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Thanks for pinning this, Jack! (my 1st contributor)

Through Two Bills Drive and the The Stadium wall, I have been allowed to make an annual request for sponsors for the MS Walk (thanks Scott!). In 2012 TBD and other sponsors raised about $1,250. Total donations since I started this in 2002 on TBD are nearly $12,000! Link to the MS Walk 2013: http://main.national...to/family_rocks Back in 2005, in a post, I wrote: "I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in 1994. Since then, I have quit smoking, dropped 10 lbs, ran a 10K, hiked mountains from the Adirondacks to the Sierra Madres. I am still in remission, thanks in part to medicine that was NOT available less than a generation ago. With research and maybe some luck, I believe MS will be a curable disease one day; we will be able to do more than just treat the symptoms, or DELAY the next attack." There is still no cure, but the treatment for preventing a relapse has gone from daily injections (ugh) and monthly chemo-type IV drip bags to a daily pill that is about 75% effective in preventing relapses. Progress is being made! My team is a regular group of friends and family now, and includes three generations of my immediate family - I am Grandpa Rockpile.

I would never be that impractical.

There is no doubt that it is true there is a rumor

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Daughter 'Babyrock' teaches in an elementary school less than one hour away. I was numb!

That was downright embarrassing, and will probably make more than one blooper reel!

I like snow games and may go to the Jets game. I watch because that is what I do.

I understand the way you feel, but the Bills are my team and TBD is my football family. Like others have said, I just do not expect anything from the team, anymore. That prevents them from ruining my day. I will go to the occasional game as I always have, and enjoy the tailgate and hopefully the game. Rather than walk away, I just fade into the background now and them.

I admit I also had LP's by the Monkees and Tommy James, but they were not my first! Mom: Then by a dime bag, with the $10 you have. After I (my kids would say FINALLY) bought a CD player, I bought two CDs at the same time: Santana - Abraxas, and Tchaikovski - 1812 Overture

#6 Box of Rain - I'm impressed.

"Squirrel Butter" from Wikipedia: traditional and original music influenced by Appalachian, early country, jugband, and blues artists from the late 1800’s through 1950’s. They were playing on a sidewalk in Seattle, Wa in August.

It was either the "Vanilla Fudge" 1967 which contained "You Keep Me Hangin' On", or "Disreali Gears' by Cream. My brother and I pooled allowances to buy "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". $4.00 First 45rpm single was "Stop in the Name of Love" by The Supremes for $0.88

Babyrock is married and living in Connecticut. Not in a flood area, but as many of us, was worried about power outages. She made it through ok and got a day off work. *-)

There was a place in Perry NY - Dead Man's Hill (or curve - I dis-remember). Young and dumb!

It was like that scene from American Graffiti. We used to go there pretty often - around 1969-70. My friend would get home from school, uncap the headers on his Nova (327 cu in, 375 hp), pop on his wrinkle wall slicks, and head into the night. One time that I did not go, almost every other guy on my block was caught and arrested for "unlawful assembly". Usually, we could get away and lie low by the Coast Guard building that housed the hydrofoil. Those were some sweet days!

We were lucky. Got a few inches of water in part of the basement, only because the float got blocked that turns on the pump. A very large branch pulled my cable, phone, and power lines off the house, but did not break the connection. Waiting for power company to move branches, and hook up wires safely. rochester ny

DUCK !

I understand how you feel. I am tired of the Bills' (the whole organization) incredible incompetence. When I think about other NFL teams, none of them interests me enough to be a fan. So I guess I am stuck being a fan of a team not committed to winning, and will not let them ruin my day. It is 1984 all over again. I have to admit, I let my guard down and like a sucker punch, the loss today hurt. <sigh> I will not make that mistake again until they give me a reason.

Before the SB era, I remember saying it would be nice to just be 8-8 instead of 4 wins in two seasons. Take it for what it is, and enjoy Monday morning after a win.

I was born in Lackawanna and grew up with games at the Rockpile. My Dad took me to home games and was a co-founder of the original Bills Boosters Club. I go to games with my children and family. When it was simpler, I went to training camp with my grandchildren. If they move, I will not have a Buffalo Bills team to cheer for. I will not have a home team. I will still watch football, but I will not have a team that is mine. Why is this so hard to understand?

You are not alone. Bills fans = Charlie Brown

About twenty years ago, I left my seat, which was very close to a ramp exit and by the time I used the facilities and picked up a couple beers, I missed 5 minutes (game clock) of the 3rd quarter. Just sayin' I had bottled water in my pocket yesterday, and only took some coins and my cell out. Other pockets had non-metallic stuff. . No problem. I could have brought a pint of brandy in! Nothing compares to being there. As many know, I have MS. No handrails is a challenge.