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Joined Feb 2004
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It was Feb 2004when this thread started, now we are up to 61 pages , I didnt count to see how many different posters we have had but there have been a few , some of the best times are reading the posts here.People come & go ,,,& I look Fwd. to the storys of Fu, Blooly & the rest of the crew, it is nice to know that with all the different back grounds , incomes, locations & ages that we all have cigars ,coffee & whisky in common , it is nice to know that we are all brothers of the Bean, leaf & still, it is a great life, we have been though a lot in the past year, , make that 2 years I forgot this is 06 ! dammm the time sure flew by . the sun is setting on a fine day here in the Burgh, Football season is over THANK GOD
Soon Baseball will start, there is a new Montecristo Club at PNC park home of the often meligned Pittsburgh Pirates , but with the addition of the Montecristo club I will be at a few more games this year than I was last year, if you get a season pass to all the home games in the Monte club you get your own humidor in the club house & they fill it for you as part of the season ticket package, Dammmm tempting , Dammmm tempting, but I must show RESTRAINT , would some one please knock me out so I dont bite through my bottom lip & call in my CC number ! dammmmm this is tuff to pass on , I am not a big sports fan , but I sure could enjoy a few games in the Monte club !!!!!!!
Holstiens , yea that sounds good to me , big brown & white cows, , the retired old mail man down the road has Swiss dairy cows, all are sort of an off white color & have strange shaped shoulders, , these look more like the ones you see in the stampeed in the old cowboy movies with out the long horns .
I am on the third pot of coffee for the day , started with Kona went to the Peaberry ( BTW It was the coffee I was drinking for the first post in this thread 2 years ago ) this pot is 8 o'clock decafe made in the press pot with 7 scoops of coffee & 12 cups of water ( 6 ounce cups ) , steep for 4 minutes & plunge, damm fine coffee even for decalf
The wind has picked up & we are getting some blowing snow, still nothing to shovel, just broom, Huge flakes , the size of a quarter , light & fluffy, the kind that you like to stand outside & catch in your mouth as long as there are no birds flying over hahahaha ! the Bird feeder in my yard has been verry busy the last few days , the Bluejays are fighting with each other , the cardinals get out when the jays are there, the wrens & chicadees come & go all the time & the red tail hawk sits high in a tree across the road looking for supper !We had some wild turkeys in the yard this week, & yesterday I saw a turkey buzzard flying across the road about 20 feet off the ground , went right in front of me & he /she had at lest a 6 foot wing spand , it is so nice to live out in the country & still be 25 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh. When I was working in the city I would watch the Parigrin Falcons take pigions( rats with wings) for a quick snack, All in all it is a great place to life even if it gets COLD here ! Enjoy, Vince
Soon Baseball will start, there is a new Montecristo Club at PNC park home of the often meligned Pittsburgh Pirates , but with the addition of the Montecristo club I will be at a few more games this year than I was last year, if you get a season pass to all the home games in the Monte club you get your own humidor in the club house & they fill it for you as part of the season ticket package, Dammmm tempting , Dammmm tempting, but I must show RESTRAINT , would some one please knock me out so I dont bite through my bottom lip & call in my CC number ! dammmmm this is tuff to pass on , I am not a big sports fan , but I sure could enjoy a few games in the Monte club !!!!!!!
Holstiens , yea that sounds good to me , big brown & white cows, , the retired old mail man down the road has Swiss dairy cows, all are sort of an off white color & have strange shaped shoulders, , these look more like the ones you see in the stampeed in the old cowboy movies with out the long horns .
I am on the third pot of coffee for the day , started with Kona went to the Peaberry ( BTW It was the coffee I was drinking for the first post in this thread 2 years ago ) this pot is 8 o'clock decafe made in the press pot with 7 scoops of coffee & 12 cups of water ( 6 ounce cups ) , steep for 4 minutes & plunge, damm fine coffee even for decalf
The wind has picked up & we are getting some blowing snow, still nothing to shovel, just broom, Huge flakes , the size of a quarter , light & fluffy, the kind that you like to stand outside & catch in your mouth as long as there are no birds flying over hahahaha ! the Bird feeder in my yard has been verry busy the last few days , the Bluejays are fighting with each other , the cardinals get out when the jays are there, the wrens & chicadees come & go all the time & the red tail hawk sits high in a tree across the road looking for supper !We had some wild turkeys in the yard this week, & yesterday I saw a turkey buzzard flying across the road about 20 feet off the ground , went right in front of me & he /she had at lest a 6 foot wing spand , it is so nice to live out in the country & still be 25 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh. When I was working in the city I would watch the Parigrin Falcons take pigions( rats with wings) for a quick snack, All in all it is a great place to life even if it gets COLD here ! Enjoy, Vince
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Central Canada, eh?
