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We used to go to Nick's Lake (Old Forge) for one week every year when the kids were younger. It is beautiful if you can get a lake front site. We would rent a canoe for the week, and spent many nights under the stars. The kids and even some adults who came by had never seen the Milky Way before!
No motor boats was a big reason we liked it there.
We started our family vacations with tenting camping at Eighth Lake, near Inlet, but after a few years and and four kids we got a popup just to get off the ground!
We had a great time hiking Blue Mountain, but it was a killer if you are out of shape!
The last time we were in the Adirondacks was a BNB at Indian Lake which was OK but I prefer the Saranac Lake area.
These days we do BNBs, mostly in the town of Woodstock in the Catskills. I have grown to love it there. The Woodstock Festival was probably 90 minutes from there, FYI.
It is just a good place to stay and do day trips.
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One thing for sure, the majority of television shows are not great, and going from three networks to hundreds of networks has not helped. But people, me included, will stare at mediocre product way too often.
Quarantine is not drawing people closer. It is leaning them more towards a world resembling Fahrenheit 451.
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On 5/7/2020 at 10:43 AM, The Jokeman said:
What was the purpose of Potsy? I mean I guess Richie had to have a best friend but at least Mouth was funny.
I think he was patterned after the dork with glasses in American Graffiti.
On 5/7/2020 at 10:43 AM, The Jokeman said:Bernadette over Penny every damn day.
In the photo from Maxim, but not on the Big Bang, IMO.
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Wife got up early for quiet time. I made her a simple breakfast of bacon, eggs, biscuits, and fruit (she picked the menu). No, she is not my Mom, but she is a very good Mom to our four children and ten grandchildren. I also bought her wind chimes for the deck if summer ever arrives, and a case of wine.
Two daughters stopped by with their children and we saw them for the first time since early March. We visited and it really made Mom's day!
Later we went for a walk near Lake Ontario. We ordered curb pickup and delivered a meal and a gift to her Mom. We had masks on and passed it through the door. She is in her mid 80's and active but has maintained isolation as much as possible. Before quarantine, Mom and me went to the "Y" 2-3 times a week as Silver Sneakers!
Regarding flowers. Mother-in-Law received four bouquets of flowers from her son and grandchildren. While appreciated, she lamented the money spent on flowers, especially right before Mother's Day. Flowering plants for outside, and then setting a date to plant them where she wanted them may have been a better choice? IMO four bouquets is too much!
It was a good day!
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On 5/3/2020 at 12:11 PM, rockpile said:
Good one! It does not work that way, as you know!
The annual MS walk in Canandaigua is a "virtual" walk this year. We will be walking on our own, NOT having a gathering of several hundred walkers.
"Social distancing" and the economy has screwed with a lot of people's lives!!
The walk is just two weeks away. If you are able and if you are so inclined, the link to sponsor me follows. All proceeds go to the National MS Society
2020 MS Walks - Family Rocks! Facebook Page is "Family Rocks"
Thanks and God Bless my TBD Family! ❤️
Rockpile - still trucking after MS diagnosis 26 years ago
The MS Walk is Sunday May 17th..
Contributions from friends and family to date total $512 with several days to go.
Thanks to my TBD Family for sponsoring me:
Mr Info
Jay Rubeo
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On 5/2/2020 at 8:25 AM, Just Jack said:
Do you have a list of former donors that we can start publicly shaming for not donating yet this year?
Good one! It does not work that way, as you know!
The annual MS walk in Canandaigua is a "virtual" walk this year. We will be walking on our own, NOT having a gathering of several hundred walkers.
"Social distancing" and the economy has screwed with a lot of people's lives!!
The walk is just two weeks away. If you are able and if you are so inclined, the link to sponsor me follows. All proceeds go to the National MS Society
2020 MS Walks - Family Rocks! Facebook Page is "Family Rocks"
Thanks and God Bless my TBD Family! ❤️
Rockpile - still trucking after MS diagnosis 26 years ago
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Just a reminder that this year's MS Walk is on May 17th. It will be a "virtual walk" since large crowds are not permitted. Me and my wife will be doing the walk in a park or a path near the lake, we have not decided.
Things are in a "new normal" state right now. IF you are able to help and want to sponsor me, click here: MS WALK 2020 FAMILY ROCKS!
I hope this note finds you safe and well. God Bless!
Go Bills!
Rockpile
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Happy Birthday, Joe!
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On 4/16/2020 at 6:19 AM, Just Jack said:
What’s your total?
We are at $256 as of today.
One is a check that I have, so it does not show as part of the total at the 2020 Walk.
We have a few weeks!
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John Prine is one of those brilliant poets and guitarists, on the fringe of "pop star" status. I have been loving his music since the seventies.
He is on my top of the pops list with J.J. Cale, Leon Russell, The Band (two original members are alive), and a few others.
I am not ready to let go of him yet. ?
