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898 dammmm in havent had one of them in years looks a quest into the humidor to see if I have one or 2 haha, enjoy, Vince
 
Finally had a Sunday morning worthy of a post. Brewing beer for the Capt BBQ on my back patio and thought of Vince and his post, so I lit up a Don Carlos #3. Beautiful weather and aroma from the wort boiling and the fine cigar. I'll post details in the spirits section, will only say that when that hose clamp came loose on the outlet of my immersion chiller I was aware enough that I did not do something stupid and get burned.
 
glad you didnt get burnt, , , , DID YOU SAVE THE BEER?
 
Poor Ol' Angus McStudd, I remember him well. Not really, but having read Vince's posts for well over 8 years, I remember him from the fantastic storytelling that Vince is famous for. It was actually I who named him!!! Now he's gone to that great pasture in the sky. Too bad.

Vince, it's definitely a hard choice, the birds go or the birds stay and shit all over the place. I think it's worth it to keep the birds around. The beauty and pleasantness that abundant bird species can bring to a property outweighs most of the negatives.

And whatever's in Vince's pot on a Sunday always makes my mouth water, but that meal you had cooking in this Sunday's post REALLY got me going. You know the garlic had a lot to do with it, haaaaaa!!!

So, The Colonel has gone to Arizona to repair the roofs of old saloons. Hey, whatever gets you off, but that's gotta be some job, especially in 120 heat!!! What's it on the roof, 200? Whew!!!

I'll be looking for that report on the BBQ and beer, twoputts!!!
 
I was hoping to make it to the Allegheny Smokeworks Thursday for the event, but schedule changed and more important (and arguably just as fun), to take the kids to Kennywood. So, I hope you enjoy it Vince! Sounds like a good time, I love Ashton's. Enjoy!
 
Good morning it is Sunday the the 24th day of August 2008 & it is time for the Sunday morning smoke ahhhh yes the Sunday morning smoke , what a great day of the week & a time to sit back & reflect on the past weeks accomplishments & blunders , welll not a whole lot of either , I have been feeling better than I was a few weeks ago , but my WEIGHT is UP to 234 , way to much pasta & bread, not enough tofu , so this morning I skipped the egg & bacon breakfast sandwich & went back to the tofu , I am NOT going to fall back intot he eating till I drop mode , thats just CRAZY to put myself through all that, got to nip it in the bud ! , coffee this morning (after the sunday Morning Kona) is a local roasters first attempt at a Moca java , a medium dark roast & very aeromatic , cant wait to get it in the Press pot & let it steeeeeeep a few minutes, , I did make a pot of Ice coffee this past week, just dump the coffee in the press pot with COLD water, let it set over night , , press it out & chill the coffee , it did get a little cloudy but with a shot of Tia maria over ice it was NICE hahaha , hey anything wioth a shot of Tia Maria in it is nice hahaha , next time I might try a shot of Irish whisky, in the cold coffee , but that might just kill the fine taste of the redbrest single malt Irish whisky , , for mixing I think I will just pass , afterall the distillers art is lost when it is Mixed , thats why I like my whisky at room temp & in a snifter, to allow for the aroma to be trapped in the glass & all the volitile esters of the drammm be allowd to "tickle" the taste buds & the tiny little aroma receptors in the nose , I LOVE the taste & the aroma but not the effect it has on the sence of Balance & self control, as it was said in vino varitas, ( in wine there is truth ) , some people will say anything to anyone whith enough wine in them, beer musles & beer goggles are all to common in some of the local bars, I guess thats why I like to drink at home , dont need to drive & no one to challenge you about anything other that the taste of the cigar & the complexity of the pairing with the coffee 7 the booze to match with the Fine old Hand rolled Stogy
I did spend the entire day with the wife yesterday, we havent been hanging out together all that much, I have been going one way she an other so saturday we slept in a bit & went to the bank, the grocery store & the mall, ( GOD that was a Tuff one ) & took a drive up to Slippery Rock Cigars & traded a box of Camacho tripple maduro for a box of Makers mark cigars , but thats what my customer wanted & Joe at SLC needed tripple maduro , so every one wins but me as I had the 45 minute drive up the interstate to the rock & a 45 minute drive back with the Boss telling me to watch my speed the entire time we were on the road, , BUT she is a happy camper today & I lived through the event , & was able to sit a few minutes at the mall & watch the sights go by, & dammmmmm there were some sights, I wonder if some of the people ever look in a mirror & are not scared to death by the reflection, you know its like a car crash , you just got to look, & DAMMMMMM its down right scarry at times , there was this one young lady , had to be 350 pounds shorts up in the crack of her ass, , No bra & a T-Shirt that was made for a light weight , bare midriff & just rolls of skin & her thong showing above he shorts in the back just under her tramp stamp tatoo , dammmmmmit hurts my brain to even think about it again............... But I did stare in wonder whjen I say her, "WHAT THE HELL IS SHE THINKING " , well I guess if you got it flaunt it & dammmmm she did have it , I dont know what it was but there was a LOT of it to go arround !
I have a few ears of corn to go on the grill with the porterhouse to day , Beef its what for supper, the boss is a beef eater, she was a child of the 40's just like me ( the 1640"s hahaha you smrt ass's I said it before you had a chance to ) & grew up on roast beef & meat loaf, no one ever taught her mother how to cook , 'TILL I CAME ALONG , well I have been tring to break the beef habit for almost 40 years now & have gotten her to eat veal & pork a little fish at times, ham , bacon & sausage are just for brakfast unless its easter then a ham is OK , but no lamb or any shellfish & the beef still needs to be well done, dammmmm it is a loosing battle !!!




