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On 3/24/2018 at 12:24 PM, Just Jack said:
Attending the Two Bills Drive Annual Home Opener Tailgates
Being conned into standing on top of a cooler that was on the edge of a pickup truck tailgate before the sun came up, so I could hang the Two Bills Drive sign for a TBDAHOT.
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UPDATE:
As of today we are up to $290.
Thanks to all!
Sponsors:
JÂy RÛßeÒ
Tom Benson
Anonymous
Jane G
Bill Low-Bear
Scoundrels:
Jack
If you choose to participate:
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
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There are 59 days left until the MS Walk in Canandaigua!
Current Status:
Goal: $1,000
Current Total: $225 (23%)
Sponsors:
JÂy RÛßeÒ
Tom Benson
Anonymous
Jane G
Scoundrels:
Jack
If you choose to participate:
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarksTHANK YOU!
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MS Walk Canandaigua - Current Status:
Goal: $1,000
Current Total: $175 (18%)
Sponsors:
JÂy RÛßeÒ
Tom Benson
Anonymous
Scoundrels:
Jack
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On 3/12/2018 at 12:00 PM, Just Jack said:
When’s the absolute last day to make a donation? I want to make sure I miss it again this year.
The Canandaigua MS Walk is May 20, but donations that sponsor me continue through June.
Donations to the National MS Society are always accepted.
My goal is $1,000 and I have $75 to start things off.
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We are walking again this year, but moving our site from Rochester on the Genessee River to Canandaigua Lake on May 20th. The walk will start at Sonnenberg Gardens.
Donate at MS site: MS WALK 2018 - Help raise money to fight MS
Donate on Facebook: Family Rocks!
STILL ROCKING after all these years!
It is time for my ANNUAL request for people to sponsor me when my team, Family Rocks! walk about 10K at the MS Walk in Canandaigua, NY. This year the walk is Sunday, May 20th. The walk starts at Sonnenberg Gardens
Personal stuff:
I was DIAGNOSED with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis in 1994. I know now that I had MS before then, because there were times when things were “not quite right”. I would tire easily, and walk with a slight limp. My vision would be blurry and I sometimes felt like I was seeing double if I did not concentrate on an image. The symptoms would come and go, and were not COMPLETELY stopping me from doing the things I wanted to do. But the official date I was tested for and a diagnosis confirmed for MS was June 1994. The nature of a relapsing-remitting disease is that it can “come and go”.
This has become a real family event raising over $18,000 since 2003, thanks to the spirit of paying it forward by our many sponsors. No donation is too small (or too big!).
The important thing is that whether you sponsor me or someone else in the fight against MS, Cancer, Lupus, The Red Cross and a myriad of worthy causes, do something. If you have no money, volunteer to help if you can. We all need to pull together and not wait for someone else to help us!We have been in both the Top 50 and Top 100 Club multiple times as a top contributor
BASED ENTIRELY ON YOUR GENEROSITY.
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarksThe National Multiple Sclerosis Society has excellent ratings as far as the percent of donations received, how they are used, and the percentage of “overhead” for salaries and facilities. Here are a few examples:
The National Health Council Standards of Excellence Certification Program reports: "
The Society mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. To fulfill this mission, the Society funds cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education, collaborates with MS organizations around the world, and provides programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. In 2014 alone, through our comprehensive nationwide network of programs and services, the Society devoted $122.2 million to assist more than one million individuals to connect to the people, information and resources they needed. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested $50.2 million to support more than 380 new and ongoing research projects around the world. The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS."
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11 hours ago, mead107 said:
Petticoat Junction
I always wondered if they drank the water that they bathed in from the water tower.
(I know it was for the steam engine)
Andy Griffith Show
Big Bang Theory
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On 2/23/2018 at 11:03 AM, JÂy RÛßeÒ said:
Come to Ra Cha Cha for lunch the Friday before the opener tailgate...
BTW - the Garbage Plate Wrap from Hungry's in Pittsford is amazeballs
LDR Charpit on Lake Avenue in Charlotte has one of the best beef burgers in town, along with excellent onion rings.
