Sunday Morning Smoke

Good morning, it is Early Sunday morning
28 June 2009, I will be at the shop today so I have decided to get this UP & running asap, we are going to get the bar code computer on line & Sunday is the day to do it , so I get a lot of OT this week, hahahaha , since its sunday & I have to keep the boss happy, its beef again, dammm 39 years & still in the RUT ! , I went to the grocery store last night & got a pork loin, cut it into 3 roasts & 10 Chops , BIG PIG !! looks like I might get to grill a little pork this week I hope, , Summer grilling season, LOVE IT, hey i grill all year round but this is the best time , I can sit with a cigar & a drink & watch the times go round & round, when its cold out I stay in the house & watch the timer , Not as much fun as watching the birds & the traffic go by ! , .................

My wife was good to me this fathers day, a few stick to add to the humidor, about 30 total, all nice picks , i will be working my way through them this next month, & maybe a few next !, ............

the boys have been busy since school is out havent seen much of them this past week, Busy with there friends & camping with thier dad , Good for them camping out, dammmmm my idea of ruffing it is a hotel with out room service ................
one of the local little towns Rochester pa , has a BUSY & strange intersection 3 different state routes all cross & 3 local streets all converge at the same point, the intersection is controlled by lights on a timer & a motion sensor, to help move the traffic, well some polititions wife missed her bus as she had to wait 2 minutes at the red light one morning so bingo a 1.8 million dollar traffic circle is planned, 1.8 Million bucks, & that is just the front money, who knows what the cost over runs & graft will come to, , now the governer wants to raise the state income tax & the state sales tax buy 1% , PLUS a CIGAR tax , dammmm fool, he was elected on the campain promise of Eleminating the Property tax, this is his second & LAST term & we still havent got Property tax relief ..... when is a politition lying? when his lips are moving ! , I didnt vote for this guy & will never want to see him in any office again, ed spendel , never saw a tax he didnt like . , with the unrest in the state , washington DC & the rest of the country raising Taxes is just what we need , sure raise taxes take more money from the working stiffs , I guess its time to hang up the shop apron & sit on my formerly fat @$$ ,,,, I have had enough of the BS from harrisburg & DC . .....................
last week my wife told me the 3 way lamp in the living room was only working on one setting so I changed the bulb, didnt change anything in the light , just the bulb, & it still didnt have the 3 different settings of brightness, So I got a new fitting for the lamp & changed it today & Still just one setting, dammmmm , so I got out a new bulb, BINGO it worked, , the new bulb I put in was defective I was going to change the switch back, But WHY, its working now & if it isnt broke why fix it, ! so now she is complaining about the $4.47 I paid for the new switch............... cant please her no matter what I do other than making her a a pot roast on sunday ............... 39 years & counting ! DAMMMMM

went to sears last week for a pair of shoes that was supposed to be on sale , New ballance 408, well I get in the store about 20 minutes after it opened, cant find a shoe clerk, , so i get the lady in the next department to call for help, a few minuts later this girl who I thought was a customer ansers the call, she is BUSY BSing to her friend & is just to busy to get me what i need , well she finnaly get arround to me & asks what size, well I have have 3 different styles of NB shoes & all 3 are different sizes from a 10.5 wide to an 11.5 regular , well she asks me would you like to measure your foot? , well yea, lets see where we are , well she shrugs her sholders & goes in search of the tool to measure my foot, , returns & sets it down beside me & goes back to her conversation with her friend, well I guess this is self service , so i get a shoe off check my foot & go back & tell her I want to try an 11.5 regular width, she tells me that style comes in an 11 or a 12 no 11.5 , OK tellme whare they are in the back & i will get both to try, them , well she informs me I am not allowed to go in the back & just help my self.... welll then help me !!, she gets the shoes & walks away again............... , I try them on, the 12 is to big & the 11 is to tight, so lets try an 11 wide, , , , , None in stock, hey this is the first day of the dammmm sale , why dont you have stock? well we do have a 10.5 wide, I try it , it fits ! , BINGO, I go to pay for them 7 she charges me the full price not the sale price, WHOOOO cowgirl , you gotta get with it , she re rings & I get out of Dodge , should have walked out long time before that, but i needed the shoes & the sale price was great 31.50 for a 65 buck pair of shoes., now I had planned to get 2 pair of shoes & a new belt, , well I got the one pair of shoes went to a different store for the belt, , & when i got home I looked at the cash slip & there is a web site, dammmmm Customer comments are on the list, so I comment, , & 2 days later I get a call from the store manager, he wants to appoligise , But has nothing to offer me to get me to return ........ I am looking for a new TV , & couch , a quick grand each but I will not be shopping for them there i tell him, well all he can do is give me lip service, , No incentaves , So when I am ready look, it looks like I will be going to Pennys or Macys , , , , when some one has a liget complaint at the cigar shop I do my best to make them HAPPY, but poor customer service from a manager, well I can say my shopping days at sears are OVER , if I wanted to go to a self serve shoe shop I could have gone to Kmart walmart & pay less shoes, but I wanted to be treated like a customer , treated the way I treat my customers , BUT I was not happy when i left the store or after the call, so now I will just spend my money some place else ! ..... well i got to get my @$$ in gear & get going , lots to do before I get to the shop ! Enjoy, Vince

