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Joined Feb 2004
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
I have had this car for 3 years now , it has been fine all the time, we have an emmission & state inspection here in Pa , & my wife who has been driving this car , never has out over 5K a year & itis emmission exempt, it is a 2005 Ford 500 , I traded in the 2002 Sable & got a 2007 Mercury Milan, it is running fine , between the 2 cars we had the sable & the 500 I thought trading in the older one was the best way, both had the same miles on them , both got regular maintenance & never driven hard, , I use the cruse control as much as I can & both cars were getting over 20MPG , the 2000 sable I had before the 2002 had 200K on it when we got rid of it & it is still on nthe road, the guy who got it did put a head gasket & water pump in nit & it runs great he is getting 23 MPG driving it to work every day ( all Highway for him) about 32 miles one way every day , car still looks great, & before that I had a Tempo for 13 years that still had the orginal clutch in it when I sold it with 213K on it , ,,, over the years I have had good luck with Ford & mercurys, one day I will break down & find an OLD Linloln Continantel Convertable , sucicide doors & all..... some thing from the late 60's is my goal, a big 460V8 12 MPG , a land yacht hahaha !
My Sunday morning smoke... Brickhouse Robusto. Creamy with nice cedar and leather tones. I hadn't smoked one in a while.
Not to rub it in East coasters, but I was able to sit outside in shorts and a light sweatshirt, have a smoke, while my grand-daughters rode their quads.
Okay, okay, I'm rubbing it in just a little....
No problem. I had a better time shoveling snow and smoking a few less than a buck robustos than I did smoking a Brickhouse robusto in nice weather last year.
Wait a minute- you mean it's now raining there now ?!
Joined Jan 2013
63 Posts | 3+
Yakima, WA
I hear you about Brickhouse cigars. It's one of those that you'll love or hate.
Raining? you're thinking of Seattle (it's always raining there)
. I grew up on the West side in the rain, they can have it. We have this nice big barrier called the Cascade Mountain Range that blocks all of that wetness from coming to the Eastern half. We'll enjoy less than a 1/2 inch of rain per month from now through next Oct.
Joined Feb 2004
3K Posts | 42+
159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
Good morning , it is Sunday Feb.17,2013 a cold snow covered but bright & sunny day here in Da Burgh,we got about 2 or 3 inches of the fluffy stuff last night , enough to make the roads slick & bring out the salt trucks & plows, just what you need going by at 4am , flashing lights & scraping road noise from an unmuffled truck,,, as they say $hit Happens ...
the Hunk O beef is in the oven the heat is on in the Qtr.deck, & I am getting ready to put on the pot of Sunday Morning Kona to go with the Sunday Morning Don Carlos #3
I hear the grinder going , the wife got tired of waiting for me to grind the Kona so she is taking the Bull by the horns & getting it ready ,,,,, what an angel??? I am sure I will pay for it later ...., I did make her a nice cheese filled crape for breakfast & she said she liked it ,,,,, I think !!
the car situtation is at a stand still, the extened warrenty expired in Nov, & since the car is under the miles allowed but not the time limit the service dept. is asking ford to step up & cover the parts at lest,,, I can live with that .
I havent had the grandson out to drive since I am down to one car, ,, I hope this gets settled asap.I am not allowed to smoke in the wifes car & last nights cigar ride without a cigar was not as much fun !!!!, we did listen to a good radio show & had a nice cup of coffee, , went a bit over 100 miles & never got out of the county !
the shop did pick up a bit on Friday but I cant wait till the day I can OPEN the door & leave it open all day , turn off the furnace & forget all about the A/C
Time for me to get my pants on & get out to the Qtr.deck the coffee is ready & the cigar is calling my name, I might pull the cork on a barrel proof scotch 116 proof Islay ,, just what I need before noon !!!!! Enjoy, Vince
the Hunk O beef is in the oven the heat is on in the Qtr.deck, & I am getting ready to put on the pot of Sunday Morning Kona to go with the Sunday Morning Don Carlos #3
I hear the grinder going , the wife got tired of waiting for me to grind the Kona so she is taking the Bull by the horns & getting it ready ,,,,, what an angel??? I am sure I will pay for it later ...., I did make her a nice cheese filled crape for breakfast & she said she liked it ,,,,, I think !!
the car situtation is at a stand still, the extened warrenty expired in Nov, & since the car is under the miles allowed but not the time limit the service dept. is asking ford to step up & cover the parts at lest,,, I can live with that .
I havent had the grandson out to drive since I am down to one car, ,, I hope this gets settled asap.I am not allowed to smoke in the wifes car & last nights cigar ride without a cigar was not as much fun !!!!, we did listen to a good radio show & had a nice cup of coffee, , went a bit over 100 miles & never got out of the county !
the shop did pick up a bit on Friday but I cant wait till the day I can OPEN the door & leave it open all day , turn off the furnace & forget all about the A/C
Time for me to get my pants on & get out to the Qtr.deck the coffee is ready & the cigar is calling my name, I might pull the cork on a barrel proof scotch 116 proof Islay ,, just what I need before noon !!!!! Enjoy, Vince
Joined Feb 2004
3K Posts | 42+
159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
Good morning the day is over cast here in da burgh & the temp is 29F & I have a GREAT day planned , the key word is Planned, dont know how it will turn out ,,,, so far not so good, there is a water line break down the street & the PUC had to turn off the water, glad I had the Breakfast coffee all ready made & the second pot has the water in it waiting for the fresh ground kona ,,, Breakfast was cheese filled crapes & I plan on makeing a Bacon wrapped Pork roast today in lue of the hunk O beef we have almost every sunday , , but today it will be Pork & yams done in a pear lemon marmalade, never made it befor so this is a shot in the dark.
I have to get out the tool box soon the TP roll holder in the wifes bathroom is falling off the wall, the screws are pulling the plugs out of the drywall, , so today i am a carpenter as well as the Chef of the day,
I solved the car problem, ,,,, tradded in the broken one & picked up a used Ford Escape XLT, so in the month of feb. I ended up buying 2 cars,,, not good for the bank account , the cigar fund & the whisky money account ,,,,,, I might need to cut back to blended scotch in half gallons to cut expences, & smoke fewer cigars ...... But i dont see that happning with out a Fight with the keeper of the check book, ( the Boss aka the wife ) if Obummer can spend what he dosent have why cant I ? hahahaha ,
The grandsons will be suprised when I show up Monday in a different car Again, the older one will get to drive & I can sit back , smoke a cigar & listen to the radio , I like having a driver, ,, I might hire him full time to be my driver when school is out ,,, Good thing he isnt 21 & cant leagely drink, , I cat afford to keep 2 people drinking Single malt scotch & smoking ISOM cigars, right now he is just a coffee hound But I see his taste buds expanding & he is enjoying a few different things & had gone past the PB&J as a staple ,he is enjoying the Blue cheeses & has a taste for Spanish cured ham & Mushroom soup as long as you add a few drops of sherry for flavor !, the younger one is happy with a Big Mac ! God love him, it has been a LONG time since I had a Big Mac, My go to fast food is Subway , No drive in window , I need to get out of the car & go in , I get the aroma of the fresh baked bread & veggies, sure the meat is factory cut & portion control is the way of the day but the taster says its OK so I let the taste buds run the show, there is a small Local shop that slices EVERYTHING fresh to order & when I am in his area I do stop there if only to get a cup of coffee & BS when he is slow, when the weather is right we step out back & have a Fuente Short Story & a weeeee dram as long as there are no customers in the shop, it is a one man operation , wth a limited menu , ,,, you look in the cooler & pick your meat & cheese, only Italian bread , No whole wheat , No Rye , but even his Home pickeled pastrami is good with his home made mustard is good on the hard crust white bread when it is grilled in Butter & bacon fat, dammm cardboard is good grilled in butter & bacon fat !
time for me to get in the kitchen & get that pork roast wrapped in bacon & get it in the oven !
