Sunday Morning Smoke

Good morning it is Sunday 16 March 2008 , we have gotten past the 15 Th the ides of march" et to Brute", the day that Brutis ,friend of Ceaser & the rest of the Senate Killed Ceaser, dammmm I dont know why I typed that , hey I never think about what I am going to post it just comes out when I sit down at the computer, years ago it took me hours to think about what I was going to say & it took for ever to type it, I still use just the 2 index fingers & stop to check spelling ( some times ) , but I never worry about how I am saying it , just what i am saying, I did have a voice activated program for a while, but it spelled worse than I do , I still have the disc some place , but with all the noise from the road & the dish washer , washing machine, Grandsons ,radio , TV ,my wife & the dammm airplanes , there is way to much background noise, & when I close the door late at night when everyone else is sleeping, the room sounds like a big fish tank & the echo or what ever you want to call it just messes up the system, I need a computer like Captain Kirk had, , Just talk to it & it did everything !!, ,

well the weather has broke Finally, it is still cool & damp but I HOPE we are done with the SNOW for the season , Only Time will tell. I am getting ready for a POD cast this afternoon direct from the Qtr.Deck today , it should be up on the net this week , all the music will get added & the sound engenirered & Thank GOD you dont need to spell on the POD cast, (hahaha ) you can listen to the past podcasts by going to wwwBurghherfers.com
& clicking on the link to the pod cast or you can go to the
web site http://www.Cigarcrawl.com
\ & click on the link there , looks like the BUS for the cigar crawl will be sold out soon& if the @$$HOLES in the Pa. State legeslature pass the anti smoking bill, this will be the LAST cigar crawl as we know it , dammmmm busy bodys sticking there nose in our PRIVATE lives, dammm polititions , they think they know whats good for us, , whats good for me is for them to START minding there own business & stop spending MY money , I am just glad i dont live in NY , here in Pa our governer is a dumpy old man whoi most likely is so whipped by his wife who is a Judge he would be held in contemt & go directlty to jail, do not pass Go & do not collect the 200 bucks ( for you who dont understand that , it is a Monopoly game thing ! )

All has been QUIET on the grandsons, nothing new with them this week, , & that scares me, if they are making noise they are doing some thing, Quite means some thing serious is going on , they are ploting & planning the next battle plan !! look out Loretta , its going to be a 2 on 1 break & the gollie has been pulled , YES that is a Sports reference , some thing from ICE Hocky , dont ask me how I know that (not being a sports fan ) it must be from hanging out at the cigar shop when the game is on, I dont watch it , but it must creep in to the sub conscience( dammm I dont know if thats spelled right or not ) & there is a glitch with my spell checker, cant pull it up, dammmm more computer problems ! well you get the idea anyway, ! hahaha

The Sunday Roast is all ready in the oven, dropped the heat a bit added time to the equasion , added a little left over red gravy ( tomato sauce ) to the mix this time , I thought the acid in the tomatos would help penetrate the meat & take away some of the tuffness we did have with the last roast , dammmm old cows get tuff in there old age , , nothing like a hunk of milk fed VEAL , dipped in milk dreged in flour & quick fryed in Butter with a little bit of lemon & capers with a wine pan sauce , dammmmm I am getting chills thinking about that ! hahaha, yea man I still LOVE the food, but have been fighting the battle & loosing to the taste buds again, right now I am at 227 , I was 233 BUT I want to get back to UNDER215 , a FAR , VERRRRRY FAR cry from my all time high of 417 & right here & now is a good time to congradulate JOE from Old Hickory Tenn. , he just passed his one year anniv. of his by pass & he lost 187 or 178 , well how ever much he lost CONGRATS to you Joe & thanks for the contraband cigar to celebrate with !!! & Glad to see you & your BOSS will be on the Bus in MAY ( a reference to the cigar crawl for all you slower people ) YOU know who you are !

My Wife ground up a little hazel nut coffee this morning, added just one scoop to the Peaberry for breakfast, NOT bad not bad at all, I didnt have my Sunday Kona this week, , I dont know why she didnt grind Kona this morning, she said she felt like a change , well who AM I to argue with her , as long as she isnt trying to change me I dont care what she wants to change, hey she can change the sheets, the color of the walls the carpet what ever, all I ak is that she stays out of my HUMIDORS & out of the Qtr.Deck other than emptying the trash one time a week if needed hahahaha

we got the new to us 10th anniv. Camacho cigars at the shop this past week, I had one & pound for pound it is a Camacho Camacho ! yea baby great Blend that will open your sinus cavity !!! hahaha

