ExiledInIllinois

That mama bear "bluff charged" @Cripple Creek That bear and CC must have been separated as twins at birth! Almost @Gugny -esque. But NOT quiet. Gug is way better @ bluff charging!

Thanks for the shout out! Not sure if they are still there... Especially in the age of GPS sounding... But if you ever see a survey station mark painted on the Black Rock Channel (where they crew/row on the Niagara Section Wall), the outter & inner breakwaters or the Ship Canal (where you were)... I painted those station marks and built that baseline to sound (take depth readings) the Buffalo Harbor area! The stations are usually marked something like: 1+00, 2+00, etc.. etc... That's how we would sound in the pre-GPS days. Build baseline, then go off each station w/boat to take sounding. That data would determine how much the area needed to be dredged and to figure out how much it would cost to remove said spoil (the material removed from bottom). Sadly, my artwork is slowly being erased by time & technology, nobody is updating those station marks anymore because everything is controlled view the heavens/sky! LoL... You knew I wouldn't disappoint! ?

What about car rental? You'll be there in 6 hours... AND can stop... So many sights along the way. Get to BFLo early if you leave early. Spend the night, next day take in area... Then that late afternoon drive back. I'd throw 3 full days.... But understand time is limited. 2 travel days, I layover day in Buffalo/upstate NY. Yeah... They can hit Letchworth "Grand Cayon of the East" in September on way through, etc... At very least 3 full days if from NYC. 4 days in NYC is still too much!

Fair enough. BFLo is almost 400 miles away.

You're there for a week. Why not drive to BFLo from NYC? NYS is one of the most beautiful and geographically splendid states. 6 days in NYC is a waste. I rather spend one there at the game and the other days in the rest of the state. Flying in for one day will be tough. Tight. So much to do.

If you go here... Just remember to stock up on moose meat and lobster... You'll go far! https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-nova-scotia-prof-fired-demand-sex-moose-meat-lobster-better-grades-20190713-mvf36vc7abgkpkquaj6sqfffdq-story.html

Live cam feed! @Cripple Creek visits the Great Smoky Mountains with @BringBackFergy (in foreground) hiding his face... https://weather.com/science/nature/video/man-gets-too-close-to-bears-learns-lesson?pl=pl-the-latest

They were just trying to give the cats big sloppy Eskimo Kisses like they do to @Teddy KGB...Those poor pit bulls are so misunderstood! https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/29-cats-fatally-mauled-pit-bulls-alabama-shelter-64584606

I noticed my polling station changed. Weird thing... I live in Republican Central/collar county in Will County, Illinois...Still went Hillary because of County Seat Joliet... But no doubt they changed my vote from Hillary to The Donald. And... There YOU HAVE IT. What the Russians want... Create doubt, skepticism, mistrust in democracies so authoritarian powers can take over. My polling station never changed before. It's actually back to the normal location.

Ut oh... @Tiberius gonna fire up the PPP: "Conservative, Horrible Human Being (yet God fearing) Circle Jerk." AKA: Board Deplorables that protest vote like hurt Snowflakes. Those Guys & Gals will shoot down anything like water being wet, the sky being blue, etc... Their guy "won" can do no wrong. At least it wasn't Hillary and the Deep State Swamp!

You should know better NOT to bust @Cripple Creek 's balls... Save that for @Gugny... He doesn't need smoke blown up his ass, already has a smoker to cook his tenderloin.

Would that be the game between the two leper teams?

@Cripple Creek wears his heart on his sleeve. Don't take it so personal and get your nose out of joint. Let cooler heads prevail, come tailgate time you two will bend a few elbows and laugh this whole thing off even if the Bills get chopped up on the field.

Yeah he did. It's irresponsible to be in that situation in the first place. That is what this whole discussion is about. Sure he saved his daughter's tail... That's not the point. How stupid can a father be? I saw two wearing Gugny name tags at the home opener. Neither got decker. You are very admired!

Exactly... Should have never been there with such a young child. It's bad parenting. In Costa Rica no less... I bet they are up on safety there. This is the guy who uses scab labor on his mega millions mansion... So it safety issues don't surprise me.

They should be punished with a UBI paid by them. Either work & pay them or automate, ship jobs off and if they want their product to be sold back in the States... Then pay society they are ***** -ing over. Businesses, corporations shouldn't be "opioid" dealers and kill their customers.

Sorry to hear... RIP. We just had to put a cat down in May. Always hard to lose one...

My gonads are bowling balls... I have a little more play with expansion and contraction!

Okay... Fair enough. Maybe I am gullible... But I trust she is. Because it's nice and cool in summer. The natives, Potawatomi, spent summers up there... Winters down here where I am at. Why do you go to beach in summer... Or mountains? To cool off.

But your Grade 9 daughter is not from Great Lakes Sub Region. Yes. Buffalo is Great Lakes sub region. So is Green Bay. They both share the same geology too. The Niagara Escarpment stretches from NYS to Wisconsin. What makes Niagara Falls also defines what is Door County. Yes... They are are same sub region. Do you want me to post diagrams again?

*Probably no. But 85° is low. Probably not in Green Bay either. It's hotter there (record-wise) than BFLo. I would say... NOT in Buffalo. Every summer has at least a 85° day. Now, 95°, sure all the time. Even 90°... But THAT is pushing it. You gotta go way up North to not hit an 86° day in a summer... NorthShore of Superior, Arrowhead of Minnesota... Or maybe The Soo (Michigan... Alee of Lakes). *[I am confining this discussion to Great Lakes sub-region of the Midwest, Upper Midwest, and Northeast & Upstate Buffalo... Because OP is in same Great Lakes sub-region.]

I have been spoiling you too long. Sometimes life is boring... It ain't all hanging out with @Gugny 's pilfered smoker downing the Heddy Topper or Zombie Dust while living the high life!

He lost the popular vote by a mile. His electoral thread is the horrible humans behind the blue firewall in IA, WI, MI, PA. Those white, blue collar racists. We are more polarized between the Coastal Elites and the Indiana type Trailer trash. EDIT: You don't think people are getting tired, worn down by the daily drama, dysfunction Trump brings. Don't underestimate the power of: "Anybody but Trump." It worked against Hillary.

Of course! OP: We are from Buffalo. There are two seasons: 1. Winter 2. August WNY... Buffalo area... Very seldom cracks 100°. It's a tempered micro-climate. Warmer, wetter in winter... Cooler in summer. Compared to out here, including Door County, Green Bay where we are windward of the Lake. Brutally cold and dryer in winter and brutally hot in summer. [YOU owe me Mr.Ferguson!] 1999 was a cool summer I believe in Buffalo.