>>>>>>>>>>Funny thing is that this morning I went to the barber's shop and saw this issue of the magazine on the "coffee" table of the shop. And I thought about reading something there when my eye caught an issue of Maxim Magazine. Guess which one I picked up? <g>.
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>>>>>>>>>Interestingly your words prompted me to search for the translation of 'Парикмахерская' into English. And surprisingly the translation varies by the gender.
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>>>>>>>>The suspense is killing me.
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>>>>>>>Yes, as Dragan translated, it's a hair salon. I was a bit surprised when I read 'barber's shop' expression in Dmitry's message (I don't think I saw it in US, but may be as usual I was not paying attention), so I searched for the translation of Russian word and found, that for men it will be barber's shop.
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>>>>>>If you stopped reading those SQL Server blogs for a minute and get out more, you would know the only place you can learn about politics, sports, women, men, weather, etc, is your local barber's shop <g>.
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>>>>>Come on, Dmitry -- the UT! ;-)
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>>>>>Revved for the Patriots this weekend?
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>>>>Evertybody - I mean EVERYBODY - talks only about Patriots. Yesterday I needed to call Comcast (telephone internet company) with a question. The operator/support person upon learning that I am calling from Foxboro, the home of Patriots, started chattering excitedly about the game on Saturday. Then I forgot why I called and she forgot that she had a job to do <g>. Go Pats!
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>>>Back when I was a kid I lived in Winchester (just outside of Boston) - The (then) Boston Patriots sucked eggs through a skinny straw.
>>>They made a hockey fan out of me!
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>>>Then they were run out of Boston to become the New England Patriots.
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>>In fairness, it was an easy time to be a hockey fan in Boston.
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>You know it!
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>>UPDATE: Well, maybe there was one just as good -- Wayne Gretzky. He was a pro at 17. He scored 92 goals in a season, which was unimaginable. He wasn't the fastest. He wasn't the strongest. What he seemed to have was a sixth sense of the game. He knew exactly where everyone was at all times. If you gave him even a fraction of an opening it was in the net. He was a thing of beauty to watch, to witness someone who can do anything that well.
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>>I love the part where the players on the opposing team bump their sticks on the ice in his last game. That's tribute.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFX0dVXNDXwI would never want to make a choice like that. Let's just say they were both phenomenal and let it go at that.
I was never fortunate enough to see Gretzky in person. (The closest I came was at an old client, the Alberta Liquor Control Board. The receptionist was his aunt and she had a picture of him at the office on her desk, wearing a brown leather jacket). I saw Orr quite a few times. My dad would take my brother and I down to see both the Bruins and the Celtics once a season. I have been to many sporting events since but the loudest noise I have ever heard was the sound in the old Boston Garden when Orr would take the puck up the ice. It was deafening. Until he came along defensemen just didn't do that. He was a revolutionary.
