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icehog3 02-25-2010 03:20 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by SilverFox (Post 772753)
Worst game I have seen "The Big Red Machine" play in 20 years. I will give the Canadian boys credit they put their foot on it and drove it in but still...........that Russian coach might want to stay in Canada I am thinking he is destined for Siberian salt mines.
Ain't that the truth? Canada would just chastise the coach, Russia will banish them to the Gulags. :r

icehog3 02-25-2010 03:26 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by Bruins Fan (Post 772719)
I hope we get a shot at Canada and beat them again, so our neighbors to the north really have something to boo about, what a bunch of tools. :td
Maybe they were booing Patrice Bergeron for stinking up the place.

Kreth 02-25-2010 03:40 PM
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"With all their hockey hullaballoo, and that b!tch Anne Murray too. Blame Canada!" :r
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ashtonlady 02-25-2010 03:58 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by Prefy (Post 772754)
Hockey is a passion up here, sometimes people get carried away. It's not like Americans have never boo'd Canadians at sporting events.

In the case of the US - Canada game tonight, its the match up both teams have been waiting for. Should be a great game
Looking foward to watching the USA women. It will be a great game.

Bruins Fan 02-25-2010 04:05 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by Prefy (Post 772754)
I like how you generalize that all Canadian are tools because of the actions of a few.

Hockey is a passion up here, sometimes people get carried away. It's not like Americans have never boo'd Canadians at sporting events.

In the case of the US - Canada game tonight, its the match up both teams have been waiting for. Should be a great game

Hey I like the Canadian people, I just thought it was a classless thing to do.
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Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.

ashtonlady 02-25-2010 04:10 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
Hockey has always been boarderline on class. The only place that I know the guy can get a cut lip or a bloody nose, they take a break and go back to playing.That is part of the fun of the game.

Kreth 02-25-2010 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ashtonlady (Post 772807)
Hockey has always been boarderline on class. The only place that I know the guy can get a cut lip or a bloody nose, they take a break and go back to playing.That is part of the fun of the game.
Yep, starting next season, if Brady gets a bloody nose, it's an automatic TD for the Pats, and the offending player becomes his personal assistant for the remainder of the season.

:r
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mithrilG60 02-25-2010 05:15 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by ashtonlady (Post 772807)
Hockey has always been boarderline on class. The only place that I know the guy can get a cut lip or a bloody nose, they take a break and go back to playing.That is part of the fun of the game.
That's hardly unique. Soccer and rugby, the sports who's World Cup's are the 2nd and 3rd largest sporting events after the Olympics, both have blood bins. In the case of rugby there's far more minor damage like you're describing than any of the other so-called tough guy contact sports where the players hide behind padding (ie. hockey and american football).

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Originally Posted by Bruins Fan (Post 772719)
I hope we get a shot at Canada and beat them again, so our neighbors to the north really have something to boo about, what a bunch of tools. :td
In response to this, having spoken to several friends who were actually at GM Place for the Swiss v USA game the booing was directed at the ref's and all their missed and/or non calls towards the end of the game. Not at the US Team.

icehog3 02-25-2010 06:27 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by Bruins Fan (Post 772802)
Hey I like the Canadian people, I just thought it was a classless thing to do.
Classless....like the game where the Bruins went into the stands in the Montreal Forum and beat Canadiens fans with their own shoes? :r

Bruins Fan 02-25-2010 06:49 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 772961)
Classless....like the game where the Bruins went into the stands in the Montreal Forum and beat Canadiens fans with their own shoes? :r
The punks got what they deserved, I bet that cured him of throwing beer on anyone else:D

icehog3 02-25-2010 06:54 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by Bruins Fan (Post 772996)
The punks got what they deserved, I bet that cured him of throwing beer on anyone else:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8K7roZu3WU :r

It was actually in New York...Danged Ranger fans.

Kreth 02-25-2010 07:05 PM
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Congrats to the Canadian women's hockey team, and to NBC for their excellent coverage of the match. :rolleyes:
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icehog3 02-25-2010 07:08 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by Kreth (Post 773039)
Congrats to the Canadian women's hockey team, and to NBC for their excellent coverage of the match. :rolleyes:
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MSNBC had it in its entirety, and just showed all 3 teams getting their individual medals.

