In fact, I think Trigger had his own stamp. I'm not sure it was the original Trigger, though. It might have been Trigger number three ... or four. There were lots of Triggers. Roy lived like forever and went through a ton of horses. But what was really sad was the fact that, unfortunately for all concerned, the Post Office changed the postal rates after they released his stamp and they had to pull their Trigger.

FAX

They used Trigger to make the glue for the stamps.

:D


Okay, so how many athletes have stamps?


2-0 Sweden... once again, Peter Forsberg would have been crucial on the play, had he been on the ice.

Some of your points are valid, and I am impressed with your knowledge of the game. I just don't see Luongo being the guy. Yes he stood on his head for the panthers but he never took them to the playoffs and while the teams in front of him were not that great to me it means he's not a truly elite goalie. Brodeur has not played well and although he is considered one of the best puck-handling goalies of all time he made a couple of critical mistakes. I don't see them going with Luongo and winning gold. Just my opinion ; I could be wrong. Watch the canucks in the playoffs this year. They won't make it past round 2 and he'll be a big part of that.

Had those two Finns not been there, it would have been a perfect pass by Forsberg.

Some of your points are valid, and I am impressed with your knowledge of the game. I just don't see Luongo being the guy. Yes he stood on his head for the panthers but he never took them to the playoffs and while the teams in front of him were not that great to me it means he's not a truly elite goalie. Brodeur has not played well and although he is considered one of the best puck-handling goalies of all time he made a couple of critical mistakes. I don't see them going with Luongo and winning gold. Just my opinion ; I could be wrong. Watch the canucks in the playoffs this year. They won't make it past round 2 and he'll be a big part of that.

It's okay, Mr. Reerun_KC.

Some people don't like talking stamps, I guess. And, he's not alone. It's pretty obvious that Mr. Bearcat and Mr. blaise don't like my posts. I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way and just haven't said anything. I guess I'll just stop posting. It's not like anybody really appreciates my stamp knowledge, anyhow ... or, my Iceman puns, either, for that matter. I might as well be a Raider fan or a Donk fan. Thanks for the support, but it looks like the writing is on the wall and it's time to set aside my posting efforts and get started on my Columbian Drug Lord career.

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Ruh roh. Fins on a 5 on 3 PP.

Interestingly, I just realized that the Avs PA announcer dude is really popular. He's doing the PA for the Olympic hockey games.

Sweden is dumb to take these penalties. Finland hasn't even shown they can get a good shot on goal.

Jeez - ANOTHER 5 on 3.

that canadian female curler? she wasn't as..... COLD AS ICE.

must've been playing....HEAD GAMES

I'll just assume she had..... DOUBLE VISION...on that last one.

I was just kidding around in the other thread. Iceman, chill out, etc.

Respect alone will keep Marty in net, and yeah, when it comes down to it the guy has 3 Cups and a gold medal... he's earned it. Too bad he can't setup all those awards behind him against Russia (jk).

Well then they should put Fluery in. He has the most upside but also downside...
When he is on he is great but that could be my die hard penguin side talking haha. Your right about Luongo, he is great during the regular season, but playoffs he seems to crack under the pressure.

Not really.

But at last they aren't all ****heads like the Leafs fans. You jackasses are worse than Yankees fans.

"Eh, that guys good and plays for some team not on Toronto...he'll be a Leaf, eh. If he's not a Leaf, it's because he's a no-talent pussy and we don't want him."

Guess it makes sense that you're also a 'Beaker.

I'm pretty sure I hate you.

I'm not all that impressed with the refs in this game.

Aww... I didn't mean anything by it, Mr FAX. You're one of my favorite posters. *chest bump*

No, and not just this game. Too many calls overall. Guys might as well just start taking dives. It seems like you'll get the call.

3-0 Swedes. Unless something crazy happens, US will be #1. Nice.

When Luongo's not fighting the puck he's the best in the world. His positioning is nearly perfect, he has good size, good instincts and great speed.

I've seen games that I was certain could've gone for 160 minutes with 80 SOG and nothing was getting by Luongo. He has as much raw talent as any goalie I've ever seen.

You'll never know what you have in him if you don't give him a chance. Canada is behind the 8-ball right now, it's time for them to swing for the fences. Another 'off' game by an aging Brodeur and you guys are going home without a medal. Put your most talented goalie out there and trust that he has the fortitude to carry you. He's the only chance you have against an absolutely loaded Russian squad.

I respect the hell out of Brodeur, but Luongo is the only way you win the 4 in a row you're going to need. Get him in, get him hot, and hope. Luongo has a level to his game that Brodeur no longer has. Put him between the pipes and hope he finds it.

Why bother hating Leaf fans? They don't win anything anyway.

Now I just want to see a skate cut FLoppa's jugular and tonight will be golden.

Screw that diving Swede. Biggest, most talented MFer on the ice for a decade and you could knock him over with a feather.

