I honestly don't know if I'll recover from that one.
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| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 02:15 PM |
| GO FLAMES GO!!! I honestly don't know if I'll recover from that one. |
| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 03:38 PM |
Come on. Somebody's got to have an oppinion here. It's the playoffs. And in good ol' US vs CANADA style. The way it should be.  My team got knocked out in the second round, and my backup team didn't even make the western, so I'll cheer for Calgary, no matter how much it hurts. LET'S BRING THE CUP HOME, B'YS!! |
| Posted by: Raven 26-May-2004, 03:43 PM |
what are flames???  I didn't think that was allowed on this board?? |
| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 03:49 PM |
| You're kidding me. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-May-2004, 03:55 PM | ||
 Where's Calgary!!!!! |
| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 03:59 PM |
 YAR!  You're just a bunch of sore loosers, that's all. *grumble-mumble* |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-May-2004, 04:01 PM |
| It's almost summertime. Get it over with already!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 04:03 PM |
THEY'RE TRYING, YOU'RE JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!!  |
| Posted by: peckery 26-May-2004, 04:07 PM | ||
Hockey captures the American males intrest as does......soccer....  |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-May-2004, 04:08 PM |
 I realize you are just starting Spring up there but I've been running the AC for a month down here. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HOCKEY SEASON. |
| Posted by: Keltic 26-May-2004, 04:10 PM |
| I'm with you OR!!! Three more wins and Calgary brings home the Cup. Then, next season, we can all jump off of the Calgary bandwagon and resume cheering on our teams (if there is a season). |
| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 07:24 PM |
Winning or losing, as long as they're playing I'll be cheering.  I had to adopt this attitude when the Habs started losing again in the mid 90's. But hey, it's a beautiful thing to see the faces of all these Oiler fans to see Calgary go to the finals, and know Edmonton didn't even make the Western. After hearing all the cracks about the Flames over the past five years, I think it's bloody karma.  That's like ball for Canadians. Yeah, there are Canadian baseball fans, but most of us just can't be bothered. I wonder sometimes how you can sit through a whole game without flippin the channel. Actually, now that I joined a local beer league, it's starting to hold intrest. Still can't watch a whole game on telly, but I find myself yelling at some outfielder from time to time.So, when do we battle next? ..... erm, when's the next game? brb |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 26-May-2004, 07:33 PM | ||
Thank you Peckery. I have never heard of the Flames either. So I take it that the Flames is a Hockey team. I would much rather watch Hockey than Basketball anyday and that goes for Soccer too. Down here, you don't see Hockey much on TV. And I do not watch the Sports Channels. The only Sport that I half way watch, other than Flyfishing, is American Football.  |
| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 07:51 PM |
| You leave me wondering why there are more American hockey teams than Canadian. And the next game is tomorrow night, @ Tampa. The Flames are Calgarys team in the NHL. Considered to be one of the most overlooked teams in Canada, and for a reason. They don't win much. It's been since '89, I think. Did they ever win another cup? So don't feel too bad. But yes, we even know who your bad teams are down there. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 26-May-2004, 08:55 PM |
| Do they spit on the ice and pat each other's booty? |
| Posted by: Raven 26-May-2004, 10:10 PM |
| I've heard of soccer ...isn't that like boxing except no one hits anyone??? |
| Posted by: oldraven 26-May-2004, 10:13 PM |
Spit. I don't doubt it. Booty. No. More like patting the other cheeks with fists. |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 26-May-2004, 10:15 PM |
| It reminds me, I went to a Boxing Match and a Hockey Game broke out. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 27-May-2004, 05:44 AM |
| GO LIGHTNING!!! I have to root for them since your bloody Flames knocked my Red Wings out of the playoffs. Many 'Mericans on the board may not be hockey fans, but so far none that have weighed in are from Michigan. Hockey is huge here. In the Detroit area there are enough arenas to compare with a Canadian city. That's why we have 5 NCAA Division 1 hockey teams here. I'll be interesting to see what happens to the Wings roster next year. A lot of legends nearing retirement. |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 27-May-2004, 07:00 AM |