Enjoy, Vince
I have to get out the tool box soon the TP roll holder in the wifes bathroom is falling off the wall, the screws are pulling the plugs out of the drywall, , so today i am a carpenter as well as the Chef of the day,
I solved the car problem, ,,,, tradded in the broken one & picked up a used Ford Escape XLT, so in the month of feb. I ended up buying 2 cars,,, not good for the bank account , the cigar fund & the whisky money account ,,,,,, I might need to cut back to blended scotch in half gallons to cut expences, & smoke fewer cigars ...... But i dont see that happning with out a Fight with the keeper of the check book, ( the Boss aka the wife ) if Obummer can spend what he dosent have why cant I ? hahahaha ,
The grandsons will be suprised when I show up Monday in a different car Again, the older one will get to drive & I can sit back , smoke a cigar & listen to the radio , I like having a driver, ,, I might hire him full time to be my driver when school is out ,,, Good thing he isnt 21 & cant leagely drink, , I cat afford to keep 2 people drinking Single malt scotch & smoking ISOM cigars, right now he is just a coffee hound But I see his taste buds expanding & he is enjoying a few different things & had gone past the PB&J as a staple ,he is enjoying the Blue cheeses & has a taste for Spanish cured ham & Mushroom soup as long as you add a few drops of sherry for flavor !, the younger one is happy with a Big Mac ! God love him, it has been a LONG time since I had a Big Mac, My go to fast food is Subway , No drive in window , I need to get out of the car & go in , I get the aroma of the fresh baked bread & veggies, sure the meat is factory cut & portion control is the way of the day but the taster says its OK so I let the taste buds run the show, there is a small Local shop that slices EVERYTHING fresh to order & when I am in his area I do stop there if only to get a cup of coffee & BS when he is slow, when the weather is right we step out back & have a Fuente Short Story & a weeeee dram as long as there are no customers in the shop, it is a one man operation , wth a limited menu , ,,, you look in the cooler & pick your meat & cheese, only Italian bread , No whole wheat , No Rye , but even his Home pickeled pastrami is good with his home made mustard is good on the hard crust white bread when it is grilled in Butter & bacon fat, dammm cardboard is good grilled in butter & bacon fat !
time for me to get in the kitchen & get that pork roast wrapped in bacon & get it in the oven !
Enjoy, Vince
Joined Feb 2004
3K Posts | 42+
159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
gd you enjoy the BS, I dont know how long I will be doing this, but it has been a few years with over 139,000 reads & posts to the BS, to bad I cant get paid for this ! hahaha
The bacon wrapped pork roast was great, melt in your mouth, the red bell peppers added a great deal of sweetness to the pot & the gravy was just wonderful, left overs monday !
The bacon wrapped pork roast was great, melt in your mouth, the red bell peppers added a great deal of sweetness to the pot & the gravy was just wonderful, left overs monday !
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Joined Feb 2004
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
Good morning it is Sunday the third day of march 2013a COLD snow covered morning here in da Burgh, 25F with a nice clean cover of snow , less than an inch but enough to cover all the grass & walkways , meaning it needs to be shoveled off, , some places are light enough to broom, but the wife is using it right now, I guess she had to go some place this morning hahahaha, , I had a great time all ready today, I made up a batch of crape batter & when they were done I filled them with a mix of mascapone cheese, riccotta, some small curd cottage cheese & a little chunk of caso fresco dry cheese that was crumbled , a touch of lemon peal & fresh mint, ,,, not a bad breakfast, a little work but a great result, she was happy, & a happy wife.........
I do have a nice set of bacon wrapped tenderloin steaks & cheese stuffed baked Yucon Gold spuds with a romane lettuce salad planned for about 4PM today, but with the winds blowing the snow arround & it being 25F I think I will broil the beef inside & skip the outdoor grill, way toooooooo COOOOOLD to cook outside today, maybe I am just getting OLD hahahaha dammm I have been to old for this stuff about 20 years now hahaha , I want to move some place warm all year but the wife said NO, so we suffer her in da Burgh , ,,, the BURGH is Home & she wants to stay HERE , so we stay,if she goes before I do , I'm moving South, Costa Rica , here I come o some place like that , close to cigars coffee & a place to get a grand dramm of single malt whisky , by then I will be well passed a weee dram hahahaha
nBoth New cars are running fine, I never thought I would end up with 2 new cars in the same month, but $hit happens, It did dip into my cigar & whisky money But what can you do? the trip computer in the Escape is telling me I am getting over 24 MPG right now , Barb is getting just over 20 in the Milan , with all the BS that went into the car disaster of 2013 her car ended up with my licence plate & i got a new plate on mine, as the old one was close to expiring . , No big deal now i need to remember the new plate number ,,, i have had the same plate a few years 7 remembering was no problem, just some thing for my ever weakening mind to do !
we picked up a box of padron 64 anniv. maduro Princippies , dammmm they are tasty, i might just close the box & put it up on the shelf & dammmm it save it for ME! ,, tasty little buggers BUT I guess I will share them with the customers, it pains me to see some novice grab one , he has no idea what he has , just an other cigar , t him,,, I think you should smoke a few dog rockets to be able to compair it & KNOW you have a Diamond , not a Zircon
, I am glad to see the resolve of the congress to to sit on there hands & do NOTHING to force the Cuts in the federal spending , 85 Billion in cuts , sounds like a lot of Cash BUT in the scope of the entire amount of federal spending it is less than 3 cents on every federal dollar spent, waisted & mismanaged ......... ,, a government full of flaws & comprimise in the orginal Constitution , the Bill of Right got some of it fixed but there have been a number of amendments including the Volstead act, ( Prohabittion) & the repeal of it , ,it made a Lot of money for some of my family who lived in the Chicago metro area back in the 20's ( that would be the 1920's ) , how ever none of that money ever got down to me , as it was spent in Lawyer fees & bribes to low people in high places , & maybe to pay for a Hit or 2 just to keep some people on there toes,, Glad I never got involved ..... or am I , I dont know , never had the chance , so what could have been & what was , we will never know , the roll of the dice & thats how it is . , damm I started talking about the fed.government & ended up with "Family" , the mind works In strange ways ...
to bad i dont get paid for this BS hahaha
I have a few cigars that i want to get smoed some time today a Jose LLOPIS trompetta, it has been in the humidor close to 20 years ,,,, looks like its TIME has come, or maybe passed, we will find out later today , a VERRRRRY light roast coffee will go with it, Hummmmm a great time for a Pot of Kona, & dammmm I have the water on the Kona in the press pot, Great minds need a lot of help at times & this is a time I need all the help I can get,
I will get progressively into fuller body cigars today, & have a ISOM Cohiba lancero to finish the day with, & maybe a weee dram or 2 before the sun goes down& maybe a few more after the sun goes down,
We went to Costco yesterday, got out of the place for less that 100 Bucks! Now I need to find storage space for 100 rolls of TP, hahaha , I have no idea how big the package was but it took up a big hunk of trunk space in th car ! , you Pay them to shop there, got to Join the club, members only , is it worth it ?????? I dont know , I need to find a math major to go over all my spendings & see if I save anything ? the quality is Fine on everything I have ever got there , so i guess it is worth it , ??? I enjoy all the samples & & do get a "FREE" lunch every time I go there ,the staff is friendly , helpfull & the store is clean, ,,, so what the place is full of customers,,, & the place is making money hand over fist, & you run into a "cleaner" group of customers that you do at walmart....... dont hate me for that , but you all have seen the "WALLMARTINS" on the web.
