good morning it is Sunday OCT 2,2016 a cool wet morning here in da Burgh. AHHH retirement, I wish I had done this sooner, The wife wishes I haddent done it at all,,,,,, the humidors are looking like a convention of thieves went through here , the stock is being depleted as I type , I havent bought many sticks or boxes over the summer & now I see the bottoms of a few of the humidors that used to be jammed full, looks like I might need to cash a few checks & restock,,,,, the bar is in the same deplorable condition, dammm I spelled that correctly , hahahaha just living off the inventory & now its time to restock everything .....
I have a rack of ribs on the grill cooking low and slow , I will be making yams and baked apples to go with the ribs, , everything should be ready about 4/4:30 , depends on when I get the apples on ,,,, no hurry i have no plans other than cigars and coffee for the day & a weeee dram of whisky later today... OH hell we will be hitting it asap, yes it is still before 11 am but I want to get the day started with a Don Carlos #3 a mug of Kona and a few drams of an Islay scotch , we did have a nice breakfast of english muffins , eggs, bacon some of the last home grown tomatoes and a pot of Mexican Chupollis estate coffee, witch needed to be roasted a bit darker for my taste , nothing short of a few shots of espresso cant help. My wife tells me I am smoking to much, drinking to much, & pissing to much, I blame it on the coffee, I interrupt her when I come in to use the can, hey if its a problem there is a few trees I can water hahahahaha
Grandson #2 has his car in the shop for a few things that need to be taken care of so he is driving the Bosses car till his is done, he picked it up Friday night, no idea when his will be finished. He said he would wash it & clean the interior , but the car is spotless inside as I am not allowed to take it out for anything other than filling the tank, NO CIGARS ALLOWED , so i just go to the gas station , fill it & bring it back, her car is an 07 with only 60K on it , mine is an 09 with 133K , we take mine all the time , its MINE I smoke in it , when the next new car is picked up it will get traded , she will get the new on , I will get her old one & the smoking will start,,,,, ahhh cant wait, heated & cooled leather seats, MY butt will be loving it ...... she is thinking of getting a 2017 when the 2018 models come out .... what ever I just hope mine lasts that long hahahaha , dont get me wrong I enjoy the hell out of the Escape , but with all the hills here in western Pa , that NON turbo charged 4 just is way under power with the a/c on , i am getting about 25 MPG running around town , on the highway it gets close to 30, she has a 6 in her Mercury Milan and is getting 19/20 MPG , I can live with that , I just wish I had my Gran Torino Sport with the 351 4 speed and 12 MPG in town & 16 on a trip ,,,, it was yellow with black stripes a big heavy car, almost as quick as my 340 sixpack dodge dart sport, green with white stripes , but the car I want back is the one I had when we got married, a 63 Monza spyder rag top , I loved that car , she hated it , and she didnt want to learn to drive a stick,,,,,,,, so i sold it .... dammmmmm now 40+ years later I want it back ..... & when I hit the power ball you better believe me when I say I WILL GET ONE , If I need to build it from parts hahahahaha
time for me to get the fire started for the DC3 , the kona will be ready in a few minutes and I need to get dressed before heading to the qtr.deck , Enjoy, Vince