| Hockey? hmm. ok. It's almost blasphemous around here not to watch Wildcat Basketball. I do on occasion, but I don't make a point of it. Not one for sports of any kind. When I read the first post in this thread, I was wondering what I was supposed to start flaming you for... Unsolicited flames are never a good idea, but if if someone asks for it? You trying out a new pair of asbestos longjohns, OR? |
| Posted by: tsargent62 27-May-2004, 07:09 AM |
| Where I live hockey is so huge it's hard to imagine it not being as big elsewhere in the US. I never had the opportunity to play when I was a kid, but both my boys do. You even see girls and grown women wearing Red Wing jerseys. Girls hockey leagues are springing up. It is a challenge to get tickets to a Red Wings game, and if you can find them you're going to pay big bucks. |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 07:45 AM |
| That's because you're in a town that's still capable of producing ice in April. I'm sure the northern portion of the states is much more into hockey than the southern. It's strange. The last two teams to face Calgary in the playoffs are from California and Florida. They have ice in those states? Places where kids learn to skate on asphault. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 27-May-2004, 08:00 AM |
| It is strange. I always thought it seemed unnatural to have NHL hockey in Florida. Hockey is real big in Minnesota and New York. But, based on the number of dates for travelling hockey schools, Michigan is biggest. |
| Posted by: Raven 27-May-2004, 08:07 AM | ||
You may to be shocked to learn this Adam but California records the largest amount of anual snowfall in the United States with averages well ove 600" in some places. It does tend to produce some warped personalities which may explain the presence of a hockey team |
| Posted by: talleyrand 27-May-2004, 08:13 AM |
| I suspect there are more US Hockey teams than Canadian since the US has approximately 10x the population (least that's the figure I heard) of the 51st state. |
| Posted by: peckery 27-May-2004, 08:25 AM | ||
Hockey is big in Florida because of all the retirees that move their from the cold northern states. Ever look at the crowds at one of those games??? Looks like a private party for the crypt keeper. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 27-May-2004, 08:35 AM | ||
Ah! Makes sense. There are a lot of Michiganders in Florida, at least in the winter. |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 08:45 AM | ||
 You didn't just say that.............. did you?It'd be 1812 all over again before that would ever happen, boys. But that's another rant for the politics forum. But I don't think population has anything to do with it. The majority of players in the NHL are still from Quebec. Half of your teams were bought from Canadian cities that couldn't afford to keep them. (Winipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, RIP) You're right Raven. I had no idea. |
| Posted by: Raven 27-May-2004, 08:52 AM | ||
something happened in 1812??? |
| Posted by: tsargent62 27-May-2004, 09:01 AM | ||
Gotta admit, I got a chuckle out of that one, but I'm not Canadian. I wondered how you'd react. Sore spot? |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 09:30 AM | ||
| That's like us calling the US part of the United Kingdom. Or the 11th Province of Canada. NO, make that France. Hey, that one actually did make me laugh.
Har, har! Funny how the team that looses seems to forget the game. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 27-May-2004, 09:35 AM | ||
Hey, just because we failed in making Canada a US territory doesn't mean we lost the war. We beat back the British, didn't we? Hmmm? They started it!  |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 09:49 AM |
See, now you're talking about your little "Revolution"  A competely different skirmish. 1812 was between you and us. The Brits just want to take credit for 1812 so it doesn't look like the US beat them every time. (see, we can have fun, and destroy history all at the same time ) |
| Posted by: talleyrand 27-May-2004, 10:39 AM |
Moi? Say something inflamatory? Never...  Until having met actual Canadians, I wouldn't have known that was an insult. And being the ornery cuss I am, I thought it was an excellent opportunity to slip it into a discussion. I also found out that Newfies are the people most used as the butt of jokes. |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 10:58 AM |
