I was sitting in the Qtr.Deck, when the big blow hit, the power went out & I was stuck in there as I wasnt able to see the door hahahaha , the music stopped & the wind howled, I did get the windows closed before any damage was done , I had a Full mug of coffee, a bottle of single malt & 2 , 3 finger pocket keepers both full & I had a fine double corona from Uncle fidel in my hand , My wife was at the daughters baby sitting the grandsons, I didnt go as I most always do but she was ready to go before I was & I told her just go with out me , so she did , that gave me the evening all to my self, I ended up out there most of the night , but it was a TUFF day at work on Monday , not much sleep & a fair amount of single malt ! & no power at the shop, it was back on before the day was over , but I didnt get any power at home for a few days , it wasnt much fun !

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we got it here down the road too. just a few branches down. nothing serious. A few houses had some damage down the street but nothing on my block.

work was bad for me though the next few days. We had power and a lmost nobody around us did. everyone needed food because their fridges had all thawed and food was spoiled. we were open. we doubled out usual monday and tuesday sales. I was worn out but i made some good money. love the OT!

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Good morning , it is Sunday 28 Sept. '08 & we have been invaded by STINK BUGS , there here thats all I can say, they are EVERY PLACE you look, , this little import from Asia has no known enemys here , dosent stay away from cigar smoke , citronilla , RAID or moth balls , they are harmless, & dont bite BUT when you smash them or they Feel threated, they let out this sticky GOOOO that Stinks like hell, the Birds dont eat them, you cant smash them but they are comming in the bathroom exaust fan covering the doors & windown & just making a MESS of everything, they have my wife freeked out so bad , I think I might need to medicate her , they fly & land on everything & anything, , we cant sit out on the back deck with out a fly swatter , & then you get the smell, , & I thought living next to a cow pasture was bad, this is 10 times worse ! OH well it is Cool & rainy this morning & Sept is almost over , the election BS is in full swing & I did listen to the canidates for a few minutes Friday Night , who won? well the American People DID NOT WIN , if this is the best we have to offer............. well I have listened to a bunch of 10 & 12 year olds who didnt wine about each other & carry on better conversations than McCain & Obama ............... BAIL OUT OF WALL STREET ... SOCIALISUM at its worst, , NO golden retirement plans for the CEO's , incarseration for a few of them , run the company into the ground & get a 25 million dollar BONUS .. Dammm I hate to get political with the postting but they JUST PISS ME OFF ! RANT OVER so lets get back to the stink bugs , if ANYONE has any idea what to do with them, or how to get rid of them PLEASE post smonthing about it ! we have had a dry week since the BIG BLOWJOB from IKE , but last night we did get a little thunder & a nice light rain, the grass is growing again . dammmm is that all I am going to do this morning COMPLANE? , who knows I just type in what comes to mind , well I have been up for one hour all ready & havent even put the coffee on, dammmm I am slipping , the KONA is ready to grind BUT I am not, just cant seam to get motivated this morning, so far today I have went out to the end of the driveway & brought the sunday paper in , , didnt even open it up & look at the headlines . But I did catch a little blurb on the radio last night that we should all smoke one for Paul Numan ,,,,,,,,, Cool Hand LUKE , Butch Cassidy the STING , RIP PAUL. I have a nice pair of T Bones for the grill this afternoon, & a sweet potato to grill right along with themjust a little herb rub for the beef & olive oil for the spuds , add a little heat & soon a wonderfull meal will be on the table the shop was busy but the sales are slower this month than we were hoping for but we have started to load up for the Holiday season, lets just hope that wall street rebounds & Main street gets a lift ........OR ...... I might have a WHOLE LOT OF CIGARS TO SMOKE hahahahaha The Boys are being boys,, the older one is taking a class at the local comunity college for some sort of computer cartoon program, & the younger one is learning to play BATMAN on the base gutar............. dammmmmmmm ! so here we are the end of september & all I have been doing this past week was work at the shop & get rid of BUGs the rest of the time I grabbed an H.Upman Signature corona this morning ,,,,,,,,,,,,, dont know why , but I will give it a shot this morning the Boss just got up, seams like I was typing to loud & I woke her well I didnt even make coffee yet as I didnt want to wake her up, , the computer is as far away fro the bed room as it can be BUT I managed to get her started all ready .................. 38 years of this ? dammm I must be a masocist !!!! well if you have any idea on what to do with the bugs, the dammmmm birds dont ever like them please post some thing to help me get rid of them, they made the news here in da burgh so every one is loaded Enjoy, Vince

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agreed on the entire political rant.


