Eric in Va

I spoke to the New Orleans Saints ticket office late yesterday afternoon and again this morning. The Saints have currently PAUSED the sale of group tickets. Based on information from the ticket office, the Saints owner has ordered a stop to all group sales for the time being. No reason for this stoppage was provided. Working with my ticket sales rep. he did say that this will not be permanent and that he is hoping that group sales will be re-opened in the next few days or so. He will take my order and complete our order as soon as the tickets reopen. He does not expect any increase in ticket prices, and does not foresee any issues about being able to get the tickets together. I will pull together my list of all individuals who have expressed interest with ticket request total for the second group and post it on TBD later today. If you would like to opt out, let me know. Otherwise, I will assume that everyone will be patient until this all gets resolved. Additionally, I will continue to collect ticket order requests until the tickets are open for sale again. Sorry for any inconveniences that this may cause. Remember, I am just the messenger. I will keep you informed as I find out more information. Eric in VA

I figure if someone wants to burn me on the ticket money I can always call him out on the site and then they will pay (either in cash or suffer the pain of a pissed Bills Fan). I know that we can be pretty darn nasty on this board and the thread will last forever. Remember the "I'm a terrible Person" thread. That went on days with no sign of letting up. I also agree about the EBAY path. Buy tickets at low price and sell at face. 100%+ profit. Thanks, Eric

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I will placing my order on Friday for the second round of tickets to the Bills / Saints game. The following is a list of the individuals that have contacted me with interest. Please review and confirm back to me your order. Todd85 - 3 tickets - confirmed MVJim - 15-20 tickets CajunBillsBacker - 3 tickets - confirmed AKC - 4 tickets - confirmed Jay Rosen - 1 Ticket - confirmed Mackey7789 - 2 Tickets - confirmed Expressed interest but no confirmation!!! Billsman1 Mead107 - 2 more tickets - no confirmation CentralVaBills Go Bills AL Donald Trautman Please contact me if you want tickets. Eric in VA

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I have opened the ticket purchase offer. Go to Tailgate South forum for more info. Do not post in this forum. Eric in VA

Tickets have been purchased. We will be located in section 643 rows 18-21 I will be working on seat assignments the next few days and will then distribute tickets once they have been received. So far we will have 71 people sitting together and a potential 10 others who will be sitting close by. If you have not sent your money in yet, please get it out as soon as possible so that I can get the tickets out to you. Thanks, Eric in VA

You make some very generalization in your post about children in the Richmond area. I know a large number of children that you describe (mine included) that are doing absolutely fine. My son turned 5 in late July and is doing great in all aspects of school. While I do not send my child to private school, I am sending him to one of the best Public Elementary schools in Chesterfield and he does not have any of these competitive issues. He is able to handle the school work, social and sports at par or better than the other kids. My oldest daughter is also a July baby. I do not know many if any parents who have held their child back an entire year so that they are the oldest in class. To me if the kid is ready they should go to school. As for the Buffalo area, I lived in Orchard Park for approxitely 20 years and this was never an issue for me or any of my family or their children. They were all put into school when the kids were age appropriate. I personally do not worry about what all of the other parents and kids are doing when making decisions for my child. I talk to my kids and I observe them very closely with their school work and social interactions. I then help them in any way that I can. I do not subscribe to making life the easiest for anyone. With that said I also understand that some children need time and I do not push my kids for impression sake.

Hey don't send any of this stuff back to CapitalOne!!! I am currently contracting with CapOne and they pay me well. If you keep sending this stuff back they won't be able to keep me. Overall, this is a very good company for people who want to work. Otherwise you will be out the door very quickly. Not to many slackers at this place.

NJ Sue, Do you think you could help me find a list of the best looking men in the world. I really have no idea on how to use this new Internet thingy. Also, I am planning a trip down to South Florida and I need to exchange some money into the Cuban currency. Do you think you could help me with some currency exchange websites? Thanks in advance for your sensitive and respectful response. Eric in VA

I just wish ICE was here. All off season he has been ranting on what a great move it was by Tom D. to resign Drew. It saved us soooo much money and Drew was such of good team player by taking a pay cut. No pay cut for Drew and he has not been play well enough to get a pay check from the Bills. Boy am I ever glad we restructured Drew's contract when we had a chance. Come on back ICE so that we can all listen to your excuses on why we suck this year and why it is not DREW's fault.

JACKSONVILLE - Win at Oakland - Loss BYE NEW ENGLAND - Loss at New York Jets - Loss MIAMI - Win at Baltimore - Loss ARIZONA - Win NEW YORK JETS - Win at New England - Loss ST. LOUIS - Win at Seattle - Loss at Miami - Loss CLEVELAND - Win at Cincinnati - Loss at San Francisco - Loss PITTSBURGH - Loss

