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[CigarBanter]

HAPPY FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH!!!  Hopefully you'll get to start the weekend early.  Otherwise, perhaps some cigar deals will help ya get through to tomorrow.  Share what you know in this forum and perhaps learn something about cigars along the way.  Be warned, post on this site and you will catch hell from members and trolls alike.  Therefore, don't proceed if you have thin skin.  If you can accept all that, light a cigar, pour your favorite beverage and welcome aboard!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Wonder if Antnee is going to dick out again and flip the banter early.

That's considered dicking out?

Dicking around maybe.

True dat!  Have a good night, Mikey.  Time to hit the rack.

[cigarbreath]

Wonder if Antnee is going to dick out again and flip the banter early.

That's considered dicking out?

Dicking around maybe.

True dat!  Have a good night, Mikey.  Time to hit the rack.

Sleep well Tony.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
0483 - St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0607 - 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1138 - German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned
1519 - Cortez lands in M‚xico
1560 - Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli
1564 - Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels
1567 - Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger
1569 - Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots
1591 - Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai
1634 - Acad‚mie Fran‡aise opens
1639 - Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
1656 - Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam
1677 - Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000
1735 - 1st US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany
1759 - 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1772 - Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick
1781 - Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus)
1790 - John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia
1797 - Cherubini's opera "Med‚e," premieres in Paris
1835 - Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing
1846 - Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in K”nigsberg
1852 - Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly
1861 - Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
1865 - US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
1868 - Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
1869 - Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
1878 - Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
1884 - Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins
1884 - US adopts Standard Time
1887 - Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs
1888 - Great Blizzard of 1888 rages
1894 - J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate
1895 - Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die

[LSUFAN]

1900 - British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state
1904 - Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated
1911 - Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in NYC
1911 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ont), 7-4
1912 - Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games
1913 - Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures
1915 - Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit
1918 - American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
1918 - 1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set
1920 - Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails
1921 - Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China
1922 - George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in NYC
1922 - WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions
1922 - NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games
1923 - Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (NYC)
1924 - German Republic day
1925 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games
1925 - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
1928 - 450 die in St Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)
1928 - Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in NYC
1929 - Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
1930 - Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory
1933 - Banks reopen
1933 - Josef G”bbels becomes German minister of Information & Propaganda
1935 - Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
1938 - Anschluá-Austria annexed by Nazi Germany
1940 - Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische
1941 - A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
1942 - Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in US army
1943 - Baseball approves official ball (with cork & balata)
1943 - Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight
1943 - Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
1944 - USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt
1945 - Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands
1945 - Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman
1947 - "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances
1947 - 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win
1948 - 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42
1949 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
1949 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1950 - General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record)
1951 - 2nd Dutch govt of Drees forms
1951 - Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany
1954 - Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
1954 - Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu
1955 - Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal
1955 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1956 - NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win

[LSUFAN]

1958 - Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
1960 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1960 - NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis
1960 - White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number
1961 - Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes pres of US Communist Party
1961 - Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title
1961 - JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress
1961 - Landslide in USSR, kills 145
1961 - Old type, black & white notes cease to be legal tender
1961 - Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
1962 - Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty
1963 - 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska
1963 - Hindemith & Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in NYC
1963 - Indonesia & Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
1964 - Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack
1965 - Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1965 - Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds
1966 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational
1967 - Congo sentences ex-premier Mo‹se Tsjombe to death
1967 - Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in NYC
1968 - Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK
1969 - Apollo 9 returns to Earth
1970 - 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam
1970 - Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer
1970 - SF city employees begin 4-day strike
1971 - Live at Fillmore East recorded
1973 - Syria adopts constitution
1973 - "Irene" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 605 performances

[LSUFAN]

1973 - Minskoff Theater opens at 200 W 45th St NYC
1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris
1974 - Glenn Turner scores twin tons for NZ's 1st win against Aust
1975 - Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in NYC
1977 - Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test
1978 - Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house
1979 - European Monetary System is established, ECU created
1979 - Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement
1979 - Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick
1980 - Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60)
1980 - Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
1980 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR
1981 - Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca
1981 - NCAA St Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul
1982 - Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill & Dean (GRB)
1982 - Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess & Thierbach (GDR)
1982 - Men's Fig Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
1982 - Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA)
1982 - Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
1983 - "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 770 perfs
1983 - 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
1984 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1984 - WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
1985 - Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
1985 - Michael Secrest (US) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1986 - Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
1987 - Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
1987 - John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering
1987 - Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 mins & 3 secs
1988 - 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win
1989 - 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown
1989 - FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US
1989 - US space shuttle STS-29 launched
1990 - Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada
1991 - Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill
1992 - 570 die in a Turkish earthquake
1992 - FCC rules companies can own 30 AM & 30 FM stations (formerly 12)
1992 - Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
1993 - Blizzard of '93 hits north-east US
1994 - 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP™
1994 - Cuba Godding Jr (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26)
1994 - Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship
1994 - Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
1994 - President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed
1995 - 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win
1995 - Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms
1995 - Hungarian Forint devalued 9%
1995 - Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators
1996 - Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
1996 - Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher & himself