I guess its time for me to get this posted & get on with my day & so can you ! Enjoy, Vince
I do have a nice set of bacon wrapped tenderloin steaks & cheese stuffed baked Yucon Gold spuds with a romane lettuce salad planned for about 4PM today, but with the winds blowing the snow arround & it being 25F I think I will broil the beef inside & skip the outdoor grill, way toooooooo COOOOOLD to cook outside today, maybe I am just getting OLD hahahaha dammm I have been to old for this stuff about 20 years now hahaha , I want to move some place warm all year but the wife said NO, so we suffer her in da Burgh , ,,, the BURGH is Home & she wants to stay HERE , so we stay,if she goes before I do , I'm moving South, Costa Rica , here I come o some place like that , close to cigars coffee & a place to get a grand dramm of single malt whisky , by then I will be well passed a weee dram hahahaha
nBoth New cars are running fine, I never thought I would end up with 2 new cars in the same month, but $hit happens, It did dip into my cigar & whisky money But what can you do? the trip computer in the Escape is telling me I am getting over 24 MPG right now , Barb is getting just over 20 in the Milan , with all the BS that went into the car disaster of 2013 her car ended up with my licence plate & i got a new plate on mine, as the old one was close to expiring . , No big deal now i need to remember the new plate number ,,, i have had the same plate a few years 7 remembering was no problem, just some thing for my ever weakening mind to do !
we picked up a box of padron 64 anniv. maduro Princippies , dammmm they are tasty, i might just close the box & put it up on the shelf & dammmm it save it for ME! ,, tasty little buggers BUT I guess I will share them with the customers, it pains me to see some novice grab one , he has no idea what he has , just an other cigar , t him,,, I think you should smoke a few dog rockets to be able to compair it & KNOW you have a Diamond , not a Zircon
, I am glad to see the resolve of the congress to to sit on there hands & do NOTHING to force the Cuts in the federal spending , 85 Billion in cuts , sounds like a lot of Cash BUT in the scope of the entire amount of federal spending it is less than 3 cents on every federal dollar spent, waisted & mismanaged ......... ,, a government full of flaws & comprimise in the orginal Constitution , the Bill of Right got some of it fixed but there have been a number of amendments including the Volstead act, ( Prohabittion) & the repeal of it , ,it made a Lot of money for some of my family who lived in the Chicago metro area back in the 20's ( that would be the 1920's ) , how ever none of that money ever got down to me , as it was spent in Lawyer fees & bribes to low people in high places , & maybe to pay for a Hit or 2 just to keep some people on there toes,, Glad I never got involved ..... or am I , I dont know , never had the chance , so what could have been & what was , we will never know , the roll of the dice & thats how it is . , damm I started talking about the fed.government & ended up with "Family" , the mind works In strange ways ...
to bad i dont get paid for this BS hahaha
I have a few cigars that i want to get smoed some time today a Jose LLOPIS trompetta, it has been in the humidor close to 20 years ,,,, looks like its TIME has come, or maybe passed, we will find out later today , a VERRRRRY light roast coffee will go with it, Hummmmm a great time for a Pot of Kona, & dammmm I have the water on the Kona in the press pot, Great minds need a lot of help at times & this is a time I need all the help I can get,
I will get progressively into fuller body cigars today, & have a ISOM Cohiba lancero to finish the day with, & maybe a weee dram or 2 before the sun goes down& maybe a few more after the sun goes down,
We went to Costco yesterday, got out of the place for less that 100 Bucks! Now I need to find storage space for 100 rolls of TP, hahaha , I have no idea how big the package was but it took up a big hunk of trunk space in th car ! , you Pay them to shop there, got to Join the club, members only , is it worth it ?????? I dont know , I need to find a math major to go over all my spendings & see if I save anything ? the quality is Fine on everything I have ever got there , so i guess it is worth it , ??? I enjoy all the samples & & do get a "FREE" lunch every time I go there ,the staff is friendly , helpfull & the store is clean, ,,, so what the place is full of customers,,, & the place is making money hand over fist, & you run into a "cleaner" group of customers that you do at walmart....... dont hate me for that , but you all have seen the "WALLMARTINS" on the web.
I guess its time for me to get this posted & get on with my day & so can you ! Enjoy, Vince
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Joined Feb 2004
3K Posts | 42+
159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
Good morning it is Sunday 3/10/13 a chilly gray day here in da Burgh,we had about 6.5 inches of snow this week, but with the temps staying above 32F at night almost all of it has melted, only the piles at the end of the drive way are still here, the yard is all grass & I can see the mole tracks all ready, seams like the stuff i put on the grass last year didnt get rid of them , they just moved to the other side of the house, looks like an other summer of pest removal, with the stink bugs , moles & other assorted wildlife from Deer , Turkeys & kids waiting for the school bus my yard is in bad condition.
Breakfast this morning was a potato & cheese blintz with spinich & sour cream, kind of like a big buretto with a crape batter outside instead of a flour tortilla, all the fillings were left overs from this past week , it was time to clean out the fridge, & get ready for the next batch of left overs , there was a half of a fish sandwich , but I tossed it , just didnt want that for breakfast with the blintz, maybe if I had a weeee dram this morning , it might have made it to the plate in show stopping fashion, but with a sober eye , it was tossed..... the Sunday Hunk O beef is in the oven with a red bell pepper , celery, onions, garlic & carrots, the potatos will go in later,,should be on the table about 4 PM if your in the area stop in & join us .
The Boss brewed up a pot of Nicaraguan Private estate coffee this morning, a medium roast, nice aroma but a flop in the taste dept., I think she was a little light in the amount of coffee she used in the pot, the color was a bit thin also, but it is hard to tell when you have a dark mug, you only see it when it is being poured , I will be making a press pot of kona later , ,,, with the temp in the low 40's all ready today I havent gone out to turn on the heat in the Qtr.Deck ,with the time change last night I am just a weee bit out of Synk more than my usual half baked mind, but everything will get back in the grove with a few cigars , a weeee dram of whisky, a pot of Kona & some Jazz on the CD player, yes I still have CD's , I havent gone over to the MP3 & what ever is next to come down the line, I went from RECORDS to tape, then to CD, I am not moving again, from a 300 plus stack of LP's to a few hundred reel to reel tapes & cassettes, to a pile of compact disc's , I refuse to change formats agin , & now I see a return of High quality Turn tables & the reapperance of the RECORD , , what goes arround comes arround.... next we will be getting rotary dial phones back, for you Young guys that is a phone with a dial NOT push buttons ,,,,, ask your grandparents !!!!
The shop was slow all week but for friday I might not have made payroll ,,,, one day i sold 3 sticks all day , 2 went to the first customer of the day & I didnt sell anything else till he left & got one for the road,, dammmm I smoked more than I sold that day !!!!!
Oe of the Bridges in the area closed for refit & all the traffic has been re routed right past the shop, ,, you might think thats a good thing but NO , to much traffic means no place to park as the city wants to keep the traffic moving to the Mall & keeps the down town area from becomming a bottle neck,,, STUPID POLITIONS ,,,, no different in the local area than the state & national levels ,,, they all need an injection of Common sence , but if they had any they would have never run for office, so we are stuck with a Bunch of freeloading burocrats who found out feeding at the publics expence is a great deal, kind of being on welfair & makeing up the rules for yourself. ... I think I will be going to the county coart house & apply for a reduction in my assessment & try to lower my taxes , just wrote the check last monday , & with the car problems & all the rest of the winter BS, I have not only dipped into my whisky fund, But into the CIGAR fund as well,,,, dammmmmmmm ! & the grandson wants a car hahahahha , fat chance of that now, 6 moths ago I might have thought about it a little more than I did, he was holding out for a new piano & when he found out the car would be less expencive, he switched gears, , But tooooo late buddy the cash has been spent....