I don't know where the orignial thread is, but I am keeping track of a matrix that I put together with everyone's predictions from April. There have been subsequent prediction threads, but they are not included here. I have provided information related to your predictions. Enjoy. Dcgirl JACKSONVILLE - Win at Oakland - Loss BYE NEW ENGLAND - Loss at New York Jets - Loss MIAMI - Win at Baltimore - Loss ARIZONA - Win NEW YORK JETS - Win at New England - Loss ST. LOUIS - Win at Seattle - Loss at Miami - Loss CLEVELAND - Win at Cincinnati - Loss at San Francisco - Win PITTSBURGH - Win rtConner JACKSONVILLE - Win at Oakland - Win BYE NEW ENGLAND - Win at New York Jets - Win MIAMI - Loss at Baltimore - Loss ARIZONA - Win NEW YORK JETS - Win at New England - Loss ST. LOUIS - Win at Seattle - Win at Miami - Win CLEVELAND - Win at Cincinnati - Win at San Francisco - Win PITTSBURGH - Loss

78% of all players correctly predicted that the Bills would beat the Phins. Seven people have an overall record of 4-1 to date. I have included their overall season predictions. We can only hope that NYCBoozers knows something that we all don't know to date. I'm pulling for NYC...... The leaders are: Hollywood Donahue (9-7) Billzfan23 (8-8) PatsFanII (8-8) NYCBoozers (12-4) FlandersInDC (4-12) DCGirl (8-8) KD in CT (6-10) See you all next week. Eric in VA

43% of the players predicted that the Buffalo Bills would not win against the Jets. NYCBoozers could not keep his sole grip on the top spot. This week there are currently 8 people who are tied for first place with 3 correct predictions to date. These people include the following: Chalkie Gerzowski Hollywood Donahoe Billzfan23 PatsFan II NYCBoozers Flanders in DC DCgirl KD in CT There are also 21 people with the same pathetic record as our Bills. 0-4 for the following: WaterBuffalo RI Bills Fan Damian OGTEleven Nodnarb WebsterGuy daninator IBTGB1 KzooMike FanInSanDiego Cobra BeerBall Cindy #89 JR in Ann Arbor Steve-O Benedictine Jamie rtconner HtownBillsFan Kota MarkLongBeach Jason in MT

Congrats to NYCBoozers for correctly predicting the Bills record to date. He is currently 3-0 with his predictions. Additionally, 45 others were correct that the Bills would loose to the Pats this week. 16 others are right behind NYCBoozers with a 2-1 record. See you next week. Special Thanks to our weekly sponsor for this event - LABillzFan.

You Bastard Poojer.....I read all of your crap about jokes, car repairs, meat grinders, music and everything else and the one day I write a message about my long lost pal Sparky the Wonderdog you come down on me. I just hope that you never loose anyone important to you in the future. I will be sure to grind your feelings into the ground. I posted that message here because I know that these people are like family and are willing to share my grief and attempt to make me feel better. Thanks a lot Poojer. Maybe we should change your name to "Party Pooper"

This is true. You mock my sincerity, you are an evil person. I am mourning my loss over the past ten years here and you choose to mock me. I am insulted by your insensitive nature. How about a donation to my fund?

DC Tom: I am truly insulted by your lack of sympothy and disregard for my feelings. Sparky was a true friend and you sit there and make jokes about my feelings. I expect that much from ICE but not you. And to think that I am trying to scam individuals out of cash, I am twice stricken with pain from you. Eric in VA

You should have seen the dump that I took during half-time. It was about this loooooong. Boy did I feel better after that. Now let's get back to business....yes we do suck.

About 10 years ago my best friend in the whole-wide world died. His name was Sparky the Wonder Dog. It saddens me to this day to think about good old Sparky. He was such a good friend and was always there when I needed some one to talk to, walk with or just have a good old face licking. Eventhough I am now married with three kids I still think about my old pal. Rest in Peace good buddy. If anyone would like to make donations to a relief fund that I have set up for myself, please feel free to make all cash donations to the following address. I think I may want to go out and buy myself a new puppy and/or hit the ballet the next time I am in Buffalo to raise my spirits. The Sparky Relief Fund P.O. Box 69690 Richmond, VA 12345 Thanks for listening. This place is like a family to me. Eric in VA

What would be the difference to put Losman or Bledsoe in to handle this type of offense that you suggest? If JP is in handing off the ball to TH or WM and not throwing, how is that increasing his chance of getting hurt. You are willing to allow Bledsoe to rely on the runners since he can't step back and throw, but your opinion is that this will not work for JP because he broke his leg and he is a rookie. I would put JP in so that you have upside potential and not continued ineffectiveness by Bledsoe. Your point of view does not make sense to me.

Three of the four predict the Bills to beat the Pats. Only NYCBoozers predicts the Bills to loose the first three games. Good news....everyone is correct next week. Eric in VA

Congrats to the following players in the Bills Prediction Game which now have a 2-0 record. Next week is the bye week so I will update you all after the New England game. CDCampy Clement22 NYCBoozers DeeRay 20 others were correct with their prediction that the Bills would loose to the Raiders.

This morning on the van ride over to work, I was talking baseball with a fellow Red Sox fan and some Yankee fans (who were ok nice guys which should have warned me that I was in the Twlight Zone). I did not think that prisioners were allowed to talk during their van rides. I have seen the chain gangs riding in their vans in the past and the prisioners always appear to be just staring out the windows. I thought the rules for the van ride were similar to two guys at the urnials. Look straight ahead and no talking. It must be nice for you to get out of the cell for a few hours a day though.