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John Smoltz got 3x as many votes as Edgar.

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i have to find some way to channel my anger that The Greatest Pitcher in MLB HistoryTM was left off of 8.9% of ballots.

I blame Bush.

(....deep breath....)

rass wrote:So should rush turn off the MaxWebster signal or keep it on?

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i have used the phrase "waffle-boarding" my entire life. hm.

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agreed - that pic is amazing but it's not quite accurate to say that's before it hits - that IS the storm hitting. My parents live in Snyder/Amherst and as of some point this afternoon they'd had about 3". My buddy a few miles south was looking at something over 50" and counting. right on,...

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'87 grad and i'm proud to say i've also seen neither. <*internet high-fives tennbengal*>

hello boys.

tennbengal wrote:I haven't seen Top Gun or Footloose.

Graduated HS in 1988 to put that in context.

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as a kid the first time i heard of him was when the (MISL) Buffalo Stallions signed him. we had season tickets and the word was "he's a soccer legend!" - he played 5 games, pulled a hammie, and retired. And pitifully that's all i knew about him for like 10 years.

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i actually found it smoother than the regular Talisker and certainly more than the 57 North which we now have. (Smoother doesn't always mean better to me but it's a good whisky). the 57 North is really peppery and smoky - not a first-timer whisky - add a drop of water to the glass and it's perfect. ...

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Dalwhinnie goes so well with dark chocolate....

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only since i haven't been around here in about 6 months, i now live about an 8 minute bikeride from "Irate Joe's" quite a limited selection, but they have a few family favourites in there. i haven't been there in a while but i enjoyed how they printed out and posted on the front window hat...

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thanks gents. bit of a revolutionary 2013 but i thought i'd wade back in a bit. what better place than the Scotch thread? speaking of which, holyhell is it expensive up here in LotusLand. Good thing when parents visit they can each bring a bottle in a suitcase... http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...

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ah we didn't stay anywhere longer than 1 night outside of Skye (which essentially is a different planet. incredible). only in Scotland for a week, spent 2 nights in Edinburgh, then Inverness (missable - only a place to crash late-night), Portree 2 nights, GlenCoe, back to Edinburgh. I love driving a...

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My parents toured several distilleries. They thought Edradour was the best. It is the smallest and one of the oldest distilleries. The operations are entirely run by 3 guys. Very quaint looking place, too. The tour was given by an old battleaxe of a woman who was bitter and cranky. They loved it. t...

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drinking a bit of Old Pulteney right now....

hello old friends.

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Kennedy had better be given a meaningful/long suspension (along with redass Gibby). could've fng killed Greinke.

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this could probably also go in confessions - i am quite sure i have never watched an entire episode of Star Trek - neither the original nor any next generation, spin off, etc - nor any of the movies. ever.

not a judgment call on my part, just fact.

and i'm a bit of a nerd. i thought.

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those folks're just biding their time...

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i laughed. I just don't see it with that band. Well, they didn't appear on Glee and they didn't do any duets with Barry Manilow... thanks Shirley [incidentally, a phrase i've never uttered before]. yeah well i'm not the type to try to sell someone on art - hell i never liked the Doors (just pouring ...

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i've heard that London has already sold 7K packages for next year so thankfully that won't be an issue next May.

maybe Vancouver gets it back in 2 yrs.

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awesome. it's not on NHL Network. that makes sense.

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bzzzzz. fake.

http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/05/hornets ... tale-fake/

Sabo wrote:Man dies after having sex with a hornet's nest.

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courtesy of the Times, a running tally of how much of teams' payroll is tied up on the DL

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013 ... bench.html

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not an aficionado by any means but this is my all-time favourite. Entire ffng piece gives me non-stop chills.

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while that might be a legit argument at times (Theodore over Iginla) that all went to shit when Corey fucking Perry won the goddamn Hart. sweet jesus.

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Zito being Zito in Toronto right now.

Bautista up for the second time tonight.

we are still in the first inning.

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Watching the FA Cup this weekend was fantastic - a true sporting thrill for me.

Yet as a Villa fan....come the fuck on Arsenal...just end this today.

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i get that. i might feel closer to that sentiment if i lived there.. but i've always hated the bruins more than any other team, even before i moved here. and i used to love the Leafs (that had to change when they returned to our conference/division in what, '99?). as i mentioned to some friends last...

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the portland-halifax games will have the likely 1-2-3 draft picks in the June draft.

NHL/NHL Network should be promoting the hell out of that.

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yeah did you actually get my pix? i'm sorry - i feel like i f'd up the PM to you.

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a) any chance you'd like to let us in on the secret (i.e. WHO IS IT!!!) :)

b) your avatar is troubling yet hilarious and i can't look away. confessions thread?

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The Great Bapo! has seen McDavid play in person and i'm pretty sure started a thread on him at one of the previous Swamp stops.

wouldn't it be great if he became eligible right when Quebec gets a team back and they got first pick in the draft...

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don't strut around like Villa isn't gonna spoil the party tonight aw yeah.

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we got to Dunvegan and it was 15 minutes from closing so we had a coffee in the shop where one of the 17million absurdly friendly people chatted us up and told us that the Neist point drive would be worth it - which it was.

The clan name on the castle did not escape me.

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this is outstanding

Johnny Hotcakes wrote:The Buffalo Sabres are asking social media users to please refrain from broadcasting any details of their game tonight.
- Down Goes Brown

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when i chose to watch the live watertown updates over the Sabres on tv tonight i thought i picked the death choice...

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i actually blocked FoxNews on both tvs in my house years ago so one would have to jump through annoying hoops to get there.

yes i am proud of that.

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2+ days in Dublin just because why not 7 days in Scotland - 2+ in Edinburgh then hired a car for 5 days. General route was up the A9 through the country, stopping at Pitlochry for tour of Edradour (Scotland's smallest distillery) to buy a bottle, dinner. Inverness. Muir of Ord for a tour of Glen Ord...

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BBC showing ~10 cops at the ready presumably near the "boat" - i don't see any bodies or talk of such.

it'd only be slightly funny if it were a raccoon or a fishercat in there

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Town Diner - i used to eat there every week when i lived there. just bizarre.

serious shit going on right now for sure - police and ambulance flying.

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Drambuie is a Scottish liqueur.

(i now proclaim myself an expert having just returned from a week there. mmmmm)

kinda sweet. i prefer the single malt whisky myself but hey to each their own.

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