Friday, October 21, 2011

Oil Change

Tonight at 8 Oil Change begins season two. The first season's episodes were on tsn and frankly were a blast for draft fans like me (especially the first episode). I'm hopeful we'll see more backroom discussions about tall trees from Siberia and speed demons from the prairies on tonight's opener.

It's on at 8 tonight on CITY TV (according to my TV Guide).
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38 comments:

  1. Mr. PedersonFriday, October 21, 2011 at 5:01:00 PM MDT

    Nice looking forward to this season. Although I'm in Vancouver (and don't have cable) so I'll have to wait until it's on the internet somewhere.

    Damn.

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  2. RibsFriday, October 21, 2011 at 5:13:00 PM MDT

    They still make TV Guide? Really?

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  3. LowetideFriday, October 21, 2011 at 5:15:00 PM MDT

    Well it's on my tv and I call it a guide. :-)

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  4. RibsFriday, October 21, 2011 at 5:18:00 PM MDT

    Hah, well okay then. I figured you couldn't be that old!

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  5. LowetideFriday, October 21, 2011 at 5:41:00 PM MDT

    True story, but first you have to know my Mom was a great lady and very intelligent (this story doesn't reflect that). :-)

    Anyway, we used to get the TV Guide when I was a kid and back then there was a lot of movement in the schedule. So you'd get something like this:

    8PM: CBC-Nature of Things
    CTV-TBA

    For YEARS my Mom would look at that schedule and say "Nature of Things might be good but TBA is hit and miss." We spent a long time thinking TBA was some television production company that put out inconsisent work.

    When I was old enough figure it out, I told Mom. She looked up, laughed for about 10 minutes and then told everyone she knew about it.

    TBA. Haven't thought about that in forever. :-)

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  6. Raine SnowFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:01:00 PM MDT

    Why would they resort to a channel that doesn't offer HD? Damn them and their peasant tv.

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  7. RegwaldFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:17:00 PM MDT

    @Raine Snow,

    My Telus Optik TV has an HD version. I clicked record on the PVR for it already.

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  8. WoodguyFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:19:00 PM MDT

    LT,

    That's awesome.

    The smartest people in the world can have the strangest blind spots.

    Why would they resort to a channel that doesn't offer HD? Damn them and their peasant tv.

    CITYTV HD is channel 214 on my Shaw package.

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  9. DennisFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:21:00 PM MDT

    LT: As a guy who grew up with older parents, I loved that story:)

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  10. Raine SnowFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:23:00 PM MDT

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  11. Raine SnowFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:25:00 PM MDT

    I looked everywhere, no HD. Must be because I'm in Red Deer.

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  12. wunderbarFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:26:00 PM MDT

    city TV is, in fact available in HD on shaw, and is channel 214.

    I am looking forward to this as well. Loved season 1.

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  13. ClayFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:30:00 PM MDT

    I've got City TV on Shaw 214 in Calgary, but it's not saying Oil Change on the guide. Proof that Shaw in Calgary is run by flaming red Commies.

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  14. geowalFriday, October 21, 2011 at 6:45:00 PM MDT

    CityEDM is carrying it but CityCGY is not, so you have to have a fancy enough package to pick that up for the out of towners.

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  15. AnonymousFriday, October 21, 2011 at 7:23:00 PM MDT

    Sunday 11:30pm in BC(well,Squamish anyway) Sportsnet Pacific(Shaw ch 218 in HD)

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  16. Robert J. SummersFriday, October 21, 2011 at 7:49:00 PM MDT

    So LT, is your cable the black ovals and white numbers or the white ovals and black numbers in your TV guide.


    Seriously - how did we survive?

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  17. LowetideFriday, October 21, 2011 at 7:52:00 PM MDT

    bookie: lol. We had no idea what Al Gore was dreaming up. I remember the day my friend Terry Cole bought a Yamaha cassette player (it was a wedge) that played back the musis SO well it was like listening to the record!

    If you'd told me that the world wouldn't progress from that point on I would have believed you. It was from outer space.

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  18. flamingpavelbureFriday, October 21, 2011 at 8:00:00 PM MDT

    Hey. Is there any sickness less sickening than Mononucleosis, but that presents the same symptoms?

    (Sore throat, tired, fever...)

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  19. LowetideFriday, October 21, 2011 at 8:11:00 PM MDT

    Flu.

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  20. flamingpavelbureFriday, October 21, 2011 at 8:16:00 PM MDT

    Ah silly me. Seriously hope it's not mono. Shitty thing to have.

