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OK. I will say - when you go bonkers picking winning coaches willynilly - well. You kind of get a Rangers kind of thing going. You’re not building a foundation for ongoing consistency. I’m torn. I can’t focus because all that runs through my mind is "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds“.
maybe what I’m trying to say is “fvck Tortarella”. And notice everyone started calling him the Fonz for a while. That was my husbands thing. No one said it before that. I swear someone stole so much of my material back in the day …
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Oy. I’m kind of so relaxed and chill about hockey these days … do I even want to venture near the event horizon of this rabbit hole? (Yeah, some major mixed metaphors here what of it?)
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OK. Scotty, I think it’s time we both admit it. I just have better overall hockey fan sense than you.
thanks to Lou for running the experiment for us. We’ve have the statistically relevant outcome. Yes we both loved the Lamouriello Devils. Same location same system. Perfection
so - let’s test the geography. We’ll even give your chosen locale the advantage of age. Lou goes to Toronto. Your childhood team. Look what happens. Then he moves to Long Island. My childhood team. You see where I’m going here?
Toronto. The Leaves. Stinko. I’d just like you to publicly acknowledge it now. Pepperkorn is just a brilliant arm chair hockey aficionado . Not just because I happen to be her favorite player of all time. Not just because she recognizes the brilliance of Lou Lamouriello. But her love of hockey was born in Minnesota her adoration of players in Long Island ( NOT Manhattan). And her formative years in Hamden Ct. she’s been bred for it. Hockey fan perfection as I am hockey defence and leadership perfection. NB our flaws makes us perfect.
there. There’s your script. Now go! Gogogogogogogogogo!!!!!
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Yeah. I do always get that “is English your second language” thing too. No clue why...
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On 6/20/2021 at 1:42 PM, Brewskies said:
It very possible that I do have trouble with sarcasm. Thank you. I am 85 years old. Spend 85% of my time in bed due to severe back problems. I can't have surgery because I wouldn't survive it. So I enjoy sports on TV, most everything but baseball. Thank you everyone for your interest in me.
Have a nice day. Happy Fathers day to those of you that are fathers. To those that are not, get a pet.
Wait a sec... is that you? GetReal? I’ve think he’d be damm close to 90 if not already. I have been hoping he’s alive and well. Or were you being funny?
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My moms movers stole a ton of her jewelry. It’s not that valuable but it’s the principal. They stole her Dundee Football Club gold pendant necklace. It was her current treasure. She’s not even a footy fan but she loved that necklace. Man. Steal from at 85 year old. What knobs.
so, how are you Scotty? What’s new? How’s the family? Granddad yet? Any weddings on the horizon? Any significant other you can’t stand but fear your kid is going to think s/he wants to marry? Any monster children refusing to get out of the house? Any monster children stomping out of the house making sure you think it’s to escape you? Yeah.... me neither.
good lawrd. I just wrote principal. I’m illiterate. It’s that simple. Or I’ve been thinking about how much money we’ll have to play with once our house sells? In any event I despair of myself
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Sports bars. Post-COVID...😟
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Heeheehee. Scottish accent and Steven’s hits... match made in Heaven 💖 Scottish dude watches Steven’s top 10 hits
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Aaaaasaand... my daughter got into her dream college, my mother found her dream retirement home (which seemed an impossible task - a 1900s semi-private retirement village close to her daughters). Our sheep are all being reunited in one farm that’s not ours. That means we’re getting rid of the sheep 🐑. We are in the throes of buying a new house and selling our old. We’re currently half vaccinated. So... not much going on.....
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Aaaand I just bought a Mulberry clutch bag. I can write that here because no one cares. My friends would post it in “Insta 😁😁😁”. I can’t even believe I did it. I just felt sorry for myself because I can’t get a camel hair coat in my size. The only place that has what I want (OConnels) has it in size huge. So. I’ll console myself with a tweed with a black velvet color ... even though I’ll feel like I’m 10 again. 🙄. But I can’t really just buy it. Maybe I want a solid color? And now I also want a black velvet box clutch. And I’m going to need shoes for going back to work. And I want a new house. But we’re putting in a septic so we can’t sells ours for another 2 months I’m guessing. And I hate everything out there. I’m just feeling childish and self indulgent. Whiiiiiiiiiine.
