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And it’s funny when you think back on it and realize how crazy that is. It really is just a couple seconds in your life. I still think back fondly on those days, but it’s half a lifetime ago at this point.

I wish there was an obvious way to see how much these boards match up with the full population of readers out there. We'll never get a true look at the casual followers of these teams (ie. vast majority of the readers). Are you aware of anything that might track those numbers? Based on what I read on these two boards, I think there are a ton of people who click on it to hate read it. I trust 11 when he says he never clicks, but so many others I don't. They usually have too much detail to not have read it. Those hate read clicks count just as much as the masochist who actually likes their work.

With his history of being a flight risk, anyone would be crazy to give him more than one year. He can leave at any point and stick the team with the cap hit.

For me, I'm not interested in hearing/reading what someone thinks about something unless it's in an actual conversation. That's why opinion pieces have essentially no value to me. There are very few avenues where you can respond to them. And even then, they can be very selective in which responses are seen.

I hope they pronounce it using the proper accent.

Over 35 contract. There's no escape this time other than LTIR. So that's why he needs to bail on them.

Does he get injured all the time though? Do us all a favor and wash those damn shin pads.

Why do cats always have the strangest names?

The only good thing was how green my grass immediately got after all of that rain. Of course, I had to cut it twice in 3 days, but it's totally worth it. I just wish the timing would have worked out a little better. They're in the process of tearing up lawns in my neighborhood to install fiber cables. They're leaving an ugly mess in a lot of those yards. The rain should help them heal back up pretty quickly though. Unfortunately, they're not going to get to my yard until after all of this is gone most likely. My only issue with that place was that I felt the need to take a shower after seeing that big drum circle thing they have nightly.

No, I'd say that I hope he somehow cons a multi-year contract out of Boston or Toronto and then quickly bails on them, sticking them with the cap hit.

I'm still waiting for your painting of Tom Brady.

Right, which was what I assumed dudacek's pointn to be, that the news organizations have to push across forums to get their message out. I'm just saying there's a side to tv and radio that is not about the news, the entertainment side. There's that part of CBS that exisits solely to entertain senior citizens and ubkev. Maybe that does exist in part to drive people to the news side, but I'd say there's a much bigger portion of radio and tv that served a purpose other than news when compared to the newspaper business and their new internet form.

Any approach is going to look so much better when you're starting off with that Edmonton roster. It didn't look quite so well without those guys in his later days with the Oilers and then the entire Ranger run. There's plenty of decent years there, but it's far removed from his starting days with a team full of hall of famers.

I really need to make that Nashville trip at some point. Since I've moved to NC (Raleigh area), the furthest west I've gone is Asheville. It's absolutely on my list for a trip during hockey season if I can ever find the free time.

I get what you're saying here, but I can't throw TV and radio under the same label as newspaper. Two are still a very useful medium for drawing in those eyeballs for those "news" organizations. TV and radio also serve a completely different purpose, which is entertainment. There's plenty of options from the two that have next to nothing to do with news. I can't say that the paper ever really had that at any point. Some might say the comics or the crossword puzzles, but that was such a small piece. The news side of tv and radio is always going to try to invade the entertainment side, but there's still an escape there if you're able to block out that side.

Right, and those types wind up with the biggest media outlets. I'm not so sure that will be any newspaper anymore at this point, let alone the small local one.

I'd imagine you get a near complete axing of the opinion department. In a world where money is tight, it can't be all that worthwhile to pay people to tell us what they think. That role is only going to exist with the biggest "news" providers out there.

One of those "goodbye" tweets is definitely not like the others. I feel like it says a lot about that specific person.

I wish they had gone with milenium falcon flying scenes that you could actually see

Are you still in Georgia...

How small is the town? ;)

Notice how you used the past tense. He may have aged significantly since whenever then was.

It sounds fairly common sense. I wonder how many other events those places drawn in over the course of a year. There are only so many concerts that can draw a crowd that large. And then on top of that you've got a shorter window of use for any open air stadium. Did that video by any chance give numbers for concert use?

A 31 pick gap regardless of where they finish. I'd definitely say that's significant. But hell, even if it is only a 5 pick gap, you're always going to want the earlier one.

My brother picked one off with his tee shot probably about 25 years ago at this point. He took the thing out of the air mid-flight with a titleist straight to the head. The course had to go through a ton of steps to get the appropriate people out there to take care of it. Now I assume there have been plenty of changes since then, but I know it was a major headache for them. I'd imagine that if it happened today, the rest of the flock would probably be equipped with tiny hockey helmets. I was going to say football helmets, but then I remembered that they're canadian.