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Sikorsky S-61N Sea King, rego Canada C-FIZA.
Fighting some serious bushfires in Australia.
Thanks Canada 👍

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We also have a few heavy lift helos from the USA, and some fire bombers from Canada as well.
 
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Terribly sad day here...

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Long before she found success in films and on Schitt's Creek, she was part of, IMO, the best TV comedy show ever, SCTV. She created and played so many fantastic characters over the years.
 
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We call our unloved island Tasmania, I believe @STANDY is on a mission there at the moment teaching them how to read or something.
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We call our unloved island Tasmania, I believe @STANDY is on a mission there at the moment teaching them how to read or something.

Actually in the 🇺🇸 earning money 💵 to buy as much of Tasmania as I can 😉
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About 14 000 kms away. Long live OF.

Bit closer at the moment…

CalgaryJim CalgaryJim
So he taught you how to sharpen blades by video?

As a ex-butcher and a knife maker….it’s basically good advice and instruction

Funny as I visited a USMC Major,s house for a beer 🍻 and a 🍕 last night and showed him how to sharpen more efficiently (pizza boxes didn’t stand a chance)
 
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Sikorsky S-61N Sea King, rego Canada C-FIZA.
Fighting some serious bushfires in Australia.
Thanks Canada 👍

Screenshot 2026-01-28 at 18.00.09.webp


We also have a few heavy lift helos from the USA, and some fire bombers from Canada as well.

Know a bloke who cleared them into Australia 🤔😉😉
 
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Anniversary of the day a protester got up in the PM’s face…and got handled…

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I think we might have to lock this thread temporarily as it appears there isn’t a great deal to appreciate after all.

New Zealand has offered political asylum to the entire Canadian hockey team where they have an opportunity to redeem themselves by learning rugby.

Pour out a bottle of maple syrup for the boys
 
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I think we might have to lock this thread temporarily as it appears there isn’t a great deal to appreciate after all.

New Zealand has offered political asylum to the entire Canadian hockey team where they have an opportunity to redeem themselves by learning rugby.

Pour out a bottle of maple syrup for the boys
Trust me, no one is angry at the players. The refs who blew a ton of calls, like when the US had 7 men on the ice, well they should probably go incognito for a while.
 
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Trust me, no one is angry at the players. The refs who blew a ton of calls, like when the US had 7 men on the ice, well they should probably go incognito for a while.
Sour grapes. 😉
 
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Canada did still take out the men’s curling so at least they have that and don’t need to hold a royal commission into the results
 
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Canada did still take out the men’s curling so at least they have that and don’t need to hold a royal commission into the results
Took out the #1 ranked team in the final, so a good result for sure.
 
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No worries. You guys only need to win the gold 6 more times to catch us...
Ya, hockey golds are few and far between for the U.S., so they're really special.
 
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The refs who blew a ton of calls, like when the US had 7 men on the ice, well they should probably go incognito for a while.
Of the four official for the game, 2 were Canadian, 1 each from USA and Finland.

https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/referees-announced-for-gold-medal-game-on-sunday

Please don't forget the 5-on-3 for almost two minutes and the late power play on which Team Canada got nothing. Calls were no better or worse than your average NHL game, which means plenty missed against both teams and some that probably should not have been called at all.

Credit to Hellebuyck. Without him, it would not have been pretty for the US.
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Of the four official for the game, 2 were Canadian, 1 each from USA and Finland.

https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/referees-announced-for-gold-medal-game-on-sunday

Please don't forget the 5-on-3 for almost two minutes and the late power play on which Team Canada got nothing. Calls were no better or worse than your average NHL game, which means plenty missed against both teams and some that probably should not have been called at all.

Credit to Hellebuyck. Without him, it would not have been pretty for the US.
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Yes, I know the nationalities involved. That doesn't matter - when you have 7 players on the ice (not including the goalie) and one of them actually plays the puck, that is an egregious missed call with officlals standing right there. The refs also missed the same call during another Canada game. As refs these are pretty rookie mistakes to be making at this level of competition - this isn't your average NHL game, it's the Olympic gold medal game FFS...

The other calls not being made - those I can live with and are basically the refs taking a "let them play unless something is really bad" approach, which is common in the playoffs in the NHL.

As one of your players said, your goalie stole the game for the US. We had the far better team, but somehow your goalie kept you in it.

I personally hate the 3 on 3. You play 60 minutes of proper hockey, then play a completely different game for the OT? I realize they do it for time constraints, but it's a poor way of deciding a hockey game - the only thing worse is penalty shots.

As most know I play a lot of tennis, so this is like playing in a doubles match in a Grand Slam, being tied at 1 set each, and for the last set you now have to suddenly play singles. Or game 7 of the NBA finals becomes 1/2 court 3 of 3. Absolute nonsense, and I would feel the same no matter what way the games went (we won in 3 on 3 OT on the men's side to get to the gold medal game).
 
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I was kind of looking for “the Great One” to be at the U S bench, congratulating the team!
 
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I was kind of looking for “the Great One” to be at the U S bench, congratulating the team!
It would not have surprised me, but he's trying hard to repair his reputation here - mostly in vain.
 
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I personally hate the 3 on 3. You play 60 minutes of proper hockey, then play a completely different game for the OT? I realize they do it for time constraints, but it's a poor way of deciding a hockey game - the only thing worse is penalty shots.
I agree with you here. My spidey sense tells me that this was the price extracted by the NHL to allow their players to return to the Olympics. They didn’t want to expose them to injury more than absolutely necessary. A full 5-on-5 with unlimited OT would have gone on much longer.

Next time, they should use the NHL regular season system (3-3+shootout) for preliminary round and playoff rules in the knockout round.

Too many men penalties are missed in almost every NHL game. Only way I can see to police that would be to have 2 additional officials stationed between the benches, one responsible for watching each team’s substitutions. Even that won’t work when puck is on other side of the ice.

The rest of your rant was saying exactly what I said in a different way.
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