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Good morning all, the espresso coffee and Belgium Waffles are on. Wanted to ensure I had a full belly prior to going out and clearing the heavy snow from the side and walkways as well as the vehicles and driveway. Unfortunately, the Eagles played horribly yesterday and got eliminated from the NFL playoffs just as the Cowboys, Steelers, Patriots and the Raiders. One good thing to consider, the NASCAR season starts the 6th of February in Los Angeles at the Coliseum:

https://www.nascar.com/

Enjoy your week everyone and I hope you get to enjoy a favorite or two or....... :tu

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is back on at 0410 as always and it's back to work Tuesday. We have an early day today as we have to be in at 0700 so I'll be heading towards West Point shortly and taking it easy with possible black ice in certain places on the mountain. Enjoy all and definitely be care out there today......... :cf1

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's already "Hump Day". It's looking like we have a chance of some snow this evening into the early morning according to NOAA. The weather guessers are predicting and inch or two of the white stuff:

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...4#.YefkSx1Omi7

Have a great day everyone and enjoy....... :chr

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's Thursday which means we'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room in Monroe, NY this evening. Weather wise, no snow has actually fallen to the ground as of yet. The weather guessers are saying that it is snowing but I don't see anything thing sticking to the ground as we speak. Anyway, enjoy all and we hope to see a few of the local S/BOTL tonight....... :ss

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's Friday! We had a good night at Aroma, a number of the regulars were out as well as a few of our friends we haven't see in a while. Weather wise, we ended up with roughly 3" of snow yesterday and currently it's -2°F with the wind chill. There are going to be some good NFL Football games both Saturday and Sunday starting at 1630 (4:30 pm) tomorrow. The NY Rangers are hot on the ice right now and NASCAR is heating up as well with the first race of the year coming the 6th of February. Enjoy the weekend everyone....... :chr

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 as always and it's back to work Monday. We had a good weekend overall, spent Saturday at the Aroma Cigar Room with the fellas and the had a nice dinner at home with Beth. Yesterday after doing some grocery shop, we relaxed at the house and enjoyed a few cold one while watching a couple of great NFL games on the television. I would have loved to see Buffalo advance in the Payoffs but a big congrats to the Chiefs on a well played game. Have a great week all and enjoy........ :tu

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's looking like we'll have a nice day here in the Hudson Valley according to NOAA:

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...4#.Ye_TpR1Omi4

Congrats to the NY Rangers on their win last night 3 - 2 in a shoot out over the LA Kings. They'll be back at it Thursday evening at Columbus, OH taking on the Blue Jackets at 1900 (7 pm). Have a great day everyone and always remember to be safe out there...... :banger

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's already "Hump Day". We have another early morning today at West Point so I'll be heading out shortly to be there by 0700 and ready for the day. Enjoy all and I hope you have a great day as well...... :tu

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Good morning all, the coffee is on this brisk Thursday morning (3°F) and very much welcomed. We'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room tonight to enjoy a top shelf stogie or two and cheer on the NY Rangers hopefully to another "W":

https://www.nhl.com/rangers

Enjoy everyone we hope to see a few of the local S/BOTL this evening....... :ss

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on and it's Friday! We had a great at Aroma, place was hoppin' and everyone was enjoying top shelf cigars and all. Unfortunately, the NY Rangers came up short loosing 5 - 3, they'll be back at it tonight against the Minnesota Wild starting at 2000 (8 pm). Also this weekend, we have the NFL Conference Championship games on Sunday to determine who goes to the Superbowl. My prediction is the Chiefs vs. the Rams in the big game come February 13th. Lastly, the Rolex 24 starts tomorrow afternoon live from Daytona, FL:

https://www.daytonainternationalspee...24-at-daytona/

Enjoy your weekend all and be safe out there as we have some snow predicted tonight through tomorrow afternoon........ :cf1

