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  1. Normally it’s a jersey foul to combine a player and a jersey from two separate eras. But the NHL is archaic when it comes to selling throwback jerseys so this might be my only chance to get a Jay McKee jersey. It looks like the design will be close to 1:1 although the Adidas logo will be a dead giveaway it’s not from the original era. So, is this a jersey foul or no?

  2. I personally need some sort of sound or else my ears fill the void themselves. Whenever I try to go to bed in a completely silent room, my ears start ringing which makes it impossible to fall asleep. Something as simple as a low hum of a fan on will do the trick now that I've cut cable and don't fall asleep with the tv on. 

    As for light, I can sleep with a small amount of light leaking in from outside or in a pitch black room. My only issue with the pitch black room is sometimes when I wake up at night I'm in a lucid state and think I'm seeing things that aren't there (there have been some weird ones). So preferably I normally leave one of my window shades opened slightly, that way if I wake up at night there's enough brightness in the room to get my bearings.

  3. 6 hours ago, Eleven said:

    I'm not so sure about that.  I was going to get married in a Catholic church and my fiancee wasn't Catholic at all.  Maybe she got a pass because she was never baptized and never confirmed?  In any event, if you get to the point where you want to marry, look into it.  It may be possible.

    Interesting, I was under the impression I would need to be. We aren't at that point yet to think seriously about it but I'll have to do my research.

  4. 21 hours ago, darksabre said:

    Okay, requesting check ins from the owner of each time. Quote this post give me your team name (some of these are obvious and some of you I know just joined). 

    pi2000

    Derrico

    EichHart

    EichSnipe

    GordonBombayofPigs

    Kaners

    North Buffalo

    ReJeanneration

    Swamp Sweepers

    The Dominator

    I believe I am transferring EichSnipe to Andrew Amerk, and I have one team, Captain Morgan, that has not renewed for some reason? Captain Morgan, who are you, and do you want to come back?  @LabattBlue?

    I is me.

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  5. Does Vontae Davis retiring at halftime say more about him as a person or more about the decision makers who brought him in?

    I'm inclined to think it says more about Vontae, but I read a good back and forth on Twitter so I'm trying to figure out how much weight to put on each side. 

  6. I was born into a Catholic family and was Baptized as a Catholic. As I grew older, I had my reservations about the Church. 

    As more light has been shed on the Church in the recent past, it's been enough for me to decide that I will not be confirmed. 

    I can't, in good conscience, be confirmed as a Catholic. I believe my relationship with the man upstairs is a good one and doesn't need to be potentially tarnished by such an organization.

    I know my girlfriend's parents would want us married in the church, which would require me to be confirmed. I can't do it. 

    I'm not perfect, but I believe supporting an organization with such a disgusting past (and present) won't do me any good. 

  7. After watching the video in it's entirety,  I think with the language barrier he was saying that he doesn't think of himself as a fourth-liner and therefore believes he won't be on that line. Only reason I think this is because the rest of his answers to the questions were pretty mellow and ho-hum.

  8. 1 minute ago, Eleven said:

    Please don't get me started on that Kane trade.  I wasn't happy then and I'm not happy now, even though it worked out to be a first NEXT YEAR instead of a second NEXT YEAR.

    Yeah I was not happy at all that day. But overall going from Kane (who wasn't going to be re-signed) to Skinner plus a 1st round pick is a win all day.

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  9. 2 minutes ago, Eleven said:

    Very likely, and he's not exactly filling Kane's skates in the two-way game.  But with what the Sabres gave up, it's a very, very good deal.  Instantly gives either Eichel or Mittlestadt some help.

    For those who don't think this is a good deal, well, head over to a Hurrican'ts board and watch the gnashing of teeth.

    Just to add to your point...

    For Kane the Sabres received a 2019 first-round pick, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2020 plus Daniel O’Regan.

    Sabres then flipped forward Cliff Pu, a second-round pick in 2019, and third- and sixth-round picks in 2020 for Skinner.

    So overall, Sabres went from Kane and picks in the 2nd+3rd+6th for Skinner and picks in the 1st+4th and flipped Pu for O'Reagan. 

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  10. 30 minutes ago, LTS said:

    If your machine only meets the minimum requirements and the card is actually too old then my expectation is that the game will “run” but you won’t like how it runs.

    it will probably require running in the lowest resolution with most features dialed down or turned off to the point that it doesn’t look that good.

    Gotcha, good to know. I’m glad I didn’t drop $60 on a game that wouldn’t run properly. Thank you! 

  11. Alright, hopefully there's at least one PC gamer here who can help me out...

    This year Madden is coming back to the PC. I don't have a PS4 or Xbox One, so I was hoping my laptop would be able to run Madden. I could just buy a controller for it and not need to buy a system.

    Only issue is that I ran a test to see if my laptop would stand up to minimum requirements, and this is where I get confused...

    I have a GeForce GT 635M video card. The minimum video card listed is GeForce GTX 660. BUT, I meet all the required minimum attributes of the video card which are:

    Pixel Shader    5.0    (5.0 minimum)
    Vertex Shader    5.0    (5.0 minimum)
    Dedicated Video RAM    2.048 GB    (2.0 GB minimum)

    Everything other spec I pass the minimum requirements. I have an Intel Core i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz, 8.0 GB RAM, and over 800 GB of disk space. 