DIAF, Forsberg.

It's going to be 4-0 pretty quick.

*crossing both of DJ's nuts off the Christmas card list*


I've never met the right one, but I'm starting to get a bad feeling about him already...

By that logic I'd give the Cubs fans a pass as well.

And there's nobody more fun to hate than your average Cubs fan. Their combination of drunkenness, arrogance, and complete delusion just makes them a perfect storm of douchebag.

P.S. Time to start rooting for the Fins; if Sweden wins by 6, US gets the 2 seed.

If only the Leafs were actually good, eh. There isn't much worse than being a Toronto sports fan.

Heh...I just hope they don't go TOO crazy. If they win by 6 points, they take over the #1 seed.

BTW, Drew - is that Dany Heatley's car in your avatar?

Oh wait, Dany drives Italian, doesn't he?

I don't see them winning gold no matter who they choose. But I suspect they'll pick Luongo. Brodeur was shaky...real shaky.

Note to NBC: Please send interviewers that actually know things about hockey to interview hockey players.

In an interview with Jagr -- "What do you have to tell your young guys, especially Petr Cajanek, about settling down..."

Cajanek is 34 years old. He sucks at hockey. He is not young and no amount of mentoring from Jaromir Jagr will make him any good. Please do some homework before you interview a player next time, especially if you intend to refer to a particular player.

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And with a 3-0 win over Finland, the Swedes just made sure USA gets the #1 seed in the medal rounds.

It looked for a minute like Finland may just get beat badly enough for Sweden to grab that #1 slot from us, but they tightened up at the end.

What a great draw for the US. The winner of Switzerland/Belarus in round 1, then the winner of Czech Rep/Finland in round 2 and they're playing for the gold.

Canada, meanwhile, would have to beat Germany, Russa and Sweden to get to the gold medal game.

That loss was huge for Canada.

Watching the end of the USA/Canada game, the PP for Canada was a good one but the call was on the wrong player.

Eric Johnson didn't trip anyone. Chris Drury, OTOH, couldn't have had a more egregious penatly had he pulled out a glock and shot a guy. He hooked Marleau clear as day. From behind him, Drury snagged Marleau's left skate and raised it. Drury even lost his stick because he couldn't free it from Marleau's skate as he went down.

It was pretty blatant.

Sorry, but, please, Peter the great was a pleasure to watch and a large reason I developed an interest in the sport. He missed a year after his spleen was removed, and yes, his laundry list of nagging injuries is long, but the guy was a constant draw and an intriguing player.

I keep seeing that sentiment here. And I keep responding that any activity involving chicks with hot bodies in tight bodysuits skiing towards me crotch-first with one leg raised can't be all bad.

Now, if you want to specify MEN'S ice dancing, maybe... Although I'm still on the fence as to which side Johnny Weir falls on...

http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/image...005%20Weir.jpg

The most pleasant surprise of this year's games to me has been the fact that a lot of the curling women are pretty good-looking. Canada, the Scandinavian countries, Russia... cute chicks abounding.

Luongo to start.

"Hey, it's the Winter Olympics. Let's waste prime time interviewing Michael Phelps, and showing Bob Costas arriving by seaplane!"

Is there a flaming antifreeze-covered AIDS tree big enough for NBC? I think not.

Ha-Ha. Hilarious. Its Pelle Lindbergh's Porsche after his '85 fatal accident. He had it up to 565 horse. left a bar drunk 530 am. Put it into the retaining wall and stairs of a nearby school at about 80 mpg. no seatbelt. brain dead. turn the machines off, ba-bye.

What a sad waste.

Of a Porsche.

If all you watched were NBC's primetime coverage, you would think that the only sport in the winter olympics was figure skating.

Simple. It's a sport chicks dig, so they figure it'll command better ratings.

Also, since they prefer prime-time to be live stuff, that automatically means indoor shit like ice skating, hockey, and speed skating.

This one's kinda scary, but the British chick in the white outfit who was on a little while ago had killer thighs...

This American girl skating now, I feel bad for her. I try not to be shallow about looks, but... she would be SO pretty, if it weren't for the fact that she's got eyes like the Budweiser lizard. :shake: They need to be about one inch more towards her nose.

(did you note the foreigner song references? heh)

yeah--there's some damned good...'talent'...in curling... :p

Judging by this crowd's cheering, I smell some "home cooking" coming up for this Canadian dance pair.... Might as well put their name on the Gold now.

not to admit to having watched ice dancing (flipping channels, saw most of both 'runs' or whatever you call them), I didn't see the canuck's dancing as three points higher than the american team's dancing. home cooking? at this point, who cares.

We'll just have to kick their ass in hockey to make up for it. :D

Besides, we have to keep an eye on those damn Krauts, they're sneaking up in the overall medal count and are only a few behind now...

