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February 8th is Papa Joe's last game.  The Downers Grove Bugle will be there.

Turn on your speakers to hear

 "Another Trip Around the Sun" 

by Jimmy Buffett

 (Sorry, the music won't play on a Mac)

Frank Found a treasure trove of Lake Placid road trip pictures.  Semi-true stories and pictures of that trip are posted at:

Lake Placid 1982 

 Next Tilted Kilt Lunch is January 30 at 1:00 in Woodridge. 

Lunch is at Roundheads at 63rd and Woodward in Downers Grove on Wednesday February 6th at 1:00.  

Wags Schedule at Center Ice

Come out and see Dan, Tom and Jeff

Thursday 2/14  9:50 

Thursday  2/21 10:00

Thursday  2/28 10:00

Ryan Dzingel has 23 points in 26 games to lead the Buckeyes

Anyone want to go to Columbus on Feb 15-16?

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We found out how to keep Frank's eyes open, Just have Jurada take his picture.

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Duffer News

Hat Trick For God Of Thunder!

Romeoville, IL
January 25, 2013

Attendance: 26

Thor had a Natural Hat Trick in the first period!
Just 10 seconds into the game, Thor beat the Anvil with a pass from Tommy Z.  Thor went on to score two more times before the first period was over, giving him a rare Natural Hat Trick!  The Anvil's son, Nick DeJesus set up the 3rd goal. Eddie started to celebrate his 58th birthday before the game in the locker room when Bill BTW gave him some Crown Royal. 

Birthday Party for the Anvil.

Bill used that formula when he lit up the Anvil for a hat trick to start the New Year.  Tom Ambrosia Jr. (t&a) was the only player from the Red team that was able to beat Tweedy in the period.  Nick the Prick teamed up with him to make the game 3-1.  Bill By The Way Louis took advantage of the over imbibed Red goalie by scoring a pair of goals on him in the second period before Eddie sobered up. The Anvil was able to blow a .09 on the breathalyzer before he started the 3rd period.  That is the legal limit in the NHL. The semi sober Eddie was able to shut down the high scoring Whites in the third period as his team started a memorable comeback.  Mini Wheezer pushed a rebound past Tweedy to cut the deficit  to 3 goals.  That set the stage for t&a to score and make it 5-3.  Then it happened, Fred "Fruitcake" Bobka fired a bullet past Tweedy to make it 5-4, but wait, the Bobka Factor boosted the score to 19-5! (Beak was now a Plus 16)  (4 squared is 16, plus 3) The Bookie questioned and protested the calculation of the score. He may have been taking bets on the spread. The Reds were buoyed by that goal and continued to pepper Tweedy, who was having a fine game for a sober goalie. Tweedy was finally able to cover the puck with 30 seconds showing on the running clock.  Dillon did a great job of getting a face off organized in a short time.  The puck went to the corner where Beak retrieved it and fired it to Tom "T.O." O'Connor who fired a shot on goal that Tweedy blocked, t&a pounced on the rebound and forced Tweedy to make another great save.  Tweedy finally controlled the puck as the final horn sounded.   

Memorable Moments

  • Terry avoided a Klinger Krash when he saw Klinger heading into the corner chasing a puck. 

He wisely put on the brakes and smiled.

  • Mini Wheezer made a pass to an area where he thought Magoo could easily get to.  Magoo shifted into reverse and gave us all a laugh. 
  • Thanks to Mrs. Anvil for a great Pizza party!

Eddie turned 58

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Crown Royal has helped Bill BTW to 5 goals.

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Brinks is away, but the Strohs is still flowing.

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It looks like my camera was sipping Crown Royal.

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It must be T&A screwing up the auto focus.

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Terry's jacket  has an Albedo of 98!

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The Bookie's Albedo is closer to 55 like old snow.

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3 generations playing hockey.  God is good.

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Thanks to Nick's squeeze for taking the group picture.

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Thanks to Mrs. Anvil for a great party.

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If the Hawks were in the original 6 now,  They would be 4-0-2.

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Only $30 see order form below

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They Have 2 WODs and  on their team. Their DOD moved to Canada for Graduate School.

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Michelle Spillman

Michelle Spillman 10-31-10

Michelle hits a 2 run home run for Romeoville High School in a 3-0 victory against Joliet Catholic Academy.

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Michelle Spillman hit a 2 run Home run to beat Joliet Catholic on April 18, 2012. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman and Romeoville High School. ...

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Michelle Spillman hit her 4th homerun on April 21, 2012 to beat Hershey High. ... greg Lopatka ... Michelle Spillman "outdoor sports" ...

 

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Michelle hit a triple to help beat Highland Park High 8-5 on 4/21/2012.

The chart above shows the albedo of various objects.

Albedo - Percentage of reflected sunlight in relation to the various surface conditions of the earth.