Sunday Morning Smoke

the cigar is a 15 year aged PR tobacco, the company owns the farm that grows the tobacco, it is some place in a mountain valley but I have no idea , I have the phone number of Ty (cant remember his last name) , But I have it in the memorie of the phone at work, I will e mial you the numberwhen I remember to copy it down & bring it home., there are 3 different lines & strenghts, each blend is a different size, the president is a double corona with a light taste & Conn. shade grown wrapper, the box pressed El Jeffe(Toro size) is a lighero maduro & is my favorite out of the line,the last one & dammmm I cant remember the name comes in a seco maduro or a natural wrapper ( again a toro size but in the round not box pressed) , they retail between 6 & 8 bucks each . when I get more info I will pass it on. Enjoy, Vince

the company & cigar is named
Don Abrims Harris .... best I can do with out going to the shop.......to drunk to drive , to lazy to sober up hahahah

dammm I didnt know I had even posted the name or if its spelled correctly ( 50 to 1 it is NOT ) hahaha but I never did speil gooder

www.cigarcrawl.com

I hope it works hahahaha

Good morning, it is Sunday 12 June 2011 a warm & Humid start of the day here in da Burgh . This past week has been like an OVEN ,,,, in the 90's & humid all week, not the type of weather we are ready for this early in the season , we went from winter to summer with out much of a spring. No Matter what the weather out some one will complain about it ! Its to hot ,its to cold, to wet ,to dry,, , , , I want to find some place on this earth to live that you dont need a furnace or an air conditioner , low taxes ,ample power to make electricty, be it from wind ,solar, or tide generated, & Gas to cook with , a good supply of fresh water , No snakes ,rodents ,misquetos,FLYS , sharks, spyders,jellyfish, or large preditors that will be hunting me , & GREAT CIGARS, Fine old aged single malt scotch's & an abundance of coffee's & teas....... Oh yea a great Jazz station on the radio..... I like to let the DJ play the music, that way I dont need to mess with the cd player myself..... I think the place I am looking for is called Utopia ...... But it never hurts to dream anyway ! or maybe I could just go & live with my parents when I was about 10 or 11 , I had all I needed or wanted, hadnt started puberty so I wasnt distracted by by the lour of a smiling face or a glimce of cleaveage, I had my bike , a baseball glove & bat , a sled for the winter & 3 meals a day & all i had to do was empty the trash on saturdays, keep the grass trimed, keep the snow off the driveway & walkways & make my bed every morning ( great training for the navy ) ,,,,, Oh to be a Kid again, but not like the kid I am today , but a real kid with out the worrys of the world, the political BS that fills the news shows & papers, back then all I ever worryed about was getting home before the street lights came on or when I got hungry...... Dammm I have no idea where all that came from , I never know what I am going to tell you on Sunday mornings , I just sit down & type , what ever comes out .... well left to one's own imagination I can get far from the subject & distracted by a smile or Cleveage .... it was a much simpler time before Cleveage ruled my world..... Last night was my Son in laws 40th Birthday there was a small gathering of the assorted drunks, family & friends ,,, kids ,dogs , Bikers , Hicks , hillbillys , gangbangers , hookers ,pimps ,even the gay & lesbions were there a true melting pot party , its great to see the local Harley owners group (HOG's) & the pimps standing by the beer keg trying to come up with the 'rightprice ' for service to be rendered, with a ton of kids running arround with water guns & the bull mastive wondering in & out eating what ever he could reach ,,,, it was an adventure to be sure ... an eclectic mix of epic statis , the only thing we were missing was a Priest or a nun , but we didnt want to scare the kids hahahahaha
we had a good week at the shop, I did a rolling event in Pittsburgh on Thursday night got to meet the new football coach of the Pittsburgh panters football team ( PITT ) as in Univ. of Pittsburgh it was at the annual Fundraiser for the FCA ,, Fellowship of Christian Athletes , this is the second time I have rolled for this event, but this is the first time I didnt sell out. Over 300 people there & I had prerolled a few hundred cigars & brought most of them back home, I barely had enough to cover the cost of the tabacco , But I covered the bill with a few bucks left over & a lot of cigars to add to the inventory at home ,, hey I might as well smoke them.... ,,, then I got a call from the local Funeral director, he was holding a wake for a local tavern owner & needed about 100 cigars ...... Timing is everything, I was "semi" stuck with a large amout of hand rolled cigars & he needed a lot of cigars fast & @ low cost , Win ,Win for both of us , I took a slight hit but I turned over product for cash & he got a deal on the cigars, so now when I need his Professional service 's,,, he owes me a favor .....hahahaha like I want to collect on that one fast ! , well lets see, that brings us to the grill & the Ribs that will be done about 4 Pm. A rack of baby back rib's went on the coals early this morning ... 4 AM , so 12 hours of S L O W & LOW , there will be a little corn on the cob & some grilled egg plant to go with the ribs. I might have a cold beer with it or an iced tea there is a few Saint Pauly Girl darks in the fridge along with a few Smithwicks that my brother in law left here last Sunday ,,,, hummm maybe one or 2 of each & speaking of my B-I-L ,his wife( my wifes sister) missed a step & tumbled down the stairs & broke her arm ........ I feel sorry for him as now she will be more demading that ever , if that is possable hahahaha
Saturday morning My grandson has a tryout to become a JR.Stineway Artist , I dont know when he will be told if he gets the position ... Stineway is a piano manufacture , it might not be spelled correctly but then if you have ever read my posting you will soon realize I cant spell for $hit!
right now my wife is grinding coffee for our sunday pot of kona , the AROMA is HEAVENLY , I might forgo the Don Carlos #3 this moring in favor of a Pre embargo upman corona that has a some what large crack on the foot , it should be as mellow & smooth as a stick of Butter ,,, But I had my taste buds all fired up a while back & found it was for nothing as the cigar had passed its prime & was so bland there was no soul left in the stick, so before that happens & before I join my parents & leave my cigars to my brother & friends I will SMOKE them,,,, Enjoy, Vince

