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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Monday August 10, 2020, 02:29:05 PM Eastern
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it begins tomorrow, Aug 11, Caps first game is the 12th
https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-playoffs-round-1-schedule/c-280159064 (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-playoffs-round-1-schedule/c-280159064)
Cindy and the girls are out, the Rags are out,
right now it looks like the Leafs are the favorites
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it begins tomorrow, Aug 11, Caps first game is the 12th
https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-playoffs-round-1-schedule/c-280159064 (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-playoffs-round-1-schedule/c-280159064)
:pointdown: :uh-huh: :raspberry:
Cindy and the girls are out, the Rags are out,
right now it looks like the Leafs are the favorites
This is because of Covid 19. I heard you lose your sense of taste. So....maybe that's why Hens are gone...tasteless worthless bunch of sum bitches ;)
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right now it looks like the Leafs are the favorites
You spelled Flyers wrong..
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(https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.0rvCJISzh3ddyFopAsaaNwHaHK?pid=Api&rs=1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgkU4LV47bk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgkU4LV47bk)
I'm not sure why I posted this, perhaps I'm just really excited about tomorrow's game.
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You spelled Flyers wrong..
ummm...
:lmao:
that was funny
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:P
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You spelled Flyers wrong..
I read this like six times before I figured it out. It's late, but... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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So I have a GMC Yukon that seats 8 (well 4 pretty comfortably and 2 more okay... or 2 really comfortably and maybe 6 munchkins, but my point is I volunteer to drive it with any board members who want to meet in NoVA and drive to Mickstix in FLA to watch Cap games at his place and go fishing in FLA.
(and Barf you can hop a flight cheap...nobody is flying these days....)
Oh....should we ask Mick beforehand if this is okay?
Okay, so...I'll buy Mick whatever beverage(s) he wants for the duration to sweeten the deal.
I have a free place to stay in Longwood (north of Orlando) for several folks, but I'm not sure where Mick is...but I thought the Gulf Coast ish...somewhere..
Who's in?
C'mon, We aint THAT old. I sure as hell could use a break from.....
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Well HELLFIRE...Mick is like 30 minutes from my FREEEEEE place to stay in Longwood
NOW who's in?
I can't go tomorrow, but we sure as hell could be there for some of the 2020 Playoffs (and they are NOT going to last long)
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Well HELLFIRE...Mick is like 30 minutes from my FREEEEEE place to stay in Longwood
NOW who's in?
I can't go tomorrow, but we sure as hell could be there for some of the 2020 Playoffs (and they are NOT going to last long)
Just a warning...IF my wife finds out I'm actually taking a break from work and going to her parents house in FLA (where WE are honestly quite welcome - as they are some of the coolest people on earth), she MIGHT want to tag along, but she's cool.....you know.....spreading "Love" and "Joy" wherever she goes.... ;D
AND she just got back from there, so she may not even want to go.
(And she's relatively small, so she can take a munchkin seat in the back)
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:)
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Well HELLFIRE...Mick is like 30 minutes from my FREEEEEE place to stay in Longwood
NOW who's in?
I can't go tomorrow, but we sure as hell could be there for some of the 2020 Playoffs (and they are NOT going to last long)
Meet ya at Lake Monroe!! 20 minutes, with traffic.. :uh-huh: Wait, you can't get here by tomorrow? :raised-eyebrow: I was plannin to be around too.. :'( I've never met AJ or Alta, but which one you think'll need to fill a munchkin seat? :rofl:
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Hmm. interesting and appealing prospect. Where in FL?
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south of Jax, and inland, close to the st johns
which reminds me, time to buy new line and restring some reels
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Meet ya at Lake Monroe!! 20 minutes, with traffic.. :uh-huh: Wait, you can't get here by tomorrow? :raised-eyebrow: I was plannin to be around too.. :'( I've never met AJ or Alta, but which one you think'll need to fill a munchkin seat? :rofl:
If I was driving we'd be there, when I go to Dallas I drive straight through. That's only about 16 hours of driving from here, what kills it is how often you gotta stop to p
damn thunder storm sounds like it's going to break the windows
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Don't any of you people sleep at night?
