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I notice something like this at various fast food places when ordering inside. I walk into the store, and someone is standing 'kinda' near the place where you place your order. Did they order already and are waiting but just don't want to stand too close to the other people waiting? Are they still 'thinking' of what to order. Are they waiting for someone else to meet them? Are they next in line but the employee beind the counter isn't available? I have run into all of those situations. The biggest thing that bothers me is when someone orders, and when waiting they do not move all the way to the pickup side. They order, and just stand 3 feet back or 2 feet to the side of the register they ordered from, and anyone coming in behind them has no idea what they are doing.

Spectrum choice does not give you an option to have MSG. If you want that they make you get the full package. Unless something has changed since last year. But I know for 100% certainty as of last year. If you got spectrum choice, you cannot take MSG as one of your choices.

Not interested in adding a vet forward from who is left out there. Enough young guys that can compete for the spot. Even if Quinn was here for the first part of the season, there might be a couple of the young guys you would want to work into the lineup to see how they do. Quinn's spot is the one those young guys can get their handful of games in.

I don't like the $30 per month either. BUT, during the season they are on average what, 10-15 games per month? That comes out to $2-$3 per game in most months. They probably think that is a fair price. I think the 'take rate' on this will be pretty high eventually, probably will take a few months for people to accept it. From my own personal point of view, all the 'young' adults in my life (age 20-30) will not do a full cost/benefit analysis on this versus just getting cable and what you get for that money. NONE of them have traditional cable and they just aren't going to get it, so this option is much more likely for them to take.

If you like mid sized cities, Columbus is underrated. Not a place to go to multiple times, but we were surprised at how much we enjoyed our weekend there. When I think of a 'tank of gas' drive I usually think of day trips. We also went to the Comedy museum in Jamestown. A couple hour visit, but they did a lot better job with it than I thought. Finger lakes can be nice for some, but along with the Adirondacks, I'm not much of one for camping/too much outoorsy type of stuff. We live in a suburban/near Rural area by a bunch of parks and the river...so when we take a vacation we are more looking for a City-type enviroment (museums in Philly or Washington, History stuff near Boston, etc). I also view the 'tank of gas' thing a bit differently. Our car has a very large gas tank so we "CAN" go 500-520+ miles on a tank (prefer not to push it that hard). But for me the 'drivable distance' is more something like "If we leave between 6-7am in the morning, can we be in our hotel at or near check-in time of 2-3pm." That pushes out the distance a bit more for us.

Its hard to put into exact words how I feel about this topic. I already said Dahlin, but to explain why... -I think Dahlin is a top 5 in the league guy, someone who every year should be in the Norris converstation going forward. -Power, more of a definite first pair talent/guy, someone who can control his part of the ice when out there but not control the entire game like Dahlin can.

Actually I don't agree. Maybe, MAYBE if the team takes a major step back (without injuries), and we find out there is some behind the scenes stuff going on where some players or coaches want to leave because they don't like Adams AND he makes a bad trade or two during the year...then yes. But simply no playoffs? Nope, not me. I like what he is doing. I LIKE the slow but steady build (I think that is the way this team should be built). Yes, I want the playoffs, but the east is competitive. If they miss by a couple points I'm not going to get rid of him simply because of 'no playoffs'. Before I would even think of that, tell me who he will be replaced with and why that person would be better.

Dahlin. I just think he has overall more talent/higher ceiling.

NHL.com focusing on the Sabres today...... text version: https://www.nhl.com/news/inside-look-at-buffalo-sabres/c-345496380?tid=290471364

I don't NEED the regular season. I need training camp. I need preseason where some of the regular guys are playing. I need to see what young guys are sent down early and which ones are kept in camp just a bit longer. Please give us SOME of those things. This offseason has been a lot more boring/uneventful and longer than I thought it would be.

I heard an interview this morning from a guy who used to be a high level executive on a major cable news network. He said when he started there was a documentary they were airing and there was breaking news of a 'car chase' (not sure if it was the OJ one or maybe a much lesser one, he didn't say). He stated he made the decision to stay with their documentary because they spent a lot of time with it and it was very well done. The next day he said the overnight ratings came in and they got destroyed by the other networks. From then on, he said you have no choice but you have to go with what the viewers want. If you stick to your 'programming' or actual 'news' you won't have your job for long and you will be replaced with someone who puts 'news' on that gets ratings. And as far as getting news about the war without politics, it should be easy enough. You report on what both sides are doing, you report on battlefield progress. You 'report' the statements/rhetoric/propaganda coming out of BOTH sides without giving your opinion on it. It's not hard to do...but it goes back to my orininal point we can't get NEWS without politics added into it. The networks have the ability to just report news, they choose to add the politics.