Kreth 02-25-2010 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 773049)
MSNBC had it in its entirety, and just showed all 3 teams getting their individual medals.
Not all of us have MSNBC. I understand though. "America's Olympic Network" can hardly be expected to preempt Wheel of Fortune. :r
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icehog3 02-25-2010 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Kreth (Post 773055)
Not all of us have MSNBC. I understand though. "America's Olympic Network" can hardly be expected to preempt Wheel of Fortune. :r
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Sorry....but if NBC ain't gonna put the US-Canada men's game on in its entirety, you know they ain't putting the women's game on. ;)

Starscream 02-25-2010 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Kreth (Post 773055)
Not all of us have MSNBC. I understand though. "America's Olympic Network" can hardly be expected to preempt Wheel of Fortune. :r
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Show it in it's entirety, but show Jeopardy instead of commercial breaks.:tu
WoF sucks.:td

icehog3 02-25-2010 07:17 PM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by andysutherland (Post 773076)
Show it in it's entirety, but show Jeopardy instead of commercial breaks.:tu
WoF sucks.:td
Show hockey highlights during the commercial breaks! :D

Bruins Fan 02-25-2010 07:18 PM
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How about this one :banger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TxpxFqAV4I&NR=1

ashtonlady 02-25-2010 07:20 PM
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Great Job Canada Women.

icehog3 02-25-2010 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruins Fan (Post 773082)
I remember that, and thought it was pretty cool at the time. :tu

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Originally Posted by ashtonlady (Post 773086)
Great Job Canada Women.
Congrats to the ladies of the North, they deserved the Gold. http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/canada.gif

Kreth 02-25-2010 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 773069)
Sorry....but if NBC ain't gonna put the US-Canada men's game on in its entirety, you know they ain't putting the women's game on. ;)
To be fair, that was a preliminary match. The lack of network coverage for the Canada-Russia quarterfinal match was a little less excusable.
But last night's vignette on sled dogs and tonight's on lumberjacks more than made up for any lack of sports coverage. :)
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icehog3 02-25-2010 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Kreth (Post 773099)
But last night's vignette on sled dogs and tonight's on lumberjacks more than made up for any lack of sports coverage. :)
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:r :r

macpappy 02-26-2010 05:34 AM
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First a skateboarder gets kicked out of the Olympic Village for "questionable" behavior involving a 20 year old woman and his bronze medal. Now Canada's Women's Hockey team is being investigated for celebrating with beer, champagne and cigars after they won the gold.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/van...urn=oly,224338

I guess the message the IOC is sending is that Olympic atheletes aren't allowed to party with the opposite sex (in public), party with their team members (in public), drink or HEAVEN FORBID SMOKE A CIGAR! (But they did spend $100,000 on condoms for the athletes. I guess they don't want them reproducing)

The IOC which keeps preaching about the "Olympic tradition" should consider what the true founders of the Olympics did after their games.

And be sure to look at the photos. Those Canadian women know how to party as good as they play hockey.

mtaill 02-26-2010 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by macpappy (Post 773668)
First a skateboarder gets kicked out of the Olympic Village for "questionable" behavior involving a 20 year old woman and his bronze medal. Now Canada's Women's Hockey team is being investigated for celebrating with beer, champagne and cigars after they won the gold.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/van...urn=oly,224338

I guess the message the IOC is sending is that Olympic atheletes aren't allowed to party with the opposite sex (in public), party with their team members (in public), drink or HEAVEN FORBID SMOKE A CIGAR! (But they did spend $100,000 on condoms for the athletes. I guess they don't want them reproducing)

The IOC which keeps preaching about the "Olympic tradition" should consider what the true founders of the Olympics did after their games.

And be sure to look at the photos. Those Canadian women know how to party as good as they play hockey.
Poulin probably did not think about the "legal" age as she comes from Quebec and the legal age in Quebec is 18.

Parshooter 02-26-2010 07:53 AM
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You go girl :banger

hotreds 02-26-2010 08:13 AM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
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Originally Posted by kreth (Post 773055)
not all of us have msnbc. I understand though. "america's olympic network" can hardly be expected to preempt wheel of fortune. :r
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pmsnbc!

BroncoHorvath 02-26-2010 08:51 AM
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Good for them, they deserved to celebrate....

