I'll never root for the Canadiens, but do the Lightning have to make it so hard for me to root against them? Hand-held noisemakers? Really? And the building looks like it's about 25 percent red. Floridians are the worst sports fans in America.

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artie_fufkin wrote:

I'll never root for the Canadiens, but do the Lightning have to make it so hard for me to root against them? Hand-held noisemakers? Really? And the building looks like it's about 25 percent red. Floridians are the worst sports fans in America.

I fully expect Scottrade to be 25% or more red tonight, and it won't be Cardinal Red.


 

A great win. Heckuva night, Alz!

Oh no I didn't go I was just praying. I'm in a "spend money wisely" phase right now, which invovled paying off taxes (Phase 1), and my daughter's scuba diving certification (Phase 2). We're now at the daughter's basic scuba gear phase, and about 4 more phases beyond that, I can spend money to go to playoff games!

We don't unfortunately... Although Bontaire Mine isn't a terrible dive, for freshwater... We get certified here, and then we take trips. Our first Father-Daughter dive trip will be to Disney's finding nemo aquariums in Orlando. She'll see a ton of stuff that she wouldn't be guaranteed to see, in a very safe environment. I think it's a good opener.

For me, I've been to Hawaii, Bonaire (just north of Venezeula), and the Florida keys (last November). I was seriously seriously impressed with the reef at Key Largo, and can't wait to get back.

alz wrote:

We don't unfortunately... Although Bontaire Mine isn't a terrible dive, for freshwater... We get certified here, and then we take trips. Our first Father-Daughter dive trip will be to Disney's finding nemo aquariums in Orlando. She'll see a ton of stuff that she wouldn't be guaranteed to see, in a very safe environment. I think it's a good opener.

For me, I've been to Hawaii, Bonaire (just north of Venezeula), and the Florida keys (last November). I was seriously seriously impressed with the reef at Key Largo, and can't wait to get back.

Before Disney reconfigured the Living Seas exhibit to the Nemo theme, there was a restaurant on one side of the tank where you could watch the fish while you were eating seafood, which is actually kind of creepy if you think about it.
Anyway, one night when my wife and I were in the restaurant, one of the divers swam up to a group at one of the tables in the first row and pretended he was firing a harpoon at them. I can only assume the diver was a guest, and not a cast member, because if he had been the latter they probably would have immediately hauled him out of the tank and fired him out of one of the cannons at Pirates of the Caribbean. 
We always seem to run into at least once instance of what Walt would have considered deviant behavior every time we take a trip to Central Florida. We were in an elevator at the Yacht Club with a maid who was trying to balance about a dozen towels, and when the elevator jerked to a stop, the towels fell over, and the maid said "Oh, shit!" then looked at us like she we were going to tattle on her so she'd get fired.
The best moment ever was at Universal, though. Zach was maybe 3 or 4, and riding on one of the rides in Dr. Seussville, or whatever it's called. The Grinch is walking through the park trying to get to his Grinch exhibit, and he's being followed by a group of teenage boys who are taunting him. One of the kids pulls the Grinch's tail, and the Grinch, who has apparently had enough, turns and takes off after the kid. A brief foot pursuit ends when the Grinch takes down the kid with a tackle that looked like LT bringing down Joe Theismann. The Grinch puts the kid in a hammer lock until about a dozen security guards arrive and haul off the kid. 

There's something absolutely spell-binding that occurs when a mascot of some type gets PO'd and makes a situation real. I could watch "when mascots attack" type fights all day, best comedy ever.

I'm convinced that the notion of zombies originated in Florida, where people living a lifetime of crazy sun end up looking like a cross between a human and a baseball glove in their older age... Sun appears to do something to them too because they walk around like zombies too..

alz wrote:

There's something absolutely spell-binding that occurs when a mascot of some type gets PO'd and makes a situation real. I could watch "when mascots attack" type fights all day, best comedy ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtiApxDUgu8
 

APIAD wrote:

Im goung to attempt to be interested in the game tonight

It's been an entertaining series, at least the parts I've seen. Either team could be up 3-0, and Chicago should probably be ahead, 2-1.
Keep your eye on the Anaheim/Dallas series. It's been getting nastier by the game, and there was almost a full-scale brawl at the end tonight.
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

APIAD wrote:

Im goung to attempt to be interested in the game tonight

It's been an entertaining series, at least the parts I've seen. Either team could be up 3-0, and Chicago should probably be ahead, 2-1.
Keep your eye on the Anaheim/Dallas series. It's been getting nastier by the game, and there was almost a full-scale brawl at the end tonight.
 

It was on to late.  I was dead to the world by the 3 period.  It was fun to watch.  It seems more excitjng then the reg season.
 

My condolences about the Blues. You're all free to jump on the Bruins' bandwagon, as they prepare for their next series against the NHL's Great Satan.

Blues gonna Blue. Pretty much happens every April.

But if you're into playoff hockey, tomorrow night is Christmas. We have 3 Game 7s on the schedule. Should be fun.