PASabreFan
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Thanks. I should have bought that ObamaCare.
I think you mean BobamaCare. Sorry. That was truly bad.
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They could have. He could have taken the deal too. They both made choices. He disappointed me.
Ohhh, my sarcasm meter is wonky.
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He was a leader.
We were biting this morning. We were biting this morning.
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Knock me over with a feather. It didn't sell.
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...says the man in the tinfoil hat.
Come on, man, that's why I almost like them again!
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It took nearly 50 years for the percentage of adults smoking to be cut in half. We're talking around a half percentage point drop annually, without considering the aforementioned caveats. The only place this data supports your point is in your fantasy land.
I said people quit smoking in the 70s and 80s. The chart shows smoking dropped from about 38% of the population to about 28% of the population between 1970 and 1990. People quit smoking. Perreault could have been one of them.
What's up doc?
Mike Wilson. He was so highly thought of that he was one of a handful of then-current Sabres (Patty and Brad May as well) on the ice for the closing ceremonies at the Aud.
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We're both super busy. It's why I've been relatively quiet lately. I start classes at UB on Tuesday so I was on campus today getting things squared away and familiarizing myself with the facilities. My god does college feel weird. I'm not old by any means but I feel like I'm surrounded by children. Get off my lawn!
How are the, uh, facilities? At your age, you should always know where the nearest head is. Download Constanza's app.
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If "deny deny deny" is going to be your tactic then I don't even know why you're here.
Anyone who doubts what these guys did to themselves back in Perreault's day needs to read this book:
Fine. Everyone smoked. You need to kick back and blaze out a doobie (do I have the lingo right?).
http://www.cdc.gov/t...obile=nocontent
The idea that there was some huge drop in adult smokers in the 70s is nothing short of mythical. And that data doesn't even adjust for generational replacement versus the reduction due to current smokers quitting, nor does it account for the culture of athletes at the time.
Looks to me like a solid downward trend. I never said there was a huge drop. But thanks for backing up my point with a chart. You sure can't count on carp anymore.
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Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I'm picking up an undertone of the Sabres promoting McDavid as a future Sabre. This seems pretty dumb, as the odds are quite low (and have just gotten lower) that they'll end up with him.
This organization is so batshit crazy, I'm almost ready to start liking them again.
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I will. PA, you can't say "semantics aside" and then play the semantics game.
Everybody smoked. Smoking is a non-factor on whether Perreault cared enough or not.
I actually wish we had more smokers and drinkers and general miscreants in the game today. I find today's uber-atheletes to be really boring. It's why I get such a kick out of all the Pat Kane hoopla whenever he is seen actually having fun,… at his Stanley Freakin' Cup parades!
Bull. People quit smoking in the 70s and 80s so they could be healthier. The trend toward many fewer people smoking didn't start overnight. It wasn't the freaking Middle Ages. Oh yeah, world-class athletes also stayed in shape year round.
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Eleven, you're the only one trolling, and I can't believe I'm taking your bait.
Perreault shouldn't have smoked. He would have been a better player had he not smoked. Everyone didn't smoke, to the extent that Keenan was shocked by the number of players who smoked in Chicago. Certainly there were players who quit smoking to improve their games, and certainly enough players didn't smoke so that Perreault should have seen the error of his ways. Like d4rk's knock on Vanek, apparently it was just another case of a talented player who didn't really have that burning desire to be the very best he could be.
Nothing controversial here.
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i voted other. My vote was for Hasek. I base this on the following. The single greatest hockey player I have ever watched play was number 39. Older people talk about how amazing gilbert was and him being the greatest player. To me this is nonsense. The greatest was Hasek. He alone got the sabres points in the standings, he alone won playoff games and playoff series. he was voted the best in the league not only at his position but overall twice.
Now that I have built him up it is time to tear him down. This is a player that had quit on his team multiple times and he was not just any player when he did this. He was the player the whole team was built around. If the locker room rumors are to be trusted he was not just one of the players dividing the team and front office he was one of the central players. On top of that he leveraged the team to trade him so far below market value that it was laughable how little they got in return and helped sent the team into a rebuld without much in the way of a return.
This is the greatest sabre to wear the uniform, one of the best players ever, and arguably the greatest goalie ever. What did that get the sabres? 1 game six in the finals within 8 years. Looking back I would never of thought Hasek would only get us one shot at a cup
Good post.
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Dude, everyone in the NHL during Perreault's time smoked. A lot still do.
http://www.si.com/nh...rettesnhlhockey
These guys might be athletes but they love their smokes.
Keenan says in the article he was surprised when he got to Chicago, because not many guys in Philly smoked.