Way to go Vince!!! All you need is a jacket with those shoulder thingys, and an over/under shotgun, and you could be a country squire.
Gotta love watching the birds, very relaxing thing to do for sure. The other day we had a big old Raven sitting in a pine tree down the street strutting his stuff, and letting the crows know he was still in charge. And this is in the middle of our small city. The crows occasionaly reclaim the turf, but that afternoon he was in charge.
It has been so nice here, the crows didn't even go south. Instead they just flock around, and harass the song birds, and get their lunch at McDonalds. The weather sat at 0 degrees C for most of the day today, and it has been mild all week, especially for Februrary. If this keeps up we won't have any snow left by Wednesday - dare I hope spring is coming early this year?
That is all for now, have a great week folks!
Gotta love watching the birds, very relaxing thing to do for sure. The other day we had a big old Raven sitting in a pine tree down the street strutting his stuff, and letting the crows know he was still in charge. And this is in the middle of our small city. The crows occasionaly reclaim the turf, but that afternoon he was in charge.
It has been so nice here, the crows didn't even go south. Instead they just flock around, and harass the song birds, and get their lunch at McDonalds. The weather sat at 0 degrees C for most of the day today, and it has been mild all week, especially for Februrary. If this keeps up we won't have any snow left by Wednesday - dare I hope spring is coming early this year?
That is all for now, have a great week folks!
Just a quick post today. The Brown and white cows are Gurnseys Not Holstiens(Black and White). From what I remember from my farm days they don't give the quanity of milk the black and whites give but it has more butterfat. By the way Vince the farm was just up the road outside of new Castle.
Spent the day Sunday in Richmond, got a chance to meet our new Gov and talk to some of our State congressmen/congresswomen.
The best part of the trip was that I had a cigar in the Hotel Bar Sunday night. Wife and I went to an imatation Irish Pub for dinner. I was told they might have Kilkenney on tap but all they had was a Murphy's look-a-like. After dinner we walked back to the hotel for an after dinner brink. I had a B & B on the rocks. As I looked over the bar I saw that they even had a Humidor behind the bar. I fired up a Perdomo (tapered thing about 6 in long. It started out at about a 50 ring gage and ended up about a 40 ring) I got from cigarbid, the bartender even brought a cigar ashtray. I thought I would fall off of the Barstool. I really enjoyed that tapered thing knowing that the AntiCigar people were going NUTS. Heck I was so happy I gave the guy beside me a cigar. We both had a great time. He actually worked for one of the tobacco companies.
Spent the day Sunday in Richmond, got a chance to meet our new Gov and talk to some of our State congressmen/congresswomen.
The best part of the trip was that I had a cigar in the Hotel Bar Sunday night. Wife and I went to an imatation Irish Pub for dinner. I was told they might have Kilkenney on tap but all they had was a Murphy's look-a-like. After dinner we walked back to the hotel for an after dinner brink. I had a B & B on the rocks. As I looked over the bar I saw that they even had a Humidor behind the bar. I fired up a Perdomo (tapered thing about 6 in long. It started out at about a 50 ring gage and ended up about a 40 ring) I got from cigarbid, the bartender even brought a cigar ashtray. I thought I would fall off of the Barstool. I really enjoyed that tapered thing knowing that the AntiCigar people were going NUTS. Heck I was so happy I gave the guy beside me a cigar. We both had a great time. He actually worked for one of the tobacco companies.
Joined Feb 2004
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
Guernseys, Herefords , what ever, all I want is BEEF, I can drink Soy Milk , no reason to milk a cow , unless you want cheese ! cant have good cheese with out milk, ohhh yea butter got to have butter , oh Ice cream got to have good milk to make it , dammmm I guess some one needs to milk the cows hahahahaha
Tom sounds like you had a great time at the bar, & I love the part about the Anti~Cigar people , I love to puff smoke their way!!! Enjoy, Vince
Tom sounds like you had a great time at the bar, & I love the part about the Anti~Cigar people , I love to puff smoke their way!!! Enjoy, Vince
Vince-Football season is over THANK GOD- Vince
haha...no its not Vince...Marcy is a fanatic...she's still got all the decorations from the superbowl up and won't let me take em down. I took the ones down in the garage and she beat me with my own damn rolling pin :lol:
Now she's talking about the first freaking game in 2006. And she's mad cause its a thursday nite game!
