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I've been non stop watching the show over and over and listening to the insider podcasts or a month now. Finally:

Quick question here. My daughter is now a part of her club's premier pool of players that form the top 2 teams. Traditionally called Premier Blue and Premier White. A girl asked what our team name was and we were kicking around having an unofficial name for each squad. I proposed Diablo Azul and Diablo Blanco. However, I understand the latter has political implications if you translate it back to english. Would this be concerning for anyone? We mainly have caucasians with several Indian players (3 on that team). Real Madrid is called The Whites and you'll see lots of fans call them the White Devils, especially Ronaldo. Thoughts?

Unbelievable! :(

Smoking hot body but those gaps in her teeth are driving me crazy! :D

Went out last year, staying at home, well not MY home but someone's home for a house party. They've got a basement like Roy's so we're good to DRINK!!!

So over the last few months I have seen some fun or interesting tweets from former, future and current NHL players. Not sure if there will be enough for this thread to survive but lets give it a shot... Zemgus Girgensons ‏@zemgus94 This weather is making me wear winter jacket some swim trunks and timberlands plus umbrella #confused #rocweather #whattoexpect ... so glad he is a Sabres cuz this is great!

To all the SS members and their families, have a safe and happy thanksgiving!!!

I don't think I can go wrong with Samsonite, but looking for advice on luggage with "spinner" wheels versus traditional two wheels. The way luggage gets bounced around at the airport and on a plane, the "spinner" wheels seem like a target to get broken easily. So which type should I choose?

Before yesterday, I hadn't taken a ride through the area in a few weeks. Things are moving fast... 1 - Exterior walls going up on Donovan building. 2 - Casino steel is going up. 3 - New park space on outer harbor land(north of where Shooters used to be) is already cleared. For those who didn't know, this is where they stored the ice boom for many years. The ice boom is now stored on a site along the Buffalo River a little bit in from the Ohio St. Bridge. 4 - Canal work on Aud site is still full steam ahead. Not sure what the timeline was on this, but I don't see it being done, and ready for any winter activities(ice skating) this year. 5 - Alumni plaza next to the FNC is coming along. It looks like French Connection statues are in place, but covered up. 6 - Webster block fenced off, and no cars were parked there. Not sure if this is temporary, or they are ready to put a shovel in the ground. 7 - Of course you can't have all this construction going on without a picket line in place, so a group of 50-100 picketers were at the entrance to the Donovan construction site. Not sure what it was all about.

RIP Mr. Man on the Moon http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/25/us-usa-neilarmstrong-idUSBRE87O0B020120825

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I am picking up a foreign exchange student in a couple of weeks at the Elmira-Corning airport. Going to be a dinner time arrival. I'm looking for a place for dinner in the area (or somewhere headed West from Corning/Elmira) that has good food and a diverse enough menu that a picky eater may find something they like. Our student is coming from China and I have been unable to find out what sorts of foods he likes and what he doesn't like, so I am dealing with a dinner for a teenager with unknown food tastes. I'm not looking for a Chinese restaurant as I don't know that our American version will be palatable to him. Well, maybe I should be looking for a good Chinese restaurant? Even "Americanized" it'll be closer to familiar than anything else. How about other Asian restaurants in the Corning/Elmira area? Needs to be easy to get to from the airport, or at least I-86/17.

i think a new thread makes sense. perhaps the first-ish post could have a link to this thread.

It's going to be a long 6 weeks until training camp. So... Let's hear about your best, worst and overrated WNY restaurants. Anything from fine dining to fast food... Best... Chris' Sandwich Shop on Delaware near Tupper(full service, only open for lunch) - Terrific sandwiches! Kentucky Greg's BBQ Russell's The Silo - Just a great setting on the Lower Niagara for a sandwich on a summer night. Danny's on Genessee Chipotle(gotta go with the bowl). Worst... Zebb's on Southwestern - Have tried 3 times in the last few years and each time the food and/or service was worse than the previous visit. I always get fooled by the number of cars in the lot. Anchor Bar - Horrible tourist trap. Swannie House - Gave it one try last year before a hockey game. Asked for extra crispy wings, received extra rubbery wings, and the service sucked. Never again. Overrated... French Pub - Always packed, never get it. It is okay, just not what I expect from a place that is packed 7 days a week.

