Thursday, March 20, 2008
Magic Days
[UPDATED] One of the big things I miss about Edmonton is That Day. You know, That Magical Day when it seems that the whole city collectively recognizes that Winter has ended. Oh sure, there will still be a few more big snowfalls in May and June, but they don't matter -- it isn't so much a shift in the weather as it is a shift in mindset. You are just trudging along your usual commute, when you look around and suddenly everyone is out. People are jogging, riding bikes, walking dogs. They are wearing shorts, sitting on patios, smiling. It is always a tough day to explain to people who don't live in highly seasonal environments, but it is one of those yearly events that can almost make a guy believe in the notion of a psychic unity of humankind.
In any case, I was reminded of That Day this morning when I read the comment thread from yesterday's post. It cracked me up. Oh sure, it wasn't one of the all time greats, but it seemed to mark a collective shift in mindset -- there was banter, ribaldry, jocularity, verve. It seems like Spring has sprung in Oilerville.
Of course, the Canucks could bring a blizzard into town tonight, but I'm thinking not. I'm predicting that the Plausible Prognostication prevails. In the best case scenario, the Oil end up within 3 points of both the 7th and 8th place teams. In the worst case scenario, they end up 6 points back of 8th and 7 points back of 7th. In other words, it is nut-cuttin' time.
Happy Spring, and don't forget to punch a Flames fan today.
Andy's Prediction: 5-0, Oilers. Garon outduels Bobby-Lou McGreasyhair in a lopsided affair. Gagner, Hemsky (2), Reasoner and Pisani with the goals. "Francis" Kesler goes after Oilers assistant coach Billy Moores, then claims that Moores started the fight with him. Craig MacTavish comes on the ice to take the last draw for the Oilers--ensuring a win for the
Matt's Prediction:
Flames > Avalanche
Canucks > Oilers
Deb Matejicka > Gene Principe
Ray Ferraro >>> Charlie Simmer
Go Flames.
# posted by sacamano @ 4:37 am 
Comments:
I "accidentially" ran over a Flames fan with my Mazda on the way to work this morning. Does that count as a punch?
my brother in law is a flames fan and dutifully dresses up my beautiful nieces in flames gear just to get to me. last time this happened, my five year old niece actually said "i'm going to go change my flames shirt, it makes uncle chad sad." bless her little soul.
ps i'm in calgary next weekend. i'm going to go that extra mile and punch an actual flame.
I "accidentially" ran over a Flames fan with my Mazda on the way to work this morning.
That's gross. Don't drive Mazdas.
Hey-oh!
The row with the Canuck fans on the last post brings to mind some interesting dynamics:
It is plausible
- The fact that CGY has 3games against VAN makes the "who to cheer for" pretty interesting.
So -- for tonight:
GOIL!!!!!
Go Flames! (I feel dirty)
Go Wings!
Go Kings!
If it makes you Albertans feel even better, here in Ontario we found out this morning that we are going to get an additional 6 weeks of winter...
Groundhogs suck...
Where's global warming when you need it...
Some jackass ran me over this morning on the way to work. He kept yelling "GO OILERS"...I think he was driving a Mazda.
Some jackass ran me over this morning on the way to work. He kept yelling "GO OILERS"...I think he was driving a Mazda.
Hee hee. Well played.
Now now Andy, there are some good clubs in that area.
But I'm moving to Vancouver in June.
But I think it's cheaper to watch the games there, so hey, I can still get out to the Oil games easier than I can here.
I predict a stunning Oilers win so that I can be huddled around a radio on my Wedding night in May trying to find out what the score is.
Fuckers.
Some jackass ran me over this morning on the way to work. He kept yelling "GO OILERS"...I think he was driving a Mazda.
Hey, at least I didn't drag you for 300m down a gravel road. That treatment is reserved for Canuck fans.
That's gross. Don't drive Mazdas.
The Mazda 3 is an excellent choice of automobile, and don't you forget it!
But I think it's cheaper to watch the games there, so hey, I can still get out to the Oil games easier than I can here.
Not so.
"I predict a stunning Oilers win so that I can be huddled around a radio on my Wedding night in May trying to find out what the score is."
This was Game6 SCF for me. Best man was right beside me at the time swearing loud enough that we could probably be heard in the hall where the first dance was going on. No word of a lie, they stopped dinner to announce the score twice.