Now hopefully the Canadian Men's team will be doing the same Sunday night:D

Hopefully that Canada and USA can have a rematch, but I don't think we should think that the Slovaks or the Fins are going to let that happen that easy....

mithrilG60 02-26-2010 08:56 AM
Re: Winter Olympics!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by macpappy (Post 773668)
First a skateboarder gets kicked out of the Olympic Village for "questionable" behavior involving a 20 year old woman and his bronze medal. Now Canada's Women's Hockey team is being investigated for celebrating with beer, champagne and cigars after they won the gold.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/van...urn=oly,224338

I guess the message the IOC is sending is that Olympic atheletes aren't allowed to party with the opposite sex (in public), party with their team members (in public), drink or HEAVEN FORBID SMOKE A CIGAR! (But they did spend $100,000 on condoms for the athletes. I guess they don't want them reproducing)

The IOC which keeps preaching about the "Olympic tradition" should consider what the true founders of the Olympics did after their games.

And be sure to look at the photos. Those Canadian women know how to party as good as they play hockey.
To my mind the only thing that they can possibly complain about is the fact that they're smoking indoors as all public spaces in Canada are non-smoking.

macpappy 02-26-2010 09:01 AM
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More thoughts on the women's hockey team smoking cigars and celebrating with beer and champagne.

I hope they were good cigars from south of Miami.

I would be glad to party with any of them.

And I'm glad they showed their national pride and drank Canadian beer even though it taste likes moose urine. A few bottles of Trois Pistoles would have been better.

I guess if the US Women would have won the Gold, they would have celebrated with Oreos and milk in keeping with the squeaky clean image that the IOC wants all athletes to have.

mithrilG60 02-26-2010 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by macpappy (Post 773937)
And I'm glad they showed their national pride and drank Canadian beer even though it taste likes moose urine. A few bottles of Trois Pistoles would have been better.
National pride wouldn't have been enough to make me drink Molson Canadian, all the generic mass market lagers like Molson Canadian, Kokanie, Labbatt Blue, etc fall under the branding of moose piss. There's a very active microbrewery industry in Vancouver and the rest of Canada that produces very good beer, it's just unfortunate that Molson Canadian gets so much press. It's sorta like saying that Budweiser is the pinnacle of American beer because it's the one that everyone knows about.

The funny thing is that they wrapped the champagne bottles in Molson Canadian labels. Considering Molson Canadian is the beer sponsor for these games I'm guessing the alcohol was all either provided by the IOC or they were instructed that anything other than Molson Canadian needed to be covered up for sponsorship reasons.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/6e/fu..._hockey_wo.jpg

BroncoHorvath 02-26-2010 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by macpappy (Post 773937)
More thoughts on the women's hockey team smoking cigars and celebrating with beer and champagne.

I hope they were good cigars from south of Miami.

I would be glad to party with any of them.

And I'm glad they showed their national pride and drank Canadian beer even though it taste likes moose urine. A few bottles of Trois Pistoles would have been better.

I guess if the US Women would have won the Gold, they would have celebrated with Oreos and milk in keeping with the squeaky clean image that the IOC wants all athletes to have.
They have Trois Pistoles down your way:confused:

That's my favorite beer from Unibroue brewery. I alos love their Blanche de Chamblis, Fin du Monde and Maudite:D

macpappy 02-27-2010 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by BroncoHorvath (Post 774859)
They have Trois Pistoles down your way:confused:

That's my favorite beer from Unibroue brewery. I alos love their Blanche de Chamblis, Fin du Monde and Maudite:D
Yep. Even us savage rednecks can appreciate the fine brews from up north. What got me started was a limited edition brew I found (and I can't remember the name right now - I think it had a 15 in the name?) a few years ago. That led me to the Trois Pistoles, Maudite, and Chambly Noire - all of which I love. I've also had the Ephemere. Didn't like it as much.

GHC_Hambone 02-27-2010 09:40 PM
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My life is now complete, I got to go curling today!

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...CS/curlcut.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...S/brushcut.jpg

ucla695 02-27-2010 11:18 PM
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:banger

macpappy 02-28-2010 09:08 PM
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Congratulations to our Canadian brothers and sisters for an excellent olympics. The hockey final was a fitting closing for the Olympics even if the USA didn't win the gold.

icehog3 02-28-2010 09:10 PM
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Canada definitely did itself proud! :tu

Well, except for that William Shatner thing. ;) :r

macpappy 02-28-2010 09:13 PM
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Just a thought but maybe to add some more excitment to the summer games the Olympic committee should vote to include in-line roller derby as a sport. It makes more since than some of the icecapades events.

markem 02-28-2010 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 777128)
Canada definitely did itself proud! :tu
Top gold medal count, too.