Sabres have made their proposal for the so called 'Webster Block', AKA the parking lot in front of the FN Center. http://www.buffalone... proposal (pdf) They're up against Carl Paladino, who also made a bid on the project. Here's his design.

Since a number of soccer teams are qualifying already, and the opening ceremony is Friday, I figured it was time to start an Olympics thread. US women's soccer beat France today 4-2 after being down 2-0 early. What are you all looking forward to?

Soo...not sure how I got here but here goes. What is the attraction to female breasts? Don't get me wrong, there's no bigger breast man than myself. I'm trying to get to an underlying cause here. Sexually, at least preconception, they are merely nothing more than toys or handles. Obviously, post conception, they are extreme functional and life sustaining. So are men hard wired to associate large breasts with life sustainability therefore more sexually attracted to them or is it something different? Just throwin it out there...

I haven't seen the Penn St. horror mentioned here, but it is of some relevance I would think. Considering the Sabres tight ties to the Penn St athletic department, I just wonder how deep down the rabbit hole this whole thing goes. The whole program could go up in flames. I get a little nervous because Cliff Benson is the Financial Chair of Sandusky's "Second Mile" boys charity. As far as I can tell Pegula is only a hockey guy there, so hopefully the money trail and coverups don't make a draft this way. This just sounds like a long haul situation.

Since we have a hit thread about complaints, I thought maybe we could have a thread for Fridays where we reflect on good things, positive moments, rave about a restaurant, new additions to your family, etc. I guess my initial rave would be: Fridays, for many of us, are the end of the work week - which is great! For others, Friday is also payday!

I am feeling the need for intelligent Bills discussion. Let's start things out with a doozie. Anyone feel like Merriman's comeback was too good to be true? Apparently, it was. Merriman busted with steroids.

Had been thinking about getting a bike. Never had one before, and have no clue how to ride them. Came upon a bad accident in Lockport today,just after it happened. From the damage on the bike it looked like he T-boned a car. Young guy I guess in his 20's laying face down in the road, amongst all the glass and metal. Several people were trying to help him until help could arrive. He still had his helmet on and it looked intact. Could not tell if he was conscious. Seeing and hearing about these bad bike accidents has really got me turned off to the idea of getting one. Any of you guys ride? With the way people drive nowadays, are you thinking of parking it. Money burning a hole in my pocket, would like some opinions please. :unsure: :unsure:

