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What you mean "maybe", Keem-o-sah-bee?

You are local, what's yer excuse?

I think I have only missed one WNYTBDGPS, why make it TWO?!

I have heard that the Bahamas are fun, if you are looking for a great vacation setting, but hanging around the all inclusive "americanized" resorts causes you to lose the local flavor. I have also heard that in the Bahamas, you do not really WANT to experience the local flavor! True? I found that the west coast of Mexico, specifically Puerto Vallarta allows you have the best of both worlds. Stay in the resort, if all you want is a beach and sunshine, or get on a local bus and explore. We have taken busses to other towns and fended for ourselves quite easily, and I speak NO Spanish. We even did our own "bar crawls" rather than taking the guided tour with all the crazy Americans (U.S. and Canadian Americans that is). What is Cancun like?

Thanks for pinning this!

Not for you!

I clicked on your name and read though a bunch of the threads you either started or added to; you should try it to remind yourself how you feel about your current job. I will not give advice, that is not my style since I do not know you. But remember, you added your boss to the "villain" list. I mean this guy was up there with Hitler. Have lunch with the VP and report back tomorrow. and remember this - I used my 4,000th post to say this to you!

It was family and friends. If the shoe was reversed (let's be honest) I could have easily made the same erroneous ASSumptions. THAT is what embarasses me!

Racism has become more subtle, but it is there, all over. The other day, we were late for a dinner. We had stopped at a grocery store in a city neighborhood (a national chain). I was bitching about the lady in line in front of me who could not figure out how to use her food stamp ATM card, and had three screaming brats with no father in sight. Add to this the dumbest cashier minimum wage can buy and it took FOREVER to get through the checkout line. The manager had to come over, straighten things out, and apologized for the convenience. After I told the story to my friends one of them said that this was why they did not shop in the city - frickin dumb blacks! Several people immediately agreed. I then explained that the cashier and welfare mom were white and the manager who set things right was black. Things got quiet and some faces were red. Don't let my avatar fool you. I am white bread. I fight this kind of personal prejudice that was bred into me too. This has little to do with the original topic, but thought it applied to where it has wandered....

Oh, take a valium and relax, Guff!

I was about to ask why my copy of The Twelfth Man listed the meeting as the 31st. I thought it was another one of those conspiracy things. Glad Mary is doing well!

I know he will be crushed to discover I do not think he is hot.

That was a high price 45 years ago, and a gamble at that! This is from an article I wrote for TBD around 1997 or 98. I lost the link. The Four AFLs Most Bills fans are aware of the fact that the American Football League (AFL) that was the original home of the Buffalo Bills, who are members of the NFL now. But many fans are not aware of the fact that since the inception of the National Football League in the early 1920’s, there have been actaully been four AFL's. Three of these leagues included teams from Rochester and Buffalo, New York. In 1926, C.C. "Cash" Pyle was the manager for college sensation "Red" Grange, who had signed with the NFL’s Chicago Bears in 1925. Grange attracted tremendous crowds, causing Pyle to speculate that Grange's fame alone was enough to support an entire new nine team American Football League. Neither Rochester or Buffalo registered with this upstart league, since both cities already owned franchises with the NFL at the time. The AFL was not a financial success and folded after just one year. In 1927, Grange and the New York Yankees merged with the NFL. The Yankees disbanded after just one year, and Grange resumed playing for Chicago Bears in 1928. 1936 saw the creation of a second AFL, featuring such teams as the Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Rams, and three teams from New York: the Rochester Tigers, New York Yankees, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Rochester Tigers were coached by former New York Yankee, New York Giant, Brooklyn Dodger, and future NFL Hall of Famer, Morris "Red" Badgro. Overcoming a dismal 1-6 record that first year, the Tigers managed to finish second to the Los Angeles Bulldogs in their second and final year. Probably the most noteworthy accomplishment of this new short-lived league was the birth of the Cleveland Rams, who were granted a franchise in the NFL and years later moved to Los Angeles, California. This is the same team that now plays in St. Louis. A third American Football League was organized at a meeting in Buffalo, NY and competed for two seasons in 1940 and 1941. This league also featured a team called the Cincinnati Bengals. Buffalo's team called itself the Indians and finished with consecutive losing seasons. A major reason for the immediate failure of this AFL was the loss of players to the service during the second world war. The well established NFL barely survived the war years. The fourth and only successful American Football League was formed under the leadership of Lamar Hunt, a Texas businessman who had been unsuccessful in an attempt to buy the Chicago Cardinals (yes, that is correct - Chicago, then St. Louis, then Phoenix, and currently Arizona Cardinals). Buffalo was not at the initial meeting of six cities, but became a founding member in October of 1959. When Minneapolis was granted an NFL sanction and withdrew from the AFL, they were replaced by the city of Oakland California. The Buffalo Bills we follow today were officially granted an AFL franchise in 1959 under the ownership of Ralph Wilson, a minority owner of the Detroit Lions who had been unsuccessful at gaining his own NFL team. Florida was his first choice to locate this new franchise, but he was not able to lease the Orange Bowl due to conflicts with the college football schedule. Wilson was introduced to Paul Neville, managing editor of the Buffalo Evening News who pledged full community support for the team, which would include an expansion of the War Memorial Stadium from 22,500 seats to 36,500. An added inducement to Wilson was the rabid fanaticism the city had shown their team during the years of the Buffalo Bills with the all America Football Conference in the 1940’s. But that is a story for another day.

Who farted?

I actually met and spoke with those "hotties" last December. McFaddens is babyrock's weekend hangout during football season. GG is a semi-regular too, but is not a hottie!

Great! Now how are you going to tape the two hour American Idol Special tonight! Um, who ARE Rob and Amber?

Yes, it is still very nice. Make sure to check out the reservoir and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Based on my recommendation, King George ordered the R. Rich special (cheeseburger, red hot combo plate with everything AND extra sauce). I had great timing. Got there an hour after AF1 arrived and got out fast. They tried to get everyone on Pebbles' plane quickly and take off at noon but could not make it. They were both 12:30 scheduled, so guess who had to wait? I am not used to seeing 747's at Rochacha International; made our air busses look like puddle jumpers.

Think of it as a steak marinating or a fine wine aging. The finest things are worth the wait. Ever notice that once the season starts time flies by so quickly?

Yes, Star Wars (the concept) was broader in scope in Lucas's mind than one movie, but at the time he only had two films released (correct me if I am wrong). The low budget SF film, THX 1138 was a bomb at the box office and the delightfully nostalgic American Graffiti was a success but it was NOT SF. There was no assurance that a science fiction movie could even make it "big" at the time it was released. So it was written to stand on its own as a complete story. He had the desire but not the intention of doing 5 more films. LOTR was the only three installment story on the list that was intentionally released in three installments. Tell me a person could go into ROTS and have any clue as to who all these people were!

Could you bring it to the opener and read it to us at Danny's?

Let me guess: Star Wars Finding Nemo LOTR

Compliments of G. Host! Countdown to the Texans

To the moderators - can this be pinned here and/or over at TSW, in addition to Tailgate Central? Pretty please?

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