Kaloya Thistle

Road allowance rose bushes.

@mikemcintyrewpg ... and I'm sure all three will demand to be traded to Winnipeg in the off season.

Fun fact: There have been 7 goals scored so far tonight in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Manitobans have 3 of them (so far). Travis Sanheim. Connor Dewar. Brett Howden.

@notseeslasher Please do the same.

@FarmGirlCarrie His own sons didn’t ask him this question because they both committed suicide. Crosby wasn’t what you’d call a good dad.

Bing Crosby's nephew once asked him a simple question on a golf course. "What was the hardest thing you ever had to do in your entire career?" Howard expected Hollywood stories. A difficult director, maybe. Studio pressure. The grind of fame. Bing didn't hesitate for even a second. December 1944. Northern France. The war in Europe still had months of blood left to give. Bing Crosby was overseas on a USO tour - not because anyone made him go, but because he'd tried to enlist and been turned down. Too old, they told him. General George Marshall put it plainly: "We don't need you on the front lines. We need you keeping these men alive on the inside." So Bing went. At his own expense. No toupee — he called the thing a "scalp doily" and refused to wear anything fake in front of men who had nothing fake left in them. And when the brass tried to claim the front rows, he shut that down immediately. Front rows were for enlisted men. The ones who'd actually be in the dirt. That night, they set up an open-air stage in a field. Thousands of soldiers gathered in the cold. There were laughs, there were jokes, there were moments where the war felt briefly, mercifully far away. Then came the last song. White Christmas. Since 1942, that song had followed American soldiers everywhere. It played on Armed Forces Radio. Men who hadn't seen snow, or their families, or their front porches in years would hear those opening notes — and completely fall apart. Bing looked out at the audience as he began to sing. Every single one of them was crying. Thousands of men. Combat soldiers. Men who had seen things no human being should see. Weeping openly, without shame, in a cold field in France, listening to a song about home. And Bing Crosby had to finish it. He had to hold his voice steady. He had to keep going, bar by bar, note by note, while thousands of men wept in front of him. He told his nephew it was the single most difficult thing he ever did in his life. Not a film. Not a performance. Not anything Hollywood ever asked of him. Just a song. Just a field. Just the faces of men thinking about home. A few days later, those same soldiers were sent into the Ardennes Forest. December 16, 1944. The Battle of the Bulge - the largest, costliest battle American forces fought in all of World War II. A surprise German offensive that would leave tens of thousands dead before it was over. Many of the men who wept in that field never came home. After the war ended, Allied troops were surveyed: who had done the most for their morale? Bing Crosby. Ahead of Bob Hope. Ahead of President Roosevelt. Ahead of General Eisenhower. He wasn't a star to them. He was a piece of home that came to find them when they couldn't come home themselves. 🙏♥️🇺🇸

@Darrelldoc Agreed, and also enjoyed listening to Al Shaver on AM1500 KSTP's North Star broadcasts in the early 80s.

@oldhockeycards And Dan Kelly was awesome! Loved him on KMOX radio for Blues games, and whenever he was on Canadian tv telecasts.

Chico was the man.. look at those threads..

@casperstlouis Proofread before posting.

@historydefined See black people, you can experience something with hooting and hollering and running around and discharging firearms

A reporter accidentally recreates the half court shot he was reporting on

@ExploresMr Attribution? For the ability to read and reflect, I am appreciative. Thank you.

This is one of the reasons I explore abandoned locations. This is the vibe.

Ira Rosofsky | penguinrandomhouse.com penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/235091… This morning, I read of the July death of Dr. Ira Rosofsky (1946-2025). Nasty, Brutish & Long was his enlightening and unvarnished first-hand observation of the state of 21st century American eldercare.

@ColiSinBinPod @CiC16foundation Taken in either 1984 or '85.

Vintage pic with 2 legends @CiC16foundation

@Super70sSports Mr. Romanchych of the NHL

Name a sports Larry. I’ll start:

/female-mystery-writers-golden-age

@oldhockeycards Jean Potvin

Cleveland Barons appreciation post.. name a random Baron..

@EllisItems I'm a Canadian who is VERY tempted to become a paid subscriber of News Items.

News Items in Nashville!

@kesleeman37 @kesleeman37, you peaked in the maternity ward when your mother mistook you for her postpartum bowel movement.

@pierreengvall18 You peaked as a Marlie in 2018.

I am ready for a big game tonight #isles

@real_johnny @4thlineVoice Elon will soon rebrand "X" as "Edmonton Oiler Fan Site."

@4thlineVoice Amen brother.

The level of stupidity on this app is breathtaking

@oldhockeycards According to @hockey_ref , Michel Plasse was traded to Pittsburgh in January of 1975 and wore # 31 for the Penguins that season and throughout the 1975-76 season.

This was a pretty great look..

@Naissancemm Much variability; why blue?

blue hydrangea, cold cash divine

@sammyersson Do you think that figure skating would still be "the same sport" if body contact were introduced to the sport of figure skating? Wake up!

@Dalton_Casey777 Do you thibk its somehow an entirely different sport you idiot

I always think the funniest thing is when she is talked about and you see idiots talk about how she “never played” like the best coach in the last decade in the NHL wasnt a fucking lawyer who played at the highest level AAU Div 3 hockey lmao

@ColiSinBinPod Now, televised first period intermissions in Canada are deficient.

☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you people ☘️

@LudovicVoilmy En anglais: The woman who is angry (that a car is blocking the sidewalk) blocks the hallway of the apartment building with her large baby carriage/stroller.

@_yesbut_ Elle se plaint des gens qui garent mal leur voiture, mais elle gêne le passage dans son couloir d’immeuble !

Voltaire laphamsquarterly.org/animals/quote/…