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Hopefully you'll be able to make it. Would love to meet you.

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Umm, as to golf - what time and where?

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Take pics, if you can.

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Will do, brother.

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Is there anyone else for the golf? I will probably call tomorrow to see about tee times in the morning. Right now it is myself, RevSmoke and his 2 tentatives.

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Have we decided on a where? Are we doing Skyline? Looks like a good choice?

Dann will be coming with us, not Joel.

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Updated above. Probably bringings some rum too.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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Herf
1. RevSmoke
2. Massphatness
3. Mugen910, just in case
4. TheStatsGuy - potato salad and big tasty beers
5. MedicCook
6. Spitnchew-soda

Pre-Herf Golf
1. RevSmoke
2. MedicCook
3. Dann

Just changing my food selection a little!

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Directions sent out, see you guys tomorrow.

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Everything is looking good so far.

It should be a blast.

PAX

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Oh yeah, I forgot, I brought a couple cigars along for a puff-puff-pass. Both are form before my birthday - and they both may be older than me by a decade or two. :D

Bao, you sure you cannot make it?

Peace of the Lord be with you.

100% sure I cannot sir...sorry.
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I'll print out a pic of Bao and wear it while smoking! It will be just like he's here with us.....

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<<<<< giddy

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:( So sad, will miss you.

:tu Cool, comic relief.

Now that just scares me.

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Don't let him lick you ear...a mistake I'll never have repeated!

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What worries me, is that you thought it might be a good idea the first time. <GDR>

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Were you sitting on his lap at the time?

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Damn, how did I miss this one? (wait, doesn't this belong in the herfs thread?)

Either way, it's my only full day left to pack for the move, so sadly I won't make it... and I'll be driving past there Friday afternoon probably! :bh

EDIT: but its soooooooooooo tempting!

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I'm off to work until about 1 or so then trekking out to Western no-Mass land

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Tim #3 and #4 heading out this afternoon.

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Getting ready to head out to the golf course. See everyone this afternoon.

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Ditto.

Hope I can swing a club and not kill myself...

... or hurt any others.

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Have fun and try not to Embarrass us, Todd. ;)

I'll be there in spirit (an obnoxious spirit, but a spirit none the less). :)

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Todd, it was great to meet you . I had a blast. Smoking cigars isn't really about smoking cigars

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Tim, it wss indeed a very pleasant evening. I enjoyed talking with you and getting to meet you all.

Most certainly true that it isn't about smoking cigars.

I must give my apologiies to you all, I have my camera... I have my computer... the cable that connects the two is at home. Posted pictures from my camera will have to wait.

The family is leaving for Vermont, so I will post more later.

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Great time yesterday. Started it off playing golf with Todd and a couple of his family members. Then it was off to Tim's for a herf. Moe's sausage was wonderful. :tu

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:r :r

Sorry to hear about the cord. I hope you and the family have a great time in vermont!!

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Thanks for the golf game, it was a great time. Beautiful course, but very narrow - at least for some of us. We did discover though, that bears indeed do crap in the woods. Fortunately, he had abandoned the head before our arrival.

Thank you Ryan for the couple sticks you gave me - What's the rough one again? And the lancero?

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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It was a Francesco lanceretto.

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That's the rough one, and you get them where?

Tim (Spitnchew) - tell me again the name of that cigar you gav me? I loved it. A smooth and flavorful Connecticut is hard to find.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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They are rolled at Habana in Albany. They are hard to find since Francesco only rolls them a few times a year.

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Either my new camera sucks or TRickers wife was hammered while taking this group shot ...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1083/...55350a120c.jpg

l to r: spitnchew, thestatsguy, revsmoke, phatty, tricker, moe, mediccook

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The guest of honor: RevSmoke (sans collar)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1209/...8d99d35fca.jpg


We tried to keep the bromance to a low simmer, but Moe did insist on a game of hide the sausage. Dang his sausage is tasty!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1363/...6f690dea91.jpg


Ryan, Todd & Moe ... at least if we got violently ill on undercooked pork, Ryan could dispatch us some medical help. Worst case, Todd could administer last rites.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1254/...3f4ae21827.jpg


Had a blast guys ... it was great to finally meet Todd. Way too much food (as usual).

:mh fun times

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Vin, thanks for the pictures - glad someone put up some pictures.

Here is my feeble attempt to summarize some of the night's festivities.

Good to see a few pictures up here. I didn't talk about all the cigars I was given.

Ryan and I followed each other to Tim's place, he was waiting out on the front porch for us. As we're doing some introductions, Vin pulls up and introductions are made there. Then Tim gives us the grand tour - pointing different directions to the different rooms in the house (done from in front of the humidor). I think I was in 3 rooms (kitchen, bathroom, living room) and a hallway. We brought in the food and beverage and then headed out to the backyard.

(Ryan gave me a couple cigars, already mentioned, an Escensia Lancero and a Francesco lanceretto.)

As we get settled around the picnic table, setting out the food, we all fire up cigars (or already have them burning) and start snacking. That's when Vin walks up and slaps a 5er on me, literally. He walks up and unceremoniously drops it in my lap and says, “This is for you.” A 5er baggie - full - an ‘08 Bolivar PC, an ‘08 Montecristo #4, a 5/09 El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme, a Tatuaje Zona del Este, and a Saint Luis Rey EL Asia Pacifico. I just sit there, stunned, and mumble, “Um, ah, um, Thanks!”

