Vince O:

I lived through one daughters Puberty & one wifes menopause, ................... all I know is Hormones are a Pain in the @$$

lol, wouldn't it just be easier and say living with women is a pain in the @$$..

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Luko:

urbino:

That's part of it, no doubt, but even if they dressed like nuns, they just aren't built like teenage girls. They're built like women. It's frightening. I've seen a couple of theories on it. The leading one seems to be the hormones in dairy products.

Yeah, that's what I meant...man they're developing earlier, and apparently drinking lots and lots of big boob juice.

lol, yup. All I know is wish that stuff was around when I was that age... Though I have no complaints with my current situation..

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congrats on the living through the 1 year old's birthday.. lol. Though maybe your's wasn't as painful as my Best friends kid. It wasn't really about the kid, it was about all the heckling women that attended; friends of the mother... Man it was like a baby shower, though it was funny watching his girl get cake on most of the hecklers when she started throwing it.. lol.

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there was a little iceing dripping from the roof, , she had it in her hair & in her eyes , it was Classic !!!!!

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Good morning it is Sunday May , THIRD ,2009 dammmmmm its already May, the time flys when you get old, the days drag on & On & the months & years fly right by, , seams just like yesterday I was standing in my side yard & thinking about going back to school the next day , after a summer of baseball & swimming , it was 1957 & I was going back for that one final year before I would be joining the navy to get away from the small town steelmills & make a name for myself in the kitchens of the world ,,,,,, so close yet so long ago , now I am hampered with arthritis , Poor eye sight , hard of hearing, & an iritable colon PLUS the iratable one I have been married to for 39 years , dammmmm its not easy getting old , just to dammm bad I abused this bmuch when I was a younger man , had I known it was going to be this hard I might have saved a little more for my old age , , , , , , hahahah NOW WAY , I would have enjoyed myself even more had i known I was going to be this happy in my old age hahahaha , lets face it , a pain here & there isnt as bad as missing out on the kids , & grandkids , & the extended familys that have developed over the years friends are a gift all on there own, , as the old saying went , you can pick your friends but not your relatives , well in a big way thats true, but you can mke the relatives your friends if you woirk hard enough at it , I never thought I would be still visiting my Mother in law at the nursing home, she has no idea who the hell I am or even what my name is but she is always glad to see me , she has no idea who here granddaughter is but she knows the nice lady who brings her grandsons to see her , I just hope I go out with my some what little mind I have left & not sitting in my own little world not knowing anyone .............. I got the new glasses this week & can see a bit better now than I could with the drug store readers, , they were just a pain in the nose , never was able to look over them for distance & when I put them down on the nose to do that they ended up on the floor , big chips & scratches all over them, so now I have the full size frames with a bifocal , & I am a happy camper again. ........... it has been a wet week here in da burgh , & nexxt week looks like the same old stuff, , great sleeping weather but the grass is high enough to hide in hahahaha , the birds are flocking to the feeder & DEPOSITING the leftovers on the back deck , they are great to watch & listen to , yea like I can see & hear all that well, but I do get to *** about cleaning all the crap from the bench & Rockers on the deck, why should she be the only one to have a Gripe ! hahahaha , this morings cigar was Not my usual Don Carlos #3 but I felt like some thing a lot lighter so I went with a R&J reserve real torp. , dont know why I did that , just when I pulled out the humidor , it was sitting there on my 3 finger case & I said to me self, hummmmmmm why not, the coffee was a fine new batch of kona that was light roasted this past tuesday & ground course this morning , steeped in the press pot 4.5 minutes , ahhhhhh a great pot of coffee, i have a little montescristo coffee to try this after noon , I have no idea who grows this stuff or where it was roasted or how long ago , but it was free .............. never say NO to a free pound of coffee , till you try it one time anyhow, , the grounds can still go in the compost pile hahahaha since today is sunday I will cooking a little bit, I picked up a few rib steaks & have had them marinading for a few hours now, a little olive oil, peppers onions & garlic they will hit the grill some time after 4 Pm today , roasted corn on the cob for a side & I might just fry up some onions & peppers to add as a garnish for the steak ...... the boss & I went to see the Soloist yeaterday , dammmmmmmm moving & a great story the local newspaper critic gave it 1.5 stars out of 5 , I wonder if we saw the same movis, maybe she has become a bit jadded in her movie watching as she suffers through them all at the maulti plex, dammm what a tuff job watching movies & telling people what you thiunk about them,,,,, almost as tuff as my job sitting on my formerly large rear end, smoking a fine or not so fine cigar , sipping coffee & single malt scotch & telling people what I thougt about that cigar , dammmm getting paid to do what i love to do, hummmmmm I just wonder if I could ever make any "real" money doing it hahahaha ................. I hit a turkey crossing the road on my way to work one morning this week, 22 pounds of Hen Turkey , smashed the grill ,hood & windshield, , but it was soup that night hahahahaha , the glass is allready replaced & the aprasior is going to look at the car monday morning , looks like I might get a new paint job on the hood !,,,,,,,,,,,, 177K 9 years old, it almost seams like a government bail out for something way to old to spend any money on . BUT I have been paing my premiums all the years so I guess I get a little back , & a free range Wild Turkey on top of it all ! , well that about all I have time & space for today , if anything pops up during the week , check back for updates, I will be going on a cigar crawl May 16th, check it out at www.cigarcrawl.com this will be the 11th. one & I have made 10 in a row , yea baby its party time !! Enjoy, Vince

