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That ringing sound is a wake-up call - for you and your son! I have four grown children, so I am not talking philosophically, heh. This coach can help a LOT. It is up to your son now. You can advise him but you are not driving the car anymore. Good luck!

Good advice. Kids have less of a chance of being abused by the family dog than by a relative (opinion based on observation and anecdotal evidence ). Also, as far as the girl friend remark, I know that was partly in jest, but remember a dog lives a long time. It is excellent to be considering 2, 4, and 10 years or more down the line. Some people thinks pets are things, and almost disposable. No, pets are not people, but they are not plants either! I do not have a dog right now for two reasons. The first is that my wife runs a daycare in our home, and she does not need the extra work AND a houseful of other people's kids makes training near impossible. I do not want untrained kids F'ing up my dog. The second is that I want to be the one who trains my dog. It will be good discipline for me and for the dog.

Here is a blast from the past, originally posted as a feature story on TBD in 1998! The Other # 12 By the way, I was alarmed for a minute at first too, when all I saw in the tiltle of the thread was Joe's name.

Last we went on it, the trees had grown very tall on both sides of the tracks and the kids were bored out of their minds, lke 90 minutes in a green tunnel. This was at least 15 years ago. I liked it when I was a kid but THERE WAS A VIEW.

Since ESPN shows the spelling bee, I would have to say baseball is also a sport.

Christ, I never said I lost any sleep worrying about it!

Ka-ching!

I said "yes". Although I do not care what they do on their personal time, ad am not opposed to MJ, if they get busted it takes away their contribution to the Bills team. I have worked for years for companies that did random testing. The law sucks, but it is there.

The key to making this so wrong is growing up and being a Braves fan for 22 years, then becoming a divisional rival's fan only two years after moving from Atlanta to Philly. He is a slut.

Jeff Wright! <gag>

It must be an addiction because I have been saying "Wait until next year" since 1967. We are just an offense and a defense away from a Super Bowl.

I used a shop vac to blow out the pipes and cap them - piece of cake. I am in Rochester and they have never frozen in the ten years I have lived here. This year all I had to do was fill it, vacuum it out, toss in a couple bags of shock, and run the pool with 3" chlorine tabs. It has taken a few years to get it right and every year it gets a little easier. Your main problem IMO was paying him before everything was working and clean.

As a fan, there is nothing more than I would like to see than for the Bills beat the Patriots. I take no solace in someone else beating the Pats for us. If the Pats overlook the Bills, I will be surprised. I guess I will be surprised if Jauron out-coaches Bellichek, too. The Bills as a team need to learn to stand tall and BE winners - consistently. They can strut a little without trash talking anybody! I guess I did not read the post as having the tone of "loser mentality", and then comparing it to Jauron mentality. Then again, as you point out, they have "owned" us for far too long.

It was no offde-fence. Get it right! What an odd reply. Maybe you could expand on your opinion?

Now THAT is a really bad joke!

Who Wants to be a Millionaire Audition Summary observations: About 120 people in a cafeteria style room New group every 20-30 minutes (I saw them going in from about 4PM to 7PM non-stop That means at least 700-800 people took test that day I saw. There were at least three more days of auditions conducted. Format: 30 multiple choice questions 10 minutes / 3 minutes per question Only 8 or 9 "passed test" – about 7 ½ percent; I had heard 15 percent was the average cut off in past auditions, but that is not confirmed. The test went by really fast. I was on #17 when they said "five minutes". The only thing I double checked was that every answer was shaded in. I am pretty sure I scored 85% or higher based on what I can remember. If I had been thinking, I would have written down crib notes immediately after the test so I could recall the questions. Several questions were cake if it was your area of interest, but a blind guess if not. These would have been easy if the "ask the audience" option was available. They were pop music, football, or cable television questions. The old lady next to me knew the Grammy answer but had no clue as to who Ben Roethlisburger was. *-) I would say if I had all the help options available, I could have easily won at least $25K. Without the help, there were way too many guesses. What bugged me was that there was no feedback. How many correct answers did I have (percentile)? How many correct answers did you need (percentile)? I did not expect them to give me the Q & A's but having no idea how I did is frustrating. Was I one answer or ten answers away from passing? I am somewhat embarrassed that I did not pass and almost convinced you had to be a trivia God or very lucky, or both, to qualify. *-) If I was planning to be in NYC, I would give it another try, but I would not make a special trip only for the audition again. Luckily, me and an old friend from Jersey had a nice time just catching up on news (we have been friends for 30 years and see each other two or three times a year.) We got just enough sleep after I drove in Wednesday night. We took it slow Thursday morning and stayed cool until after the test. We went to a garden vine-roofed restaurant, where I had coffee and soda water, while he had soup and Merlot. While we were there a couple artists were painting murals on the brick walls: One was a Tuscan Valley, the other a "window" into the kitchen. They were happy to discuss the painting, style, critiques from us and each other. We had some credibility with them because my friend had just returned from Tuscany! Also our critique was more of a conversation about the effects they were looking for, and our feedback; we were not a**hole dilettante tourists telling them how to paint – LOL! We walked past the Dakota where Lennon was so unfairly taken from this plane by a crazy non-human. We also visited Strawberry Fields (Lennon's memorial) in Central Park' It was nice and shady and a place to sit on a HOT day. After the test we headed south and stopped at McSorley's Old Ale House (oldest pub in NYC) and walked over to East Greenwich Village. Along the way we grabbed some supper, a couple more ales, and hung out in Washington Square Park, listening to musicians and enjoying the character and characters of a GREAT city. I'll be returning to the city in early June with my wife for a Yankees game in the Bronx, and one night in a hotel near Battery Park. I hope the weather is nice so we can spend the night in the Village again. McSorely's Strawberry Fields Washington Square Park

Right, like now he has wood.

Ding! ....hot - pockets ......

What would REALLY suck is if your name was See Id!

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I remember watching Romper Room on a B&W TV - probably 1958 or 1959 with my Mom. It is one of the few memories I have of my mother (she died of cancer in 1960).

The important question is: Did you enjoy your Slurpee?

I have an audition for 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire' on Thursday the 21st in NYC . This is just to determine eligibility. You take a test and if you pass, you have an interview. It at least gets your name in the hat! Anyone have any good stories to tell or advice? I just figure if I pass on this I will always regret not trying. I always wondered how I would do on a show like that. It is easy at home on the couch.

I remember being pissed when the Who tickets for the Who's Next tour (1972?) were $6.00 I was used to paying $4.50 - $5 for Jethro Tull, Grand Funk Railroad, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, and New Riders of the Purple Sage, etc. I do not have those stubs though.

It is hard not to be pessimistic after the last decade, and the long list of disappointments with no NFL champions. I have been a fan for 45 years myself, but every now and then I like to see some of the highlights when Buffalo had a team. It reminds me of how excellent they were. I cannot only be interested in this year's team because I have no idea what we will see; as you point out, wishing for a SB Champ is mostly fantasy right now. If you do not like threads like this, no sense being the Grinch. Just don't read them! Go Bills!