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Jobu

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    Not hard at all. What you describe is me. I was just wondering why people would want to hide the fact they are reading a certain writer's stuff.

     

    The post in question said "if you hate them both as much as I do" and then went on to describe a method for continuing to read the hated writer's pieces without the website owner's knowledge. I find that odd, maybe childish, that's all.

     

    Seeing as I find you odd, maybe even childish. I will take that as a compliment! :thumbsup:

     

    Don't let Sully's jockstrap weigh you down!

  2. So I stumbled across something interesting the other day. The Buffalo News sets a specific cookie in your browser when you visit a Bucky or Sully article. At first, I thought it was just because they have the Bucky and Sully section and it got set there. Not so. Any time you view an article that has been authored by either that cookie gets set or modified. Interesting to say the least.

     

    If you hate them both as much as I do, I strongly encourage you to block this cookie. I have already tested it and it does not affect the function of the Buffalo News site. It is basically screwing with their analytics. I am sure they do something Javascript based as well, but that is another story.

     

    If you use Chrome: Goto chrome://settings/contentExceptions#cookies then under hostname pattern add 'buckyandsully.buffalonews.com' then select 'block' under behavior, then click done.

  3. I read the article. I've never been to Lambeau so I can't speak directly of the before and after, but as an architect I can tell you that you that it is very, very unlikely that you will be able to get the same level of amenities in a renovation of RWS, which I have been to many times, as you will if you build a new stadium no matter what you spend. And whatever you could affordably do, I'm sure they did in the recent renovation. Anyone thinking that you can spend another $150m and get a near new stadium experience is deluded.

     

    No, I don't think you read the article. If you did you have comprehension issues. Anyone thinking the Packers only spent 150 million dollars to get a state of the art stadium is deluded. They have spent well over 600 million since the 2000 Brown county referendum.

     

    http://www.ibmadison.com/In-Business-Madison/August-2013/A-brief-history-of-Lambeau-Field-renovations/

  4. I'm surprised at how many fans seem to want an old stadium with limited amenities as long as it has cheap parking and low ticket prices. That doesn't sound like something a franchise committed to the highest quality and to a great fan experience would embrace.

     

    I don't think anyone is advocating for that. In fact what I am advocating for is what the Packers did. If you had taken the time to read the article I linked, perhaps you would be a bit more enlightened to a different perspective. When I first went to Lambeau, it was a dump, with waffle tin exterior and cattle trough urinals. It is now nothing short of state of the art. They started with the worst stadium league and now have one of the best. They kept the history of the place in the process.

     

    Recently, the Packers unveiled the latest upgrade to their classic stadium. This newest facelift cost $145 million, added approximately 7,000 seats and 30 new concession stands, and removed 3,800 names from the team’s famously lengthy season ticket waiting list. Today, quaint Lambeau Field is the NFL’s third-largest stadium in terms of seating capacity, having surpassed Jerry Jones’ prized hog — the $1.3 billion AT&T Stadium. In addition, the newly tricked-out arena has an upgraded sound system, new HD video boards, and a rooftop viewing system — amenities that would surely dazzle old-school gladiators like Ray Nitschke and might very well prompt Vince Lombardi to shout (gleefully this time), “What the hell is going on out here?!” Just as importantly, the project created 2,000 jobs and supported $70 million in wages, with 92% of the work going to Wisconsin companies.
  5. I am not sure how you get three pages into a thread like this without having heard from Vince Lombardi:

    • It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
    • The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
    • The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
    • Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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