thanks for the link & correct spelling, I passed it on to my grandson, he plays a Stienway at school, has a Yamaha @ home & a Custom cabnet Petroff with a HD bourgendorfer action so he tells me when he has his lessons at his private teaches place , since he is trying out to be a Steinway Jr.artist he wants to trade his Yamaha for a better piano like a Steinway , so i guess his $6.000.00 piano isnt good enough now..... I told him to get a JOB
hahahaha

Bloofington said:

Yeah, except I didn't do too good on "where" I live. Yes Bloof, it's "where" you live, not "wear" you live, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

The yolks on me, all ovuh mah face.

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you know I went back to re read the post to see what the H3ll you were talking about, , after the third re read I understood , but then English is a crazy languege, Where, wear, bough, bow,hear,here,all BS to me , I get the letters as close as I can , your brian can figure out what I am trying to say , funny thing about the human brain , it will unscrable the letters & you can read almost anything no matter how bad the spelling is , as long as a few of the letters are in the right place , is it I before E execpt after a C , WHO CARES ? beside an English Major or the editor of the local paper, learn to spell they say,,,, dammmm if I had learned to spell as a kid I might not have had the brain power to fuel my imagination... it would have gone to proper spelling & grammer, I like it just the way it is , full of ideas & not a lot of Rules of Grammer & spellen