...i want t-bones

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Vince I wish I had somethign for you on the stink bugs. I hate those things! Never heard anything that works on them damn things. As far as your political rant .... agreed.

I had a SUnday morning smoke myself, sat out on the back deck with a Sol Cubano Maduro and the paper. I might do this more often. It was great to read the paper and relax with a good stick. It was much milder than I expected and wasn't a great cigar but it was pretty good. I'd call it a medium bodied stick with a lot of woodsy and oak flavors. Enjoyable but not great ...

Good Luck with the stinkers Vince.

Buy some spiders or praying mantises, maybe?

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kuzi16:

agreed on the entire political rant.


...i want t-bones

they were just OK, the marinade was just OK, nothing special, just a little good seasons Italian, & a little extra crushed garlic, but the yams were great , nice char on the skin & a smokey flavor , left overs monday !!!

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madurofan:

Vince I wish I had somethign for you on the stink bugs. I hate those things! Never heard anything that works on them damn things. As far as your political rant .... agreed.

I had a SUnday morning smoke myself, sat out on the back deck with a Sol Cubano Maduro and the paper. I might do this more often. It was great to read the paper and relax with a good stick. It was much milder than I expected and wasn't a great cigar but it was pretty good. I'd call it a medium bodied stick with a lot of woodsy and oak flavors. Enjoyable but not great ...

Good Luck with the stinkers Vince.

that is a nice stick for the sunday paper, I havent read anything in our local rag other than the funnies for a long time, the editor is a regular customer & we beat him up every week when he shows up, he is a good sport about it & he has a classic Mustang rag top we tell him show some balls on the editorial page & dont sugar coat the local political coruption that is going on, but I guess they spend a lot of money advertising so he dosent want to kill the golden calf ! well I did find a web site for an exterminator that has a spray, but 20 bucks for a 14 ounce can, dammmmm, I hit one bug with a direct shot of raid & it flew away, dont know when or if it killed it, hit a wasp with the stuff, BAM, right to the ground, well its back to the fly swatter hahahaha

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It was a really good stick fro the paper, I don't know if I'd enjoy it in a different scenario but it was good for this one.

I tend to stay away from the political pages in our paper. I read the Sports section and the funnies. I also read some really cool articles that were just world observation pieces, nothing political, just interesting stuff. kept me happy.

Damn thats a lot of money for some bug killer, especially if i didn't work.

pyrethrum will kill 'em... but I'm not sure if it does anything about the eggs... Lots of weeds or a garden near the house maybe?

pyrethrum itself is cheap, but you'll want a good fogger... If you can find someplace to rent one it can probably be done cheap... Otherwise a lower end fogger will probably run you around $100...

If nothing else, just eat 'em... Apparently they make a great source of nutrition... LMAO!

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Luko:

Just keep in mind if you do, you're pissing off a dude who shaves with a sword.

Vince, you own a tobacco shop?

madurofan:

Vince, you own a tobacco shop?

No one ever owns a shop, it owns you !!!! Now if you want to open one I will be glad to help & if you have the right amount of CASH I can arrange to sell you Building & All hahahaha King Beaver Cigars 1106 Penna. Ave. Monaca, Pa 15042 724-774-5166 I open up weekdays at 10:30 AM , Noon on Saturday, Closed on Sunday most of the time anyhow. I close on Monday & Tuesday at 6 WED. I have a guy come in at 5 & he stays till 8 on Thursday a different guy stays till 9 & on Fridays I have some one open at 10:30 for me & I come in at 3 & stay till 11PM , its BYOB every Friday , , I dont go in on Saturday if I can help it , we rotate about 4 guys on Saturday so I can trade a day away when I come to the top of the list hahahaha Enjoy, Vince

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Damn Vince how did I not know this .. hmmm this is bringing an interesting idea to my head about kuzipalooza.

madurofan:

Damn Vince how did I not know this .. hmmm this is bringing an interesting idea to my head about kuzipalooza.

Change it to Vinceapalooza and have it at Vince's shop? Much shorter drive for me, maybe 30-45 min. Which means the money I would save in gas, I clearly would have to use to buy some gars for y'all. Something to chew on.

Luko:

madurofan:

Damn Vince how did I not know this .. hmmm this is bringing an interesting idea to my head about kuzipalooza.

Change it to Vinceapalooza and have it at Vince's shop? Much shorter drive for me, maybe 30-45 min. Which means the money I would save in gas, I clearly would have to use to buy some gars for y'all. Something to chew on.

How far is Vince's shop from kuzi and would it still be on duty's way?