http://youtube.com/watch?v=lv0-9Wi713o&feature=related

I found it again

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lv0-9Wi713o&feature=related

I don't know how to get it to work but it is still on youtube

Thanks Ronnie :D
That gave me goosebumps
He was absolutely the best ever
no question he was better than even Gretsky.
I wish hockey didn't get ruined, I miss it but they don't make players like Orr anymore, I can't believe the things he was able to do.:lurk:

[QUOTE=Slipknot;459619]Thanks Ronnie :D
That gave me goosebumps
He was absolutely the best ever
no question he was better than even Gretsky.


No question, Gretsky was great ( on offense ) but Orr was great at every part of the game, offense, defense, and could fight!!!

#4 ruled!!! he was in a class by himself!

WOW!!!


Thats the only way to describe him! Ronnie....best link I have ever clicked on...thanks for that! He sure was the supreme stick handler and his sense of timing and his surroundings were the most incredible any hockey player has ever had! Without a doubt the greatest hockey player in history....and we were blessed to have had him here in Boston!:btu:

Yes he was, :crying:
I met him several times a great guy!
Try telling kids that they never had helmets back then ! LOL
VB

Not only the greatest hockey player ever in my opinion,
But one of the greatest role models ever!!!
probably the most humble star ever, unlike the typical all about me and my money athlete of today!
I feel very gratefull to have been able to grow up watching him play!

"The goal" is actually the first memory I have of Orr and he was the reason I started playing hockey, like every kid at that time. I wish I could have seen him when he first started with the B's but I was just a baby.

The best ever.

The parts with him getting back when the goalie was pulled are simply incredible

Robert Gordon Orr was the greatest hockey player of all time. That would have been true no matter what position he played. If you put the pads on him he would have been the greatest goalie of all time. He could skate as well as any forward in the NHL, even the Golden Jet.

Put Gretsky back on the blue line instead of center and see how he'd do. Or at wing, where he'd have to go into the corners with tough defensemen ;)

My father quit watching Hockey after he left Boston.....He used to watch the Bruins religiously and then.....nothing. Don't think he's watched more than a handful of games since

How many times have we heard "The next Bobby Orr", but it hasn't happened yet.

My vote would go to Gordie Howe as best all around player.
He also could kick some a$$ :)

My boyhood idol. Revolutionized the game from that position, although he could have played anywhere and been the best. A real class act even to this day. Too bad medicine wasn't as advanced as it is now or he would have played a lot longer. Remember when Boston was a Hockey town. The B's owned Boston. I'll bet you Bobby Orr still has never payed for a meal or a beer in Boston to this day. Hockey was on national TV every Sunday. I played street hockey all summer long. I remember being at the Garden at a game with the Black Hawks, Mikita, Hull, ect.. and it was his 22nd birthday. He won the game in the last seconds on an ice length rush.I still have the record "Goal Bruins" somewhere after they won the cup. Wow time flies. Sorry for the long winded response but really brings back some great memories. Life is too short. P.

I keep watching that link......just amazing the way he played...unmatched intensity and skill! You can argue alot of other sports "who" was the best.....in my opinion there is no equal to Bobby Orr!:btu:

Think I will watch it again right now!

Yup! Never gets old!:wiggle:

My vote would go to Gordie Howe as best all around player.
He also could kick some a$$ :)

He'd certainly be the right winger on my all-time best starting 6 ;) I think Hull was also a right winger, and I think Gordie might be able to play the left wing a little better than Hull could, so I might stick him at left wing and the Golden Jet at right. If not, the Big M, Frank Mahovlich, at left wing. I'd only let Gretsky center that line if Jean Beliveau was unavailable. ;)

Let it be known that I never had a chance to watch Maurice Richard play, so he could affect that all-time team in a big way. :humpty:

Orr and Larry Robinson at defense. No doubts there.

And the Octopus in goal.