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I had to retire at 62 because my MS decided to not let me manage the stress of 40+ hours a week anymore. My disability application with Social Security was granted in a record eight working days. So I started collecting the full retirement age benefit almost five years ago. It converted from disability to retirement when I turned 65.It takes a lot adjustment, since I always worked, and my wife is not ready to retire. Luckily I have not had to touch my IRA's.
The worst part was having my career job eliminated in 2007, so I spent the last several years of work with less pay and significantly less enjoyment.
I feel busier now than when I worked, but I have more choice over scheduling my hours! It took a while for the family to back off and not try to fill my schedule for me.
My complaints are petty. I am a lucky guy and plan to live to be 100.
Good luck to you, Lewport
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On 3/28/2020 at 12:01 PM, Just Jack said:
Dang, they're still letting you "walk" and raise funds this year? I was hoping I could get a one year reprieve from harassing you.
Better than that! Since it is a virtual walk, you can join my team and walk from where you are!
With all the heavy things going on this year, I do not think people are real responsive to sponsoring walks this year!
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2019 MS Walk Team
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To my fellow Bills fans, it is that time of year again where I ask for sponsors to raise funds for the National MS Society. Over the past decade and more, Two Bills Drive and others have helped us raise over $20,000 for the cause. I know these are hard times for all.
IF you can sponsor me, I assure you, all money goes directly to the MS Society.
I was diagnosed with relapsing/remitting Multiple Sclerosis Twenty-Six years ago, and I am still walking the walk!
Thanks!
I am also on Facebook Groups as "FAMILY ROCKS"
Virtual Walk MS: Canandaigua, NY
Because of the Corona virus, we will not be walking in large groups this year.
On May 17, 2020 our team will be walking in a variety of ways to raise funds to help find the cure for Multiple Sclerosis.
Since 2003 we have raised over $20,000 thanks to YOU!
Any amount helps! Thank you!
From the MS Society:
Celebrate Your Walk, Your Way:
Whether it’s on a home treadmill or a walk around the block with your dog, on your site’s Walk MS date (or whenever it’s convenient for you) put on your orange or Walk MS finest and show us how you’re celebrating by using #virtualwalkMS on social media to share photos and more.
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I started smoking regularly (inhaling) when I was thirteen. I knew I should quit but I was hooked like a crack addict by the time I was eighteen.
Fast forward. When I was 44, I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. I began treating the MS but never stopped smoking. After a while I asked my doctor what he though my future would be like, like the far distant age of say 65. He said they might have a cure, but I would probably be sick or dead if I did not stop smoking!
I took that to heart and eventually quit within six months . It was the hardest thing I ever did!!
I started working out at the gym at work so my brain was beginning to associate work with working out, not work with smoke breaks.
Now I am sixty freaking six and they still have no cure for MS, but I do not smoke and do not want to smoke. I have slowed down, because of my MS, but I would probably be dead if I never stopped smoking.
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Place kicker Booth Lusteg.
Took on his brother's identity when applying for a spot in Buffalo to replace an injured Pete Gogolak, so he became (on paper) four years younger and a Boston College graduate.
Was a 50% FG kicker in 1966.
Missed a gimme field goal against San Diego, so the game ended a tie.
Fans waited for him outside the Rockpile and kicked his ass after that game!
I was at that game, but not one of the thugs.
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"Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda - this is your off season mantra, fellow fans. Breathe in expanding the diaphragm, exhale slowly through your nose.
We shoulda kept Lamonica and got rid of Kemp.
Peace - it is the off season - learn from the past, but look forward.
How many fans said we picked the wrong Josh, but Josh Rosen tanked in AZ, and became backup to Fitz and the Fish.
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On 12/27/2019 at 12:28 PM, KRC said:
It was an interesting game to propel the Bills to the championship game with Cleveland. From my book:
At that point, things became a little strange. With about five minutes remaining in the game and in the midst of a Buffalo offensive drive, a Ratterman pass to Mutryn was dropped by the halfback at midfield. Baltimore guard Dub Garrett fell on the ball, where he apparently recovered a fumble for Baltimore. Head Linesman Fay Vincent – father of former Major League Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent – ruled that the pass was incomplete, because Mutryn did not have possession and control of the ball. Baltimore obviously disagreed and argued that he had control and lost possession. The ball was given back to Buffalo and they continued the drive. After about a minute of play, Ratterman tossed the ball to Baldwin for a 25-yard touchdown and a 21-17 lead. The ruling by the head linesman gave the momentum to Buffalo and Baltimore struggled. Baltimore was desperate. With under three minutes to play, Tittle opened up an aerial assault in an attempt to move the Colts downfield. That ended quickly as fullback Ed Hirsch intercepted a Tittle pass on the Colt 18-yard line and returned it for the final score of the game. The Bills won 28-17 and faced the Cleveland Browns for the 1948 AAFC Championship.