18 Year old John Challis was laid to rest yesterday , he just graduated Freedom High scholl this past May & has been fighting cancer for the past few years, he was a baseball player for the HS team & had a 1 for 1 batting average, one at bat , one hit , a clean single to left field on an outside Curve ball , he got to first & a pinch runner was put in for him as he was winded from the run, he got to meet Mario Lammue of the Pittsburgh Penguins , all of the Steelers , Pirates & a good amount of the NY Yankess when they were here in da burgh , his foundation, stared with the help of his coach 7 a few private benifactors established a way for HS athletes that are terminal with any malidity to be able to finish there sports carrier with class & dignity , John Challas was a lot older & wiser than his 18 years on this earth lead you to believe .


Thats about all I have from the burgh this week , keep reading & posting to some thing you like or dislike & I will get back to you asap ......... Enjoy, Vince
 
Vince, always good to hear the Nooz Fum Da Burgh, and if you want to see more women like that lovely vision you described, just head over to NYC, and I'll take you around.

Very sorry to hear about young Mr. Challis. May The Lord comfort and strengthen his loved ones.

I have been doing some extra chores around the apartment this week, went out on a friend's boat Friday, out on The Sound, for two and a half hours, and now my face and forearms are red. What a beautiful day it was, perfect, but not quite enough wind for good sailing. We caught a little bit, though. He's been inviting me out for ten years, since he got the boat, and finally my schedule coincided with his. It was three guys, old friends, just enjoying the sun, and being away from civilization. Tomorrow, I wake up early again to help a friend in New Jersey move from his apartment to a town house nearby.

Right now, it's time for a nice Sunday dinner, which will be Garlic Bloofy Burgers, made with ground bison, and sauteed mushrooms in garlic and oil over organic brown rice. Have a great week everyone, might see you late tomorrow night or the next day. Vince, I'll be in touch soon, as I'm waiting for another ship to come in, a very small one, but something to look forward to nonetheless.
 