Enjoy, Vince

Good morning , it is Sunday 19 June 2011 , Fathers day ...... I did get a phone call from my daughter , she & her family are on vacation in NYC, so I got a call instead of a card & a pair of sox haha, it has been a BUSY week at the shop, lots of one time buyers in for a quick gift for dad, but salea were brisk all week & I sold more pipes this week than I have since Christmas ., it is a hot & humid day here in da Burgh & I plan on spending it in the A/C comfort of the Qtr.Deck , before I have to fire up the grill for todays NY strip steaks , there will be a few Zuccuni 's on the grill with them & a roasted vadallia Onion & if I feel like it I might do a potato or 2 but maybe not,,,, I will play it by ear & what ever the boss wants , she gets , it might be Fathers day But if Mother isnt happy , NO ONE is happy.....
I have a pot of Indian Malabar working right now , a nice smooth coffee medium dark roast , a good flavor & a nice Body & mouth feel almost a syrup like quality to the brew, next up is the Kona & the Don Carlos #3 , right now I am waiting on a tree service for an estamate on trimming the 2 maples in the yard & removing 2 pines from the other side of the yard, so far I have 2 bids & they are 220 bucks apart , so if this guy is some place in the middle I will call back the high bidder & give him a chance to match or lower one of the other bids , I got a price last year & the guy must have been smoking what ever he cut down as his bid for the 2 maples was higher than the highest bid I got this year including the pines ...... so who knows what will happen, I loved people who shopped for a car back when I was selling,,, you just dont go on price alone , the service & salesmanship seal the deal & I did just fine , I might not have been the lowest price But I would pick up & deliver your car for service & make sure it got a nice clean up when it was in the shop, I sent flowers on Birthdays & annivasarys & made my customers my friends, well I have the same attitude when I am Buying some thing be it goods or service , I want to deal with a friend not a Vendor, & I understand a profit must be made to stay in Business , if your government subsedized, I most likely will NOT do business with you ,,,, GM & Chrystler are off the table for me since they took Big bucks from Uncle Sam , Ford got a few bucks in a round about way for the finance dept , but didnt get the treasury to buy stock in the company like GM & Chrystler did ,,,,, my next car I hope will be an OLD Mustang Convertable , or some kind of OLD convertable , I just missed a GTO last week , a real head turner, BRIGHT red with White leather but it was a few thousand out of my price range ( about 15 K ) out of my price range hahahahaha , so maybe that Kit car I was looking at isnt so bad afterall, BUT I dont want to build a kit car, Now if some on wants to do it & sell it for a small profit I will be in line to buy one , but for me to bust my knuckles & get Dirty..... I will just relax & keep my Sable , the sun roof will be my drop top !
well the kids are on Vacation In NYC so I have the week off BUT I do have to go to my daughers place & feed the Mutt , he can go in & out by himself but if you put out a weeks worth of food he will eat it all the first day .......
I picked up a few cigars this week 3 boxes, to be exact, a toro size H.Upman Sungrown, a Santa Demina Corona & a La Travitia Corona, along with a bottle of Bushmills, Glenmorangie& Glenfiddich , since its warm out I wanted something lighter & less peat than the Lagavulin & Laphroaig,,,, lighter taste for the warmer weather , looks like the Press pot of Kona is done so its off to the races for me , a day of doing what I do best, Turning coffee & single malt whisky into PI$$ ...... Enjoy, Vince