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We have to clean out my dad’s 1997 Suburban. I think I’ll make my husband. My dad paid cash for it back in the day and until 2 years ago maintained it impeccably. I remember he put in a new transmission probably 10 years back and we were all so grumpy. Just buy a new freaking car!!! But he loved it 😁 he splurged for it (he paid cash for it, like his parents always did back when one could!) because he said it was probably the last car he’d own ( my dad thought he was a goner at 56 he was psyched to have made it to 61 back then! Who knew? He just was a massive party animal and thought he was going to have to pay the piper. Well ... 23 years later he sort of did.). He felt a little greedy buying such a huge car but he got tons of use out of it. Good thing my parents were cool because we took family vacations - multi family vacations in that car! Lol. Even my daughter can’t go near it right now. She loves it. So many memories. Seriously - it’s got the emotions attachment of a house!!! 23 years!!!!! That’s INSANE!! 😂😂😂
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Nothin too new. My mother is moving down here. Found a fabulous old fashioned place in Newtown PA. We were going to buy a bigger house and shed move in with us but this will be better. She can walk all over Newtown and not be stuck on a farm in the boondocks So we found all my dads old fishing stuff. Two tackle boxes of Creek Chub lures from the 1940s. I’ll keep a few and frame them with an adorable photo I have of him fishing as a kid. The rest well sell on eBay and all go out fit a cute dinner somewhere fancy when my mom is all moved in.
im amusing myself shoveling snow recreationally. I’m pigging OUT today Shrove Tuesday. Eating donuts because I’m not a pancake girl. I’ll eat my last lot of processed white flour, sugar etc. and spend the next 40 days and nights cleansing and feeling prentiously pious. Yeay me! Ehhem— I mean Yeay Jesus! Doin’ this thang together - fastin in the wilderness findin our way to clean hearts bodies minds and guts.
I’m going for a micro biome reboot. My boss is Mr Microbiome and I’ve been reading WAY too many papers on how amazing probiotics are. I think these things seriously work!!! Not to give away anything but watching lab studies as they go. I’m convinced! So with Lent starting up it’s ideal to reboot the gut. Science and religion - perfect together. -
In the Late Season
by Tom Hennen
At the soft place in the snowbank
Warmed to dripping by the sun
There is the smell of water.
On the western wind the hint of glacier.
A cottonwood tree warmed by the same sun
On the same day,
My back against its rough bark
Same west wind mild in my face.
A piece of spring
Pierced me with love for this empty place
Where a prairie creek runs
Under its cover of clear ice
And the sound it makes,
Mysterious as a heartbeat,
New as a lamb.
I subscribe to the writers almanac podcast 😊. ❤️
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Lil Peep. ???
Im all happy my daughter’s current boyfriend likes the Devils. He’s wearing a Devils sweater. Then I am informed ... oh no, he’s not a fan of hockey even. He just likes Lil Peep. Lil peep is apparently a “sad boy” who sings about how much girls break his heart ... sounds kinda candy as to me...
I think I’d go with azz for cuss word replacement rather than as.
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Watching the Islanders playing the Hartford Whalers at The old Colosseum. My first live hockey game! I think I was 9!
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Well. Eventful summer/autumn. My dad had been in home hospice since July (yeah, he’s not any more and yeah that means what you’d guess if you were not guessing miracle recovery 😌). ANYHOW. My dad was a big guy! It was impossible!! But we managed. Even skin and bones he looked pretty strapping even at 84!! Weirdly enough my dad’s oncologist turned out to be a grad school chum of my husband. She tried to talk us out of it even. “Your dad is not a small man and your mom is tiny”. 😄 But it’ the time of COVID and we’re a really close family so ... it was pretty amazing in the end. My dad has been compared to Elaine’s dad from Seinfeld by some of my friends because he can seem quiet yet grumpy (he was actually hilarious with a very quick dry wit) anyhow - he was so freaking happy. It was like he was coming to the end of the best book ever. I miss him a lot especially watching football but all in all in was a very good experience. Just thought I’d put that out there. My sister went to town on Facebook 🤦🏻♀️ Oy vey. I just go to town here 😁
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Sad. One of my puck bunny friends had a website dedicated to Dale Howerchuk. Very sad he died. He always seemed so old to me but he wasn’t even 60 yet. Bummer. Hate to say anything trite. Hate to ever say RIP. I hate the idea of resting in peace for eternity. I’d rather rest in discovery or joy and love or something active productive and fun. May Ducky have whatever idyllic after life he’s hoped for.
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Got rid of our ages ago. Sometimes I miss it. It makes it tough to punish your kid by taking the phone away , that’s for sure. If we had that phone cableTV and internet thing we’d have kept the land line. Don’t really miss it though
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A Stevens dream! It was a cute old school one .. but I forget it completely! It was cute. We were talking - like catching up? Old friends? Can’t believe I don’t remember it. Packing! Packing for a trip and chitchatting. Kind of like sharing old stories while we packed for the trip. Hmm. No details I usually remember the conversation but I don’t. Or it was just dream hum of conversation- you know how that is. (No.No, once again, as usual, we have no idea how that is Pepperkorn). So that was pleasant. 😁
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Awe Dew. That sucks. My sister is alone but she has a cat and her doggie. Just hang in there friend. 💕
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Ahhhhhhhhhhahahahahhahaha! My friend is on Fox News pushing a new COVID drug. LOL. Just got a text to turn it on. He’s a sheep expert turned pharmaceutical expert. LOL. They’re saying how great he is. He once got us all so plastered on single malts. Anyhow he promised if we honestly wanted to relocate to the UK he’d set us up with work BUT refuses to believe we actually do. He’s a great guy. Hope this works out but honestly everyone I know is working on their own COVID drug now and of course their idea is going to work. This guy really does think outside of the box though. we’ll see clinical trials are starting next week I guess.
