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Wow, who da guessed a chicken wing thread could turn pointed amongst past and present Buffalonians. Never saw that coming, really I didn't. Then, no horseradish evil talk was brought in to the mix. Blasphemy some say! But at least we have the consensus that ranch dressing is for people from Texas or there abouts, especially if they wear funny hats.

I'm actually the polar opposite of this. I can no longer eat the high fat chicken wings, haven't been able to for a decade as I have hereditarily high cholesterol. The choice for me ever three months is a lean, nicely aged small steak, or a half dozen wings as my treat. I choose the steak. I can however have my thin crust (bread is bad) vegie pizza and dip what little bit of crust is left in fat free blue cheese dressing with red hot and remember days long gone that chicken wings could actually be considered a meal that won't result in some type of very soon to be blockage of an artery. Please remember, there where only three flavors of chicken wings for many years, mild medium hot. Your order came with blue cheese dressing and celery /carrots. We all aren't young enough to have grown up on 50 different chicken wing flavors, and 50 different draft beers. I won't tell you that Cajun rubbed Jamaican jerked dry ranch wings sound hideous, if you leave my blue cheese alone. Fair enough?

Mrs. Racer puts out the blue cheese and red hot on pizza nights. After all those years of dipping the pizza crust in the remaining blue cheese dressing with Frank's Red Hot sauce from the wings, no pizza is the same without it.

The top 2 draft picks where easy. McDavid and Eichel where a can't lose pick'm. The coaching hierarchy is more difficult to decipher for me. It seems obvious that Babcock is the coaching version of Conner McDavid, highly wanted and a few teams may be prepared to go to extremes to get what they want. But a clear cut, head and shoulders above the rest No.2 (the Jack Eichel) where teams are going all out to acquire his services after Babcock is taken is not as apparent. Maybe Blysma is Eichel, but I don't see it. He seems more like a Reinhart. A nice pick up in a normal draft year.

I'll be happy if there are 3 goals between them. Not actually happy, more surprised. A 5 goal game would be nice. Washington 3 Rangers 2.

Strategic microphone placement on Olga's part. Jack was trying not to stare into the microphone.....

Don't the Capitals play the Ranger tonight at 7:30? Unless there is sarcasm and Ranger hockey is hardly hockey....

It's not that bad, it has Bull Dogs. Chz and NS would never steer you wrong..... Trust them...

Actually there was a great playoff game played last night the Erie Otters vs. Oshawa Generals. I was rather disappointed that it wasn't on the NHL channel. They have been putting on OHL games when there are no other NHL games being played.

I take it your not a fan of Bull Dogs?

I was just in Horseheads/ Big Flats, far enough? Seriously though, we had a very nice stay and the people in the region were great.

It was short and it happens every 6 months. Kinda like old married couple sex.

Just listened to it on the WGR web site. Thanks for the heads up. No mention at all of Nolan and praises for Ruff. My take is that it was the nicest possible way of him saying he wont miss Nolan.

If my math is correct, 20 kg = 44 lbs. He is currently listed at 209 lbs (95kg). I don't think he came into the Sabres organization at 160 lbs (73 kg). But if your point is that he is putting on muscle and definitely working with the training staff to get his body more NHL ready, I would agree with you.

Holy Smokies Bat Man is NS OLD! Half Century and still counting, may you go the next half century with the zest for life as your first half my friend!!! I knew we where very close in age because of your fondness for The Clash. They where our generation's (that may be to broad of a time period) anti establishments sounding board, which is the shortest way but not the best way to describe it. I however was a slow learner and began my rebellion with the coming of the most detested word in music to me, Grunge. I was a freshman in high school when Lennon was killed. I thought he was old also, he was born the same year as my Dad.