Tim (TheStatsGuy) lays a hit on me, giving me no choice, “this is for you,” and gives me a Diamond Crown Maximus Robutsto #5

4 of us are lounging in the backyard, snarfing shrimp and Doritos, when Tim & Tim pull up and wander into the backyard. More food and drink is laid out.

Tim (T Ricker) gets little impatient waiting for Moe and decides to start some of the main course and throws some steaks on the grill. You’ll have to ask him what the seasoning were, but they were tasty, very enjoyable.

It is about this time when Moe shows up (with his handsome son - names kept out of this public forum) bearing sausages and cannolis. Everybody greets one another when he comes over to me opens up a case and tells me, “Take one.” Staring at me are a few Ccs and I demur, try passing, but he insists, “Is there something in there you haven’t had?” Seeing that he isn’t going to let me off the hook, or move that case from out in front of my nose if I don’t grab a stick, I take a Vegas Robaina Unicos, and thank him for his kindness.

We continue to snack and smoke, when Tim (SpitNChew) lays a massive 6X60 Connecticut shade beauty on me, “You gotta try this. I haven’t had one yet, so I can’t tell you what their like.” I know he told me, like about 20 times what it was, but being an unfamiliar name, I have again forgotten it. (Please refresh my memory.) I try to give it back to him, but that ain’t happening. So, I put it in my travel case till a little later.

After we’ve finished “the main course’, cigars start getting lit again. That’s when I pull a surprise out of my case, a gift to me from Shilala, a Garcia Y Vega Senator Bonded Havana from 1940. Tricker starts it off and we pass it around - pretty soon it is jsut myself and SptiNChew puffing on it. It has some interesting flavors which none of can put our finger on. It isn’t bad, but there are only two of us puffing on it, giving you an idea of how interesting and special it isn’t. It wasn’t dry and grasslike as some others we’ve had that are this age, but it wasn’t a “wow”er either.

We have a great evening, food, drink, cigars and the highlight - conversation of friends.

Vin has a long drive, so he leaves first. Then Moe and his boy head out. Then Tim’s 3 & 4 head off. Ryan and I head into the house with Tim to grab the last of our stuff. That’s when Tim says we’re supposed to grab a stick out of his humidor - and he’s not taking ‘no’ for an answer. So, I grab a Por Larranaga PC, figuring I’d be good with just that. Ooops, faulty figuring on my part. He reaches in and from a couple drawers draws out two more and gives them to me - a Cohiba Siglo #2, and a DPG Vegas Cubanas Toro (?).

Thus ends a fantastic evening.

I want to especially thank Kristen for allowing us to invade her home, and Tim for his generosity and hospitality. It was a great evening - Thanks! God’s blessing upon you both as you raise that wonderful young man that you have brought into your home and made a part of your family.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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Todd got spanked......:banger





:r

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It was a good time, great to meet Todd and see the guys.

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Todd you need to ask Ryan what that cigar was because I'm brain dead. I know it wasn't a Phillie Blunt

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OK Ryan, seems you're the only one with a memory. What was the cigr that Tim gave me - it was from that one local roller - the 6X60 Connectiut shade wrapped.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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It was a Francesco Socrates.

Tim #4 gave you the Esencia lancero. :tu

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Tim #3 gave you the Diamond Crown.

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Thanks for the name of cigar. It is the one in the "guest of honor" (sic) picture of me. Good looking cigar and great smoke.

Thanks to you both for the corrections of who gave me what. I was a bit overwhelmed there at the time as people were passing out stuff and I was trying to remember names and see what everybody was bringing... and I'm suffer from Cranial Flatulence Syndrome. ;s

So, for getting names wrong of who gave me what, I hope you will all forgive me.

It was wonderful getting to meet you all.

Oh, Moe, thanks for the Canollis. I asked the guys if I could take the leftovers back with me to the family (none of which had ever had one before). They didn't last long and were raved about for a couple days.

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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First there was the issue of not having the cord for the camera with me to download pictures. Next, there was the problem of internet connectivity when I got home - it works now, but there were issues since Sunday. What was the problem? I am not sure.

So, here are some pics from the herf.

At the end of pre-herf golfing, enjoying a pint. (Medicook, myself, brothers-in-law Dann & Joel)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1415.jpg

SpitNChew getting ready to relax.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1416.jpg

Vin giving a "salute" with Ryan on the side.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1417.jpg

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Tim (TheStatsGuy) & Tim (TRicker)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1418.jpg

Moe & Vin
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1419.jpg

All of us in a blurred smoky haze.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1420.jpg

The haze remains, but the blur has disipated.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1421.jpg

The gracious host (how I wound up not having pics of his wonderful wife and boy, I do not know)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1423.jpg

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Myself and Vin
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1426.jpg

with Moe
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1428.jpg

with Tim (SpitNChew)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1429.jpg

with Tim (TheStatsGuy)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1430.jpg

with Ryan
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1431.jpg

with Tim (the host - TRicker)
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...e/DSCF1432.jpg

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Again, I want to thank all the Massholes who attended and made me feel welcome. I had a great evening!

Peace of the Lord be with you.

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Weren't there a few more pictures taken that night?

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Thanks For The Great Pics, Todd!:tu

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I got a bunch but can't find my stupid cord. Must be in one of the last boxes we haven't unpacked....

I'll dig it out.

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You are welcome. I was glad to post them and show off the great time.

When you get it - post them up. Would love to see what you snapped off that night.