Sunday Morning Smoke

Nitrous said:

Hey guys im new to the forum and Im really looking forward to learning from you guys and trading info. On the other hand I smoked a Macanudo today and it was excellent!

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Mac a what ? , dammmmm way to mild for me , hahahaha welcome to the zoo !

Good morning , it is Sunday Dec.15, 2007, a COLD wet & snow covered day here in Da BURGH , we had freezing rain & snow last night & the roads are a real mess this morning, & last night the local Fire dept. had "Santa " on the fire truck touring the area complete with raindeer ( in Costume ) & the elves , along with Mrs.Clause in a mini skirt ( one of the firemaen with his turn out gear & the mini over it hahaha ) , they were stopping & passing out candy to any one brave enough to venture out in the snow & rain, they did a reallly fine job this year the decorations on the truck were first rate, & tastefull, ( all but Mrs>Clause ) hahaha , would have been a lot better had he had his wife or daughter play the part !
Sales at the shop are picking up a little but not near as good as last year, looks like this $3.00 a gallon plus is killing the cigar sales , what do I do , somke a padron anniv, for 9 bucks or a Padron 2000 for 3 bucks & put the 6 bucks tward the gas tank, well thats just what is happening the sales of the cheep cigars is booming, selling lots of low end stuff & the top line stuff is suffering, I havent sold a Trinadad Anniv. All week , even the monte sales are off by almost 50% but the Alcazar Bundles are GONE, I just got 3 bundles of each size & dammmmm the bin is E M P T Y ! , not a bad smoke, very inexpencive & tastes just fine with a beer, the only beer I have had in the past year was a Sam Adams Octoberfest & I had an alcazar torp with it & dammmm what a great taste combo , I just might try one with a scotch as soon as we get more of them !
My wife got out the job jar this morning & before I head to the Qtr.Deck I MUST clean all the books & magazines from the bathroom, the magazine rack is overflowing as well as the side of the vanity , just to dammm much stuff to read & not enough time so I maulti task & read when I am sitting, well I have the habbit of leaving what ever I was reading right there in the bathroom, looks like the public libuary in there said the BOSS , so I will get a few shopping bags & toss out all the old magazines catalogs & newsstorys & what ever else I find in the pile , the trash man is due here Monday morning so it is time to put out the trash Tonight & hope the snow covers it up hahahaha !
I have been working on a bottle of Laugavulin all week, dammm pricy stuff but just wonderfull with a full body cigar & a strong black coffee , I opened a box of Partagas series D # 4's this week & have had 3 so far , one being better than the nest , dammmm I wish they were longer hahaha, just like a short story , great smoke but way over to soon, well the same with the PSD4 . over way to soon, , I think I will kick back with a pot of Kona & start off he cigar day as I have for many years with a Don Carlos #3 , I should be doing some thing in the oven today but I think it will be fryed chicken, I just dont feel like making a roast or a casarole today , I have some breaded chicken parts in the freezer & thats just what I am going to do today, , fire up some oil & drop the chicken in it , , this weather is sreaming out for soup & a roast , but I just dont feel like it , & the boss said she didnt care so I am going with the taste buds & getting out the tabasco & butter for a sause for the chicken , I have a few chilis that might get stuffed with cheese & some carrots that might see a little glaze before they hit the plate , brown sugar & pure maple syrup, , nothing like killing the sugar all at once hahahaha
this morning my wife found some whole wheat english muffins in the freezer & we had them with bacon & eggs as a sandwich with Jarlsburg swiss melted all over the top , , dammmmm all I needed was a fresh summer tomato & I would have been in heaven , the stuff you get in the market this time of year tastes like cardboard, I just want to let them rot on the shelf tasteless & Expencive , maybe some day I will grow my own tomatos in the winter , like when I move to Fiji or the Bahamas , hahahaha
this COLD weather is getting to me , I have no idea what my forfathers were thinking when they moved to the Pittsburgh area, , why didnt they go to Hawaii or some place warm all year ! hahahaha, then I could be growing my OWN kona coffee instead of buying it ! , Oh well some one had to be making the Iron to build this great country & thats just what my family did , on both sides the grandparents were involved in the industry that made PITTSBURGH the city it Became , one grandfather was a machinest & the other a Rail road conductor that moved the coal to make the iron into steel , my grandmothers were both great cooks & thats where I learned to be a cook my self learned Italan cooking from my mothers side of the family & German cooking from my Dads side , which worked out just fine, I was able to cook a lot of different dishes by the time I was ready to get a Job working for some one other than family , a great education from the hands of 2 masters , My dads mother was a great baker & made some of the best partrys I have ever had, but I hated to measure & the artistry was lot with me , I was more into a big slab of beef or pork than a dainty little kringle or ginger snap cookie , so I stayed out of the bakery & got busy in the butchershop & grill area of the kitchen, & seeing how I got to 400 plus pound eating beef, can you think HOW DAMMMM BIG I would have been had I gone the bakery route hahahah Dammm I would have eaten my self to death years ago hahaha, I still LOVEa small hunk of German Chocolate cake with the coconut almond icing , dammmm I gain a few pound just thinking about it , Yeasterday my wife & I made 18 Dozen Pitzells , 9 dozen ANIS( her all time favorirte cookie ) & 9 dozen lemon , & lemon because she wanted to, next weekend will be the maple & what ever else she wants to make , so that will kill my weekend out of the kitchen hahaha

