RPI 2011-12 Part VI: Sweet Meteor of Death

[Ralph Baer]

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I don't see a thread in the Scores section yet, so I'm guessing no.

OK. Then back to northern NY. BTW, I wrote earlier that I was on a bus in 1963 traveling through Underwood on the way to Lake Placid It must have been earlier than that, between 1960 and 1962. I am sure that I have pictures, probably labeled, from LP, but I am too lazy to look for them. I spent a month there at the time.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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OK. Then back to northern NY. BTW, I wrote earlier that I was on a bus in 1963 traveling through Underwood on the way to Lake Placid It must have been earlier than that, between 1960 and 1962. I am sure that I have pictures, probably labeled, from LP, but I am too lazy to look for them. I spent a month there at the time.

Very cool. One of the guys I play trivia with at the bar on Tuesdays collects postcards, and has a few old ones of Underwood.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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So after all of this, does anyone know if the team is staying out of town? I can't see the Union approving the expense although it does make sense.

I didn't e-mail Kevin about it. Was thinking about it, but wasn't sure how weird that question would sound. Perhaps someone could call in to Slap Schotts tomorrow morning?

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Very cool. One of the guys I play trivia with at the bar on Tuesdays collects postcards, and has a few old ones of Underwood.

I certainly have no recollection of Underwood.

Didn't he play goal for Cornell?

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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I certainly have no recollection of Underwood.

Didn't he play goal for Cornell?

i c wut u did thar

The postcard collector doesn't seem to have loyalties towards any team, but is interested in college hockey; I know I discuss it with him for a little bit in between rounds.

 

[AspyDad]

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SA is keeping the team in a hotel for the weekend. If you go to troyragord homepage there is a video where the ever insightful Ed Weaver asks the question. On behalf of the fans Ed, thank you for all you do. You truly are a credit to the fourth estate.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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SA is keeping the team in a hotel for the weekend. If you go to troyragord homepage there is a video where the ever insightful Ed Weaver asks the question. On behalf of the fans Ed, thank you for all you do. You truly are a credit to the fourth estate.

ROFL, decided about ten seconds after the win, and the wife and mother making side bets about it, too.

EDIT: Because of the old saying of "Link or it didn't happen": http://www.dailygazette.com/videos/2012/mar/07/986/

 

[Ralph Baer]

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ROFL, decided about ten seconds after the win, and the wife and mother making side bets about it, too.

When I read that I thought you were talking about your wife and mother.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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When I read that I thought you were talking about your wife and mother.

Given I'm not married, I'd love to see how that's possible.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Given I'm not married, I'd love to see how that's possible.

Given that I didn't know that ...

 

[vicb]

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[jmhusker]

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You obviously didn't spend much time on NY 30, or times have changed. Nowadays they crawl ALL OVER that road.

28 to Blue Mountain Lake and then 30 up to Saranac Lake. Other than the section between Long Lake and Tupper Lake, the roads were deserted. Of course I think it was snowing every time we made the drive so that might have helped.

 

[jmhusker]

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Our house is built on the property where the old Blue Mt Hotel was that Edison wired for electricity. When we first bought up there we had no knowledge of the families that owned all the property around us-the Durants, The Vanderbilts, Marjorie post, etc. Truly the area was the campground for the elite. If you have the time, make sure to visit the Adirondack Museum on Blue Mt Lake. Wonderful exhibits and a great way to learn the history of the region.

Had the pleasure of doing so during that short stay. Great take. I especially enjoyed the old logging exhibits. Men were men back then! And it looks like we stayed right near your place .. we were at the Prospect Point cottages.

 

[DavidSec17]

28 to Blue Mountain Lake and then 30 up to Saranac Lake. Other than the section between Long Lake and Tupper Lake, the roads were deserted. Of course I think it was snowing every time we made the drive so that might have helped.

I really love that area. Camped at Lake Durant a bunch of times, there are a few sites right on the lake. You can hear the loons all night.

 

[DrDemento]

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Had the pleasure of doing so during that short stay. Great take. I especially enjoyed the old logging exhibits. Men were men back then! And it looks like we stayed right near your place .. we were at the Prospect Point cottages.

Prospect Point is one of the few places left. The absolute best years ago was Potter's on the lake. Right at the intersection where 28 ends at route 30. They had magnificent rustic cottages going up into the hill and a huge lodge type dining room. We vacationed and stayed there a few times and loved it so much we decided to buy.

 

[LTsatch]

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One of my best friends on the FD down here is an owner at White Pine Camp and a Paul Smith's graduate, stayed there a couple times, very cool and historical. I had the chance to go to Smith's but chose elsewhere due to free tuition. One month of Fortran and Cobol @ Southern CT State was all I could stand. Fortunately I was appointed to the Fire Department the next year. Just made 31 years.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Ed Weaver's Thursday article Engineers view Union series as a road trip

 

[fr joe]

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We always felt we lived in the middle of nowhere in Blue Mt Lake. But then we took the ride up through Long Lake and then over to Newcomb and really saw where nowhere was located.

I spent five years covering parishes in Hague, Chesterown & North Creek. I know that 8/9/28 corridor well. And as Doc wrote, beautiful place. One of my personal favorites, NY 8 five miles west of Hague village center, just west of North Pond, looking northwest into heart of Adirondacks... and there's always any summer/fall night sky. Don't forget NY 74, driving east into Ticonderoga... I always wondered just how fast a bobsled could go down that road in January.

For folks looking for quiet lake views (and little/no cellphone signal) the east side of Schroon Lake/town of Adirondack is seriously underrated.

 

[Red Cloud]

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Excellent story in the TU about the band, and Luke Curadi (and babo!) sticking up for them at Clarkson.

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/RPI-player-makes-band-stand-3390188.php

EDIT: Clarkson sucks.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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Excellent story in the TU about the band, and Luke Curadi (and babo!) sticking up for them at Clarkson.

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/RPI-player-makes-band-stand-3390188.php

EDIT: Clarkson sucks.

Sweetness! It's a class group, and I'm glad to have been a part of it for a couple years.

In case people didn't see an article about the band 3 years ago on this site (about 1/3 of the way down the page): http://www.uscho.com/2009/03/12/this-week-in-ecac-hockey-march-12-2009/