Good Morning it is Sunday the 31 day of August 2008, the last day of August, where diod the time go ? seams just like yesterDay we were shoveling snow off the drive way & now its time to rake the leaves all over again, it has been warm but dry here in da Burgh & now the leaves are falling from my maple trees & the grass is a crunchy brown, no need to cut it , I am on a well so I dont water my grass, , it just makes it grow anyhow, I then it needs to be cut, well if you dont water , it browns out & you dont need to cut it , hey works for me , I wouldnt mind just paving the entire yard & paint it green !
the political campains are now in full swing, & the Pa. attny General is out in forse arristing crooked polititions , our local former state rep & the wife of the state senator are all in hot water , as well as many other local councilmen & managers , it is a crying shame that people we elect to office do things to line there pockets with the tax money that belongs to all of us, I guess there is no shame in stealing anymore . the Jails are over crowded the streets are filled with drug dealers & hookers , this area is just going to the bottom of the pile of trash, I am in a rural area, the guy next to me has cows in his pasture ( and an electrict fence to keep me away from the VEAL hahahaha ) I havent seen much in the way of change here but in the towns that were the heart of the steel making industry, the decline has realy hit bottom, rusting empty factorys dot the landscape , we DONT make anything here anymore , Manufacturing is the Key to a good econemy , Make something from nothing & sell it, thats the basic building block of an econemy , make it better faster & cheeper than anyone one else & BINGO the cash will flow in , you pay better for workers & they are happy, they spend the hard earned cash & the community builds, first there will be a baker & a butcher, soon a taylor & a builder will be in the area, then a paving company & furniture builder soon a jewlry shop will open , hair dressers & barbers , it is called PROSPERTY , a Community , but when the people we elect to run the government screw us it is time to start all over again, I am convinved that no matter who you are if you ever get into any elected office sooner or later you will be compermising your ethical thinking , fix a parking ticket for some one then it getting you Brother in law to do a little work for the township & he kickes back a little of the contract to you & before you know it you on the front page of the newspaper with a front & profile shot with Numbers under the name ( so far I havent run for any political office ) but with all the heads falling off sooner or later it will trickle down to a run off election between me & my wife, were are not regestered to the same political party so our votes cancil each others out all the time ! hahahaha
well enough of the politcal BS , lets shift gears & go for the finer things in life Food, coffee cigars & whisky ! , well what more can be said about that ? I like them all, & if your a regular reader you will now that the order in which they all fall is constantly changing, , I can get along with just 2 of them BUT all 4 make life a celebration
Breakfast this morning was my rendition of the egg mcMuffin, witch started out as a fast food eggs benidict ..... well my version is to butter & then Grill the English muffin , add a slice of jarlsburg cheese to each half , the bacon gets tossed on with the tomato ( no lettuce , then it would be a BLT with egg & cheese) now I scramble the egg & get it on the cheese asap & let the hot egg melt into the cheese , add some hot peppers & BINGO , its Breakfast on a BUN, B .O .B ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I have a nice pair or T Bones in the chill chest , they will hit the grill later this afternoon, along with some corn on the cob & it will be grilled along with a yam or 2 , hey its summer why cook in the house when the grill is just outside the door & a cigar is in the ashtry, gotta do what you gotta do hahaha
I was sitting at the bar sipping a scotch last friday afternoon ( hey big suprize there hahahaha ) when Senator McCain introduced his new running mate, & I looked up & saw Tina Fay from Saturday Night live , is this a joke I thought , maybe the TV is on Comidy Central But then I realised this was the real thing, hey John you picked a great one for the late night TV pundants . NOW the democratic party, I think is suffering from buyers remorse all of a sudden, well no matter who gets in this November we will set a First for the country , electing a woman VP or a black man as president, you know i just dont like to use the term black man or woman, we are ALL people , race has no meaning , none, we all have the same number of bones in our body the same number of teeth , the blood type means more than the race of the person giving or getting it , , we are all HUMAN , lets let it go at that, DNA is the finger print of everyone, & everyone is slightly different, even identical twins have some differences be it so slight , i have a pair of cousins , & it is easy to tell which twin is witch just by looking , when thay are standing side by side , no problem , it is when they are apart its hard to tell, as she is just a weee bit shorter than him hahahaha
I will be roasting some coffee this afternoon, I have a little bit of Columbian that I plan on taking to the second crack for about half the bag & the other half will be just after the first crack, , give them a toss 7 see if it is able to be tasted , if the darker roast will over power the lighter one will it make a good blend? who knows , the proof will be in the MUG about wendsday !

the kids down the street have set up a box in front of the shed next door to me , there is a carrot on the ground & a stick tied to a string holding up the front of the box they are tring to catch the rabbit who is living under the shed, , what they are going to do with it when & if they catch it will be headline news in the elementry school paper ! , I gave them a set of lawn chairs to sit on & a lot more string to pull the stick out with as they were just about 10 feet from the "trap" so now they are about 40 feet & sitting in the shade with a radio & a big glass of lemonaid ~~~ watching for the baby bunny !

