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	Nick Knocks in His First!

Romeoville, IL 11/13/09 Duffer SOD gets his First Duffer Goal
Attendance 22

I was launching rockets at the Batavia Library, so I had to depend on guest authors. I did show up for the 3rd period and kept my Wild Wing Perfect record going. Basketball Jones would be proud of that. I heard that our 12 year old Referee* scored a goal on 39 year old Tweedy, so I gave Nick an assignment at Wild Wings. I told him to write up a game story and tell me all about his goal, but at press time, I had no story, but Thanks to Fred and Terry, we have the following report: *Tweedy got his nick name when he was referring for us when he was 10.


	Nick and Keith (Dave's Son).

The fun began in the White locker room before the game as Boris was trying to talk on his cell phone but Mini-Wheezer was making it hard for him to talk or listen by engaging in stimulating conversation with others. Boris was disappointed and frustrated as he said this was his first locker room call but soon realized it would probably be his last, at least with Mini-Wheezer in the room. (He should have stayed home like the Brain, because his Friday the 13th bad luck was just beginning. On March 13th, 2009, Brian gave up 15 goals) The game started with a total of 19 fearless Duffers, so Nick the Referee was instructed by Mike Presecky to put on a Red jersey. He was flying all over the ice but then got flattened in the crease by Terry. Tom Ambrosia showed up with about 10 minutes gone, using the excuse he was stuck on a plane at O'Hare. He went Red to even the sides at 10 apiece. Period ended 3-1 in favor of the Whites.

Nick rebounded nicely in the second period and found himself coming in alone on Tweedy who promptly thwarted him. Nick somehow recovered nicely, picking up his own rebound and scored. A clearing pass was deflected up and hit Boris the face and then deflected off his visor. He went to the locker room, returned with ice and sat for a while, spitting blood as his face continued to swell. He gathered his helmet, gloves and stick and retired to the locker room. Period 2 ended 5-4 Whites and the game ended 7-5 Whites. Other than Nick scoring for the Reds, I know Mike and BBTW did damage for the Whites. Not sure of the other goals.
Perfect attendance now stands at 4: Margo, Mini-Wheezer, Boris and me.
Terry sent the Following:
V-Man and Thor each had one for Whites. Mini Wheeze had 2 for Reds. (Mini Wheezer had a Hat Trick on


	Friday the 13th last February.) The youngest SOD (Son of Duffer) to score a goal was Tweedy Lopatka when he scored on Mothers Day


	1980 just days after his 10th birthday. Duffer GOD (Grandson Of Duffer) Bob Fetting scored when he was only 9.


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	Friday the Thirteenth


	Bad Luck


	Good Luck

This just came in at 7:04, just before the deadline*
I got a breakaway pass from my dad and made a move on Danny he made a save and I got the rebound and scored.
Nick
Note to Nick I asked for a story, not a sentence. D-
*Deadline is 7:05, I have to go to Center Ice to watch Tommy and Danny play a 10:10 game.

This came in from T&A at 9:08, just after I went to see Tommy and Danny play at Center Ice. They won, Dan had a Hat trick and 2 assists. (I had 3 beers)

Reds – Mini-Wheezer had 2, the Bookie 1, Little –Bookie (Nick) 1, and T&A had 1 with an assist from Harvey!

Whites – Thor had 2, BBTW 2, Mike 2, and V-Man 1. I know all four of them scored and maybe Thor had 3 and Mike only 1? Close enough, I guess.

Whites win the meaningful and Reds win BWW.

Have fun on Friday. The Bookie and I will be in southern Illinois at a hockey tournament with the Peewees!

Friday the 13th Duffer History

Brian is 5-3 and 1, Eddie is 2-6 and Tweedy is 3-1 on Friday the 13th games.

3/13/09 Brian has bad luck 15 times

2/13/09 Eddie wins 8-3 with a 1-1 Meaningful tie.
6/13/08 Eddie and Brian go Fishing. We have 4 goalies and 5 sets of goalie pads. Whites beat Jason 7-6
7/13/07 Tweedy tops the Anvil, 9-4. 4/13/07 No Ice
10/13/06 Eddie stops a ton of Granato shots, but falls to the Brain. Hat Trick for Brinks
1/13/06 The Anvil had another great game, only to lose when his son banks one in off of his back.
5/13/05 Geno scores with 7 seconds left in the game to give the Kid from Peoria a tie against Brian.
8/13/04 Anvil loses a shut out late, then loses the game to Brian as Beak got the game winner.
2/13/04 Three Oskroba goals (2 by Uncle Bob) give Tweedy a win over Brian BBTW becomes BBB for a while.
12/13/02 Beak scored an incest goal on his son Tweedy that was assisted by Klinger. Brian Wins. Stump Scores. Tech Buzz is on Vacation. (I'm glad we don't have that any more)
9/13/02 Cammi sets up her Dad and Beak, then scores another to give Brian a 6-2 win.

Dan had a Hat Trick and 2 assists in the Men's league

Friday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day, the sort of day you trip on your shoe laces or lose your wallet or get bad news.

But maybe it's not so bad. Consider this: On April 13th--Friday the 13th--2029, millions of people are going to go outside, look up and marvel at their good luck. A point of light will be gliding across the sky, faster than many satellites, brighter than most stars.

What's so lucky about that? It's asteroid 2004 MN4 ... not hitting Earth.

For a while astronomers thought it might. On Christmas Eve 2004, Paul Chodas, Steve Chesley and Don Yeomans at NASA's Near Earth Object Program office calculated a 1-in-60 chance that 2004 MN4 would collide with Earth. Impact date: April 13, 2029.

Right: The orbits of Earth and asteroid 2004 MN4. [More]

The asteroid is about 320 meters wide. "That's big enough to punch through Earth's atmosphere," devastating a region the size of, say, Texas, if it hit land, or causing widespread tsunamis if it hit ocean, says Chodas. So much for holiday cheer.

Asteroid 2004 MN4 had been discovered in June 2004, lost, then discovered again six months later. With such sparse tracking data it was difficult to say, precisely, where the asteroid would go. A collision with Earth was theoretically possible. "We weren't too worried," Chodas says, "but the odds were disturbing."

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This is typical, by the way, of newly-discovered asteroids. Step 1: An asteroid is discovered. Step 2: Uncertain orbits are calculated from spotty tracking data. Step 3: Possible Earth impacts are noted. Step 4: Astronomers watch the asteroid for a while, then realize that it's going to miss our planet.

Killer Asteroid! headlines generally appear between steps 3 and 4, but that's another story.

We had a big lunch crowd on Thursday	Buck Shot Morgan even showed up

Big Buff came all the way from 99th street (Beak drove a half mile)	We are going to the 7 Bridges Tilted Kilt on November 25
Tweedy has plenty of protection (Fred is behind the net)


Eddie did have some good luck....	when he missed the Bookie Klinger Krash King collision.




Dave the former goalie (Right) joined the Duffers this year and was assigned number 34.	Nick (Center) couldn't stop talking about his goal. Nick gave up his referee duties to help boost the numbers on Friday the 13th.