I have been looking for a new car the past year, still cant make up my mind, what i want to get , the 2000 Sable has 170K on the clock, & I dont know if I want to get rid of it , I filled up at the station last night 22.3 MPG on this old beast, & it is Comfortable, not using any oil yet, a little anti freeze gets puddled but the water pump is fine, I replaces all the big hoses , so I must need to tighten a clamp or one of the heater hoses is leaking a Bit, I cant smell anything, but the level drops about every month , so the thing to do right now is JUST add water & forget about it, , I dont know if I want to go with a 40 MPG tiny little car of a 25 MPG mid size or just bit the bulliet & get that Lincoln I want ! hahahaha !!!! , Now if I hit the lottery I can get all 3 ! hahaha
Now that the weather has warmed up a bit I will be going out for my morning walk & having a cigar & coffee on the walk , I hjate winter & miss my morning walk , BUT I will be hitting the street Soon , stinking up the outside with my cigar & coffee, , one old anti smoking zellot gets a pass from me going out & comming back a different way with a detour to go past her place again, she smoked 2 packs of Luckys ever day for 40 years & now she has stopped , & every time I walk by on the street she will yell to get out of her "SPACE" , well she hasnt seen me since lat November, But I have a feeling I will be out & about MONDAY morning as long as it isnt raining !!!! , nothing worse than a reformed smoker or drinker, PREACHING the eveils of the world, dammmm I have a free will & I will decide what right & whats wrong for me !! I dont need some one telling me I am a sinner for smoking & drinking, , I believe , & thats all I need to say on the Subject, all the man made laws & by laws will never know whats in your heart or on your mind , YOU CANT Legeslate Morality
. AND THATS ABOUT IT FOR THIS WEEK !!!
Enjoy, Vince

dammm one link worked the other didnt , og well it will get you there any way Enjoy, Vince

The Colonel said:

Brrrrr. About 11:00 here, and only 64°. I don't care for these cold snaps. Well, the St. Pat's parade is today, I shall go attend and mock accordingly. I'll bring along a Monte 2 and a Bolivar Royal Corona.

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Cold snap, dammmmm in the 60's a cold snap , , , out high was 38 !!!, makes you wish you were back in New England hahahaha

Happy Easter !!! , it is Sunday 23 March 2008... We dodged a bullet here in da Burgh the weatherman forcasted 3 to 6 inches of snow, when it was all done , we had a light coating , a pass with the broom & it was gone, No shovel needed ! we are having a crew in for Easter dinner , I have a whole ham in the oven , it went in last night at 11 PM , should be ready to serve at 4 today, , it has been cured but not cooked so it is getting a L O N G S L O W
bake at 250F , I am going to pull it at at 11 AM add the pineapple & cherrys & a little honey glaze a can of Coke ( NO PEPSI ) & one habanero to the pot , I want just a little heat so mabe just a half of one , But what will I do with the other half ?????

I had an other lazer treatment to the right eye this time, go back in 3 months to finish it up I hope , between the injections to the eye , the lazer & the drops , dammmm if this was 1908 instead of 2008 I would be walking with a seeing eye dog today , the miracles of medicine is astounding , , I dont know if any of you know just how BRIGHT a lazer is , the doctor points it right into the eye holds open the eye lid & ZAPS the retna over & over agin to clean up all the lost blood from a hemeroage in the back of the eye , I still see spots , But at lest I can see them, better than the big silver hole in my vision I had before !

The Kona is dwindling down & I have a pot of Mexican Margoheppee next, I will be heading out to the Qtr.deck after I finish the ham at 11 , I have a 2005 GOD OF FIRE to help Celebrate the Reserection Of Christ , Cant have a common cigar for a special day, But all days are special in one way or an other , Why do we pick out a day to celebrate, wouldnt any day do ? what makes today any different than yesterday or tomarrow ? Hey dont mind me I have been up a while & pulled the cork on the 15YO fine Oak Macallen & its not even Noon, dammmmm gotta stop having scotch with breakfast ! , BUT it tastes so good with the eggs & toast !!