Semantics aside, your point is beside the point. Everyone, even in the 1970s, knew smoking was bad for you. Any professional athlete would have known it was keeping him from being his very best. Perreault apparently just didn't care. He also routinely came to camps overweight and out of shape, but of course, dude, you'll tell me they all did.
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So did everyone else.
I doubt it.
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I'm just not that mad about it. I honestly feel bad for Leino.
My scorn is more easily directed at the guy who clearly had talent, and clearly scored a lot of goals, and clearly just doesn't care about the game. I expect Vanek will probably never win a Stanley Cup, and that would be fitting because he was never quite good enough to put the team on his back. And the Sabres were his best opportunity to win. He won't do it elsewhere.
Perreault smoked.
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Go big or go home. Gilbert Perreault.
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That'd be pretty ######in' fun(ny) to bring the Otters in to show off McDavid to Buffalo fans during Tank MkII.
He's likely not purchasing the Otters. I don't know of any OHL teams owned or affiliated with NHL teams. Plus Erie wouldn't fit the model of regionalization anyways- most of the Erie population is Penguins fans.
It should be, and would be, Sabre Country, if the fortunes of the two franchises were ever reversed.
Sabres lead the league in major announcements. One of these days Terry is going to announce he's the Lord Jesus and no one will come. #boywhofrackedwolf
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I'm going to offer a darkhorse candidate for most disappointing player. Thanks to the way he arrived in town, Slava Kozlov deserves consideration.
Doesn't disappointment imply high expectations? Kozlov scored some big goals for Detroit in the playoffs — Leino cough cough — but I think most people saw him for what he was — a lesser player who was acceptable to Dom, someone Dom didn't need in Detroit to win a Cup.
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Craigslist is awesome.
I replaced my fence over the weekend, and I'd had the idea to put the old wood panels on craigslist to see if anyone would take them for kindling and save me the expense of disposal. Even though firewood is expensive, I wasn't sure how much interest there would be because it was a lot (more than 8 panels) and the 6' x 8' size would be difficult to transport. So I was pleasantly surprised to have SEVEN people reply within 5 hours of posting Sunday evening. The person I contacted came by this evening and took all of it off my hands, and now I have my driveway back (and a new fence). Win-win!
And you're alive!
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Welp, I had to go and google digital intercourse to see if GCOE had an original turn of phrase.
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This. This is the condescension that makes me love you so much.
How can you stand having digital intercourse with a person so far inferior to your intellect and experience as I am? Truly, you bring a depth to my life that I lack elsewhere. I appreciate your charity, and am deeply grateful for both for the lessons you teach, and the person I hope to one day become under your tutelage.
Digital intercourse. I like that. Man, I've slept with a lot of you fellas.
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Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshever) didn't write it.
Most Disappointing Sabre: Tyler Myers would have been a strong pick. Everyone had him pegged as a Norris candidate by now.
Most Disappointing Moment: Brad Park's very tough to beat. Sabres also led 2-0 in that one.
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My guess is that this would result in a doubling, tripling, quadrupling, etc.'ing of the government's current contribution to ALS research efforts. Like it or not, that's just politically unfeasible.
That total was $39 million last year, down $5 million from the year before.
Is it idealistic to ask our tax dollars to adequately (I'll drop the hot potato word fully) fund medical research? Yes. But if we can be idealistic in our foreign policy, in thinking that we can "spread democracy," often at the point of a bayonet, we can be idealistic at home.
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What is your definition of "fully funded?"
Fully funded=ALS organizations don't feel the need to resort to fundraising gimmicks. I don't think this should be an issue in a country where corporations like Apple pay no taxes, where billions are flushed down the toilet of bureaucracy and where we think we can police the world. Let's see the Department of Agriculture have a bake sale to afford the high salaries of its administrators.
To Aud's comment, and Taro's general gist, I see this as a separate issue from the role of government in improving social welfare. I tend to agree that private charities, private initiatives etc. can do a better job at, say, helping the homeless, maybe with some government funding, than the government itself can. I don't think it's fair to say, hey, the gubmint can't do everything, like adequately fund research into dread diseases, here, you nice American people do it.
Things that are AWESOME...
in The Aud Club
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This is straight from eBay.
You might want to consider meeting in a neutral area for local pickups
If you don't want the person to know where you live, consider meeting at a restaurant or near a warehouse
This would probably make you and the buyer feel more comfortable
Make it an area with more traffic, so you will never have to be alone
Make SURE you are not meeting in a dark alleyway
To summarize, near a warehouse, good. Dark alleyway, bad. Dark warehouse should be OK, right?