I can't get away from politics...stories about it, hearing everyones opinions about it. Is there a WEBSITE I can go to that talks about all other news (weather, feel-good news stories, news about traffic/weather/crime, sports, things like the War in Ukraine WITHOUT giving a political opinion, business, etc.) I'm just so sick and tired of visiting web sites for news and just getting blasted with politics. Same thing goes for a news channel. I just want to be able to live a normal, functioning life in most ways without having politics blasted in front of my face. I'm just SO sick of it.

I think his loss will be the key loss that causes the Bruins to be a borderline playoff team, and maybe on the wrong side of that border. I know, I know, people say that every year, including myself. But if you think of all the Bruins teams over the past decade that were better than we all thought...and since they won the cup in the 2010-2011 season they have the MOST wins of any team in the NHL (585 wins). 3 presidents trophies. But, why was that? They have had 2 GM's and 3 coaches. Chara came and went. Tuuka Rask was a great goalie who came and went. Same with Tim Thomas. You know who some of the players with the most games played in that era were? In the top 20 games played for the Bruins over that time? Torey Krug. Brandon Carlo. Adam McQuad. Dennis Seidenberg. Greg Campbell. Chris Kelly. Sean Kuraly? Dan Paille. So what is my point? Kreiji, Marchand, and Bergeron CARRIED that team for over a decade. They probably carried the Bruins team more than any of us realize when you look at who came and went on that Roster. They are the top 3 in games played, 3 of the top 4 in goals scored. THEY are what this team was about the past decade. Not much of a coincidence that with Kreiji playing and the 'band being back together' this year, throw in a dash of Pastrnak and they had the year they had. Well, Bergeron is gong. Kreiji looks like he's gone too. Marchand is the only of those 3 left and last year he started showing the first signs of slowing down (he is 35 now). This team never took a long term and/or huge step back as long as those 3 guys were there. With 2 of them gone and the other aging, THIS is the year I think you see them slide. Maybe not out of the playoffs totally, but if they miss the playoffs I won't be surprised at all.

White jerseys at home. If you only have 3 guys on the ice and take a penalty, you play with 2. If its 3 on 3 in overtime and you take a penalty, you play 3 on 2. Take another penalty its 3 on 1. Don't like it? dont' take the penalty.

agree 100% I brought this up in a thread a few months ago. People say officiating should not decide the game and when you call a penalty late in the game or in OT of the playoffs, the officals are making it about themselves or they are deciding the game. I disagree with that totally. When a penalty that was called early in the game is NOT called late in the game, THAT is when they are more likely to 'decide' the game by letting players do things against the rules that they weren't allowed to do previouslly.

I'm kinda amazed than anyone is writing anything. Barring a trade of course, I would think that the entire goaltending situation can change in camp/preseason and nothing is set in stone. Performance in Camp, any new injuries, recovery from previous injuries, how hard they all worked in the offseason.......I would think they are so close in talent/past performance than the things I just mentioned above would determine the order of the goalie depth chart....I'm surprised if anyone in the organization would have it pre-determined.

Ottawa is better, but I think Tarasenko is a slight step back from Debrincat. You needed to replace him, but at this point in Tarasenko's career and with his health lately, he is for sure 1/2 step back. I do agree that I am more worried about Ottawa than I am about Detroit. Both have an advantage over the Sabres as they have been adding more Vets that are ready to compete "right now" while the Sabres are still sticking to youth/status quo a bit more. I do like the Sabres plan more...although It wouldn't surprise me if Ottawa jumps the Sabres in the standings (at least for a year).

Most of the episodes. Some of them I really, really love, others, not so much. Really strange with that show. I never know what I am going to get.