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Man. I can’t stand that I’m so digging isolating. I love not having to go anywhere. I can screw around doing all my little chores. OH!!! Of course you all know!! I think my nick name was Little House on The Prairie for a time here. I’m not spinning wool or churning butter. But I am making clotted cream right now. I of course can make a fine loaf of bread with 1/8th of a teaspoon of yeast and 2 1/2 cups of flour. I’m not sewing because everyone else and his brother already is. And I hate it. Same reason I’m not knitting.
Our dogs are so insanely happy to have us here. I saved my Roosters life by chasing away the fox trying to catch him! What a good guy he is. The rooster. The fox 🦊 is a jerkoff. I’m not doing much binge TV watching. My daughter is watching New Girl. That’s cute. Our sheep will probably lamb soon. At least one will. We have had a bunch of calls for people wanting lambs too. I guess everyone wants to do the hobby farm thing. Everyone is getting chickens here. Sooooo. I LOVE my little hill. We’re awash in ramps. Have to start morel hunting now. We have 3 kinds of awesome mushrooms that grow here. My crazy boy dog eats the wacky kind that grow on our manure pile 🤪. I have had a gazillion dreams but nothing too noteworthy. I love all the free ballet classes going around on Instagram. And I love that my family is stuck with me 24/7. I can’t believe how well we’re getting along. What’s stircrazy even?
Hope everyone is well. I’m worried for our extended family but must keep our distance so..
My Scott Stevens thread
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Hi Bill. Good to read you 😁. Life during COVId has been ridiculously busy. Major milestones left and right.
We’re in Puerto Rico right now and wouldn’t you know I had a Stevens dream which turned into an Elias dream which turned into my dad dispensing valuable advise!
I worked in some educational facility with Stevens but it wasn’t really hockey based. We were just getting to be friends and he offered me a ride home and I was thinking how awesome but that I’d better not make a habit of it or my husband would get the wrong idea. He pulled up in this flat sports car. But it was really flat. And it wasn’t green it was kind of grass covered. And there were no doors. He was waiting for me to get in. Elias was in the back and I couldn’t figure out how they were fitting in.
then somehow we got to we’re we were going and Elias met my sister and acted like he was totally dazzled by her. I was thinking dude your married! (My sister IRL is also 62 and chubby but very pretty) Then this really cute young blonde came up furious and in tears because her boyfriend like an old fat lady and I was thinking - hey dame, what about his wife? But Patty came over and calmed her down saying she was just working for him see? And my sister was waiting tables I saw. And then the girl really blew up saying “you gave her a role in your show!?!” And then I realized my sister landed a staring role on a TV show as a waitress. Patty said but look at her … look how charming she is!” And I was freaked out because he WAS in love with her. I said to a friend next to me “ wow. My sister is going to be fine. She doesn’t have to change a thing.” Then next to her from a guy sitting down with a crowd of people listening to everything he said, said “yeah, but look what drinking did to me” in that unmistakable way my dad spoke. And it was my dad.
I said “Daddy! It really is you!!! You can visit.” And he gave me a big hug and said “Oh yeah, I can go anywhere I want. Don’t worry about that. But you can’t do what I do!”
Then I woke up. 😁
so. I’ve got to cut back my drinking!!! During this holiday season from Thanksgiving through now it’s been just relentless partying with my husbands company. They have good cause that’s why it’s all kind of new and intense! But it’s just too much. Example: (I’m no spring chicken now as you all know having had this Stevens thing going since 2001 🤪😂) I started out November at 137 lbs. I am now 150!!!!!!! My husband went from 200 to 225!!!! Hahahahahahhahahah! But it’s traumatic! So. It’s been like a party every night and way too much good food and I have had like negative zero discipline eating crap I don’t even want and having that third drink!!! So. I have to go back to my old lifestyle. No more of this “hey we need to cut loose a little”. Hahahaha.
because I never get here anymore I love my daughters current boyfriend although he’s in the acting program. Oy vey. He thinks too much like I do. But it’s great because I can speak to him in my subtle way and he understands EVERYTHING! I think it’s actor speak, I do. It’s a particular kind of intuition. You just know things and you know when someone else does too and you just instantly trust. Anyhow. But he’s not that swell. She can dump him any time she wants and I’ll be behind her 100%.
did you know sailing burns a lot of calories? Just sayin.
so well, that’s all. My nephew is indeed a Lou Lamouriello dream but they’ve taken him off d and made him a forward and he’s getting the sh!t kicked out of him! Out for the season with the broken collar bone. He’ll be Ivy League but he has no faith in being on a team. I keep telling him to not underestimate his intelligence.
oK. Enough. Bye all! Happy New Year!!!