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Originally Posted by RM
jj,
Thanks for the link. Okay, so the "ex" is a gigantic, yearly fair at a location that once served as the site for the 1967 World's Fair. Is that where the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals) team name came from ? Am I even close ?
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wow, now I'm confused...this is like a who's on first exchange, ha....world fair? hmmm, "Ex"po '67 was in Montreal in 1967, duh...so that's a different ex, lol
actually our ex is like and ex-lover...most now avoid it at all costs, lol
the Montreal Expos played at Jerry Park then at Olympic Stadium following the 1976 Olympics....it's odd, but i followed baseball and the NL much more closely back during Expos telecast days, before the Jays arrived
anyhow, I used to work at the EX (18 day marathons) and clearly recall it being SO popular that I could not move at all when venturing down the midway...years earlier, the family would visit and our folks would let sis and I (probably a mere 5 and 7 years of age) wander throughout on our own and we'd all meet at 10pm at a chosen fountain or tower... we used to take shortcuts through dark alleys, etc...it was either safer back then or our rural-bred family was just naive and fortunate city creeps didn't bonk us on the head and steal our $allowance
char, there was a chincey but moving Memory Lane exhibit there last year