Good morning , it is Sunday the 26th of June 2011 a nice start to the day here in da Burgh 66 F with low humidity & about half the blue sky is covered in gray/white clouds ... looks like its going to be a Good cigar & scotch day here in da Burgh , just finished breakfast & all ready thinking about what cigars & what scotches I will be tasteing today , for sure the 10YO Glenmorangie will be sampled & I might have a weee bit of Bushmills with the stuffed peppers that we are having later today , peppers & Bushmills a tall glass with ice & a splash of water & then fill with Bushmills .... 99% of the time I sip my whiskys from a brandy snifter or a noseing glass , but with a plate of stuffed peppers with mashed spuds I want that Cold Zip of the whisky to "bring out the flavor" of the peppers , I do love my Islay whiskys but something about a cool crisp whisky that I enjoy with a bell pepper & onions ,,,, Now when its snowing outside & the temp is below freezing , I want a smokey peaty Islay ......
There are a lot of golf outtings this time of the year a lot of fundraisers & memorial theamed events & the cigars have moved well & I was able to get rid of a lot of dog rockets , left overs & broken boxes ,I did well in the last few days & the customers got a BIG break on the price, for guys who smoke one cigar a year , & golf one time a year , the BIG dog rockets are are a good way to clear the shelves of the stuff that didnt sell., I have found out that if you remove the band & place them in a plain box call them seconds , they sell like mad, & no one complains, seconds of what? who knows !!! its good tobacco, & good construction, aged a few months or a year or so , the orginal package & name might have been a pore job of marketing , so you remove all the bad paper ( the dreaded cigar band)from the cigar & are left with a nice looking stick of tobacco ,,,, all that ring of paper tells you is the stattus & price of the cigar ,,, well you dont smoke the band, so what good is it, I dont know about what your personal habbits are BUT I remove my band as soon as its loose , I might be smoking a Pre Embargo Davidoff or a Graycliff , I might be smoking one that I rolled myself that never had a band to start with BUT I go for the taste not the stattus of the cigar ...... I smoke a lot of seconds , they taste just fine & who cares if the color is a bit different from one end to the other or there are a few green spots on the dark brown wrapper , its all good , some are just better than others.
I just got off the phone with my daughter & they are on the road headed for the Holland tunnel & out of NYC on there way home after a week in the big apple , tired & broke BUT enjoyed the entire time , from Ellis Island all the way to Long Island they covered the city Non stop .... My son in law has to go back to work in the morning .... Good luck getting up & being there on time hahahaha , I think they are getting out just ahead of the Gay Pride march today........ Nuff said about that can of worms ....... I am not much of a sports fan , but living here its hard to miss hearing about it ,,,, right now for the first time in 18 years the Pittsburgh Pirates are winning more games than they have lost for the season...... 18 YEARS of loosing seasons is enough to turn off the best of fans , at lest we now have a little hope ,,, slim Hope but the candle is burning , & the wind is blowing....... as Far as football this season well WHO knows its a big fight between the Millionair players against the Billionair owners & the fight is about a few hundred thousand in income from the sales of the food & other Bull$hit items ,,, play or dont play , I couldnt give a good $hit one way or the other ... B U T , it brings in customers to the shop to watch the games , & that is INCOME I dont have when they Dont play ........ yes I am a Capitalist & proud of it , I work hard Sometimes, & I pay my fair shre of tax, what burns My @ $ $ is the able bodyed wellfair wanting me to support them. Right in town not far from the Cigar shop are a few business advertising for help & right next door is the pub that cashes the wellfair checks for them....... JUST DRIVE ME CRAZY ...... I refused to take a wellfair check , its my tax money backing it up, I might as well just give him the cigars & save the cost of the paper work & the government taking there CUT out of the sale. dammm I am getting bitter in my old age , BUT I have been working all my life ...... even a some what retarted citizen can wash dishes or work in a car wash , put parts in a bag, or sell me a burgher & frys ...... LAZY BUMS who have family history back 3 generations or more living in public housing collecting food stamps & getting cash payments from the state as they cant ( or are just too damm lazy ) to support there own familys ..... & some of the Baby factorys out there 6 or 7 kids or more all with different fathers & Not knowing who the father is all collecting from the state..... BULL$HIT , I have worked all my life & taken care of my family & my daugher saw that I worked & now she is WORKING her kids are seeing it & they want to Earn there way in life , if no one will hire them , they will be self employed ,,,, even if the only thing they can do is clean up DOG $hit , they will make fertilizer out of it & sell it .... The work ethic is instilled in my children & grandchildren,,, I wish I could instill it in some adults ......... Enjoy, Vince