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Good morning all, the coffee has been on since 0410 and it's back to work Monday. Congrats to the Rams and the Bengals for making it to the Super Bowl, should make for a good game for sure. Congrats to the NY Rangers as well for their 3 - 2 victory yesterday over the Seattle Kraken. Beth and I watched quite a bit of the Rolex 24 and the last few laps was out of control. Congrats to all the series winners and I hope the rest of the IMSA season will be just as exciting to watch:

https://www.imsa.com/weathertech/wea...2022-schedule/

Enjoy your week everyone and remember to be safe out there........ :tu

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's looking like we'll have a sunny day today with temps finally going above freezing for a day or two. This minor warm up will help with melting some of the snow on the streets and get us ready for the freezing rain they are predicting for the end of the week. The NY Rangers will be taking on the Florida Panthers tonight at home at Madison Square Garden starting at 1900 (7 pm). Hope you all have a great day and enjoy....... :banger

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's another early morning in the office. One good thing is that we'll be getting off early so the BBQ will be lit and I'll enjoy a favorite cigar this afternoon as well. Congrats to the NY Rangers on their win last night over the Florida Panthers with a final score of 5 - 2. Enjoy everyone....... :chr

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on and it's Thursday which normally means we'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room this evening. That'll all depend on how much rain we get as the inclement weather is heading our way. Overnight, the rain will change over to freezing rain, sleet and snow. We have a weather call tonight to determine if we'll work remotely tomorrow and the status of West Point as well:
Overnight - Rain likely. Areas of dense fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday - Rain. Areas of dense fog. High near 43. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night - Rain. Low around 25. East wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday - Freezing rain before noon, then rain or freezing rain between noon and 2pm, then freezing rain and sleet likely after 2pm. Temperature falling to around 24 by 9am. Wind chill values between 15 and 20. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Friday Night - Snow and sleet likely before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow between 10pm and 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 14. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...4#.Yfuwcx1Omi4

I hope you all have a great day and definitely be careful out there for the next few days....... :pi

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Got a sitrep for us today Charlie?

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Good morning all, the espresso coffee was on at 0630 and we're working from home today as the roads are covered with ice and West Point is "Code Red". We had a great time at Aroma last night, the place was packed and we smoked some top shelve stogies. NASCAR starts the 2022 racing season this weekend with the Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday:

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/20...31-feb-6-2022/

Enjoy everyone and be careful if you have to go out in the adverse weather....... :cf1

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's back to work Monday. We had a good weekend overall, spent Saturday at the Aroma Cigar Room with the guys and then brought BBQ home for Beth from Handsome Devil BBQ in Newburgh, NY:

http://www.handsomedevilllc.com/

Yesterday, Beth and I went out to do some shopping then came home to relax and watch NASCAR for the rest of the day. The Busch Light Clash was cool but bring on the Daytona 500 in two weeks. Enjoy your week all and definitely smoke a favorite or two or........ :tu

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's another early day as I have to be at the office by 0630. Not much going today except the usual meeting and all, at least I get to leave early and get home in a decent hour. Enjoy everyone and be safe out there....... :)

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 as always and it's already "Hump Day". It's looking like we'll have a sunny day here in the Hudson Valley with temps in the mid 40s according to NOAA:

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...4#.YgObgB1Omi5

We're firing up the grill this evening, enjoy all and smoke a favorite or two if you get the chance...... :chr

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's Thursday which means we'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room in Monroe, NY this evening. Beth and I have been watch some of the Olympics off and on and I'll tell you, very impressive. I'm waiting on the hockey finals and a few other team sports to come. Enjoy everyone and we hope to see a few of the local S/BOTL tonight....... :ss

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's Friday! We had a great time at Aroma last night, the place was packed, most likely because the weather was nice and folks wanted to get out and enjoy it. Tonight, Beth and I are going to the New Windsor American Legion for their annual Valentine's Day Happy Hour:

https://www.facebook.com/events/6261...4?ref=newsfeed

This Sunday is the NFL Superbowl and I'm sure that it'll be a great game with the Bengals taking on the Rams. I hope it's not a blow out and we have a great game down to the end. Enjoy all and I hope you get to smoke a favorite or two or........ :tu