That's why you need to follow the 9 Rules for Planning a Sports-Friendly Wedding. Cmon, guys, get it together.
I have tonight off, so I can enjoy the game the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I already have my life-size portrait of San Fernando out, surrounded by candles and incense. My cell phone shall be turned off and buried in a concrete bunker for the duration of the game. And I have provided myself with an empty whiskey bottle, so, when the Oilers lose, I can hurl it through the television with the strength of the Incredible Hulk.
I also have another whiskey bottle, but that's for drinkin'.
Oh, god, the Oilers are going to lose this game so bad. All the pessimism of the last few years is roaring over me like it was HBomb's Mazda and I had accidentally said that Kiprusoff was a pretty good goaltender. I just hope we keep it within single digits.
(And if we do win, I'm tying my record for "most drunk calls with fans of rival team", previously set when every Roughriders fan I knew called me after the Grey Cup while I was half in the bag.)
I think someone (and not me, since I'm at "work") needs to Photoshop the harpoon from the New England Whalers' logo onto that stupid fucking whale the Canucks have. Then Grabia can print it out and hang it over his desk after the OILERS WIN tonight.
Andy:
Did you guys completely miss the Olympics? I think so. And as if you wouldn't take a hot chick with the first overall pick, that's a given.
Oh, god, the Oilers are going to lose this game so bad. All the pessimism of the last few years is roaring over me like it was HBomb's Mazda and I had accidentally said that Kiprusoff was a pretty good goaltender.
I hear you, brother. I am in a glass case of emotion right now. I'm overwhelmed by a handful of contradictory pangs and pleasures. Do I hope? Do I hide? WHAT DO I DO!!???!!!
Did you guys completely miss the Olympics? I think so.
Good point. I know Abboud and I talked about it at some point. He might have had some reasoning for leaving them off. I'll have to ask.
Bob:
Nice to see another fan of the Blue and Gold around. I thought I was the only one.
We doused a Riders bandana in gasoline and burned it on the end of a hockey stick to pray to the footbal gods for justice after the loss. Looks like it's turing out pretty damn good if you look at that gutted roster and coaching staff.
Nice to see another fan of the Blue and Gold around. I thought I was the only one.
You are. I'm an Eskimos fan, but I'm an Eskimos fan who knows a lot of Roughriders fans, including my dad and his wife. And who, because I'm my usual charming Lord Bobian self even in person, was a natural target for gloating Roughriders fans when they finally achieved something.
"You are."
Damn. My search, continues.
LT brought the Weir out again today. I'm being tutored on the lore that is Stan today.
I'm being tutored on the lore that is Stan today.
Don't let them trick you. The Beard Mojo did all the heavy lifting.
i'm hoping the "tough" guys vancouver has decided to insert into the lineup are the type of fourth line guys that make are fourth line look like world beaters.
I think someone (and not me, since I'm at "work") needs to Photoshop the harpoon from the New England Whalers' logo onto that stupid fucking whale the Canucks have.
couldn't find a harpoon - how 'bout a shrimp fork?:
http://tinyurl.com/22h27h
damn, you guys haven't even given us vcr fans a chance to get out of bed.
little bit of trivia: going by birthplace, 4 albertans will start for the canucks tonight, including 2 edmontonians. it would've been 5 if not for that bastard keith ballard kneeing raymond. 3 for the oilers, including only 1 edmontonian, the saint himself.
so, in the cosmic scheme of things, we're the ones playing at home tonight. that's what should really worry you...
I do like the idea of "sticking a fork in 'em", but I suspect that might be a bit more hubris than I'm comfortable with.
This harpoon: http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=5440
I was nervous about this game already. Roli makes me more nervous.
Looks like Roli is starting tonight. I thought for sure they'd go back to Garon!
Now I know what Napoleon's soldiers must have felt when somebody said "looks like we're invading Russia!"
I was also at a wedding for G6 of the SCF. It was one of my best friends but he didn't include me in his wedding party so I told him that I would only join the festivities once the game was in hand.
Note: I honestly expected the Oilers to own the Canes because Raffi had knocked the shit out of half the roster.
