Barilkosphere Convention

by Kim Jorn on Sep 9, 2008 6:37 PM EDT Comment 66 comments

Till and I were talking before I left Vancouver about how it would be great to get all (or as many as possible) of the Barilkosphere together to watch a game sometime over the Christmas period. We could pick a pub somewhere in T.O. and make it the official Barilkosphere 2008 Headquarters.

I know we are a disparate group, and I am mentioning this now so that we have lots of time to panhandle and roll our pennies in order to bring in the HS/HS team, Loser Domi, LFIV and all the others who live too far away from Toronto. Barring that, we can get a speakerphone and tape some pics to the wall...

Would there be any interest in something like this?

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Yes

Although I don’t know why we have to hold car washes to bring Spielberg and Lucas out from LA? Can’t they just use one of their teleportation machines?

Also, great idea.

Jared – I remember the street hockey thing!

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by PPP on Sep 9, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How about both?

We could combine the street hockey with a night of drunken Leafs watching and make BarilkoCon08 a full days worth of fun.

by Kim Jorn on Sep 9, 2008 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like that idea. Plus, it’s not road hockey until the ball has added an extra pound because of the water inside it that has frozen or if you can’t check someone into a snowbank.

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by PPP on Sep 9, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dunno about Christmas-ish, but I was planning to do a T.O. tour during my reading week (first week of March) anyway, even before Jared’s road hockey idea (I just kinda figured that after playing road hockey the involvement of alcohol just went without saying). I would love a BarilkoCon type gathering if I can!

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by loser domi on Sep 9, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, if Mats Sundin ever goes to the scHabs that’s akin to a death in the family, right? Half price airline tickets!

by bkblades on Sep 9, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is that legit? You get half price airline tickets? That’s amazing, if true.

Of course you still get nailed with the carry-on fee, the extra bag fee, the handling fee, the peanuts fee, the drink fee, the drink spillage cleanup fee, and of course, the flying fee.

by bobrouse! on Sep 9, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and...

the meal fee, the service fee, the landing taxes, the take-off taxes…

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But what if you ride a bus?

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by loser domi on Sep 10, 2008 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

From New York

There is a bus where you can do round trip for $2.50. It’s called Mega bus or something.

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

for serious?

wow. How long does it take, like a week? Because I’m looking into it and it looks like 15-20 hours of riding, leaving me to amuse myself for 5 hour layovers in Ottawa at 4 in the morning and stuff.

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by loser domi on Sep 10, 2008 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ottawa at 4 in the morning is just as exciting as ottawa at 4 in the afternoon. Make sure to bring a pillow so you don’t hit the ground too hard when you fall asleep from boredom.

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Take-off taxes does have a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

by bobrouse! on Sep 10, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Count me in.

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by mf37 on Sep 10, 2008 10:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m a little insulted that I wasn’t included in the list of far away people. :(

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 11:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

it’s not that great a list, man.

hug and a head pat?

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by loser domi on Sep 10, 2008 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry Chemmy…I assumed that you could afford your own ticket with what PPP is paying you. Plus, I thought you were coming to live at my place? A Yanks fan and an RS fan living together…we could make it into a sitcom.

I also forgot DGB and Jared. We may need a helicopter to airlift DGB out of Ottawa, fall of Saigon style.

by Kim Jorn on Sep 10, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can you pay for plane tickets in Maple Leaf Pogs?

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ALF IS BACK, IN POG FORM

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You root for the Yankees? I’d kill you in your sleep.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey…I’m already sleeping in the basement with the Orioles. Isn’t that punishment enough?

by Kim Jorn on Sep 10, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, do any Maple Leaf bloggers actually live in Toronto?

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 10, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like Oilers bloggers we’re a diasporic group. Except me. I can see the ACC out of my window every night before I go to sleep.

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wel..

in a few years London will be swallowed and become part of the GTA does that count?

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 10, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m considering moving to Toronto.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not only do I call Toronto home, I’m one of the few who were actually born here (but I’ve lived in Halifax, Ottawa and Edmonton if the whole diaspora thing counts for anything).

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by mf37 on Sep 10, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Got me beat there.

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I live in Toronto, though I haven’t quite cut my chops as a blogger yet I guess. If I was going to recommend a bar for this it’d be Hoops at Yonge and College, they’ve got TVs in the booths, walls, floors, and above the urinals so you never miss anything. Plus a wall projector.

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by koopa kid on Sep 14, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s cool kid, you’re with me.

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by Chemmy on Sep 14, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks dude, your support and a cut of whatever PPP’s paying you are all I need.

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by koopa kid on Sep 16, 2008 5:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You got it!