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On 2/23/2018 at 3:02 PM, PolishDave said:
Barfed a garbage plate up one time on the sidewall of the crapper in the Nick Tahou's in the city in my early 20's. Went there after getting completely shitfaced at some bars in the city. Spent so much time in the shitter - my buddies came in to check on me. Found me in the stall with new barf wallpaper everywhere.
Felt sorry for the poor bastards who work there who had to clean that up. It was beyond disgusting. Had to have happened a bunch of times there though.
They close at 8:00 PM now. It became too much of a magnet for drunks and druggees and other pillars of society. I am not judging - I was there too! I just never wasted a plate by donating it back to Nick's.
On 2/23/2018 at 6:18 PM, BillsPride12 said:Was with a couple buddies a few years ago and we went out of our way to check out the original Tahou's on our way home from playing some golf out in the ROC area and it left me with two lasting impressions 1) the garbage plate being decent but nothing on the level of Buffalo Wings, Deep Dish Pizza from Chicago, Fish Tacos from Cali etc...2) The place being an absolute DUMP
Not something I would ever go out of my way for again but I could certainly see the appeal for the drunken college kids
That is called "ambiance".
On 2/25/2018 at 7:20 PM, Buffalo Barbarian said:Not If You Have A Good One.
Mammas Smokin BBQ In Shongo Is Money!
My dream garbage plate consist of: homes fries, baked beans,mashed potatoes n gravy, smoked brisket, kielbasa, hamburger, chicken tenders, bacon, Texas sauce, chedder cheese throughout and over easy eggs.
Sounds good but it is not a Garbage Plate!
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I did not see this posted so I decided to share it.
Nick Tahou's s 100 Yeas Old! Official HQ of the WNYTBDGPS. Click for video!
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He preached and lived what he believed, as he interpreted it from the Bible.
He asked others to find what he had found.
Billy Graham did NOT ask for your money, like almost every TV evangelist.
Believe as he did or don't, but he deserves respect for walking the line.
RIP
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16 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:
said in another thread, I don't have a feel for the opponent, but I got the Bills hosting the early Monday nighter opening weekend.
Nothing personal, but I really hope you are guessing wrong.
I did NOT enjoy the TBDHOT when it was on Thursday night, as much as on Sundays. It is much harder for out-of-towners to make it.
No problem for me since it is only a 90 minute drive if I take my time.
The farther away someone has to travel to the game, the more complicated night games make it for family, work, hotels, and tailgate parties.
Plus night games give the ass clown fiery table divers more time to get primed.
Bowling Ball shots = Cool
Table diving = Community Embarrassment
14 hours ago, Limeaid said:Guessing TNF game will be Bills & Lions. Wonder if Bills will play them in preseason with a game scheduled during year?
Hope it is not the opener!
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On 1/29/2018 at 9:46 AM, CountDorkula said:
Update: We are moving to Shepherd Center sooner than anticipated, which is amazing.
My wife flexed her right foot for the first time by herself since surgery which brought me to tears basically. It was such a magical moment.
If people had not heard about Shepherd Center, It is a world renown center for spine and brain rehabilitation. It is only 1 of two in the entire country (The other Craig in CO) and somehow we managed to get in!
Logged in to see how things were going. Sorry to hear they did not get the whole tumor, but you seem to be cared for by the best doctors and facilities available. That is a very positive thing.
I am SO glad to hear she is making progress. It is amazing how the simplest task can be a major milestone for one person and something most of us do hundreds of times daily without a second thought.
Hang in there. I pray for you to have the strength to climb this mountain together.
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Saying prayers for you and your family. People do not realize how widespread addiction is today or how incredibly high the impact is on us all
God Bless.
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On 1/3/2018 at 2:45 PM, CountDorkula said:
She started having nerve pain. Tingling and burning sensations in her legs. (Basically it felt like her legs were constantly asleep. It has been going on for a year now. No they will do the biopsy during surgery, where they cut out part of the tumor/lesion to find out if it is indeed an Ependymoma/astrocytoma or something else.
They first thought it may have been early signs of MS or ALS, but are now leaning more towards a benign tumor.
We had a full CT Scan done and it showed no other lesions on the spinal cord, which was fantastic news.
Thank you for this.
Also, good luck to you rockpile!
