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Fanatics will not offer a real jersey for us non NHL players. Sorry. How long until Fanatics is broken up? They are a monopoly now. They own every sports merchandise company now. They own the sports card market (They own Topps) They just bought a sports betting site. They own mitchell and ness - so they own every current and past uniform. It's nuts!

Anyone catch the NASCAR all star race last night? NASCAR held the race at a track they stopped using in 1996. North Carolina put some money up for restoring the place a few years ago and NASCAR came back in style. Cool to see an old place again decades later. Neat then and now gallery here. Would be cool to see the major sports do this to some degree. Tough with the NHL as the old arenas usually get demolished once done with them. This track was darn well near being demolished but people kept asking and other people listened. NASCAR is getting less popular every year, retreating back to what it once was may be what it needs to stabilize.

Atlanta: Major US market with tons of cash. NHL ready facilities. Ownership group ready to go. If they weren't 0-2 so far with the NHL, they'd be a sure bet.

I really think the NHL likes leaving the Yotes as is. They're basically chum that attracts big money sharks to buy them. The NHL then convinces these people with plans that they need an expansion franchise. Then the owners all get a share of the expansion fee jackpot rather than the much smaller relocation fee.

Phil forever.... Are these real uniforms they wore in an actual game or warmups? I feel woozy.

Sorry to hear this. How'd it go w/ the surgeon?

Is he playing men's league?

I flew Spirit from AC to Florida 2 weeks ago. Just Bragin'

Airing it out will be the best thing for it. I don't really use anything extra - others do and will chip in. Helmet foam is tough. I try to wash my helmet semi regularly and use dish soap and warm water. Foam hardens anyway, so when it's time to replace it, there are tons of options available. Gloves I have mostly just used hot water and run it through them to remove some of the grime. I replace blocker palms too to keep my old blockers like new. Be cautious of sunlight on your gear. Tempting to throw it in the sun and bake it dry fast. Sunlight can damage the jenpro materials.

Thanks gents. I appreciate all the help. It's great to hear. Rolling through this day by day. The past day or so have been better. Far from back to normal - but I'll take what I can get. Monday and Tuesday morning were pretty crappy to say the least.

My head is a mess. Random times I will be hit with the wave of emotion that comes when you think about the person who you've only ever loved and been with discarding you after 30 years. I grew up with her and been through so much. I don't even know what we'll have to do for the dogs. Jesus. I guess I have to be thankful that I had her through all those amazing times. But, there's still so much more I want to do with her. Maybe this would be easier if I was mad at her. I presume she has another interest and likely acted on it with him. That's the worst fear as a married man, right? Hard as it is for me to believe that she'd ever do that - I have to grasp that possible/likely nightmare reality and use that as motivation to get into this fight rather than get rolled over. I spoke last night with a good friend who was divorced 10 years ago. He really helped.

When she first dropped the divorce bomb to me - I asked for anything to help including counselling. While this was a shocker and world crushing for me; my wife has been preparing for it. So she was well down the road already for a divorce. Me? I was sitting in the yard enjoying life. So she told me it way too late for that and wants no part of it. Why every day is torture I guess. I know it will get better. I have to really tell myself that often.

Thanks boys. I have a few friends that have been down this road and some others that are lawyers. My mom is pushing me to get a lawyer too. But my mom and my wife never really got along. lol. My wife does well financially. Sadly, she isn't fun to deal with regarding finances. I don't even know how much money she has - which is really messed up! I'm sure she was scared that I would get half of her stuff, so she lawyered up and I'm sure is making every move possible in defense. Honestly I never cared if my wife worked or had any money. Part of the reason why I know nada about what she has. Didn't really care. It's been the longest 2+ months I ever had. On one hand every day I'm still married and have a family is a great day. I don't want it to end. On the other, I can't take much more of this. It's absolute torture. I dread waking up every morning and living another day in this screwed up situation. Sad part is I get up at 4 am now every day when my wife is getting ready to leave. I used to make sure I would see her and talk with her every morning. Now I just wake up and think about losing her. Pretend I'm sleeping. Then I lay until its time to get my kids up for school. Even now, I'm home working with the kids around. My wife usually gets home around 5:15 (It's 4 now). I'm looking at the clock knowing I have to see her and suffer through this in about an hour. It's a nightmare to say the least.

Thanks. I know. The hard part is that I'd rather put the $5k to my kid's truck he wants.

Heavy post here: My wife of 19 years is divorcing me. We're 46. Started dating when we were 16. 2 kids, house, dogs, carnival fish, etc. I knew something was up in January. She really tuned me out when we were together. Seemed way distant. Late February she told me she wanted a divorce and didn't love me anymore. I got a letter from her lawyer earlier this month saying we were going to have an 'amicable divorce settlement'. Her lawyer said she'd send something to me. Been sleeping in separate rooms. Until this weekend, for the most part, we were respectful of each other. Unfortunately she was mad I told a mutual friend what was occurring and recently shut me off. She went to a work event this past Saturday night and stayed at a hotel. She's in the Coast Guard and it was the CG annual ball. It was about 2 hours away. I knew she was going with 'friends' and all, but she never told me where she was staying and all. Sunday she came home and pretty much didn't say anything. It's beyond brutal. Her reasons for leaving were pretty petty. She always tells people she's a 'lone wolf' and all. She told me I didn't appreciate her enough and rattled off small things from the past 20 years that were her reason to not love me anymore. Things like one time she called me around 7 years ago and I put her call to voicemail (I was running a meeting). Yeah, one time. Obviously she's got something going on. I'm not sure that I want to even know. I assume the worst and hope for the best - but my money is on worst. Should I hire a lawyer? Just walking in the door I'm out $5k. I was figuring I'd see what she's proposing and go from there. If it's workable between me and her, I'd just have her lawyer handle it. If not, I'd hire. This sucks.

I finished my first season back playing second in the league with sv%. The dude ahead of me is 20. I'm 26 years older than him. Drop off the first few games where I was rusty as heck... I'm hanging with these punk snot nosed kids!

Funny that the Koho chest protector (570?) design is still rocking with CCM the NHL. If it ain't broke...

The Finals don't start until early June. I'll tune in to the playoffs around Memorial Day.

You neglected the leather straps too.

You should consider going double blocker.

I'll say it forever. Soul Plane is one of the funniest movies ever. The low class section of the plane was spot on. Ads like a subway, lockers with locks, mis matched seats, tvs with antennas. Awesome

I only fly ConAir Frontier. Frontier charges extra to lock up the criminals.

My now wife and I took a Grayhound from Philly to Toronto and back again. Worst ride ever. Or - the best. So many stories on that trip from all the weird-os that were on it. (myself included)

I've been playing pickleball for the past few months. at 46 - I'm a youngin'

'Robocop' weave jenpro. Why? Even worse, I picked silver.