Don't forget Espo. Game is so different nowadays. I long for the more violent game of canadian hockey. The European style is not my bag. I like the keep your head up or get killed style of hockey that I grew up on. Plus like all sports nowadays the leagues are so watered down now with all the teams involved that it makes for a very boring mediocre game. Bring back the original 6 teams. To me that is when there were rivalries and allstar's 3 shifts deep. The Habs and Bruins had everything Yank's Sox's have. Now just ain't there. Unfortunately you can't go back in time and I will just live on my hockey memories of late 60's and 70's. It will never be the same.

methinks the leagues in big trouble and bettman must go! want the fans back? bring back intense old time hockey- doh nhl- just do it! i USED to love hockey.......now i can't watch it....i know i'm not alone....pisses me offf bigtime...oh yeah- sorry for the rant...

Believe it or not....I used to watch hockey....back when the Bruins were BAD! Not bad like they are today....I man "BAD"!:hihi: After Bourque and Neeley left....we had nothing since?!?!?!?!:huh:

When you're evaluating the greatness of Gretsky, bear in mind that he was skating against defensemen, and shooting at goalies, who would have had a hard time making it in the AHL back in the 60s and early 70s ;)

Even the first round of expansion in the late 60s didn't dilute the talent the way it's been diluted today.

No doubt, Gordy Howe was one of the best ever, but I don't think he could skate with Bobby Orr.
Gretsky and Mario Lemieux would have had a tough time playing in the 60s & 70s the way the game was so much more physical!

methinks the leagues in big trouble and bettman must go! want the fans back? bring back intense old time hockey- doh nhl- just do it! i USED to love hockey.......now i can't watch it....i know i'm not alone....pisses me offf bigtime...oh yeah- sorry for the rant...


NHL is in big trouble!!!
What were they thinking going to OLN !!!

Thanks for posting that Ron, that was fun to watch. He truly revolutized hockey and his position, and while both Gretzky and Howe were amazing offensive players, I never felt either had revolutionized their position.

In watching that another Orr video came up as recommended, kind of nice seeing what the likes of the Golden Jet and Clarke(his comment struck me as perfect-"he did it with grace, elegance,....and modesty")thought of Orr:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1fMcTq8Esk&mode=related&search=


P.S. Watching Hull talk with that square jaw ........trying to remember........was it Ferguson of the Canadians who broke Bobby Hull's jaw?

R/R

thanks

Just got ya a F #$%^&*( bluefish massacre trip //bombs & all ..with the CLammer

LOVE of the game >>>>>>>> its history in all the most pro sports // they all should get zapped in the nuts with a stun gun >>>>>>>>> for the f $%^&*( dancing , hot dogging & all that s $%^&*( its all about the money ;;;

:hang:

Not many of todays players could of held their own back then. Neely comes to mind as someone who would have fit right in.

Not many of todays players could of held their own back then. Neely comes to mind as someone who would have fit right in.


:btu:

Had to watch it again!:btu:

#4 Just lost his Dad the other day..RIP

I had the poster of the shot hanging in my room when I was a kid

#4 Just lost his Dad the other day..RIP


I was wondering why he wasn't at the game last night, as they had quite a few Bruins greats on the ice in jerseys, because they were honoring #9
RIP Mr. Orr


I see someone made this tread a sticky :kewl:

Awesome! He made fools out some of those defenders. Brought back some good childhood memories for me.

I could watch that video every day for the rest of my life and be completely amazed by his talent everytime. There's been a lot of greats: Howe, Hull, Gretzky, Richard etc. but none of them had the complete skill set that Orr had.

What else has to be said,#4, he changed the game:btu:

Leetch comes pretty close to Orr. First American to win the Conn Smythe trophy. Orr changed the game. Gordie was certainly up there, maybe the best. Let's not discount Gretzky though, he too changed the game. So did Super Mario. It's a different game now then it was back then. Sometimes, I just wish it were the Original 6 playing. Going to the Rangers game tonight, they are on FIRE. Glad to see the Thorton is doing well...

