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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 09:36am
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Yet somehow all the US television networks play re-runs of The Miracle On Ice time and time again.
That is because the US beat the USSR at something that the USSR had been dominant at for so long. Similar to when Boston beat the Yankees a few years back (sorry Jurassic). It could have been tiddlywinks for all we care.

In all seriousness, I enjoy watching a hockey game but I don't follow it regularly.
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 10:15am
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Yet somehow all the US television networks play re-runs of The Miracle On Ice time and time again.
And they play re-runs of It's a Wonderful Life, too. That doesn't mean we care about Savings and Loans.

And as Welpe points out, it's more about the story of beating the Soviets. Put a Red Dawn twist on any sporting event and Americans will watch it.
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 12:48pm
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1) Similar to when Boston beat the Yankees a few years back (sorry Jurassic)......

2) In all seriousness, I enjoy watching a hockey game but I don't follow it regularly.
1) Hell, even a blind squirrel can find an acorn every now and then. Like every 85 years or so.....

2) I useta like hockey until they got into the left-wing locks and all the holding/hooking crap..and turned it into an NBA game. They are getting away from that now though, as my wife keeps telling me. She was born in Montreal and lived there until she was a teenager. She still has relatives there and they all live and die with Les Habitants. I had to put in a dish so she could watch as many Canadiens games as she could. She never misses one. She wouldn't watch a football, basketball or beisbol game though if her life depended on it. Silly monkey wife!
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 01:01pm
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1) Hell, even a blind squirrel can find an acorn every now and then. Like every 85 years or so.....
I wish it was only every 85 years...
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 01:27pm
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I wish it was only every 85 years...
Let's see...2011 minus 1908...carry the 1.....comes to.....102 years and counting. Right?

Right?

Yoohoo....right?
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 01:41pm
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That doesn't mean we care about Savings and Loans.
Speak for yourself, mister. Like savings. Hate loans.
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 01:46pm
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She was born in Montreal and lived there until she was a teenager. She still has relatives there and they all live and die with Les Habitants.
Allons les Habs!

I had a buddy in college whose mom is a Molson. They had some good seats.
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 02:23pm
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Let's see...2011 minus 1908...carry the 1.....comes to.....102 years and counting. Right?

Right?

Yoohoo....right?
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Old Fri Dec 17, 2010, 03:12pm
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My buddy Dan would never say anything like that to me.

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