Let's discuss favorite beers. I'll start off by labeling myself a beer geek, NOT a beer snob. That will be evident early in this post. I cannot pick a favorite beer. I can't even pick a favorite style of beer. There are so many varieties that it would take a lifetime to acquire and sample them all. And I am doing my damndest to try. I'll start by saying what I don't like. I don't like fruit flavored beers. Well, *most* styles of them anyway. There are a few Belgian styles that use fruit that I enjoy. And I don't like German styled wheat beers either. They have a background banana and clove character that I don't care for in beer. Pretty much everything else style-wise has tasty representatives that I will gladly consume. For me, beer is a situational beverage. So I guess if I am going to talk about favorite beers, I need to list favorites as they pertain to different situations. Summer thirst quenchers My first choice for a beer to have after (or during) yard work or lounging on a hot and sunny day like today is Genny Cream Ale. It is light enough to be thirst quenching yet has more flavor than Bud, Miller, Coors. And for those of you young uns that's never had a Genny Cream but heard awful things, put away your bias and try one side by side against a Bud/Miller/Coors. There is a reason it used to dominate the beer market around here. I think you'll be pleasantly suprised. Also on my list is Southern Tier Hop Sun from down in Jamestown, NY. Like the name suggests, it has lots of crisp hop flavors but is light on the palate and low-ish in alcohol so it won't beat you up on a day where you're likely to dehydrate anyway. My honorable mention here is Labatt's 50 ale. Soft and thirst quenching but has a nice finishing Cascades hop flavor. Beer to drink with Summer barbeque food I like a light refreshing beer with my ribs or Chiavetta's chicken but I want something with a bit more flavor than a cream ale or typical American/Canadian lager. For pairing with summer foods I like a Belgian style called Saison. They are soft and dry but have a bit of a spicy character to them. My favorite is made by a NY brewery called Ommegang. Their Saison is named Hennepin. And it is delicious with Italian sausage w/ peppers and onions or grilled pork tenderloin, yet has the backbone to stand up to a ribeye steak. Patio beer with a cigar in the evening Typically I am a whiskey drinker in the evening but there are plenty of beers that substitute well here, most of them high alcohol varieties. Belgian Quadruples pair well with contemplative moments. So do double IPA's, barley wines, big Scotch ales, and export stouts. I have two favorites. A Belgian style quad by Ommegang called Three Philosphers and a double IPA by Souther Tier named Unearthly. They are rich and chewy and have enough flavor to compete with whatever cigar I am enjoying. Beers to go along with Fall sports and yardwork I'm a traditionalist here. Oktoberfests are my style of choice when the leaves turn. I like Dundee Oktoberfest here. And Sam Adams Oktoberfest is also a very tasty version. Honorable mention goes to a hoppy harvest beer from Southern Tier called Harvest Ale. It is an amber hoppy ale brewed just for Fall. Winter Beers My beer choices tend to the dark and higher alcohol in wintertime. Stouts, porters, Scottish ales end up in my glass most frequently. I like Flying Bison's Scotch Ale best. Rohrback's Scotch Ale is damned good too. And Great Lakes brewing out of Cleveland makes a porter that can't be beat in my mind. Stouts don't start and finish with Guinness but it's never a bad choice if your out on the town. And Guinness is fairly low in alcohol so if you are driving have one of those instead of a bigger, more alcoholic beer. Beers for Spring I've got two. One traditional, and one that's fairly new on the market. Every Spring I have to buy a 12 pack of Genny Bock. Admittedly, it's not an award winning version of the style but it's release is one of the first signs of Spring and is a must buy for me. My ohter Spring fav is a seasonal from Sam Adams, Noble Pils. It is their version of a clasic Czech Pilsner and it is a hoppy, crisp, and full flavored pilsner. Great stuff to quaff on those warm Spring days as the lawn is starting to green over. You'll notice that most of my choices are made nearby. There is a good reason. Unlike wine, beer is best drunk fresh, and you can't get any fresher than a beer in season that was made and shipped less than 50 miles away. Storage that is measured in months really does degrade the subtle flavors in beer. And if you haven't really ventured beyond Blue, Mich Ultra, or whatever your usual pour is, do yourself a favor and start to explore the other styles available. There is an incredible variety of flavors and styles out there. Anyway, that's my long-wided post about my favorite beers. Let's hear a little about yours. (yeah, it's a bit slow at work right now )

Just out of curiosity, what does everyone here drive? By all means select multiple cars, but try to make them ones that you own or drive regularly. I have to do American cars first since it forces you to answer all questions, so it would have messed up the polling. Once this vote has accumulated a good amount, I'll start a new thread for foreign cars.

Okay, so this came up in the Complaint Thursdays thread this week and since a lot of you seem to know your alcohol, figured I'd ask this here. I'm primarily a vodka drinker; I enjoy the clean taste and versatility in mixing, but I'm a little bored with it. I also enjoy light rum in a mojito during warmer weather, but I'd like to try whiskey or scotch. So what I'm hoping you guys might be able to help me with is: just how does one begin drinking whiskey or scotch? I'd eventually like to get to the point of being able to enjoy some of the good stuff neat or on the rocks, but I'm guessing I'll need to work up to that point since I don't drink it now. Two main questions come to mind: 1) What are some good "starter" liquors, i.e. something good enough I'll have a chance at liking, but not so good that I'll hate myself if I buy a bottle and don't end up liking it, and 2) Is it best to start with a mixer, or jump right in with the undiluted stuff? Any suggestions would be much appreciated -- thanks in advance for the help!

A reminder to all horror film fans that 'The Walking Dead' starts on AMC this Sunday. The graphic novel by Robert Kirkman is being brought to TV as a series by the director of the 'Shawshank Redemption'. Go to AMCTV.COM to view the trailer. If you like the old school zombie movies you should check this out. I just started reading the graphic novel (ok it's a comic) a couple of weeks ago. I have read through volume eight and can't wait to pick up the next four. If AMC can replicate the feel of the comic this is going to be a huge hit.