On Friday Dec 21 we are having a small party at the shop so if your inn the Pittsburgh are besure to stop at King Beaver Cigars 1106 Penna Ave in Monaca 15061 the phone is 724-774-5166 if you need directions , stop in bring your own booze , I will have coffee & if you find a small tray of cookies or some cheese & ham , well dont be shy , bring it with you, nothing like brining your own food to a party hahahaha , even a bag of chips will help , we are trying to do this one on the cheep as sales are a bit down this year
Oh almost forgot the asshat at the consert, , last monday ( I think it was anyhow) there was a grade school choral consert at the school , & I dont konw if I told you guys about it before or not & I am just to lazy to go back & check, well this asshat has his cell pne ringing a few times & is talking , I had enough & took the phone out of his hand & closed it handed it back to him & did the libirian shuuuuuushh to him, he took his phone & went out in the hall with out any further incodent , they guy is a wrnch turner at the railroad , not a boss of anything , not a Doctor, not aeven a bail bondsman , TURN OFFF THE DAMMM PHONE , good thing I dont go to church all that often , some ones phone rigs during the service , I am kicking some ones ass, ahhhh yeas the good christan in me hahahaha
thats about all I have this cold & blustrey Sunday, time to go clean the books up, get the heat On in the qtr.deck & spend the next few hours listening to jazz & sipping a little coffee & smoking a FINE OLD Cigar , maybe I just might looks & see if there are any contraband Monte #2;s hiding some plce
Enjoy, Vince

Honey said:

Vince,

I have to admit I like a Macanudo too. I am wondering though, if like my taste in beer, my taste in cigars will evolve as well. I guess I will just have to dive in and try a variety and see! Still want to make it to your shop. Happy Holidays to all and Go Steelers!

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stop next friday night, its our Christmas Party, call if you need directions 724-774-5166

the work is done, I am now posting from the Qtr.deck
it only took 5 weeks to get it working, dammmm I need to find a smarter computer geek ! hahaha Enjoy, Vince

