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Amen to this post.

Hak: Lot of good tonite. Lot of extra effort, 2nd efforts. Guys making plays. Good positive night. Everybody played reasonably well. Trupps line played very well. Trupp and Gregoire have had good chemistry. There was chemistry in pairs on each of the forward lines tonite. Blood showed good hockey sense to make that pass that lead to that goal. Both young D did well, both have some things to learn.

It looked to me like the Sioux player might have pushed the Bison(s) into Eidsness.

The Sioux have shown some skill on the ice tonite. Not just the goals, but some of the assists and some of the passes show some very good ability. Gregoire's shot was a beauty, as were both assists on Kozek's goal.

I was having similar difficulties when I tested things this afternoon. I tried turning off my computer and unplugging my modem for a few moments. It seemed to help tremendously. No problems after that.

I say Davidson will score against Manitoba.

As I read the article this is the scenario that made the most sense to me. Absolutely REA would look like they are grasping at straws if they just decided to hang the flags on their own. But from what I read it sounded like there will be a ceremony with tribal members participating. This strikes me much more like some internal tribal politicking than an underhanded move by REA/UND.

My story can't be as interesting as Ranger's but I'll add it anyway. On 9/11 I on a remote Canadian lake, fishing. In fact, at the time the towers were falling we had motored to a small rocky river inlet between 2 bodies of water and sat on the shore enjoying the sun, casting for walleyes. It was a beautiful day to sit and relax as the sun warmed the rocks. We had no way of knowing what was happening on the east coast. The following day we packed up and waited for the float plane to pick us up at the appointed time. It was another beautiful day. The kind that makes you hate to leave. Presently the plane flew over, landed, and motored up to the dock. The pilot jumped out, grabbed the rope and tied the plane fast to the dock. He turned to us as we walked down the dock toward him with some of the gear, ready to load. "You guy's got a radio?" "No" "The States is at war." Holy s...! You could have picked our jaws up off the dock. When we left there was no hint of conflict, at least not beyond the norm which for that time was not very significant. How could this be? "They've knocked down the World Trade Center buildings, and bombed the Pentagon". Now our eyes were as big as saucers. Images of fighter jets, and bomber planes (remember, we didn't yet know how this had come down) attacking US soil were surreal. How could this be? Where would they come from? Who would launch a surprise attack on the US? It just didn't work. We couldn't get a hold on it. In mostly silence we got our gear packed. The pilot then gave us some more details, about how airliners were the instrument of destruction, that they haven't accounted for all of the airliners yet, and it is suspected there are one or 2 still possibly threatening with no known targets. He said he was grounded and was not supposed to fly. The outfitter had told him it was his call whether he wanted to pick us up or not. He decided he would come get us, but he would fly low and would not use his radio. (I remember once we were in the air he commented that a fellow pilot was foolishly using the radio!). As we sat in the plane for the 20-30 minute ride in we tried to digest the little information we had. Who would do this and why. Are our families in the Mpls/St. Paul area ok? Were those cities threatened? What value would they have as a target? With a lack of information your mind grasps at straws trying to connect the few facts available. The paths between these facts can be many and varied. It doesn't help you put it to rest. When we finally got in our car we had an hour of travel in Canada and another 5+ in Minnesota to get home. It gave us plenty of time to catch up with the latest radio news. First Canadian public radio and then whatever we could get in northern MN. By the time we got home around supper time on 9/12 we had a reasonable picture of what was going on. I remember my wife filling me in on the events while we watched tv replays of the attacks and subsequent falling of the towers. Outside my son was playing on the lawn (7 years old) and seemingly unperturbed. I hoped he could stay that way. I know I'll never forget where I was or the events as the memories are as clear now as they were 7 years ago. Interestingly enough, my boss was on a hunting trip in Montana and was out of touch as well during that time. We are/were the #1 and #2 in our office. It's the first time in my 20 years of work that I can remember the staff expressing how they wished we had been around.

I cannot believe no one has acknowledged this yet. None of our stories could compare. Totally understand if you don't add anything to your post, but I'm on the edge of my seat ready to read if you do. Wow.

I know that. But maybe the left-handed phillips screwdriver I was using on my equipment was faulty.

I was still on the "tri" runners. My goal was to get to the doubles. And skating backwards....now that's just crazy talk.

I looked totally outclassed. I'm going to hang up the skates. (I got nothin')

I don't think he was savaged "because" of that. I think it was because he was the coach of the goofers. If Mother Theresa had been your coach it would have taken centuries before the Pope would have beatified her.

This is an interesting situation. One would assume Erstad might have a future in pro hockey, seeing he was a D1 recruit and a St. Louis Blues draft pick. Of all the options, it would seem playing DIII isn't a great one for getting to the pros. Has he decided his future does not include pro hockey?

My first thought is taken from Bill and Ted: "Excellent!"

Wasn't there some talk of the Lamoureux's being unhappy with the fan response to Phil early in his career? He wasn't apparently immune to the criticism.

I'm certainly not a "smarter type" but I will hazard my own opinion. I think the Sioux have a lot of options at forward like you say. I also think there is a lot of potential. What there isn't is a lot of proven high end performance. Hopefully the Sioux will have some surprise high end scoring emerge, or else some very good depth of solid scoring through the lineup. Best is a combo of both but we'll just have to wait to see. We certainly have some good players. I think the question with some of them is HOW good, and just how deep it goes.

I hope everyone keeps the Sioux low on their radar.

They like it with a little cream and sugar over there.

I agree.

There was quite a dry spell between Goehring and Parise. I don't think anybody was really thinking Parise would be the goalie he turned out to be. I think that was more luck than anything else. Blais did a great job, however, in getting Goehring. That's one goalie the easties sure wish they'd have had.

As I read that my mind was thinking "how can we tie this statue to the Nazis. Unbelievably, that's EXACTLY where the writer was going! Hitler was a frustrated artist. I'm guessing this is one of Hitler's works. Thanks, Ralph!

Boy, that list brings back memories.

Maybe it will spawn another tea party in your "house" where the folks can gather and gossip about "they're" talking about over at our "house".

I think Gwoz has deserved a little fortune going his way. This balances things a little bit.