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1548 - Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole
1599 - Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint
1615 - Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)
1696 - Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal
1700 - James Kent, composer
1700 - Michel Blavet, composer
1712 - Isfrid Kayser, composer
1733 - Joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen)
1741 - Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor (1765-90)
1744 - David Allan, Scottish painter
1746 - Maurus Haberhauer, composer
1752 - Josef Reicha, composer
1764 - Charles Earl Grey, (Whig), British PM (1830-34)
1767 - Heinrich Domnich, composer
1768 - Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant
1770 - Daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death)
1779 - Oliver Shaw, composer
1781 - Karl F Schinkel, German architect/painter/writer (Schloss Tegel)
1798 - Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady (1850-53)
1818 - Albion Parris Howe, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
1820 - Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1822 - Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet
1832 - Alberto Randegger, composer
1850 - Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer
1855 - Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
1858 - Maximilien Luce, French painter
1859 - Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)
1860 - Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Gr„z Austria, composer
1862 - Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer
1872 - Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
1875 - Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)
1881 - Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer
1883 - Enrico Toselli, composer
1884 - Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)
1884 - Hugh S Walpole, NZ, novelist/playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40)
1884 - Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926)
1886 - Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist
1886 - John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series)
1887 - Carlos Isamitt, composer
1890 - Frank Thieá, writer
1890 - Michael Taube, composer
1892 - Alec Rowley, composer
1892 - Janet Flanner, journalist (New Yorker)
1896 - Dorothy Aldis, writer
1897 - Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)
1897 - William Herald, Australia, swimmer (Olympic-1920)
1898 - Josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)
1899 - Pancho Vladigerov, composer

[LSUFAN]

1901 - Paul Fix, Dobbs Ferry NY, actor (Rifleman)
1904 - Henry Iliffe Cozens, pilot
1907 - Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian
1907 - Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne
1907 - Frank Wilcox, DeSoto Mo, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies)
1907 - Oscar Brink, latinist
1908 - Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician
1908 - Paul Stewart, NYC, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline)
1908 - Walter Annenberg, Milwaukee, publisher (Triangle-TV Guide)/Amb to GB
1909 - Gilbert Inglefield, Mayor of London (1967-68)
1910 - Sammy Kaye, Rocky River Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1911 - Jose Ardevol, composer
1911 - L[aFayette] Ron Hubbard, sci-fi writer/scientologist (Dianetics)
1912 - Ernst Hess, composer
1912 - Igor Youskevitch, dancer
1912 - James Friell, political cartoonist
1913 - Sammy Kaye, saxophonist (Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye)
1913 - William J Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal (1981-87)
1914 - Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer
1914 - Tessie O'Shea, entertainer
1916 - Corinne Boggs, political administrator
1916 - Lindy Boggs, (Rep-D-LA, 1973- )
1917 - Ina Ray Hutton, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show)
1917 - Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author
1917 - Tessie O'Shea, England, actress (Entertainers)
1918 - Faye Glenn Abdellan, US government official (health services)
1918 - George McAfee, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears)
1920 - Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP (Volksunie)
1921 - Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine)
1921 - Cyril Poole, cricketer (England batsman against India 1951-52)
1922 - Brun Smith, cricketer (NZ right-handed batsman of late 1940's)
1922 - Jim Rodger, sports writer
1925 - Anthony Milner, composer
1925 - Bertha Tickey, Dinuba Calif, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973)
1925 - Roy Haynes, US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea)
1926 - Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist
1926 - Ra£l Alfons¡n, Argentine pres (1983-89) (or 3/12/1927)
1927 - Charles Sickman Corsen, Dutch Antillean poet
1929 - J D Slater, writer
1929 - Peter Breck, Rochester NY, actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji)
1929 - Walter Medio, race horse trainer
1929 - Will Eisma, composer
1930 - Doug Harvey, hockey star (3 time James Norris winner)
1930 - Liz Anderson, C & W singer
1931 - Marc Dessauvage, Flemish architect
1931 - Rosalind Elias, Lowell Mass, mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere)
1931 - Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Berlin, actor/director/writer (Solo Sunday)
1933 - Frank H Murkowski, (Sen-R-AK, 1981- )
1933 - Mike Stoller, composer (Lieber & Stoller-Hound Dog, Charlie Brown)
1935 - Don Nute, Connellsville Penn (Denver University), actor
1936 - Clarence Nash, animation voice (Donald Duck)
1937 - Fofo I F Sunia, (Rep-D-Amer Samoa, 1981- )
1938 - Hans-Joachim Hespos, composer
1938 - Jean-Claude Risset, composer
1938 - Joseph Bellino, footballer (1960 Heisman Trophy)