SCHOOL is back & the kids at the bus stop are noisy in the morning looks like I will need to adjust my schedual & get pants on sooner in the morning hahahaha

I am back on the quest of the perfect morning cigar Nothing has been able to replace the Don Carlos #3 for many years now but I have a new contender in taste but it is the wrong size , I do enjoy the corona size in the morning BUT I might be changing to a Butera Vintage maduro Robusto, , I am not sure as yet & I will need to study this into a lot more detail , reserach , it is a never ending battle to get to the final answer , but over the years it has been a matter of taste, what I love you might not like , & what you like I might not, so we are all wired differntly & thats whay there are so many brands & sozes, thats why there is single malts & blends

thats about all i have this week
enjoy, Vince
 
Good morning it is Sunday the 7th of Sept. 2008 .... labor day has come & gone the kids are back in school & the nights are getting cooler & longer the sun is setting sooner & comming up later , & it will till the 21st of december , or some time about then , I am tooooo lazy to go look at the calander to see if its the 20th or the 21st , H3LL it might be the 22nd for all I know , but at that time of the year its cold out & I dont sit outside & worry about the season , winter , fall , spring what ever it can snow anytime , even in summer if your high enough........................ in the mountains ( NO not of booze , elevation ) you twit ! any way , we all know in winter its cold unless you live anyplace south of the frost line, & I havent been that far south in a long time , da burgh gets cold mid November & stays that way till mid march , not that there arnt a few nice days in there , I remember one year back in the late 60's I had the top down on the convertable Christmas day, well that was booze , it was snowing but I had a heater in the old Corvair Spyder Ragtop , so down came the roof 60 MPH on the highway heading into the burgh to see some play or something, had my Peacoat on & was feeling no pain , JUST HIGH ON LIFE hahahaha , its a blast driving in the snow with the top down , the heater was cranked up to the max with all the fumes you needed to put the top down hahahaha
Dammm how did I end up with that train of thought? I have no idea , I just sit here & type what I am thinking about, maybe I need to go back to sleep for a few hours & start this all over again ! hahaha No way man you have got to get the BS NOW , when its still fresh hahahaha,

well it was a good week at the shop, I did close on Monday but tuesday made up for the closing on monday , it was a BUSY day, But WED. Dammmm what a let down , I was hoping to do well but dammm i could have phoned it in , S L O W was the name of the game that day I think I might just cut my wed. hours to close at 6 PM not 9 PM, I have a guy comming in at 5 staying till 9 , but last wed. his total sales were ZERO , BUT 2 .........21 buck cigars got smoked , I think I gotta have a talk with that BOY !


Well the political conventions are over, ....................... if this is the BEST & the Brightest this country has to offer?????????? what are we in for , thats all I have to say about the R. D & Ind.

OK , lets get into the liquor cabnet , I pulled the cork on a Keg strength Glenfarclas , 120 proof .... the jury is still out on this one, is it worth the extra bucks , or is it just a high priced dram with a little extra Kick, , I dont drink for the effect , I do it for the taste , just like I smoke cigars , for the taste, & today all I had was ONE stick & 20 year old Petite corona sent to me by UNCLE FIDEL , I was busy all day & never did get to fire up anything else , it was a Honey DUE list today, bank, grocerys ,mall & all the BS that is associated with spending the day with the wife, short trip no time to enjoy a cigar so after we left the house i was never in the car more than 5 minutes at a time & back out & into a store, well I just never had the time to set fire to anything, it would need to stay in the car & go out , relights are Ok for some smokes but the stuff I had in my 3 finger case was the stuff you just dont was to chance on a relight , I was going to fire up my Last Casa Fuente some time today , But I never got to it , I had a Pepin black lable in the case right next to it & 15 year old Bahia Maduro from Costa Rico , well the only good thing about it is I still have all 3 !
I will be firing up the grill some time later , we have a set of T bones , some fresh picked corn( right now its still in the field ) cant get it much fresher that this, , got to wait till the farmer heads off to church before I go pick it hahahaha , I will also set a Yam on the grill along with a summer squash , & yes I will pick it with the corn hahaha.... , everything will go on the grill, , a LOW slow heat for the spuds & veggies , then pour the coals to it for the beef, burn the snot out of hers , well done please ... yea right , & wisper the word HEAT on both side of my hunk of beef .................... yea baby 138/140F internal temp on a hunk of beef for me ,,,,,she was hoping for 165/170 range . Not for me thats way to well done for me , 145 is streching it for me , thats on the verge of DOGFOOD , 155 F, forget it , give it to the mutt ! ............ 38 years together & she still cant see that all the flavor is in the RARE beef , never tuff, , & she chews & chews on that hunk of shoe leather week after week, I give up , I just make it the way she wants it & let her think its good ! hahahaha

