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Originally Posted by smc

Ila, I assume your first line has to do with the "hub of the universe" reference in my posting. Let me clear this up. Boston is actually known as the "hub of the universe"; the use of this phrase to describe other cities (e.g., Toronto) has been well documented as a delusion.

Oliver Wendell Holmes used the phrase first to describe our State House (he actually called it the hub of the solar system). If you go to Downtown Crossing in Boston, there is a plaque in the sidewalk in front of where the Filene's building used to be that indicates the exact center of the universe. I remember it from when I was a kid, although it's covered up now with a storage shed of some sort.

My favorite use of this phrase is the famous apocryphal Boston Globe headline we Bostonians occasionally refer to:

2 Hub men die in blast;
New York also destroyed

(Of course, this is Bostonian on another level, too ... we hate New York!)

Yes, my first comment was a little dig at Toronto. Just about everyone that doesn't live in Toronto likes to say that those in Toronto think they are the centre of the universe.

Originally Posted by smc

As for your other requests: I'm not sure about New Yankee Workshop. Do you mean the PBS show with Norm Abrams? His store is actually in Essex Junction, Vermont, so you could stop on the way. Silva Bros., on the other hand, is in nearby Lexington, but I'm not sure there they have anything you can actually visit. They did build the late, lamented set for Victory Garden, but Lexington Gardens (the site), is long gone.

Yep, I meant Norm Abrams. I always suspected that his workshop was in Vermont. I'm not from Quebec so any drive I took to Boston wouldn't take me through Vermont. My comment about the Silva brothers was a little tongue-in-cheek. I like the work Tom Silva does and it would be a pleasure just to meet him.

Originally Posted by smc

Back to hockey: I would love to see more outdoor games, and I am a big fan of having them in Canada or Quebec.

Some in Quebec may think that they are a separate country, but they are still in Canada.

I'm not so sure that it would be a good idea to have many outdoor games in Canada. It's usually too cold.

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Originally Posted by ila

I'm not from Quebec so any drive I took to Boston wouldn't take me through Vermont.

I realized that it isn't the optimal route, but it would be an option.

Originally Posted by ila

Some in Quebec may think that they are a separate country, but they are still in Canada.

Sorry to have included you in my regular experiment with Canadians. I like to see how they will answer a seemingly innocent "slip" that seems to separate Canada and Quebec. I usually get no response, your response, something very angry, "Long live Meech Lake!", or "Vive le Qu?bec libre!" I will keep my own view to myself, lest I provoke even more of a non-hockey discussion in this thread.

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Originally Posted by smc

I realized that it isn't the optimal route, but it would be an option.



Sorry to have included you in my regular experiment with Canadians. I like to see how they will answer a seemingly innocent "slip" that seems to separate Canada and Quebec. I usually get no response, your response, something very angry, "Long live Meech Lake!", or "Vive le Qu?bec libre!" I will keep my own view to myself, lest I provoke even more of a non-hockey discussion in this thread.

Smc, I wouldn't worry too much about it. I actually don't mind if posts slip into off-topic from time to time(I'm guilty of it too.).

Also, any sport is good for this thread. Although it started out as just a hockey thread, it has evolved into a thread where any sport can be discussed(football, soccer, baseball, rugby, etc.).

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I have to go and get ready for work shortly, but before I do I'll post a quick report about today's games(I'll post yesterday's and the games still not a final for today, tomorrow).

It will not be happy-dance time for two of our favourite members.

1. Buffalo beat Montreal 1-0. Can't really fault anyone on Montreal for this one, as they were unlucky to run into Ryan Miller when he is on unbeatable mode(this is his 5th shutout of the season, tied for 1st in that department)!

2. Ottawa beat Philadelphia 7-4. Philly was down, then they tied it up 4-4, and then gave up 3 goals in the third. Neither team had good goaltending in this one. Philly was doing so well, and now they have lost two straight.

Canada is playing Switzerland as I type this. I hope they play better than they did against the US! Go Canada GO!!!

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What a crappy way to start the new year, Geez wonder if someone has the Stanleycup from 74/75 or 75/76 so i can watch the Broadstreet bullies kick the Sabers butt
Jerseygirl Jen

[ila]

The World Junior game between Canada and Switzerland just finished. The final score was 6 - 1 for Canada. Canada now goes on to the gold medal game against the winner of the Sweden - US game.