HO Ho HO , it is Sunday December 23 ,2007, almost time for the over commericilized Christmas season to come to an end ! , Personally I have had it up to my nose with the flagrent over commericalizing of a wonderful holiday , I love getting to gether with friends & family , but why do we all wait till Christmas to be nice, why dont we celebrate all year long & be extra nice to our fellow man ??? Hummmm ???? well enough of the rant lets get down to the businenss at hand, it is just a little cool & raining this morning here in da Burgh , & since the Steelers played Thursday night , No game today, ( as I would be watching anyhow hahaha ) , I did have the wireless network working for a few days but thiuas morning I am back to the computer in the house as the one in the Qtr.Deck has lost its signal from the wireless router, well back to the drawing board & time to call in the geek squad hahahahaha , hey its a trem of endearment
, Barb is in the kitchen making Banaba bread , I will be granted cooking privilages later today & put in a nice roast for supper tonight , , I did pick up the Christmas Ham & it is soaking as I post here , I will be changing the water this afternoon, a great old time smithfield style ham , there will be a Honey glaze on it when it is done in the oven, , , I havent had a dry cured ham in a long time , this one will be the center piece in the Christmas feast, , I was going to do a stuffed veal breast , but after visiting 3 different shops no one cold get one for me , dammmm I hate the big Mega martsd & long for an old fasshion Butcher shop , sawdust on the floor , the saw & chopping block right behind the counter , Beef , Lamb , Pork all hanging inn the cooler , chickens & turkeys in the display case all plump & full of NATURAL goodness , not the caged birds with a synthitic taste & bland flesh, big bucks mega marts, gone are the old fashioned CRAFTSMEN who cared about there work. well here I go back on the soap box , enough of that ,


we had a great day at the shop on Saturday, Randy was Kicking ass & taking names , sold a lot of Product , but one thing I just dont understand, NO HUMIDORS are selling this year, I got 40 Humidors in for the Holiday smokers all different prices ( from 25 bucks to 750 ) selling a few of the low end travel boxes BUT N O N E of the big cabnets & desk tops, , looks like an after Christmas markdown , dammmmm I hate that , but got to move them out to pay off the credit card they were bought on ! robbing one account to pay off an other , Businenss , it Sucks big time , but where else can I go sit smoke , sip coffee , swill a bit of single malt, listen to Jazz all day 7 get paid for doing it , I ask you is this a GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT< Youkov Sminoff had it right, WHAT A COUNTRY
we had our Christmas party Friday night , I went through 3 bottles of single malt with a lot of help from my "Friends" , I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did , we closed at midnight & I didnt finish cleaning up till 1:30 AM, needless to say I had to stop a few times to get rid of all the coffee & scotch I had comsumed over the evening , allmost all the food was eated or taken home by greedy guests, I did manage to get a few cubes of cheese to put in my eggs , but a lot of Beer was left over , dammmm left over beer, How did that happen, ?? all I know is next year , I am not springing for the single malt, when I saw some DIPSHIT ASSHOLE mixing it with Mountain Due , I told the Dumb MFER that was 70 bucks a bottle & was ment to be sipped, STRAIGHT , if you want to mix it use the Cheep blends , DAMMMMM people will take advantage of a good thing , oh well there I go back on the soap box,

breakfast was a baked egg with a little creamed spinich , there was left over spinich dip, so I made a little nest of in the a bake proof cup , cracked an egg in the center of the nest & put it in a roasting pan with a few inches of water, 375F for 25 minutes & a nice egg , Just slightly done a few bits more that I like but still slightly runny, I should have taken it out abouit 3 moinutes sooner , But thats just the way it went this morning , , some banana bread toasted along side & that was breakfast, Yummy


Not a lot going on here , just tieing up all the loose ends for the big celebration on the 25th, , all the welll most of the stuff is rapped, , Thank God for the guy ( & it had to be a guy ) who thought of the Gift bag instead of the gift WRAP , I used to save the Sunday Funnys from the news paper to RECYCLE as wrapping paper, But before it was PC to reclcle I was thought of as a cheep bastard who didnt want to spend the $$$ for wrapping paper , nope just my way of being on the edge of eveloutiuon & being ahead of the curve & getting the Jump on everyone by "recycling " the Sunday funnys , back when I was in 8the grade , I had a science teacher who was a Train Buff, I saw this great Steam locomotive tie pin & wrapped it in the funnys , as a joke, well it cought on & I have been doing it ever sice, from way back in the 1850's paper was a great thing to hide stuff in , & who can say they never payed Rock PAPER sissors , dammm my brain hurts when I try to remember stuff that happened that Long ago, hahahaha


