Claude_Verret

Once upon a time I went to Charlie the Butcher every Thursday for six months straight.

All true, and they'd still be consistently good to great if they didn't cheat. But since they have my admiration is diminished.

Was about to post the same. Put two linebackers behind the nose tackle and force him to audible or get punched in the mouth. Every friggin time they run that play.

The Pats* aren't losing at home in the playoffs. They just aren't. Denver you're our only hope.

Jeez...

I hate to resort to ripping off the canes, but they've got that big black dude who blows the horn during play to inspire the "let's go canes" chant. He stands right behind the glass where the Zamboni comes out and that damn horn echoes to the rafters.

There's loopholes to keep your anonymity intact and you're an idiot if you don't lawyer up first before claiming any big jackpot, let alone one like this that has expanded media coverage.

I should say that I only have had it three times while awake and alert. I had 13 surgeries over a year and a half and they usually had the decency to do it while I was under.

Never had a kidney stone, but I've been roto-rootered more than a few times. Not fun at all.

Fear mongering attack politics. Both sides do it. All. The. Time.

1 ticket, two matching numbers.

I've got one in the family, my brother is a CPA. I'd pay him oh say maybe 25 MM for the advice. :thumbsup:

Take the cash. I'd take 500 MM and put it in a conservative municipal bond fund. 500 MM returning even a paltry 0.4% would pay you 2 MM per year tax free and you'd never touch the principal.

Cleveland Pittsburgh is like the Bills and NE. I know a few Browns fans who will begin frothing at the mouth if you just mention the Steelers. Mention the Browns to Steelers fans and it's thanks for the two easy wins every year.

I can see a middle ground here. Make government less expensive and wasteful to run and I can maybe get on board. IMO bloated government waste is a far bigger problem than the select few wealthy who don't have to pay in....anymore. Getting that type of compromise in this political climate? Snowballs in hell come to mind.

A thread with the old putrid Canucks jerseys without one of Tiger Williams? C'mon..

Spent today streaming his new album Blackstar. Wow. Incredible. Howard did a long tribute to Bowie today, and I didn't remember Bowie performing at Howard's birthday party in the late 90's during his Nine Inch Nails collaborative period. Awesome.

The Bills. The friggin' Bills. :lol:

Sad,sad day. RIP.

As long as we're going anecdotal, it would be nice to have a larger anecdotal data set. So.... quick survey. If you had health coverage before the ACA, have you seen your yearly health insurance premiums and deductible go up or down? For myself covering a family of four through the same employer: Yearly premium up > 20% Deductible increase of 400% My wages being in line with the stagnant wages reported nationwide certainly doesn't come close to breaking me even.

Somewhere Sabretooth73 is going postal tonight.

What an implosion by the Bengals. Made the Bills undisciplined penalties this year look like child's play. Idiots.

A tank involves deliberately assembling a roster that is very likely to finish at the bottom of the standings. It is a season long effort with no half measures employed. Many people in this thread are lamenting how disappointing the Sabres are this year, indicating that they believe this roster as assembled is capable of more. That is wholly inconsistent with the definition of tanking.

You either tank or you don't. There is no in between.

Have the Sabres been disappointing through 41 games? Absolutely. Can they go .500 the rest of the way? Maybe. I certainly wouldn't bet against it. 20-20-1= 41 pts and 75 for the season. If they get there, and you were expecting much more than that out of this season, IMO you didn't have very realistic expectations.