I am gearing up the , the cigar crawl will be happening the 3rd weekend in May, you can check out the web site at www.cigarcrawl.com , it sold out in record time this year..... this will be my 14th year in a row,,,, I missed the first one & have never missed since, if its the only vacation I get a year is this , it is worth it for the fun alone, & all the cigars, booze & food is just a Big Bonus hahahaha
Ithink that is about all the BS I can think about but who knows I might remember some thing later & will add it on.... Enjoy, Vince
Breakfast this morning was a potato & cheese blintz with spinich & sour cream, kind of like a big buretto with a crape batter outside instead of a flour tortilla, all the fillings were left overs from this past week , it was time to clean out the fridge, & get ready for the next batch of left overs , there was a half of a fish sandwich , but I tossed it , just didnt want that for breakfast with the blintz, maybe if I had a weeee dram this morning , it might have made it to the plate in show stopping fashion, but with a sober eye , it was tossed..... the Sunday Hunk O beef is in the oven with a red bell pepper , celery, onions, garlic & carrots, the potatos will go in later,,should be on the table about 4 PM if your in the area stop in & join us .
The Boss brewed up a pot of Nicaraguan Private estate coffee this morning, a medium roast, nice aroma but a flop in the taste dept., I think she was a little light in the amount of coffee she used in the pot, the color was a bit thin also, but it is hard to tell when you have a dark mug, you only see it when it is being poured , I will be making a press pot of kona later , ,,, with the temp in the low 40's all ready today I havent gone out to turn on the heat in the Qtr.Deck ,with the time change last night I am just a weee bit out of Synk more than my usual half baked mind, but everything will get back in the grove with a few cigars , a weeee dram of whisky, a pot of Kona & some Jazz on the CD player, yes I still have CD's , I havent gone over to the MP3 & what ever is next to come down the line, I went from RECORDS to tape, then to CD, I am not moving again, from a 300 plus stack of LP's to a few hundred reel to reel tapes & cassettes, to a pile of compact disc's , I refuse to change formats agin , & now I see a return of High quality Turn tables & the reapperance of the RECORD , , what goes arround comes arround.... next we will be getting rotary dial phones back, for you Young guys that is a phone with a dial NOT push buttons ,,,,, ask your grandparents !!!!
The shop was slow all week but for friday I might not have made payroll ,,,, one day i sold 3 sticks all day , 2 went to the first customer of the day & I didnt sell anything else till he left & got one for the road,, dammmm I smoked more than I sold that day !!!!!
Oe of the Bridges in the area closed for refit & all the traffic has been re routed right past the shop, ,, you might think thats a good thing but NO , to much traffic means no place to park as the city wants to keep the traffic moving to the Mall & keeps the down town area from becomming a bottle neck,,, STUPID POLITIONS ,,,, no different in the local area than the state & national levels ,,, they all need an injection of Common sence , but if they had any they would have never run for office, so we are stuck with a Bunch of freeloading burocrats who found out feeding at the publics expence is a great deal, kind of being on welfair & makeing up the rules for yourself. ... I think I will be going to the county coart house & apply for a reduction in my assessment & try to lower my taxes , just wrote the check last monday , & with the car problems & all the rest of the winter BS, I have not only dipped into my whisky fund, But into the CIGAR fund as well,,,, dammmmmmmm ! & the grandson wants a car hahahahha , fat chance of that now, 6 moths ago I might have thought about it a little more than I did, he was holding out for a new piano & when he found out the car would be less expencive, he switched gears, , But tooooo late buddy the cash has been spent....
I am gearing up the , the cigar crawl will be happening the 3rd weekend in May, you can check out the web site at www.cigarcrawl.com , it sold out in record time this year..... this will be my 14th year in a row,,,, I missed the first one & have never missed since, if its the only vacation I get a year is this , it is worth it for the fun alone, & all the cigars, booze & food is just a Big Bonus hahahaha
Ithink that is about all the BS I can think about but who knows I might remember some thing later & will add it on.... Enjoy, Vince
Joined Feb 2004
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
Good Morning & HAPPY SAINT PATTYS DAY to you all te 17th of march 2013 a cool wet morning here in da Burgh, we had a grand parade yesterday, in honor of the Italian Priest who went to Ireland & became a Saint, How you become a sainyt is beyond me in a country with great whisky & fantastic looking ladysHw could you NOT be tempted , with that Hot Italian Blood , the temptations must have been over the top to be sure,,,,, well that being said Good Morning to you all & a grand Irish breakfast was serverd here, yep a Boiled potato & a few Gunisses..... shame on me for making fun of the traditional Irish habbit of drinking ,,, Thank God I have some Irish blood in me & the Taste for Great Whisky, but the Scottish roots have over come the Irish heritage & I enjoy the whiskys of Islay a wee bit more , But I have a bit of Russian,Italian, American Indian & German in my blood line , & how do I Pick from a GREAT line up like that , so I guess I am just like the best Dog in the world ,,,, A Mutt.
the Hunk O beef is in the oven , I was over rulled & the Corned beef & cabbage was put off the menu..... maybe next year?
breakfast was a cheese stuffed Crape wth a little sour cream & a dollop of lime curd ,tasty stuff.
most of the time I keep this Sunday morning Posting to deal with the family & the goings on more personal than political, but today I want to make a statement, as I see it , not a researched paper I didnt dig up facts or numbers this nis all just from the heart. ,
The stock market has hit an all time high but the unemployment is at an all time high since the stock market crash of 1929, the way the numbers go if your not looking for work & are still with out a job & run out of unemployment benifits you dont get counted , it makes no sence to me , if your out of work , & end up on Public assistance & not unemployment bennifits your not counted as unemployed.... DUHHHH
the GRIDLOCK in DC is BULL$HIT, the amount of $$$$ spent by the fed.Government is Bull$hit, shutting down the tours of the White house is BULL$HIT , the vacations & travel expences of the first lady is BULL$HIT that the Pentions of the elected federal offices is BULL$HIT ,,, if you want the job you run for the ofice you serve then you go back Home & make your own retirement , not SUCKING off the public , it is the same as welfair for the drunks & drug addicts ,,, I'm sick & cant work,,, BULL$HIT, sober up & get a Fricking JOB ,,, Sure I like a weee dram here & there But no matter how much I had last night I never Missed a day of work, you suck it up & DO IT, ,you get out of a Hot kitchen at 2 AM , stop for a cold beer to get back all the fluids you lost in thew past 12 hours so By 3am your ready to go home after "2" Beers,( that is 6 am & 4 Beers an hour for 4 hours ) ,Ok you get to bed & at 9 am the phone rings & the daylight chef is in a car accident & your needed at the Kitchen NOW , a quick shower & back to work, 16 to 18 hours a day for for 16 weeks , never missing a day never late TIRED as all get out short tempered & a real Pain in the @$$ to all of the help,,, a daily appoligy would start the day , & one at the end of the shift, a WELL DONE saluite to all at the end of the day & right back at it in the morning ,,,, as Betty White said, Dont grow a pair of balls they are tender , Grow a Vigina, they Take a POUNDING ,,, so suck it up & Get a JOB, Go to work EVERY day , DO your job & be responsable for your self , dont suck off the public teet all you life, 3rd & 4th generations in public housing , never had a job, never wanted one , but they have cash for cell phones big screen TV's manicures & tatoo's , not to mention Booze, drugs & cigaretts...... we might not be in the greatest country in the world any more..... ,,,, we will never be beaten by a foe, we will distroy our selves from with in .
