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  1. 02-27-2010, 08:12 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grace View Post
    Did any of you see the piece Tom Brokaw just did? 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland. Absolutely magnificent. Talk about LES.

    I read a book about those events - read it twice actually.
    Grace, I missed this. Is it online somewhere? Thanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by phesina View Post
    Grace, I missed this. Is it online somewhere? Thanks.
    I'm looking to see if it's going to be shown again. It's about 45 minutes long.

    There is a book, The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, by Jim Defede, describing the events that Brokaw mentions. You can check it out here. I've read it twice; sent a copy to my brother who never reads anything - but he read this one in 2 days.

    If I find a link to the Brokaw piece, I'll post it.
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    Canada has 13 freakin' GOLD MEDALS! And we are third in the medal tally with 25, after Germany and USA.

    I think in Turn we got a total of 4 medals? Or was that in Calgary? I know we didn't do well in either location.

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    Men's 50 KM

    Gold - Petter Northug, Norway, 2:05:35.5

    Silver - Axel Teichmann, Germany, 2:05:35.8

    Bronze - Johan Olsson, Sweden, 2:05:36.5

    After 31 miles of skiing, the top three are just 1 second apart!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grace View Post
    I'm looking to see if it's going to be shown again. It's about 45 minutes long.

    There is a book, The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, by Jim Defede, describing the events that Brokaw mentions. You can check it out here. I've read it twice; sent a copy to my brother who never reads anything - but he read this one in 2 days.

    If I find a link to the Brokaw piece, I'll post it.
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    Congrats to Canada!!! What a hard faught game! I am now a fan of hockey

    A mens and womens hockey silver aint too bad for the US.
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    We WON???? OMG!!!!!

    I was listening on the radio and then got home...they had gone into overtime!

    Hey, USA - according to what the medals mean, to be in the top two of the whole WORLD in ice hockey is stupendous! If not for you, no overtime. BRILLIANT, guys! BRILLIANT!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
    We WON???? OMG!!!!!

    I was listening on the radio and then got home...they had gone into overtime!

    Hey, USA - according to what the medals mean, to be in the top two of the whole WORLD in ice hockey is stupendous! If not for you, no overtime. BRILLIANT, guys! BRILLIANT!
    Oh man...I wish you could have watched. This was an awesome game even to a hockey noob like me. I am sooo glad I got to see the whole thing!
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    I told you all that we know how to handle a stick.

    The US team didn't make it easy for us. Congrats for playing a great game and you should be proud.
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    Not a bad game at all, very well played. Congratulation Canada! I'm happy with the silver medal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
    We WON???? OMG!!!!!

    I was listening on the radio and then got home...they had gone into overtime!

    Hey, USA - according to what the medals mean, to be in the top two of the whole WORLD in ice hockey is stupendous! If not for you, no overtime. BRILLIANT, guys! BRILLIANT!
    I'M STOKED!!! Canada won!!! It's so awesome!!


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    I love the closing ceremonies. I love the atomsphere - even watching it I can feel the happiness and joy. For once, race, color, nationality don't matter anymore - I think that's one great thing about the olympics. The world comes together in peace for 2 weeks.
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    What an awesome hockey game! I would have liked to have seen USA take the gold, but I love that Crosby got the game winner. I'm sure all of his haters are upset about that too, which just makes it sweeter
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