Re: cassettes and chains, a marriage without divorce?

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <484114bf$0$16917$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com>,
Donald Munro <fat-dumbass@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> > Since the bloggers were basically all Jeopardy wannabes who happened to
> > have web pages, the result was nearly a foregone conclusion. On the other
> > hand, it was a CBC production, so top in-studio contestant won a modestly
> > useful travel voucher, and the team prize was (I'm not making this up) our
> > names engraved on a not-very-interesting trophy.
>
> Yes but were you on a program ?

I didn't train hard enough before the event. Story of my life.

That said, it would have taken some pretty intense training to catch the
in-studio winner. I don't think I could have done it. He was GOOD.

But when you go on a game show with 150+ contestants, your EV can't be
that good even if you're really clever.

Oh well, free flight and hotel in Toronto, and I'd never been to Toronto
before.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

[bdbafh]

On May 31, 11:32 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <484114bf$0$16917$ec3e2...@news.usenetmonster.com>,
> Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> Oh well, free flight and hotel in Toronto, and I'd never been to Toronto
> before.

Did you make the pilgrimage to visit Lord Stanley's vault in the
Hockey Hall of Fame?

-bdbafh

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article
<7df6f5db-f737-4ed2-963b-560ca3c08b69@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
bdbafh <bdbafh@gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 31, 11:32 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <484114bf$0$16917$ec3e2...@news.usenetmonster.com>,
> > Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> > Oh well, free flight and hotel in Toronto, and I'd never been to Toronto
> > before.
>
> Did you make the pilgrimage to visit Lord Stanley's vault in the
> Hockey Hall of Fame?
>
> -bdbafh

Yes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcousine/2215698339/

I now realize I didn't upload the photo of me beside the cup to Flickr.
But it's a beautiful sports museum, everything you could hope for.

They have two of the three "real" Stanley Cups there, and you can touch
one of them:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup#Original.2C_authenticated.2C_an
d_replica_versions>

It's really done right: there's a platform with the cup standing on it,
and an attendant in the room. You can go up, look at it, take your
picture with it (or they'll take a photo for you using their pre-rigged
pro-grade DSLR, which is a useful option; I think it was $10 for that
photo), touch it, and really get to know the cup. You can't get that
close to any of the many other trophies in the room.

It's merely the most glorious trophy in sport, and it's housed in what
has to be the best trophy room in sport*.

The rest of the HHOF is also wonderful. They have a jersey collection
that would put any fattie master to shame. This one case might be a
tenth of the displayed pieces:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcousine/2217573533/in/photostream

Also, this is a photo of the Canadian "Test the Nation" cup:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcousine/2208862442/

Not impressive.

*At least until Zak-Paul starts hanging his cycling palmares in his
two-story liquor cabinet

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."