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Crap.

I like Murph, but no one will ever take Mickey's place.

I love you too, Kristi. Now we just need to get our boys hungry for a win. So would Fillpula be Fillilf?

Ok, boys, lets turn it up here in the 2nd period. No more bologna. We need to catchup quick. Ham it up if you have to, but get on a roll. Hey, Mindfly...MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I can handle cold and rainy unless it's that freezing rain stuff. Then I don't like it at all. The person below me always finishes their meal because they've been raised that way and gets annoyed at themselves for eating until they're too full.

strawberry preserves. Come on, guys. We haven't got all night.

Maybe we'd better stay away from dairy. Look what it did to the Preds game. (Buttercase)

Oh, So if I'm a girl talking about Ericcson, is it milf, or since I'm a girl, is it filf? GAAAAAAAAAA. Stop scoring, Jackets!

OK, I admit I'm old. What is milf'ish?

Thanks, I've always wondered what was in that stuff. I was great friends with Dad. Our best times were the times he took me to Wings games in the cities. The person below me prefers sandals/flip-flops to shoes (weather permitting).

Anyone know where there's some bowling televised? I got a hankering to watch a sport. I need more excitement in my life.

Rock on, girlfriend. Wings 3- Jackets 1

David Letterman's on CBS? Last time I watched him, he was on NBC. Of course, I haven't turned on CBS in about a decade, so what do I know?

Nope, it costs me $8.25 to spring forward an hour. Working nights=1 hour less pay, not to mention that I have to get my work done in 60 fewer minutes. The person below me has wondered what butterscotch is made out of, if it's not butter and scotch.

Thanks for taking the time to do that, Wombat. I found it interesting how little actually changes, yet what impact those small changes make. Just an question: If all losses are worth 0 points, does it make a difference how many points a win is worth? I'm not a math person, but it would seem to me that it wouldn't make any difference in the order of things if a win was worth 1 or 2 points if all losses were even.

You're cool in my book, my dear Loo. <sends a big hug south and hopes it doesn't get lost somewhere over Kansas> I never feel stupid and clueless. I feel smart and capable. How did I get so far out of touch with reality? The person below me has used press-on nails.

I don't worry about skewing stats. That happened when they implemented the shootout and got rid of ties. I have also found that explaining the system to non-hockey fans makes me look smart. That takes a lot, so I take it where I can get it. I have actually come around on shootouts. An OT win is much more exciting, but I do like to get something out of it at the end. I guess I've just started looking at the shootout as a whole bunch of breakaways happening in quick succession. I do agree, however, that games should be worth equal points. If one team gets rewarded for losing, the other team should get penalized for letting them get that far. I favour the 2 for a win, 0 for a loss. My second choice is 3 for a regular win, 2 for an OT/SO win, 1 for an OT/SO loss, 0 for a regular loss. Yes, the latter screws up the whole "first to 100" thing, but the extra point for the SO/OT did that already. (I hate it when kids play on my lawn too-except the one time I was thinking "pull up your pants- you look like an idiot" and the pants dropped off. That's entertainment.)

I'm just going to copy/paste my thoughts on enforcers for the new folks. People who are sick of hearing it may feel free to skip the next paragraph. In terms of prevention, enforcers are like condoms. You can use a condom 82 times in a year (not the same one with the condoms, of course), and you have no idea what it prevented. You just know that the fact that you are wearing one means that your chances are much more in your favour. You feel safer with one. Maybe nothing would have happened, but you don't know how many times something bad was prevented, so you keep using one. Like condoms, enforcers don't prevent everything, and they can't undo the bad things that happen, but when is the last time a condom went out and beat up the guy who gave you gonorrhea? Ok, now about Downey. Downey provides energy and confidence, not to mention entertainment. Lids and Zata have gone on record saying how much he adds to the team due to his attitude and willingness to stand up for them, which they say helps them play their game. Attitude, confidence, and energy are huge for pumping a team up. If the skilled players who can get the job done are up for the game, they will do their job better. A little yeast makes the whole ball of dough rise. <---stupid metaphor of the year, there. When the playoffs come around, Downey will be performing his role. He will be sitting in the press box to be called on if needed. As others have noted, there aren't many fights in the post-season. The nice thing about Downey is he smart about picking his moments. He does not get called for the instigator penalty often. If anything, he is good at drawing it. If a playoff team, who we will be playing against 4-7 times in a row, starts running our guys, we can insert him in the next game. If not, he stays in the press box. He will never be a goal-scorer, nor will he be on the ice for the special teams, but he has his role, and he is content to do it. Unlike most players, the question is not "how good is he at hockey?", but rather "what does he add to the team as a whole?" It would be nice to have an all-around player who could bring what Downey does. I'd prefer it, despite the fact that I really like him. But since we don't have that guy right now, Downey is there to do the job during the regular season, and a great Black Ace during the playoffs.

Every time I log on. Which is usually a couple times a day during the week. The person below me visits here so much that they have trouble coming up with things that the person below them might think/do/like.

Garlic I can handle- chili? No way! The person below me knows what the heck an OBD-II is. (Thanks for the advice, though.)

1997 Crown Vic named Miss Cordelia. I'm getting a 1999 Ford F150 though, as soon as I can sell Miss Cordelia. It is also Red. I will name it Stevie. The person below me went grocery shopping today.

No, but when my Godson was young, we'd play hide and seek and he'd always look for me in the dryer. I'm about the size of the average sumo wrestler, so I thought that was cute. The person below me has seen an actual sumo wrestling match.