Being magnanimous...I told her she could call in sick on friday...hahaha
haha...no its not Vince...Marcy is a fanatic...she's still got all the decorations from the superbowl up and won't let me take em down. I took the ones down in the garage and she beat me with my own damn rolling pin :lol:
Now she's talking about the first freaking game in 2006. And she's mad cause its a thursday nite game!
Being magnanimous...I told her she could call in sick on friday...hahaha
Joined Feb 2004
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
RAVYN, at one time I was a big sports fanatic, I lived & breathed Baseball , Football, Basketball, , if the sport had a ball in it no matter what shape or size , I was playing it or watching it, Then when Roberto Clemente was killed on new years day , I stopped being a fan, MY Hero had died , I loved going to Forbes Field & watching the Bucks play, back when I was a mear child in the 50's & 60's , I would cut school & go to a game , never missed a home opener from 61 on to the untimley passing of Roberto. Now it is just an excuse to get my name in a block for a football pool . I dont miss the rush of a penate race or the football play offs, I didnt watch the first half of the superbowl this year , I did bite my nails during the second half!!, sure you get caught up in the emotion of the game, but I spent the first half in the Qtr.Deck with my good friend Johnny Walker ( Green) listening to Beethoven.& enjoying a fine old Cuban Monte #2 it was relaxing.
As I get older I find the rush of the game is just to hard on the old arteries !!!! hahahahahaha
Enjoy, Vince
As I get older I find the rush of the game is just to hard on the old arteries !!!! hahahahahaha
Enjoy, Vince
Joined Oct 2005
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Lost in translation
I'm sad that football is gone. It is my passion, except for fine food, wine, cigars and friends. Soon I will not be able to escape the madness of baseball season in Red Sox nation. I hate Red Sox fans. They talk about the same things over and over and over again like a broken record. I can't stand it. How many more days until the football draft?
I was never a big sports fan...always a steelers fan but don't live or die by them. I get involved with what ever hobby has my focus at the time. I'm more of a hands on kind of guy than a spectator. To me....steeler wins are just another excuse for a party!
Notwithstanding my deep and forty year love affair with professional football, the season I have really been waiting for started a couple weeks ago, the track and field season. My true favorite sport, which I've been a fan of for at least forty years, is finally here. My interest was greatly deepened and seared into my brain by the performances in the '68 Olympics, and the statement that Tommie Smith and John Carlos made with the Black Power salute on the podium. Down through the years, the sport has supplied athletes which have provided as much sports entertainment as I could ever have hoped for in any sport. When the indoor season is over and the outdoor season starts, that's when it REALLY gets hot, and I'm getting up every day looking for news on the web sites.
Great cigar sport, too.
Great cigar sport, too.
Joined Oct 2005
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Central Canada, eh?
Wnter has arrived!!! Snow in New York, freezing rain in Toront, and freezing cold in Sask. The wind chill this morning felt like -32 degrees C. I don't care what planet you are from, that'g gotta hurt. strangly enough, our city did not shut down because of the weather. but I tell you that wind was cold on the nose delivering the mail today. No cigars for this guy untill it warms up a little bit again. There you go!
Joined Feb 2004
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
-32C, thats dammmmm cold, BUT today in da Burgh, it was 50F & I was out with just a long sleeve shirt & pants , getting ready to head to the Qtr deck & a nice cup of coffee & a single malt , & I MIGHT < JUST MIGHT , have a cigar with it all, hahahaha , the smoking lamp is lit all hands report to the goofing off stations !
Enjoy, Vince
Enjoy, Vince
Joined Feb 2004
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159 Knobvue Drive Freedom Pa 15042
thats why I put it in, at first I just hand long sleeve shirt, then knowing how all you perverts think
I added the pants , knowing that most people would just asume that I had pants on but you never know , do you ! hahahahaha
I did make it to the Qtr.Deck tonight , had a little A'brundha, some decalf Columbian that Bloofy sent me & an Opus X toro size, finished it in a pipe that was sitting there & all that was left was ash, No butt to toss it was ALL gone , I guess I got my $$$$'s woth out of that one !
Enjoy, Vince
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I added the pants , knowing that most people would just asume that I had pants on but you never know , do you ! hahahahaha
I did make it to the Qtr.Deck tonight , had a little A'brundha, some decalf Columbian that Bloofy sent me & an Opus X toro size, finished it in a pipe that was sitting there & all that was left was ash, No butt to toss it was ALL gone , I guess I got my $$$$'s woth out of that one !
Enjoy, Vince
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Bloofy, We know why you like Track and Field. You like to watch the compeditors run around in thier little shorts. Don't you?
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