MSUDawg98

I need to start watching the local news again. (I use a GPS Spoofer to stream Chicago's locals.) For those that don't know, this is roughly an hour NNW of the Chicago suburbs. Most of that "doubling" of population comes from Illinois. It's full of upper middle-upper class vacationers who don't want to drive up to Door County and think the Dells is trashy.

The waves up there are no joke. I grew up driving charter fishing boats out onto Lake Michigan during the summer. When we didn't have paid charters I'd drive the boat wide open until we got close to our fishing spot. The captain was an ex-nuclear sub captain and I got my arse kicked for treating it like a speed boat going into 10' waves a time or two. Never did it again. Unlike my dumb arse, these people did nearly everything right yet tragedy still found them. I do wonder why they couldn't get to safe harbor/refugee or at a minimum have the kids ready to abandon ship when it got rough. It sounds like they put them down under the bow and they got trapped there. They had life jackets on and their chances would've been better up top. You can take comfort that having such a horrible combination of factors aligned means that they are now with God.

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When was the last time we played this bad in wc?

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2022???

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I'm not talking about johnsonville brats, talking about fresh made brats from a meat shop. I bought a bunch while up in Michigan recently that were frozen and brought them back home and have been grilling them and they have been great.

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When we visit family we always buy from the local meat market. We usually fill a cooler with brats and cheese on the way home.

I was going to have each of these on the 2nd/4th but it's miserable outside. My son and I beat the heat by going to the lounge so I smoked them both today. (They were dry boxed for 48 hours.)

First up was The American Churchill (pre-250 version) which I've had in my humidor (68°/65%) since February resting for this weekend. The burn evened out about an inch in but the draw felt like sucking a golf ball through a garden hose at times. It was a bit too mild for my tastes. It smoked more like a $10 rather than a $23 stick. I have a 250 in my humidor and will revisit it on Labor Day. 1/5 draw, 4/5 light, 4/5 burn, 3/5 taste


I followed it up with the CAO America 250. It's been resting for a bit over a month since purchasing the box. Upon taking off the 250 foot band there was a messed up foot. This led to a runner. The stick had a stronger retrohale but quickly moved on to a harsh taste. The draw was the polar opposite from my first with the feel of drawing air. After 3 major touchups in the first 2/3 I gave up. This smoked close to the $8/stick I paid for it. I'll let the remaining cigars rest and at the worst, they'll be nice looking cigars to offer to novices. 1/5 Draw, 2/5 Light, 1/5 Burn, 2/5 Taste


On a bright note... The shop requires a $25/person spend for non-members to access the lounge. I finally tracked down a LADC Small Batch ($34) and they recommended the Rocky Patel 30th Anniversary Toro ($27). Both are now taking the humidor space vacated by today's smokes. The tobacconist is a bit eccentric and was dressed for the holiday. His Playlist was full of Revolutionary War Era music which set a great mood for what I was smoking. Frankly if we didn't live 20 minutes away I would gladly pay the $300 monthly membership fee. It's one of the few places my son and I can talk the day away.

"Friend",

Freddy >>> TulaneLSU

Yours,
GFY

Obviously gonna feed Sami to Oba

STAY HOME TOWEL HEAD

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At least she has real, long lustrous blonde hair.

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:lol:

I have one sitting in my humidor. I'm working my way through his blends and have yet to find one that didn't have great construction. In fact we're going on vacation in a few weeks and MF will be the only sticks I pack.

Is this the end of the vision? Or is this setting up for Bronson to take his shot at Seth? It feels like that whole faction was existing only to attack Seth.