OK rants over ,,,, it is Time for the sunday morning cup (pot) of Kona , a Don Carlos #3 & some Brubeck on the CD player
Enjoy, Vince
the Hunk O beef is in the oven , I was over rulled & the Corned beef & cabbage was put off the menu..... maybe next year?
breakfast was a cheese stuffed Crape wth a little sour cream & a dollop of lime curd ,tasty stuff.
most of the time I keep this Sunday morning Posting to deal with the family & the goings on more personal than political, but today I want to make a statement, as I see it , not a researched paper I didnt dig up facts or numbers this nis all just from the heart. ,
The stock market has hit an all time high but the unemployment is at an all time high since the stock market crash of 1929, the way the numbers go if your not looking for work & are still with out a job & run out of unemployment benifits you dont get counted , it makes no sence to me , if your out of work , & end up on Public assistance & not unemployment bennifits your not counted as unemployed.... DUHHHH
the GRIDLOCK in DC is BULL$HIT, the amount of $$$$ spent by the fed.Government is Bull$hit, shutting down the tours of the White house is BULL$HIT , the vacations & travel expences of the first lady is BULL$HIT that the Pentions of the elected federal offices is BULL$HIT ,,, if you want the job you run for the ofice you serve then you go back Home & make your own retirement , not SUCKING off the public , it is the same as welfair for the drunks & drug addicts ,,, I'm sick & cant work,,, BULL$HIT, sober up & get a Fricking JOB ,,, Sure I like a weee dram here & there But no matter how much I had last night I never Missed a day of work, you suck it up & DO IT, ,you get out of a Hot kitchen at 2 AM , stop for a cold beer to get back all the fluids you lost in thew past 12 hours so By 3am your ready to go home after "2" Beers,( that is 6 am & 4 Beers an hour for 4 hours ) ,Ok you get to bed & at 9 am the phone rings & the daylight chef is in a car accident & your needed at the Kitchen NOW , a quick shower & back to work, 16 to 18 hours a day for for 16 weeks , never missing a day never late TIRED as all get out short tempered & a real Pain in the @$$ to all of the help,,, a daily appoligy would start the day , & one at the end of the shift, a WELL DONE saluite to all at the end of the day & right back at it in the morning ,,,, as Betty White said, Dont grow a pair of balls they are tender , Grow a Vigina, they Take a POUNDING ,,, so suck it up & Get a JOB, Go to work EVERY day , DO your job & be responsable for your self , dont suck off the public teet all you life, 3rd & 4th generations in public housing , never had a job, never wanted one , but they have cash for cell phones big screen TV's manicures & tatoo's , not to mention Booze, drugs & cigaretts...... we might not be in the greatest country in the world any more..... ,,,, we will never be beaten by a foe, we will distroy our selves from with in .
OK rants over ,,,, it is Time for the sunday morning cup (pot) of Kona , a Don Carlos #3 & some Brubeck on the CD player
Enjoy, Vince
Errrrrrrrrrr, I don't think Amback will be able to afford you Vince, but I hear things really cook at Score's and Legz Diamond's in NYC. I think you'll find all the cigars, drinks and women of your type at those spots and you won't be asked to cook either.
Totally agree with you can find all that you want
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Good morning , it is Sunday the 24th day of March 2013 , the first Sunday In "spring" & we are getting ready for a 4 to 6 inch snow fall starting later today,, will some one PLEASE shoot that Groundhog !!!,,,
well the weather has been so bad this winter, sales at the shop are way down from last year, the stock in the shop is way up as the orders placed last year for future shipments are comming in BUT not going out, ,, after 5 years of keeping detailed sales records , I thought the computer program for ordering would be good for the priceing & being able to project future sales, with 5 years of daily sales records, ,,,,,, BUT we didnt include the weather , so all that work went for NOTHING as the weather tossed a wrench into the works & we came up with S. H. I . T. , stupid human interaction technoligy, now all I need is a spell check that works ,,,,,,,, now its back to the drawing boards 7 an other 5 years of record keeping , with a subroot featuring the weather & political news & every dammmm varriable I can think of ,,, its going to take a MUCH better mind than mine to make it work, some 12 year old kid can most likely do it in a few hours instead of 5 years & get better data than I did ..... I guess you cant teach an OLD DOG new tricks ,& I am old & dogged,in so many ways i cant count them!!!!!
I broke down dipped in to the saving & bought a remote starter for the Escape & with all the snow comming it was just in time, ,,, the last 5 cars have had them & with out a garage & the car getting covered all the time with & buy the elements this is the best I can do ,,, never had a garage for the car, sure the Motorcycle always had a cover & stored in the shed for the winter, but no room for the car !!!, before I got it installed at the local shop I called the dealer & priced it through them ,,,,,, OVER TWICE what I paid for it a an independent little shop & got the same unit , the same installer who did the last 5 cars,keep the money LOCAL, & with indepently owned small MOM &POP shops ,,,, Just like cigar shop, go for the little MOM & POP stores & stay away from the big chains, , & that is for Pizza shops as well, Nothing better than supporting the buddy you grew up with ,,, why go to Pizza hut , when you can go to a local shop & get the guys Grandmothers home made recipe Pizza,,,,,,
welll so much for today's totally off the wall rant about local vs national,
now here is a trivia question,,who is the owner of the the licence plate
PDL 257 ,,, there is only one logical answer to that question.... I might be asking to much for some of you faithful readers, but I am looking for feedback & answers to the age old question like why do I do this every Sunday morning , why am I driven to share the BS & bore you all the the BS comming out of my scotch soaked brain at 10 AM , dulited with a few cups (so far 0f of great coffee ) this morings pot is a Malibar blend of a few different roasts from India , the Kona is in the press pot & the water is heating all ready, , I forgot to do it last night , I do a cold water long extraction when I remember , some times its great some times good, I havent got the science down pat for that one, maybe I shoulkd keep better records & results on paper in in the computer other that storing it in the gray matter ontop of my shoulders ,,, that has a faulty recovery system,,, ( CANT REMEMBER $HIT)
I have a set of bacon wrapped beef tenderloins going on the grill this afternoon, baked Yukon gold spuds with a big dollop of sour cream & mixed green salad,,, should be ready about 4 Pm , in the mean time i plan on a few more mugs of coffee a few cigars, starting with old faithful Don Carlos III, I have a Partigus series D#4 contraband with a dark roast coffee all set for after lunch , after that I have no idea, I have to figure that out & see how much time I have before I need to get the grill fired up for the tenderloins
The shop & the grandsons are all Ok nothing to tell you about, & in the word of smoeone a lot smarter than I ever hope to be,,,, NO news is good news , as most news is Bad news & I dont like BAD news , thats why I never read the local paper very much , on the other hand my wife reads it front to back, top to bottom , inside out, I just read what she shows me !!!, & of course the funnies every Sunday ........
I have a prime rib all set for Easter Sunday , i didnt want to do a ham again, , the wife isnt a lamb fan & she loves beef, so I will make her a hunk of beef just not the pot roast she like every sunday, dammm that will be 2 Sundays in a row with out her pot roast, I wonder what trouble that will bring ??????
Time to make the kona , get a shower & get the heat on in the Qtr.Deck it is 35F out right now & thats just a little to cool to be comfortable in the Qtr.deck , even with a wool shirt , my hands will get cold hahahaha , damm My hands are cold at 65F ,,,, it is
H3LL getting old but I guess it beats the altenative !
Enjoy, Vince
well the weather has been so bad this winter, sales at the shop are way down from last year, the stock in the shop is way up as the orders placed last year for future shipments are comming in BUT not going out, ,, after 5 years of keeping detailed sales records , I thought the computer program for ordering would be good for the priceing & being able to project future sales, with 5 years of daily sales records, ,,,,,, BUT we didnt include the weather , so all that work went for NOTHING as the weather tossed a wrench into the works & we came up with S. H. I . T. , stupid human interaction technoligy, now all I need is a spell check that works ,,,,,,,, now its back to the drawing boards 7 an other 5 years of record keeping , with a subroot featuring the weather & political news & every dammmm varriable I can think of ,,, its going to take a MUCH better mind than mine to make it work, some 12 year old kid can most likely do it in a few hours instead of 5 years & get better data than I did ..... I guess you cant teach an OLD DOG new tricks ,& I am old & dogged,in so many ways i cant count them!!!!!