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by Chemmy on Sep 16, 2008 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m golden on my own, a two hour jaunt in the car is nothing. Plus that would give me mobility and use of a vehicle while present.

Carpool!

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 10, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad to see that Kim raised the idea here and it’s received such support. IT would have to be Xmas for me as besides that I won’t be back in Canada (ie Ontario) until likely next summer. It would be a blast to meet all y’all.

by Godd Till on Sep 10, 2008 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Date

I just took a look at the schedule, and I think that maybe December 20 would be a good date. It is a Saturday, and the Leafs are in Pittsburgh.

Loser Domi: Toronto is beautiful at Christmas-time and you have to see it. The slush on the ground takes on this beautifully festive grey tone. If that doesn’t work, we can make BarilkoCon a quarterly event…or at least arrange a greeting party for your arrival in March.

by Kim Jorn on Sep 10, 2008 2:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

December 20th I’ll be stretched out on a beach in the Caribbean. Enjoy the convention.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about post-Christmas? Or, better yet, why don’t we move the whole thing down to the Caribbean

by Kim Jorn on Sep 10, 2008 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We can take it out of Chemmy’s paycheque.

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I expensed my trip, by the way.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's Cool

I just write off your salary anyway.

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh nice.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You see, my original plan was wisdom teeth out for Xmas, TO for reading week (which is kinda sorta close to my birthday, but that doesn’t matter.) I may end up switching them up since I’ll need consultations, x-rays etc anyway…

/something to think about

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by loser domi on Sep 10, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yikes, do wisdom teeth ASAP.

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by PPP on Sep 10, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wisdom teeth

Mine came in this weekend, are impacted and are scheduled to come out on Friday. (Who the hell gets their wisdom teeth in their 30s?)

I’ll let you know how it goes and if I have any survival/coping tips. I sorta tuned out when the surgeon starting talking about a several hour procedure that involves sawing through my lower teeth…

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by mf37 on Sep 10, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got my consultation and X-ray on a Tuesday, teeth out on a Thursday morning. Take the IV sedation you won’t even know you had them out except you’ll feel a lot better in a week.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

IV sedation was bizarre, I had that.. Sort of aware what’s going on, but more like it’s on tv in an adjacent room. Had all 4 removed and there was some weird curled in roots that apparently gave them some problems. Wish I had remembered to ask they saved the malformed teeth for a bizarre souvenir!

I got a big bottle of t3s after that but didn’t really have to use any of them, didn’t hurt at all afterwards.. I even ate McD’s that evening! (yes, I am a masochist)

by LeafFanInVan on Sep 10, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I ate taco bell literally an hour after surgery.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I spent a whole day imobilized from the combination of the gas, freezing and pain killers. then i went out on a two day bender for a buddies bachelor party.

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 10, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had one wisdom tooth that was pulled with pliers after getting some laughing gas and a needle. The gas was awesome that day. My story doesn’t hold a candle to you guys.

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by PPP on Sep 11, 2008 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Worst case scenario

While it may sound reassuring, if I’m eating Taco smell or McD’s after surgery, something has gone horribly wrong.

Thanks for all the survival tips. Jus think, 24 hours from now I’ll be sedated with a strange man’s fist in my mouth – wait, isn’t that the Sens’ new Tuesday night in-game promotion this year?

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by mf37 on Sep 11, 2008 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude Taco Bell is the shit.

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by Chemmy on Sep 11, 2008 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude Taco Bell is shit.

Fixed.

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by PPP on Sep 11, 2008 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m a junk food freak (arbys FTW!) and even I won’t do taco hell..

I am impressed!

by LeafFanInVan on Sep 11, 2008 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Going to Arby’s for lunch. Canada has Arby’s?

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by Chemmy on Sep 11, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes. And AM/FM radio!

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by PPP on Sep 11, 2008 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and fire!

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by loser domi on Sep 11, 2008 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We just legalized toasters too!

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 11, 2008 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

good luck

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by loser domi on Sep 11, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

t3s or booze will be your best friends if you had all 4 taken out like me
just don’t combine em both.
Unless you are feeling adventurous.
I take no responsibility for resulting comas

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 10, 2008 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you drink a lot you should never take tylenol. It’s horrible for your liver.

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by Chemmy on Sep 10, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thing is, I doubt I’d be able to do everything during the Xmas break (consulting, the actual ripping out, etc.) They aren’t really bothering that much, so I’ll see, I s’pose…

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by loser domi on Sep 10, 2008 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Impaction is no big deal

I had all 4 of mine impacted when they came in. Of course that was when I was 16, and I agreed with percocet. I live in Toronto and I too like to drink. That might have started because of the wisdom teeth…. not sure.

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