Sabres Fan in NS

What was that you said ? I was distracted.

I'm feeling nostalgic today. I miss 1980 with The Clash and Mikey Dread at the controls. RIP Joe - it's been more than 20 years now. RIP Mikey - it's been more than 15 years now.

It's not the size that matters, but how one uses it. That's what she / he always says. It's truer than true.

He refused to work for a team the choose to lose on purpose, IMO. I don't think Ruff was 'fired'. He was given the choice and he left.

I believe he will sign for 5 @ $4.75M to $5M just before his hearing. Just because he filed does not mean either side intends to go there. He has a bit more leverage now.

What could go wrong. Those guys earn there 1$ a week pay.

Definite pattern, there !! (in my best Bob Cole). I'm a gonna say ... 25/35/60

I have letters after my name and am a numbers guy. There is a pattern in there, but I have not figured it out yet.

If UPL and some backup or other hold up. The defence plays even a bit tighter than last year. The goal scorers remember how to score even while focusing on the defencive side of the game overall. Better forechecking and taking away the neutral zone. All the kids are a year older and hopefully they took the summer seriously to be ready for camp. Good luck on the injury front. A good amount of puck luck will not hurt. I hate the loser point, so just win baby - preferably in regulation. Ruff inspires them to be real men. In the East 7th or 8th is a realistic goal this year and then anything can happen.

There is private insurance for prescriptions, glasses and dental. Those are usually purchased through employer plans (cheaper premiums due to volume), but often have a co-pay (Intuit pays 100% of my premiums for me and my wife - over $4,000 / year). There are limits as to coverage for certain things and amounts per year. There are no plans to get a jump on the lines for tests and such. Here in NS there are some private for profit companies that offer certain tests - mostly MRIs and such. If you can / want to pay you can go to those clinics. I do know many people who opted to go to the US or even Europe for treatments of certain cancers and such. In NS MSI (the provincial medical services administrator for the government) will reimburse out of pocket expenses up to the limits set in NS for similar services or for services not offered in NS. Private insurance may help a bit for out of Canada treatments depending on the plans - most people travelling will purchase additional coverage for example. That coverage can be purchased when going for treatments. There are also tax credits available for medical expenses paid for my the taxpayer, including out of province / country treatments and travel costs.

I will also address this. We pay a lot for our 'universal coverage', which is not 100% universal. About 60% of every single tax dollar collected goes to fund health care in Canada. I do the math in simply terms and we actually pay more than anyone in the US, even if they had to pay themselves. Another major issue in Canada are extremely long wait lists to see specialists / treatments and for most tests that are not linked to an emergency situation.

60 is probably a bit much, but 50 is very realistic. I do think the Sabres will be much better next season. I new re-tread coach who is still good at it and will turn them into a tighter more disiplined team. Solid GT from 6K and a year older kids will all help the Sabres to the 7th seed in the Prince of Wales Conference.

Love you, Inky. I assume it is just one of those quirky things that your post followed within seconds of mine, eh.

Thanks. I'm fine and everyone I know and work with is fine. That said, I do hate huge corporations - the announcement was by company wide email and very cold. 'Those affected will be invited to an information session' ... it was a terrible day for 1,800 people. I just hate hearing these things at my or any other company - these affect real / normal people. They went to work one day and then received this email - they didn't get to go to work the next day. These are real people with real lives. With bills to pay and who knows what going on. The company does not really care about them or any of the other employees really. It's all about the bottom line - always. I just hate it.

25 G .. 30 A