OT: How are you guys dealing with waiting for the season to end?

[DamonDRW]

learning Finnish language all the time. this would kill me eventually

 

[cjm502]

What does that mean? Like, Jim Jones stuff?

I hear @RabidBadger has THE BEST kool-aid



This is a fun thread though, there are actual real life humans living normal lives behind their doomer hockey forum personas. Who would have thought?

 

[RabidBadger]

What does that mean? Like, Jim Jones stuff?

Ha! I just threw that in to liven things up. "Occult" deals with supernatural things; demons, spirits, magick and the like. All things I avoid. I'll do a ghost hunt or explore haunted places but I avoid anything that summon something like a seance or a site that had satanic activities. You never know what might come through.

 

[lilidk]

I discovered "pocket fm ", they are reading books.

 

[SirKillalot]

An interview with Lalonde on that Strickland show/podcast/thing about getting fired:


Lalonde about getting fired

Lalonde eluting to that Walman was traded as an step of trying a bigger thing, which is probably one or two trades that didn't work out. Rumoured to be Stamkos and Trouba.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

playing hockey, watching playoff hockey, catching up on the draft, playing golf, watching golf, work, watching the horses...

 

[SantosHalper]

I'll do a ghost hunt or explore haunted places but I avoid anything that summon something like a seance or a site that had satanic activities. You never know what might come through

Thats what Indiana Jones warned us about.

But serious question have you ever run in to anything weird? I once had very weird reflection off the window. It was nightime and i was home alone watching TV, and the TV is right next to a window and the blinds were shut. Corner light behind me was on, so everything behind me reflected to the window glass.

So im watching TV and for unknown reason i convert eyes off the TV and to the window, and believe or not and i swear on anything, i saw a person standing behind me for a split second. Freaked the shit out of me and shivers went through my body. How you explain that? Wild and weird moment.

 

[DatsDeking]

Mostly work, but the wife and I keep a list of top restaurants in our area and try to hit one a week. Feels like each time we cross one off we add two more though lol. Trying to stay in the gym to counter all the eating.

Outside of that, been playing a ton of Expedition 33. Seeing the family here and there too. Been thinking of getting into creative writing just for my own shits and giggles so might dabble into that.

EDIT: Buried the lead! Went to see Friendship staring our boy Tim Robinson.

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Been Binging kdrama’s so totes jealous enjoy man

Thanks funny enough my wife has been watching Kdramas all of a sudden even before we touched down in Korea lol

 

[Winger98]

Thats what Indiana Jones warned us about.

But serious question have you ever run in to anything weird? I once had very weird reflection off the window. It was nightime and i was home alone watching TV, and the TV is right next to a window and the blinds were shut. Corner light behind me was on, so everything behind me reflected to the window glass.

So im watching TV and for unknown reason i convert eyes off the TV and to the window, and believe or not and i swear on anything, i saw a person standing behind me for a split second. Freaked the shit out of me and shivers went through my body. How you explain that? Wild and weird moment.

You didn't ask me, but I'll answer. I once saw my dead grandfather while I was mowing. Middle of the day. Rode around the corner of a shed, looked over, and there he was, leaning against a fence post with a small smile on his face, watching me mow what used to be his lawn. Looked back and he was gone. But he was there, clear as day. I tried to explain it away that I had taken multiple things and meshed them together in my head, but from his red hat to his mustache to his blue rough cotton button up short sleeve shirt to his blue jeans and brown boots...it's a lot to mistake shadows and tree limbs for.

 

[wingsfannnn9191]

Thanks funny enough my wife has been watching Kdramas all of a sudden even before we touched down in Korea lol

Haha nice ya since last summer outside of a few u.s series that’s all I watch now

 

[RabidBadger]

Thats what Indiana Jones warned us about.

But serious question have you ever run in to anything weird? I once had very weird reflection off the window. It was nightime and i was home alone watching TV, and the TV is right next to a window and the blinds were shut. Corner light behind me was on, so everything behind me reflected to the window glass.

So im watching TV and for unknown reason i convert eyes off the TV and to the window, and believe or not and i swear on anything, i saw a person standing behind me for a split second. Freaked the shit out of me and shivers went through my body. How you explain that? Wild and weird moment.

I haven't experienced anything like you and I'm good with that! I'd shit myself!

Funny enough, I never had anything happen on a ghost hunt or visiting haunted sites but I've had other stuff happen.
-My old roommate and I heard a disembodied voice say "hey" above our heads in the hallway of our apartment as he's unlocking our door.
-My wife saw our deceased dog trot through our living room about a week after she passed.
-My wife's grandmother's house was definitely occupied by her deceased grandfather. One night we were visiting and clearly heard rapid footsteps come up the basement stairs to the main floor (he had a workshop in the basement he spent a great deal of time in). Another night we took Grandma out to dinner and when we came home a basement light was on. There was no way we would have missed that when we left. Better yet, the light turned on and off with a pull chain.
-Weirdest one was when we were hiking in the NC mountains and it was getting dark. It felt like we were being followed by something that really wanted us out of there. When we were pulling out of the lot our dog was in the back window looking up the trail we were on and absolutely losing it barking.

 

[PelagicJoe]

Video games pretty much, new Mario Kart next week.

Games rule. I play it all, old and new. I've got over a dozen systems and about 600 something games between all of them.

 

[Sadekuuro]

Guitars, dogs, and yard work Perhaps more daydreaming of traveling to far-flung places than usual. Trying to get my home studio painted (long story why it wasn't done ahead of time) without disconnecting and removing all of my gear. Watching the occasional boring non-physical playoff game...

 

[Lampedampe]

Diving in south east Asia atm, but will return home soon. Will spend rest of the summer working and playing golf.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

playing hockey, watching playoff hockey, catching up on the draft, playing golf, watching golf, work, watching the horses...

