El Presidente Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 I was to be filming in Sydney with ken Gargett for our new wine enterprise....but alas he can't make it So I am free If any of our Sydney brethren would like to get together for a long lunch/drinks/cigars Friday afternoon/evening just drop me a line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmith Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 If any of our Sydney brethren would like to get together for a long lunch/drinks/cigars Friday afternoon/evening just drop me a line. Would love to make it but Lisa and I will be working in the office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
investandprosper Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 If I was still a bachelor, I would have moved to Oz long ago. I wonder if I can convince my wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Rob, you talking about this Friday? If so, I'll see if I can move my schedule around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 Rob, you talking about this Friday? If so, I'll see if I can move my schedule around. For God sake Fuzz, turn off Solitaire and meet me for a late lunch and cigars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 Rob, you talking about this Friday? If so, I'll see if I can move my schedule around. For God sake Fuzz, turn off Solitaire and meet me for a late lunch and cigars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 For God sake Fuzz, turn off Solitaire and meet me for a late lunch and cigars I ain't playing goddamn Solitaire!!... it's Freecell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasio17 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hey Rob, Friday is good for me. Wont be free until about 5pm does that still work for you? Where are you thinking of meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Lucky buggers, would love to meet up only I'm in Melbourne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Rob, where are you going to be on Friday afternoon? I'll be free after 5pm for dinner, drinks and smokes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay8354 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Hi Sydney Cigar lovers, I have spoken with Rob and he will be free from 3pm onwards. Plan is to meet at Cohibar at Darling Harbour for drinks and we will go from there. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maalouly Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I was to be filming in Sydney with ken Gargett for our new wine enterprise....but alas he can't make it So I am free If any of our Sydney brethren would like to get together for a long lunch/drinks/cigars Friday afternoon/evening just drop me a line. Should we just make you the host and ken the guest seeing that you picked the blind tasting episode? Seriously did you cheat? Did ken tell you what we had in the brown paper bags? Either way I am stunned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Should we just make you the host and ken the guest seeing that you picked the blind tasting episode? Seriously did you cheat? Did ken tell you what we had in the brown paper bags?Either way I am stunned! that better be a big fat cheque, rob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Should we just make you the host and ken the guest seeing that you picked the blind tasting episode? Seriously did you cheat? Did ken tell you what we had in the brown paper bags?Either way I am stunned! Elie....ken has taught me all I know when it comes to wine. Less so in relation to fashion women and song ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armenikum Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 How did it go? What was the turn out like? Missed it by 10 hours lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Well that went well. Apparently I am a key speaker at a conference today. In at 3:30am Thanks to Alex, Jason and Chris for a great night ..need cofffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 ..need cofffee or an intervention...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsd Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I need to move to Australia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasio17 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Well that went well.Apparently I am a key speaker at a conference today. In at 3:30am Thanks to Alex, Jason and Chris for a great night ..need cofffee Great night! Drinks and cigars at COHIBAR then onto dinner at cafe XXII and finally somemore drinks and cigars back at mine out on the balcony. Was a great experience to meet some of the members and listen to some of Robs wild stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I need to move to Australia... The best way to do that is get 30 or 40 of your friends together and then find a rickety old wooden boat. Sail on over and just before you get into Australian waters rip up all of your papers so there is no immediate proof of your identity. Our navy will escort you in and after a short stay in 4star accommodation we'll give you free medical and set you up in a nice house of your own. It works every time apparently . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 The best way to do that is get 30 or 40 of your friends together and then find a rickety old wooden boat. Sail on over and just before you get into Australian waters rip up all of your papers so there is no immediate proof of your identity. Our navy will escort you in and after a short stay in 4star accommodation we'll give you free medical and set you up in a nice house of your own. It works every time apparently . Don't forget the fortnightly cheque. Oh and thanks to Alex for letting us hang around. Hope we didn't permanently scar you or your girlfriend for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 The best way to do that is get 30 or 40 of your friends together and then find a rickety old wooden boat. Sail on over and just before you get into Australian waters rip up all of your papers so there is no immediate proof of your identity. Our navy will escort you in and after a short stay in 4star accommodation we'll give you free medical and set you up in a nice house of your own. It works every time apparently . Wait just a minute.... Didn't a bunch of Tamil Tiger "refugees" just try that a few months ago? And then Australia turned them away, and so they sailed up to BC, Canada??!!! And now we got stuck with them!! Gawd, our government sucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay8354 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 EDIT - Sorry for pasting this 3 times, fixed that. Warning - I am ranting and raving here, so a very long and boring read. You have been warned!!! Truth and Fiction have been combined to have the story sound better than it really is. Brief Recap of the night with Rob, Alex and Chris. Called Rob on the Friday morning to find out the following: - If he is awake (As Rob is known for his exceptional stamina and capacity for fun) - Where is he staying (due to the above statement, he is also banned from a number of establishments) - When he will be free to meetup The call went to voicemail and I left my message. Rob with his exceptional timing, decides to call me at the most inconvenient time. I answered the phone and as it were, did not really pay a lot of attention. All I heard was free from 3pm, meet at Cohibar in Darling Harbour. Checked in with Chris (Fuzz), he is going to be in the city around 6.30pm. I had a meeting in the city anyways, so I was goign to meetup with Rob first. Meeting was a disaster, went overboard and late. Did not finish the day till well after 5pm. I went to Cohibar first, and could not see Rob. In my mind Rob was going "Where is everyone?" and left for somewhere else. Then I see a someone that is dressed fairly conservative with a small travel luggage. I thought "Have the same haristyle but not really dressed like the Rob I know". As some of the forum members can attest, Rob have some edgy fashion style and not really know for carrying things. But it was Rob, already on his new favorite drink - Gin and Tonic with a slice of cucumber. Rob was gracious (as he is always) and said that he only finished working. As ever, he mentioned that he was working at Cohibar on his laptop for his meeting with the Australian Cigar Supplier. This meeting was setup by Samuel Spurr and Rob advised that he has a 45 minute presentation to complete. Rob mentioned that he was going to be finishing up at around 10pm back at the hotel. So I naturally complained that last time, he had to a 'meeting' at 1am in the morning. Now 10pm. I think I mentioned something about what happened to fun Rob and slowing down with old age. Share stories with Rob. Rob being Rob, he has a new story of hotel mishap.Rob have been banned from several hotels.....due to incidents.... Rob also confirmed that Ken is clinging to life with his fingernails with all his strength, though the Grim Reaper was trying to break him with the deadly pneumonia. Rob assured that Lisa is calling him twice a day and that Rob's personal doctor is on standby in case a quick race to Ken's place is required. I got to admit that Rob is a great and caring friend while you are down, though if you are recovered, fair game for all. Alex (Blasio17) joined us a few moments later. Exchanged backgrounds, Alex is from England, very briefly on day to day jobs. Then onto how he first got into the cigars. As the night gone on, quite a few drinks were had, stories shared. Fuzz finally decide to grace us with his hollywood presence (late) at 7.35pm. Fuzz on the Left, Alex center and Rob on the right. Later on, managed to get an introduction to the guys from Perdomo Cigars, nice fellows. Alex advised that since he lives around the area (Pymont), he will take us to a nice Italian restaurant around the corner. Great food, excellent service, Friendships, Stories and 2 bottles of wine. Then found out Alex is only 23 years old!!!! Good god, made the rest of us feel like old farts that we are. Alex then kindly invited us back to his apartment for more drinks and cigars. I don't think he realised what he got himself into. A good example is when he fields a call from his lovely girlfriend that we are going back to his place to carry on. I think she has other plans for him. Alex have a great apartment that have a clear view of the Harbour Bridge. He pour wine for us, than his girlfriend Jess came by. Introductions were done much later after Alex smooth the ripples and made some assurances. I made a quick mention that we are pushing our welcome. I think Pirate Captain then mentioned that I was a fool and we should stay as long as possible. Got have to admit as that point, Jack Sparrow, Fuzz and I looked like a bunch of rogues. Jess and Alex finally joined us, and we played 20 questions with Alex. Due to the great age gaps between Generation Baby Boomers, Gen X and Y, I think that most of the time we were trying hard to freak the poor guy out. As the saying goes, "Youth and Enthusiasm Will Never Defeat Old Age And Treachery." Rob finally called it a night/morning after his 3rd glass of Rum at 2.45am. We finally left Alex in peace and to make amends to his girlfriend. Shared a taxi with Rob and went home at 3.30AM. Great night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Ranting? More like rambling! I know it's been a long time since you posted anything of length, and you did say it was going to be a long read, but did you have to type your tall tale three times over?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasio17 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Nice post jay! I enjoyed reading it three times!!! haha I like the pic (one for the collection) I wasn't too scarred, can't say the same for Jess, she found you all very funny though, but I found her asleep on the bed after you guys had gone. Let me know if you and Chris are in the city in the near future, will happily catch-up for a cigar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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