The Hockey Voice : April 2016

Monday, April 18, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lvgUHYPkdM

Sara (Matheson) Ross joins the Mark Taylor Show to talk some hockey. Sara has had success at many levels and relates about her mentors, teammates and the state of women's hockey in general.

Friday, April 8, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25mb4h7ufE&feature=youtu.be

Blacks Harbour native Bill Conley, who many people will recognize as the morning man at various radio stations, stops by the Mark Taylor Show on CHCO-TV. Bill talks about his life in radio and other jobs like a martial arts instructor and a cop.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Local hockey player Brandon Barrett visits the Mark Taylor Show to talk about travelling to Ontario to pursue his hockey dream, trip to NS to see the Stanley Cup and his views on hockey in general. The trip to NS eventually yielded a Sports Illustrated story about the untimely death of his Dad Wayne.

https://youtu.be/R4X2QztQpjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izfjo3CAnCE

Musician Dennis Legere appears on the Mark Taylor Show to talk about how he got started in music, songwriting and to perform a stripped down version of a Charlotte County favourite Moose Calls and Waterfalls.

My daughter Vanessa on the Mark Taylor Show to talk about being a woman in the trades and travelling to Alberta to find work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIyg7ZJ4VqY

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

These are some of the characters that will be featured on the next Mark Taylor Unplugged show that will air very soon.

Monday, April 4, 2016

Sunday, April 3, 2016

The late great Mitch Hedberg, funnier than fake dog shit in my opinion.

Two words - true dat.

The biggest difference between skunks and people is that skunks don't smell like people when they get stoned. Just saying.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTwFcwfamAc
Check out 2016 Golden Partridge Award nominee Mark Taylor's interview with Charlotte County hockey legend Merle Stewart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vdD4g0yMe0
Another interview by 2016 Golden Partridge Award nominee Mark Taylor with local hockey supporter Greg Hooper of Uncle Mayn's fame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FjdEUHA1H0
Amazing interview with a Charlotte County legend Kenny Crimsonneck. Kenny talks about his life in hockey and other important issues, interviewed by 2016 Golden Partridge Award nominee Mark Taylor.

You might be from Charlotte County if......

1. You wear jogging pants and you have never gone and have no intention of going jogging.

2. You have barbecued baloney.

3. Your marriage proposal includes “You’re gonna have a what?”

4. You have picked up some beer on the way to work.

5. You have pictures of yourself beside giant weed plants.

6. Your wedding picture has a stick of tips in the background.

7. Your first words when you come out of a coma are, “Did I miss hunting season?”

8. You have ever used your kids swing set to pull the engine out of your vehicle.

9. The centerpiece on your lawn used to get 30 miles to the gallon.

10. You can’t find your lawnmower.

11. You have ever said “The war is on!” after you find out somebody is using your treestand.

12. You have ever complained about how dirty your white socks get when you wear sandals.

13. You have ever said, “Want a hit off that thing, Mom?”

14. You buy beer to expand your summer wardrobe with hats and shirts.

15. You refuse to slide in softball because you don’t want to crush your smokes.

16. You have a road sign under your wood stove.

17. You’ve watched the Stanley Cup playoffs in your underwear.

18. Your discarded freezer now holds your garbage.

19. You’ve worn a beer T shirt to a parent-teacher interview.

20. You know all the cast on the Trailer Park Boys, but don’t know your local MP or MLA.

21. You have ever checked your oil at a funeral.

22. You’ve thrown a party just to get the empties.

23. You have to get work done to your “rigging” and everybody knows you’re not going to a mechanic.

24. You cried the day your son/daughter first got served at the liquor store.

25. You’re paying higher payments on your 4 wheeler than your engagement ring.

26. You’re saving your beer bottles to buy a 4 wheeler.

27. You’ve ever been in a “racket” over booking vacation time for moose or deer season.

28. You check the Court News to see if any of your hockey, softball, darts, or crib teammates is going for a “trip.”

29. You have put an ad in the paper telling people to return shit that you have had stolen from you.

30. You use an abandoned or broken down in your yard car as lawn furniture.

31. You have ever paid a bill with beer and/or weed.

32. You have ever said “I got one of them home,” if somebody asks you it you want a bag.

33. You have ever told somebody they had “nice looking pigs and/or nice looking firewood.”

34. You’ve ever poked the old man in the mouth at Christmas for “being a prick.”

35. You wouldn’t go to a party because “All’s gonna be there is a buncha dinks.”

36. The brewery laid off a shift when your Dad died.

37. The entertainment at your wedding was a boom box.

38. You broke a toe when your belt buckle hit it.

39. You’ve muted your TV before farting.

40. You’ve had to move a baby seat to make love.

41. You bought dinner at a pet shop.

42. Your cheques feature pictures of dogs fighting.

43. Your pen pal is a guy you “did weekends with.”

44. You’re banned from all your son’s sporting events.

45. Making your bed disturbs at least three animals.

46. The dentist tells you both your teeth have cavities.

47. You’ve missed more than a week’s work with heartburn.

48. You whistle at women at a funeral.

49. You’ve switched over to beer to sober up a bit.

50. You’ve put a sign “No more toking” inside your house.

51. You answered your cellphone at a wedding.

52. Going for a drive involves “catching ‘er in gear.”

53. You have no idea how many pets you have.

54. Your snowshoes are actually tennis rackets.

55. You’ve ever sang at a pet’s funeral.

56. If “playing caps with friends” is mentioned in your obituary.

57. If you’ve ever put .22 shells in a woodstove to liven things up at a camp.

58. If you've ever put in your Moneysaver or Courier ad "Good for a camp."

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