the shop is doing well & all the crew was in the QtrDeck last Sunday for a pod cast ( http://www.burghherfers.com) & then click on the link to the POD casts , it was a Saint Patricks day celebration complete with Candella cigars , NOT much taste but they were Green !! , I plan on getting out there with my GOD of Fire soon , I did have a contraband Monte but I got rid of all my stash when I got the letter from the Treasury dept telling me to be a good boy & dont get caught again , so now , NO more BUYING on line from ANYONE , dammmm the sales on some of the websites are really tempting , so if I dont pay in cash in person , NO MORE on line buying , BUT I guess I could order over the phone Hummmmmmm ! dammmm Home land security ! hahahaha

the Rugrats are at there fathers this weekend , so Easter supper will be 2 short, the rest of the family will be here , I did invite the boys dad & His new wife , but he said he felt funny being there with his new wife & my daughter being there with her new husband, , his kids , our kids there kids & the mother in law with brothers sisters husbands wives cousings & just people from up the street, who cares , lets all sit down & break bread, put are differences aside & just enjoy each others company , BUT NO , we must be political correct & not like our ex partners new partner , BUNCH OF BS if you ask me , I think thats whats wrong with this world, some people just dont get it , you put 5 little kids that have never seen each other before in the same room, they will all play together , they dont know the difference in race, color, sex or creede , they learn that from the adults, we should have taken lessons from the kids !
happy Easter to you all! , Enjoy, Vince

Good morning it is Sunday 30 March 2008, a Bright sunny but chilly morning here in da Burgh , the Birds are hitting the feeder very hard this past week, a Red Tail hawk has been hitting the birds hard all week , I just wish he went after the doves & left the robins alone , dammmm doves just make to dammmmmm much noice . a large flock gather every morning just outside my bedroom window , COOOO COOOO , all morning long , cant sleep in if I wanted to !!! I think I should start feeing the Viarga , & they will be so busy Humping they will starve to death ! hahahaha
with Easter behind us & a LOT of left over ham in the freezer, I am breaking out a little of it for Escalloped Potatos today, I was thinking of spicing them up with a little bit of hot peppers diced in the mix , gotta run that buy the Boss & see if its OK with her . magesty. No hunk of beef today so I have no idea what kind of mood she will be in !Better ask nicely .
I have been getting into the training for the Cigar crawl comming up in May, I am getting my 10 cigars a day in , 3 pots of coffee ( 1 Reg & 2 Decafe) & a weee dram of single malt a few times a week hahahaha
The Grandsons have been busy doing what ever they do & I havent seen much of them this week, I guess we all needed a break hahaha, I know the guy at the local arcade needs a long rest from us being there & my wallet needs the same rest, I think I bought that guy a new car last year hahahaha BUT we had fun, now if I could only get them interested in Fishing , just sit on the bank of the lake , watch the bobber & then we can eat what we catch, or head to Mickey D's when we dont get anything !, gotta be cheeper than the arcade & I could have a cigar outside , hey I just got a brain fart, why not just stock the pool with fish , & if we could find fish that live in Beer instead of water .................. what an Idea hahahaha

My Humidors are looking a little worse for ware over this past COLD time of the year & the traing for the crawl hasnt helped & I get a letter from one of my supplyers a price jump of 5 BUCKS a box on my Yard Gars , looks like I will be changing my President size for a robusto , I never get to finish one anyway, buy the time I get to the nub it is so chewd up & wet , it just gets tossed. , & speaking of Humidors , I picked up number 15 this past week , a new / used box I sold a guy new about 5 years ago, he never put anything thing in it , still had the box it was shipped in , he had a small humidor & told me he needed more room , so I got him this nice 150 Count box, & he never used it , he never filled his 40 count box to allow him the need of getting the 150 Count, so I got it back at a good price
he was happy & I felt like I paid to much for it , but the guy is a steady customer good for 150 to 175 bucks a month, he said his wife lets him have 50 bucks a week for "spending" money & since he drinks coffee for free at the shop, he spends his hard earned retirement money at the shop, , so it cost me a few cups of coffee & a weee dram of single malt on Friday night if he is there , a few time he has brought in a bottle & left it there so it all works out in the end , BUT now I have a new 150 count Humidor , NO place left to put it with out stacking it , BUT it like most humidors opens at the top, so when I want to open it I need to remove the stack of Humidors on top of it , cant put this one on top as it is way to big, I might just use it for long term ageing & stash it under the bed with the coolador, But it is way to nice to hide , Nice inlay , heavy gloss a verry pretty hunk of wood , of well my daugher wants it for a silver ware storage chest , I told her plastic eating tools dont need to be stored , they get tossed !