Ice

All you have to look at is 69-70 season. No one has ever done this. Ross Trophy, Norris Trophy, Hart Troph, Conn Smythe Trophy. All 4. No one before or after and probably never will. I get goose bumps just thinking about that year. I did not miss a second of any game played that year.
He lead the league in scoring, Art Ross Trophy, twice 70 and 75
He won the Norris trophy from 69 thru 75
He won the Hart Trophy 70 and 71 and 72
Espo won the Ross trophy every year from 69, 71,72,73,74 so Orr had a lot of competition those years but still managed over a 100 points all those years as a defense man. Man IMO he is the greatest. The others are right up there but not quite on his level and he was a defenseman not a forward which is who we usually compare him to. I too wish it was the original six. League is way too watered down for me, as it is in most pro sports nowadays.

Leetch comes pretty close to Orr. First American to win the Conn Smythe trophy. Orr changed the game.................

Ice
Leetch?????:huh: Pretty close!?!?! Come on, a hell of a player but he shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as Orr.... or Park...... or Robinson..........:think:

Originally Posted by The Iceman 6
Leetch comes pretty close to Orr.


sorry but not in your wildest dreams.....leetch was very good- orr was GREAT.

Thanks for posting that Ronnie.

Thanks Ronnie :D
That gave me goosebumps
He was absolutely the best ever
no question he was better than even Gretsky.
I wish hockey didn't get ruined, I miss it but they don't make players like Orr anymore, I can't believe the things he was able to do.:lurk:

Not better than Gretzky. Sorry

Gretsky wouldn't have survived half a season on the NHL in Orr's era :rolleyes:

I haven't watched a hockey game since the early 90's thogh I did go to one this year (free).
They may as well wear figure skates.

Orr was the greatest period

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1fMcTq8Esk&mode=related&search=

Gretsky wouldn't have survived half a season on the NHL in Orr's era :rolleyes:


BINGO !!!
Gretsky was an offensive magician, but without a goon to protect him, he would not have hasted 1/2 a season back then, Gordie Howe would have leveled him just to prove that point !!! and Orr could and did drop the gloves whenever necessary!
But Gretsky wasn't as bad as Mario Lemeaux,
In my opinion,another amazing offensive player, but the biggest 6ft4 pussy who ever laced them up!

Gretsky wouldn't have survived half a season on the NHL in Orr's era :rolleyes:

Keep believing that. Half a season, thats a big eyeroll right there:scream:

It's apples & oranges. Gretzky played in a much more diluted league. He was surounded by superstars. Even the 3rd line on those Cup teams were allstars. How many H of F players were there? Blueliners...allstars, goalie... Hof F. I believe those teams would have won the Cups even without him, in fact, they did. Orr put the NHL on the map throughout the country. To further overuse a phrase, he made everybody around him better, much better. Esposito made a living and set a scoring record (at the time) just hanging around the net and scooping rebounds. #4 got in front of enough pucks to keep Cheevers star shining. Even his own players on the ice with him would find themselves in awe and mesmerized by his supremacy. He's got my vote for #1 all time:D . BTW, anyone ever hear #9 , Detroit RedWings?????

Keep believing that. Half a season, thats a big eyeroll right there:scream:


You know what--you're probably right after all--the refs probably would have made it a two minute minor just to breathe on him, and a major to actually check him :bl2:

He was the single most protected player in NHL history. :rollem:

Still gives me goosebumps watching it:smokin:

Me too Slip! Probably watched it 200 times already! Make it 201!:laugha:

Milt has seen most of them and if he says he is the greatest than enough said. Watched it again and no one ahead of him yet. That 360 move at the point around the Rangers player is classic. Which way did he go? Nice to see Lanny McDonald trimmed his stach for the show.

Notices the 1st youtube link not working so time for another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv0-9Wi713o&feature=related

Oh crap!!! Where did it go?!?!?!?!:doh:

Oh crap!!! Where did it go?!?!?!?!:doh:

Not sure!
It works fine for me on youtube, but for some reason after cutting & pasting it's not working:smash:
I'll dig up another one !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSDw3tMa7ec

I don't even see how some of the moves he made in that video were possible, I just shake my head in amazment

this is the member that posted it so you can find that Carly Simon one

http://youtube.com/profile?user=redmasque

Man amongst boys. Wayne G was good but no way no how he could take over the game like RGO. I think he could rag the biscut till everyone keeled over in exhaustion if he wanted, and I got to see it all live:btu:

gordie was probably best ever,size,scoring,toughness and was the complete package.each era was different,bring back the orginal 6.can't picture alot of modern day players playing against rocket richard and players of that era.

gordie was probably best ever,size,scoring,toughness and was the complete package.each era was different,bring back the orginal 6.can't picture alot of modern day players playing against rocket richard and players of that era.

