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TommyBB · 05-15-2019, 06:14 AM

It has been a busy couple of days, here, my son's girlfriend's father and stepmother were here for her graduation. Keith came over and boiled crawfish.
Had a PSD#4, Brick House, and I think one other.

On Monday walking them around the French Quarter of New Orleans, stopped at Jibaro88's ( I THINK that is Armando's CW handle) Crescent City Cigar Shop, had an Elogio Maduro belicoso. Really good cigar, but there was a plug near the cut. I cut it twice, then had to dig in there with my little pocket knife before I could really get a nice draw.

CSMAnderson · 05-16-2019, 12:51 AM

As soon as I finish this post, I'm going to enjoy a Perdomo 20th Anniversary Torpedo.

KatDad · 05-16-2019, 08:01 AM

Last night, one of my go to smokes, an Oliva Serie G Cameroon torpedo.

BigO · 05-16-2019, 08:44 AM

Doing Laundry, activating a new phone and smoking baby backs. As soon as I dispatch Sprint, I am going to have a Xirvivor robusto maduro out on the deck. Just need to tend the fire until the girls get home. Then, all hell is going to break loose. 2 final exams, two movie reviews (Streetcar Named Desire and Forrest Gump).
Thank the Lord There are only school days left and 2 early dismissals. I'm almost as burned out as the girls and I don't even have to turn anything in.

BigO · 05-16-2019, 09:01 AM

And, you know, I was part of the first generation of people to have to use and improve advanced technology. I had been in the field since I was 8 years old and wrote my first program on Hollerith cards on an IBM mainframe in 1976. I am far from being a Luddite about advancing technology.

Advanced technology is like what Gandhi said about Western Civilization: "It's a good idea." Rarely are the seeming most basic functions of getting "advanced technology" to work properly are an increasingly human-based problem to solve, but what the coders think is streamlined is like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The only way the freaking model works is if you test it on engineers that don't have the perspective or even capacity to think like a regular user.

Like Twain once said: "You cannot engineer a fool-proof system because fools are so ingenious!"

Well, increasingly so, the fools are increasingly more tech-savvy and less willing to put up with the "idiot-proof" bullshit.

Technology-based "customer service" these days is about as useful as a wooden leg with a kick-stand. It's useful every now and then, but most of the time, it's more in the way.

Biff123 · 05-16-2019, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KatDad

Last night, one of my go to smokes, an Oliva Serie G Cameroon torpedo.

I love the Oliva G's. Had the Churchill today and a Cabaiguan after dinner.

ak2000 · 05-16-2019, 07:19 PM

Well that was quite the diatribe

Earlier today

And now

CSMAnderson · 05-17-2019, 11:17 AM

Espinosa Lapanja Reserva

ak2000 · 05-17-2019, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSMAnderson

Espinosa Lapanja Reserva

Which one?

Biff123 · 05-17-2019, 06:39 PM

Tat Black, Oliva G Churchill, and a Padron 5000.

05-15-2019, 06:14 AM	#331
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05-16-2019, 08:01 AM	#333
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,276	Last night, one of my go to smokes, an Oliva Serie G Cameroon torpedo. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

05-16-2019, 08:44 AM	#334
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,779	Doing Laundry, activating a new phone and smoking baby backs. As soon as I dispatch Sprint, I am going to have a Xirvivor robusto maduro out on the deck. Just need to tend the fire until the girls get home. Then, all hell is going to break loose. 2 final exams, two movie reviews (Streetcar Named Desire and Forrest Gump). Thank the Lord There are only school days left and 2 early dismissals. I'm almost as burned out as the girls and I don't even have to turn anything in. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too.

05-16-2019, 09:01 AM	#335
BigO Publisher/Owner El Chefé BBQ Guru Herf God Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Atlanta. Posts: 55,779	And, you know, I was part of the first generation of people to have to use and improve advanced technology. I had been in the field since I was 8 years old and wrote my first program on Hollerith cards on an IBM mainframe in 1976. I am far from being a Luddite about advancing technology. Advanced technology is like what Gandhi said about Western Civilization: "It's a good idea." Rarely are the seeming most basic functions of getting "advanced technology" to work properly are an increasingly human-based problem to solve, but what the coders think is streamlined is like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The only way the freaking model works is if you test it on engineers that don't have the perspective or even capacity to think like a regular user. Like Twain once said: "You cannot engineer a fool-proof system because fools are so ingenious!" Well, increasingly so, the fools are increasingly more tech-savvy and less willing to put up with the "idiot-proof" bullshit. Technology-based "customer service" these days is about as useful as a wooden leg with a kick-stand. It's useful every now and then, but most of the time, it's more in the way. __________________ Every time you think you've become too cynical, the world finds a way to teach you that the real problem is that you haven't become cynical enough Free speech is free speech is free speech. There is no qualifier. If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention. Never attribute malice to that what can be explained as stupidity. Unborn lives matter too. Last edited by BigO; 05-16-2019 at 09:26 AM.

05-16-2019, 07:19 PM	#337
ak2000 Charter Member Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,603	Well that was quite the diatribe Earlier today And now __________________ Cigars are brain food...... JLOH #19

05-16-2019, 12:51 AM	#332
CSMAnderson Herf God Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 16,356	As soon as I finish this post, I'm going to enjoy a Perdomo 20th Anniversary Torpedo.

05-17-2019, 11:17 AM	#338
CSMAnderson Herf God Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 16,356	Espinosa Lapanja Reserva

05-17-2019, 06:39 PM	#340
Biff123 Herf Meister Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canton, MI Posts: 5,118	Tat Black, Oliva G Churchill, and a Padron 5000. __________________ God Bless Our Troops

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