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's back to work Monday already. We had a good weekend overall, went to the Aroma Cigar Room Saturday and yesterday for a while and then came home to watch the Super Bowl comfortably on the couch. Congrats to the Rams, unfortunately, none of our boxes won especially with the missed extra point. Oh well, there's always next year. The Daytona 500 is this coming Sunday, there plenty of scheduled events / racing building up to the Great American Race:

https://www.nascar.com/weekend-sched...times-results/

Enjoy your week everyone, smoke a favorite or two and try and stay warm....... :tu

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 and it's another brisk day here in the Hudson Valley: -6°F with the wind chill.
It's another busy day at West Point so enjoy all and try and stay warm...... :cf1

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's already "Hump day". It's good to see that NASCAR is back to Daytona, last night they had practice runs and tonight at 2000 (8 pm), they will qualify for Sunday's Daytona 500. We have another early morning at work, so I'll be heading to West Point shortly. Enjoy everyone and hope you get to smoke a favorite or two...... :chr

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0400 and it's another early day at the office. Today being Thursday, we'll be at Aroma Cigar Room this evening enjoying primo stogies and watching the NASCAR Duel races at Daytona to determine the line up for Sunday's race. Have a great day all and we hope to see a few of the local S/BOTL tonight....... :ss

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's finally Friday! We had a good time at Aroma last night, the cigars were top shelf and it was great to see an ole' friend that came out as well as the usual suspects as. The NASCAR duel races were fast and furious especially the last lap of the two:

https://www.nascar.com/video/franchi...heckered-flag/

Enjoy your weekend everyone, I hope you get to smoke a favorite or two or....... :D

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's back to work Tuesday after a great weekend. Spent Saturday at the Aroma Cigar Room with the guys and the came home to watch some NASCAR and enjoy dinner with Beth. Sunday Funday was relaxing and we watched NASCAR throughout the day finishing up with the Daytona 500. Congrats to rookie driver Austin Cindric for capturing the checkered flag and being one of the youngest drivers to do so. Today is my only work day this week as six of us from the Aroma Cigar Room are flying down to West Palm Beach in the morning to be apart of this year's "The Great Smoke":

https://www.thegreatsmoke.com/

Thursday, we're spending the day with our dear friend Eddie Ortega (owner of Ortega Cigars) and then that evening we'll head over to the West Palm Smoke Inn for the Alec Bradley event. Alec, Bradley and their father Alan Ruben will be there along with Abe and his crew. Friday, we're meeting up with Pedro Gomez Rodriguez from Drew Estate and spending time with our good friend. That evening, we have a dinner planned in North West Palm at a private residence on a beautiful golf course. Saturday is the main event at the South Florida Fair Grounds and if that wasn't enough, we're heading back to the West Palm Smoke Inn for a Robert Caldwell event. We can hardly wait being that they cancelled last year because of COVID. I'll post in the morning before heading out and will be on here and Facebook throughout the week. Enjoy all....... :tu

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Good morning all, the espresso coffee is on and we're getting ready to begin our 5 day journey to South Florida. The guys are meeting up here at my house and we have a car service picking us up at 0900 (9 AM). The crew should be here by 0830, we'll park the vehicles and start off with Bloody Marys as a send off. I hope everyone has a great day and enjoys it as well....... :D

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on and it’s a beautiful morning here in West Palm Beach. After breakfast, we are heading down to Deerfield Beach to spend the day with our dear friend Eddie Ortega (owner of Ortega Cigars). Later on this afternoon / evening, we’ll be heading to the West Palm Smoke Inn for the Alec Bradley event. I hope you all have a great day and enjoy as well…… 🍺

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Good morning all, the coffee is about to be on and the big day, “The Great Smoke”. We had a great past two days so far: Thursday, we spent the day with our dear friend Eddie Ortega down in Deerfield Beach and that evening we hung out with Alec and Bradley Rubin from Alec Bradley Cigars. Yesterday, we went down to Miami and had lunch and smoked cigars with Pedro Gomez Rodriguez from Drew Estate. Last night, we went to dinner at home on private golf course which was top notch. I know we’ll have a great day today at the main event, I’ll update all in the morning. Enjoy everyone……. 🤓

