07-26-2017, 01:42 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Lonestar
Nolan Ryan and every team he played for.
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For some reason, people always forget that Ryan has a ring.
The 1969 New York Mets.
Last edited by Commandant; 07-26-2017 at 01:50 PM.
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07-26-2017, 01:46 PM
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#7642
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by Locke
...I was taking fun jabs at Edmonton's pride and joy festival (until McDavid gets his own festival, thats a thing thats happening!)...
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How has this not yet happened? I would think it was written into his new billlion-dollar contract, no?
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07-26-2017, 01:49 PM
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#7643
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
How has this not yet happened? I would think it was written into his new billlion-dollar contract, no?
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They havent met his 'Key to the City' clause yet.
I understand that the plans for the festival are just a month of Connor dancing lethargically in the Town Square occasionally accompanied by Oiler greats of the 80s.
Wayne and Messier are apparently contractually obligated to dance alongside him. You really have to read the fine print on those contracts.
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07-26-2017, 01:49 PM
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#7644
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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McDavid McDays
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07-26-2017, 01:51 PM
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#7645
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Strathmore
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 K-David Days
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07-26-2017, 01:56 PM
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#7646
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Konnor Kapital Klondike Days?
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07-26-2017, 01:59 PM
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#7647
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Konnor Kapital Klondike Days?
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That's no good...
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07-26-2017, 02:32 PM
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#7648
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
That's no good...
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Perfect for Edmonton then?
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07-26-2017, 04:39 PM
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#7649
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
1. The bolded part is untrue. Many, many families and shoppers got to West Ed. Don't kid yourself.
2. It's the hipster thing to "avoid tourist traps" in their own city and disparage them. That isn't specifically limited to Edmonton. And even then, it's because locals have likely seen them before and don't need to go again, not because of a conscious effort to avoid tourists, teens, and scuzzy types.
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I was more talking about trying to avoid the gongshow that is a massive tourist trap like the (former) largest mall in the world. Ever try to park there on a weekend? It'll take years off your life. Wasn't saying I don't go to avoid the scuzzies, just saying there's lots of those types in & around the mall area, especially in the evenings. Go through the Bourbon Street entrance for further confirmation. That mall is not in a great area.
You're right, I'm sure lots of people who live in the area go there, I guess I'm more saying it's not the exciting place to go for Edmontonians like it seems to be for out of towners. I lived in the NW part of the city (well, St. Albert, close enough) which is where the mall is, outside of my gf and the shopaholic females in her family, I don't know anyone who went there as their go-to shopping spot. As you mentioned, it's pretty normal for locals to avoid the tourist traps in their own city. I don't think that's hipster, it's just the way it is.
And as always, E=NG
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07-26-2017, 04:48 PM
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#7650
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wingmaker
The Edmonton Fringe is an important theatre festival. Period.
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For people in Edmonton. Outside of Edmonton, no one cares. People all over the world have heard of the Stampede, or Just for Laughs, or the Montreal Jazz Festival, or Coachella.
Edmonton will forever suffer from "Small City Syndrome".
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07-26-2017, 05:01 PM
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#7651
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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Edmonton sucks.
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07-26-2017, 06:21 PM
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#7652
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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07-26-2017, 06:22 PM
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#7653
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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Edmonton is a dump and the Oilers are their tire fire.
Edmontonians are okay however. They are just normal hard working Albertans who I feel a little sorry for. It's not their fault they had to grow up in a city which nurtures a huge inferiority complex towards Calgary and indoctrinates a love of team lottery.
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07-26-2017, 06:52 PM
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#7654
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Edmonton is a dump and the Oilers are their tire fire.
Edmontonians are okay however. They are just normal hard working Albertans who I feel a little sorry for. It's not their fault they had to grow up in a city which nurtures a huge inferiority complex towards Calgary and indoctrinates a love of team lottery.
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I spent 2 years in Edmonton going to NAIT and can attest to the residents being okay. However thier dislike for Calgary is on the same level as our dislike for Edmonton.
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07-26-2017, 07:29 PM
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#7655
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: The real "Cowtown"
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I lived in Calgary for a few years and I liked it less with each year (probably due to the amount of my life I wasted in traffic). I would pick Edmonton over Calgary as a place to live, although I'm sure it would wear on me too. Also, I live in Brooks where the stink of cows isn't as bad as the stink of the Oilers  I guess I just like small towns.
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07-26-2017, 07:34 PM
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#7656
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Franchise Player
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I can't believe so many of you have this much time on your hands. The whole Calgary v. Edmonton city rivalry is so weird to me. I don't see why people from various cities feel so threatened by other cities that they have to expend so much energy hating on the other city. I'm not only talking about hating on Edmonton, but also the other way around. Whatever floats your boat I guess.
I understand hating the other city's hockey team, but the hating the city itself has never made any sense to me.
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07-26-2017, 07:36 PM
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#7657
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Personally, I don't have to expend any energy hating on Edmonton. The hate just flows through naturally, you know?
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07-26-2017, 07:39 PM
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#7658
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kelowna
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oilers_fan
I can't believe so many of you have this much time on your hands. The whole Calgary v. Edmonton city rivalry is so weird to me. I don't see why people from various cities feel so threatened by other cities that they have to expend so much energy hating on the other city. I'm not only talking about hating on Edmonton, but also the other way around. Whatever floats your boat I guess.
I understand hating the other city's hockey team, but the hating the city itself has never made any sense to me.
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The place is a dump.
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07-26-2017, 07:44 PM
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#7659
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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 oilers_fan
I can't believe so many of you have this much time on your hands. The whole Calgary v. Edmonton city rivalry is so weird to me. I don't see why people from various cities feel so threatened by other cities that they have to expend so much energy hating on the other city. I'm not only talking about hating on Edmonton, but also the other way around. Whatever floats your boat I guess.
I understand hating the other city's hockey team, but the hating the city itself has never made any sense to me.
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It's a sports rivalry thing where fans love to pick on the other teams city. When I lived in Edmonton the Gretzky Oilers and the Eskimos were the tops in their league and I would often be the brunt of insults from those fans because they knew I was a Calgarian at heart.
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07-26-2017, 07:44 PM
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#7660
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oilers_fan
I can't believe so many of you have this much time on your hands.
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Says the guy posting on an opposing team's message board.
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