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  1. From TBN. The way he helped the Sabres score goals won't be found on any stat sheet. "One day during practice I was leaning against the door at the end of the rink in Memorial Auditorium," he said. "I had my foot at the bottom of the door and John Tucker shoots the puck around the boards. It hit right where my foot was. I told him to do it again and I kept my foot in the same spot. The puck bounced right out into the slot. I knew I was on to something." It wasn't unusual to see Palmer in that same spot during Sabre games, putting his foot down at just the right moment. "It happened maybe 10 or 12 times a year," he said. It became so common that some teams included it in their scouting reports. Others complained to the referees. Others went even further. "When Daren Puppa was the goaltender with Tampa Bay, their backup was Wendell Young," Palmer said. "And he had also been in Pittsburgh the year before with Tom Barrasso, another (ex-Sabre) who knew I did it. "So one night Young starts cussing me out and said he was going to punch me out. I got a little scared that night." Did Palmer's help ever result in a Sabres goal? "Oh, one or two," he said with a smile.
  2. Brolean Broilers. Woody for owner. You know he's got those billions.
  3. That's up there for best one liners on the board since... The last total solar eclipse.
  4. We did. I'm the one you slipped the tongue. To my angst about the forecast. The whole rapid clearing west to east was talked about so late. I actually picked it up on the cloud imaging site Don Paul was pushing. I will temper my bum epithet and just say they have a challenging job but dropped the ball. With a tiny bit more advanced warning I would have gone straight to Erie ish. That said, it's corny but things happen for a reason sometimes. I hung out with a grandpa and two little ones who started out from Harrisburg and ended up in that Walmart lot. Very heartwarming. I don't know who he voted for nor did I care. Events like this show us how much more we have in common. Not sure it will move the needle of division, but it's nice to be reminded. Also... Clouds are cool.
  5. It was so sunny driving west. Now not so much. Meanwhile back home it looks to be now clear(er). Such is life.
  6. I drove west to Corry PA and have planted my flag at a Walmart. Mix of sun and clouds. Got to see the start of the eclipse but now clouds are winning out. What a beautiful sky with so many cool clouds. It's almost like they are saying we are worth looking at too. Gotta get lucky for totality.
  7. The clouds are really ripping along. I would feel bad for SDS if they reach him sooner than expected. Fingers crossed.
  8. NWS Buffalo really impressing. Clouds will move in this afternoon? Look at the imagery above. Like the ending... You do the work, folks. The cloud forecast for Western NY is tricky, as mid to low clouds will move into the area this afternoon. There still could be some breaks in these, but these localized breaks will be fairly sparse and difficult to forecast since they will vary from location to location. Looking at upstream satellite imagery, there is some reason for optimism for Western NY since skies are clearing a bit faster from the west than most model guidance shows. It`ll take a little bit of luck to get this clearing into Western NY in time for the eclipse, but for areas from Buffalo west, the visible satellite imagery is the best tool to monitor.
  9. Got this resource? Don Paul mentioned it in the News. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G16&sector=ne&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12 Clouds seem to be moving to the east a little faster than thought. Maybe some miracle chance there will be peaks of sun in five hours?
  10. The Hockey Gods were not to be outdone, what with PK sticking a fork in the Sabres.
  11. I would drive an hour or two to see it if local conditions are poor, but there still isn't good guidance on where that might be. Burlington VT and Akron OH, sure. The original point of this thread was to ask if being near the shoreline would make sense on an otherwise cloudy day inland.
  12. Candy could move on the ice for a big man.
  13. What I do with the forecast is up to me. I'm doing research on cloud patterns in spring near Lake Erie and would like to come to Buffalo next weekend. Aud's nerds at the airport are telling me Saturday will be partly sunny (mostly cloudy but after another work week with crummy weather they need to give us some hope). According to you that forecast is unrealistic. What's the point then? My problem with meteorologists is they want the cool, smart cred to tell us the weather five, seven, 10, 45 (!) days in advance, and have us believe it. Normally it only ruins someone's outdoor plans. But when 10s of millions of people are counting on it, suddenly it's... What do we know? Check back at 1:30 on Monday. They're bums.
  14. If the Flyers lose to the BJs and the Sabres beat the Wings and the Sens beat the Caps, the planets might really be aligning.
  15. Life's funny. It's going to be so awkward for thousands of people filing into the arena for Game 3. Will they have no shame?
  16. I don't get why Dan has to say stuff like The Sabres are looking for a goal here... Flyers are looking to tie it up. Duh.
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