Anyway, I went to the suppers, cabbed back home for the first period and then went back to the hall to watch the second. It happened to be the local K of C so they had a big screen TV there and I got to enjoy it in style.
damn, you guys haven't even given us vcr fans a chance to get out of bed.
VCR???
Blu-Ray, man. At least go with DVD...keep up with that changes.
damn, you guys haven't even given us vcr fans a chance to get out of bed.
VCR???
Blu-Ray, man. At least go with DVD...keep up with that changes.
you guys just don't have answers to the cosmic imbalance, do you? or is it so troubling for a fan base that is feeding off hopes and prayers to the saintly pisani, that no answer can be uttered?
"It happened to be the local K of C so they had a big screen TV there and I got to enjoy it in style."
I don't know much for acronyms, but that better be Knights of Columbus, and not Kentucky fried Chicken.
dennis's story reminds me of a wedding I went to at the Kingsway Legion hall. The Oilers were playing the Canucks that year during a late season playoff drive (they were destined to bow out to Dallas, I forget which time). Anyway, I ducked out of the ghetto wedding to catch the OT. The 'nucks scored early, which elicited a hearty "Fuck!" from yours truly, which shook more than a few of the veterans in attendance out of their draft beer reverie.
I expect to make some similar exclamations this evening.
am i the only one who finds it ironic that both vancouver and calgary lead the oilers by 5 overtime losses in the standings? clearly we didn't take it to overtime near enough this year.
ps let's all ignore the fact that the oilers handed vancouver 3 of those points.
Looks like Roli is starting tonight.
Oh, no. Poor lateral movement=game Over. This is going to be one of those MacT gaffes along the lines of, "oh, we won't have our second-best goalie dressed in the playoffs, we're going to rotate between the second and third guys out of a sense of decency." That worked out well for us.
@doritogrande: The only reference to the olympics is found under Rule 2. It reads:
Once every four years, the Winter Olympics take place, but unless someone close to you is competing in the games, that's no reason to delay your wedding.
I don't remember if there was a reason why the Olympics were omitted for the most part. This is a good catch on your part. The rules should probably be amended to note that you should try to avoid the most popular events, but it's a judgment call as to whether or not you eschew the Olympics all together.
Alex,
Problem is the Olympics don't exactly run on a set schedule as well, like rule #9. I'd say the Summer Olympics are the one that is toughest to work around, as it's long and usually runs in a spot where there appear to be no other major events (no football, baseball, hockey or basketball playoffs; I'm not sure when Cricket Internationals are played). Damn funny read however. Good stuff.
I think Principe was sporting wood there. 110 posts between here and LT's site so far and the puck hasn't even dropped.
looking pretty grim for the COIL so far... its going to be freak nasty
nuckles 4, coil 1
sedens a goal each, naslund and burrows the rest
reasoner for the coilers
well its official: coils pp is downright disfunctional!!
meanwhile flames are dominating the avs early.
Unfreakin believable. Bell has the game in HD for Sportsnet Pacific only, not sportsnet west, even though it is available in standard def on both channels. BRUTAL.
Good first period. Lots of good chances on the PP. McGreasyhair looks on point, so getting traffic in front of the net is going to be important.
Road whites? That is so wrong.
OK. What moron thought starting Roloson was a good idea.
Oh...right.
The other day I let myself think a bit foolishly about the Oilers actually making the playoffs. I was wondering how they'd do sorta thing.
Question answered I think. Stoopid me.
Crosby!
Best part of the game not counting my Nucks winnin was...
Wait for it...
Laddy Smid throwin the mitts against Rypien :) That made me a Smid fan til he proves me wrong. I mean, what the heck :) Rypien had a great toe-to-toe with Carcillo the other night, and Smid actually wanted to go.
Anyways, I know that reality has been the order for the Oil and there playoff aspirations on this site, but its pretty much officially now over. Colorado is a sleepin giant and well, its fully over.
However, as a hockey fan and hopefully somewhat of a knowledgable man,I have to say that your Oilers DO have a good future. I have heard the "wait til next year" for years, but truthfully, with maybe a top 6 forward, and solid stay at home dman and someone to share with Garon the net protection. You might have a real contender for at least the playoffs next year.
So yeah, cheers.
Man, did I ever get lucky. I fell asleep on the couch, and missed the last two periods in their entirety.