the boys were here thursday, 15 wings , a 14 inch pizza & 18 ravolli , & salad hey dont forget the garlic bread , they were happy , I did manage to score one wing & a slice , Barb got 2 slices but no wings , I never did get a taste of the ravolli, Dont know if Barb did or Not hahahaha ?
they left a bag of Kettle cooked chips, thick sliced & CRISPY little s.o.b.'s
I am enjoying the snap of them still, , deep fryed in peanut oil, , just a touch of kosher salt , NO dip needed , just great potato & oil flavor , a little salt , dammmmmm all I need is a Beer , But none in the house , or the fridge, mabe its time for a run to the corner tavern> dammmm not open yet , got to hold that thought till MONDAY morning , & besides this local watering hole is a little to red neck for me, NO Good beer just BUD & MILLER LITE on tap & no dark beer in the cooler , No scotch in the place at all let alone a single malt, so i stay out of the place & drive right past it to go to a place that will cater to my needs , few...... but why drink the cheep stuff when there is better to be had ?

we got our pipes in this past week & have sold a few all ready, Fathers day & Christmas are the only times we sell them but this batch is going to be gone before Thanksgiving !, nothing expencive everything is below 50 bucks , the humidors are starting to move also, I guess the economic stimulas checks are still hitting here & there !@ hahahaha
I plan on sitting in the Qtr.Deck till its time to cook, Barb will spend the day with the sunday paper & will will enjoy the QUIET ! I spent all day saturday with her & i dont think I got 3 sentences in with out getting interupped


ahhhhhh yes PIECE & QUIET or is it PEACE & QUIET

Enjoy, Vince
 
As usual, the Sunday Morning News From The Burgh a La Vince is informative, educational, funny and all around enlightening. It's football season, and I'm about to disappear until around midnight tomorrow. Vince, you crack me up, and stop letting your friends come in to the shop, drink all your fine spirits, and smoke all your best cigars!!! Tell them if they don't behave, you'll institute a $15 cover charge, ha, haaaaaaa!!! That'll teach 'em!!!

Yes, the days are shorter, and it will soon be cold enough so that people will be complaining about that. I love it, but not everyone does. It can put a lot of the criminals inside more, which is a good thing.

Vince, I gag whenever I hear you talk about beef. Ordered some Chinese food recently, from a place across the street, which is anywhere from decent to very good, depending on the dish you order. I rarely order out, but there are great restaurants here, from all ethnicities, and when you have good quality Chinese food across the street, there are times when you avail yourself of that. They also do some Japanese food, and are basically a dual ethnicity Asian restaurant now. They added the Japanese thing a few years ago, and it's grown very well.

So, I love the Teriyaki Beef appetizer they have in a lot of Japanese places, just some really tasty sliced steak on sticks, lots of meat. One night the restaurant sent over the food, and I went straight for the Teriyaki Beef I'd ordered. Turns out the beef was only seared on the outside, and almost raw inside. It was very tasty, but I gagged on the first piece, couldn't even swallow it, and the last three I was very careful with, but I vowed not to order that again, at least without telling them to cook the beef. Funny thing, the beef in the Beef Lo Mein is always cooked right. Go figure.

Vince, it sounds like your wife likes it too well done for me, but I can't get the beef tartare thing, sorry, hee, hee, heee!!!

Well, I started typing this before the Jets game started, and now look where we are! See you folks on Tuesday. God bless Vince, God bless you all, and God bless America. We just might have a few good years left of reading Vince, and that would be great in and of itself.
 
JETS my pick for the super bowl, before the season they were 500 to 1 to make the super bowl, when I was in vegas I put 20 bucks on them just to make the big show, they didnt need to win , & the payday would be WONDERFUL, then they got some washed up old QB & the line went to 15 to 1 , That sucks , but 15 to 1 is better than Nothing , GO JETS , , , , Football, thats the one with the points on both ends? hahahaha
 
Good morning, it is Sunday , 14 Sept. 08 ................ it has been raining here for the past 2 days but nothing like Texas is getting , the grass was all burt out from the lack of water but now it is a lush green & needs cut , dammmmmm
well the new season of saturday night Live started last night , & the opening was a real kick, I new in a flash when I saw Shara Palin that Tina Fye would be back on SNL as the SP impersonator, , but after the opening its SNL skit with her & Amy who can do Hillary better than Hillary , well the show just went down hill from there , weekend update was good, other than that the show just seams lost , the actors are tallented people & the substance just isnt there , the "NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME PLAYERS" , were new & fresh, for you young people the not ready for prime time players were the cast of the orginal saturday night live , dan acroid, john balushi, gilda radner,jane curtain,garette morris,chevy chase & if I am missing anyone I am sorry, that was a LONG time ago I just dont have the brain power to remember to breath at times now I gotta remember stuff that happened 35 years ago hahaha , no way that will happen !
well I did sleep in verry late this morning it was after 11 am when I got up, so I had a little yogurt for breakfast & will be cooking a rib roast today to keep the boss happy, that needs to get in the oven asap, so this posting will be short today, like my memorie hahahaha ,
The moving wall ( Vietnam memorial ) is here in Beaver County therre was a ride to the wall last night , in the rain about 2 miles of bikes in the parade , AWSUME Sight .

