tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post8302210669404932339..comments2024-03-25T10:19:58.493-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Montreal, 1977allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-44981842621117757272011-02-13T12:31:26.841-08:002011-02-13T12:31:26.841-08:00That is far less than I would have thought. Intere...That is far less than I would have thought. Interesting.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-27948149988251025982011-02-13T11:11:47.375-08:002011-02-13T11:11:47.375-08:00I just looked up slide scanners, and they run abou...I just looked up slide scanners, and they run about $60-$120 for a USB slide or film scanner. YMMV.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126805780149503962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-42929760995174292002011-02-13T07:20:30.799-08:002011-02-13T07:20:30.799-08:00I am looking for that Expos article and I found th...I am looking for that Expos article and I found this:<br /><br />In 1969, the Expos' first season, they played 12 extra-inning games -- and <a href="http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/all-or-nothing-in-overtime/" rel="nofollow">they lost all 12</a>, being outscored 18-0. That article states that they are the only team since 1901 to not win even one extra-inning game in a season.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-60929795985958747892011-02-13T07:12:47.737-08:002011-02-13T07:12:47.737-08:00I am assuming I went alone, because I have no reco...I am assuming I went alone, because I have no recollection of going to an Expos game with either of my parents.<br /><br />MOCK: Somewhere (BB Primer or Prospectus, maybe, but it was years ago) there was an article on how Montreal really lost the Expos. The common story that people simply stopped supporting the them is not accurate. The Expos story is more like the owner who deliberately lets his stadium fall to shit, then explains that he has to move or get a new taxpayer park because the old one fell to shit.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-69540871187260548802011-02-13T06:18:58.327-08:002011-02-13T06:18:58.327-08:00A group of us spent part of Friday night bemoaning...A group of us spent part of Friday night bemoaning the loss of the Expos. During the run in 1994 and at the end, during inter-league play, you got a glimpse of what could have been.....<br /><br />Made the trip up from Vermont so many times.....MOCK!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02854497329647596811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-58472049148877719642011-02-13T05:41:42.646-08:002011-02-13T05:41:42.646-08:00All I'm saying is that right now it is very co...All I'm saying is that right now it is very common for kids in their early teens to take public transit into the nearest city by themselves or with friends.<br /><br />Times are different, but this has not changed very much, except perhaps that parents feel a bit more reassured because their kids have cell phones.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-51548396463939760452011-02-13T04:58:27.808-08:002011-02-13T04:58:27.808-08:00Hey, it's done all the time, to all different ...<i>Hey, it's done all the time, to all different places.</i><br /><br />I certainly went to NYC by myself to meet camp friends when I was that age, but those were different times, as I said. Plus I was meeting friends at the other end, and I was not crossing state, let alone national, borders!<br /><br />I cannot remember either of my kids getting on a bus alone at 13 to go to Boston or NYC unless a parent or friend was meeting them at the other end. <br /><br />But then maybe I am more neurotic than most. Ya think??Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-32847954606963940562011-02-12T20:35:41.507-08:002011-02-12T20:35:41.507-08:00Hard to imagine a 13 year old going by himself or ...<i>Hard to imagine a 13 year old going by himself or herself to Montreal by bus these days.</i><br /><br />Hey, it's done all the time, to all different places. Kids in NJ go to NYC or Philadelphia, kids in Mass go to Boston, etc etc. If anything, kids are more independent now that they all have electronic tethers (cell phones).laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-13711769730066747192011-02-12T20:00:09.534-08:002011-02-12T20:00:09.534-08:00Well, almost 14!
I had been to Fenway the previou...Well, almost 14!<br /><br />I had been to Fenway the previous August with my father. I'm assuming this was MLB Game #2, since I think I went to only one game a year. (So maybe I did not go to Boston at all in '77.)<br /><br />But this trip was fairly straight-forward. Get dropped off at bus terminal, get on bus, bus parks right near park, go to game, go back to bus, get picked up at bus terminal. Very little chance for things to go wrong. (Plus, it's Canada!)allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-87763096607681316152011-02-12T19:25:53.636-08:002011-02-12T19:25:53.636-08:00Hard to imagine a 13 year old going by himself or ...Hard to imagine a 13 year old going by himself or herself to Montreal by bus these days. Times sure were different! You had already been to Fenway at this point, right? This was not your first ever live MLB game, IIRC.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-91863662397154981642011-02-12T16:30:19.952-08:002011-02-12T16:30:19.952-08:00I would, but I have no way of converting colour sl...I would, but I have no way of converting colour slides to a jpgs. (I assume having that done professionally is costly.)<br /><br />My supervisor is also a professional photographer and told me yesterday that he hopes to purchase a contraption that will do exactly that so I'll totally exploit that avenue (sometime in the next year). But until then ...<br /><br />I also have a shitload of b&w negatives (my father was a serious photographer) that I would like to transfer.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-84721683583524118322011-02-12T15:56:19.065-08:002011-02-12T15:56:19.065-08:00Are you gonna post the slides?Are you gonna post the slides?Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.com