[LSUFAN]

1938 - Patricia W Amicone, educator/midwife
1939 - Neil Sedaka, Bkln NY, singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do)
1943 - Andre Techine, director/writer (Scene of the Crime, Rendez-Vous)
1943 - Stephen Vincent Benet, writer
1947 - Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer
1947 - Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
1950 - Bernard Julien, cricketer (WI left-arm pace all-rounder mid-70's)
1950 - Danny Kirwan, London, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1950 - Joe Bugner, Hungarian/British/Australian boxer (European Champ 1971)
1950 - Robert S Woods, Calif, actor (Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons)
1950 - Steve Hill, country vocalist (A Winning Hand)
1950 - William H Macy, Miami FL, actor (Homicide, Water Engine)
1951 - Fred Berry, St Louis Mo, actor (Rerun-What's Happening)
1952 - Wolfgang Hihm, composer
1953 - Andy Bean, Lafayette Ga, PGA golfer (Western 1978, Kemper 1978)
1953 - Deborah Raffin, LA Calif, actress (Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats)
1954 - Robin Duke, Toronto Canada, comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise)
1955 - Glenne Headly, New London CT, actress (Dick Tracy, Making Mr Right)
1955 - Olga Rukavishnikova, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-silver-1980)
1955 - Patricia J Engfer, general manager (Hyatt Regency-Orlando)
1956 - Dana Delany, NYC, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden)
1958 - Debi Nicolle Johnson, Torrance Calif, playmate (October, 1984)
1958 - Rick A Lazio, (Rep-R-NY)
1959 - Dirk Wellham, cricketer (century on NSW debut & Australian debut )
1959 - Ronnie Rogers, guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)
1960 - Adam Clayton, Oxfordshire, rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow)
1961 - Cor Lems, soccer player (ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90)
1962 - Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1963 - Mariano Duncan, S P de Macoris Dom Rep, infielder (NY Yankees)
1963 - Vance Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos)
1964 - Will Clark, New Orleans LA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1966 - Akira Nogami, wrestler (NJPW)
1966 - Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star
1967 - Colleen Rosensteel, S Greensburg PA, heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1967 - Satu Huotari, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
1968 - Christopher Collett, NYC, actor (Manhattan Project)
1969 - Chris Zorich, NFL defensive tackle (Chic Bears)
1969 - Kevin Kaminski, Churchbridge, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1971 - Curtis Conway, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Chic Bears)
1971 - Li Chen, Changsha China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Austin TX)
1971 - Paul Henderson, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
1971 - Ralf Kleinmann, WLAF kicker/punter (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Robert Samuels, cricketer (West Indies Test opening batsman v NZ 1996)
1971 - Ryan Hayden, Indianapolis Indiana, 400m hurdler
1971 - Tony Vinson, NFL running back (Atl Falcons, Lon Monarchs, Balt Ravens)
1971 - Tracy Wells, actress (Heather-Mr Belvedere)
1972 - Avrom Smith, WLAF RB (London Monarchs)
1972 - Brian Saxton, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
1972 - Rickey Brady, NFL tight end (NO Saints)
1972 - Ryan McCoy, WLAF LB (London Monarchs)
1972 - Shea Olliff, Augusta Georgia, Miss America-Georgia (1997)
1972 - Trent Dilfer, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1973 - Ann Coale, Miss USA-Maryland (1997)
1973 - Bobby Jackson, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
1973 - Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
1973 - Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, AC Milan)
1973 - Trezelle Jenkins, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
1974 - Andr‚ Batista Santos "Vampeta", (Brazilian?) soccer player (PSV)
1974 - Corinna Broiz, Garberville Colo, lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1974 - Thomas Enqvist, Stockholm Sweden, tennis star (1991 Wimbledon jr boys)
1975 - Landon Wilson, St Louis, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche)

[LSUFAN]

Good Advice
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Man goes to see the Rabbi. "Rabbi, something terrible is happening and I have to talk to you about it."

The Rabbi asked, "What's wrong?"

The man replied, "My wife is poisoning me."

The Rabbi, very surprised by this, asks, "How can that be?"

The man then pleads, "I'm telling you, I'm certain she's poisoning me, what should I do?"

The Rabbi then offers, "Tell you what. Let me talk to her, I'll see what I can find out and I'll let you know."

A week later the Rabbi calls the man and says, "Well, I spoke to your wife. I spoke to her on the phone for three hours. You want my advice?"

The man anxiously says, "Yes."

"Take the poison," says the Rabbi.

[LSUFAN]

Time to hit the road again for work, have a great Friday the 13th guys. 

[LSUFAN]

It looks like it's going to be another one of those days around here.  Sheesh!

[LuvTooGolf]

Morning Chip.