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Well, except for that William Shatner thing. ;) :r
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hARDXYz2io

what's not to love?

icehog3 02-28-2010 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by markem (Post 777136)
Top gold medal count, too.


Top overall Medal count, actually...Canada ended up with the most Gold. ;)

Prefy 02-28-2010 09:28 PM
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Pretty proud to be Canadian right now! :D

icehog3 02-28-2010 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Prefy (Post 777147)
Pretty proud to be Canadian right now! :D
I am guessing you are proud just about every day. :)

mithrilG60 02-28-2010 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 777145)
Top overall Medal count, actually...Canada ended up with the most Gold. ;)
Actually USA topped the medal count with 37. Germany came 2nd with 30 and Canada 3rd with 26.

colimo 02-28-2010 10:59 PM
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Great job Vancouver and Canada....you did yourselves proud!!!:banger

absolutely outrageous, abominable horrible job by NBC on its coverage....showing the semifinal hockey match on tape delay so as to allow some rinky dink series to be shown in its normal time slot???
:td

and then tonite to leave the olympic closing ceremony to show a half hour preview of an asinine, idiotic show with very little value....where are there heads at?...i understand prempting for local news, but that show??? i for one will never ever watch that show again, if for no other reason than out of protest...:mad:

Kreth 03-01-2010 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by colimo (Post 777271)
and then tonite to leave the olympic closing ceremony to show a half hour preview of an asinine, idiotic show with very little value....where are there heads at?...i understand prempting for local news, but that show??? i for one will never ever watch that show again, if for no other reason than out of protest...:mad:
Technically, the ceremonies were over. Did you want them to show another half-hour or so of people partying? You're right about The Marriage Ref, though. I lasted about 2 minutes before I had to change the channel. The studio audience was laughing at the stupidest sh!t, and it got annoying very quickly.
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mithrilG60 03-01-2010 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by colimo (Post 777271)
and then tonite to leave the olympic closing ceremony to show a half hour preview of an asinine, idiotic show with very little value....where are there heads at?...i understand prempting for local news, but that show??? i for one will never ever watch that show again, if for no other reason than out of protest...:mad:
NBC's coverage of the Closing Ceremony was also on a 2 hour (or more) tape delay. The live start of the Closing was 5:30 PST and it was all finished up by about 7:30. On the plus side though, you didn't really miss much after the cutover to The Marriage Ref. Apparently someone in VANOC was given the task of listing all Canadian bands that might play (ie. lip sync) one of their songs regardless of how popular or good they are.

On behalf of Vancouver and Canada I'd like to apologize for Nickelback. Despite what Michael J Fox said, we only like to claim the good talent as our own..... unfortunately no one will claim Nickelback away from us :( :(

icehog3 03-01-2010 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mithrilG60 (Post 777235)
Actually USA topped the medal count with 37. Germany came 2nd with 30 and Canada 3rd with 26.
Thanks, in my haste to post I didn;t put USA, that is what I meant. :)

mithrilG60 03-01-2010 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 778110)
Thanks, in my haste to post I didn;t put USA, that is what I meant. :)
Also a record for total medal's won by any nation in a single winter games :tu Strangely enough if seems to depend on the newspaper, all the Canadian papers are staying you were first and we were third. All the European papers list the winner as the highest number of golds...... maybe Colbert is right and Canada is "Europe, just with normal toilets" :r

icehog3 03-01-2010 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by mithrilG60 (Post 778648)
Also a record for total medal's won by any nation in a single winter games :tu Strangely enough if seems to depend on the newspaper, all the Canadian papers are staying you were first and we were third. All the European papers list the winner as the highest number of golds...... maybe Colbert is right and Canada is "Europe, just with normal toilets" :r
:r :r

macpappy 03-02-2010 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by mithrilG60 (Post 778648)
Also a record for total medal's won by any nation in a single winter games :tu Strangely enough if seems to depend on the newspaper, all the Canadian papers are staying you were first and we were third. All the European papers list the winner as the highest number of golds...... maybe Colbert is right and Canada is "Europe, just with normal toilets" :r
They are taking a lesson from US politicians and have learned to "spin" the story to their way of thought.

mithrilG60 03-02-2010 07:16 AM
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"Spiin" is hardly the exclusive domain of the US politician, they all learn it at a very early stage in their career's no matter where they're from.


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