I have been getting in a few HEAVY WEIGHTS this past week, Camacho trip maduro , Mambacho trip Leghero , & a few Cohiba, Robustos , they cleared out the old sinus passages , this week I am going to TRY & stay with the lighter smokes , Don Diego , Casa Blanca , & the Diamond Crowns( maybe one anyhow) , I still LOVE the Don Carlos #3 in the morning, , I thought I might try a Rocky patel edge missel in maduro, but it just didnt hit the taste buds right for the first cigar of the day, i guess after 15 or more years of #3's every morning its just hard to break the TRADITION, it is way past habbit or Obsession , it had to move on to Tradition !! , * I think TRADITION is a much better word than Habbit dont you ? , reminds me of" Fidder on the roof," Tradition ! , for you Young guys it was a Broadway play years ago about a poor Eastern European Jewish Village & the life there , A GREAT story & wonderful music ,
I have a feeling I just might start out the week taking a little break for all the cigars & cut back to 8 a day hahahaha , but make them all Dbl.Coronas hahahah , BUT the #3 will still be the first one of the day .
it is getting to start staying warm, & the new car bug has taken a big BITE out of me, I want a new one, BUT the Sable is Paid off, sure it has 165K on it but it is running fine & getting 20 MPG , & with gas hitting 3.35 a gallon for the cheep stuff I was thinking of down sizing to some thing getting 35/40 MPG , untill I took a ride in one of the little kidney busters , May sable with all the milage on it Rode better than the new little $hitbox Scion I took for a ride , DIDNT LIKE IT AT ALL. , I dont give a
rats @$$ , what motor trend or car & driver have to say about the gas misers, I am an OLD MAN with arthritus & need a BIG door to get my formerly fat @$$ in & out of the car, a ride that is somewhat smooth & a long wheel base to allow for smooth transitions over the bumps & pothols in the roads here in western Pa , No short chopy JEEP ride for this old fart , my 4 wheeling days are long behind me , My old Bronco is just a hunk of scrap iron by now, might have been recycled into a washing machine by now . So it looks like I will squeeze a few more years out of the Sable, I had a Tempo for 13 years, still had the orginal clutch in it , with 213K I sold it for 275 bucks & the guy got an entire winter out of it , he blew out the clutch trying to pull his wifes Olds out of a ditch at the end of there drive way one snowy day , I am supprised he didnt pull the bumper of the tempo ahahaha

thats about all I have for this week, maybe more later, maybe not ! haha Enjoy, Vince

Since I roast my own coffee , the cost of the stuff isnt all that much, but the Quality cant be beat by any supermarket coffee in area, we do have a local coffee roaster who has wonderful stuff but when I get the green coffee beans vs the fresh roasted beans well the cost is almost half as much, I dont want to pay for his time & roaster when I have my own time & an omlet pan & a side burner on my gas grill, I can see the beans as they roast, I dont need to Pull a sample , I can see them all. , the cups are brought from home, BUT if the customer wants cream & sugar in the coffee, they better bring there own !, I dont use it, my coffee dosent need any help, wellll maybe a weee dram here & there , so some one stops at the local gas station that has a coffee bar , grabs a handfull of creamers & some sugar, , we are good for a week ! the coffee is just part of doing business like keeping the paper towels in the rest room & toilet paper , I recycle the plastic bags from the grocery store as liners in the trash cans, the empty beer cans get put in a bag & get recycled when we have a load of them , that money buys coffee, so the coffee is free some of the time & cheep all of the time , I roast for home use so whats a few more minutes to roast for the shop , I drink the stuff all day & I dont want to drink BAD coffee, no one should drink bad coffee so I keep up morale with free coffee 7 every once in a while I tell one of the moochers , its your turn to buy a bottle of single malt , some times it works & we end up with a Johnny Walker Green , or a glem livette, some times they see the price 7 get a bottle of Cutty, & I make them drink it when they come in , dammmm this stuff is harsh, , well next time SPEND a few bucks more & get the Good stuff.( you cheep b@$t@rd)hahaha,

Jarred sauce, dammmmm that make me shiver & shake just thinking about it, My grandmother will be spinning in her grave if I ever used that stuff, I have HER recipe, her Pot & Spoon, but my red gravy isnt as good as hers ever was, , the only difference is she hot packed her own tomatos , I am just way to lazy to do that, & I might not have the same tomatos she had , so it still would be different , why go through all the work !!

