i posted this question on the USA side, i got what appears to be the correct answer, but i was wondering if any one knew the exact name of the device, or how it worked.
i cant believe a cigarette lighter was used to fire it.
no, “Wrapped up warmly” i have no intention of buying a device built around 1930 to roam the countryside killing horses.
the device was used in a tv show and i was just wondering what it was and how it worked.
yes, i know horses were usually shot by their owners if they needed to be put down, but this was a vet who, one would assume, would use a less violent way of destroying the animal.
captive bolt guns are used to”stun” an animal by destroying the brain but leaving the brain stem intact for bleeding out to keep the meat from spoiling.in the 1930s if an animal needed to be put down they used a bullet but some vets kept a small large caliber weapon called a “zip gun” in the vehicle but they used a black powder charge and a cap like an old rifle,most vets would just use a .44 caliber pistol or a .45 caliber rifle in those days so i don’t know what the movie was doing with a cigarette lighter from a car.anyone who has ever used a car lighter knows they cool very quickly after they are removed from the holder or at least the one in my 1930 pierce arrow wont light a cigarette by the time i leave the car.
Butch Walker – Marvelous 3 – Cigarette Lighter Love Song
How much would a pack of swisher sweet little cigars run me?
How much would a pack of swisher sweet little cigars run me, approximately. Ya know, the ones that kinda look like cigarettes?
A 20 pack of them, by the way.
Like these: http://www.tobaccobymail.com/images/SwisherSweetLittleCigars.jpg
I would say about $3.00 it depends which brand you get
Meeting and connecting with the right person is no mean feat, and when you find your perfect match, you want to plan the most romantic date possible to get things off to a good start. With so many restaurants, attractions and possibilities on offer it can be confusing trying to decide on the best option. Depending on your budget, and you and your date’s preferences, you could choose from a myriad of venues – from exclusive to low-key, each offering its own special charm.
To give you some inspiration, here are some of the top date destinations across Gauteng:
The Blue Train
For those who never take half-measures, a trip from Pretoria to Cape Town on the famous Blue Train offers unsurpassed luxury and indulgence. From the exquisitely prepared cocktails enjoyed in the pre-departure lounge to the beautifully bedecked interior, champagne and fine dining, this is one experience your date will not forget in a hurry! This option takes a lot of planning, so perhaps save this dating in Gauteng option for when you and your partner have gotten to know each other well. Prices are available on request, booking essential.
Dinner Theatre at The Performer
Creating the perfect blend of fine dining and entertainment, The Performer in Pretoria’s Menlo Park offers a relaxed and enjoyable date venue which is perfect for second or third dates. Various performers can be enjoyed, with the added benefit of scrumptious meals and fine South African wines. Prices vary depending on the evening’s line-up.
Moyo
A firm favourite with any Gauteng single or couples, Moyo offers award-winning cuisine and five levels of unsurpassed African splendour. Enjoy local and African delicacies, divine cocktails, fine wines, cigars and the stunning atmosphere of this popular restaurant, with excellent service and the ideal subtle privacy that makes it ideal for a romantic date.
Coffee and Cake Amongst the Roses
Perfect for a first date venue, Ludwig’s Rose Farm in Pretoria has a beautiful little eatery called Spiced Coffee that has that special something – set against the backdrop of thousands of roses, you and your date will be able to enjoy delicious coffee and a selection of cakes. Perfect for that all-important date, the scenery and scents are sure to be a great ice-breaker!
Pamper and Luxury
For couples who have reached the point in their relationship where things can progress further can enjoy the luxury and indulgence of one of Gauteng’s top spas. Botanical Spa at the Westcliffe in Johannesburg offers a wide range of soothing, calming, pampering and revitalising treatments that are sure to leave you both feeling refreshed and energised. Prices vary according to treatments, and booking is essential.
African Dancing and Drumming
A date that is sure to have you both moving to the beat, Drum Cafe in Newtown, Johannesburg offers a range of dance and drumming lessons. With traditional African sounds, and a sense of fun and movement, this is a fairly low-key date that will leave lasting memories and a new sense of appreciation for the many talents that South Africa has to offer. Let your hair down and find love as you enjoy the rhythm of drums and marimbas.
The perfect date is not always about lavish touches and expensive meals. The most romantic dates are ones that are thoughtful, inventive and creative – leaving your date impressed and touched at your resourcefulness.
Haven’t met that someone special yet? Consult dating services such as Match VIP and find the perfect partner today.
