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I'm happily married and blessed to have a life better than I deserve... other than kids not being in the cards. I meet that disappointment by trying to be a good son to Mom (I miss Dad every day), a good uncle, sibling, stepdad, etc. My current and hopefully last job allows me to mentor many construction Apprentices so all of that softens the blow of not having any of my own. Outside of work and hopefully into retirement I'll continue transforming our hillside property into our version of paradise. That includes agricultural as well as water and land management projects. Like the OP I enjoy woodworking but lean towards natural/greenwood methods using tools like a froe, timber slick, drawknife, spokeshave, and assorted axes, adzes, wood chisels and augers. I need to make a shave horse pretty soon. Being in construction I love building things big and small and have a tool fetish, most recently Buffalo-made antique tools. At some point I started to take my own life seriously and stopped living vicariously through sports fandom and now only follow the Bills and the NFL.

Plus, you also have to account for the fact that the Refs are on the Chiefs side too, which counts for a lot.

My first one was Buffalo marathon 1999 and trying to lineup up for Buffalo to be 100 in 2026

For sure

I grew up watching Norm on Cheers. Not sure if drinking beer counts as a hobby, but I strive for perfection all the same.

RVing and riding machines Elk hunting Fishing Cruising in my ‘69 Roadrunner Cyber stalking Josh Allen/Bills news

If we didn't trade for Metcalf there's no way they're trading for an older guy who wants a similar contract. I think once he writes a goodbye letter to fans the Commanders will come to an agreement.

I'm a pretty big WWE fan. Have been for almost as long as I've been a Bills fan. I do several camping trips with the kids every year that have become things I enjoy planning and preparing for year round. Just became a Grandpa and in two weeks will have all my kids and now grandkid at the campground. Cooking is also a big passion for mine. My wife hasn't made dinner in 14 years. It's for the best. Every night I have one of the kids come in and assist cooking dinner. It's a special time that's hopefully building special memories for the kids once I'm off this world. Of the more embarrassing hobbies, I make TikToks. Mostly comedy about parenting and marriage. Some Bills content there too.

Fly fishing. Elk and mule deer hunting. Puttering at the cabin. All slower than they used to be due to kids.

Trey Lance looked surprisingly competent this evening.

Pretty big rockhounding nerd here.. got about 20 flats of various collected minerals from around my state. Colorado is a great state for rockhounding, but I have to say for fossils WNY's Penn Dixie Quarry is about as fossil rich a locality as I could ever hope to imagine. It's a pay-to-dig site but I came back with an impressive trilobite, several well preserved brachiopods, and more horn coral than I know what to do with. I guess back in the day the Walworth Quarry east of Rochester used to let the public collect gorgeous water-clear fluorites, but like so many other good things those days are long over.

Terribly sad. God bless and be with the family. Heartbreaking. 💔

I threw in the Highland Games until my lumbar fusion last year.

You say that, yet against KC, we got the ball back in Josh's hands with 3:30 left + timeouts, and got nowhere... 2nd time in 2 years where the offense had an opportunity with the ball in Josh's hands. People talk about our offense like there's no room for major improvements, but that's just not true. Yes, our D has been bad in the playoffs, but why do we keep trusting McDermott to get his side of the ball right, despite his constant failure to do so, rather than giving our best player more support? Imagine how much better they'd be with more talent! They tried with Diggs, and he was instrumental in Josh's improvement, but he never was a game changer in those big playoff games. Meanwhile, people expect the "defensive-minded" HC who couldn't get his D to protect a lead for 13 seconds, who wasted numerous early picks on defensive players who haven't been relevant in the playoffs, who had All Pro players at both safety positions, LB & CB, to suddenly figure out with new players? Adding an unselfish & great all-around talent like Terry to THIS offense would be amazing. Dude is like the modern day Eric Moulds, only with even worse QB play up until last year.

This is where I would normally do the Palpatine "do it" meme,but we all know Beane ain't doing squat till next offseason.

So to sum up... more injuries and the OL is sucking. Cool, got it.

MAGA's are fools.

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Can't you just complain about beane not trading for terry?? 🤪

Sailing, as some here may know, my wife and I have been sailing the east coast from Connecticut to the Bahamas and back for the last several years, currently calling Baltimore our home port, we sail a 1977 Bristol 29.9, hull number seventeen. GO BILLS!!! Thanks Ethan, great way to take a step back and realize we are all just folk nerding out on one thing or another, 👍