Good Morning it is Sunday the 6th.day of April 2008, a BEAUTIFUL day here in da Burgh the sky is Blue with a few clouds the grass is starting to turn green & the air is crisp & cool, the Qtr.Deck is about 65F indide & 58 outside, I will be heading there soon, My wife & her sister are heading out today with Credit card & check book in hand , God Help me next month when the statements come in ! hahahaha
I have a BIG pot of Beans on the stove , the ham bone will go in shortly & it will be soup tonight ......
that brings me to a little RANT , the econemy ..... things go in cycles, right now it is down, but soon it will be back up, the Dow Industrial average when I was a kid was 2 or 3 thousand, a big swing was 12 points , now we see tripple diget swings daily but the average is over 12K , so the % of the market that changes isnt much different than it was 50 years ago, the big difference is the VOLUME of the trades, there are more people out there with money & more action in the market, the Buck isnt worth as much today as it was when I was a kid Because there are more of them in circulation , the more money in circulation the lower the value of the cash money , all the BS about the housing market is all driven my GREED & mismanagement of the lenders trying to get rich quick, ENRON was a perfect example of money going to there head. MONEY is not the root of all eveil the LOVE of money is the root , the money is good it is the averice & LOVE that makes it evil, I do not have a masters in Economics but all it takes is a little common sence to see that all we need is to work hard, save a few bucks here & there & SPEND a little less than we make, Now if the GD GOVERNMENT could get SPENDING under control by the congress , Spend what you have not what you will get from our grandchildren & the ecomemy will right it self in a year, but the @$$H@T$ in DC , Harrisburg, & your state capitals just got to learn NOT to spend MY tax dollars so often, we need a MUCH smaller government & less people spending OUR money , we elect the @$$H@T$ to serve us , but they end up serving them selves with out worrying about the outcome & we the voters keep sending them back to DC to represent us, & they LAUGH all the way to the bank , so WHO is the @$$H@T , them or US?
end of rant
the NUB had its release party friday night here in da Burgh, I was NOT able to get there I had to work, so I missed it, but I wish Sam & the NUB best wishes & hope to sell a million NUBS from King Beaver Cigars this year , if he can make that many !


Last Night my wfe & I with our daughter went to the LINCOLN HIGHSCHOOL FOR PREFORMING ARTS , in Midland Pa , the World Premier of Dancing with Mancini , a set of dances to the Music of West Aliquippa native Henry Mancini , ( he wrote the Pink Panter theme, Moon River,Peter Gunn, & tons of GREAT musci ) well the show was a tribute to a Beaver County native , & growning up in Quip myself in the Black snow from the open hearth furnaces my self I understood what was going on . ..... when my Daughter was a lot younger & a dancer ( before the arthritus) I would sleep till I heard her music , watch it & then Nod off till it was over, welll last night I watched it all, GREAT dancers & wonderfull Videos of the OLD stomping grounds & the parades honering Henry . it was a great night, the croud was full of celebs, the wife of Henry Mancini was there , still looking Good & the guy who was the promotions director of Apple records 7 the push behind the Beatles was there , there is going to be a tribute show to the Fab 4 this fall at the Lincoln HS , so he was there to see the place & check out the 35Million Dollar HS , dammmm what way to spend our TAX money !!!!

Yesterday was the Strippers day at a Club I beling to here in da Burgh, , you know strippers are not what they used to be in the heyday of burlisque ( or how ever you spell it ) the Girls had a routene & danced as they too it off, today , they come out pull off the T shirt & bammmm in your face, so little seduction, no moves just POP they out ! , the ART is gone , I miss the show, , the Porn industry is to blame, get right to the money shot, no plot no story just wam bam its in its out , its all over her face ... NO Class at all.

the Soccor season starts next saturday for my Grandson, I will be there with the wife cheering & wondering what is going on , , at lest i will be out in the morning sun, & have a nice morning cigar & coffee ,Next Saturday is the wife birthday so I plan on being as nice to her as she was to me on my birthday.... No I dont think I could ever be that mean hahahahaha

Last Night I was watching Saturday Night Live, , , , , , , , , back when it started many years ago with DAN,JOHN<GILDA<Jane, Garrte,Chevy,Lorain & the gang it was funny, it was new & different, today , well its still live....., about the only thing I enjoyed last night was weekend up date , kind of the idea for my Sunday morning post , an update of the past week, well I am Not Chevy Chase but I do have 2 fingers to type this every sunday when I remember to post it anyhow ! maybe I am getting old but it just isnt as funny as it was , the players are wonders , but the material is lacking for some thing, maybe the writers need to get KICKED up a notch or bring back some of the old farts, bring back the coke & boose to the cast , make it Funny again , what ever it takes, Find the next Eddie Murphy, Find the next Jane Curtain, Find the next JOHN BALUSHI ,Jiim is Ok , but John was OUT THERE , Cone heads, where are they, Blues brothers , Hans & Franz , THE CHURCH LADY & & Waynes world, , , , just no strong characters to build on ....... & the musical Guests , come on , I never here of them again, , , , , the first time I heard Willie Nelson was on SNL, & I am not a Counrty music fan, BUT I have a few Willie Nelson CD's In my collection, "Stardust" is my favorite , , SNL went down hill when Loren Michaels stopped being the producer, & it got better when he came back, but I think he is looking at retirement & letting it slide a little bit, Just MYOPINION, & like @$$hole$ every one has one !

Gotta go stirrrrr the soup ! , Enjoy, Vince