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Good Morning , it is Sunday May 10th, Mothers day , 2009, so a happy Mothers day to all you MOTHERS , so when is Mothers day ? 9 months AFTER fathers day ! hahahaha it been a slow week here in da burgh, the Hockey team is keeping pace but the baseball team , well lets just say I might as well be a Cubs fan ! I feel your pain !!! , we had a good week at the shop , a few new faces & a few out of towners we able to stop in a have a cigar or 2 & there was a batchlor party there last night, I stopped in for a few minutes to "Check " on the party, , , , it was the LAMEST batchlor party I was ever at, some DUMB@$$ brought his Girlfriend to the party , like taking a sandwich to a banquet , Dumb@$$ for sure !!! well I have been putting in a lot of hours at the shop , havent had much time to do anything but work sleep & eat, , , , didnt get to spend any time with the grandsons this week as they were BUSY doing what ever 11 & 13 Year Olds do , No time for the OLD folks hahahaha , & speaking of OLD folks my mother in law is still kicking , she might not remember your name but she is still going strong, , 3 laps arround the hall way of the home is one mile, she must make 20 trips a day , No walker, no idea where she is going but she is bound & determined to get where ever she has in her mind that she is going, yep its just arround the next bend ! .............. since its mothers day , barb wants the standard HUNK OF BEEF , so i will be getting it on soon, dammmmmmm I wish I could talk her into a hunk of veal ,chicken,lamb,or pork some times , BEEF its whats for Dinner ! I got a nice little checkm from the car insurance , that road kill turkey not only had a nice taste but put 135 bucks in my pocket , got a grill from the junk yard for 20 bucks , Bingo , all is fixed ... Not much else going on , the H1N1 bug has not hit me or anyone in my family , YET ................ But younever know, being in the shop, handling the money all day , YEA I wish it was "all day " & being in a smoke filled enviorment all day , sucking down a "few dozen "Cigars a week might not be the best thing for the lungs, BUT you got to die of something , sooner or later, it might as well be something you enjoy hahahaha The grass is looking a little shabby, but with all the rain its way to wet to cut, yea like I would be out there even if it was dry hahahaha , I enjoy living here in the farm country, BUT I think I might be signing up for a lawn service soon, Not that I would cut the grass my self, But she is getting up in years now & with BOTH knees all ready replaced, a hip thats going to be replaced , I think its time to sell the mower & weed wacker & just pay some Professional or a kid to do it ! , the grandsons should get first choice to bid on the job, but then I would have to keep the mower & pick them up feed them & take them home, Hummmmmm, maybe I should just get a lawn service hahahahaha ............ The mutant Mastiff has learned a new trick, he lays on his side in the grass & just lifts his leg, & lets it fly, he isnt Motavated enough to even get up to PEE, dammmm how lazy can you get ?????? not much else going on here in da burgh, catch you all next Sunday , as it will be the day AFTER the cigar crawl so I might not get it posted all that early, so check back later in the day next sunday for the cigar crawl update , Enjoy, Vince

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nice post vince. the bachelor party seemed pretty lame, I mean she could have done a strip tease or something. Paying someone would probably be cheaper to cut your lawn after all the bs that is involved with family. though you could do what my uncle use to do when I was a lad, just make me come over (ride my bike) give me a lawn mower and said, get goin'. All I ever got was some lemonade or water.

