy as I remember but it's a few years old
I had to take the warden to lunch and the grocery store so running late.
So you really earned your cigar today
Yes definitely. V Lancero lit now.
Went with a LAT SS 46 for cigar #2, very nice