I want your job man lol. That's a lot of free time!

 

[Electric Eric]

I haven't experienced anything like you and I'm good with that! I'd shit myself!

-Weirdest one was when we were hiking in the NC mountains and it was getting dark. It felt like we were being followed by something that really wanted us out of there. When we were pulling out of the lot our dog was in the back window looking up the trail we were on and absolutely losing it barking.

I've done a ton of hiking and climbing around the world and only 2 places I've been have I ever felt 'off' or unsafe in the woods. NC mountains and Goat Rock Wilderness in Washington. NC hikes were only day trips and there are some eerie areas there. I know those mountains are geologically old old, but they feel old too. Its a strange feeling.


I've picked learning the guitar. Aside from the finger pain I've really been enjoying it. Always been a big music guy, but this is adding a new level of appreciation.

 

[Henkka]

Same as always.... for last 9 seasons without the playoffs.

What I really do at NHL off-season:

- Watch WHC
- Finish my NHL manager league regular season
- Watch NHL playoff games
- Play my NHL manager league playoff games
- Prepare for NHL entry draft
- Prepare for my NHL manager league draft
- Watch NHL free agency
- Start watching Finnish league pre-season games...

So there's no hockey off-season, pretty much... ever.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

I want your job man lol. That's a lot of free time!

Ha, sadly it is very heavily skewed towards work and probably always will be

 

[RabidBadger]

I've done a ton of hiking and climbing around the world and only 2 places I've been have I ever felt 'off' or unsafe in the woods. NC mountains and Goat Rock Wilderness in Washington. NC hikes were only day trips and there are some eerie areas there. I know those mountains are geologically old old, but they feel old too. Its a strange feeling.


I've picked learning the guitar. Aside from the finger pain I've really been enjoying it. Always been a big music guy, but this is adding a new level of appreciation.

I hiked the area extensively the 10 years I lived in Asheville. It was pleasant for the most part, but you're spot on that some areas have a real vibe to them. In general the mountains look creepy when the fog or low clouds roll in.

Elephant rock in Wisconsin was creepy AF. I had a "woods went completely silent" moment there.

2 questions: 1) did anything happen on your hikes or were you just skeeved out?
2) what kind of guitar did you get?

 

[SantosHalper]

You didn't ask me, but I'll answer. I once saw my dead grandfather while I was mowing. Middle of the day. Rode around the corner of a shed, looked over, and there he was, leaning against a fence post with a small smile on his face, watching me mow what used to be his lawn. Looked back and he was gone. But he was there, clear as day. I tried to explain it away that I had taken multiple things and meshed them together in my head, but from his red hat to his mustache to his blue rough cotton button up short sleeve shirt to his blue jeans and brown boots...it's a lot to mistake shadows and tree limbs for.

That's really something, many details. Very weird but still kinda nice moment.

I haven't experienced anything like you and I'm good with that! I'd shit myself!

Funny enough, I never had anything happen on a ghost hunt or visiting haunted sites but I've had other stuff happen.
-My old roommate and I heard a disembodied voice say "hey" above our heads in the hallway of our apartment as he's unlocking our door.
-My wife saw our deceased dog trot through our living room about a week after she passed.
-My wife's grandmother's house was definitely occupied by her deceased grandfather. One night we were visiting and clearly heard rapid footsteps come up the basement stairs to the main floor (he had a workshop in the basement he spent a great deal of time in). Another night we took Grandma out to dinner and when we came home a basement light was on. There was no way we would have missed that when we left. Better yet, the light turned on and off with a pull chain.
-Weirdest one was when we were hiking in the NC mountains and it was getting dark. It felt like we were being followed by something that really wanted us out of there. When we were pulling out of the lot our dog was in the back window looking up the trail we were on and absolutely losing it barking.

I recently heard a similar story of grandmother's house, in that case grandmother passed away and her son and daughter went to the house to sort things out or something. They lived in different cities, so they decided to stay over the night. Both woke up around 6 am because they heard steps and cooking noices in the kitchen, and the son thought it was his sister making breakfast and the sister thought it was her brother making breakfast. Both went back to sleep and the woke up again couple hours later, both were a bit shocked when they realized that neither one of them weren't in the kitchen earlier.

Hiking story sounds creepy. I got the feeling that dog was usually more calm but in that moment acted highly irregularly? The way you told it, sounds like that normally he/she didn't bark at darkness.

 

[dalem177]

Same as always.... for last 9 seasons without the playoffs.

What I really do at NHL off-season:

- Watch WHC
- Finish my NHL manager league regular season
- Watch NHL playoff games
- Play my NHL manager league playoff games
- Prepare for NHL entry draft
- Prepare for my NHL manager league draft
- Watch NHL free agency
- Start watching Finnish league pre-season games...

So there's no hockey off-season, pretty much... ever.

You've reminded me it's about time for my yearly re-watch of the movie Miracle. Gotta get SOME hockey in there....

 

[Bench]

Mostly hanging out with our 2-year-old!

Hopefully by the time he's forming actual memories this team is back on track. That's what happened to me with the Wings. So may he be the next benefactor of being too young to remember the dog days.

Yzerman only has like 8 more years before he f***s Rice's kid up.

 

[Frk It]

Hopefully by the time he's forming actual memories this team is back on track. That's what happened to me with the Wings. So may he be the next benefactor of being too young to remember the dog days.

Yzerman only has like 8 more years before he f***s Rice's kid up.

Dad, why am I named Suter?

Let me take you back to the summer of 2012….

 

[jkutswings]

Dad, why am I named Suter?

Let me take you back to the summer of 2012….

Poor kid. No way anybody else at school has a middle name of Parise.