BTH Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I was reading the sports section this weekend and I saw in the letters to the editor someone mentioned this site. I don't have the paper in front of me but the letter went something like this. "Where I get my habs information is from www.habsworld.net. I find that it's a very good site and has good members who know their hockey." Okay those aren't anywhere near the actual words but they pretty much had the same meaning. The real letter was 4 or 5 times as long as that though. It was written from I think someone named Abu Dhabi (or was that a city?) in the United Arab Emirates. I know I saw the UAE flag under one of the posters's names so this must be that person. Yes, this is very vague and has incomplete information and not much of a source but the point is: HabsWorld was mentioned and complimented in the Gazette by one of it's members.:/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
option+ Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 We do know our hockey here! This is definitely the best message board I've ever been on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Laszlo Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 pics or stfu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Thanks BTH for that encouraging note! Yeah, we have one forum member from UAE.. maybe it was him. Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Wow, that's awesome, I wanna see that article!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Puck Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 On the weekend, I saw an article in the Toronto Star (I know I apologize) about a Habs web site. I wonder if this article prompted the letter. Here is a linkto the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Originally posted by MacaskillWow, that's awesome, I wanna see that article!!! As you would say: Check, check, check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Dang, it only gives me the first paragraph... I kno this is looked down upon, but could somebody post the entire article... I mean, it IS about this site... . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 I looked all over the gazette site and couldn't find it. I don't have the paper with me but when I find it I'll post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I did it. Abu Dhabi, where I live, is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. A week or so ago Dave Stubbs of the Gazette did an article on Online Habs fans. I thought that his leaving out HabsWorld was a glaring ommission, so I emailed him to give him my opinion, that any discussion of Habs fans on the Internet should include us. I thought, since he didn't reply, he was ignoring me but that must not be the case. I havent seen the article yet because I'm in the middle of a self-imposed media blackout. I'm going to watch a delayed broadcast of the Grey Cup(tonight, tues) and it has been torture trying to resist the temptation to peek Glad to hear that the Gazette is taking us Habs fans opinions seriously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_Habs_Fan Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 If somebody could scan the article, or something like that. Would be very nice. Think everybody wants to know what PMAC had to say about HW. But PMAC, nice one for the effort!! I bett you made some great advertisement for this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I emailed this is response to his article on online Habs fans(he referred to an "unknown" player people on that site were eager to get rid of): Dear Dave: That was a nice article, but I urge you to check out www.habsworld.net which I think is the premier Habs discussion site on the net and where most people don’t think they can do a better job than Bob, but are equally (for the most part) eager to get Daginais out of the line-up. From here in the UAE, Habsword, The Gazette and CJAD allow me to feed my Habs addiction. Regards Paul MacLeod Lecturer, The Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi, UAE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Awesome, you're a star! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Yeah way to go PMAC. I really want a copy of that paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Originally posted by PMACI emailed this is response to his article on online Habs fans(he referred to an "unknown" player people on that site were eager to get rid of): Dear Dave: That was a nice article, but I urge you to check out www.habsworld.net which I think is the premier Habs discussion site on the net and where most people don’t think they can do a better job than Bob, but are equally (for the most part) eager to get Daginais out of the line-up. From here in the UAE, Habsword, The Gazette and CJAD allow me to feed my Habs addiction. Regards Paul MacLeod Lecturer, The Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi, UAE I remember it being a bit bigger than that. Anywho, nice going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_ Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Holy crap that's awesome news for HabsWorld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mont Royale Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Good job spreading the word. So, PMAC = Paul MacLeod. You're so clever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 hope the one who wrote to the gazette will come in this thread and reveal his identity hehe *clap! clap! clap!* i remember that habsworld was mentionned in *le métro* newspaper at the beginning of the season (after 1-2 weeks of activities) it was an article about how hockey (and the HABS) r popular on the net (about site traffic) and habsworld was sumthing like 2nd or 3rd~ i was happy to be part of the site hehe ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33_ Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Originally posted by bebehabshope the one who wrote to the gazette will come in this thread and reveal his identity hehe *clap! clap! clap!* lol, read the first page of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Originally posted by Fanpuck33 Originally posted by bebehabshope the one who wrote to the gazette will come in this thread and reveal his identity hehe *clap! clap! clap!* lol, read the first page of this thread. AHHHHHHHHHHHH SHAME ON ME!!! GO PMAC GO!!! :ghg::ghg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigRedC Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Here Here! PMAC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Originally posted by Mont RoyaleGood job spreading the word. So, PMAC = Paul MacLeod. You're so clever! @PMAC: Do you have any relatives in Montreal? I had a science teacher named (David?) McLeod (pronounced McCloud) and it's a pretty rare name. Old Irish I believe, or Gaelic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck7x Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 <img src="http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2463/hwgazette6zz.jpg"> Sorry, not a scan... its a photo I took from the Sunday paper. Its readable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Thanks for the applause guys. I was just doing my little bit to support a great site. I mean those other guys got a whole article; I thought we deserved equal time. Bulis, I dont have any relatives in MTL that I know, but my paternal grandmother was French Canadian so it's certainly possible. MacLeod is a Gaelic name, both Irish and Scottish, with variable spellings although the Irish tend to drop the "a". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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