GOLF: U.S. OPEN -Tiger Woods- can he play again?
Woods finds a will and a way
World No. 1 wins 14th major in dramatic playoff, but has to fight through pain and a never-say-die opponent
LORNE RUBENSTEIN
rube@sympatico.ca
June 17, 2008
It wasn’t long after Tiger Woods had won the U.S. Open Championship yesterday in a playoff over Rocco Mediate when he said it was his most meaningful victory. [...]
Famous Cigar Smokers
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Throughout his long life, Churchill nourished England with his battlefield bravery, political courage and prolific writing, and nourished himself with the best food, drink and cigars he could find. The man for whom the imposing Churchill cigar size is named smoked eight to 10 cigars a day, primarily Cuban brand. Not even the necessity [...]
Do Not Smoke In The Office Toilet
A good lesson here. Good thing he wasn’t smoking a cigar.
Cubans snapping up mobile phones
Hundreds of people queued up to buy phones when restrictions were eased
Cubans are reported to have taken out 7,400 new mobile phone contracts in the 10 days since restrictions were eased.
The figures, reported by the AFP news agency, were issued by the country’s state telecoms company Etecsa.
Etecsa expects to sell 1.4 million new mobile phone [...]
20,000-percent tax increase on cigars!!!
WBBH-TV
FORT MYERS: Congress is considering a new tobacco tax and one local cigar company says if approved, their business would simply go up in smoke. Under the proposed law, the tax on premium cigars would jump from 5-cents to $10, a nearly 20,000-percent increase, while the tax on cigarettes would jump 60 cents. Rocky Patel, [...]
About Cigars
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Tobacco leaves are grown to be harvested, and aged using a unique process that combines the use of both heat and shade to minimize the sugar and water content without causing the large leaves to disintegrate and rot. The initial process called curing takes from 25 to 45 days which can vary significantly [...]
