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Re: THE NEWBIE WELCOMING THREAD
Cigar types:
bloody awful
yardgars
i'd smoke it again
box-worthy
savin'it for a special occasion
Re: Ava maria and man o war
I have several of the Argentum in Morning Star. Love 'em. Great flavor.
Hawks
Re: you can't make this stuff up
Researchers Find Cocaine In Every Single Shrimp Tested In England’s Waterways
https://allthatsinteresting.com/england-cocaine-contamination
Re: THE NEWBIE WELCOMING THREAD
@OmgFrigginMike said:
@silvermouse said:
@ShawnOL said:
Hello, Mike. Plan on spending 4-5 dollars per stick on smokes in the ppassable category. 5 Vegas is something you will outgrow quickly.Now I want to smoke a 5Vegas, I think I have some A or AAAs in the Iris boxes. If I recall they were good yardwork smokes.
What exactly do you mean by yardwork smokes? As in you don’t sit back relax and pair it with a drink or it’s so garbage you use it to feed the yard? 😅
Yard work for me is usually mowing, pruning trees and bushes, raking leaves, hanging laundry, gardening, splitting wood etc. I don't have much time for sitting back and relaxing and no longer drink.
Re: What are you reading?
The world’s most dangerous tree is in Florida. Here’s how it could kill you
Re: THE NEWBIE WELCOMING THREAD
@Vision said:
@OmgFrigginMike said:
Hey guys I wish I would have seen this first thing but…. I’m Mike gonna be 38 on Tuesday(12th) and just starting to get serious about the cigar world. I’ve smoked a couple here and there when friends have given me one but couldn’t tell you what they were. I just ordered my first ~60 in mostly 5 packs and singles and a couple cigarillos to try too. I have 2 kids I’m into Motorcycles(2018 heritage) and video games! Looking to make some friends I can bullshit with and bounce questions off of.PC gamer or Console? Which games?
Ps5 but honestly I haven’t been able to play as much as I like lately. I picked up a second job because my daughter needed braces/surger+ is almost 16 and looking at mustangs and boys 🤮
Games of choice are Diablo II & IV, GTA and mostly story driven games anymore. Just finished cyberpunk a month or two ago but games take me forever to complete nowadays
Re: Kinda cool
They’re different measurements. A light year is the distance light travels in a year.
Rdp77
Re: Kinda cool
I love reading things about space and astronomy... until I don't. I always makes my head go 'on tilt' and then it makes me frustrated. I just read this about Betelgeuse. Where we see it now at a distance of 640 light-years seems very far away, and it is, but then I remind myself that the Milky Way is 100,000 light-years across.
If this is accurate, Betelgeuse exploded over 600 million years ago -- the show is just now nearing Earth... It's taken that long for the light to get here!
Something incredible is brewing in the constellation Orion, and the entire universe might be about to put on the most dramatic show ever. The star Betelgeuse, a massive red supergiant located around 640 light-years away, is reaching the final stages of its life.
This star is no ordinary space object. It’s 10 to 20 times more massive than the Sun, and it’s been burning through its nuclear fuel at an intense rate. In recent years, especially during the 2019–2020 dimming events, Betelgeuse has shown strange and unpredictable behaviour. These flickers and dips in brightness have scientists on edge, wondering if the long-expected supernova is finally near.
If Betelgeuse explodes, it will release an unimaginable amount of energy, briefly shining brighter than entire galaxies. And here’s the exciting part. The supernova explosion will be visible from Earth, even during the daylight hours, and could last for weeks or even months as a blazing point of light in the sky.
There is no danger to Earth since Betelgeuse is far enough away, but the event will be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle. The explosion will also enrich space with heavier elements, spreading the building blocks of new stars and planets into the cosmos.
Astronomers around the world are constantly watching Betelgeuse, checking for brightness changes and other signs that might hint at the final collapse. Whether it happens in our lifetime or centuries from now, one thing is certain. When Betelgeuse goes supernova, it will be the most spectacular event ever recorded by humanity in the night sky.
peter4jc