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  21. The other JohnFriday, October 21, 2011 at 8:18:00 PM MDT

    There was nothing like wiggling an 8 track in the player in an attempt to even out the sound

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  22. Robert J. SummersFriday, October 21, 2011 at 8:33:00 PM MDT

    The other day I was curious about whatever happened to the Fine Young Cannibals(one of their songs was playing somewhere) so I Googled it on my smart phone.

    Then I thought, if it were 1980 and I had the same question, it would basically be impossible to find the answer.

    I don't know if its a better world or a worse world because I can find this stuff now, but I do know that in 1980 we could not even conceive of it. There were some things we did know for sure about the future - that flying cars would be common and cancer would be cured, but we had no concept of the internet.

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  23. LowetideFriday, October 21, 2011 at 8:44:00 PM MDT

    One day my father in law and I (this was year's ago) started talking about the difference between two miles squared and two square miles.

    He went to the phone, called the Medicine Hat library and they called back with the answer before we finished our next beer.

    True story.

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  24. booprongerFriday, October 21, 2011 at 8:57:00 PM MDT

    hahaha end of oil change, "nuge!!"

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  25. DSFFriday, October 21, 2011 at 9:01:00 PM MDT

    @ LT

    iCloud will knock your socks off.

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  26. Bar QuFriday, October 21, 2011 at 9:09:00 PM MDT

    My son came home with a library book that had a cassette tape in it. He took it out, looked at his mother and said "do we have anything we can put this in?" in as serious a voice as an 7 yr old can.

    I then realised he will never know the joy of a cassette tape recorder clicking while you and your friends record yourselves singing and giggling. A shame, really.

    Gerta saves the day, again.

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  27. AnonymousFriday, October 21, 2011 at 9:21:00 PM MDT

    thanks BQ-I'm news,weather and sports.

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  28. Bar QuFriday, October 21, 2011 at 9:29:00 PM MDT

    I enjoy at least two of those topics. ;-)

    balibi - your second alibi

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  29. MooseFriday, October 21, 2011 at 9:34:00 PM MDT

    Anyone know if these will be on NHL Network or archived on the website like season 1?

    I'm in Los Angeles so can't watch.

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  30. Bar QuFriday, October 21, 2011 at 9:42:00 PM MDT

    Its likely to be up on the Oiler's website by next week, I would think.

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  31. NicholasFriday, October 21, 2011 at 10:44:00 PM MDT

    Bookie:

    Relevant to that:

    http://www.shoeboxblog.com/?p=15314

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  32. "Steve Smith"Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 12:43:00 AM MDT

    Then I thought, if it were 1980 and I had the same question, it would basically be impossible to find the answer.

    That's because they weren't formed until 1984.

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  33. OilLeakSaturday, October 22, 2011 at 2:24:00 AM MDT

    I know this is off topic, but man the Blue Jackets seem like they are in a race to finish last overall within the first month. Mason gets shelled again, and Rick Nash registered 0 shots on net with 20 minutes of ice time!

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  34. MarcSaturday, October 22, 2011 at 4:08:00 AM MDT

    I'm watching Columbus situation with interest too, because if they are still struggling in a few weeks they might do something really short sighted - like maybe Savard and a first round pick for Hemsky.

    The other thing that I'll be watching with interest over the next month or so is whether Khabi can keep up his numbers. The longer he performs at the level he's been at so far, the more likely it is that a team like Columbus or St Louis or Tampa talks themselves into him as the solution to their goalie woes.

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  35. BruceSaturday, October 22, 2011 at 8:09:00 AM MDT

    @Marc: Funny thing is, if Oilers traded Hemsky for a pick and a prospect, there would be a noisy school of thought that it was the Oil who were being shortsighted.

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  36. MarcSaturday, October 22, 2011 at 9:46:00 AM MDT

    Bruce

    True. Though I'm wondering if his most recent injury may have a few minds. Does it make sense to sign someone so fragile long term? It seemed like a lot of commenters on here were making that point after the injury.

    And Savard looks like a hell of a prospect. Rated Columbus' best D prospect ahead of Moore. Right shooting D. 77 points in the Q last year. Named CHL's best defenseman and won the Kevin Lowe Award for best defensive defenseman.

    Is there anything Edmonton needs more than an NHL ready right shooting top four D? I love Hemsky, but I'd make that deal.

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  37. RibsSaturday, October 22, 2011 at 11:24:00 AM MDT

    Great stuff, guys. Ahh... The memories.

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  38. spOILerSaturday, October 22, 2011 at 7:57:00 PM MDT

    What an unbelievable 4th inning.

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