The Colonel said:

I think today will be an emu roast, port wine reduction sauce, garlic smashed potato, grilled fresh green beans, and some scallops...

Before all that, I'll take a few moments with a Don Carlos Robusto and reflect on the past week. My youngest will be producing my second grand child soon. Have a few chuckles remembering the world's greatest sidekick, Ed. Maybe watch a few "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." shows. Sgt. Carter himself died 35 years ago today.

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dammmm that sounds great , I havent had emu as yet , but have had ostrich, should be close , & Semper Fi to the SGT

Good morning it is Monday 6 July 2009, 2 days after our natins Birthday, & I hope you all had a great time yesterday & will be celebrating OUR birthday again today.............
well Breakfast was a nice easy bacon ,egg & cheese with a little tomato on it , I had 12 grain bread & my wife had oatmeal bread, , I like the Hunks of Grain in the 12 whole grain flour, little bits of solids in the sea of bread, with a few sesame seeds & sea salt on top , its a crunchy crust a little olive oil & when you break that Yoke with the crust YUMMMMMMMMMM , I have been scrambling my eggs latley but this morning it was sunny side up, , a BIG Yellow yoke staring back at me , the bacon was just one slice for each of us, it was more like a pork chop than a slice of bacon , THICK & Lean , Just enough fat for flavor & to lub up the skillet for the eggs , How good can it get , the Quintasenional breakfast , Bacon & eggs , a little cheese & some toast, a POT of Kona & baby I am one happy camper, , a little later today i will fire up the grill, for some Corn on the cob & a nice rib steak, , or is it pork ? dammm I didnt read what the butcher wrote on the paper wrapping the meat, better find out BEFORE I make the Marinade , pork will go in a citrus base , the beef will be an Oil /Vinegar, mix , but I guess I should open it to see what was defrosted hahahaha , Dammmmm its chicken , Ok corn on the cob & chicken hahahaha , Dammm I was going to deep fry the bird, looks like its going to go on the grill or we eat out hahahaha , the corn is in the sink still wet from the morning dew, picked just a few hundred yards from my back deck, sure hope my buddy who owns the field dosent mind loosing a few ears hahahaha , most of the local corn crop is just knee high right now , but this stuff has been "Sheltered " by the hills & trees & it gets a lot of Sun & fertilizer , about 100 years ago it was a hemp field ................. need I saw any more? hahahaha

We spent most of the day saturday at the Ellwood City Arts & food Festival , a lot of crafters & food vendors all trying to make a buck, , I did pick up a nice red ,white & blue Anchor saying welcome to the Qtr.Deck , gave it a spray of clear waterproofing when we got home & hung it on the Qtr.deck last night , looks good ! ............................

the boys are doing fine, havent had a chance to do anything with them this past week, they are "Busy" but they will both be here Wedsnday, But I work till 6 Pm so what ever we get into will NOT make the local 6 PM News hahahaha say tuned at 11 ! .....................