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 and it's back to work Monday. We got home yesterday afternoon after a great week in sunny south Florida. The main event on Saturday, "The Great Smoke", was absolutely outstanding. We saw and spent the day with a lot of dear friends in the cigar business. All the owners were in attendance being that most of them are based in the Miami area. That evening, we headed over to the Smoke Inn at West Palm for the Robert Caldwell event that was pack as well. After getting settled from the trip, Beth had a nice meal waiting on me and we relaxed watching the NASCAR race from California and a big congrats to Kyle Larsen for claiming the checkered flag. Have a great week and remember as always to be safe out there....... :tu

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's another early morning at West Point as we have to be up and running by 0700. Heading that way shortly over the mountain to fire things up and make sure things are running smoothly. One good thing about going in early is we leave early, think positive. Anyway, enjoy everyone......... :cf1

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 as always and it's already "Hump Day". It's another early morning at West Point as we are firing up the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 0700 for an exercise involving the families in the housing area:

https://home.army.mil/westpoint/inde...Garrison/DPTMS

Have a great day all and I hope you get to enjoy a favorite or two or.......... :chr

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's Thursday which means we'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room in Monroe, NY this evening. We had a good exercise yesterday, just a couple of kinks we had to work out and we'll be ready for the grand finally for the day long Full Scale Exercise on the 22nd of this month. There will be external evaluators coming in to West Point to ensure we meet the Army standard and do what is supposed to done by regulations. Anyway, enjoy everyone and we hope to see a few of the local S/BOTL tonight........ :ss

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's Friday! We had a blast night at Aroma, the place was jam packed and we all were enjoying primo stogies talking about last week's trip to sunny South Florida. Today, we are saying goodby to one of our fellow EOC operators and throwing him a luncheon and then a few beers at the Newburgh Brewery afterwards. Our friend is leaving Government Service to begin a chapter in his life with a private global security firm based out of Austin, TX. Wishing the best for our brother in arms, we know he'll do well. Anyway, this weekend the NASCAR drivers are in Las Vegas, NV with racing starting tonight finishing up Sunday afternoon:

https://www.nascar.com/weekend-sched...speedway-2022/

I hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy it as well....... :pi

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Good morning all, the coffee is on as always and it's back to work Monday. It should be a rather easy week as it's Spring Break at West Point and the 4000+ Cadets and Cadre are away taking a well earned week off. We had a great weekend: the Friday farewell to our brother in arms was great; Saturday, I spent the day at the Aroma Cigar Room with the crew; and then yesterday, Beth and I first went shopping and then relaxed afterwards watching the NASCAR race while we had a rack of ribs on the grill low and slow. Have a great week everyone and enjoy....... :tu

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 as always and it's looking like we'll have a sunny day today here in the Hudson Valley followed by a snow storm tomorrow with accumulation up to 3" according to NOAA:

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...4#.Yicy0R1Omi4
Today - Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight - A 20 percent chance of snow after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 30. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday - Snow. High near 38. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

I hope you all have a great day and remember to be safe out there as well....... :pi

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's already "Hump Day". I'm heading to West Point shortly before the snow starts and they are only calling for a couple of inches now throughout the day:

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...Type=graphical

Enjoy everyone and be careful out there...... :cf1

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on and it's Thursday which means we'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room in Monroe, NY this evening:

https://www.aromacigarroom.com/

Have a great day all and hope to see a few of the local S/BOTL tonight....... :ss

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 on this brisk morning (27°F) and it's Friday! We had a great time last night at Aroma, the usual suspects were out as well as a few new faces. It's good to see that the MLB came to an agreement, now lets play some baseball for us fans. The NASCAR drivers are in Phoenix, AZ this weekend and the New York Rangers take on the Dallas Stars tomorrow evening starting at 2000 (8 PM). Mother Nature is not being nice to us again this weekend as the weather guessers are calling for rain, snow and sleet with up to 3" off the white stuff by the time it ends tomorrow evening. Anyway, enjoy your weekend all and I hope you get to enjoy a favorite or two or....... :cf1