Bills back Alex Wizbicki recalled that it was the defense that made the difference from the previous week. “We put in special defenses. Special defensive maneuvers that were put in because of certain things they were doing. They revealed certain weaknesses, so we had a special defense set up for that particular game.” He commented further on the defensive schemes, “We used a defense where we had five man up fronts, three behind them. A 5-3-3. The linemen would go one way and the linebackers would go the other way in rushing into the line. So that, in itself, created confusion on the part of Baltimore.”
In spite of the defensive strategy changes, Baltimore still racked up an impressive 394 yards of total offense in the game, compared to Buffalo’s 297 yards. Since Buffalo only had five offensive plays in the third quarter, it stood to reason that Baltimore had an easy victory. However, the pivotal point in the game was the referee call to give the ball back to Buffalo after an apparent fumble. Did Mutryn fumble or was it the correct call? Because of what happened on the field, the Baltimore fans were irate. Since Baltimore had a 17-14 lead and possession of the ball, the fans felt that their team could run out the clock or score again to put the game out of reach. In their opinion, bad officiating cost their team the game and the fans stormed the officiating crew. According to one report, “Numerous Colts fans, angered over penalties that had nullified some long gains, stormed the field and attacked the officiating crew. The officials were pummeled and sideline judge Thomas Whelan suffered a black eye before police could disperse the crowd.” Police and players from both teams held off the crowd to protect the officials. When asked about his memories of the incident, Bills’ end Zeke O’Connor recalled, “Oh, yes. I do remember it. My family had come up from New York. The crowd got so unruly that I never got a chance to say ‘Hello’ to my dad or brother, who came, because they rushed us in and out to a bus so that we wouldn’t be involved in any of the mêlée.”
Just a tidbit: I met Y.A. Tittle in Rochester in the 1990's. He signed his HOF football card for me, as well as his picture in the NY Giants team photo, included in Sam Huff's autobiography Tough Stuff.
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17 hours ago, rockpile said:
I do not have anything on the original Bills AFL fight song. I am looking for the original Buffalo Bills Boosters Club, Inc. incorporation papers from 1960 that include my father'as signature. The corporation is why they are Boosters, not Backers! I am also looking for the Buffalo Boosters Bulletin (fan newspaper) from December 1961, wishing club members a Happy Holiday. My father was listed as Club Treasurer. I went to several games at The Rockpile, and actually met Tom Day.
Just to clarify, I have the highlighted items - I am looking in my house! They are in a box somewhere!
I wanted to wear my father's Boosters topcoat (from about 1961 or 1962) this Sunday but it is wool, and they are expecting rain. It would weigh a TON if it was soaking wet!
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On 12/23/2019 at 5:58 PM, BADOLBILZ said:
I do not have anything on the original Bills AFL fight song. I am looking for the original Buffalo Bills Boosters Club, Inc. incorporation papers from 1960 that include my father'as signature. The corporation is why they are Boosters, not Backers! I am also looking for the Buffalo Boosters Bulletin (fan newspaper) from December 1961, wishing club members a Happy Holiday. My father was listed as Club Treasurer. I went to several games at The Rockpile, and actually met Tom Day.
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On 12/23/2019 at 5:23 PM, KayAdams said:
Yes, it is 100% a reference to the fight song of the original AAFC Buffalo Bills franchise (1946-49). I can't find the lyrics, but here's one reference to it (with an amusing description of perhaps the first instance of Bills fans greeting the team at airports following games):
https://buffalonews.com/2019/12/04/bills-playoff-win-causes-a-near-riot-in-baltimore-1948/
Also, the fight song is being played in this video, but once again...no lyrics:
The article neglects to mention that Baltimore fans actually tore up wooden bleachers in the stadium and set them on fire!
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On 12/23/2019 at 11:01 AM, stevewin said:
A month ago my wife decided to buy tickets to this game so that family coming into town for the holidays could all go to a game. I warned her there was a high chance 1) the game would be meaningless and 2) the weather would suck. She got them anyway
I gambled and got tickets right before the Patriots game. My reasoning was if that they beat the Patriots, the Jets game MIGHT be very meaningful and tickets would be very expensive. I will enjoy the game and tailgate with family and friends! We are only driving in from Rochester so it is not a problem!
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8 minutes ago, row_33 said:
1999, they had the 2nd WC sewn up and nowhere to go
Colts took a bigger dive against the Bills the last game of 1999, with 1st wrapped up
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last game of 1991 Reich started and the Bills lost at Detroit to end the season.
Kelly went to the bench the 2nd half of the prior game as well.
Thurman sat most of the game, and Barry Sanders took the rushing title that year!
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I am just being selfish here, but I would like to see as many starters as possible play at least the first half, simply because I will be at the game!
Looking at the bigger picture, I just want to see a competitive game and a win!
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MS WALK 2020 - Family Rocks!
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Only four more days for me to nag you!
Virtual MS Walk 2020 total is now $668 !
Sponsors:
ggrace
tab
hjguiles
dslamb
Thanks to my TBD Family for sponsoring me:
Mr Info
Jay Rubeo
Greybeard
aussiew