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Old 12-04-2007, 01:09 PM   #1
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So last week we were on vacation in Harbour Island Bahamas. On our last night on Friday we went to a very small upscale boutique hotel/restaurant called Runaway Hill Club for dinner - which is owned by Mark Messier. We were hoping he would be there but weren't counting on it.

Low & behold shortly after arriving, we saw Messier sitting in the bar area having a beer at a table with a bunch of other people. When the group headed into the restaurant, Mark walked around to a few of the other tables & made small talk with them asking how things were going etc.

So I tell hubby, if he stops by, don't tell him we are from Calgary - just say Alberta. SO Messier comes to our table does the standard small talk and when he asks where we are from Hubby blurts out Calgary, "& my wife just told me to tell you we are only from Alberta." Well Messier thought this was hilarious & LOL -it ended up being a good ice breaker b/c he sat and chatted with us for quite a long time! Very nice down to earth guy who has quite the life coming down to the island & his hotel every 6 weeks or so.

Anyway, we asked him about his thoughts on Keenan & the Flames. He has full confidence in Keenan & sang his praises (of course) and said it would take half the season before things really took off! But he figured it would happen, he thought it was a great match (Keenan & Flames team)

Anyway, that was my long-winded story I thought I would share – great guy, truly amazing hotel/restaurant & very charming little Island, rich in Caribbean culture/life.
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Old 12-04-2007, 01:17 PM   #2
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Great story thanks!
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Old 12-04-2007, 01:18 PM   #3
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Good read. Thanks for posting.
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Old 12-04-2007, 01:21 PM   #4
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Who wouldn't enjoy a nice Moose encounter?
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Old 12-04-2007, 01:24 PM   #5
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Than he proceeded to eat a bag of Lays potato chips
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Old 12-04-2007, 01:26 PM   #6
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My question is, how do you even find a wife who knows who Messier is? My wife would just say to me, "don't talk to the bald guy if he comes over here, he looks scary"
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Old 12-04-2007, 01:30 PM   #7
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wow, awesome story! Thanks for sharing!
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Old 12-04-2007, 01:47 PM   #8
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Do they have moose as one of the entre's on the menu? Being a Carribean restaurant I doubt it. Sounds more like something Joel Otto would serve at his restaurant if he owned one.

Pretty cool story though.
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Good story, thanks for sharing that.

Sounds like a beautiful place.
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Good story, thanks for sharing that.

Sounds like a beautiful place.
Wow, really? You got way more outta that story than I did....

A fine tale nonetheless. I wish I owned a hotel in the bahamas.....
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Wow, really? You got way more outta that story than I did....

A fine tale nonetheless. I wish I owned a hotel in the bahamas.....
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good story. thanks for sharing.

half a season! we don't have that long.
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Wow, really? You got way more outta that story than I did....

A fine tale nonetheless. I wish I owned a hotel in the bahamas.....

Ha Ha
it does sound nice, sorry if I was too descriptive.
recently saw a few pictures of the place, maybe that influenced me.
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My question is, how do you even find a wife who knows who Messier is?
I have a g/f like that . It's actually kinda rough sometimes as she always catches things I miss. We were watching a game live one day and out of nowhere she yells "to many men!!" I kid you not, every guys head within audio range snapped around and looked at her and sure enough, 2 secs later visiting team got a penalty for to many men.
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sure enough, 2 secs later visiting team got a penalty for to many men.
Well, she catches more things than refs in the New NHL, I'll tell u that.
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