I was rummaging through the humidors last week & found a stick that was a bit beat up from being in the humi a few years the band had popped ( the glue just let go ) off & was still in the box, it was a Monte corona a gift grom uncle fidel , it lasted over an hour & it was the sweeeeeeeest smoke I have had in a long time , paired with a dark roast coffee from Columbia & a single malt from the Islay region it was a taste to make the heart race the & skip a beat it was that good ! hahahaha
, dammmmm its all ready after noonnhere in da burgh i gota get this on line asap , it is supposed to be the Sunday MORNING SMOKE not the afternnon smoke ! , oh well better luck next week ! Enjoy, Vince
 
Well, it's still morning out here in sunny California and I just wanted to thank Vince for giving me a great idea.....the Sunday morning cigar.

Up until a couple weeks ago I'd been saving my smoke for after dinner with a snifter of Baker's or just some Wild Turkey on the rocks but I gotta say, Sunday morning on the patio with a pot of Kenya AA or Tanzania Peaberry and a good smoke is a hard act to follow.

It is soooo pleasant out there - - between around 8:30 and 9:30 before the rest of the neighborhood is finished with the Sunday paper and all the kids are up and around. Not to mention all the barking dogs.

Don't get me wrong.... I love kids and dogs - just as long as they belong to someone else. I'm a noise freak and don't tolerate those things too well.

When I was younger and had to maintain gainful employment, morning was something to be only barely tolerated. Now, I can't hardly wait to get up. Particularly on Sunday morning.

Anyway, thanks, Vince, for a great idea. Keep up the good work.

Marty
 
welcome to the zoo Marty , glad to get some input, from the left coast , ahhhh yes sunny California, I loved San Diego, back in the 60's , Long Beach in the late 60's early seventys , & I froze to death one summer weekend in San Fransisco , LA , well what can I say about LA, SMOG, TRAFFIC & great looking babes, not to say that the other places didnt have great looking babes but up in SF you had to look REAL close hahaha
I am on my last mug of Sunday Kona & just happen to have a weee bit of Dark roasted Tanzanian Peaberry, just about enough to make a half pot , so I will brew it up shortly & have a fine old cigar to go with it , no idea what as of yet but i think I can find some thing to go with it & maybe a weeee dram of laugavulin with it ! Enjoy, Vince
 