| Yup. Newfs are made fun of more than anyone else around here. They talk funny. (don't we all) Sad thing is, everyone in the west calls everyone from East of Quebec Newfies, despite the fact that most of us are from the mainland. It's amazing how hard it is for someone to grasp the idea that you need to be from Newfoundland to be a Newfie.Hey, don't worry about insulting me with the 51st state crack. I've heard it before. Heck, I've used it. But only when I was really pissed off about our politicians bending over backwards to send all of our resources south with scraps in return. Weeeee! It's just, we, or should I say I, am paranoid that the world sees Canada as just an offshoot of the States. If you guys ever take over, it'll be through TV. We are rapidly loosing Canada to American Television. Anyone notice how every kid in North America talks like they're from LA? Wow! That was like six rants in one, and completely off topic. |
| Posted by: Raven 27-May-2004, 01:29 PM | ||
So we lost some sort of sporting event to Canada in 1812??? Was it Hockey or Soccer??? |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 01:53 PM |
| I can't tell if you're being serious or not, Raven. It wasn't a game, it was the war. A long forgotten skirmish where the US tried to take over Canada, but were sent home. Come on, they must be teaching this one in the Schools down there. I feel a song coming on. Billy Green -by Stan Rogers Attend you all good countrymen, my name is Billy Green, And I will tell of things I did when I was just nineteen. I helped defeat the Yank invader, there can be no doubt, Yet lately men forget the name of Billy Green, the Scout. 'Twas on a Sunday morn' in June when first we heard the sound, Three thousand Yankees on the road to camp below Greentown, Two Generals, Artillery and Company of horse, With many rank and file afoot, they were a mighty force. Says I to brother Levi, "Well, we still can have some fun! We'll creep and whoop like Indians to try to make them run!" Which then we did both loud and long, much to the Yanks' dismay. They fired their 'pop-gun' muskets once and then they ran away. Well, first they plundered Stoney Creek and then John Gage's farm. They cut his fences for their fires although the day was warm. They bound my brother Isaac up and took him from his home; They pillaged all the countryside, no mercy there was shown. Then says I to myself, "Now Billy, this will never do. Those scurvy Yanks are not the match for Loyalists like you". My brother's horse I quickly caught and put him to a run, And reached the British camp upon the heights of Burlington. Says I to Colonel Harvey, "Now, let there be no delay, If we're to reach the Yankee camp before the break of day. I'll take you through the woods by night where I know every tree, And ere the dawn you surely can surprise the enemy." With men and guns we then set forth the enemy to seek, Across the beach at Burlington and then to Red Hill Creek; We came upon their sentries; we surprised them every one. One died upon my sword, and all the others off they run. And so it was we were in place one hour before dawn. We fired three times upon the camp and then we marched along. We fired again and charged as Colonel Harvey gave the word, And put the enemy to fight with bayonet and sword. With great confusion in the camp, two Generals were caught. The Colonel and his men made their artillery as naught. We killed over two hundred and we captured all the rest; Nor did we lose but eighty men; of them we had the best. And so it was I played the man though I was but nineteen. I led our forces through the night that this land would be free. I foiled the Yank invaders and I helped put them to route, So, let no man forget the name of Billy Green, the Scout. |
| Posted by: gtrplr 27-May-2004, 02:11 PM |
| LET'S GO PREDATORS!!! |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 02:20 PM |
| Exactly. This thread got WAY too far off topic. Good thing I'm not to blame for that. So, the Flames are going to take the game tonight, you all know that, right? |
| Posted by: Raven 27-May-2004, 02:34 PM | ||
Adam this is all very far fetched. The government is in charge of the military down here in southern North America and I really can't believe that they would ever have their hand in anything like that. Surely it would have at least have been on the news and I can not recall that ever happening. I do remember when we landed on the moon and claimed ownership for the good old US of A (without a shot being fired I might ad) What? Me worry? |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 02:39 PM |
 ...................  Well, aren't you Mr. Pushmebuttons today. Wait, didn't the Russians make it to the moon first? |
