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Gracias. I'll enjoy it after work.

I would enjoy a link to the audio if/when available.

I haven't been engaged in this thread, so this is off topic. A good introduction to net neutralitypreventing cable company ######ery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU

That's why Pirate Island doesn't get any advertisarrrs.

Suing, among other entities, the school district. Classy.

But this one goes to 11.

My girlfriend is adamant that it's #2. I debated it with her a little bit. Is it cultural exploitation for profit or being artistically influenced by a culture she lived in and was exposed to for a few years? There are arguments for both, but I really don't give a ######.

So is he a sleeper? Or a plug? Or the perfect tread for Tank Mark II?

You see Golisano and Congel come to town with an offer after Congel left the Medley Centre is shambles, and it can't really be better described than the plot of "Marge vs the Monorail," the renowned episode of the Simpsons written by Conan O'Brien. I can't be 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that Scott Congel needs to ###### off. Oh, and EJ Manuel's going to the Pro Bowl. http://msn.foxsports...l-season-051414

But we should always strive for excellence.

Here's the induction writeup: http://buffalosports...t-rip-simonick/ Congratulations, Rip. He is the longest serving equipment manager in the NHL, dating back nearly to the club's inception in 1969. Rip was there for it all... Rip was instrumental in saving Malarchuk. Spoiler tags for expectedly gruesome: He remembers almost not making out of Buffalo alive during B77: He's been used as a spokesman for Blademaster (ice sharpening) equipment. He's got a fan-made parody twitter account: https://twitter.com/Not_Rip Rip was inducted into the Sabres Hall of Fame in 2000, before many notable Sabres alumni. As of 2009, he was asked to work three NHL All Star games.

I did. Huh. Turns out this guy's pretty good at being a scumbag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medley_Centre Here are pictures of that wreck of an Edmund Shitzgerald: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/03/14/scott-congel-medley-centre-irondequoit/6431965/

I've been. Get in, get some cheese steaks, get the ###### out.

Aight. Youbigchz.

I highly approve. I hope this doesn't mean he's retiring soon. That guy has sweated and bled more Blue and Gold than many of us ever could. Rip highlights: Haunting interview about the first post-9/11 game at MSG: http://video.sabres....nsole?id=186048 Dave Andeychuk on Rip's influence on his development Rick and Rip on Hasek

We may want to spawn and move posts into a new OT - Buffalo Bills Ownership / Stadium thread. This ###### could be argued for quite a while, even this far away from TBD. It's pretty separable from regular football talk. Just sayin'.

Thank you. War Memorial Stadium, built in 1937, was used for 36 years. Rich Stadium, 1973, will have been used for 43+ years. Of course saving the future of the Bills in Buffalo is supremely important, but the community has a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire land and build a new stadium that could easily influence the region for the next fifty years. In all likelihood, your grandchildren may be attending events at this stadium. The people who are alive today? We might only get one shot to get this right. We can't let this opportunity be pissed away like so many misjudgments and corrupt decisions that have plagued the region over the past 60 years.

The amount of public money and/or tax breaks the developers and Bills franchise will receive over the course of construction and decades-long lifetime of a new stadium is astronomical. Western New York cannot afford to squander that sum. There MUST be some return on investment. This return must have considerable and tangible economic and financial benefit above and beyond the "improved quality of life" that a professional sports team brings to residents of the area. The stadium must be built as part, perhaps as the centerpiece, of a larger development plan that will boost the region economically. To do anything else is foolhardy and an immense waste of both public funds and trust. So, where do you build the centerpiece of your development? On top of a strip mall seven miles down the road from where the previous stadium was considered an utter failure to stimulate economic growth? Where a now-leveled shopping mall was decimated by its own parent company's decision to invest in a newer regional shopping mall nearby? That location's not exactly ground zero for the new economic engine of Buffalo. It's surrounded by residential neighborhoods with very little prospect for growth of the type of development that could be gained from a new billion-dollar-class football stadium. It's Orchard Park II. The arguments about transportation and parking space are just about complete ######. The new stadium will be an attractor (if you build it, they will come) regardless of where it's built, with the crucial, crucial, crucial difference being what kind of positive economic influence on the region the stadium can provide as part of a larger plan. I think the most benefit would come from putting the stadium downtown or as close to downtown along the waterfront as possible as part of a larger development, but that's just my opinion. The economic impact needs to be maximized, and I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen if we build a billion-dollar tombstone for Seneca Mall.

I hate that location. And the fact that Golisano's partner is the Pyramid Mall Kid and owns that land likely means that they won't be flexible in considering better stadium location options.

Moore/Weise hit was almost identical to Neil/Drury, except Weise didn't bust his head on the ice when he went down.

Just part of having something always going on in a vibrant downtown.

Yep.

OH AQUALUNG!

Huh. How about that.