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I don’t like the logo flip. It’s not necessary.

A nice fedora is all I need.

The Buffalo is even pointing in the correct direction. I see guys like him on the course all the time.

Flipping the logo is a contrarian change of direction.

I want to see Oppenheimer. Instead I saw Barbie with my wife, daughter, two of our daughters good friends, and one of the friends 7 year old daughter. So me and 5 females spanning 3 generations. To me the movie was rubbish, but I enjoyed being out with the girls and they all liked it.

I would like to see this goalie equipment get reviewed too. More policing of head shots post whistle. The lack of fighting is leading to nasty post whistle scrums, punching with gloves on, etc. The hit to Dahlin’s head was terrible.

Rico was an awesome guy. Fast, huge hands, and amazingly good hand-eye coordination. He was a finisher on the ice and also a fantastic golfer. From what I’m told he had an ability to remember people after meeting them only one time or after a long period of time. Several people have told me they were surprised that he remembered them on a second meeting. Either he really had a great memory or he just knew how to make others feel good. I meet him a bunch of times and he presented himself like we knew each other. He should be a HoF member if not for that devastating knee injury.

I play Lazy on my guitar. The folks at the nursing home love it.

The Sabre Dance for all goals. A team song for a team.

It’s a ridiculous loophole that should be closed. Only in the NHL …

Yes he does. It just a shame they missed on Draisaitl. There was talk we could draft either Reinhart, or Eckblad, or Draisaitl - they were all close. I think Murray wanted Reinhart, even at 1OA.

I have met a bunch of Sabres and I know several. Hockey players are generally good guys.

I saw you house and land in another thread. You are doing quite well and meeting your loan commitments. 👍

I get your point on balancing the lines and ice time, it is nothing new to me. Now look at the career stats of the two players. Draisaitl is a level higher.

You don’t have a case.

What is nonsense about it? Rather than tossing an insult, tell me what you think. I think that even if the Sabres miss the playoffs, Adams job is still safe. Unless he decides to go in a different direction from Terrys wishes he is safe. This is exactly what happened with JBot. It was weeks after he was given a public vote of confidence that he got fired for not being willing to make the cuts that Terry requested Go ahead Promo, tell me what is nonsense about this?

All this talk about Reinhart being an elite 2C or a 1RW, or a 2/3 RW misses the fact that Murray picked him over Draisaitl. At 2OA Reinhart was supposed to be a first line player and an impact player. He just had his best 2 goal scoring seasons while on a contending team and he is still not cracking the first line.

Retirement is different for everyone. I know people that left at 55 and love the freedom and will never miss work. I know others that will work until they are pushed out the door. Pensions are pretty much gone now unless you work for the government. Social security changes are coming to reflect the longer lifespans of people, this will push out retirement ages for many people in the future.

But Terry is apparently on board with Adams and the pace, so he could miss the playoffs again and still get another year. Terry sees Adams as a guy who will do what he wants, just like he did with Boterill until he would not. I would be shocked if was fired. It would likely mean that Adams and he were no longer lock step.

What you say is happening, but there are still careers for the middle and lower classes to pursue that will eventually help them gain wealth while working for corporations, but you have to have the skills they need and will pay for, and you have to be willing to go where the better jobs are - and that could change at any time during your career. I’m retired and I still consult a little bit on the side because I like meaningful work and feeling a purpose. What saddens me is when I reflect back on how I saw so many great companies change or disappear completely under industry consolidation the over the past 40+ years. So much consolidation made the surviving corporations even more powerful, less competition is never good. Corporate focus shifted away from the important things like product innovation, quality, cost, and customer satisfaction to “shareholder value”. Long term goals are a thing of the past, the stock price must go up right now. I remember when my company talked about our reputation and our commitment to stakeholders - customers, employees, the community, and the environment. I believed in that. Stakeholders are never mentioned anymore, it is all about stockholders. Yes, I sound like an old guy but I saw it happen before my eyes and it continues today. I am still a believer in capitalism and free/private enterprise because it can truly drive and reward excellence, but we have to figure out how to be better at it. This diverts from the college cost/student loan conversation so I’ll let it go here.

Knee pain effecting my golf game - gonna need a new one installed this winter.

"Lies" may be a strong word but unrealistic counseling and recruiting was rampant. I am very hands on. When my three Millennials kids were in high school (spanning 2002 -2010) I thought the school counseling was feeding them overly optimistic information on career planning, starting salaries, and college costs. That said, I think the parents should be responsible for helping their kids with these decisions, it should not be left to the schools. I had one in private high school and two in public high school, and they did things in a similar manner except the private school really pushed high expectations and private universities (helps their recruiting stats). An example for that time period for my youngest: an average student wanting to pursue a business administration degree from an average state school. Without me paying for it he is looking at $100,000 in loans to cover 4 years of tuition, fees, expenses, and room/board. These numbers were not uncommon. At 7% and a ten year term (my parameters from 1981) the payment would be $1161/month, probably about half of his take home starting salary (back then the graduate would likely make $25,000-40,000 to start, depending on a lot of factors). Even at the high end of the starting salary, it’s good luck kid and I hope you like your job. This example is dated but it shows why so many kids went into deferred repayment plans, or went into “interest only” repayment plans (should be illegal), and are now in a tough situation today. They believed the counseling and recruiting and did not have proper mentoring to help them with the reality of it. Now, run that scenario with 2 years of community college and you only borrow half the money. What is wrong with that? How many state universities direct students to do that? We agree on the predatory loan practices too. Why student loans are not at the prime lending rate (plus a small bank processing fee) is criminal.

I took off the RED X since I understand your comments better now, but I am still not agreeing with a blanket student loan forgiveness program - like the kind I hear from Biden. I do support helping those who work to support underserved communities (health care, educators, social workers, etc.) because these jobs are critical to improving the welfare of our society in general, and these jobs are not typically high paying ones either.

I don’t know know much about Musks pay habits. Do his engineers and scientists at SpaceX and Tesla complain about pay? Both companies are growing and innovating so I would assume he recruits top people that get paid very well too. Not all jobs are the same

Sound like hands on parenting. Several of my kids friends (now in their 30’s) are still saddled with big debt. At least a PA will have resources to repay.