Length is becoming a big issue for me. If a movie is long (over 2 hours, or 3 hours for sure) I'm already reluctant to invest time in it. I like Sci-fi (especially the stuff in space) so right now the best thing I'm watching is Strange New Worlds. Each episode is independant of the others (not like with most 'shows' where the story goes across episode to episode) but the quality is so good that its like I'm watching a movie-quality plot but each one in an hour or less.

I lived on Cape cod for 4-5 years in the early 2000's. We visit Boston/Cape cod every year, and for my company I have to go for meetings once or twice a year in foxboro. In all the time, I never took a while watching boat. One of these years we really have to do it.

So so far: Line 1: Tuch, Thompson, Skinner Line 4: Okposo, Girgs, Jost Line 2: Cozens, Peterka "Quinn replacement" Line 3: Greenway, Mitts, Krebs The "Quinn replacement" comes down to a competition between: Olofsson, Rousek Kulich, Savoi, Rosen, Murray, Biro, Weissbach...am I forgetting someone? I think its Olofsson. Or you could move Mitts or Krebs up a line and the "Quinn replacement" could come from the other line....some candidates as above. If you move VO before the season, you could very well want to take a look at one of the other prospects anyway, and this gives you an option to do so. Anyway, If there are further injuries there will be an issue, but without further major injuries, I'm perfectly happy with Quinn's replacement coming from the current roster/candidates.

Not too worried about Ottawa getting him and in no way did I want the Sabres to make a play for him: -He's been injured a good ammount lately, and he's going to be 32 years old this year. -Over the past 4 seasons he has scored at an 27 goal pace (79th in the league in terms of goals per game). He could have one good year left, but he is no longer an elite scorer at 79th in the league in GPP and with his age/injuries likely to get worse). Last year he had 18 goals in 69 games in a league where scoring is going up. Again, not even close to what he used to be. -Wouldn't really fit on this team. So hes not BAD, just to me not a good fit on the Sabres and he can/might help Ottawa as a 2nd line player and a PP guy, but I don't see him making a huge impact for them. A one year deal, however, is a good deal for Ottawa to get him on. We already have our version of Tarasenko. His name is Olofsson. Tarasenko is pretty poor defensively, the advanced stats someone posted about him show it, and the 'eye test' shows he really doesn't put much effort in his own end. So he's not much (if any) better than VO there. Last year VO had almost double the goals per 60 as Tarasenko 5 vs 5, more overall goals, more goals per game. Over the past 4 years, VO has more total goals and they are virtually matched in goals per game. So Ottawa just signed a more experienced, but older version of VO.

As far as Boston, strange things can happen when players are forced to move up in the lineup...meaning sometimes 2nd and 3rd lines that seem really good in those roles you want to move up to a 1st or 2nd line role and it just doesn't work. When Briere and Drury left Buffalo, Connoly was hurt and Roy didn't quite look like the #1 center people were hoping he would be. Bergeron and Kreiji, have pretty much gotten top line forward minutes in the last 10 years for Boston (minus the year Kreiji went back to Europe). Its not just losing them that is the loss...you may very well find out that without them there, guys like Debrusk and Coyle (and others) simply are not even as good as you thought they would be when more pressure/more ice time/better competition is what they are facing every night.

Yeah, I think he and John Candy played multiple roles in the movie if I remember (not trying that hard to remember though.)

At night when people driving put their highbeams on when they see a pedestrian. I take a walk every once in a while at night. On the sidewalk (or bike/pedestrain path). Seperated from the road by a curb and often 6-8 feet of grass (sometimes with trees). Not on the road, not on the shoulder, but safely away from the oncoming traffic with zero issues and almost zero chance of coming anywhere near the oncoming traffic. Yet, poeple just LOVE to put their high beams on when they see a pedestrian on the side of the road, absolutely BLINDING that pedestrian (more than they would with oncoming cars becasue the high beams are often slightly aimed toward the right). I might be wearing light clothes so I can easily be seen without the high beams. Heck sometimes there are even street lights overhead that make me visbible with absolutey zero doubt. I see them driving down the road without them on, but once they see me, go ahead, BLIND ME AWAY even though I am 6-8 feet off the road and on the sidewalk. You aren't doing it to oncoming traffic of course, and it doesn't matter if I shield my eyes with my hand or even wave my hands at them to make it obvious I cannot see anything with those high beams aimed at my head...just keep those high beams on only to turn them off after you pass me.