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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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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