I have a pot of Kona almost finished this Sunday Morning , I have a pot of Mayorga ready to put heat under in a few minutes, then it is out to the Qtr.Deck for my Sunday meeting time with my Buddy Don Carlos III , I was in a bit of a hurry & grabbed a DC President Friday morning & WOW , a real EYE opener hahaha, the corona sized #3 is great but the President , NOW that is an EYE opener @$$ kicker of a way to start anyday , , I think I just might stick with the 3 this morning,m I have a PSD #4 for this afternoon from the qtr.Deck or I might just head in to the shop & help out a bit if needed, I will be closing at 3 on Monday & CLOSED on Tuesday, , back open Wed. at 10:30 & putting the humidors on sale ! , dammmmm they all ready are on sale , well looks like I need to sell them so I will do what ever it takes other than selling them for less than I paid for them , dammmmm that would be DUMB, but if you buy enough cigars I might sell the humidor at cost just to get it OUT of the shop.


well not much more to say, I am heading for the shower as soon as I get off the computer, then it will be time for the hunk of beef to hit the oven, should be ready by 4"30 or 5 , depending on what the Boss wants , time to batten down the hatches wer getting 50 MPH winds today , so I will be out in the yard picking up decorations later hahahaha
Enjoy, Vince

MERRY CHRISTMAS

looks like the computer in the qTR,DECK IS BACK WORKING
how ever I am having triuble seeing the screen , no desk , the keyboard is on my lap & the mouse is om a cigar box beside me , dammm i have enough trouble spelling when I use 2 fingers to type with, but now with a CIGAR in my hand, dammmm I havent had toi maulti task in years, I remember when I waas selling cars & had a Probe GT as my demo, stick shift, no cup holder back then, well I had a cup of coffee, donut, cigar in the ashtray, & could tie my necktie & never mis a shift or spill the coffee,
well my shopping is FINI , dammmm it fells good, just a few more to wrap
I have been fighting with this diamond crown Maximus torp for a dew hours now, it just will not burn , it has a good taste but will not stay lit, maybe I need to puff more & type less !
I have been having trouble all day, as this is a different computer, I need to sign in to all the different sites, dammmmm I didnt write down my pass word for all of them I thought I updated & changed them all to the same thing, the only one I remember, but it didnt work anyplace but here, so Lucky me I do get to mess a little here tonight, dammm cigar went out again & the ligher os empty, good thing I have a BIG box of matches hahaha
today was a big intake of scotchm eggnog brandy & wine , no wonder i am having trouble fundung the rught keys to tap on , just using one hand is slow & hitting some of the keys wih my right index finger seams strange i keep reaching with the left hand but the cigar gets ub the way, i have the radio on listeng to some great jazzbut i think it has to be the cigar or the computer, i just cant do it a;; so i am getting off this thing to constraight on the music and the cigar enjoy, vince

Dammmm I dont even remeber posting that one, dammmmm I must have had way to much egg nog , granted it is my style of writing & spelling , but dammmmm I got to lay off the booze when I am on the computer, well I had a great day at the shop, opened at 10:30 had a few customers waiting for me at the door when I got there, , didnt get the coffee started till after 11 , dammmm those last minute shoppers, Geeee I dont know what he smokes , all I know it is BIG, & it has a red band, No not that color of red , no thats to big but its the right band, Thats all I have left of that brand, well do you have it in a different size, NO THIS IS ALL I HAVE OF THAT BRAND, do you have it in a different band? Sure EVERY FRIGGING BRAND HAS A DIFFERENT BAND , just 4 of them left thats ALL I have in the shop, do you have a full box of them, ALL I HAVE IS THE 4 CIGARS YOU SEE IN MY HAND , Thasts all i have left in the entire store , JUST the last 4 cigars including the stuff I have hidden in my locker & in my jacket pocket, well do you have them in maduro AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Closed Tuesday , back open Wensday at 10:30, , I need a REST

Enjoy, & have a safe & happy CHRISTMAS
Vince