I see Mr Bush punching the cow
With the hot iron stamps
Day in and day out
On our TV screens,
FOX TV,CBS & CNN
Passing seconds
Falling as rain
Punching us all
Like a hole in the head
A modern guru
Like we need it like sin
War on terror
War in Iraq
Obama in masks
Hidden like clowns & fairy’s
Deep in the mud
I see Mr Bush punching the cow
With the hot iron stamps
With his stupid rhetorical spin
Lately it seems to have fallen
On deaf ears
As people in America
Are fighting for all
Worth of their mortgage lives
As he lives
His life with his two dogs
His wife and a grin
Driving around in Texas
In his Cadillac
Cuban cigars
and his big cow boy hat
The cigar ratings supplied by publications like Cigar Magazine and Cigar Aficionado form an important part of the modern cigar industry. For cigar smokers, these ratings provide guidance in a crowded market.
As pressed-for-time moviegoers may look to Roger Ebert for guidance at the multiplex, smokers use the magazines’ ratings to cut down on their in-store browsing time. For cigar makers, meanwhile, the ratings can be the touch of life – or the kiss of death. When Cigar Aficionado gave a high rating to a Fuente Spanish Lonsdale cigar, the magazine’s imprimatur helped to cause a run on the brand, rendering it scarce and highly sought-after and increasing the profile of Fuente’s cigars in general. Every cigar maker covets a 90-or-higher rating from these influential judges.
But where do these numbers actually come from? For staffers at Cigar Aficionado, the reviewing process starts at the store. While music and book reviewers are often given free “review copies” of CDs or books (a practice that makes things convenient for the reviewer, but also diminishes his or her independence), Cigar Aficionado tries to buy cigars at close to retail prices.
This leads to big cigar bills for the magazine – but it also means the cigars they review are as much like the ones you buy at the store as is possible. (Unlike CDs or books, of course, every cigar is slightly different in composition and taste.) Sometimes, if a cigar is hard to find in stores, the magazine will request “review cigars”; ditto for cases when the magazine is trying to preview a cigar before it hits stores.
The members of the panel – all of them longstanding magazine staffers – are told nothing about the identity, price range, source, or country of origin of the cigar. A “tasting coordinator” – not a member of the panel – removes the cigar’s band so that it cannot be identified by the panel’s members.
The blank, anonymous cigar is then assigned a number so that its identity can be retrieved after it’s rated. The members of the tasting panel then retire, separately, to their offices to smoke the cigars without consulting each other. Each member of the panel assigns the cigar a certain number of points, based on its performance in any of four categories.
First of all, cigars are rated by APPEARANCE and CONSTRUCTION. Is the cigar visually pleasing? Is the wrapper smooth, or wadded-looking? Is it moist to the touch or dry? Does it stay firm? Is it veiny or soggy? After all, a great-tasting cigar that wilts the minute you take it out of the box, or looks too unappetizing to be placed in someone’s mouth, does smokers no good. Cigars can win up to 15 points in this category for being well-made and attractive.
Secondly, of course, the cigar is rated on its FLAVOR – a category that carries with it 25 of the possible 100 points. Who needs a good-looking but brackish cigar? Cigars should not taste bitter or leave a nasty aftertaste. Both taste and aftertaste should be smooth but full, complicated, and rich.
A maximum of 25 points can be won for various qualities ranged together under the general heading of SMOKING CHARACTERISTICS. How does it burn? Is it hard to light? Does it burn one-sidedly? Will the smoke burn your mouth, or feel cool and comfortable as it should? How hard do you have to pull to get a mouthful? All these questions and more are considered.
Finally, the tasters each give a score (up to 35 points) for OVERALL IMPRESSION. (Flavor counts most here.) Is the cigar good, bad – or great? And the question utmost in any dedicated smoker’s mind – is it worth the money? The panel’s various scores in each category are averaged and a final score is the result.
Ratings, of course, are always subjective, depending on individuals’ taste – even if those individuals have well-developed, highly educated tastes. Your mileage may vary. For any smoker, the ultimate authority should always be your own tastebuds!
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KALAMAZOO — Two local businesses are teaming up to share their appreciation of Michigan craft beer with customers in what they hope will be a monthly beer dinner feature. Ted Vadella, co-owner of the downtown bar Shakespeare’s Pub, 241 E. Kalamazoo continue
As district attorney of Dallas for an unprecedented 36 years, Henry Wade was the embodiment of Texas justice. A strapping 6-footer with a square jaw and a half-chewed cigar clamped between his teeth, The Chief, as he was known, prosecuted Jack Ruby continue
The health benefits of quitting smoking are boundless. Smokers have found it easier to quit smoking after they have learned about how stopping smoking will prolong their lives, help in preventing heart attacks and reduce their risk of acquiring different kinds of cancer.
