Superbowl Block Pool For The Troops

[SteveDMatt]

[SIZE="3"]I am doing a Superbowl Block Pool to benefit the troops. The rules are below. Your name will be placed in the blocks randomly by me. When all the blocks are full and the cigars have been received, I will place the numbers in randomly and post the block pool sheet in this thread. Prizes will be given for the final score at the end of each quarter of the superbowl. If the Superbowl goes into overtime, the 4th quarter will not receive a prize. [/SIZE]
[SIZE="3"]
1) 5 cigars per entry (block). You may get up to 2 blocks immediately. If there are blocks remaining January 1st, you may get 2 additional blocks. Since these cigars will be going to the troops, feel free to send more than the 5 cigars per entry. NO DOG ROCKETS---don't send anything you wouldn't smoke yourself. We supporting our troops here, not trying to kill them.

2) When entering, please add your name to the list along with how many blocks you want and who you will be sending your cigars to (68TriShield, newcigarz, or bazookajoe). PM me if you need an address for any of these guys.

3) When sending your cigars, please include a note with "superbowl block pool entry" as well as your screen name to make sure your entry is credited. Again, additional cigars are not necessary but very much appreciated.

4) Your package must be received by January 21st. If they do not arrive by then, you will be removed from the list and I will ask for additional entries. [/SIZE]


[SIZE="3"]
We also need prizes for this pool. If you are interested in donating, please add your name to the prize list below under the specific quarter you wish to donate. Prizes can be sent to me or can be sent to the winners directly when the game is over.[/SIZE]

Any question posted in this thread will be answered as soon as I read it.

[SteveDMatt]

First Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection



Second Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection



Third Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection



Final Score Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection



Please add your name to the list below to enter.

EX. member name - sending to newcigarz - 2 blocks
1.
2.
3.

Total blocks taken 0

[bazookajoe]

Steve, I'll toss in a new Zippo lighter with a Thunderbird Butane Lighter Insert by Vector KGM. You can decide which prize package it goes in.

[SteveDMatt]

First Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Zippo / Thunderbird Butane Lighter Insert - Vector KGM from bazookajoe



Second Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection



Third Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection



Final Score Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection



Please add your name to the list below to enter.

EX. member name - sending to newcigarz - 2 blocks
1.
2.
3.

Total blocks taken 0

Thanks for the prize addition David.

[Major Captain Silly]

Steve,

I'll throw in 4 of my Magma lighters; one for each quarter.

MCS

[SteveDMatt]

First Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Zippo / Thunderbird Butane Lighter Insert - Vector KGM from bazookajoe
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Second Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Third Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Final Score Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Please add your name to the list below to enter.

EX. member name - sending to newcigarz - 2 blocks
1.
2.
3.

Total blocks taken 0

Thanks for the prize additions.

[casadooley]

Originally Posted by SteveDMatt

First Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Zippo / Thunderbird Butane Lighter Insert - Vector KGM from bazookajoe
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Second Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Third Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Final Score Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Please add your name to the list below to enter.

EX. member name - sending to newcigarz - 2 blocks
1.casadooley-sending to dave(68TS)-2 blocks
2.
3.

Total blocks taken 0

Thanks for the prize additions.

Steve, I'll donate an H.Upmann Cigar Journal and 5 Premium smokes to the prize pool

[aldukes]

Please add your name to the list below to enter.

EX. member name - sending to newcigarz - 2 blocks
1. aldukes- sending to newcigarz- 2 blocks
2.
3.

[newcigarz]

First Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Zippo / Thunderbird Butane Lighter Insert - Vector KGM from bazookajoe
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Second Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
[SIZE="4"]Premium Fiver from my Collection plus some other goodies[/SIZE]


Third Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Final Score Prizes:
A premium fiver from my collection
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly



Please add your name to the list below to enter.

EX. member name - sending to newcigarz - 2 blocks
1. aldukes- sending to newcigarz- 2 blocks
2.
2.
3.

Total blocks taken 0

Thanks for the prize additions

[68TriShield]

I will donate 2 fivers and some other goodies to the prizes.I'll probably pick up a square or two for the contest also...

[SteveDMatt]

[SIZE="3"]Please add your name to the list below to enter.[/SIZE]

1. aldukes- sending to newcigarz- 2 blocks
2. 68TriShield - sending to himself - 2 blocks
3. casadooley-sending to dave(68TS)-2 blocks
4.

Total blocks taken 6


First Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Zippo / Thunderbird Butane Lighter Insert - Vector KGM from bazookajoe
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
H. Upmann cigar journal from casadooley


Second Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
Premium Fiver from newcigarz plus some other goodies
A premium fiver from casadooley


3rd Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
A Premium fiver from 68TriShield


Final Score Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
A premium fiver from 68TriShield


Thanks for the prize additions guys. I put you in for 2 blocks Dave.

[n3uka]

1. aldukes- sending to newcigarz- 2 blocks
2. 68TriShield - sending to himself - 2 blocks
3. casadooley-sending to dave(68TS)- 2 blocks
4. n3uka - sending to dave - 2 blocks


Total blocks taken 8

[scroggers]

Originally Posted by n3uka

1. aldukes- sending to newcigarz- 2 blocks
2. 68TriShield - sending to himself - 2 blocks
3. casadooley-sending to dave(68TS)- 2 blocks
4. n3uka - sending to dave - 2 blocks
4.scroggers-sending to dave-2blocks


Total blocks taken 10

I'm in for 2 blocks.

[SteveDMatt]

[SIZE="3"]Please add your name to the list below to enter.[/SIZE]

1. aldukes- sending to newcigarz- 2 blocks
2. 68TriShield - sending to himself - 2 blocks
3. casadooley-sending to dave(68TS)- 2 blocks
4. n3uka - sending to dave - 2 blocks
5. scroggers-sending to dave-2blocks
6.

Total blocks taken 10


First Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Zippo / Thunderbird Butane Lighter Insert - Vector KGM from bazookajoe
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
H. Upmann cigar journal from casadooley


Second Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
Premium Fiver from newcigarz plus some other goodies
A premium fiver from casadooley


3rd Quarter Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
A Premium fiver from 68TriShield


Final Score Prizes:
A premium fiver from SteveDMatt
Magma lighter from Major Captain Silly
A premium fiver from 68TriShield


scroggers has also agreed to send me a very genorous prize donation. When I receive it, I will add it to the list.

[SteveDMatt]

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, .......perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
It sounded like footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled there in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right ,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."

"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask ........or beg or implore me
I'm proud to stand..... like my fathers before me."

"My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now i t is my turn and so, here I am.

I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures; he's sure got her smile."
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... An American flag.

"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.

I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother....
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."

"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?

It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just show us you love us and never forget.

And when we come home, either standing or dead,
Honor the ones who have fought and have bled,
That's payment enough, and with that we will trust
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us!"


This really touched me. Have a great Christmas and remember those who can't be with their families. At least they can have a nice cigar.