05-09-2024, 06:48 PM
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#901
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
Tiger-Cats were a merger of two teams: Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Wildcats.
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Can't believe more people don't know that.
Also, Salt Lake City is way more convenient to the mountains than Denver. Rockies(zz?) would be awesome trolling.
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05-09-2024, 10:00 PM
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#902
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfly
Also, Salt Lake City is way more convenient to the mountains than Denver. .
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How so? Denver is 1000 feet higher altitude.
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05-09-2024, 10:10 PM
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#903
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Scoring Winger
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Of the choices, Outlaws is my favorite.
I think Utah Saints would be a good name.
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05-09-2024, 10:19 PM
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#904
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broke the first rule
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Radio
Asked AI to give me some lesser known facts about Utah and it gave me this gem.
Home to the World's Largest Organism: In Fishlake National Forest lives a massive colony of Quaking Aspens referred to as "Pando." This colony is treated as a single organism since all the trees share a root system, and it's considered the heaviest and potentially oldest living organism on the planet.
Utah Pandos it is! Our machine overlords have spoken!
It also said Utahns consume more Jell-O per capita than any other state and the Frisbee was invented in Utah.
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Fans of the team would be called pandophiles tho
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05-09-2024, 10:34 PM
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#905
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by troutman
How so? Denver is 1000 feet higher altitude.
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I guess SLC is in a valley so you see mountains all around you. Denver is on the front range.
But yeah I wouldn’t say Salt Lake is “way more convenient” to the mountains.
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05-10-2024, 10:46 AM
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#906
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfly
Can't believe more people don't know that.
Also, Salt Lake City is way more convenient to the mountains than Denver. Rockies(zz?) would be awesome trolling.
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Why would people know that? It's so trivial.
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05-10-2024, 10:51 AM
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#907
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Toronto
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Why would people know that? It's so trivial.
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Pffft. It's common knowledge.
Same thing with the Flames.
That fateful merger of the Calgary Flamingos and the Calgary Gnomes.
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05-10-2024, 10:58 AM
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#908
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scotty2hotty
Pffft. It's common knowledge.
Same thing with the Flames.
That fateful merger of the Calgary Flamingos and the Calgary Gnomes.
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My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.
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05-10-2024, 11:06 AM
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#909
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.
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That would be a good name for the New York team in that new 3-on-3 league. The Wall Street BullBears.
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05-10-2024, 12:38 PM
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#910
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
Tiger-Cats were a merger of two teams: Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Wildcats.
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Hamilton Wild Tigers might've been better though.
I still have trouble wrapping my head around Ottawa RedBlacks, named for two of their colours. That one is truly but I guess it's at least unique...
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05-10-2024, 12:47 PM
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#911
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Hamilton Wild Tigers might've been better though.
I still have trouble wrapping my head around Ottawa RedBlacks, named for two of their colours. That one is truly but I guess it's at least unique...
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Ahem, it's REDBLACKS
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05-10-2024, 01:23 PM
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#912
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calf
Fans of the team would be called pandophiles tho
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Are the bears in the Pando...pando bears
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05-10-2024, 01:44 PM
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#913
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Why would people know that? It's so trivial.
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I asked my dad and he explained it, then I noticed they mentioned it on TV once every other game when I watched the CFL as a kid, especially when a Hamilton player was moving up the all-time franchise record list for something.
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05-10-2024, 01:47 PM
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#914
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I guess SLC is in a valley so you see mountains all around you. Denver is on the front range.
But yeah I wouldn’t say Salt Lake is “way more convenient” to the mountains.
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It's 40 minutes to Park City. You could probably get to Golden in that time from Denver...the nice ski areas are a couple hours away.
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05-10-2024, 03:17 PM
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#915
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.
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Ha! Similar story and one of my kid's teams became the "Blue Yetis"
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05-10-2024, 03:39 PM
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#916
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All I can get
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Alpha Yetis
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05-10-2024, 03:42 PM
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#917
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chicago Native relocated to the stinking desert of Utah
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
What is a Tiger-cat? Is there a Tiger-Dog?
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https://www.australiangeographic.com...e-1-scaled.jpg Not quite a dog, but, not a cat (Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial).
As far as "native" Utah species. There are two dominant rattlesnake species found in much of Utah. In the east, where I live, if you find a rattlesnake, it will be a Midget Faded Rattlesnake (Crotalus concolor), a little fellow with a very potent venom. In the western half of the state, until you get towards the Arizona line, rattlesnakes will be the Great Basin Rattlesnake (Crotalus lutosus), a big fellow, whose venom is comparatively weak. As you travel south, then you get species usually associated with Arizona, Hopi (Crotalus nuntius), Mojave (Crotalus scutulatus), and Speckled (Crotalus mitchellii), . The only other rattlesnake species you might run across is the Prarie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), along the eastern border. Instead of "Outlaws" I'd rather see Cutthroats, a nod to the state fish, the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout. If a mammal is your preference, Elk is the state mammal. The state bird is the California Seagull, which blows for a name. The state crustacean? Yes, we have one of these...the mighty Brine Shrimp! Just, no. State fossil? Allosaurus. Potential here. Although the plural is awkward, Allosauruses. There is also potential for the state insect, the Honey Bee, although it would be hard to use the shortened Bees, as there is a minor league baseball team, Angels' affiliate, that bears that name.
Myself, I'd go with Elk. Not trademarked that I am aware of, and unique among top level teams.
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05-10-2024, 05:06 PM
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#918
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Calgary
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I would suggest not using that...it's forever unclean now. The No Goods use it for their football team. The Bumonton Elks.
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05-10-2024, 07:56 PM
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#919
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
My kid's Atom team chose their name and it was more or less down to the Bulls or the Bears. They became the BullBears.
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Should have settled on the Passive Indexers
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05-10-2024, 08:17 PM
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#920
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Should have settled on the Passive Indexers
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You know what? I completely misremembered. It was Lightning and Bulls, and they ended up being the LightningBulls.
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