I broke down dipped in to the saving & bought a remote starter for the Escape & with all the snow comming it was just in time, ,,, the last 5 cars have had them & with out a garage & the car getting covered all the time with & buy the elements this is the best I can do ,,, never had a garage for the car, sure the Motorcycle always had a cover & stored in the shed for the winter, but no room for the car !!!, before I got it installed at the local shop I called the dealer & priced it through them ,,,,,, OVER TWICE what I paid for it a an independent little shop & got the same unit , the same installer who did the last 5 cars,keep the money LOCAL, & with indepently owned small MOM &POP shops ,,,, Just like cigar shop, go for the little MOM & POP stores & stay away from the big chains, , & that is for Pizza shops as well, Nothing better than supporting the buddy you grew up with ,,, why go to Pizza hut , when you can go to a local shop & get the guys Grandmothers home made recipe Pizza,,,,,,
welll so much for today's totally off the wall rant about local vs national,
now here is a trivia question,,who is the owner of the the licence plate
PDL 257 ,,, there is only one logical answer to that question.... I might be asking to much for some of you faithful readers, but I am looking for feedback & answers to the age old question like why do I do this every Sunday morning , why am I driven to share the BS & bore you all the the BS comming out of my scotch soaked brain at 10 AM , dulited with a few cups (so far 0f of great coffee ) this morings pot is a Malibar blend of a few different roasts from India , the Kona is in the press pot & the water is heating all ready, , I forgot to do it last night , I do a cold water long extraction when I remember , some times its great some times good, I havent got the science down pat for that one, maybe I shoulkd keep better records & results on paper in in the computer other that storing it in the gray matter ontop of my shoulders ,,, that has a faulty recovery system,,, ( CANT REMEMBER $HIT)
I have a set of bacon wrapped beef tenderloins going on the grill this afternoon, baked Yukon gold spuds with a big dollop of sour cream & mixed green salad,,, should be ready about 4 Pm , in the mean time i plan on a few more mugs of coffee a few cigars, starting with old faithful Don Carlos III, I have a Partigus series D#4 contraband with a dark roast coffee all set for after lunch , after that I have no idea, I have to figure that out & see how much time I have before I need to get the grill fired up for the tenderloins
The shop & the grandsons are all Ok nothing to tell you about, & in the word of smoeone a lot smarter than I ever hope to be,,,, NO news is good news , as most news is Bad news & I dont like BAD news , thats why I never read the local paper very much , on the other hand my wife reads it front to back, top to bottom , inside out, I just read what she shows me !!!, & of course the funnies every Sunday ........
I have a prime rib all set for Easter Sunday , i didnt want to do a ham again, , the wife isnt a lamb fan & she loves beef, so I will make her a hunk of beef just not the pot roast she like every sunday, dammm that will be 2 Sundays in a row with out her pot roast, I wonder what trouble that will bring ??????
Time to make the kona , get a shower & get the heat on in the Qtr.Deck it is 35F out right now & thats just a little to cool to be comfortable in the Qtr.deck , even with a wool shirt , my hands will get cold hahahaha , damm My hands are cold at 65F ,,,, it is
H3LL getting old but I guess it beats the altenative !
Enjoy, Vince
I so much enjoy your weekly updates Vince!¡! The weather there doesn't make me miss home at all though. We were in Indy for a week, last week, and it reminded us why we settled in Texas. My Dad did stop by the shop and got me some birthday smokes, I am enjoying them greatly. Stay warm my friend!¡!
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Next time he is in tell him to tell me he is your Dad! i will give him a few to send to you
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
HAPPY EASTER, it is Sunday the 31st of March , 2013 a gray overcast cool morning here in da Burgh,there is still a small amount of Snow at the end of the drive way where it was stacked up over the snow season ,,, I sure hopw that that is all done till next season,, we got a lot more than an average season this year,all I can say is I am Glad I am not in Green Bay or Buffalo,I do feel sorry for the people there a hard winter is standard, But just like the guys & gals in Havana you just get accostomed to the weather, ,Given my choice I would love the climate in San Diego ,BUT the political BS in California is not for me , taxes are high like New York,Boston & all the NE USA ,way to many Liberals , I dont want to offend anyone , But dammmm some of the attitudes some of them have, , , , YOU MUST PAY FOR MY BIRTH CONTROL PILLS , Bull$hit ,No I dont want to pay for your kids GET a JOB , keep your legs together ,TAKE CARE OF YOUR SELF, ,,, dammmmm here I am ranting about stuff on Easter Sunday, ,what ever happened to Brotherly love & helping those who cant help themselves, , well I have no problem with that , BUT I dont want to take care of some one who can take care of them selves BUT is TOOOOO DAMMMM LAZYYYY to so.
If you can afford tatoos, booze & manicured nails have the latest smart phone , 65 inch big screen TV, all the cable chanels ,22 inch rims on you Escalade, then WHY do you need Food stamps?
Sell some of that gold from arround your neck, & GET A J O B, Go to work ON TIME every day your supposed to be there & give the employer a fair amount of work for the time your there , I put in ONE Hundred Hour weeks more time than I care to remember, But there was a job to do , I was the boss & when people didnt show , I did what needed done , so it took longer than planned BUT it got done .... Close the kitchen at 11PM , get all cleaned up out of the place by 1AM, go home shower sleep for a few hours & back at it open for breakfast at 5AM , & thats with all the pancake batter mixed & ready to go, the home frys are browning & the bacon , ham & suasage is all ready on the grill, just waiting for the customers to order, 7 days a week 15 to 16 hours a day , you do the math ! , WORK,it Builds on it self, My daughter saw the time I put in , she is working , getting an advanced degree, taking care of her home, kids,dog & husband, ,dammmm I have no Idea why I am in such a MOOD today , I have a Prime rib all ready to go, the Boss didnt want ham & since she is the ONE I cook for now & she loves her Beef so I figured get the best cut I can get & that is a BIG OLD HUNK OF PRIME RIB,aged 28 days , should melt in your mouth, cut it with a fork tender , some Yams & yukon gold spuds, a veggie of some sort, & fresh made dinner rolls , since the oven will be on for the beef, I might as well bake a few dinner rolls ..... I wanted to make a leg of Lamb on the grill, but the boss isnt a fan of lamb, so I set my thoughts to the side as a happy wife is a happy life .......
The shop started off the week with a bang last week, good sales On Tuesday & Wendsday , Thursday was OK & Friday was below average, , with the great start we had I thought it might be a record setting week , but it fell on its @$$ & ended up 55 bucks under the same week last year,,,, dammmmmm things need to get better soon, , the sales are OK, the bills are getting paid & the stock is full but where is that little Push to put us over the top, all we need is a few dozen MORE regulars, stopping in a few times a week & spending about 35 to 50 bucks a week more than they are spending now !!!!!
the grandsons are doing fine ,getting older as I watch them grow into men, i is a sobering thought the next generation, they have no idea what a world we are leaving them, just like our parents left it to US they were worried about us , well we worry about our kids & grandkids, I think it has been like that since time began, go back & read Plato , he was talking about the same problems then As we are now.... no they didnt have atomic bombs then but the art of war was just as real then as it is today, just at a different pace But just as sick & twisted ,IF we could all just find Peace it might be a better life, but untill that happens I will settle for a Piece , you fill in the blank.
