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Teaching 84 college freshmen each semester at a university that is more known for its party atmosphere than its educational programs has presented quite a few challenges: 1). Asking the 18 year old female students to please not come to class in a bikini top. 2). Requiring the male students to...

I used to do 2-3 a day. Now, I only have time for 2-3 a month. :(

Perhaps: 1650 "The use of tobacco is prohibited in Bavaria, Saxony, and in Zurich, but the prohibitions are ineffective. Sultan Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire decrees the death penalty for smoking tobacco: 'Where ever there Sultan went on his travels or on a military expedition his halting-...

Google Books Ngram Viewer tracks the frequency of words used in books over the centuries. It's pretty cool to type in a word and see how fashionable it was one century before falling out of favor in the next.

Yes, veterans as in ex-military. One army vet from the Vietnam era and a navy vet from the early '80s. Both turned in their first essays in all caps. They each told me it was the way they wrote in the military.

I get a lot of older students who are returning to school in my English Composition classes who use two spaces after punctuation marks. I just tell them to be consistent in its usage instead of trying to teach them the current fashion. Worst habit I've had to break concerns many of the...

It amazes me the amount of effort counterfeiters put into making the packaging more spiffy than the original, even combining four rare cigar labels in one box. :sign:

I'm a fan of it. It's not a strong as 965, but I still like them both.

Another Article on the Cigars

I've noticed a significant amount of tar on 2007 +, while only occasionally on the 2006s I have. I don't think it has anything to do with how you're storing them. ??? Not to take this thing too far off topic, but I've noticed a pretty steady decline in the quality of Fuente products over...

Yeah, no way are they gonna return the cigars. The cigars are in the US, and they are illegal, regardless of where they came from; therefore, they will be destroyed. Bulk seizures like the one described really hurt the vendors. It's much easier for the government to cut off the supply of cc...

Should possibly consider archive this post in the BST forum, or putting a sticky note so others are aware. I had no idea and it really reveals the limitations of transferring money online.

I still have a full box from 2006 . . . good to know they're smoking so well. :D I'm just grateful I didn't have to break open my box to find out. :p

Huge hit for the vendors. And possibly a bigger issue: If the gov goes after the major suppliers through mail routes they don't have to spend any of the resources investigating or launching court cases against the individuals. :(

Wow! Only three years is a joke.

The only maintenance issue I've had on my 28 bottle Urbina Design wine cooler was a failed Peltier unit. Seems the factory did not put enough of the heat absorbing material on the unit so it burned out. $30 to fix.

Thanks guys! I celebrated around noon by smoking a 1984 RyJ Cazadore. Not quite as old as I am, but close enough. :thumbs:

Opened up this email today from a vendor: Breaking Habanos News: Several high ranking managers at Habanos have recently been arrested, as far as we can ascertain, it seems to be a case of graft. At least one Central American distributor has also been arrested. Habanos have run...

It plays with reality in a much more believable manner than LOST did. I love the show, but honestly, it's so damned depressing I have a hard time watching it.