| Posted by: tsargent62 27-May-2004, 04:55 PM |
| No, they made into space first. The US landed on the moon first. They were, however, unsuccessful in putting together a hockey team there. |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-May-2004, 04:58 PM |
| I know, I was only trying to feed Raven some of his own medicine. I know making it to the moon first is a big deal for you guys. So, how come you haven't been back? No night-life? To many bugs? Rains too much? |
| Posted by: oldraven 28-May-2004, 07:48 AM |
Well, so much for that.  The next two are in Cowtown, so hopefully the home pond advantage will come back. |
| Posted by: Raven 28-May-2004, 08:03 AM |
| Are you sure that this isn't some sort of swimming event???? BTW the Russians teach their children that the US moon landings were a hoax..or at least they used to!! America owns the moon - they said that California was a worthless piece of real estate at one time - besides if we took our moon out of the sky, think how dark the nights would be Heh heh Caw |
| Posted by: Shamalama 28-May-2004, 08:25 AM |
| GO FLAMES! Atlanta Flames, that is. The Atlanta Flames entered the NHL during its third expansion in 1972-73. They moved to Calgary for the 1980-81 season.  In 1972, general manager Cliff Fletcher hired the effervescent 'Boom Boom' (Bernard Andre Joseph) Geoffrion to coach the expansion Atlanta Flames. In just their second year of existence, the Flames made the playoffs.   |
| Posted by: oldraven 28-May-2004, 08:34 AM |
| Moving to Calgary may have been their biggest mistake ever. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 28-May-2004, 09:31 AM | ||
Haven't you heard? Supposedly we are going back by 2015. Don't know why it would take so long, but.... I think the reason we hadn't been back before is because they saw no reason to. Pretty short sighted if you ask me. |
| Posted by: oldraven 28-May-2004, 09:49 AM |
| Yeah. It seems your government pulls the space program out of their pocket every time there is an unpopular war. Ok, that sounded really cynical, sorry. I never understood why everyone just quit with the space race. And what's the story with the space station? Wouldn't it have been much easier to build on the moon itself? Make an air-strip (or vacum-strip ) and you can land the shuttles instead of having to build these one time rockets with people pods. All the extra energy used to keep the International Space Station in orbit is a complete waste, when there is prime real estate on La Lune! |
| Posted by: oldraven 28-May-2004, 09:49 AM |
| This is the official ADD thread. |
| Posted by: Raven 28-May-2004, 10:05 AM | ||
What were we talking about??? I think we need Adam in charge of the US space program. He really seems to have a good grip on it ay Sarge? |
| Posted by: oldraven 28-May-2004, 10:24 AM |
| I'll do it. As long as I get my ocean front bungalo when I get there. Could you imagine how easy your car would be on gas up there? Of course, you'd have to run a separate tank for O2.................. I think I want to be the first guy to drive a Tbird in space. Of course, your tires would have to be three feet wide to get any traction, but it'd be worth it. *runs off to work on a space dragster design* |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 28-May-2004, 10:31 AM |
| I bet real estate prices near tranquility have already skyrocketed I'll head up IT  Got to get some broadband Internet going! |
| Posted by: oldraven 28-May-2004, 11:16 AM |
| Of course. What's a trip to the moon without Celtic Radio? Hey guys, CR reunion 2020, my place on the moon.  |
| Posted by: tsargent62 28-May-2004, 11:46 AM | ||
Ocean front on the moon? Duuude, you better read up. The Sea of Tranquility isn't, like, a REAL sea. It's, like, a crater, dude. |
| Posted by: oldraven 28-May-2004, 12:06 PM |
| Wait, which moon are you talking about? Well, just face my picture window at earth. How much more ocean scenery do you need? |
| Posted by: Raven 28-May-2004, 12:24 PM |
| to the mooon |
| Posted by: faolin 30-May-2004, 08:55 PM |
| Ah old raven, I see you have been baiting the americans in the true canadian fashion. Don't get them too worked up, otherwise we might have to go and burn down their white house again, just to show them who's boss. Oh, and of course GO FLAMES GO! |
| Posted by: Annabelle 30-May-2004, 09:06 PM |
| Sounds like we are going to have to get the chain saw out and cut Canada loose from our boundary and send it floating away.... |
| Posted by: Eamon 31-May-2004, 04:29 AM |
| Actually, all we have to do is re-enact the Fenian attack of Canada of 1866. A bunch of surly Irishmen invaded the great white north and won the Battle of Ridgeway, near Fort Erie. Go Fenians! (And actually, Go Flames!...Damn Lightning knocked my Flyers out...) Eamon |
