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  2. World Juniors 2024-25

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    28 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

    yes it's kind of a thing I see with hockey parents I know too - "If I don't buy the latest and greatest knee pads and all the other kids have them then my boy isn't going to make the NHL!!" - every tiny possible thing is now a competition - have to keep up.  It's like all of these "cling ons" I call them, people who run these apps that for a large fee will post video of your kid that they promise they will show to scouts - the margins now are so small between most players that any little advantage may be the difference between getting drafted or getting an offer to a US scholarship, or so they are told and so they think.  The money these parents are spending is just insane, I have to think a lot of them don't have much if any retirement savings as all disposable income is going into funding the hockey dreams of their children.

    I've seen where some families do have the money... while others try to "keep up with the Joneses".    Doing silly things like maxxing out credit cards, going on trips they cannot afford, and buying luxury vehicles so that they are not excluded and left out.   Some people take being in the hockey culture way to serious,  as if life is over if they aren't "in the club".      

     

  4. World Juniors 2024-25

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    18 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

    When I started playing hockey all of my equipment was second-hand, purchased from a kid's parents.  Do people still do this?  I don't know if they even bother any more.  There is a Second Hand Sports store here in Kelowna, but not sure how many parents bother buying second hand hockey equipment.  To me now it's all the other costs associated - ice time, travel (gas, hotels) and the time.  Hockey is a huge time eater for parents.  

    The second hand market is done through marketplace more so then the stores these days.   However I work with and know of several people who "have" to buy the newest and greatest gear each year because it seems to be a status symbol kind of thing.      Part of being in the hockey culture I guess?  

  5. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Not to the point of harassing people like Lyle Bauer in the way that he did which became very, very personal.. At first, it may have been amusing. Then it became strange like he was obsessed with Bauer. Nate has been banned almost everywhere on CFL social media. I think Nate has a couple of screws loose inside his head.

    Loneliness will lead people to doing weird things.   We see lots of similar behaviour online these days with how easy it is for people to contact/connect with people in the eye of the public.  

    I assume Nate had a bad mixture of being lonely and being narcissitic.  

  6. World Juniors 2024-25

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    4 minutes ago, Noeller said:

    It's wild the costs associated now... No wonder soccer and basketball are skyrocketing in popularity. 

    I don't know,  the community clubs around here are jam packed full of kids playing hockey.   I am very thankful that I have two girls who are much more interested in significantly cheaper hobbies :D

    Soccer + Basketball is skyrocketing because of immigration. I don't think those sports are taking away potential superstars for hockey.   I think the popularity of hockey elsewhere is helping those countries catch up (surpass?) Canada.  

     

  16. All things considered...

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    1 hour ago, Booch said:

    I never felt that way....was just more of a glossing over of the issues with some wins....but the issues were still there and ready to bite...and chomp chomp is exactly what happened...we were basically a team getting by with 1/3rd of the units (defence) being dominant...the other 2 were middling at best and severely out coached....but we slithered into the playoffs and grey cup...and the status quo was deemed good enough...and it wasn't....that was my take going into the last 3rd of season and play-offs and was pretty accurate...and to be honest it's a good thing we played a team with a brain dead HC leading them in the WF....

    Last season I didn't feel like our team was ever dominant.   Even when we were struggling in the previous seasons we still had guys who could create turnovers and where the team could put away others with grinding them down on O.   Last year we didn't have big play makers showing up game in and game out (Brady being the exception).

  24. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    I'm not sure if this is still the case,  but 15 - 20 years ago the club used to pay for housing i.e. players stayed at hotels for free with teammates as roommates  and the team would cater food during practices/gameday any day they were at work.   They also had deals in place with some local companies that would supply vehicles,  discounts at restaurants,  other perks.      Back then their was no issues with players making sufficient money to live. 

    Quite a stark contrast to Goldeyes players who were making peanuts and usually living at strangers houses during the season.  Almost like super fans would adopt players and allow them to stay at their houses rent free.   Our admin was doing this as recent as 5 years or so ago.   

  25. Restaurant/food thread

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    10 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

    Would love reviews on this one too. Ever since Famous Dave's went to crap (maybe it is better now? last time I went it was garbage) I have been looking for a new BBQ fix.

    The last time I went (Summer of 2023) the service was extremely slow ,  the food wasn't good,  and the portions were shrunk massively.   My two sides were served each in bowls that were nearly as small as the little paper cardboard ketchup bowls that you get at McDonalds.    Post COVID each time we had gone we had terrible service waiting 45 minutes+ despite the restaurant only having a few patrons.    I will say the catering experiences were really good with them and each time we have used them for parties it has been a big hit.   

     

    10 hours ago, Piggy 1 said:

    Hal Anderson gave it a nice review. Yeah ,since Loveys went kaput no real BBQ option. What was that place at the golf course called? Was excellent. BiG Smoak should open a place in Winnipeg ,i keep bugging him.

    I think that was Smoking Hawg at Harbour View?  That was the first and only BBQ restaurant that I've gone to not have french fries or chicken tenders.  We went once and the food was bland and  they only had one bbq sauce that you could use.  The meat was cooked perfectly though.  It closed quickly because harbour view is basically a ghost town and parking in winter is a nightmare (5+ minute walk).     

     

     

    Loveys was great when the main owner was in,  when he wasn't in the quality seemed to drop off sharply.  They had a bunch of kids in the kitchen and if memory serves me correct lots of complaints about the owner constantly rotating staff and mistreating them.     Either way Loveys was always busy when we used to go and seemed to be successful since everyone I knew would go and liked it.   

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