NOW I have a BIG GRIPE about our Government , Not only the local & state , But the feds as well, STOP TAXING MY @ $ $ OUT OF BUSINESS , If 10% is good enough for the church why cant these greedy B@$t@rds live with it at 10 % , Why the h3ll am I working so many hours , to Pay the local taxes, the federal taxes & the state taxes & now Gov. swindel wants to raise my state income tax AGAIN , this BOZO ( the appoligys to the clown ) is getting paid while the state workers are not, the legeslature adjorned for the 4th of july break with out passing a state budget for the 7th year in a row mind you leaving the state workers with out a pay check , BUT the Gov, & the legeslatorers , all get paid from a "special " account set up for them ....Hurray for me but the H3LL with you , Ok thats the state of PA , & the local school board is just crusing along as the merger of the Monaca & Center twp. schools is slamming it self on to the rocks like an old time pirate ship , Center twp has a mercintile tax of 1% , Monaca has no such tax , well now that the schools are merging , Center twp gets a tax break & Monaca gets a Tax Hike , an other 1% for graft & coruption, dammm I like it better when you just paid the mod a little bit each week, didnt need insurance on the building or cops on the payroll, the "boys " handled everything , you need a cash advance, you see the Boys , if a big amout is needed you see da MAN, , you pay , no problem, , you dont pay BIG problem, but they Smooth talking political Sheetheads make you feel like its you duty to pay them to run & RUIN your live , I have had it up to my formerly FAT neck the Stinch of the BS comming out of harrisburg ( the state capital of Pa ) is starting to resemble a 6 day old piece of road kill & it is the taxpayers of Pa who were run over by the governer, , he Promised property tax reductions as the main souce of revenue for the school districts & an ELIMINATION of the tax on you primary residence , well he got the slot machines & the horse racing tracks he wanted & now he wants table games like poker , black jack , Craps , the whole 9 Yards , all it will do is make his buddys rich, who own the gaming parlors, we will still be paying taxes out the Wazoo , & Barack with his Cap & trade is going to put me out of my home, how will I be able to afford a 300% increase in my electricy & natural gas payments, , Yes I have seen estamates ranging from 60% to 300% , dammmm even 60% is a BIG BITE out of my thin wallet, yea they show you 300 % and you say well 60 isnt bad, BS , A BIG , BULL , $hit on that one 40cents for the cigars plus an additional 1% sales tax, an upward move of the state income tax, local taxs , when will it END, ? Pa has a Full time legeslature, with HUNDREDS od state reps & a state senate Payroll for the harrisburg circus is out of site , time to trim the fat eddie spendel ( the governator of Pa ) , on government & yourself, , My profit margine is so thin right now I end up working more hours a week as I cant afford to pay anyone............. so its eather raise My price to the consumer & the sales will fall , or suck it up & work more ....... dammmm I should have just stayed RETIRED ! , OH Yea Healt care, all i want to say about Governmet run health care is , Look at the veterans adminastration , , I wait 6 months to see a doc , wait 3 weeks to get the results of a blood test wait an outer 2 weeks to get back to the doc to have him review the tests with me before treament is offered, Good thing it wasnt a heart attact, I might not be here today, , , , , I dont want Socialized medicine or socialised autos , the Government isnt here to run our lives we are here to RUN it , federal bail outs BULLLLLLL ! , you screw up you company TUFF, JOB security is in your ability to preform, you dont , BINGO your Fired , LIVE with it , oh its not my fault, BS it is your fault, just as much as it isnt Mine , so WHY do I need to pay for you , pull your self up by your own bootstraps, Take Personal responcability for yourself & your family, some people were embarrised to take charity , now 3rd & 4the generations dont know any different , its a way of life, , , , maybe I sould just move to the beach In Hawaii , Fish for food , grow a little coffee , for my own use , give up electricty , & just become a hermit, or tune in drop out & become a Hippie of the new century .............. H3ll no I didnt claw my way to the top of the food chain to become a Vegen ! Dammm Fools we keep electing them ( US being the fools ) the politicans a are just playing us for there own gain ! , well enough of the BS, I got coffee to roast, grind , brew & consume ,a few cigars to smoke a meal to prepair & some single malt whisky to sip ...................... Enjoy, Vince

