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| On Sunday, September 20, we had the pleasure of hosting
three new friends from Canada when the Patriots played the Miami Dolphins in Foxborough. |
| Damien L., Jason Z. and Marc L. travelled from the Great
White North to attend games at, among other places, Yankee Stadium in New York, Fenway
Park in Boston and, of course, Gillette Stadium. We met Damien in Buffalo in 2007
and offered to find him some tickets if he and his friends ever made their way to
Foxborough to see a game. Well, they came and we found them some tickets. We
all had a great time and only wish we could have hosted them for a victory. The
Patriots ended up taking a serious beatin' as the Fish rolled, 38-13. This was the
first regular season loss for the Patriots in 22 games, an NFL record. |
| You will notice that the results of the game, while
sobering (both literally and figuratively), did not dampen our spirits. Thanks to
our three new friends from the GWN for sending all these pictures. |

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Damien and Bob Kraft are shown here checking
out the new Pro-Shop at
Patriot-Place in Foxborough on the eve of the Miami game.
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Not to be out done, Jason meets with Mr.
Kraft.
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Jason is shown here with Gillette Stadium in
the background.
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First you poke a hole in the bottom of the
can.
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Damien and Jason get warmed up for the
tailgate party with a morning shotgun.
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The RV arrives to pick up our Canadian
friends.
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Jason enjoys the ride to the game in Joyce's
RV.
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It looks like Marc, Bill and Bruce aren't
obeying the seatbelt law.
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Damien can't even wait until we're all set up
before he enjoys a funnel.
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Still setting up for the tailgate party.
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Chris shows the boys from north of the border
the proper
funneling procedures as Bruce officiates.
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Jason sets himself up.
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Then he prepares to execute.
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Damien goes for round two!
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Damien and the three Vinces get
re-aquainted. They
met for the first time last year in Buffalo.
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Jason says hello to our friends Vince, Vince
and Vince.
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Marc (and Vince), Jason (and Vince) and Damien
(and Vince) in a group photo.
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Marc enjoys a beer.
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Here are seven of the ten that attended the
Miami game. From the left standing are Andy M., Steve B., Marc L., Jason Z., Damien
L., and Bruce M. Kneeling is Chris V.
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Here's all ten of us. Standing (from the
left) are Ellen, Joyce, Bill, Andy,
Jason and Bruce. In front are Steve, Chris, Damien and Marc.
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'Nuf said.
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This State Trooper explains to Damien that he
can't bring his beer across route 1. He said, "I'm from Canada, eh? I
don't know your rules!"
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On the approach to Gillette.
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Inside Gillette on the upper level.
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Jason inside Gillette.
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Jason mugging some cute fish fan.
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Jason and the same cute Fish fan.
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Where is her hand?
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Damien has a turn with the gregarious Fish
fan.
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A view of the game.
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Damien and Steve.
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Damien and Jason in the waning minutes of a
horrific loss a the hands of the Dolphins.
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More fun with that cute Fish fan.
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Jason and Damien continue to accost the Fish
fan after the game.
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Jason with Gillette in the background again.
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Damien told me that visting Foxborough to see
the Patriots play was a lifelong dream.
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Can you tell he's happy about being here?
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I'm pretty sure he is.
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"The Mounties in Canada ride on horses,
eh?"
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A ticket stub from the horrible loss is shown
here just prior to going up in smoke.
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Jason, Marc, Bruce and Chris are chillin' at
Bruce's house after the game. |
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