| Posted by: oldraven 31-May-2004, 07:56 AM | ||
The thought of a powersaw that big, Annie, brings great excitement to my soul. As for burning down the poor white house again, we wouldn't want to be difficult, or put anyone out. We'll just continue to patronise them by spelling things in English, instead of American. Now THAT is in the true canadian fashion. Fames win again!  3-0 in Cowtown. Next game is here too, so hopefully it'll work out as it's been going. After the game last night, Calgary fans had a party in the streets, and this morning the clean up crew hauled away 20 tonnes of garbage. And that's after all the bottle pickers came and scavanged. Looks like I missed out on some party.(you know, I've become increasingly more loyalist since I joined this community, and I haven't the foggiest clue why ) |
| Posted by: oldraven 01-Jun-2004, 08:36 AM |
 DAGNABIT! Damn Flames lost again, letting their lead go, yet again. *boots guy in Calgary jersey found in the street, bound, and trown on office floor* |
| Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 02:20 PM |
| So Oldie,,,how do you feel about Vile Kneeman being suspended for game 5 of this Standish cup that you are following so closely |
| Posted by: oldraven 02-Jun-2004, 02:52 PM |
| I think it's a load of bull. The guy hit from behind and got a penalty. End of story. No one was injured. Enough of this borderline severe crap I've been hearing. It's either severe, or it's not. If it wasn't the playoffs, this wouldn't even be an issue. Point is, he did something wrong, got caught, and was disciplined. Now they want to give him harsher punishment after the fact. It's like stealing a cookie, getting your hand slapped and sent to bed, then the next day getting grounded to your room for the night. Totaly overblown. Colin Campbell and the rest of the NHL big wigs can kiss my hairy arse. Oh, and it's Ville Nieminen. (full credit for the spelling correction can go to NHL.com) |
| Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 03:28 PM |
| heh heh---thanks for the correction sorry to hear about your arse a razor and a good weight training program could fix that |
| Posted by: oldraven 02-Jun-2004, 03:32 PM |
| Hey, I may have a furry posterior, but you made the assumption that it was fat. And I like the extra growth. Keeps me warm when I'm mooning people in December. |
| Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 03:45 PM |
| my mistake you said big whigs not big hairy oops |
| Posted by: faolin 02-Jun-2004, 04:53 PM |
| Oldraven, I definitely agree that the whole thing has been blown out of proportion. The refereeing throughout the entire playoffs has been very questionable at times, and this is just another example of it. Though I'm sure they wouldn't have been so quick to jump on him if it hadn't been for the whole Cujo thing in the western division playoffs... |
| Posted by: oldraven 02-Jun-2004, 08:21 PM |
| Yeah. A repeat offender. Lets just hope this doesn't throw them off. Did they loose the game he sat out on against Detroit? |
| Posted by: Raven 02-Jun-2004, 08:50 PM |
| Is it just me or do all these guys look like thugs and street toughs????? The Hockey Players I mean not Oldie , faolin and Eamon |
| Posted by: oldraven 03-Jun-2004, 07:59 AM |
| It's just the black eyes, missing teeth, and Frankenstein stitches. What, you don't think I look like a thug? You should see me after a late night at the pub. |
| Posted by: Raven 03-Jun-2004, 08:46 AM |
| I never said that (grin) |
| Posted by: oldraven 03-Jun-2004, 09:07 AM |
| That's alright. Honestly, I look about as mean as a teddy bear. |
| Posted by: oldraven 04-Jun-2004, 08:29 AM |
| It looks like their star player does best for the team when he gets benched. Calgary took it again last night 3-2 in overtime. We were getting updates at the ball game last night as one of our players spend half the game on his cell. Watching one game and listening to another. Oh, but we lost. again.I've been talking about the whole Nieminen issue with a lot of people over the past few days, and my opinion is starting to change on that. It seems the hit was a lot worse than I thought. I hadn't actually seen the hit, but I was under the assumption that it was just a blind checking from behind. I guess he was bleeding a lot when he got up, so it couldn't have been too minor. And seeing as it's his second time in these playoffs, and doing it at the end of an already lost game, I'll have to agree that he needed to sit out. Looks like we're all paranoid after the Bertuzzi incident. Alright, come on boys, one more and you can rub it in Edmonton's face all next year. |