    So even though my video card is "too old" all the minimum attributes of the card are met with mine. Does anyone know if I'll be able to run Madden? 

  12. On 7/20/2018 at 8:47 AM, LTS said:

    I think, that given no rumors or innuendo about abuse, it's a HUGE leap to get to that point, regardless of the other behaviors.  He had a reputation as a party boy, not one of violence.

    Here's my take on this.

    I knew people who were around Jim Kelly during those times.  He was unfaithful.  He was an absolute jerk to be around. More than once time Kent Hull physically set him straight when he was not as giving as he should have been.  I won't try to recall any stories at this point because it was long time ago and I might screw something up.

    All of that said, Jim Kelly was confronted about his behavior and owned it.  Through some amount of introspection and with the assistance and support of his wife he changed his ways.  She has forgiven him.  By all accounts since then he's been a very different person.

    You can dislike Kelly for what he was in his prime as a football player.  However, I think it's a stretch to insinuate he was a domestic abuser because of it.  In addition, you can't discount his wife's actions in all of this.  As far as I am concerned, she is the one who had to live with him and if she can forgive him, that's all that matters.

    It would appear he has changed as a person.  I'd rather be happy for his change than to continue to attack him for what he used to be.  

    Thank you for the perspective, LTS 

  13. 32 minutes ago, shrader said:

    I think that whole speech was the perfect example of who he has become. With everything he’s going through right now, he talked more about Hunter than anything else. Those eight years changed him. 

    My feelings as well. As someone who was born during the super bowl years, I can only go off of other fans' sentiments about Jimbo the player/young man. But what always strikes me about the older Jim is his inclusion of Hunter in virtually every public comment of his, even when the topic has no direct relation to Hunter. 

    I find it unfair to judge him from such a distance, but either:

    1. Jimbo has hidden behind religion as a way to cope/deal with his past (which is a feeling I've had about him in the past). I don't want to turn this into a topic that shouldn't be discussed, but his speech was full of religious comments. 

    OR

    2. He has taken his lumps and everything that life has thrown at him and has truly changed through circumstance. 

    I tend to try and find the good in people so I would like to think that #2 is where Jim is at in life at the moment. 

  14. 41 minutes ago, Sabel79 said:

    The child cage fights thing was, at all times, hyperbole.  If it makes you feel better: no, I do not believe Libertarians want to have child cage fights.  Just freedom from the interference of authority sufficient enough to allow them to get away with it if in fact they did.  ?

    I’m personally quite uninterested in what goes on in the private lives of others.  So long as it doesn’t cross over and begin having an effect on others (ex.: Drink and do drugs all you like, but don’t then drive).  Where Libertarians and I diverge sharply is the point at which this becomes the case.  

    I think that's generally fair. I think the role of authority is to ensure no one is interfering with another person's personal freedom.

    I agree with your point about drinking and drug use, but I don't diverge in regards to drinking and driving simply for the fact that a drunk driver is potentially interfering with another person's freedom to drive and operate a vehicle in a safe manner. 

  15. 19 hours ago, Sabel79 said:

    You're closer to that line than me. Libertarianism is the greatest evil this planet has had to deal with.  Congrats, White guy who loves Elon Musk.. it's a perfect circle...(not anyone specifically, even though, yeah, it's a few of you...

     

    9 hours ago, darksabre said:

    No, but when you take all of the coercive social structure out of the mix, it becomes hugely problematic because people will ultimately resort to just worrying about themselves over anyone else. Greed is a trait everyone has, Libertarianism just enables it most effectively. 

    Every liberertarian I've ever met is just mad that they have to pay taxes. So they say "if I didn't have to pay all these taxes, I could be more involved in my community! I would donate more to charity! The Gospel!" 

    But they're full of shite. They really just want to build a 12 foot wall around their property and stuff their money under the mattress. 

    I should add that I am sure I have Libertarian views. But I would never identify as Libertarian. Anyone who comes before me and says "I'm a Libertarian!" immediately tells me that they're only worried about themselves. They may talk a lot of talk otherwise, but I don't believe them. 

    Sabel, looking at your chart, your point is further south than mine is. Which means your views are closer to Libertarian than mine are! ? Want to walk back any of those comments about child cage fights or nah? 

    Dark, I remember we had a few good conversations in the old political thread about some of these topics. You probably don't remember because there were a ton of conversations and you post a lot more than me. But my libertarian views are weighed way more towards the social side of issues 

  16. Not surprised at all by this... 

    Basically my views boil down to libertarian freedom being ideal as long as your freedom doesn't inhibit someone else's. Therefore some safety net regulation must be in place in order to limit corruption and ensure citizens have a fair chance at life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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  17. I took advantage of their 50% off deal for college students (I've been out of college for a while now but as long as you have a .edu email it will take the discount) and it has been worth every penny so far. I wasn't sure how much content they were going to produce just starting up in Buffalo, but even if it was just for the Buffalo related articles I would say it's worth the price of admission. 

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