No, you apparently have an open mind and ventured into discussing other countries and seem to want to have a discussion. You very well may not agree with me, but threw that curve ball out there, a very well thrown one at that. My thought that comes to mind of Germany is.. It amazes me that people that tend to believe in the structure of more socialized countries, don't like their much different approach to education than what we have in the U.S. LGR4GM, If I am so upsetting and anger you so with my views that a reasonable discussion is difficult for you, are you sure you should be the one starting a discussion at all? Please be open minded, the video was condescending and immature, I expected better. The Charter schools here in PA may be quite different than many other places. The officials and school board of the public school system that a Charter school system wishes to operate in either allows or rejects the school. Hardly competition at it's finest. The Charter school that did open is a public school, part of the public school system, that has enrollment procedures and is not open to the public and has the ability to refuse anyone it sees fit. In very well is not a Charter school in as much as one would define. Why not more, why do only 10% of city students get a good school, why is the school system so afraid to allow other schools to open? My opening paragraph is garbled. Sorry, so many thoughts so little time. As to the head to head reference, I am trying to match up a purely publicly funded Charter school (in name only) that has enrollment procedures like a very highly sought after private school. The worst of all possibilities, cherry picking students to go to a publicly funded and union/politician policy driven school. Yet it's still better than the old fashioned public school, yet does not produce as good of an education of a private school. Why is this the best we get with publically funded schools, and why can I not want more, a lot more? K-9 I completely agree. We are not talking the same as far as private goes. I agree a limit to the amount of schools owned should be made as not to monopolize a region, that is what we are faced with now. But if Steve Jobs wanted to open a school in 50 of the poorest communities in America, and all he asked is for 70% of the cost of sending a student to a public school within the region be placed on a voucher and he would build the school and hire the teachers and would take that voucher as paid in full for tuition, would you say no? Wouldn't that be an exciting process to start with? Tell me who the biggest losers are in just trying that? Another scenario. A large business conglomerate wanted to build a school, and again would take a voucher as paid in full. That large business will sway it's teachings to maximizes it's chances of getting trained students readily employable, and was also looking to promote studies to help it's students gain acceptance into some of the finest engineering universities in America. They employ machinists, engineers (almost all BS varieties), and many BS management people. Is this too privatized? There are ways to get smaller class sizes, more teachers and less administrators, the net is same operating cost. Not happening around here, the first to get laid off during the last round of budget cuts where all teachers till the parents flooded the school board meetings. The first ones hired back where the laid off administrators and staff. FWIW, they where self induced budgets deficits, the school board was cooking the books and over paying and giving bonuses to out going long term officials.

Head to head two schools. One is a Charter school (a public education school that is funded by school taxes), which means the student must qualify and is "hand picked", the other a private school. Those not allowed into the charter school are left to their own demise as you say, also, the charter school is allowed to charge a tuition for those above a certain household income. It's public educations best attempt at competing, letting students learn with good students. The other is private school, much easier to get accepted to because the supply out ways the demand. Not many can afford the tuition, which again is about 40% less than what a public school system is paying per student. So in order to get a quality education here the student needs rich parents or acceptance into a school that can't meet its students demands for numbers allowed to attend. So long as it's run by a public entity, staffed by union teachers, it is ok to hand pick and let the rest "rot", because the school system knows it's not good and this is the best they can do? Not a good enough argument, "big business will leave them poor students to their own demise". That is exactly what is happening now in the local public system. If a student is not in the top 10% they are kicked to the curb with the rest, or even worse, they don't even have an alternative, they all rot in a public school system without a Charter school. So you despise the wealthy and want unions and politicians to have the final and only say on a students curriculum? Who here teaches for a private school and believes they are more beholden to a wealthy person or company as to what is taught? Who here teaches for a public system and feels they have much freedom within their curriculum? I believe our pillars of education are falling due to the close mindedness of people like yourself. A person you may relate to had ideas on how to go about overhauling our public school system, he also thought is was not very well run. Please google Steve Jobs and public education. Please pass your video along to him, I'm sure he would appreciate your close minded attempt at humor if he where alive.

I believe quite the opposite. Locally a comparison between public and private schools show that the public schools per child are receiving about 40% more through taxes per child for tuition than that of private schools. The public schools over head is staggering also. Todays norm here is a principle and two vice principles plus a half dozen assistants between them in grammar schools. These are not large schools (grades 1-6, at most 25 students per class with 2 classes per grade). Private schools have just 1 principle and at most two assistants. But the largest plus would be a voucher system. Let the public/private schools fight it out to be the best. Let the parents decide which school is best and allow the money to flow as best suits parent/student. If the public school system is the very pinnacle of education in the world today, why such fear of competition?

71 is too young! RIP

Day trippin...

Well, it does sound as if the sitting cheeks may have some brown house gases pass through them after eating... :ph34r: Ok, what happened to all the Emicons? Is it just me or did half of them disappear?

I think he mentally checked out this past season, my version of "soft" is he just wasn't having fun. He was playing in a system and for a coach that was taking a toll on him, while others thrived ( Ennis) . He looked left behind. I'm not 100% sure he will be here in October, but I feel confident he will be the CoHo that almost meets expectations we thought of coming here. If the thought was him scoring 20 goals and he gets 15-ish I'm ok with that. Between his back problems, coaches, the trading of assets the last 2 years, it's so hard come up with a 100% convincing conclusion on him for me. Do we keep or trade? Sure!

Well give it a name!

I couldn't shrink it but...... I like the idea

That cooks way to fast!! How am I supposed to get in some day drinking with an excuse that I need to drink for 2 hours but only a half hour for the chicken to cook! Seriously, that looks like a nice mid week quick and wonderful meal off the grill.