Posting at 11:24pm....
2:59 am...
3:04 am
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Who wants to watch a playoff game at 3pm?
But then who wants to watch one in Mid-August...with no crowd.
I thought I would be stoked for this, but I'm not really feeling it.
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If I was driving we'd be there, when I go to Dallas I drive straight through. That's only about 16 hours of driving from here, what kills it is how often you gotta stop to p
damn thunder storm sounds like it's going to break the windows
Well we got to let Alta drive then....Dallas in 16 is getting it.
When our kids were young, we learned what a nightmare it was to drive to Grandparents in FLA, so we started leaving at 6-8pm....let the kids (and wife) sleep in the car all night while I drove. It was SO MUCH less painful. And Faster...not as much traffic at night, not nearly as many pee stops. OF course there was less traffic in general 10-20 years ago, so....
Still a 12 hour haul though - driving at night with a minivan loaded with youngins and all the accoutrements didn't want to break any speed records.
My wife just came back from a visit last week and she drove home Sunday...hit some traffic. She only stopped for gas and pee brakes and it took her 14 hours which is about the average these days. Google says its a 12 hour drive, and we've done it in 12. Young and speedy you might do it in 11, but you'd have to have favorable traffic and that's rare these days
We....which means SHE, (as I usually don't go as often) generally makes it a two day trip now with a break in NC or SC. She's not really in a hurry and it's a miserable drive so she breaks it up.
Anyways, GO CAPS
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Don't any of you people sleep at night?
Posting at 11:24pm....
2:59 am...
3:04 am
we had a bad thunderstorm roll through from about 2:30-3:30, I'm surprised you didn't hear it
haven't had one that made the windows vibrate like that in quite some time, and now I'm tired as hell because I couldn't get back to sleep
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When our kids were young, we learned what a nightmare it was to drive to Grandparents in FLA, so we started leaving at 6-8pm....let the kids (and wife) sleep in the car all night while I drove. It was SO MUCH less painful. And Faster...not as much traffic at night, not nearly as many pee stops. OF course there was less traffic in general 10-20 years ago, so....
I made the trip (drive) 2x back in the late 90's, before I moved. I've not driven out of the state since. I just hate driving any length anymore. 2 maybe 2.5 hours is my limit these days. Ass hurts, can't half see, old, grumpy... Yea, no. :raspberry: Your wife has the right idea! Break it up in -at least- half.. :)
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Ahem....hello?
For God's sake.
The Thread man! What about the thread?
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I made the trip (drive) 2x back in the late 90's, before I moved. I've not driven out of the state since. I just hate driving any length anymore. 2 maybe 2.5 hours is my limit these days. Ass hurts, can't half see, old, grumpy... Yea, no. :raspberry: Your wife has the right idea! Break it up in -at least- half.. :)
I'm good for 500 miles/day driving. Is this trip actually being considered?
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I'm good for 500 miles/day driving. Is this trip actually being considered?
Sounds like at this point, likely not. It would be an after party (like after the Caps get swept party) :-( I should have thought of it a few days earlier. I mean it really just popped into my head on game day and I was thinking about Mick being in FLA, and thought, what the hell why not a road trip for Caps hockey.
But seriously, how about we plan one for next year if anyone's interested? I mean...we can do several "local" meets for games and should definitely plan that again - I'd love to meet some of the gang, but I'd do a driving trip too. If we are considering FLA, then maybe go in the spring or even the dead of winter. I actually hate FLA in the summer, but February or March might be a nice break.
This years "pandemic" has the whole country out of sorts, and I think starting the season up again in August was a mistake. We shall see if the games get better, but I'm not even sure the players hearts are really in this (well that's not unusual for Caps, but)..
Anyway...let's do something for real. And where the hell is DC? I would have thought he'd of been the 1st to volunteer. Although maybe he's only partial to riding in Luxury cars :raspberry:
Yuns all throw out your thoughts. Let's do something...