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Time in a Bottle- Jim Croce

Jay. No offense to Conan. Betty or Wilma?

Nope. Mine all stay in the closet. I have one pair of tennies, for yard work/deep snow shoveling, and also a pair that are kind of cute, but too small. Tennies bug my feet because they have arches and my arches are very low. The person below me is easily distracted.

A bit more Igor love:

I don't like either. I'll go the French route. Back ache or head ache?

I don't usually have leftovers, but that is where I keep them when I do. The person below me gets enough exercise.

Happy Birthday to a man who ages like fine wine.

Double Black, green, or no olives?

Phone. I have a magnetic personality that literally kills batteries, so watches only last me a few weeks before they go dead. Plain chocolate candy or with something (nuts, crispies, fruit, etc.) in it?

I'm not sure about Rusty's reasons, but Stuie's family moved out here once he signed long-term. They didn't move when he was a rental because his wife was due (baby was born during the first round of the playoffs IIRC). Now they live in Detroit, but his step-daughter's father is back in Cali. Svetlana is living in Russia since Elizabeth is going to school there. They had lived in Detroit when Elizabeth was younger, but moved when she got to be school-aged. This has been As the Puck Turns. We now return you to your regularly scheduled GDT...

Sinuses. The throat thing always turns major for me. Staples or paperclips?

Sure. It is an oasis between a busy week and a marathon weekend. The person below me has eaten some leftover out of the fridge and found it to be surprisingly good cold.

Neither. Can't stand the stuff. If I did drink it, I'd pick it up. I've seen the Death in the Pot that passes for coffee at work. Would you rather: Have a job where you love what you're doing but hate the people, or hate what you're doing but love the people?

Nope. It came. It went (almost). 2011 is just about here. Another year; another slog through the drudgery that is life. The person below me likes shopping for gifts.

GIVE ME MEAT, HANK!!! or HOO-WOO!!! CURLY FRIES!!! Hm... yes. The former does sound a bit disturbing. I vote for the curly fries. I had both last night. Quite good, really. Of course, we don't get the offer out here. But for the good folks in the D, I'm glad that there is some way that the players can reward their fans.

Coke. Cocaine or Valium?

Work. The person below me would love to be more lazy.

Just so you are not feeling your period.

Yeah, I guess you're right. There's absolutely nothing wrong with taking other people's things. There is no right or wrong; there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

I'm not even drunk and this sounds brilliant. So... the NHL started Nov. 22, 1917, so the first decade would be from 1917-1926, unless you say that it was formed in November, so 1917 doesn't count as a full year, in which case the first decade would be from 1918-1927. Of course, some people will probably argue that it would be 1917-1927, because that's 10 years...

Behave or Matt Shorts will ban you all. Maybe Lids should win a Cup. It worked for Nik Kronvall. I haven't seen his name with a "v" since then.

Yes, indeedy. Sometimes we see the reason; sometimes we just have to go on faith. The person below me likes to play hooky from work on occasion. (Like me! I took a vacation day for a rehearsal, but it only took a few hours, so now I'm sitting in my chair playing when I'm supposed to be at work. Whee!)

Well, atodaso and Buppy, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Your points are coherent and well-stated, and I give you props for making a good, intelligent argument. That said, I still disagree. However, it being here nor there, I propose we raise a glass to what we DO agree on: Wings Rule!!! :beerbuddy:

Chris Draper probably isn't doing anything. Let's get the whole Grind Line on the case. All joking aside, I think it's great that a guy his age is still in the running for best. We all get concerned about what will happen when his age catches up to him- and rightfully so- but it just doesn't seem to happen. I guess if it has to happen sooner or later, later is better.

Exactly. Think of it as counting. How many fingers do you have? 10? Are only the first 9 yours? So if you and a friend count to 20, do you run out of fingers? No, because you don't start counting with 0, you start with 1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Then you start the next set of 10, or- if we are talking years- the next decade. So continuing the pattern, you can see: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The next set of 10: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 So if you are talking about the '70's, you have: 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Why? Because there's no year 0. Just like you didn't start counting your fingers by counting the first one as 0. Wings still rule the 90's and 00's, no matter how you slice it.