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Ummm ,,,brought his girlfriend to the party? I thought you went to a batchelor party to get away from girlfriends.....must be that sensitevity BS ...

What??? I'm sensitive ..........to bee stings and lightning strikes ...my big 'ol a$$ ...

vince, i would rather have had your job on mothers day than mine. nothing like a mothers day in the restaurant biz to wear you out.

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Been there DONE that, 40 F****** years , now its time for me to go out for a change, BUT NO she wants it cooked at home , BS! hahahaha Enjoy, Vince

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gmill880:

Ummm ,,,brought his girlfriend to the party? I thought you went to a batchelor party to get away from girlfriends.....must be that sensitevity BS ...

I dont think she trusted him !!!!

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phobicsquirrel:

nice post vince. the bachelor party seemed pretty lame, I mean she could have done a strip tease or something. Paying someone would probably be cheaper to cut your lawn after all the bs that is involved with family. though you could do what my uncle use to do when I was a lad, just make me come over (ride my bike) give me a lawn mower and said, get goin'. All I ever got was some lemonade or water.

I wish I could get away with that, I used to cut both of my grandparents lawns, & got stuck with a few aunts & uncles, a few times , never did get much more than food & water & a Big kiss , on the forehead, yea I wish I could get the grandsons to do it but evey one has there hand out, what happened to help thy grandfathers? hahaha

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this weeks posting will be a little late, I just got up & need a few QUARTS of coffee to recover from the cigar crawl weekend, check it out at www.cigarlcrawl.com , look for the up date as soon as later today or maybe by thursday , who knows , check back often , this is known as a tease or a come back to the BS ! hahaha Enjoy, Vince

