Wednesday, October 7, 2022
Column HR372
HU?
The response by Colonies’ dart players, including the Old Dart Coach, when the North American Open Dart Tournament bit the dust after 2001, was “Hu?”. “Hu” combined with the “Brook Trout Look” indicated that they had no idea what was going to transpire.
The North American was a …
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Column HR371
“The THrill of Victory… and the Agony of Defeat”
For any male in the 1960s, now as old as glass milk bottles, Saturday afternoons meant ABC’s Wide World of Sports…
“Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports… the thrill of victory and the agony …
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Howie Reed's ColumnWednesday, September 22, 2022
Column HR370
“Facts are the Enemy of Truth”…
…from author Miguel de Cervantes’ quill in his novel Don Quixote. Today, facts trump media truths. The Old Dart Coach is both.
Don Quixote had a fear of windmills. Amsterdam is a city of windmills. Is it a coincidence that the Old …
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Uncategorized
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Column HR369
Unexpected Consequences
The world’s deluged with individuals using “unexpected consequences” to explain lack of common sense and stupidly. Oil prices rise and so does everything else – that’s common sense, not unexpected consequences. The Old Dart Coach chewing a red licorice rope breaks a tooth – that’s an unexpected …
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Column HR368
Streisand & Redford, Umberger & Karpowich, Kramer & McGinnis
What in the Sam Hill is going on?
Streisand & Redford in the same headline as great darting duos?
Reitan-Green & Hopkins, Karpowich & Maloney, Lim & Sinnaeve, Verrier & McDonald (Cricket only) – and Reed & Parsley would also …
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Column HR367
The SPOTTED OWL
The Spotted Owl is an endangered species listed with the Bald Eagle. The action to list the Spotted Owl was fueled by those who feared it would be pushed to extinction as logging expanded. Most of these folks wouldn’t recognize a Spotted Owl if one bit …
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Howie Reed's ColumnWednesday, August 24, 2022
Column HR366
GOLDEN AGE DARTERS’ REUNION… A GO!
What started as dinner conversation among four old geezers then affirmed by two fair darting damsels, Lisa Farrell and Connie Sroka, has become a reality. On January 20-21, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Tuscany Hotel/Casino, the First Annual “Darters of the …
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Thursday, August 17, 2022
Column HR365
GREY SKIES FOR LADIES’ DARTS
The world, especially sport, has transitioned from rewarding excellence to kotowing to the loudest minority. Darts has not escaped this rapidly-spreading WOKE virus. Common sense the only known vaccine.
Like many, the World Darts Federation (WDF) grabs its ankles asking for neither a cocktail …
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
Column HR364
FAMILY AFFAIR
(Warning! Fact-checkers caution that some of the ODC’s dart “facts” below may not be entirely accurate. Readers should take them with a grain of salt, a shot of tequila and a lime.)
Shortly after England abandoned “carting” (dragging criminals thru the streets behind a cart …
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Howie Reed's ColumnThursday, August 4, 2022
Column HR363
Soapbox – Rants and Raves!
There are times when the ODC ascends the soapbox to rant and rave, even without the aid of Stupid Fluid…
It’s easy to rave about Pal Lim as he’s the 10th wonder of the sporting world right behind Tom Brady and Manny Pacquiao. The …
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