I must respectfully disagree. Orr was as big as Howe, tough enough so that after the first few years nobody challenged him any more (except that suicidal Kieth Magnuson),was an incredible skater, stick handler and scorer and was a defenseman!!!!!:cheers2:

orr was great but not as tough or as big as gordie.gordie took care of his own problems,orr has cashman and alot of other big bad bruins to watch over him.cam # 8 was alot like howe.saw old time hockey clips they rode trains back orginal 6 and did'nt mingle and actually hated each other.todays players are bigger,faster,more skilled.saying that gordie at 6'3'' was all of that.don't forget he had major injury and that why they called him blinkly.

In all of those clips he looks like the only kid who knows how to skate in a neighborhood pickup game at the local pond.........Everyone else is standing around while he stickhandles them dizzy..............

60. Still the best.

Yup, still the best:claps:

1980- the year Every American became a Hockey Fan :D Olympics USA vs USSR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRALJyv86eY#came

He had moves like no other
revolutionized the game

this one kicks butt
someone put some serious time and research into this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0dL3JgCH0&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div


INSANE

I think this answers the question :uhuh:

The man was born to play hockey

Bobby Orr's stick handling was always what impressed me the most I think. The things he could do with a puck boggled the mind! Players today are so one dimensional......quite sad really. Having grown up in a house with an older brother who ate, slept and dreamed Big Bad Bruins, I had no choice but to watch the hockey games and I was glad I did. He was amazing.....the Babe Ruth of hockey! Watching the Bruins of my youth was the best....like watching the Bird Celtics!

Could anyone imagine if Bobby got to play all his home games on a huge rink like Grezky had in Edmonton instead of one of the smallest rinks (Boston garden)

That video of #4 brought back a lot of childhood memories. Watching him and the rest of the Bruin's back then was fantastic. Bobby Orr is the greatest to ever play the game and still remains a great guy if you ever get a chance to run into him. This is even after being screwed by his agent. They don't make role models for kids like that anymore it seems.

just watched a few of the vids... again....goosebumps watching #4 play...again. simply the best.

Yes siree Bob

Yes siree Bob

Has that dipspit on SOL given in yet, or does he still believe that those European pansies would "eat Orr alive" if #4 was playing today? :fishslap:

Hey mike I gave up. No changing that guys mind. I know I am a homer but I am pretty sure most would agree.

http://www.rhapsody.com/player?type=track&id=tra.1899114&remote=false&page=&pageregion=&guid=&from=&hasrhapx=false&__pcode=

they took the audio off the first youtube video on the thread here by redmasque so click on this, it's a live version but it works if you start them around the same time. start the rhapsody first.


Bobby Orr - still the best ever

Watching the video brought back some old memories. I used to love watching the Bruins, unfortuatly they were pretty bad for so long , I got used to not watching them. Play off hockey is whole level above the regular hockey.

Hockey thoughts:
The book "Orr on Ice"
Peter Puck
Cheevers mask with all of the stitches
Jonny Bucik hip checks
Espo camping out in front of the net and scoring
Pie Mackenzie
Ace Baily with a white turtle neck
Gary Doak blocking shots

Even though I'm from The Bronx & a YANKEE FAN.
I really enjoyed watching Dwight Evans gun runners down from right field.:err:
Jim Rice, I can not believe he is not in the hall yet.
:eek5:

Even though I'm from The Bronx & a YANKEE FAN.
I really enjoyed watching Dwight Evans gun runners down from right field.:err:
Jim Rice, I can not believe he is not in the hall yet.
:eek5:

Rice will be in there in a matter of weeks--he's among this year's inductees.

right around the corner for Mr.Rice

Update
Mr. Orr is still the best.:deadhorse:

Even though I'm from The Bronx & a YANKEE FAN.


