Sunday morning from PITTSBURGH Pa

[vince]

Hi Vince, any chance of changing your fonts. Would like to enjoy your posts but find green, bold, italic really hard to read for more than a sentence.

Is this any better? I need the bold fonts to see them on my end , the eyes are just not as good as they were 40 years ago .....
Enjoy, Vince

[eggopp]

Your sunday mornings sound fab Vince !!

[monkey66]

Much better for me

Is this any better? I need the bold fonts to see them on my end , the eyes are just not as good as they were 40 years ago .....
Enjoy, Vince

[G-man]

F Ben

Go Pens

[satch]

Great stuff Vince. Your shop sounds a good place to visit.

[Lee Nub]

Another great post, I have a Dogue de Bordeaux , a french mastiff , who weighs in about the same as yours, but my bugger doesn't listen to anyone.

[vince]

he isnt mine, he belongs to my son in law , daughter & there family, strong as a BULL dumb as a stump , all he knows is FEED ME....... hahaha

[larrysputnik]

That was quite a run-on sentence my friend.

Sorry, the elementary teacher in me comes out sometimes when on this forum. I'm better off to keep him at bay.


Go Pens!

(I shall visit the shop soon Vince. I swear! )

[vince]

That was quite a run-on sentence my friend.

Sorry, the elementary teacher in me comes out sometimes when on this forum. I'm better off to keep him at bay.


Go Pens!

(I shall visit the shop soon Vince. I swear! )

I was not an english major, 40 years in the kitchen , but i did teach at a culinary school for a short time, didnt get enough hours to make a good income, 20/25 hours a week was all I was getting, , great part time money but having a class at 6am 3 days a week & an 8 pm class one day a week made for a LONG day, should have picked a different line of work But i loved every minute of it, , I was one of the highest paid dish washers in the USA, so many times the dish washer would come in drunk or just not come in , I had a good staff so I went to the scullery & kept the line in clean pots & pans & some times did a few dishes & cutlery hahaha, but NOW thats all behind me , I just show up at the cigar shop, open up, fill the humidors , listen to the CD's or the Tv , smoke, & sip coffee, might even get a weee dram of scotch in on a good day , wait on a few customers & be the cranky old man I am hahahaha , every one gets treated with the same amount of contempt ! hahaha

[vince]

Good morning, it is Sunday second day of May 2010, a warm wet day here in da burghts been a slow week newswise here , same old stuff, big ben rothlessburgher is embarrised , the Pirates won 3 games in a row after loosing 7 , & the Pens won the first game in the second round of the stanley cup playoffs, , I have no idea what they did last night or if they even played, I havent pickup up the sunday paper or turned on the news yet today,
we had a fair week at the shop, but a KICK @$$ Friday night , lots of coffee was consumed as well as a bottle of Laugavulin 16 Y.O. single malt , DEVINE , that all I can say !!
2 of our local highschools are merging , to be come just one larger school district, so all the sports teams are merging into one, well that leaves the coaching staff over populated , sdo the jobs were opened up for bidding , & the school board has to "Hire" the new staff, well the basketball coach is a 31 year veteran , with 462 wins,301 losses a state title , a No nonsence hard nosed old school coach, he was a state champ as a player back in the late 60's so he knows what it takes to be a winner, , he presented the board his records , along with 20 plus letters from former players , some who graduated from Harvard ,Yale , Penn, West Point , & other Fine institutions of higher learning , I read a few of the letters & it gave me chills that this man was so infuential in his art of coaching basketball , he changed a lot of lives , instilled leadership , teamwork & loyality in his players, well if you know where I am headed with this you are correct, the coach from the school that was merging , is a young carefree , new idea man with a father on the school board , his record is 32 wins & 102 losses , has no idea how to lead let alone instill values in his players, he shows up at the practice in shorts & sandels, has no morals , has been seen in the local pubs drunk, , hey i like a wee dram here & there but I dont get $hitfaced drunk & fight with other patrons at the bar, , so you understand where this is leaning, yep the guy with daddy on the school board gets the job, & GETS a RAISE over what they were paying the ood WINNING coach , he was to hard on the players , all he thought about were the better payers & he was tuff on my son , cry babys all, you show up ON TIME, you will tuck in your shirt, you will give 100 % all the time , you will keep up you grades , you will not Embarass yourself your family & the school, , they were asked if winning was importaint, the old coach said it was THIRD, behind you family & your Faith in GOD, the young free thinker said it didnt matter , one way or the other as long as every one played & had a good time, yea good for the 6 year olds who dont keep score but this is a time to be a MAN & step up & have some backbone injected to youe attitude , needles to say if your daddy has the pull you will get the job no matter how un prepaired to do the job. ........ dammmm I should write a letter to the newspaper ...... but I dont live in that new school dristrict so I will let some one who has been screwed buy the school board to do it ........
I was at the market last night & saw some great looking asparagas, white purple & green, all about the size of your little finger , they are going on the smoker soon , a light smoke , most likely apple wood then a few shrimp added to the smoker, finished off with some stir fry veggies & a pint of Murphys stout,( in a glass not in the pan !), , should make a great lunch , a Partagas series D #4 with a little more coffee & a wee dram , of malt whisky & I should be fine till its time to pull out the Beef roast for supper
, its in the oven & should be ready about 5/6 PM , or so, made sooner maybe later, depends on how late we want to eat, , thats up to the BOSS, well its time for me to fire up a second pot , the KONA is empty so I will try a little moka java , or a nice bright Italian roast columbian bean with a touch of lemon peal in the cup , on second thought a little Barizillian santos might hit the spot , but I have just a few ounces of a mexican delight & cant remember the name of it & am to dammm lazy to get up & go look , , but I can finish it & get something different out to roast this afternoon, , hummm roasting coffee sipping scotch, & smoking cigars , what a better way to spend a sunday afternoon . Enjoy, Vince

[Habana-Habanos]

Great post!

[larrysputnik]

The Pens lost today by the way. No matter. They'll kick ass again on Tuesday.

[vince]

The Pens lost today by the way. No matter. They'll kick ass again on Tuesday.

WELL what happened on Tuesday ?

[larrysputnik]

They kciked ass! Feury got a shutout finally. Game 4 is tonight. Go Pens!

[G-man]

Its been over 150 + game sinces the M C got shutout at home in the playoffs
Go Pens !