Also a lot of opportunities for commercial breaks.

Supposedly Canada is going to win gold in the ice dance....

I can't tell the difference between any of them, and I'm not sure how anybody else can.

heh, indeed. freaking jermaine's halved the gap today before this evening's events (was six before start of events today, was three last I checked this afternoon)

there's gotta be SOME way to differentiate between routines other than costumes, etc.

hell, it'd be hilarious to see one of these ice-dancing teams TOTALLY whipe out during their routine--that way it would make watching it more like neck-car racing.

I guess if they aren't in sync, you can knock off some points for that. Other than that, I don't know.

What the hell. You skate with a partner literally wearing grips while your opponents have to actually hold on, and that gets 101+ points?

How much did those Russians pay off for those judges?

Gold bitches. Who cares about hockey when you've got ice dancing to carry you?

Well, the U.S. just picked up a Silver in ice dancing.

Speaking of ice dancing... anyone else find the brother/sister partners just a BIT creepy? I mean, ew.

Grips? What?

she had freaking ropes around her body as part of her costume.

Guess I don't see how that would really aid them as if he is holding on to her ropes they would risk a "Wardrobe malfunction."

I didn't see them so I really have no idea what happened or how they were used.

Sucks that the Germans made up some serious ground on us in the last 2 days with the medal count.

The experts commented on that and predicted it would be outlawed next year.

Rather than having to hold on to her for those spins and lifts, the dude would literally grab the rope she was wearing and swing her around without actually touching her body at all. It would be comically pathetic if it didnt get them a high score and push our other USA team out of the bronze medal.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2...e_manages.html

Another good article on NBC's lacking coverage.

If it's noon, and the USA channel, it must be curling. No wonder it's the most-watched Olympic sport; it seems to be the only f**king thing their air.

Whoa. That skiing chick just had an "agony of defeat" moment. Those arms and legs look like they took some unnatural bends.

Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill have aged pretty well. Wouldn't call them babes, but I've seen a lot worse in a lot younger form.

USA vs Switzerland tomorrow afternoon... the other 3 games tomorrow should be much better. Team USA came out dominating the Swiss in the first game, even though it was only 3-1.

there was a creepy show about a year ago with mother/son and father/daughter dance teams...one word for it....WRONG....

America Jr. up 1-0 vs Germany... should just about do it.

Canada vs Russia tomorrow will be epic.

Women's figure skating tonight... oops, I mean, "ice dancing".

First up is an Asian girl from Australia. Kind of freaks me out when they're this young. She's almost 17. From the waist down she looks 21, from the waist up she looks 12. :shake:

Man, these bobsledding chicks look lke they could play running back in the NFL with those thighs.

Several of these ladies are also members of the olympic softball club.
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I tried to watch the Winter Olympics. I wanted to enjoy them. But I can't. I can no more watch the Winter Olympics that I can watch that dancing with stars crap or Oprah.

What's that CP saying about pussification?

I apologize in advance if this is a repost.

Canada just scored on a goal where the puck went through the net and out the back. Wasn't ruled a goal until after review.

4-0 Canada

Canada monster got woke up by the US.

Penalty shot coming up.

Crosby rejected.

The Olympics are a substitute for war, just like any other sporting event. It's no different from soccer, or the NFL, or MLB. In lieu of one town or country kicking the shit out of its neighbor, sports pit athletes against one another, doing things that the Average Joe usually can't. These people train all their lives to battle against others in their sport who are at the top of their sport. Most of these athletes, even the prissy ice dancers, probably have enough stamina and muscle tone to kick the living shit out of most of us fat-ass keyboard-jockeys. So I ask, in all seriousness: what the f**k does the Winter Olympics have to do with "Dancing With The Stars", Oprah, or pussification? Really?

Skicross on now. This rocks.

Every time I turn the shit on there is either someone dancing on skates or an interview is being conducted to let us know the powerful back story of the athlete.

Dancing with stars and oprah.

You enjoy it? Good for you. I do not and decided to post my thoughts. I was curious if I was alone. But then, it wasn't too terribly smart of me to post in a thread for people who are watching them, was it?

The broadcast seems to be aiming for the female audience, is all I'm saying.

Simply not true. Yes, the past few nights have been ice skating, but there's also been plenty of other stuff going on, from curling to skiing to hockey. Coverage starts at noon on USA, then moves to CNBC and MSNBC before NBC finally starts their prime-time coverage. And, yes, in prime time, they tend to save the stuff they think will appeal to the widest audience, which includes women and grandparents, so stuff like ice skating tends to be prevalent. But you can turn to CNBC and see hockey at the same time. And right now they're showing ski-cross.

As for the backstory crap, that's NBC's fault, not the fault of the Olympics.

If you don't like it, feel free to not watch it. But to chalk up the Winter Olympics as "Oprah, 'Dancing With The Stars', and pussification" is just inaccurate.