Happy to hear the scans are clean (no MS lesions or bone spurs).
I am very lucky! Thanks. If I did not tell you, you would not know I had MS, in most situations.
But this thread is about your wife. My prayers for a complete recovery!!
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On 1/1/2018 at 8:37 PM, ShadyBillsFan said:
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There is no I in team.
The is no Q or B in Taylor. (Just kidding)
I find this whole thread rather funny because if they actually WIN the Super Bowl with Taylor, he will be God.
If they lose to the Jaguars, he will be the picture accompanying SUCK on Wiki.
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Or a Sharknado!
On 1/2/2018 at 8:30 AM, mead107 said:I don’t care. ?
Drink more wine.
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On 1/2/2018 at 11:39 AM, CountDorkula said:
The holiday season has been a stressful one to say the least.
Long story short. We had to take my wife to the hospital where they discovered that she had a tumor inside of her spinal cord at the C3-C4 Vertebra in her neck.
The only option for her is surgery, which we have scheduled for end of January, which comes with risks stemming from having to cut open the spinal cord.
I just ask you to please say a prayer for her and I for a successful surgery and road to recovery.
Thank you!
Prayers for a full recovery! What were the symptoms that caused you to go to the hospital? I have read that they can monitor the spinal chord function during surgery to minimize damage to healthy tissue. Many times the tumor is benign and side effects temporary. They have not been able to get tissue for a biopsy yet, right?
I recently had routine periodic MRI scans of my brain, spine, and neck for my MS and they found no new MS lesions, but they saw bone spurs on the same vertebrae as your wife's tumor. I am lucky.
Now I have a trifecta: multiple sclerosis, generalized anxiety disorder, and cervical spinal stenosis. The first two are under control by prescription medications, and the third will go untreated (no surgery) unless or until a couple ibuprofen are all I need for pain relief, or they get larger and restrict flow of spinal fluids. I declined CT scans and surgery at this time. All considered I have "conditions" not concerns!Good luck to you and hang in there.
Edit: I was diagnosed with MS over twenty years ago and I was able to work until 2015. I still do many things but pace myself. I also consider that I am not in my 40's anymore, so 10K's and backpacking are too hard for me now. It is only in the last few years I that stopped hiking up mountains, snow shoeing and cross country skiing. I am still chasing the younger grandchildren. I have eight of them from almost one to 22 years old.
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15 hours ago, Turk71 said:
my first game was 1971 at the rockpile, hence my name.
My first game at the rockpile was (I think) 1964, but it might have been earlier. I met Tom Day and shook his hand.
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37 minutes ago, Just Jack said:
Pagers were still popular
Not if you had to carry one!
... Training Camp was not yet in Pittsford.
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11 hours ago, RevWarRifleman said:
Last time the Bills were in the playoffs was: Here goes nothin, & I do mean nothin.
1. Dinasaours stil roamed parts of the earth.
2. Cell phones were as large as shoe boxes.
3. Roy Moore was cruisin the Twin Fair store in Lockport looking for "a date." (See # 1 above.)
4. A "super bowl" was something George Carlin did before going on stage.
5. The British still had possession of Fort Niagara.
6. The Rockpile was still................well, The Rockpile.
7. Rex Ryan was a 6th grader picking his nose in science class. (again, see #1)
8. A Super Bowl had a different meaning at SUNY New Palz.
Told ya it was nothin. Congratulations coach McDowell and the Buffalo Bills! This feels great!!
#6. I am still the Rockpile!
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On 12/31/2017 at 8:25 PM, SDS said:
Here is what TBD looked like:
http://web.archive.org/web/20000229122343/http://www.twobillsdrive.com:80/
LOL. I had a regular column "On this day in Bills History".
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In 1987, Buffalo was 7-8 with THREE wins and ONE loss decided by Three points or less to finish fourth of five teams in the AFC East
In 1988 They were 12-4, with FIVE wins and ONE loss decided by Three points or less to finish first in the East. .
Jim Kelly and Marv Levy were both essentially rookies on those teams.
Was that luck or did they start to figure out how to turn the close games into victories? Just looking for opinions, not arguments.
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My Third Eye is getting tired. I will have to stop reading now.