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Hello Sports fans & welcome to the Sunday morning smoke , just a weee bit late, its monday Night & I have sort of recovered from the weekend ! it was a Glorious weekend the 11th anniual western Pa cigar crawl & weekend scotch fest , so lets get started with the regulare BS , spelling not included, .... the week was a blur getting ready for the week end so lets just pass on the food, coffee, & family BS & I will poick it up with my Buddy big bob comming in for the weekend this thursday........... havent seen him since last cigar crawl, he is in mississippi , dammm I think I might have spelled it right well I did forget the capital , , , , , , well , we had a few drinks & a few cigars & he went back home to his parents place & we took his car up & dropped it off at the pittsburgh chop house, ( the reason will be clear later) , well we went back to the cigar shop in Monaca & picked up a few more guys for our trip North to sharon Pa , the starting place of the crawl... checked in the hotel, found the bar took our stuff to the room & returned to the bar, , OK off we go to the Penn Ohio Cigar shop , & Quaker Steak & Lub , a BBQ wing joint & BAR ........ the evening festivitys are in full swing we have reservations for 40 people, we show up, there are strangers in our seats, we had reservations for 8 Pm & the place had been wall to wall since 5 Pm, the interlopers were still there, , the manager thought they would be done by the time we got there, hahahaha, beer & wings in & out in 2.5 Hours, Never going to happen ! , so we were stuck for a place to get together as a group, they did open a small area up for us but it was a non smoking area, that lasted all of 13.2 seconds , pull out the 3 finger case, with a brandy snifter in hand, clip & light a monte #2 contraband cigar with out spilling a drop of the 16 YO Laugavulin ............. & this is after 4 laugavulins all ready, ahhh it pays to Practice ! , so there we are , & the waitstaff is over welmed, the kitchen is under staffed & the food is taking for ever, & we are getting louder all the time, soon the food shows up & it is a real CLUSTERF**K , , no one had any idea we were going to be there, execpt the catering manager, he told the approiate people we were going to be there but No one staffed the place like it should have been,m the Bar tender who was working was the same bar tender we hire for the bus on Saturday & she knew when she saw the schedual that it was going to be a BAD night , I have been at this place many times & the food is top notch, well a few trainees could have done a better job, it was BAD just to be nice, & my Buddies were so discusted with the service they all walked out & stuk me with the check, , I paid for the Bar tap & told the bouncer to KMA if he wanted any of the money for the food witch was still on my plate, , he looed at what we were served & agreed he wouldnt pay for it himself.... problem solved, now to get even with my "BUDDIES" for sticking me with a C Note plus bar tab ! hahahaha well the night was winging along & we all went back to the hotel & thes hospitality room, More cigars & more Booze, , I went back to the room about midnight & fell asleep asap , the alarm is set for 6 AM .............. Bingo its morning & time for a shower & a weee dram, the resturaunt , ( a differnt one ) is in the hotel, now this is the place that forgot we were comming last year & didnt have a breakfast cook shedualled & I made breakfast for the crew & got charged for my own food ! , dammmthat wasa BS move on the part of the management ( who didnt show up either ) , so we get pancakes that have been sitting under a heat lamp & are the consistancy of Hockey pucks shaped like a Frisby ............. I should have cooked again ! , NEXT year I will ! if we go back there next year ! so the Bus shows up, the driver is one of my regular customers , so it looks like it just might be a good day, well , , , , , for the most part it was, BUT I digress, we all get on the bus & go to our first stop, Penn Ohio Cigar shop , & George is READY for us the coffee is made the dounuts are out the girls working have the Hooters Up front & accounted for & we have a great time, back on the bus to stop #2 , Klafters wharehouse in New castle Pa , lots of specials, 4 cigar reps are there with all the new stuff, , just like a kid in a candy shop ! , back on the bus to head for lunch, RESERVATIONS for 55 ...... , places are set, But no one behind the bar, No wait staff, NO food out, we are 20 miutes standing in the parking lot, the kitchen is ready , but no one but the souse chef 7 one line cook are there, No servers , no buss people , no bar tenders, every one is running late , , Now this is the third place we were eating in this weekend, with one more to go & it is again a CLUSTERF**K, well are 12:55 the bar tender shows up, & dammm it was worth the wait, Great hooters, short skirt & CAMANDO ............., the food came out on time & it was great, & I ate to much so what else is new ! hahaha, it started to rain & we headed to KING BEAVER CIGARS , just 5 minutes away, , for a change EVERYTHING WAS READY, I guess I traind my staff well , or maybe it was just time taht things went well for us ! , ( put your money on LUCK not Training hahaha ) , we made fun of the all the first time crawlers ( Nubies) , one had to keep a powdered sugar donut in a plactic bag hung arround his neck all day , others were pack mules for the vets & others were door stops & beer carriers , they all got stomped on hard when they fell asleep, WEDDGIE, Dammmmm thats had to hurt ! hahahaha , dont fall asleep leaning forward with thy tops of you jockys abouve the waist band of the dockers , DAMMMM that had to open up the sinus passages hahahaha , Ok so now were back on the bus heading for our next stop, ( check out www.cigarcrawl.com ) for the exact itenerary of course caddie shack was on the VCR , Hurry fast forward to the T1Ts .... Ok we are heading back to the city & we get stuck in a traffic jam, 45 minutes & then the driver misses his turn & we have to go about 5 miles out of our way to get the bus turned arrond, , so we get there a little late , well it was a quick stop, I was able to pop in a bath & body shop, picked up some fancy soap & lotions for the wife ( I need all the brownie points I can get ) & we are off, Lat sop, , great pplace, lots of coffee scotch & cigars, a little bigger than king Beaver, But the humidor is a lot smaller , , great selection for the shop , & I got a candle for the wife, again More Brownie points & we were off to the Chop House for a HUNK of PRIME RIB , & it was worth the trip , dammm you could still see the wip marks on the meat where the jocky had been hitting it 20 minutes before , & it was SOOOO GOOOOD , well the dinner was Fantastic & the bar was well stocked & the cigars were being smoked by all, the cake was wonderful & service was great, Now we have been on the bus since 8 AM, it is now almost 12:30 AM the rain has stopped & we are abot 75 /90 Minuts from the starting poing hotel, & Thats WHY we left a Car there on Friday, just 20 Minuts from the cigar shop & Home base, for me, .... a lot of Tired drunks had an hour ride north , & then stay the night OR drive back home, well we saved the trip North, & went home , all in all it was a GRAND time, looking Forward ro WPCC # 12 next year ! Enjoy, Vince

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