Good morning , it is Sunday 21st of sept. 2008 , the POWER is back on the cable is working & the phones are ringing, & the TV is working , a week after hurricane IKE & I have a buddy with his power lines still on the ground, , here we are in the greater PITTSBURGH Pa area & the damage we got from IKE , is far more than I ever thought we would get , we had peaks of wind gusts at 81 MPH, a far cry from what TEXAS got but dammmmm man this is Pittsburgh, we are not close to the ocean here , it is a 24 HOUR drive from my home to NOLA , you would think that the stom would disapate a bit by the time it got here , we have been cutting trees & replacing shingles all week, a lot of the local supermarkets lost EVERYTHING in the chill chests & freezers, the produce was growing hair , so everything needed to be sanitised before restocking , I can only have a LOT of sympathy for the people on the gulf coast , the shop was closed a day & that was it , we did get power back down town fast, but out here in the BOONIES , it took some time , there are according to the news about 900 homes still with out power , should be back on for most of them by Tuesday , dammmm over a week with out power, how easy it is to forget the CONVIENCE of electricty , it runs our life, after a few day with out it I wonder how the AMISH do with out it , but I guess we as a people surivived a few years with out it hahaha, I guess we are the begining of the power grid generation , & indoor plumbing, I do remember the old outhouse as a kid , but that was way back in the dark ages , come to think about it , our camp in Tionesta Pa had an out house till about 20 years ago & we still have the pot belly stove to heat the place , but there is electricty there so we do have a few Comforts , & one day soon I might instal a hot water tank , hahahahaha , hell NO , its RUSTIC with out it , I never go up in the winter anymore , gave up hunting a long time ago , , you shoot it & clean it , I just cook it now same with Fish, , my fish cleaning days are OVER , you put it on the counter ready for the stove, I will take care of it then !
with the clean up from IKE taken care of lets move over to the cigars, AHHH yeas the relaxation begins , I have been digging DEEEEEP into the humidor this week celabrating life all week, I have forgone my standard Don Carlos #3 for a Casa Fuente this morning & have the usual KONA , what a match this is , dammm I wish I could have one Casa Fuente a week
BUT untill I hit the lottery BIG , I will stick to the Don Carlos , when you get right down to it is one hell of a great Cigar for sure,
I have a pot of Indian Monsoon coffee wating to be brewed after the Kona is done .
I have decided NOT to Cook today , I am giving my self the day off we are having stuffed Porkchops for supper tonight ala Roma Catering , I will pick them up about 3:30 /4:00 pm today , green beans & parsley potatos , all I will need to do is zap them in the microwave for 30 seconds to reheat them & supper is Surved ! Dammm I love electricty !!!
the Boys are having a great time at school, but I do miss the saturday morning soccor games yea like a TOOTH ACHE , not that I didnt like watching my grandson play, but it was cold & wet & the asshats didnt enjoy the aroma of my cigar & I was segeragated ( by my own choice to the endzone behind the goal ) as to NOT offend, some yuppie scoccor mom , had there been a MILF in the mix I might have stood my ground & stared at her , but since there was nothing to look at but the game, I figured moving was the best thing I could do , but since he isnt playing this year , I can sleep in on saturday ! AMEN !!!!
The Migrating Birds are moving south , I havent seen a Robin in a few days maybe longer , & we have a few new visitors to the feeder a large influx of cardinals, we had 2 or 3 comming & going all summer but we had about 10 here this week all at the same time & the wild canaries are showing up a lot more than they did all summer ,, the bluejays are still being the BULLYS of the feeder & the doves just make noise & shit all over the place , but they are FUN to watch, honrey bastards, they will jump anything !!
Thats about all I have from the burgh this week, please feel free to post whats going on in your neck of the woods .......... Enjoy, Vince
 
It's always nice to read The Sundae Mawningh Nooz from Da Burgh. So nice I've read it at least once every day this week.

I'm sorry to hear that you folks out there took such a hit, but it is interesting, this change of weather patterns since folks like us were young, Vince. I'm also glad you can sleep in on Saturdays. It's about time. And I see you got a promotion, and no longer have to double up as sous chef, ha, haaaaaa!!! By the way, I finally resolved the issue of the money that the attorney in Florida is sending me back, and I will be in touch via PM or e-mail soon to discuss business. In other words, I have to see a man about a horse, and his name is Vince. Not the horse, the man, hee, heee!!!

I called my father on Monday morning, after turning on the TV and seeing a lady on FOX(y)-News talking, next to a weather map showing a storm wrapped entirely around Puerto Rico. It's diameter was actually a little bigger than the length of Puerto Rico, which is 100 miles. I immediately called my father, and surprisingly got him, and the connection was clear. FOX(y)-News had said that some parts of Puerto Rico were due for at least 25 inches of RAIN, and that this was going to be the next big storm. My father said that he had actually just gotten phone service back after not having any for 30 days. He said lakes were already forming on the farm, and that power had been out for a while. He said it had been raining for 18 hours straight, and for many days in general. He told me that it was expected to get worse and rain for days afterward.

This is very interesting, because Puerto Rico has been under severe drought conditions for well over 15 years, a very all or nothing sort of situation, like Texas recently. I have to check back with him later today. It was ten years ago earlier this month, shortly after I left Puerto Rico, ending a three week visit with my father, that Hurricane Georges hit and devastated the island.

Vince, you're right, Don Carlos is a very good, and very consistent cigar. Can't question anyone smoking a lot of those.

I had a meal of linguini with garlic and oil tonight, and now I'm measuring the garlic I eat in grams, not approximate clove amounts any more. I used two heads, which came out to 128 grams of garlic, and of course, barely cooked, no browning, just lightly sizzled to retain full pungency. At midnight, I poured myself two shots of the 2007 Thomas H. Handy Sazerac barrel (134.eight*) proof rye for my third tasting. This will make my Top Ten, so be looking for a review of this rye soon. I never got the 2006, but because I have a friend at Chase, I was able to get this.

Have a great night, everyone!!! I may actually have a cigar whilst I catch up on All My Children.


