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  1. Great pic and oldschool pumps too ..... nice.

    Been shooting a 1948 Ithaca M37 for a couple years now..... Refinished a trap stock so it fits me very well .... but only target loads..... with hunting loads, those M37 Featherlights kill on one end and wound on the other...

     

    Where you at Ducky? Rates? Season?

  2. The Buffalo area is just about the fishiest place on earth! The smallmouth bass fishing in Lake Erie is unreal. Walleye fishing in Lake Erie is very very good, and Lake Ontario and the LO tribs have world class salmon and trout fishing..... but..... most of the best fishing for most of the year is accessible by boat. The upper and lower Niagara river is a tremendous fishery! Some of the best Musky fishing in the country is in the upper river......I live in Rochester, but to fill my freezer with walleyes we travel to Sturgeon Point and launch/fish there.... 35 walleyes in the last 3 trips.... not really cost effective considering all the expense, but fun and tasty! Buffalo is Hockey Fish Heaven!

  3. I'm a consumer, not a brewer...

     

    Recently, I've noticed a few hops "orchards" or "vineyards" or what ever you call a plot of land where hops are being grown..... around Rochester. They are fields of telephone poles spaced maybe 20 feet apart with wires connecting the tops of the poles in row-like fashion. The hops plants grow up wires or strings that attach from the ground, to the wires strung across the tops of the poles. If you see one of these areas you'll know. They are very unique.

     

    My question is ..... who is buying the hops being grown there? Private guys who like to brew? (Brew supply houses?)

     

    Wouldn't the taste/quality of the hops vary quite a bit?

  4. Just a heads up that I got an email that tickets are now on sale.  I just bought my two! 

     

    Game is on Friday July 10th at 7pm.  It's $10/ticket this year and looks like seating is still based on a first come first serve basis but I would definitely buy tickets in advance as I'm assuming there will be huge demand to see Eichel, Reinhart et al.

     

    Is there a website to order scrimmage tickets?..... been going for the past 3 years and really enjoy the night.

  5. Here's the free agent list according to Spotrac......

     

    Jonathan Bernier G 26 TOR TBD $2,900,000 RFA

    Peter Budaj G 32 WPG TBD $1,400,000 UFA

    Ilya Bryzgalov G 35 ANA TBD $1,176,774 UFA

    Jordan Binnington G 21 STL TBD $916,667 RFA

    Jake Allen G 24 STL TBD $800,000 RFA

    Jared Coreau G 23 DET TBD $792,500 RFA

    Sami Aittokallio G 22 COL TBD $683,333 RFA

    Mac Carruth G 23 CHI TBD $616,667 RFA

    Maxime Clermont G NJD TBD $605,000 RFA

    Scott Clemmensen G 37 NJD TBD $312,903 UFA

    Richard Bachman G 27 EDM TBD $251,290 UFA

    Tyler Bunz G EDM TBD $40,412 RFA

    Igor Bobkov G 24 ANA TBD $38,441 RFA

    Matt Climie G STL TBD - RFA

  6. Recently there has been some conversation concerning our later (21?,31?,51?) draft picks and using one of them on a goalie... and I think TN commented that the dart board method for picking a goalie was as reliable as any for choosing a goalie to draft.... if their development is so hard to predict why would we use a draft pick that might otherwise be used to reliably pick a forward or defenseman with potential, and then trade for our goalie prospects once they have a little seasoning?

  7. Bridgekeeper: Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.

    Sir Eichel: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?

    Sir Eichel: My name is Sir Eichel of Buffalot.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

    Sir Eichel: To seek the Stanley Cup.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?

    Sir Eichel: Blue.

    Bridgekeeper: Go on. Off you go.

    Sir Eichel: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.

     

    Sir Hodgson: That's easy.

    Bridgekeeper: Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.

    Sir Hodgson: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?

    Sir Hodgson: Sir Hodgson of Buffalot.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

    Sir Hodgson: To seek the Stanley Cup.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is the capital of Assyria?

    [pause]

    Sir Hodgson: I don't know that.

    [he is thrown over the edge into the volcano]

    Sir Hodgson: Auuuuuuuugh.

     

    Bridgekeeper: Stop. What... is your name?

    Kaleta: Sir Kaleta of Buffalot.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

    Kaleta: I seek the Cup.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?

    Kaleta: Blue. No, yel...

    [he is also thrown over the edge]

    Kaleta: auuuuuuuugh.

     

    Bridgekeeper: Hee hee heh. Stop. What... is your name?

    King Zemgus: It is 'Zemgus', King of the Buffalonians.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

    King Zemgus: To seek the Stanley Cup.

    Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

    King Zemgus: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

    Bridgekeeper: Huh? I... I don't know that.

    [he is thrown over]

    Bridgekeeper: Auuuuuuuugh.

    Sir Zaderov: How do know so much about swallows?

    King Zemgus: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

  8. Foudy!!!

     

    Producer bio: Julie Foudy

    Foudy, a reporter and analyst for ABC, ESPN and espnW, is best known for her long and successful career as a midfielder on the U.S. women's national soccer team. She is a two-time World Cup champion and three-time Olympic medalist. Throughout her 17 years on the team, she spent 13 serving as a captain, scored 45 goals and earned 59 assists. She was a four-time All-American at Stanford University and named High School Player of the Decade (1980s) by the Los Angeles Times. In 2007, she was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame, alongside longtime teammate and friend Mia Hamm.

     

    Foudy has served as president and sat on the board of directors for the Women's Sports Foundation, focusing on Title IX, childhood obesity and athletes' rights issues. In 1997, she received the FIFA Fair Play Award for her work against child labor in the stitching of soccer balls.

     

    Foudy is active in many charitable organizations, including Athletes for Hope and Global Girl Media, a nonprofit using journalism to empower young women. In 2006, with her husband, Ian Sawyers, she founded the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, a unique residential camp experience that uses sports as the vehicle to teach leadership skills for life. Foudy is the proud mother of two children, Isabel and Declan.

  9. A few days ago there was a nine for IX on ESPN that featured the "99ers". It was produced by Julie Foundy, one of the midfielders from the Women's team of 99. It was a wonderful collection of videos and interviews of the women of that championship team. A group of the women is reassembled (in 2013???) at the Rose Bowl to be interviewed and reminisce about that season. They were very candid, and seemed to have matured into beautiful women / moms / leaders... it was a great piece watch it if/when you have time.

     

    One of the themes that struck me in the piece was the team mindset that was a huge part of their success that season. How they played for each other, and didn't want to let their teammates down. It seems like such an important aspect of winning teams.

     

    http://espn.go.com/espnw/w-in-action/nine-for-ix/article/8948907/nine-ix-film-summary-director-99ers

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