Good Morning , it is Sunday 3 July 2011 , a HOT HUMID day here in da Burgh, looks like I will be spending the day in the Qtr.Deck with the A/C on , I had hoped to be on the back deck watching the birds at the feeder & the traffic going by , But I will be content with the 4 walls & the A/C today !!! we had a nice breakfast, a toasted muffin with bacon & egg , a slice of Hot Pepper cheese & fresh tomato right out of the garden next door !!!! a pot of fair trade Purivian coffee is in the pot right now, fair trade is just a price fixing tool , it dosent make the coffee taste any better , just cost more, , I think you sell your coffee at a competitive rate & make your cash up front , you dont need to hide behind a fair trade commision who takes a cut of your end of the deal as well as my end of the deal, the only one who makes anything out of the deal is the fair trade commision, & they dont add any value to the product, they take there "admisinatration" fee & add to the price, like the owners of an auction, the seller pays to be there & the buyer pays a % to buy there, , the auction house gets money from both ends of the deal, & since your there , they make all the profit on the refreshments , last time I was at an auction they were charging $3.00 for a cup of coffee or a bottle of water, I buy the same water at Costco for $4.25 a case of 24 bottles ......... some times I wonder where will it all end , sure I am all for profit & making a buck , I have been known to leave money on the table when I make a deal just to ensure repeat customers .... FAIR & Equitable to Both sides , I dont need a commision to take a cut , Unless its "family" , like my cousin Vito who makes sure I dont get held up by some crack head & if I do he makes sure I get my money back.....catch my drift?
Well it is the 4th of July weekend & we went to the fireworks last night , a rousing 20 minute display of Pyrotecknics that left a lot of the area dogs & cats hiding under the beds & in the basements a fantastic skyshow of flashing lights, sounds & BOOOOOOMS, shot from a barge in the middle of the Ohio river where the Beaver river emptys into it , the sounds echoed off the hills ..... my ears are still ringing a bit !
we spent the day at the Ellwood City arts fest , a great time set in the park with vendors & "FOOD" a lot of crafts & some nice professional made stuff But mostly a fundraiser for the local community clubs & churchs , they provide a service & we willing give to the cause , I picked up a custom made sign for the Qtr.Deck a snifter & a cigar with a nice green frame , I will hang it today ....... If I find the time ! hahahaha , I had a great pepperoni roll , so light & flakey , just the right amout of cheese , it was like a pepperoni pizza with out the sauce made in a light ,buttery & flakey crust , & to confuse my taste buds I went to a sweet & hot tumpura shrimp a bit later in the day , it was hot & humid & I was drained when we got home ... a quick shower & off to bed, it wa a long day, BUT today I have a different idea for myself, RELAXATION is the order of the day , I have the BBQ ribs all ready on , the rack should be done about 4 maybe 5 PM depending on when I get the side dishes done, grilled veggies & yams , with a desert of apples & peaches in a crustless pie served on a chocolate chip cookie & vanilla ice cream. ..... I was going to make some corn on the cob but dammm I have enough food all ready..... I did slice up a watermellon & I have that in the fridge to chill with a splash of Smirnoff Silver..... I was never a big vodka fan but it might help the wife relax a bit tonight, my luck it will relax he to much & she will go to sleep..... maybe a blessing ,,, a little Quiet with out the PIECE might be better than the peace & quiet...... after 41 years with her she still acts like a pain in the @ $ $ every time I get the urge........ some one told me put a penny in a jar for the first 2 years your married every time you do the wild thing , & then after the first 2 years you take a penny out, when you get lucky, By the time your 50th anniversary hits there will still be money in the jar....... & by looking at my jar I have under 9 years to empty a half a jar...... that just shows that when we were young we were HORNY B@st@rds, & now that we are old .... not so much ... tuff choice go to bed or have a cigar.... Hummmmmm, well if I go to bed she will want something ,,,,, if I have a cigar she will be angry for a few days , & get over it & I will NOT have to do what ever she wants done , like clean the gutters for the third time this summer,,,, thats what we have grandsons for, I hold the ladder & they climb up with a scraper & scoop out the pine needles & maple seeds ..... soon 2 of the pines will be gone & a good section of the maples will be trimmed ,,, the tree cutting service is got me on the list , how far from the top I have no idea but I am on the list hahahaha . The Pot of kona is about ready to press & I have my Buddie Don Carlos #3 ready to go , the a/c is on & the Qtr.Deck is calling ...... OH dammmmm I almost forgot, 90.5 WDUQ the Jazz station here in Pittsburgh was bought out & now has become a 24 hour NEWS station ........... THIS SUCKS , so now I have to go out & buy a HD radio or satalight radio to get Jazz if I dont want to listen to a CD ,,, some times I like the radio, they pick the mix of songs & I get udates on the weather outside & if the world has gone to war again , or if I need to bail out of the qtr.deck & head for the basement as Heavy weather is on the way ( or I need to hide from the wife hahahaha ),,, Both can cause major damage hahahaha
The Shop had a slow down after fathers day , & the gradsons are back from the trip to NYC & I have filled my I love NY ashtray with great cigar ashes & butts ....... looks like its time for Kona & Don Carlos ,,, I might ask Johnny Walker to join us but I dont have any so it looks like a snifter of Glenmoranggie will Take up the slack.... Enjoy, Vince

Dammmmmm I was late posting , had to reset my pass word agin..... dammmm computers are dropping info all time .... MINE espically,,,, maybe i need a better one , still love my windows 95 !hahaha