Here are the immediate and long-term health benefits of stopping smoking as advised by the American Cancer Society:
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 20 Minutes A person’s blood pressure and heart rate will stabilize back to a normal rate in the first 20 minutes of stopping smoking.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 12 Hours Within 12 hours, the highly toxic carbon monoxide in your blood stream is significantly reduced. As a result, your blood is more readily able to serve it’s function carrying oxygen to your vital organs such as the brain and the heart.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 2 Weeks Given just two weeks to three months without a cigarette, your lungs begin to heal significantly. Blood circulation is now healthy.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 9 Months Give up for nine months and difficulties experienced initially with quitting smoking such as coughing and difficulty breathing desist. This further lessen the chance of infection and stop the development of lung disease.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 1 Year In one year, the risk of coronary heart disease is cut down to half.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 5 Years Stay smoke free for five years and you will have accomplished cutting down your risk of suffering a stroke to that of a non-smoker.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 10 Years In ten years, your probability of dying from lung cancer is half that of a person who is still smoking. Your risk of various other cancers such as mouth, throat, cervix, bladder etc is also significantly reduced.
Benefits of Quitting Smoking After 15 Years After 15 years as a non-smoker, your chances of acquiring coronary heart disease is equal to that of a non-smoker, proving that stopping smoking is effective in preventing heart attacks.
Many people who have thought about giving up smoking forget about the huge amount of social, emotional and mental benefits to be had and only focus on the health benefits.
The feelings of pride and accomplishment that people get as a result of successfully quit smoking transcends to the majority of other realms of peoples lives. The majority of people who have quit feel more in control and confident within their lives.
People who have quit find they enjoy significantly lengthier periods of quality time with friends, family, and leisure activities.
Quitters also have less fear that they will someday become a burden to someone because of smoke related sickness.
They also do not have to feel guilty anymore about smoking or feel apologetic for the cigar smell in their breath, clothing, car or house.
Finally, one of the most immediate effects that people who have quit enjoy the most is the significant amount of money they have as a result of no longer constantly wasting it on cigarettes.
All the benefits and an innumerable amount more are ready for you when you finally decide to quit smoking for good. Just thinking about the social, mental, emotional and health benefits should be sufficient to motivate a smoker to stop smoking now. An easy way to stop your smoking habit it to look at the benefits and quitting smoking. Click here to find the best program that suits you and enjoying the benefits of quitting smoking.
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A tattered parchment was recently discovered stuffed inside a Southwark premium lager beer bottle at the northern end of Kangaroo Alley. After carbon dating for authenticity and extensive study by the top scientific minds available it is reasoned that these are the musings of a curmudgeon who smokes too much, drinks too much and spends way too much time napping on the sofa with his dog.
I don’t particularly enjoy parting with two Jackson’s and a Lincoln to fill up my gas tank but it is hilarious to hear folks complain about the high price of gasoline while standing in line at Starbucks eager to pay $4 for two ounces of coffee, some milk and foam.
Next time you are in Las Vegas debating whether you should drop $35 on a cigar consider this; the most expensive cigar is a limited edition Cohiba called the Behike, it equates out to $420 per stick.
The most expensive bottle of wine on record is a 1787 Chateau Lafite once belonging to Thomas Jefferson that sold at auction for $160,000. That is some expensive vinegar.
That $4 cup of coffee from Starbucks is beginning to look like a bargain.
Samuel Adams sells its limited edition Utopia beer for $100 per bottle; however a gentleman referred to simply as Mr. B. paid $2,595 for a beer in a Hong Kong bar. It was charged to his credit card and subsequently paid. I hope he at least got a kiss from the barmaid.
The current record holder for the most expensive painting is Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’ which sold for $82 million.
Still fretting over whether you should buy or lease your next motorcar, perhaps I can interest you in a 1967 Ferrari P4 for a cool $15 million? Sorry, CD player not included.
If you are more of the sea-faring type then perhaps you should consider the Annaliesse, a 280 foot mega cruise ship; it can be yours for a mere $103 million and is considered the most expensive private yacht.
Forget flying the friendly skies, own them in your very own $260 million FA-22 Raptor. Arguably the world’s most expensive jet.
Well, my cigar is spent and I can see the bottom of the glass. Where’s Max? I feel a nap coming on.
