>>All right, let's have the lowdown on the CFL season. I know it runs earlier than our football season, before everything ices over. Is your team having a bad season or was it just a bad outcome?
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>I actually have two teams now: the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who I still cheer for after nearly 50 years, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, since that's where I live now. Not a big Bombers fan but it's hard not to be immersed in it. The two teams played here Thursday night and Nick and I attended the game. We took a little ribbing wearing our green jerseys in a sea of blue, but fortunately we were the ones cheering at the end of the game.
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>Best of luck to the Bears this season. I'm a Marc Trestman fan after his years coaching Montreal in the CFL. Great coach and very classy guy.

I am a Marc Trestman fan, too. He may be just what the doctor ordered. That and a few linemen. It's odd that after many years of being a team with a good defense and no offense it's now the other way around.

Is my memory faulty or does the CFL have two teams named the Roughriders? One spelled Roughriders and the other Rough Riders. That is so cool.

I will miss the beginning of the Bears season. Well, maybe the games will be on TV in rehab. I don't have an exact admission date yet. Starting tomorrow I will be at That Conference for a few days, then I will make a reservation on Thursday. They can't make reservations more than two days out. The estimated wait time is a week and a half to 2 weeks after admission. The amazing Sam will take care of it. If you have to be an addict, she is the one you want as a counselor.

If anyone wonders if I'm just blowing smoke, her number is 847-843-4949. I'm sure she can't say too much due to HIIPA regulations but it you say you're a friend of mine I bet she will confirm that I have been admitted.