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So I am using Ed Tait’s template of “Bombers by the numbers” and giving extra credit for those he named, and he chose Gavin Walls over Gerry James for “he wore it well”. He put James in for #28 instead, and when I look at that number I see that James stood out well above anyone else there……with one glaring exception in my mind. Plus, James was inducted into the Ring of Honour as #98, so I am going to modify my own standards and include him here along with Gavin Walls who is pictured above. Besides, no reason we can’t have more than one person per day on the countdown picture.

Ok, Allan Boyko it will be then. 🤣 I’m on the “Harris should be acceptable” side of things. JMO.

The original stove. A pot-bellied one at that! And here’s some Manitoba Bison content for the day

I feel any worthy Bomber is appropriate, but can respect the sore feelings if an active player has moved on and is still playing (I imagine that Andrew Harris may be an exception for some, though). Since Brock is now retired, there should be no reason to exclude him. Honestly, I am happy to throw up a guy like Darvin Adams (for just one example) for all he did for us, even if he wears a RedBlack jersey now (lest we forget that his last ever catch in Blue and Gold was a Grey Cup winning score). I’ll let JCon express his views on whether someone like Harris should be omitted. It’s all a part of discussion in a democratic fandom. Bottom line is, we are inside 100 days to the start of the regular season, people!!!!!! Get lit, MBB!!!!!!!!!!

I will defer to the number showing on the Ring of Honour. However, thanks for pulling up the picture, I always appreciate those who respect the history of the club and tout it beyond the last 21 seasons, and you always provide a needed shout-out to the days of yore prior to Milt/Khari that need to be celebrated and that the “older” generation like you and I got to witness first-hand. Your 1970’s input is especially refreshing for so many who do not know enough about a somewhat unheralded era in the club’s existence. Keep those number suggestions coming! And that goes for everyone else too!

4 out of 3 people agree with that statement.

I would not dispute that stipulation. So no pics of former Bombers in other teams’ jerseys either? Got it. ——— Or 70 days. 😉

Not Gerry James or “Stove” Richardson? Better known as #29. His day will come.

This many days to the start of the Cup defence. John Helton our featured performer for today

They should have already been banned due to the statewide doping scandal from 8 years ago. The IOC is absolutely corrupt. Yet I still watch the Olympics. Makes me, as John Oliver would say, a small “h” hypocrite.

Those kids could always defect like the players in the late 80’s did if they really want an NHL future right now. They are draft eligible until age 20, no?

At this point I don’t ask how, I just care about how many.

Well…..it’s a win.

Guess we’ll have to play this instead. Couldn’t use the “official” video as it’s the very NSFW scene from “9 1/2 Weeks” featuring the song.

So no hattie chance for Fefe. Was waiting to see if Loverboy got broken out. 🤣

Price has been put all year. Habs have played 5 goalies this season, but no games for Price among them.

And the slash looked like he hit the stick blade, not the hands. But a timely save from Hellesuc…..I mean Hellebuyck.

And still Russians are allowed to compete in the Olympics.

Women’s rights (reproductive and other), LGBTQ rights.

If you wanted to make the argument that Trudeau did exactly the right thing, your best argument might be that Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene disapprove strongly. The “reverse” character witness.

Cal was miserly, but remember that the Montreal franchise (the Concorde) folded, Ottawa was hemorrhaging money, the Roughriders were on the verge of bankruptcy and holding telethons, and the CFL was close to closing up shop at the end of 1987 and needed its own TV network because no broadcaster was willing to pick up the games. And the league pilfered the Bomber coffers to keep the other teams alive. Murphy was cheap as much out of necessity as by choice given the debt load the team carried. Which is why he lobbied hard for the Grey Cup to come to Winnipeg and offered to buy the game from the league for a guaranteed sum and keep the profits for itself, which ended up wiping out the $1 million plus debt the club had accumulated. (The league quickly got wise and forced all teams to “buy” the game but raised their purchase fee so that they still made more money than the host most every time). Ironically, for all his penny-pinching, in his last year in 1996 it was revealed shortly after his firing that the Bombers had exceeded the salary cap and were fined.

I am humbled to have my War song suggestion added to the mix. Thanks for all the great work on the threads iHeart. Was trying to find that Moonwalker gif you mentioned, some Youtube stuff about the video game, but no magic hat trick seen. BTW, kind of creepy in hindsight how Michael “saves” little kids locked in closets as part of the game play. Happy to see the club doing better and the offence getting going, but not too excited. We have dug ourselves such a hole that I won’t believe we have a shot at the playoffs unless we reel off a 10 game win streak or so. Plus we looked kind of lost in the first period.

By the way, his disability is an amputated leg. He claimed he lost it when he served in Afghanistan. When a quick check revealed he’d never served, he quickly retracted his lie. As it turns out, he was working as a labourer and fell off a roof, breaking his leg. Rumours that he was drunk at the time have not been verified, but he did not properly care for the break, and after it became infected his leg was amputated. He now says he works as a health and safety officer but there is nothing g to show he ever completed the required training, and he himself says he does not work. Of course, he has been collecting disability cheques ever since from the very same government he so loudly decries as oppressive.