MattPie
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22 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
I've lost my nerve as a writer. (I don't write professionally or anything, just for fun.)
I used to write all the time. Now I've convinced myself that putting out my drivel on here or emailing a buddy long ramblings "scratches my itch."
Now I have a day off, it's spitting snow, the coffee has kicked in and I just sat here weaving a great story in my mind. It would only be a short story, not a novel, you lazy ass, but I don't see myself doing a lick with it.
Why?
Does anyone here write? Compose music? Paint?
It's not fun. It's torture.
Oh, when it's done and it's perfect, you feel great, like 10 minutes after finishing a 5K. While you're cramping and gasping, not so much.
How do I start?
I never thought of writing or composing as type-2 fun, but it makes a ton of sense. I've surprised myself by taking a liking to type-2 fun in the form of riding bicycles up hills. I'm terrible at it, but it's such a joy when I'm at the top. Maybe it's not such a surprise; software troubleshooting is similarly miserable until it's fixed, then it's a huge high.
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On 11/24/2023 at 11:42 AM, GASabresIUFAN said:
Do you honestly think that is going to happen? He isn't being returned to Jrs. He is here for the duration of this season and therefore next season as well.
Tuch, Skinner, Cozens, Mitts, TNT, JJP, and Quinn are the top forwards on this team when healthy. That leaves two slots for other forwards in the top 9 and KA is clearly committing to Benson for one of those slots. It's really that simple.
I'm not sure I agree, but I also wouldn't be surprised if you're right. If the Sabres get to point that everyone is healthy and they have to send someone down, I could see it being Benson rather than having to put someone through waivers but that's about it.
On 11/24/2023 at 12:50 PM, Taro T said:And to further that thought, didn't Shane Wright stay in Seattle until the WJC's and then go back to Juniors after they were over? It's not like keeping a kid past the ELC year burning game automatically means he must be up the entire year.
See Grigorenko, Mikhail. He played 25 for the Sabres in 2012 was sent back to the Q because he wasn't cutting it.
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50 minutes ago, SABRES 0311 said:
Yes facts do matter. As they come out a better picture of what actually happened will emerge. Was any eyewitness account purposely ignored or suppressed? Did those news stations just have bad sources?
Not sure what you are getting at with your last sentence. Never said we are in a final investigative stage. I said preliminary reporting does not have all the information a final investigation would have.
Responsible adults and news outlets make sure they got it reasonably right before putting everyone on blast. You shouldn't believe preliminary reports and shouldn't repeat them, since they're BS.
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Won't someone think of the poor Fox News reporter that spent all day polishing up the article blaming President Biden for this terrorist attack, only for it not to be used?
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4 minutes ago, French Collection said:
Most of the trades are around the deadline ( mid January) so these guys would already be in the AHL/NHL already.
Do off-season trades commonly happen in the CHL? I could see a situation where a team only has 1-2 legit players in their last year for whatever reason and trades them away to get better picks at the end of the season.
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16 hours ago, DHawerchuk10 said:
I get that, but people talk about Paula’s like some Buffalo institution every time I return, and it almost gaslights me into thinking I was left out of some hidden trend.
Not to hijack things, but I always found cultural differences between Southtowns and Northtowns fascinating. There are numerous things that are popular in the Southtowns, that a Northtown gent like myself didn’t even know existed. I kinda thought Paula’s might be like that, and I just wasn’t “with it” back in the 80’s and 90’s to know it was there. Same with Bar Bill.
Nope, no idea about Paula's until I started hearing about it after I left (mostly here; I don't talk to many people from Buffalo other than family and they don't seem to care). I lived near EA until 1999.
12 hours ago, GoPuckYourself said:Yeah I guess it's more touristy but even people who have lived here for most of their lives speak about it like it's the holy grail. To each their own I guess but I find the food to be mediocre and the atmosphere also.
I actually like Arby's more than BWW, the fish sandwich is maybe the best fast food fish sandwich I've ever had. Again everyone is different and BWW is always packed so I'm probably in the minority.During college we went a few times for kicks. I remember the suicides being fun but not stupendously hot, which is fine by me. I did go back once since then, but I can't remember the details other than it was probably 15-20 years ago.
Interestingly enough, I grew up ~3 miles from The Bar Bill, but it was always "that weird dive bar near the circle". It wasn't until a friend moved back to Buffalo in the early 2000s that I heard it was anything other than a dive. We always ordered pizza and wings from Sorrentino's across from the EA plaza, and then when that closed, Pasquale's on Main.
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2 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:
What is with this teams defence in the last 2 mins of a half / game ?
McDermott has to figure it out and fast. If they don't blow people out , they lose. Except for the miracle vs Tyrod and the Giants
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1 hour ago, K-9 said:
That is an impossible ask. And you know that.
But the point isn’t about players who failed to “fully develop” in junior hockey. The point is that players who are clearly in need of a bigger challenge can’t get it because of a rule that denies them the opportunity. Yes, Savoie is going to spend considerable more time in Rochester next year, where he has shown he already belongs, but his progress as a pro hockey prospect will have been hindered in the meantime because he would be that much farther along is allowed to compete in the A vs men as opposed to teenagers.
Would Kulich be better off in juniors and more fully developed if he were forced to return to that level at 19 years of age?
While I mostly agree with you, a 19-year-old 5'9" player may well be better off gaining strength off-ice while playing against teenagers than getting rocked for 72 games in the A against 25-year-olds with no way to the NHL other than being hard-nosed players. In the end, Savoie isn't going to be ruined playing in the CHL this year, and it helps the Sabres by delaying the start of his pro contract timeline.
