We thought there would be open water when we got here. Last year, the (ice-fishing demo) was canceled because it was so cold. The year before we had 7 inches of ice and talked to over 200 people.
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Related There isn't a good guideline on that because at this time of year, you're going from open water to m... MARK PEARCE We added two or three kids who played ice hockey before. And the core group has come back from last ... DENNIS MULLIN I grew up on Bay Lake. We had a big family and all of us kids were into the outdoors. My older broth... JANE MORAN I think last year, yeah, we were grateful to be here. It was a dream to be here last year. But when ... COURTNEY SCHUSTER There will be an inquest as there was last year when we went up, and as there was the year before wh... DAVE JONES Generally, by the time we reach March, even though it?s bitter cold, we lose ice. We can count on ou... DOUG GROUT Everyday we were standing in line to get ice and water and there was no gas. You could see fights br... CHARLIENE GUIDRY We had to drive in hours and hours of traffic to Jackson, Miss., because our flight from New Orleans... FRANKIE MUNIZ We talked about the direction we are going in and how valuable it would be to us on the ice and off ... DALE TALLON That was quite an experience. Your legs felt good, because it was kind of like an ice bath. But once... CLAY PETERSON Last year, there were definite leaders in the district, but this year, it's wide open. It's kind of ... DENA MONTINI We were very focused, very concentrated before the game and you could see it on the ice. Today was o... DOMINIK HASEK The expectation is that there will be more fish available. Typically, the (stocked) brook trout are ... FRANCIS BRAUTIGAM We had well over 5,000 people here last year, ... We are hoping to double that this year. KATHY PARSONS (Holmes) was supposed to be the best in the state last year, and Josh got the best of him. He is goi... CLIFFORD GARNTO I thought this would be a tough year for us. We had a lot of new kids and it took longer than I thou... JASON BECK We talked before the meet about our top five average time last year in the county. Our average was 1... BOB SWANK [The high water was inevitable; this, after all, was Oregon's north coast, where 65-plus inches of r... WILLIAM WAGNER It was really cold and windy. The races were delayed, and we had to clean out ice in the tracks of t... BARB GRUDT It had been iffy on and off for the past year. They had said last year that if they could not find a... JOY WRIGHT We don't always have the numbers we would like to see. Last year was a really rough year for us beca... BILL KNICKERBOCKER It's been pretty devastating. We had a really cold December and some ice fishing in the canals. ... ... GARY TOWNS We had such a thick amount of ice on the trees this time. Last time, it seemed like there was more i... BRANDON BROWN We thought last year we clearly won the race. We cleared the course this year and made sure we knew ... KAREL TRESNAK JR It's starting to sink in, but we still can't believe we got the gold and made ice-skating history. T... ALBENA DENKOVA We went leaps and bounds with the program, last year, ... I'm kind of surprised we had so much growt... ERIC NORRIS I'm here trying to gauge my music and the ice and get into the season. Last season, we had the same ... EVAN LYSACEK Pools of open water have been freezing over the past few days, resulting in portions of the lake tha... LISA SHARKEY A thicker layer of ice requires some manual labor, so we tested the latest ice scrapers. We did this... JEREMIAH DRIANSKY We knew after winning the MAC tournament and the regular season last year that we would have a huge ... LIZ HONEGGER At the start of the year you would never have thought there'd be so many of us (rookies) here. There... JAY MCCLEMENT The ice was here, the ice was there, / The ice was all around; / It cracked and growled, and roared ... SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Because it's been so mild this winter, because we haven't had any significant ice formations, it app... FRANCIS BRAUTIGAM I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe wh... DAVE ARNOLD we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI If we get lucky and get hot, man, some people are going to be in trouble. But we haven?t been hot al... BRUISER FLINT There was a different kind of pressure last year. We lost a game to Kitchener and people were saying... DYLAN HUNTER Maturity may be the biggest thing this year. We had a successful season last year and we returned th... BLAKE TOOLE We talked at the end of last year and I told him he had the talent. He was our catalyst and deserved... KEVIN ALKIRE I had a dream about you. We were ice fishing in my freezer. I caught a few cold beers, and you wonde... DORA J. AROD We had a great team this year. A lot of people talked about us being good next year, but we thought ... CHRIS PAUL It was just a hard match to lose. Last year was good because we knew we had (this) year. This year, ... NINA ALIMPIC We can't keep people off the ice. We never say the ice is safe. You have water eroding the ice from ... BARRY MEISTER We got second here last year. We have a better team this year because of our experience. Last year w... STEVE HILL I was just saying goodbye. They had a lot of fun with me and I had a lot of fun with them and it was... JACK JOHNSON We voted in our district meeting last year that we would give a certain quantity of players to the f... CHRIS YODER They showed what they were made of the last game last year against West Holmes, where they both had ... RICK BEANS We were close last year and the year before, but couldn't quite push it over the hump. This year sho... JACK SAMUELIAN Talent-wise, we could get back to that level. But character-wise, team-wise, do we have the moxie? L... LUTHER BRAMBLETT We were the co-champs with North Allegheny last year and we had four of our top five players coming ... LARRY MILOSH It went more smoothly than it did last year. We had a year to learn the routines of the building, th... BILL SIMMONS We were able to give several thousand people water and ice. We're hoping the supply will last seven ... JAMES SMITH We beat them the year before at state, and we thought we had to just show up to beat them. We were t... BLAKELE BERGMAN We made a big improvement this year. I think it's because we worked a lot better as a team and we ha... DANNY MARIE She was huge, absolutely huge. She was good last year, but we had Heather last year so there