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...Lawless says Riders looking at Ottawa Asst GM and John Murphy as potential new GM. Have asked for permission to speak to both. Fwiw.

We watch a ton of current stuff on regular TV, and most of it is available through streaming sites, but I still like my Telus satellite for live sports (best HD going) and the PVR is nice, too. I guess I'm old school, but I don't think I'll ever be a cord cutter. We have TVMC and use it for movies.

I can't let a whisky discussion go by without mention of my personal favourite rye whisky: the girlfriend's grandfather's home batch from the Sandy Lake area south of Riding Mountain. To this day, the best pure whisky I've ever had. Unfortunately in extreme limited supply these days.

If the Bombers were playing in the Grey Cup in Winnipeg, the profits and attendance to all functions would be better. The Riders cashed in on that in 2013. Put BC and Hamilton in that game, and the atmosphere the whole week would have been drastically different. At this point, that's not really possible, as most events are completely sold out....

Well, it's a grey area.....technically, it's not ILLEGAL......

rye and pepsi max. If I'm drinking with my old man at Christmas or something, then it's rye and ginger...perfect for sitting around playing cards.

40 Creek is a great whisky, as is White Owl. But there is nothing wrong with Crown....a fantastic rye whisky. Jack Daniels is a bourbon, and that's a whole 'nother beast.

Thought this was fantastic. I do love me some crown...

It's been mentioned many many times on this site that the team makes most of its money from the festival events which are sold out or very close to. The game is just a bonus. They are set to make a VERY large amount of money from hosting this year when it's all said and done.

They're going to make individual channels insanely expensive to make up the difference and it's just going to drive more people to TVMC and other Kodi based stuff.

So now we gotta organize a tastin'....

But what about Reds, Ambers, Wheats, etc.....

Shopping trip to the beer store? **** yes! Bring some of that Arrogant Bastard if it hit the shelves yet. That's actually out of some place in the states, I just happened to find it in one liquor store randomly. There's some decent offerings from local stuff here that I think would be the way to go. They're small enough at this moment that they won't have much distribution outside of Alberta or even Calgary yet that are a worthwhile try. The debate would be whether to bring IPAs and other hoppy things or go for a wider variety. There's stuff we think is great beer, but "Does Mike only want IPAs?" has been the question...

Imagine Sheldon Cooper and Richard Kiel had a love child....

So don't look for this guy then? Fatter and slightly balder.....

I believe our GC tix are in the north endzone just below the Rum Hut. Sitting with a buddy who's a season ticket holder. Mildly concerned at just how insane that concourse is going to be during GC....

We'll be an easy crew to find, even in a big social hall like this, because Dave's 6'4" and his big shiny bald spot on the back of his head stands out like a beacon!

Last Best is the Banff/Jasper Brew Co, and they just opened up a shop in YYC, I believe. They do have some decent stuff... If you're ever out in Banff, go to the Banff Brew Co brew-pub and try their sampler...

Nice to see the support...horrible, flukey tragic thing...coulda happened to anyone at any time.

I'll see what I can come up with....cops are twitchy about bringing booze across borders, so I generally don't, but I'll talk to Dave and see what he thinks about putting together a Taster Pack. On this topic, have you seen the "Manitoba Social" taster pack that Ft Garry and Half Pints are doing? I literally don't want to drink anything else ever again.....

And Ryan Rishaug says Oilers have been working on a deal for Hamonic since September......

I'm trying to remember if Barley Bros has a bunch of the Alberta stuff on tap there, where it'd be just as easy to try. I'm planning on loading up at the MB LC when we get into town. But yes, we are driving...never fly......f*** is that expensive.

Black Friday......half the games that day are matinees.......

well, he DID say Western Canada...and Snow's going to take the best deal he can get......

So who's all going to what next week? There's 3 of us making the roadie from Calgary next Wednesday. So far, other than the game itself, we've just got tix for the TD MB Social at the Convention Centre on Friday afternoon. Hoping they have the Jets game on a big screen, as the Jets play Minnie that afternoon. Either way, should be a good time! A lot of the team parties, like Riderville and the Atlantic thing....are cheap or free....so we'll be at a lot of those I suspect. What's everyone else taking in?