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October 13, 2000 Reporters Cammi Granato *** Rich Storm

Goalie to be Named Later,
Shuts out the Whites.

The worst one sided game in several seasons, ended with a 6 or 7-0 meaningless win for the Blues.  Stump was outstanding as he held the game scoreless until the last second of the first period.
John Koss made a beautiful deflection of a shot from the point that Stump had no chance on.  That goal would have been the goal of the Millennium except for one thing. He deflected the shot past his own goalie. I didn't see any meaningful goals, although Beer Nuts claims to have scored one.  Klinger has yet to confirm it.  I'm going to White Castle to see if I can find him. (See Cartoons on this Web Page) 
 The "Goalie to be named later" is Brian.  Larry just e-mailed me with that information.  This was Brian's second appearance in a Duffer game.  In his first game he was a little shaken when he gave up 6 goals in the first 2 periods. He was used to playing in men's leagues where the players get the puck, skate and shoot.  He had never seen so many passes.  When we explained to him that the younger guys try to pass to the older players so that they can get a meaningful goal. He felt better when we told him 5 of those goals were meaningless and the game was tied 1-1.

 
 

The Latest Rich Storm Masterpiece.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

 
 
 
Nick "The Hammer" is now in cyberspace!  You can e-mail him at nickhamer2@aol.com He is now enjoying the Duffer News at home.


 
 

Beak,

Greetings to all from Sao Paulo (St. Paul), Brazil. 
Arrived on 10-4 two hours late due to heavy rains in Miami.  Long flight - 1,190 miles from Chicago to Miami and 4,070 miles from Miami to Sao Paulo.

Population within the city, which goes as far as the eye can see in any direction, is 12 million.  It's the second or third largest city in the world.  Very beautiful but ruined by graffiti.  People and traffic abound.  Three hours ahead of Chicago.

I'm at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel (5 stars). Sixty cable channels with eleven in English.  Great fitness center.  The surrounding areas get seedy in a hurry so
staying within close proximity to the hotel is
recommended.

The food in the city is great.  My host has taken me to several local establishments.  Bottled water is the big commodity here.  Even the natives won't drink from the tap.

Scheduled to return the morning of 10-19.  Please save me a hard copy of the 10-6 and 10-13 newsletters.

Thanks,

Fred

 "Parts of Friday Jokes that I remembered on Saturday morning" E-mail me if I missed one. beak@lopatka.net
  1. Calling Tiger Woods
  2. Golf course or intercourse
  3. The guy with no ears

 
 
The Duffer Mean Age is now 46.526!
 Any one older than 46.526 is Meaningful! 
We are now an over 30 team, Tommy Z turned 30 last week.  Happy Birthday to Tom and all of the Duffers who have a .0? after their age.
The Ages were calculated on 10/09/2000

Meaningful Players
Papa Joe Mazzarella                                    70.67
Harvey Dikinis                                             63.97
Knarf Presecky                                            62.63
Hacksaw Pavichevich                                   62.27
Beak Lopatka                                              60.62
King Miceli                                                  59.34
Brinks Granato                                            58.80
Klinger Giffune                                            58.75
Dill Deau                                                      57.67
Alien  Allen         Happy Birthday                57.00
Beer Nuts Biernat                                         55.56
Magoo Landry   Happy Birthday                 53.06
Fruit Cake Bobka   Happy Birthday            53.03
Nailer DeVivo                                              52.31
Thor Miller                                                  51.05
Hit man Heitman       Happy Birthday         51.03
Wheezer Clementson                                   46.57
The Mean (average)    46.526 years as of 10/09/00

Meaningless Players
Anvil Hawrysio                                            45.71
Jr. 1 Mazzarella Jr.     Happy Birthday      45.06
Doc Suchy                                                    44.25
Jr.2 Mazzarella                                            43.86
Ghost Kasper                                               43.33
Gilbert Felman                                             43.27
Orion Morgan                                              43.22
Dock Dubreuil                                              41.95
Drano Staats                                                41.93
Cry Baby Koss                                             41.61
Bandit Hansen                                             41.60
Uncle Bob Oskroba                                      40.90
Mark Fetting                                                40.62
Stump Barczynski                                        40.56
Beavis Coughenour                                      39.40
Capt. Hook Spillman                                    39.40
Woody Mazurk                                            39.19
Dizzy Dzingel                                               39.11
Butt Head Morgan                                       38.65
Beak Jr. Lopatka                                         38.16
Dodger Partynski                                         34.63
Johnny Z Zagorski                                       34.36
Son of Frank Presecky                                 32.64
Rick Miceli                                                  32.50
Tweedy Lopatka                                          30.39
Ahb Zagorski             Happy Birthday      30.01

Statistics 101 
Mean Age    (Average)     46.523
Median Age (Middle)       43.86
Mode (Most Frequent)     39 and 43

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