It pains me to say it, but we can not beat this team when it matters. And it looks like the decision to play Roli did little to aid our chances. Too bad.
Vancouver has taken 21 of the last 24 points VS the Oil. Pretty dominant any way you slice it.
You have to admit, guys. It was a hell of a run while it lasted. I doubt we're going to experience something like [i]that[/i] again anytime soon.
Trevor Linden.
*Squeeeeeeeee*
Relax Oil fans. The Preds are going nowhere, the Avs are going to tank, and you'll be handed the 8th seed.
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I "accidentially" ran over a Flames fan with my Mazda on the way to work this morning. Does that count as a punch?
my brother in law is a flames fan and dutifully dresses up my beautiful nieces in flames gear just to get to me. last time this happened, my five year old niece actually said "i'm going to go change my flames shirt, it makes uncle chad sad." bless her little soul.
ps i'm in calgary next weekend. i'm going to go that extra mile and punch an actual flame.
I "accidentially" ran over a Flames fan with my Mazda on the way to work this morning.
That's gross. Don't drive Mazdas.
Hey-oh!
The row with the Canuck fans on the last post brings to mind some interesting dynamics:
It is plausible
- The fact that CGY has 3games against VAN makes the "who to cheer for" pretty interesting.
So -- for tonight:
GOIL!!!!!
Go Flames! (I feel dirty)
Go Wings!
Go Kings!
If it makes you Albertans feel even better, here in Ontario we found out this morning that we are going to get an additional 6 weeks of winter...
Groundhogs suck...
Where's global warming when you need it...
Some jackass ran me over this morning on the way to work. He kept yelling "GO OILERS"...I think he was driving a Mazda.
Some jackass ran me over this morning on the way to work. He kept yelling "GO OILERS"...I think he was driving a Mazda.
Hee hee. Well played.
Now now Andy, there are some good clubs in that area.
But I'm moving to Vancouver in June.
But I think it's cheaper to watch the games there, so hey, I can still get out to the Oil games easier than I can here.
I predict a stunning Oilers win so that I can be huddled around a radio on my Wedding night in May trying to find out what the score is.
Fuckers.
# posted by 
: March 20, 2008 9:19 am
: March 20, 2008 9:19 am Some jackass ran me over this morning on the way to work. He kept yelling "GO OILERS"...I think he was driving a Mazda.
Hey, at least I didn't drag you for 300m down a gravel road. That treatment is reserved for Canuck fans.
That's gross. Don't drive Mazdas.
The Mazda 3 is an excellent choice of automobile, and don't you forget it!
But I think it's cheaper to watch the games there, so hey, I can still get out to the Oil games easier than I can here.
Not so.
"I predict a stunning Oilers win so that I can be huddled around a radio on my Wedding night in May trying to find out what the score is."
This was Game6 SCF for me. Best man was right beside me at the time swearing loud enough that we could probably be heard in the hall where the first dance was going on. No word of a lie, they stopped dinner to announce the score twice.
That's why you need to follow the 9 Rules for Planning a Sports-Friendly Wedding. Cmon, guys, get it together.
I have tonight off, so I can enjoy the game the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I already have my life-size portrait of San Fernando out, surrounded by candles and incense. My cell phone shall be turned off and buried in a concrete bunker for the duration of the game. And I have provided myself with an empty whiskey bottle, so, when the Oilers lose, I can hurl it through the television with the strength of the Incredible Hulk.
I also have another whiskey bottle, but that's for drinkin'.
Oh, god, the Oilers are going to lose this game so bad. All the pessimism of the last few years is roaring over me like it was HBomb's Mazda and I had accidentally said that Kiprusoff was a pretty good goaltender. I just hope we keep it within single digits.
(And if we do win, I'm tying my record for "most drunk calls with fans of rival team", previously set when every Roughriders fan I knew called me after the Grey Cup while I was half in the bag.)
I think someone (and not me, since I'm at "work") needs to Photoshop the harpoon from the New England Whalers' logo onto that stupid fucking whale the Canucks have. Then Grabia can print it out and hang it over his desk after the OILERS WIN tonight.
Andy:
Did you guys completely miss the Olympics? I think so. And as if you wouldn't take a hot chick with the first overall pick, that's a given.