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Good morning all, the espresso coffee is on and today is our tax day. We have an appointment at 0845 and hopefully it shouldn't take too long. Got all the documents filled out and all our required stuff in a folder as well. Anyway, the weekend went well. Saturday, we stayed home as we had a nice little storm and then yesterday we hit a couple of breweries in the area with a some close friends. Congrats to Chase Briscoe for taking the checkered flag in yesterday's NASCAR race and for scoring his first Cup win in the series. I hope everyone has a great week and enjoys a favorite or two throughout it.......... :tu

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on as always and it's looking like we'll have another nice weather day here in the Hudson Valley:

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...4#.YjBfGx0pCi4

Definitely firing up the grill this afternoon as we picked up a couple of salmon steaks at the market and I'm sure a primo stogie will be in order as well. Enjoy all and remember to be safe out there........ :chr

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Good morning all, the coffee is on and it's already "Hump Day". We're looking forward to another beautiful day today, rain tomorrow (can always use it as they say) and then a great weather day on Friday. I hope everyone has a great day and enjoys it as well....... :pi

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Good morning everyone, the coffee has been on since 0410 as always and it's Thursday which means we'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room this evening. Being that it's Saint Patrick's Day today, we're having classic Reuben Sandwiches for dinner paired with a Guinness beer:

https://www.thespruceeats.com/reuben-sandwich-3054261

The NY Rangers take on the NY Islanders tonight starting at 1900 (7 PM) which is always a great match up. Let's go Rangers, you got this. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy and we see a few of the local S/BOTL tonight........ :ss

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Good morning all, the coffee is on as always and it's Friday! We had a good time at Aroma last night, a number of the regulars were out enjoying top shelf stogies and all. Unfortunately, the NY Rangers came up short losing to the NY Islanders 2 - 1. This evening, we are going out to see some live music at the The Brewery at Orange County Hops:

https://www.facebook.com/orangecountyhops/

Always a good time and the beer is top notch. The NASCAR racers are in Atlanta, GA this weekend with racing tomorrow and Sunday. Enjoy your weekend everyone and hope you get to smoke a favorite or two or...... :D

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on and it's back to work Monday already. We had a great weekend overall: the music and beer (and cigars) were top shelf for sure Friday evening; Saturday, Beth and I along with two of our dear friends spent the day at Post 1796 American Legion in New Windsor, NY. They had a tasty Reuben sandwiches, Irish dancers, 50/50, etc. Yesterday, Beth and I relaxed and stayed home as I put the snow blower away for the season. Congrats to William Byron for taking the checkered flag in yesterday's NASCAR race, it was definitely high speed race with plenty of bumper to bumper racing. Anyway, enjoy your week all and be safe out there....... :)

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Good morning all, the coffee has been on since 0345 as we have to be up and running in the EOC at West Point by 0600 this morning. Today is our bi-annual Full Scale Exercise being evaluated by our higher headquarters from San Antonio, TX (IMCOM). Because of COVID, we haven't been evaluated since 2019 by IMCOM. We have numerous exercises throughout the year in preparation for this level training. Most likely, the scenario will be an active shooter with add-ons for sure. The evaluation will run at least for eight hours and we're ready for them. At the end of the day, I know a beer will have my name on for sure. Anyway, have a great day everyone and enjoy....... :tu

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Good morning everyone, the coffee is on and it's "Hump Day". Yesterday's exercise went well as expected. Long and tiring but all in all, we did what as required. I hope you all have a great day and enjoy...... :chr

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Good morning all, the coffee is on as always and it's Thursday which means we'll be at the Aroma Cigar Room this evening enjoying primo cigars and all. I hope everyone has a great day and we see a few of the local S/BOTL tonight....... :ss

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"Primo" cigars. Hmm, I've never had that brand. :D