MattPie

At the Big G, there was a tasting room where various people (who had some training) would sit together and sample the output over the last day or two and compare against samples from further back to make sure everything was consistent. I assume it works the same in all food industries; although for that one I'm guessing there's a spit bucket and the tasting is done towards the end of a shift.

I expect he'll come out playing with his hair on fire to show Buffalo what they gave up.

I'm not sure too many people outside area code 716 (and 814, hat tip to you) expected the Sabres to be in the conversation.

I tend to agree. How about this: the Eagles has a profound effect on music listeners in the 70s and maybe 80s, where Bowie was never as popular for his classic rock period, but his moves into pop and electronic later in his career, as well as movies and fashion puts him more prevalent in the popular mind.

At the western Philly suburbs stores I frequent, Bison is usually available. Troyer Farms chips I haven't seen. I looked last night and they had Zweigle's but not Sahlen's (they also had Hoffman's, from Syracuse). You might get more Buffalo stuff in NC though; there's certainly a large and vocal enough population of Buffalo ex-pats.

My wife digs Weg's Vodka sauce, thanks! I like all the pasta sauces I've tried, although they're not as good as mine. :)

Well, before the weekend I would have doubted it, but now, still doubt it but at least it's in the range of possibility.

Using nouns as verbs is how you millennial.

Are we all friends here at The Sabrespace again?

I was thinking the same thing last night.

OEL: nope, nope, nope, oh, Doan's got you tied up? Swing!

I haven't seen Sahlens as lately at my local store (which is on the small side), I'm going over to a larger store tonight; I'll have to take a look. They usually have Weber's and the mix to make the brown hotdog sauce though.

I don't know who Mike Sharpe is either. Mick Box is the Guitarist for Uriah Heep and Ron Bushy is the drummer for Iron Butterfly (I had to look them up). I used them (somewhat joking) as examples of bands that were popular (Iron Butterfly has a platinum album and Uriah Heep had several albums in the top-50) but largely forgotten. I'm not saying the Eagles will be forgotten, BTW. Another interesting one is JJ Cale. If you look at the people that cite him as an influence it's incredible that almost no one knows who he is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJ_Cale

Pysyk back, game won, case closed! :)

Anyone tried running snowshoes? I'm not a runner, but I've run very short distances in my regular snowshoes and it's not that unnatural.

Could be, I was a kid in the 80s and not around for enough of the 70s to remember much. All the same, I don't think the Eagles currently have anywhere near the impact of Bowie or Alan Rickman on the general consciousnes; I somewhat stand by my point (not to offend anyone). It's not like it's Mick Box or Ron Bushy we're talking about here. :)

This belongs here I guess: It looks to me like the player in red that was tied up with the Linesman (73, also hit the GT) may have still been fired up and was going to go after someone else. I'm not sure what the trainer was thinking (maybe he's the kid's dad or something).

Wears a short skirt and a loooonggg jacket.

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I thought that was MODO.

Call them up and talk about how much you like all 15 NCIS shows. Although right now, football playoffs might get you some good leverage if it goes that long as those two have both games this week, right?

I wonder if there isn't a bit of media amplification. If Glen Frey (who frankly, I didn't know his name before this) dies a week or three before the current run, does it get as much play as "the next in a string of celebrity deaths"? I don't think he does, (not to dismiss his talent).

I think it was Panama, IRC. Just before reading your post, my mind jumped to playing music too. I was thinking non-stop Euro Club hits would be appropriate for them. I heard on the radio there's a couple stations in Michigan that are in a price war down below $1. I'm guessing even if that's making sense financially, the taxes in MI are lower than a lot of places in the US (think auto industry).

Couple thoughts: As someone (Wildcard?) pointed out somewhere, the Sabres need to go something like 26-11 to get to 91 points this season, or 30-7 to get to 98 points (where #8 qualified last season, abnormally high). The Sabres are not going to win 2 of 3, never mind 3 of 4 for the rest of the season. Playoffs are extremely unlikely. Now that playoffs are almost out of the picture, you need to evaluate what you have. The Sabres more or less know what they have in Johnson (borderline NHL starter on the last year of his deal) and the Sabres more or less know what they have in Ullmark (kid is a bit raw but shows some real promise once he gets used to the NA game). What they don't know is what Lehner is going to look like post-injury. The only way to know that is for him to play as much as he is possible.