I found an old photo of Babe Ruth , in a suit & tie Holding a cigar , all I need is a frame & it will go up in the Qtr.Deck. soon I will need to get more wall space to hang more cigar photos or over lap a few hahahaha.
this mornings coffee is a bright light roast costra rican , nice & fruity not a lot of acid but a little sparkel of citrus on the back of the slurp, but it is like a quick kiss, a peck on the cheek, Not a deep probling tounge down the throat knd of kiss, Oh dammm i do remember them , its been so long hahahaha
I have a Bahia Gold maduro Churchill that has been in the humidor a few years , a Bottle of Glenmorangie 12 YO sherry cask finished , the coffee & a 50F degree day to listen to so Brubeck & Monk, & maybe a little Beethoven or Mozart, depends on the mood when I pop the cork on the whisky.....
Well this didnt turn out as a Happy Easter posting at all, I never know what I am going to say when I sit down & start, it is all right off the top, no notes or spell check hahahaha ,Pure Un-adulterared right out of my scotch soaked , coffee laden & Cigar smoke filled Brain .
Enjoy, Vince
If you can afford tatoos, booze & manicured nails have the latest smart phone , 65 inch big screen TV, all the cable chanels ,22 inch rims on you Escalade, then WHY do you need Food stamps?
Sell some of that gold from arround your neck, & GET A J O B, Go to work ON TIME every day your supposed to be there & give the employer a fair amount of work for the time your there , I put in ONE Hundred Hour weeks more time than I care to remember, But there was a job to do , I was the boss & when people didnt show , I did what needed done , so it took longer than planned BUT it got done .... Close the kitchen at 11PM , get all cleaned up out of the place by 1AM, go home shower sleep for a few hours & back at it open for breakfast at 5AM , & thats with all the pancake batter mixed & ready to go, the home frys are browning & the bacon , ham & suasage is all ready on the grill, just waiting for the customers to order, 7 days a week 15 to 16 hours a day , you do the math ! , WORK,it Builds on it self, My daughter saw the time I put in , she is working , getting an advanced degree, taking care of her home, kids,dog & husband, ,dammmm I have no Idea why I am in such a MOOD today , I have a Prime rib all ready to go, the Boss didnt want ham & since she is the ONE I cook for now & she loves her Beef so I figured get the best cut I can get & that is a BIG OLD HUNK OF PRIME RIB,aged 28 days , should melt in your mouth, cut it with a fork tender , some Yams & yukon gold spuds, a veggie of some sort, & fresh made dinner rolls , since the oven will be on for the beef, I might as well bake a few dinner rolls ..... I wanted to make a leg of Lamb on the grill, but the boss isnt a fan of lamb, so I set my thoughts to the side as a happy wife is a happy life .......
The shop started off the week with a bang last week, good sales On Tuesday & Wendsday , Thursday was OK & Friday was below average, , with the great start we had I thought it might be a record setting week , but it fell on its @$$ & ended up 55 bucks under the same week last year,,,, dammmmmm things need to get better soon, , the sales are OK, the bills are getting paid & the stock is full but where is that little Push to put us over the top, all we need is a few dozen MORE regulars, stopping in a few times a week & spending about 35 to 50 bucks a week more than they are spending now !!!!!
the grandsons are doing fine ,getting older as I watch them grow into men, i is a sobering thought the next generation, they have no idea what a world we are leaving them, just like our parents left it to US they were worried about us , well we worry about our kids & grandkids, I think it has been like that since time began, go back & read Plato , he was talking about the same problems then As we are now.... no they didnt have atomic bombs then but the art of war was just as real then as it is today, just at a different pace But just as sick & twisted ,IF we could all just find Peace it might be a better life, but untill that happens I will settle for a Piece , you fill in the blank.
I found an old photo of Babe Ruth , in a suit & tie Holding a cigar , all I need is a frame & it will go up in the Qtr.Deck. soon I will need to get more wall space to hang more cigar photos or over lap a few hahahaha.
this mornings coffee is a bright light roast costra rican , nice & fruity not a lot of acid but a little sparkel of citrus on the back of the slurp, but it is like a quick kiss, a peck on the cheek, Not a deep probling tounge down the throat knd of kiss, Oh dammm i do remember them , its been so long hahahaha
I have a Bahia Gold maduro Churchill that has been in the humidor a few years , a Bottle of Glenmorangie 12 YO sherry cask finished , the coffee & a 50F degree day to listen to so Brubeck & Monk, & maybe a little Beethoven or Mozart, depends on the mood when I pop the cork on the whisky.....
Well this didnt turn out as a Happy Easter posting at all, I never know what I am going to say when I sit down & start, it is all right off the top, no notes or spell check hahahaha ,Pure Un-adulterared right out of my scotch soaked , coffee laden & Cigar smoke filled Brain .
Enjoy, Vince
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
Good morning, it is Sunday April 7th,2013 a couldy warm day here is Da Burgh, it is all ready 60F & who knows how high it will get , I dont think the weather forcasters have any idea , they say 65F but I am hoping for 70F , ,just need to wait till the news at 11PM & see what it did.... ,te wife is chompping at the bit to get the outside all ready for Summer the hanging baskets & lawn spinners & wind socks are all ready to go , the furniture f the back deck needs a cleaning & then she is ready to Move outside for the summer , I will be moving the grill to its "summer " location today , & have a nice set of bacon wrapped Tenderloins to go on some time later today, I just cant get her off the beef kick for Sundays ,some time I want chicken or pork even , & a few times a year I get my way, like for my birthday or days like today when she is at church & I got to make my own breakfast with out her telling me what she wants, our traditional sunday breakfast is cheese filled crapes , but it might varry to please the Queen at her slightess whim, so this morning she left early & I didnt get up till 9AM, , Grits, Irish cheese , with a touch of EXTRA V olive oil& a dash of Tabasco,,,, good stuff.
we went on a cigar ride last night, no place special just a ride , music , & coffee, a little over 100 miles on some 4 lane limited access highways & some 2 lane black top back country roads & a quick run on the Pa Turnpike to get home 7 more coffee, the music was Jazz & the conversation was light & no arguements,,,, a rare night indeed hahaha
the grandsons & the shop are all fine , nothing to say about them this week, it was a calm week 7 no one was out of line or had anything to say , so it was a No News week here in da Burgh, since I am not a sports fan the NCAA , Hocky , baseball & what ever else sport is going on is little worry for me , I did win 5 Bucks in the basket ball pool , I dew Duke in the blind lottery & was told by the powers that be , I had a good chance , well I got some of my money back, & who cars, ten bucks & a cigar was the entry fee for the pool, I won 5 & got a cigar,,,, no loss no gain as far as I am concerend.... we all had fun...
,Just checked the National weather forcast & it is up to 63 all ready & it isnt noon yet, I hope it gets above 65 & closer to 70 , that will be a great day in the Qtr.Deck, doors & windowes open & Jazz on the CD player & let the entire area KNOW I am listening to Monk, Brubeck, & BEETHOVEN,,,,,,YES I know Ludwig is not Jazz, But it depends on who plays it & how it is arranged, nothing beats a jazz combo playing old favorits form the 17/1800'sa the notes are there all you need to do is Interpet them.
I will be rolling cigars at the local Masonic lodge(after the meating) , they must be desperate for a speaker to get down to me on the food chain ! , What ever , I will be glad to convert a few more people to Cigars ...... the shop can use the new customers !
Time to put the Kona on & get the day started, Enjoy, Vince
we went on a cigar ride last night, no place special just a ride , music , & coffee, a little over 100 miles on some 4 lane limited access highways & some 2 lane black top back country roads & a quick run on the Pa Turnpike to get home 7 more coffee, the music was Jazz & the conversation was light & no arguements,,,, a rare night indeed hahaha
the grandsons & the shop are all fine , nothing to say about them this week, it was a calm week 7 no one was out of line or had anything to say , so it was a No News week here in da Burgh, since I am not a sports fan the NCAA , Hocky , baseball & what ever else sport is going on is little worry for me , I did win 5 Bucks in the basket ball pool , I dew Duke in the blind lottery & was told by the powers that be , I had a good chance , well I got some of my money back, & who cars, ten bucks & a cigar was the entry fee for the pool, I won 5 & got a cigar,,,, no loss no gain as far as I am concerend.... we all had fun...