You poor misguided soul. :angel:

Yep, Rice is in

and Yep, Orr is still the best
Greatest EVER!

Still goosebumps watching that
still the best


Imagine watching Bobby Orr back then with high definition :kewl:

Orr is the "Babe Ruth" of hockey!:buds:

still the best

I hardly ever go on that site (too many STUPID rules for me ! )
But I had to go looking for that tread.
That guy smoking crack or his european boyfriends kcid !!!





Hey mike I gave up. No changing that guys mind. I know I am a homer but I am pretty sure most would agree.

i'm convinced there will never be another # 4 - bobby orr :love:

I can only think of 3 professional athletes who truly revolutionized the way their position was played---Orr, Lawrence Taylor and Bill Russell. Russ brought defense, shot blocking, and rebounding followed by the quick outlet pass triggering the fast break to the center position. Taylor forced offensive coaches to redesign blocking schemes to defend him, often requiring them to assign a tackle where in the past, outside linebackers were always blocked by a tight end or a running back. And no defenseman ever dominated a game from the blueline, or made the breathtaking end-to-end rushes, the way that Orr did--before or since.

this makes two GREAT posts in one day from mike p.

NESN has a great special on Bobby Orr right now

Celts are on!! ;)

oh ya, thanks :)

Wish we could go back in time like this clip to this day may 10th back when I was 6 years old

YouTube - History Will Be Made - Bobby Orr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUnS5gq0BZ4&NR=1&feature=fvwp)

still the best

Yup. :uhuh:

Even though I'm from The Bronx & a YANKEE FAN.
I really enjoyed watching Dwight Evans gun runners down from right field.:err:
Jim Rice, I can not believe he is not in the hall yet.
:eek5:

Fans would show up early at Fenway, to watch BP. Not to see guys hit gumball lobs over the wall, but to watch Evans warming up his throwing arm from right field to third base. In a game, guy on first, ball hit to right, you'd hear a murmur start to rise, and if the runner on first rounded second and tried to go to third on Evans' arm, you'd have everyone on their feet. He and Clemente had the most accurate guns from right field that I ever saw, even better than Barfield's. I would have like to have been around when Carl Furillo was playing, though--old timers say his arm was the best-ever.

So it's just really starting to sink in what the Bruins accomplished this year with a great playoff run and winning the cup.
I thought I would never see them win anything again in my life as long as Jacobs owned the team. I had Gord Kluzak on a charter last year and he told me the same !
So with the Bruins winning it all anyone think less of Bobby's career and that he is the greatest ?
Me, he's still the greatest player ever !
He can also add greatest team motivator with waving the Horton flag !

So it's just really starting to sink in what the Bruins accomplished this year with a great playoff run and winning the cup.
I thought I would never see them win anything again in my life as long as Jacobs owned the team. I had Gord Kluzak on a charter last year and he told me the same !
So with the Bruins winning it all anyone think less of Bobby's career and that he is the greatest ?
Me, he's still the greatest player ever !
He can also add greatest team motivator with waving the Horton flag !

Here's the way I look at it, and the bottom line is, nothing detracts from the greatness of Orr.

Of the 3 Cups that the B's have won in my lifetime, this one was far and away the most satisfying. Just because this was the Little Engine That Could--a team that overachieved, and beat more talented teams to win it.

Orr's Bruins were one of the great underachievers in sports history. The only other team I can think of that compares is the Oakland A's of the late 1980s, who won one WS with what was far and away the best team in baseball for 3 years running. The Bruins were arguably the best team in the NHL for 5 straight years, 1968-1972. It's really a close call whether they were better than the 68 and 69 Habs teams that beat them in the Eastern finals, but in 71 they were the greatest offensive machine assembled in that era of the NHL. You can chalk it up to the Octopus if you want, but great teams don't let a goaltender beat them. Those Big, Bad Bruins were a totally undisciplined mob off the ice, and often on the ice. They coasted into the playoffs that year, and when the playoffs started, they thought that all they had to do to win the Cup was show up. Two Cups in 3 years sounds fine on paper, but they should have been one of the sport's greatest dynasties for 5 years running. But------none of this was Orr's fault. He played at a very high level in all of those series. And his off-the-ice habits weren't like guys like Espo, Sanderson and McKenzie, who never saw a bar they could pass without stopping in for a few.