wasn't ... HILARY SCACCHETTI Last year was hard, because we had just finished playing another hard game the night before. We real... BRANDY WILLIAMS I got back to La Crosse, I think it was December, and it was ice cold. So, I moved down to Albuquerq... ANDY ESTEN We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements f... ANDREW PALMER I wouldn't say it's cold, but every year Winnipeg's athlete of the year is an ice fisherman. DALE TALLON I had a lot of maintenance my first year because we had six outfielders, so there were three guys ev... KEN MACHA There was so much ice in front of the net, I wanted to shoot. I didn't want to deke because I though... MARIA ROOTH Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a su... JAMES AUSTIN We went to the regional finals last year and we had a lead with about two minutes left in the game. ... BRENDAN HIGGINS It's awesome. It took me 29 years [of hockey] to get here, and I'm so proud of our guys because we g... DAVE ANDREYCHUK The total last year was about 15 inches, and that puts it down as the 15th driest year on record. So... JOSE GARCIA It was a success for us today to go out and perform it as well as we did because the last time was s... TANITH BELBIN I'm feeling good. I've been getting ready for this. I was on the ice until last March and I was on t... DOMINIK HASEK Last year was a fairly good-sized crop. We were just lucky there was no carryover from the year befo... BILL BITZENBURG We had to cap it off last year too because the venue was too small. JEANETTE COOPER It's been awesome because we got our first win in four years. We can run on the asphalt. We only pla... ERIC OLSON We had a bad fishing year, ... My business was really suffering. DON MITCHELL Our non-conference games are going to be really important for us this season. Last year, we went 10-... LYNN MURRAY When we got here, there was only one good bridal fair each year, and that was in January. CAROLAYNE HOLLEY (Saturday) also was about some of the guys who haven't been in this game before. Walter was here las... JOE FENLON I thought last year there would have been a debate over this after the four hurricanes we experience... DON GRIFFIN It means a lot to us because we haven't gotten the OCC championship title since 1975. Last year we c... ASHLIN MILLER If you're going to pluck guys (from the Road Warriors), do it early. For the Patriots, this just mad... ADAM GLADSTONE I wanted to play my last game here and I was hoping for a repeat of last year when I shut out Everet... BRYAN BRIDGES I want to have a lot of fun during my senior year and hopefully get a high seed at the Open. We were... MARTELLE SIMPSON If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... Last year we had to really try to disguise it because we were limited in what we could do down the f... RAY BROWN The response was so great last year when we had them for the first time, we decided to bring them ba... JANET VEACH We had a good race this year, much better than last year (at county). I was not very happy at all la... ANDREW HUDSON Finishing 1-2-3-4 last year was amazing. It was something people thought we couldn't do, and we were... DARIO FRANCHITTI It's frustrating. We know we're better than we were last year, and the year before. I think people c... ALLIE FLYNN It was tough going. His world was in the grips of the last Ice Age. In Southern Africa it was drier ... DR SPENCER WELLS It's hard to disagree with Greenspan. Our own market view is equities are fairly valued, but they ha... DOUGLAS CLIGGOTT We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a fin... WALT DISNEY We did it [Disneyland], in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a f... WALT DISNEY Meridian grew 400 percent last year so we had five times as much business as the year before. Much o... CHIP WOLFE We have had a pretty successful season as far as before district got here. We've improved from last ... CLEVE RYAN I played here last year in the cold and wind, and it was a nightmare. JAMES DRISCOLL It was heartbreaking when we lost to [Little Rock Christian ] last year. We told our coach two years... BOBBY MILLER Tomorrow will be big water. We are closer to the lead after the first day than I was last year, so w... HANK MCGREGOR Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I'm expecting to be very busy. The latest I've been here is midnight and that was last year, because... LASHANDA REID We met last year and talked about the state requirements (on elementary and middle schools), and we ... SHARON ANDERSON We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice w... DALE TALLON We create and taste ice cream flavors all day long, so we thought it would be nice to take a break a... ARNOLD CARBONE
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JOSH BILLINGS When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. JOSH BILLINGS The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. JOSH BILLINGS Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. JOSH BILLINGS Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. JOSH BILLINGS Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. JOSH BILLINGS Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. JOSH BILLINGS There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. JOSH BILLINGS There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins. JOSH BILLINGS A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. JOSH BILLINGS It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge... JOSH BILLINGS Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so. JOSH BILLINGS Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool JOSH BILLINGS Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed JOSH BILLINGS There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly en... JOSH BILLINGS Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once. JOSH BILLINGS Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed. JOSH BILLINGS A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it. JOSH BILLINGS I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I ... JOSH BILLINGS The less we know the more we suspect. JOSH BILLINGS My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in... JOSH BILLINGS The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. JOSH BILLINGS Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed ... JOSH BILLINGS The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor. JOSH BILLINGS If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy... JOSH BILLINGS Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it ge... JOSH BILLINGS