,Just checked the National weather forcast & it is up to 63 all ready & it isnt noon yet, I hope it gets above 65 & closer to 70 , that will be a great day in the Qtr.Deck, doors & windowes open & Jazz on the CD player & let the entire area KNOW I am listening to Monk, Brubeck, & BEETHOVEN,,,,,,YES I know Ludwig is not Jazz, But it depends on who plays it & how it is arranged, nothing beats a jazz combo playing old favorits form the 17/1800'sa the notes are there all you need to do is Interpet them.
I will be rolling cigars at the local Masonic lodge(after the meating) , they must be desperate for a speaker to get down to me on the food chain ! , What ever , I will be glad to convert a few more people to Cigars ...... the shop can use the new customers !
Time to put the Kona on & get the day started, Enjoy, Vince
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I've been smoking for years, and at the point I have been really trying to find a custom cigar to fit my style. I don't want something to break my budget, but I want something good and sophisticated. I've found a few <a href="http://www.customtobacco.com">custom cigars</a> and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions?
I've been smoking for years, and at the point I have been really trying to find a custom cigar to fit my style. I don't want something to break my budget, but I want something good and sophisticated. I've found a few <a href="http://www.customtobacco.com">custom cigars</a> and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions?
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Good morning it is Sunday4/14/2013a cool cloud covered day here in da Burgh. this past week has been wet & cloudy , a few warm days but spring is here , the Bird $hit is all over the cars & there are nests in mt rain gutters, some how they got in under the caps on the gutters & I hear them scampering back & forth , they must have found a way to waterproof the bottoms of the nests as the rain has been heavy at times or they are rebuilding all the time ,
the shop is holding its own, nothing big , nothing at all, a boring slow week, with the NCAA basketball season over , the brackets all paid out , the frozen 4 over, the masters in progress the betting pools have all but dryed up the Pittsburgh Pirates are off to there 21st loosing season in a row, & the Hockey playoffs are still to come .. always some thing to get into a betting pool ........ Not that I would ever bet on anything hahahaha.
the Cigar crawl is comming up in May & I am priming my system to sit in a bus with 50 cigar smokers & go from shop to shop , drinking & smoking , smoking & drinking from Friday evening till Sunday afternoon,, check it out at
www.cigarcrawl.com
this will be a great weekend Again ! , my buddy from Gulfport Miss. is heading north to be part of the festivitys, he missed it last year ,bad for him , he missed some great cigars, GRAND whiskys & good times with the BS & storys being told & since he was not there we could talk smack on him & he wasnt able to defend him self hahahaha
the grandsons have been quiet all week, saw them both on Monday last week & not a peep since then, busy boys allways doing something, well monday is Piano lessons & art lessons , so I will be the taxi driver again this monday ,well driver is not the correct word, taxi provider is more like it , as the #1 grandson will do the driving , he will be taking his drivers test soon , he needs to learn how to park between 2 cars on a busy street with out holding up traffic or hitting anything , & getting it right with ONE backup, I can do it with the Big @$$ one ton 4 door pickup my son in law has so he should be able to do it with my little Escape , sure I have been driving a L O N G time & my father was a Long haul driver for a few years & I did get to "drive" his big rig a bit ,it was a great retirement job for him & my mother, they got to see a lot of the USA & got paid for doing it ...... ,drive south in the winter & north in the summer
I havent been in the kitchen a lot this past week, I did get pizza & wings from the Hotel in town this week, & thats about it, we did defrost a lot of stuff in the freezer this week, making room for the new stuff to get frozen hahaha , Barb did make a loaf of white chocolate appicot bread, using up all the left over easter candy hahahaha , it is good, a little sweet , but that way I dont need to make desert. & to show how lazy I am getting we did go to Applebees yeasterday ,,,,,,, lets just say I was not "delighted" with my steak, how ever the rest of the meal was Fine , I was told by my wife IF I ordered steak I better not complain about it, as they ALWAYS over cook i or bring it out still frozen in the center , I have got them that way a few times , rare is what I want But still frozen in the center is just a bit to rare hahahaha , a good hunk of beef should never see a freezer sre they need to age a bit in the cooler but never frozen........ tdays hunk o beef is all ready in the oven & I am getting ready to brew the Sunday morning Kona & fire up the Don Carlos #3 , yeasterday was a S L O W cigar day , a Don Carlos #4 in the morning, & a Hemmingway Masterpiece for our Cigar ride last night , & I ran out of cigar less than a mile from home...... so I chomped down on the butt & chewed it till we got home ... & that was that. have a great week everybody, Enjoy, Vince
the shop is holding its own, nothing big , nothing at all, a boring slow week, with the NCAA basketball season over , the brackets all paid out , the frozen 4 over, the masters in progress the betting pools have all but dryed up the Pittsburgh Pirates are off to there 21st loosing season in a row, & the Hockey playoffs are still to come .. always some thing to get into a betting pool ........ Not that I would ever bet on anything hahahaha.
the Cigar crawl is comming up in May & I am priming my system to sit in a bus with 50 cigar smokers & go from shop to shop , drinking & smoking , smoking & drinking from Friday evening till Sunday afternoon,, check it out at
www.cigarcrawl.com
this will be a great weekend Again ! , my buddy from Gulfport Miss. is heading north to be part of the festivitys, he missed it last year ,bad for him , he missed some great cigars, GRAND whiskys & good times with the BS & storys being told & since he was not there we could talk smack on him & he wasnt able to defend him self hahahaha
the grandsons have been quiet all week, saw them both on Monday last week & not a peep since then, busy boys allways doing something, well monday is Piano lessons & art lessons , so I will be the taxi driver again this monday ,well driver is not the correct word, taxi provider is more like it , as the #1 grandson will do the driving , he will be taking his drivers test soon , he needs to learn how to park between 2 cars on a busy street with out holding up traffic or hitting anything , & getting it right with ONE backup, I can do it with the Big @$$ one ton 4 door pickup my son in law has so he should be able to do it with my little Escape , sure I have been driving a L O N G time & my father was a Long haul driver for a few years & I did get to "drive" his big rig a bit ,it was a great retirement job for him & my mother, they got to see a lot of the USA & got paid for doing it ...... ,drive south in the winter & north in the summer
I havent been in the kitchen a lot this past week, I did get pizza & wings from the Hotel in town this week, & thats about it, we did defrost a lot of stuff in the freezer this week, making room for the new stuff to get frozen hahaha , Barb did make a loaf of white chocolate appicot bread, using up all the left over easter candy hahahaha , it is good, a little sweet , but that way I dont need to make desert. & to show how lazy I am getting we did go to Applebees yeasterday ,,,,,,, lets just say I was not "delighted" with my steak, how ever the rest of the meal was Fine , I was told by my wife IF I ordered steak I better not complain about it, as they ALWAYS over cook i or bring it out still frozen in the center , I have got them that way a few times , rare is what I want But still frozen in the center is just a bit to rare hahahaha , a good hunk of beef should never see a freezer sre they need to age a bit in the cooler but never frozen........ tdays hunk o beef is all ready in the oven & I am getting ready to brew the Sunday morning Kona & fire up the Don Carlos #3 , yeasterday was a S L O W cigar day , a Don Carlos #4 in the morning, & a Hemmingway Masterpiece for our Cigar ride last night , & I ran out of cigar less than a mile from home...... so I chomped down on the butt & chewed it till we got home ... & that was that. have a great week everybody, Enjoy, Vince
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