WDW Water: Still sweet and pure!!

[Kissimmee JP]

Sounds like it is here. 85° and 45% humidity....perfect.

 

[madonna31]

Hey Jas - what's the weather like in Dec/Jan?

 

[lizzie64]

I was looking for an answer to that myself. Want to get to WDW for the christmas decorations

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Well it depends, it can be anywhere from 80 degrees to 40 degrees (or less). There have been days when I have been in WDW with about five layers of clothes on (of course I am a total wimp now when it comes to the cold) because it was only the upper 40s to low 50s.

 

[gometros]

Unlike fans of other sports, us soccer fans don't have to denegrate other sports to make ourselves feel superior. I like hockey and baseball for different reasons. I find that those who say they don't like soccer only to so because they do not understand the finer points of the sport.

It's the world's most popular sport. A billion people can't be wrong

And before you go the riots route, should we mention the riots after the NCAA finals and other non-soccer championships?

 

[madonna31]

It's the world's most popular sport. A billion people can't be wrong

I thought you saw AI - ok - maybe not billions - but millions of people were wrong there...

The only reason that it is so popular is because they only have the world cup every 4 years...other sports have a fan base every year (multiply the number of people who watch hockey by 4 - and you will have a MUCH bigger number) Not to mention the fact that it is the only sport that has been mentioned that is world-wide, naturally since the world has a bigger population then just North America - soccer would have a bigger following...*think Olympics here* - I mean if the Olympics were only in North America - do you really think that Russia would care who wins the gold in figure skating?!?

 

[Kissimmee JP]

Do not call soccer a sport....you cannot use your hands. I mean my God man, what kind of game doesn't allow you to use your hands? It's just running in circles kicking a ball. I used to do that when I was 3.

 

[lizzie64]

by Madonna31
I thought you saw AI - ok - maybe not billions - but millions of people were wrong there...

You are sooo right!!!

I've been taping Clay on various talk shows all day today!! He is so cute

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Ok How about Rugby? Sport or just an excuse to get drunk?

Actually I had a roommate who played both Rugby and Hockey. And he managed to keep his face intact. A miracle in my book.

 

[Kissimmee JP]

You can use your hands in Rugby....hence, it's a sport.

 

[madonna31]

You can use your hands in Rugby....hence, it's a sport.

So then - by that definition - bowling, curling, fishing and - my personal favourite - pair's figure skating should be considered sports?!? I beg to differ.....

 

[Kissimmee JP]

Originally posted by madonna31
So then - by that definition - bowling, curling, fishing and - my personal favourite - pair's figure skating should be considered sports?!? I beg to differ.....

Those are games...not sports. I love the way you spell favorite.

 

[springsteenmickey]

Those are games...not sports. I love the way you spell favorite.

You mean the correct way. While we are at it it is COLOUR not color

 

[madonna31]

Those are games...not sports. I love the way you spell favorite.

I see - I like your thinking........wish I could take the credit for my spelling of favourite - but if you liked that - how's this: Colour, Jeweller, Jewellery and Honour?

 

[madonna31]

lol Boss...GREAT minds think alike...

 

[springsteenmickey]

Sports using your hands, you mean like the NFL. The funny thing about the NFL is that there are more criminals on a football field on any given Sunday then there ever were in any Enron offices.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Boss, you can say that about any sport including college athletics (actually could probably include some high school as well). But then you could take a cross-section of anything and come up with some criminals. It's just not publicized and sensationalized.

 

[springsteenmickey]

Oh right you are Jas but then if I did that how fun would life be by not picking on America's game

 

[springsteenmickey]

Now this is really a sad sports story. It seems that Patrick Roy will be announcing his retirement tomorrow at 4pm EST. Where the heck is that darn crying symbol.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Oh that is sad.
http://espn.go.com/nhl/news/2003/0527/1559398.html
DENVER -- Colorado's Patrick Roy is retiring, ending the 18-year career of one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history, a team source told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Roy will make the announcement at a 4 p.m. ET news conference Wednesday, the source said on condition of anonymity. The team later announced Roy would make a "special announcement'' regarding his career at the conference.

A four-time Stanley Cup champion, Roy is the NHL's career leader in victories with 551 and games played with 1,029. He also is the career leader in playoff victories, games played and shutouts.

Roy is still considered one of the best goalies in the game at age 37. He has been bothered by arthritic hips the past few years. He also has made it clear he wants to follow the career of his oldest son, Jonathan, a goalie who will start playing in Quebec this fall.

"It's going to be sad for hockey,'' Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere said Tuesday. "He's a great goaltender, probably the best that's ever played.''

Roy won two Stanley Cups each with Montreal and Colorado, and is the only three-time winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the MVP of the playoffs. Earlier this season he became the first goalie to eclipse 60,000 minutes.


Before Roy broke into the league with Montreal in 1985, most goalies either stayed on their feet or stacked their pads to stop shots.

Glenn Hall and Tony Esposito, two goaltenders who starred in the 1960s and 1970s, helped develop the butterfly style of dropping to their knees to stop shots. Roy made the style popular during his record-setting career.

Roy is the NHL's career leader with 23 playoff shutouts, and his 247 games and 151 wins are well ahead of Grant Fuhr, who is second with 150 games and 92 wins.

"He basically has done everything and broke every record, so I think it's pretty safe to say he's the greatest goalie who ever played,'' Colorado's Mike Keane said recently.

Roy had his best regular season in 2001-02, with a 1.94 goals-against average and a career-high nine shutouts, but the playoffs ended in disappointment after he allowed six goals in a 7-0 loss to Detroit in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.

Roy struggled early this season, but was unbeaten in 26 of his final 30 starts. He helped the Avalanche move past Vancouver and win the Northwest Division title. He finished fourth in the league with 35 wins and had a 2.18 goals-against average.

Roy was solid in the first four games of Colorado's first-round playoff series against Minnesota, but gave up soft goals in Games 6 and 7 as the Wild became just the seventh team in league history to come back from a 3-1 deficit with two road wins.

Roy said at the time that he was 90 percent sure of his plans for the future, but did not reveal his decision. He appeared to be readying himself for retirement over the past year, when he bought a home in Lake Jupiter, Fla., and put his house in Denver up for sale.

Roy's retirement plans were first reported by the Daily Camera of Boulder on Tuesday.

"The day that I feel that I'm going to lose that desire and that passion, that would be a good time for me to leave,'' Roy said in January. "The tough part is that it could happen at any time. It could happen in the middle of the season, it could happen at the end of the season. And if it's time to go, it's time to go.''

Growing up in Quebec City, Quebec, Roy spent most Saturday nights watching hockey on television, and became a goalie because he liked the way the equipment looked. He honed his game by strapping pillows to his legs and stopping shots.

Roy became so enthralled with the game that he slept with a stick given to him by his hero, former NHL goaltender Daniel Bouchard.

Roy made an immediate impact in the NHL, leading Montreal to the Stanley Cup title in 1986 as the youngest Conn Smythe winner at age 20. He played nine more seasons with the Canadiens, winning another Cup in 1993.

He was traded to Colorado in 1995. It proved to be the best move the Avalanche ever made.

In Roy's nine seasons in Denver, the Avalanche won two Stanley Cups, reached the Western Conference finals six times and set an NHL record with nine straight division titles.

Colorado won its first Stanley Cup in 1996, when Roy had three shutouts and a 2.10 goals-against average and was named playoff MVP. The second Cup came in 2001, when he had four shutouts and a 1.70 goals-against-average