Yeah

...

the songs live repeatedly.

But anyways, that, that, that version of Coffee Girl was from the, uh, from that night, and I noticed they were playing up in the loft, which, you know, JD, we've, we've been to.

And, um, that would've been near the end of the show.

Now, I, this is many years ago, so I don't have a perfect memory of it, but I do remember they ended the show with Escape Is At Hand from that same room.

So I'm pretty sure this would've been right near the end of the per- of the, of the, you know, maybe hour or so long show.

[laughs]

Mm-hmm.

Um, they've also had to do a lot of wholesale replacements, you know, especially on their defense because, I mean, they just killed it in the draft this year.

So there's a lot of congealing that has to happen, and I think, um, I think they may come out and have some struggles early on.

They'll probably strengthen as we get, go along in the year.

But I think because of those early struggles, we, I think are in a better position.

Mm.

It's how effective is that body, because we saw how ineffective Ahmed was this last season, right? So then if we have to rely on, on perimeter shooting, which it comes and goes, and last year it was, you know, really, really spotty, um, because of Richie and, and Dawson's injuries and so forth, and the expectations that didn't come through with the portal pickups.

Um, that's where my concern is, is w- we can have a body there but, you know, if they're ineffective, then really we're playing four against five even with that-

This is a garden of love"

Well, okay, so we've got this mint, and the mint has been in the pot for too long, and it's taken up all the space.

So now we're gonna split the mint.

So we're just doing some gardening, uh, tasks.

We're, we're splitting and potting on, uh, a mint.

We're potting on some parsley that we've sown from seed, and then we're gonna be doing some other seed sowing, 'cause it's that time of year for our crops.

So we're gonna sow some carrots.

Is this all you're doing?

Um, what were some of, like, the highlights in some of the games you played? Like, any, like, crazy strategic moments? Uh, and did any of, like, the changes like, really end up affecting your games?

Uh, the neutralizer change is definitely the most impactful, I think.

It, um, even...

Like, I, I've just been so used to not needing visibility that I, I was, like, misunderstood too that, like, oh, you have to...

Like, in tomb world you have to measure through door- You have to go through the wa- You can't go through the walls, you have to go around the walls or whatever.

So, um, I was like, "Oh, that's a bummer," but whatever, I'll figure it out.

But it still, it still was able to, like, get people around corners and, like, scatter them.

Which is a big deal.

[laughs]

But we were, like, asking if it was a spirit guide or s- like, some sort of elemental that was, like, sticking around me.

Um, and it, like, said no to both of those.

We asked if it came with my roommates.

But I guess a little context as well.

This lurking spirit started off kind of in, uh, my shared bathroom.

It would, like, peek its body-

[laughs]

Okay.

If you feel a tap on the leg, it just means, "Come on, we want your legs a little bit hips forward.

Kick off."

Well, and then you said to me at breakfast, what, will you explain what you kindly offered at breakfast this morning?

Well, when I was talking to my wife, and then she said, "It's amazing that you remember for so long." So that's why I started up.

If your wife hasn't done it, she's gotta do it.

She's gotta have that experience in, in Swakopmund.

So yeah, I went up to you and I said, "Guys, do you wanna go skydiving?"

Craig, how, how was that for you during this journey? Did you seek any help or support as an a, as a person affected by it?

Uh, not, not initially.

No.

So, um, so once, once we initially found out, um, comes out various, various family members and then I had a, a work colleague who I reached out to who's out, who's on, who was with me, um, uh, while, while away.

Um, so not, not initially, but then seeing, seeing the amount of work that Louise had done and the contacts she'd made with the, the, what, how sh- how quickly she pro- pro- progressed and the, the support she'd received.

It was Louise that actually then informed me that of Break Even, you know, they, they offer support to the affected others as well.

So it was while I was away, I reached out, um, to Break Even as well.

I don't really need any help or support."

[laughs] Pretty much, yeah

... right, with Northstars, right, right.

So, and I've, I've never actually been to Pittsburgh and actually seen a game here.

Um, but I found that it was, uh, just an opportunity to come and see the big three, and I didn't know how many more opportunities you're gonna actually se- to see all three of them together in the playoffs.

And I was real excited about that opportunity, so on a whim I went and booked my flights after they won against Philadelphia the other night.

And, uh, here I am.

But your motivation was just that, that it could be that their last, their last game together.

Yeah.

Rachel says the costs of their small condo went from around 525,000 to over 600,000, so they've had to drop out.

It's devastating.

Like, I, um, I'm stunned.

I...

We do want to add housing to the market rather than taking up [laughs] some other space, and it's, honestly, a lot of times it feels like we're beating our heads against a brick wall.

And, like, it's a really worthwhile project.

If we, [laughs] if we have to beat our heads against a brick wall to do it, I, I think that's great.

In an email from a representative from Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Canada, they told me the program will offer, quote, "Flexible financial options, including loans and contributions to support projects that deliver long-term affordable sustainability and community benefit." It continued, "Independent groups can submit proposals, including for co-housing, if they can prove the scale, financing, and long-term affordability."

Do you think that, uh, being a goalie for a long time makes you a little eccentric and quirky or that you have to kinda have a quirky sense about you to wanna be a goalie?

I think you have to have a quirky sense about you.

I think that's the, the foundation of it.

'Cause nobody...

When I talk to other people or have talked to other people about it, about, "Well, I can't make it, but do you wanna play goalie? You can borrow my equipment," more often than not, like, nobody wants to do it.

So I think you have to have a bit of a screw loose to want to stand there and have pucks shot at you, so I think there's already a little bit of something off center already.

What do you mean? Like, that we haven't talked about?

Like, I had a T-shirt that I would wear the entire season, and I would not wash it.