*If I type an "eight" I get a happy face with sunglasses. Oh, boy.
 
Good morning , it is Sunday 28 Sept. '08 & we have been invaded by STINK BUGS , there here thats all I can say, they are EVERY PLACE you look, , this little import from Asia has no known enemys here , dosent stay away from cigar smoke , citronilla , RAID or moth balls , they are harmless, & dont bite BUT when you smash them or they Feel threated, they let out this sticky GOOOO that Stinks like hell, the Birds dont eat them, you cant smash them but they are comming in the bathroom exaust fan covering the doors & windown & just making a MESS of everything, they have my wife freeked out so bad , I think I might need to medicate her , they fly & land on everything & anything, , we cant sit out on the back deck with out a fly swatter , & then you get the smell, , & I thought living next to a cow pasture was bad, this is 10 times worse ! OH well it is Cool & rainy this morning & Sept is almost over , the election BS is in full swing & I did listen to the canidates for a few minutes Friday Night , who won? well the American People DID NOT WIN , if this is the best we have to offer............. well I have listened to a bunch of 10 & 12 year olds who didnt wine about each other & carry on better conversations than McCain & Obama ...............
BAIL OUT OF WALL STREET ... SOCIALISUM at its worst, , NO golden retirement plans for the CEO's , incarseration for a few of them , run the company into the ground & get a 25 million dollar BONUS .. Dammm I hate to get political with the postting but they JUST PISS ME OFF !
RANT OVER

so lets get back to the stink bugs , if ANYONE has any idea what to do with them, or how to get rid of them PLEASE post smonthing about it !

we have had a dry week since the BIG BLOWJOB from IKE , but last night we did get a little thunder & a nice light rain, the grass is growing again . dammmm is that all I am going to do this morning COMPLANE? , who knows I just type in what comes to mind , well I have been up for one hour all ready & havent even put the coffee on, dammmm I am slipping , the KONA is ready to grind BUT I am not, just cant seam to get motivated this morning, so far today I have went out to the end of the driveway & brought the sunday paper in , , didnt even open it up & look at the headlines . But I did catch a little blurb on the radio last night that we should all smoke one for Paul Numan ,,,,,,,,, Cool Hand LUKE , Butch Cassidy the STING , RIP PAUL.
I have a nice pair of T Bones for the grill this afternoon, & a sweet potato to grill right along with themjust a little herb rub for the beef & olive oil for the spuds , add a little heat & soon a wonderfull meal will be on the table

the shop was busy but the sales are slower this month than we were hoping for but we have started to load up for the Holiday season, lets just hope that wall street rebounds & Main street gets a lift ........OR ...... I might have a WHOLE LOT OF CIGARS TO SMOKE hahahahaha

The Boys are being boys,, the older one is taking a class at the local comunity college for some sort of computer cartoon program, & the younger one is learning to play BATMAN on the base gutar............. dammmmmmmm !


so here we are the end of september & all I have been doing this past week was work at the shop & get rid of BUGs the rest of the time

I grabbed an H.Upman Signature corona this morning ,,,,,,,,,,,,, dont know why , but I will give it a shot this morning


the Boss just got up, seams like I was typing to loud & I woke her well I didnt even make coffee yet as I didnt want to wake her up, , the computer is as far away fro the bed room as it can be BUT I managed to get her started all ready .................. 38 years of this ? dammm I must be a masocist !!!!


well if you have any idea on what to do with the bugs, the dammmmm birds dont ever like them please post some thing to help me get rid of them, they made the news here in da burgh so every one is loaded
Enjoy, Vince
 
Vince, I saw a nature show yesterday with a segment about killer bees and some incident that happened a few years ago in Bisbee, Arizona. All I can say is, the best thing to do is get to a really cold environment. This is some of the scariest stuff. This show also had segments about cricket infestations, where millions crickets marched for miles to a mall, and in to a building. They activated the automatic doors and walked right in. They showed ant marches, all kinds of stuff. I hope God lets me end up spending most of my older days somewhere in New Hampshire, or the like.

I've been thinking about baked potatoes lately, and it is certainly getting to be time for more broiling of the beef.
 
I would LOVE to move but my idea of a new place would be tropical, No A/C no heat, just a nice warm days( 78F with under 20% humidity) , cool nights, ( nothing below 60F ) & no bugs, & no poision snakes , or sharks in the lagoon ! hahaha
Enjoy, Vince
 
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