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1 hour ago, Doohickie said:
I just turned 61 and have accepted that my knee will never be 100% again but I keep riding anyway.
I hear you, lol. Right now I'm trying to decide if I should pull the trigger on a sale full suspension MTB, or decide that I'm too old for that and just keep riding my rigid Surly around on the easy stuff. Riding the Surly on the rocks and roots in my late-40s got me into this mess, lol.
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I messed up my knee over a series of bike rides in early September, and it's not 100% yet. By far the longest I've had a nagging thing like this.
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On 11/17/2023 at 5:57 PM, Doohickie said:
Chef's is another thing that was around when I lived in Buffalo but we never went. There were too many good Italian restaurants in Cheektowaga. Roma's (mentioned upthread) was one- everything there was homemade (I know, because when I worked there, I made it). A lot of people liked Baraci's/Baracini's on Union Road. And there were others. My mom's family is from Lackawanna and I still have family there; we've been to Ilio DiPaolo's (or however it's spelled) and I remember that being pretty good too.
I went to Chef's *once* when my dept head at the big G took us out a "safety lunch" ("listen up, everyone be safe"). I don't remember it being good or bad, but it was 25+ years ago. It was free however.
On 11/18/2023 at 4:30 PM, Brawndo said:Question for the Buffalo Expats, how often do you come back to visit?
Every few months; it's a 3-hour drive now and both my and MsPie's parents are there.
7 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:Anchor Bar- Any of them, the food at least to me is vastly overrated and over priced (Like everything now a days but still).
Buffalo Wild Wings- Shouldn't it just be Wild wings here? Also a place that not only I felt the food was meh but it got me sick twice and i havent gone back to it since 1997.
The Goo Goo Dolls- I was never a fan of the music, I never got what the hype was about but it was always "hey they're from Buffalo, Ny".
I thought I was going to get through the thread and be the first to mention how irrelevant the Goos are to me.
2 minutes ago, Taro T said:Buffalo Wild Wings is actually out of Minnesota and is just slightly closer to REAL wings than KFC is. (It's not QUITE that bad, but it is a huge step down from Bar-Bill, Duff's, Elmo's, the Gate, Union Pub, ...) If you spend enough on advertising, people will buy anything.
I thought the story is it was Buffalo expats, and originally it was Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck. ... Well, I was half-right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Wild_Wings
QuoteThey decided to open their own restaurant, selecting a location near the Ohio State University in Columbus. The "Weck" in the original title refers to beef on weck, a sandwich originally served at the restaurant.[5]
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12 minutes ago, Marvin said:
What was so wrong with 4 on 4 again?
5 minutes of sludgy hockey that often doesn't accomplish anything is all I remember. People complained about the shootout, so the NHL made sure fewer games go to a shootout with 3-on-3.
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1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:
Does one mistake make him a moron?
Why do you think it's one mistake? It could be, or it could be a whole string of mistakes that only one was reported.
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On 11/11/2023 at 4:58 PM, JoeSchmoe said:
Lets take a vote using the ✅ or the ❌ to my post...
Who SKIPPED reading this because it was too long.
✅ SKIPPED
❌ DIDN'T SKIP
I skipped it because of the raving.
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I've been burned too many times by 6K to believe yet.
Actually, can we call him COOL WHITE, since 6000K = COOL WHITE (kinda) in color temperature?
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46 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Dumb, yes. Dumbest? Hardly. Heck, it probably isn't even the dumbest thing said on just this board today.
Hmmm:
43 minutes ago, #freejame said:Calling shutout and 2 assists for 6k now
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I looked it up, I think there have been 44 2-point nights for G in NHL history, and one 3-point night, Jeff Reese, Calgary Flames, 02/10/1993, SJS 1 @ CGY 13. Sabres had three, Darren Puppa had 2, Ryan MIller 1. Tom Barasso and Grant Fuhr also have 3 and 2, respectively but not as Sabres.
https://records.nhl.com/records/goaltender-records/scoring/most-points-goaltender-one-game
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
Oh I think this ain't over... he is not happy.
Previous Sens ownership was pretty good at "forgetting" to inform partners of details.
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1 minute ago, Radar said:
Why don't we just use names? Seems so silly.
Only if we put a -stein filter in for misspellings.
6K? I dunno, but we'll find out of the next few weeks since Comrie is out. He's shown flashes before but always comes back to his normal level. He's still young, but to me, as a highlight-watcher he seems slow to react to anything other than straight-on shots.
For that matter, Levi seems to give up big rebounds and loses the puck too, but maybe that's because I only see the best chances and goals.
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Saw that some people are questioning Bellichick. It's all lining up; Bills and Pats fire coaches at the end of disappointing years, and the Bills hire Bellichick. At least he's proven he can win with a QB.
(kinda kidding, kinda not)
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17 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
The thing is... depending on how he is with his personal finances he may never have to work again.
Exactly. He made more in his stint with the Sabres than I'll likely make in my lifetime. As long as he's smart about it, he can do whatever he wants. I logged into Golf Social Media (LinkedIn) and he didn't turn up, but then again neither does Adams. I guess for the Hockey Industry, you know everyone already so posting about synergy and best-of-breed processes isn't really required.
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4 minutes ago, LTS said:
Doesn't D4rk rock one of those at times?
Ooh, could be. But it wasn't him (at least I'm fairly sure). Looked like a local since he was hanging out in one of the booths. I was going to complement him, but he was having a conversation and I didn't want to be rude.
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Saw a guy at the Ithaca Farmers' Market today wearing a home-white Darren Puppa jersey.
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Buffalo Bills 2023 Thread
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Very succinct explanation of the McD effect.