It's also a different era. More teams, more dilution of talent, and a salary cap. The playing field is more level, and 4th seeds and lower do have a realistic chance at the Cup.

Nope---he's still the greatest.

robert gordon orr #4. the greatest ever period. everytime i watch old film i get goosebumps.

And let's not forget that he was playing on a knee that had already seen two major surgeries by the 1970 season...... Imagine if he had been really healthy throughout his career.....

I hadn't remembered this.....sucks.


Orr's first professional contract was one of the first in professional ice hockey to be negotiated by an agent. It made him the highest-paid player in NHL history as a rookie.[4] His second contract was the first million-dollar contract in the NHL. However, after his retirement, Orr learned that he was deeply in debt and he had to sell off most of what he owned. Orr broke with his agent Alan Eagleson and sued the Black Hawks to settle his contract. Orr and his family returned to Boston where Orr went into business to rebuild his finances. Orr aided the investigations that led to Eagleson's fraud convictions and disbarment. Orr also supported the law suit that exposed the corruption of the NHL's pension plan.

Yep,

ABSOLUTELY still the greatest!!!


http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/attachments/plug-building-got-wood/37184d1260990150-number-4-number4.jpg

And still the greatest ever, on Banner Night. :btu:

Still the GREATEST EVER

on his 65th Birthday

How lucky we were to have had him and that we can forever call him the greatest ever!!! He will forever be that to us! I think when they coined the phrase "poetry in motion" it was Bobby Orr they were talking about.......he was simply amazing to watch! I bet I have seen that video 200 times and I still get slack jawed watching it!! Happy Birthday Bobby Orr.......#4!:uhuh:

I was at this game and the place went nuts when he started waiving Hortons flag. It brought tears to my eyes. Best ever!
Bobby Orr Honorary Captain at Stanley Cup Game 4 Waving Horton's Banner - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jq3U7dgAsA&feature=player_detailpage)

Yep, still the greatest of all time

Bump to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of "The Goal"

what larry said.

Bobby Orr's Stanley Cup Goal May 10th, 1970 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZR2MGFDTYE)

Go Bruins

This thread needs a bump !

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/09/28/number-bobby-orr-still-number/2QgHMeTyFcjwgoIKj2mlJL/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw

Always a fav!!!:uhuh:

If you buy that "plus/minus" gives you the best picture of the most complete hockey player, it's not even close. Even though they didn't award for it during Orr's day, he led the NHL in +/- for 6 years, and never finished with a minus rating. Including the all time record of +124 in 1970-1971. Except for when he was in the box himself, he played on the PK unit, and always was at the left point on the PP. They didn't record time on ice back then, but he routinely played over 30 minutes a game. Only two players have ever finished a season with a +100 or more rating---Orr and Larry Robinson, and the case is closed there for "best defensemen ever". Because in addition to being a scoring machine, Orr played defense.

Gretzky led the league in +/- 3 times, but, he also finished with a minus rating 7 times over his career. Which, granted, was twice as long as Orr's.

Both made everyone around them better, too.

Happy Birthday to the GREATEST ever!

Happy 66th Birthday to the greatest sports legend this town has ever seen! May he enjoy many more....he deserves them!:uhuh:

:uhuh:

Still the GREATEST

Happy Birthday to the best hockey player ever and a hell of a good guy :btu:

Still get goosebumps....#4 Bobby Orr!

Yup, the best

First class gentleman too
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And a pretty decent fisherman.
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Still the Greatest Ever hockey player in the universe

HBD
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Yup
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Still the Greatest!!!!
:cheers:


anniversary of "THE GOAL"



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOIlfV-XtBg

Happy 70th Birthday to the Greatest hockey player of all time!!!

Still the Greatest ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHNWHgpcd78


49 years ago today

Still the Greatest

age ..I thought it was about boxing ><>:huh::huh:

Anyone see the Bruins programs on the NHL channel today and more on tonight?

Any question Orr is not the greatest is answered. Lots of great highlights and history lesson
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