I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said , when the government fears the people there will be LIBERTY, when the people fear the governmentthere is tyranny.............. i think its time to take the writings of Jefferson, Thomas Pain, Madision & Franklin et all & INTRODUCE them to the polititions of today ..
Enjoy, Vince

Good morning , it is Sunday 12 July, 2009 & a Beauty of a day here in da burgh, it has been a fantastic summer so far , not all that hot not all that wet, , the garden looks great the birds are well fed & the grass hasent dryed out yet so it still needs a trim every week, we have hardly used the central A/C all year as of yet , but the dog days of august will soon be upon us , I have a LOT to do today , it is going to be a little busy arround here , looks like I will not be hitting the Qtr.deck anytime soon, , after breakfast , I got the Sunday hunk of beef in the oven , should be ready to eat about now ( MOOOOO ) , but the Boss wants it in the oven till at lest 3:30 this afternoon, , boys & girls, can you say Wellllll Done , Yuck ! , well done , just not in my lexicon of terms associated with beef ,oh well 39 years with the boss so far niether of us has budged on the way we like our beef, hahahaha
we did go to the movie last night , a sandra bullock film the Proposial , funny flick, Betty White played the grandmother , Funny stuff, it was Barbs pick & I went as to not start a disagreement, but it was a good flick, , I might even go back to see it again , this time with out all the cell phones ging off , dammmm @SS hole they tell you TWICE before the show starts, TURN OFF YOUR PHONE < NO TEXTING < but No these @$$holes think they are far to importaint to listen to a message on the screen, no they need the taste slapped out of there mouth , the lady beside my wife checked her messages 4 time during the movie , , this is the last time I sit through it , next time I am going to ask for my money back , & go to a different show, I have all ready told people to shut up , I have removed a phone from some ones hand & closed it , & gave them a SUHSSHHH , I am just getting to old to put up with the BS , I have become the old crabby guy on the block, & Dont let me catch your dog taking a dump on my lawn, it will be on your windshield the next morning !
Ohhh dammmm I love getting that BS off my chest, , I am heading to New Castle Pa this morning we will be recording that next POD CAST of Blowen smoke , you can listen to it by going to www.burghherfers.com & clicking the link to the pod casts, or you can go to www.cigarcrawl.com & click the link to the pod casts, , we are having a great time with this stuff, ......
the boys have been busy with summer , so I havent seen all that much of them this past week, they were here Wed. for porkchops & baked beans it was a gassy nigh for my wife, 3 of us bean eaters in the car with the windows up & the a/c on she was gaging hahahaha , she isnt a baked bean fan so it was a lock out on the power windows hahahaha !, we did see the space station make a pass overhear last week, just before 10 PM it crossed the sky from the SW at 17K mph it went from horizion to horizion in less than a minute ( trees to the SW & the house to the NE ) , could have walked to the other side of the house to see it longer but the lights from the Barn next to us lights up the sky way to much , dammmm I should have gotten a lot more land out here 30 years ago when we moved from the city out to the country, to mannny other people had the same idea, now its almost like being back in the city , I USED to be able to sit on my back deck in my underware & no one said anything about it , Now I need a pair of shorts & a shirt or I get called a nudist hahahahaha , who gives a good crap about what I have on when I am out on MY back deck .... I sure dont care one way or the other , the misqutoes dont care why should the old fart down the street care !!!! , well I tell them I was here before you got here & I made MY own rulles before you got here & if the rules dont fit your life style, you have the right & privliage to MOVE your tired old @$$ out of here , No wonder I am getting old , People just seam to PISS ME OFF a lot more now than they did 50 years ago .........
I have been smoking a lot of FINE OLD cigars in the past week, some deep pockets of the humi were cracked & I pulled out a few sticks from 1980 , from our 10th wedding anniversary , this year it will be 39 years , a cigar from Panama if I remember or maybe Costa Rico , the bands were long gone , just the date on the paper they were wrapped in was 1980,,,, dammmm I bet some of you werent even alive back then hahahaha
time to get my formerly over weight body out of the chair & on the deck for a cigar & coffee , ! Enjoy, Vince

I am thinking of starting a COB club, Crabby Old b@$t@rd$ ..... no dues no meetings, just sit on the deck & crab at the entite world !!!!!!