Oh, god, the Oilers are going to lose this game so bad. All the pessimism of the last few years is roaring over me like it was HBomb's Mazda and I had accidentally said that Kiprusoff was a pretty good goaltender.
I hear you, brother. I am in a glass case of emotion right now. I'm overwhelmed by a handful of contradictory pangs and pleasures. Do I hope? Do I hide? WHAT DO I DO!!???!!!
Did you guys completely miss the Olympics? I think so.
Good point. I know Abboud and I talked about it at some point. He might have had some reasoning for leaving them off. I'll have to ask.
Bob:
Nice to see another fan of the Blue and Gold around. I thought I was the only one.
We doused a Riders bandana in gasoline and burned it on the end of a hockey stick to pray to the footbal gods for justice after the loss. Looks like it's turing out pretty damn good if you look at that gutted roster and coaching staff.
Nice to see another fan of the Blue and Gold around. I thought I was the only one.
You are. I'm an Eskimos fan, but I'm an Eskimos fan who knows a lot of Roughriders fans, including my dad and his wife. And who, because I'm my usual charming Lord Bobian self even in person, was a natural target for gloating Roughriders fans when they finally achieved something.
"You are."
Damn. My search, continues.
LT brought the Weir out again today. I'm being tutored on the lore that is Stan today.
I'm being tutored on the lore that is Stan today.
Don't let them trick you. The Beard Mojo did all the heavy lifting.
i'm hoping the "tough" guys vancouver has decided to insert into the lineup are the type of fourth line guys that make are fourth line look like world beaters.
I think someone (and not me, since I'm at "work") needs to Photoshop the harpoon from the New England Whalers' logo onto that stupid fucking whale the Canucks have.
couldn't find a harpoon - how 'bout a shrimp fork?:
http://tinyurl.com/22h27h
damn, you guys haven't even given us vcr fans a chance to get out of bed.
little bit of trivia: going by birthplace, 4 albertans will start for the canucks tonight, including 2 edmontonians. it would've been 5 if not for that bastard keith ballard kneeing raymond. 3 for the oilers, including only 1 edmontonian, the saint himself.
so, in the cosmic scheme of things, we're the ones playing at home tonight. that's what should really worry you...
I do like the idea of "sticking a fork in 'em", but I suspect that might be a bit more hubris than I'm comfortable with.
This harpoon: http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=5440
I was nervous about this game already. Roli makes me more nervous.
# posted by : March 20, 2008 2:22 pm
: March 20, 2008 2:22 pm Looks like Roli is starting tonight. I thought for sure they'd go back to Garon!
Now I know what Napoleon's soldiers must have felt when somebody said "looks like we're invading Russia!"
I was also at a wedding for G6 of the SCF. It was one of my best friends but he didn't include me in his wedding party so I told him that I would only join the festivities once the game was in hand.
Note: I honestly expected the Oilers to own the Canes because Raffi had knocked the shit out of half the roster.
Anyway, I went to the suppers, cabbed back home for the first period and then went back to the hall to watch the second. It happened to be the local K of C so they had a big screen TV there and I got to enjoy it in style.
damn, you guys haven't even given us vcr fans a chance to get out of bed.
VCR???
Blu-Ray, man. At least go with DVD...keep up with that changes.
damn, you guys haven't even given us vcr fans a chance to get out of bed.
VCR???
Blu-Ray, man. At least go with DVD...keep up with that changes.
you guys just don't have answers to the cosmic imbalance, do you? or is it so troubling for a fan base that is feeding off hopes and prayers to the saintly pisani, that no answer can be uttered?
"It happened to be the local K of C so they had a big screen TV there and I got to enjoy it in style."
I don't know much for acronyms, but that better be Knights of Columbus, and not Kentucky fried Chicken.
dennis's story reminds me of a wedding I went to at the Kingsway Legion hall. The Oilers were playing the Canucks that year during a late season playoff drive (they were destined to bow out to Dallas, I forget which time). Anyway, I ducked out of the ghetto wedding to catch the OT. The 'nucks scored early, which elicited a hearty "Fuck!" from yours truly, which shook more than a few of the veterans in attendance out of their draft beer reverie.
