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Alph, Welcome. I'm new here myself. We had a Golden Retriever also, and two cats, they dropped off as our son was growing up. The last animal passed on a couple of years ago, just before the kid went to college. We may get another animal, maybe a cat or a smaller dog. Our dog did the same...

Great idea. Vegas is mind kind of place! :) We were just there the weekend before Thanksgiving. I'll have a clearer picture in mid-January as to see whether the Mrs. and I can make it. Did you have a particular venue in mind? FA

Backslide, I just joined today myself, and was given a great reception. :) Welcome from another newbie. Regards, FA

Glad you enjoyed Downing Street, though on Thu night it can get quite crowded, as that tends to be "meat market" night. Not necessarily a bad thing. :D Regards, FA P.S. I just posted pics, living proof that the wife does enjoy. Click on the www below.

Apologies, but I didn't write down the number. It was mild smoke, but a bit stronger than Butera [which is my usual daytime smoke] Regards, FA

Thanks everybody for the greetings. :) Current pics are posted on yahoo, you can see I am older now than in the pic with "The Gipper". If you click on the www box below, it will take you to the yahoo photos site. There is an option there called "slide show" which enlarges the pics and then...

Thanks for the welcome. I really didn't expect such a friendly response from everyone. :) Just trying to return the greetings to the individual posters as a courtesy. I'll put a link in my bio so y'all can put a more recent face to my notes. I am on "holiday", which is why I have the time...

I tried an Onyx Reserve this afternoon for the first time. This is actually one of my wife's cigars that I stole out of her tiny section of my humidor. It was pretty good. :) Regards, FA

I know what you mean. Happiness is...when the kids have left home and the pets have died. :D As for Texas, c'mon down. I told myself I would never live here. Now we just love it here. It's "home" now. And it's actually very civilized, but yet still wide open. :) The kids even wear...

I was in his native land last on April 11, 2002 dodging bullets. Not a very pleasant day for Caracas with the coup/counter-coup. My business is about dead over there now, and I don't see a recovery for a while. :( Regards, FA

And I like the "low cut" on that blouse! :D Thanks for the welcome. FA

Nope. But gosh if there is another casino poker player here, I sure would like to meet him. Lousiana is the closest for me to get a live game, but the fact is that Gardena is the poker capital of the world. Mrs. Four Aces is a pretty good card player also. Regards, FA

Yep, lots of horror stories in the oil patch. I remember folks in Houston running away from mortgages. Just packed up and left. Pull up a U-haul, fit in what you can, and drive away. Usually back to Michigan! :D :D The traffic did get better, at least for a while. :D Thanks for the...

Well the "women" part probably got your attention. I have found the best way to get "Mrs. Four Aces" to tolerate my cigar smoking is to invite her to smoke with me. Women tend to be much more into "atmosphere" than men, so I find taking her to a few nice cigar bars or restaurants with cigar...

Lumberg, What you are experiencing is common, at least it used to happen to me quite a bit, even on high quality cigars like Padron Anni's. Your technical analyses is also correct, at least from an engineer's viewpoint. What I do to combat this is roll the cigar between my fingers as the burn...

I am a Padron addict. My favorite is the Padron 1964 in natural. Others are the 1926 in natural, 1964 in maduro, and any x,000 Padron. I also like Butera. Yesterday, to celebrate the capture, I had a Butera followed by a 1926 Padron. I enjoy my smokes at a local smoke shop, that is also...

PuroBrat, I will be in Richardson in early January for some volunteer work I do for the Society of Petroleum Engineers [SPE]. They are located in Richardson on Palisades Creek Dr. I usually stop at least one night at Del Frisco's and order a porterhouse steak. There is a nice cigar room next...

I do get up there, my sister now lives in Piedmont. Nice area. Regards, FA

I know Arcadia. I get out there often. I was in Commerce in September playing poker at the Commerce Casino. It's right off of the freeway just past The Citadel. I visit the card rooms in the Gardena area as well. My old neighborhood in L.A. is around the intersections of Washington &...

I was born in CA. In the bowels of L.A. :angry: John Adams Jr. High, 30th St and Hope. Do you know the area?? :D Texas is home now, but I do visit L.A. frequently. :D