No Pay just the satisfaction of a JOB WELL DONE hahahaha

Good morning it is Sunday 19 July 2009, & we are having a wonderful summer here in da burgh , not to hot a bit on the cool side ( globial warming my @$$) , average temp for the month is 69.7 F , we have been in the low 50's at night & the low 70's during the day , a little rain here & there but so far its been just Fantastic, , almost like when I was in San Diego back in the 60's , but then I was there in the winter here , , it was below zero when I got on the plane & over 80 when I got off ! , dammmmm thats a BIG difference ......
well enough about the weather, not much we can do about it anyway but complain about it or sing its praise, we get what we get ... end of story !
we were out and about last night with the Slippery Rock cigar shop FOURTH anniual Cigar Bar b QUE, no we didnt BBQ cigars we had a whole pig done over a slow wood fire , 14 hours to turn it into a masterpiece , mahogany skin, suculant meat , & fat dripping from my chins Yea baby , lots of cigars were smoked & the blow'n Smoke pod cast was recorded , should be up on line in a few days, the Cigar of the day was a 1968 Macanudo , NOT bad at all,m y taste buds we fryed by then as it was my 10th cigar of the day , I had a belly full of scotch & pork fat dripping from my mustashe, no wonder I had a hard time getting any taste out of it , or was it just that bland, I should smoke an other one first thing in the morning , , that will go on my to do list hahahah .............. the boys have been busy a lot this summer , I havent had much chance to get us all in trouble so far ,every one has been busy, now that school is out for the summer they find things to do with out me , , & I miss hanging out with them But they are having fun with out me , & thats great for them , bad for me , but I know they need time with thier friends , & I need time with mine , & thats what I have been doing all week, , sipping coffee sampleing the single malts & smoking a few cigars , dammmmm it cant get much better than this ! hahaha
The boss & I went to the local coffee roaster to pick up some roasted coffee & some fresh green coffees lasdt week, well they were just finishing roasting some Jamacian blue Mountain ................ dammm that $hit is EXPENCIVE , the pot she made this morning was a cost of $6.25 for the 3.5 ounces of ground coffee , dammm that almost as bad as going to Charbuck$ for a cup of Pikes plaza ( Black ) for me & a Latte for her , its good but not all that much better than the Brazillian, Columbian , Indosian, or any African coffees we get , , & I miss my Sunday morning kona , , now dont get me wrong there is nothing Wrong with the JBM
( other than PRICE) , it is a Buttery soft coffee & I do enjoy the light roast on it that way you taste the coffee not the roast of the coffee, , but it gets lost with the don carlos #3 , the kona has a bit more body IMHO than the JBM & Both are a light roast coffee, with the same 3.5 ounces per pot, for a long time I was using 2.5 , but kicked it up an ounce & havent gone back , yea Baby TASTE , I am here for the taste, , but that raises a question, have I burnt out my taste buds , needing a higher amount to get that same flavor kick? have I gone to far ? , will I be replacing my favorite Green chilly sauce with some thing a little hotter just to get that Rush of flavor? , Are My endorphines taking a nap? , Only Time will tell..........
this is a celebration day , we hare NOT HAVING BEEF !! , I have a nice hunk of pork that will be done with vadillia onions, apples ,carrots, celery & a handfull of prunes , all in the cast iron dutch oven , some roasted spuds & Summer squash............. if your in the area, we will be sitting down to eat about 4 PM ...............
Thats about all I have this week, there is a cigar calling my name, a roast that needs to get in the oven & a pot of coffee to finish & speaking of coffee , its about time to get rid of all I have drank all ready today , hahaha Enjoy,Vince

[quote="The Colonel" coffee strong and thick enough, you could throw it on a potters wheel, and it would become it's own cup.[/quote]


NOW THATS MY KIND OF COFFEE !!!!!