I expect to make some similar exclamations this evening.
am i the only one who finds it ironic that both vancouver and calgary lead the oilers by 5 overtime losses in the standings? clearly we didn't take it to overtime near enough this year.
ps let's all ignore the fact that the oilers handed vancouver 3 of those points.
Looks like Roli is starting tonight.
Oh, no. Poor lateral movement=game Over. This is going to be one of those MacT gaffes along the lines of, "oh, we won't have our second-best goalie dressed in the playoffs, we're going to rotate between the second and third guys out of a sense of decency." That worked out well for us.
@doritogrande: The only reference to the olympics is found under Rule 2. It reads:
Once every four years, the Winter Olympics take place, but unless someone close to you is competing in the games, that's no reason to delay your wedding.
I don't remember if there was a reason why the Olympics were omitted for the most part. This is a good catch on your part. The rules should probably be amended to note that you should try to avoid the most popular events, but it's a judgment call as to whether or not you eschew the Olympics all together.
# posted by : March 20, 2008 5:59 pm
: March 20, 2008 5:59 pm Alex,
Problem is the Olympics don't exactly run on a set schedule as well, like rule #9. I'd say the Summer Olympics are the one that is toughest to work around, as it's long and usually runs in a spot where there appear to be no other major events (no football, baseball, hockey or basketball playoffs; I'm not sure when Cricket Internationals are played). Damn funny read however. Good stuff.
I think Principe was sporting wood there. 110 posts between here and LT's site so far and the puck hasn't even dropped.
# posted by : March 20, 2008 7:08 pm
: March 20, 2008 7:08 pm looking pretty grim for the COIL so far... its going to be freak nasty
nuckles 4, coil 1
sedens a goal each, naslund and burrows the rest
reasoner for the coilers
# posted by : March 20, 2008 7:22 pm
: March 20, 2008 7:22 pm well its official: coils pp is downright disfunctional!!
meanwhile flames are dominating the avs early.
# posted by : March 20, 2008 7:35 pm
: March 20, 2008 7:35 pm Unfreakin believable. Bell has the game in HD for Sportsnet Pacific only, not sportsnet west, even though it is available in standard def on both channels. BRUTAL.
# posted by : March 20, 2008 7:39 pm
: March 20, 2008 7:39 pm Good first period. Lots of good chances on the PP. McGreasyhair looks on point, so getting traffic in front of the net is going to be important.
Road whites? That is so wrong.
OK. What moron thought starting Roloson was a good idea.
Oh...right.
# posted by : March 20, 2008 9:20 pm
: March 20, 2008 9:20 pm The other day I let myself think a bit foolishly about the Oilers actually making the playoffs. I was wondering how they'd do sorta thing.
Question answered I think. Stoopid me.
Crosby!
# posted by : March 20, 2008 10:33 pm
: March 20, 2008 10:33 pm Best part of the game not counting my Nucks winnin was...
Wait for it...
Laddy Smid throwin the mitts against Rypien :) That made me a Smid fan til he proves me wrong. I mean, what the heck :) Rypien had a great toe-to-toe with Carcillo the other night, and Smid actually wanted to go.
Anyways, I know that reality has been the order for the Oil and there playoff aspirations on this site, but its pretty much officially now over. Colorado is a sleepin giant and well, its fully over.
However, as a hockey fan and hopefully somewhat of a knowledgable man,I have to say that your Oilers DO have a good future. I have heard the "wait til next year" for years, but truthfully, with maybe a top 6 forward, and solid stay at home dman and someone to share with Garon the net protection. You might have a real contender for at least the playoffs next year.
So yeah, cheers.
Man, did I ever get lucky. I fell asleep on the couch, and missed the last two periods in their entirety.
It pains me to say it, but we can not beat this team when it matters. And it looks like the decision to play Roli did little to aid our chances. Too bad.
Vancouver has taken 21 of the last 24 points VS the Oil. Pretty dominant any way you slice it.
# posted by : March 21, 2008 12:53 am
: March 21, 2008 12:53 am You have to admit, guys. It was a hell of a run while it lasted. I doubt we're going to experience something like [i]that[/i] again anytime soon.
Trevor Linden.
*Squeeeeeeeee*
Relax Oil fans. The Preds are going nowhere, the Avs are going to tank, and you'll be handed the 8th seed.
# posted by : March 21, 2008 10:09 am
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