07-17-2015, 02:52 PM
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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Originally Posted by karl262
"After the Flames game have a hot time at The Palliser"
just narrowly beat out
"The Palliser: come get laid" much to the chagrin of the CP Rail CEO.
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The last part of that ad suggests you could totally hook up with a hockey player there.
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07-17-2015, 02:52 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by ThisIsAnOutrage
It better be! According to the BoC inflation calculator, $1699.00 in 1981 is the equivalent to $4,365.92 today.
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Yeah, but it would probably still work today.
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07-17-2015, 02:59 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by dustygoon
I didn't read the articles, but going through those ads are awesome. Right down to Cowley & Keith. Jerseys for $33? And a crap stereo for $1,699 (includes free headphones).
That Palliser ad is NSFW. Steamy stuff.
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Crap stereo? What makes you say that? That Technics (Panasonic) system makes me drool! That's $4500 in today's money!!! $33 jerseys are equivalent to $85 today.
Those Japanese amps from the late 70s, early 80s are built like tanks and use components that will last 50 years.
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07-17-2015, 03:03 PM
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#24
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First Line Centre
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Wow that is so cool. Just wasted my afternoon reading those articles. The Skalbania interview was fantastic.
Not a fan of the flowery writing style used in that arena article however.
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07-17-2015, 03:09 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Zarley
Wow that is so cool. Just wasted my afternoon reading those articles. The Skalbania interview was fantastic.
Not a fan of the flowery writing style used in that arena article however.
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He later went bankrupt and then went to to jail in the late 90s for theft.
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07-17-2015, 03:12 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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It's funny to read the Skalbania interview knowing what a flash-in-the-pan guy he was and that his whole empire was already on the verge of collapse.
From reading various Hotchkiss and Seaman biographies, I believe he was already in the process of selling his stake in the Flames back to the local investors by the time this interview was conducted, and basically had no involvement in running the team by that point.
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07-17-2015, 03:13 PM
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First Line Centre
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Wow, just read Duhatschek's article and I can't believe they didn't sell beer at the games. That is insane!
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07-17-2015, 04:02 PM
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Franchise Player
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Love the Duhatschek article (didn't even realize the guy was already writing in frickin' '81).
"They're a frustrating team to watch," adds James Muretich, a Montreal native and long-time Canadiens fan.
That's awesome. Young sports reporter Duhatschek gets his young music reporter buddy Muretich to comment as a random fan.
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If this day gets you riled up, you obviously aren't numb to the disappointment yet to be a real fan.
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07-17-2015, 05:04 PM
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I believe in the Pony Power
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^Ha. Great catch. I think they may have even been room-mates at one point. Certainly they shared a love of music.
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07-17-2015, 05:12 PM
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#30
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by Zarley
Wow, just read Duhatschek's article and I can't believe they didn't sell beer at the games. That is insane!
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Yeah....different times for sure.
Liquor stores were run strictly by the government (ALCB)....closed at 11 PM and never open Sundays or any stat holidays. You wanted beer after 11 you could only buy it at "off sales" at select bars around town, and at extraneous prices.
At one time right around then, they had just changed the law that allowed you to walk around the bar with a drink, otherwise you had to have a server move your beer/cocktail in order to change tables or whatever.
As for the OP....fanfreakingtastic stuff and seeing it I remember reading it back then. Very exciting times and will never forget being at game 1 that season when I was 5 feet from Willi Plett threatening to carve out Dale Hunter's eye.
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07-17-2015, 05:17 PM
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Franchise Player
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Cool stuff OP. A little before my time so it's neat to see those things.
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07-17-2015, 06:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Nachodamus.
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Hahah I love the message from Ralphie  I have shared more than a few drinks with that man down at the King Eddy.
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07-17-2015, 06:14 PM
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All I can get
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Love the Duhatschek article (didn't even realize the guy was already writing in frickin' '81).
"They're a frustrating team to watch," adds James Muretich, a Montreal native and long-time Canadiens fan.
That's awesome. Young sports reporter Duhatschek gets his young music reporter buddy Muretich to comment as a random fan.
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Same article quotes former Sun Page Six columnist Jim Davies as a "season ticket holder."
Duhatschek, Muretich and Davies were all at the Sun back then. Eventually they all moved over to the Herald.
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07-17-2015, 06:27 PM
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#34
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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07-17-2015, 08:12 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Same article quotes former Sun Page Six columnist Jim Davies as a "season ticket holder."
Duhatschek, Muretich and Davies were all at the Sun back then. Eventually they all moved over to the Herald.
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Was Steve Simmons there right from the beginning too? I remember reading his stuff back then, but not quite sure if that was right early or later on like 83-84...
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07-17-2015, 08:52 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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I'm as big a Ralph Klien critic as anyone, but kudos King Ralph on Babe Ruth'in that Stanley Cup prediction.
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07-17-2015, 09:05 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Houston, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Yeah....different times for sure.
Liquor stores were run strictly by the government (ALCB)....closed at 11 PM and never open Sundays or any stat holidays. You wanted beer after 11 you could only buy it at "off sales" at select bars around town, and at extraneous prices.
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Lol. Similar laws still in place here in the communist republic of British Columbia
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07-17-2015, 09:17 PM
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#38
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Was Steve Simmons there right from the beginning too? I remember reading his stuff back then, but not quite sure if that was right early or later on like 83-84...
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Yeah. Pretty sure he was covering the Flames their first season.
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07-17-2015, 09:23 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Yeah....different times for sure.
Liquor stores were run strictly by the government (ALCB)....closed at 11 PM and never open Sundays or any stat holidays. You wanted beer after 11 you could only buy it at "off sales" at select bars around town, and at extraneous prices.
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You also had underage teens standing outside the entrances on weekends with money in their hands asking you to buy a case of beer for them. IIRC they gave you a couple of bottles from their case for doing it.
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07-17-2015, 09:29 PM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Yeah. Pretty sure he was covering the Flames their first season.
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Yup....for the Sun.
IIRC he was at the Herald before that as well.
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