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Old 12-27-2006, 10:28 AM   #1
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I just dont get it.

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The world's oldest ice hockey stick, a hickory shaft carved in the 1850s, sold for 1.9 million dollars US (2.2 million Canadian) here and will be displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061222...k_061222230105
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Old 12-27-2006, 10:46 AM   #2
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Hey we live in Canada and the stick is Canadian (I think) should'nt this thread be called the "$2.2 Million hockey stick" ?

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Old 12-27-2006, 10:47 AM   #3
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I just dont get it.
I get it a wee bit more than the shekels Spawnboy put out for a baseball.

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Old 12-27-2006, 10:53 AM   #4
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I understand the hockey stick thing more than $1.8 million dollars for Barnett Newman's "Voice of Fire."



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Old 12-27-2006, 11:54 AM   #5
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I understand the hockey stick thing more than $1.8 million dollars for Barnett Newman's "Voice of Fire."



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Old 12-27-2006, 10:05 PM   #6
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If you sell something for a couple million bucks that looks like an inverted flag you should tell everyone.

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