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2 hours ago, Augie said:
We sat in the nosebleeds to see the Eagles and Chris Stapleton not too long ago. They will have to PAY ME more than $300 to get me to do it again in a giant arena. On the flip side, we saw Jonathan Taylor (James’ brother) in a tiny little venue a couple tables from the stage and it was awesome! And for a fraction of the price. Great time.
Side note: We saw Van Morrison on his “everything but the hits tour”. He played for a couple hours without ever playing anything familiar. That was impressive, but not in a good way. I felt ripped off after that one.
Ah... Gee... You were warned, no?
"Everything But The Hits"
How can you feel ripped off when he was basically telling you you're gonna be ripped off... LoL... /smdh
I like Van Morrison even more now for his blunt honestly... He's always got a bad rap as being an overly pretentious douchebag & his politics aren't my cup of tea... BUT I can respect his music & brutally blunt commentary on commercialism... "Down through theosophy, and the Golden Dawn", etc... lol
Hope he played:
"Down through the weeks of ages"
"In the moss borne dark dank pools"
"Rave on, down through the industrial revolution...""...Rave on, Walt Whitman, nose down in wet grass Rave on, fill the senses On nature's bright green shady path..."
See, I just got you return value on your hard dolla that purchase that ticket. Now you don't have to holla... Sounds like a great show for the value.
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22 minutes ago, Augie said:
You’re old.
I kid, of course.
Mostly.
We’ve noticed in recent years how differently people can perceive value. Even people we have been friends with for decades just see things differently. That’s fine. We finally drew a line and said we may not see ALL the shows, but we will not be seeing them from cheap seats, watching a giant monitor in the back of the upper deck. Good seats for fewer shows is our preference.
Oh, I prefer watching Bills games at home. There, I said it!
You @ the ballpark?🤣
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Attempting this is almost as ridiculous as the first half to the Atlanta game yesterday!
Enjoy!😏
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29 minutes ago, SaulGoodman said:
Yeah, the guy who has consistently been fined for this kind of behavior is a victim. It's clearly everybody else's fault.
A broken clock is right twice a day, blind squirrel finds a nut.
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This is insane!
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23 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:
Yeah I'm like 5 minutes from sicklerville
Nice! What's the closest Bills Backers in this God forsaken PhillyLand!😔
I am getting Blackwood, NJ... Sam's... Ever been there, decent?
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26 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:
For the next few months. Where are they at
Sicklerville... Winslow Township.
Probably a stone's throw from you!
Daughter is in Camden...
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4 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:
Was waiting for you to chime in on this portion of the thread. Given your descriptions, I think I may be on the escarpment. Maybe. Prayers up lol
Yeah... Geology in college (UB) kinda does that.😕
But in all seriousness, Upstate WNY does have very interesting, beautiful geology/geography...
Where you at now? Still In South NJ/Winslow?... I am there now for the next 10 days... Daughter and family live there!
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2 hours ago, SoTier said:
The Ridge starts east of Rte 20. The villages of Westfield, Brocton, and Silver Creek are below the Ridge, although there are some hilly areas. Ask the realtor where the Ridge begins in the areas you're looking.
We used to hike the old trolly trail from Barcelona on Lake Erie to Mayville on Lake Chautauqua...
...Upstate NY is a serious of escarpments... Niagara, Onondaga, then Portage... Geology is glacial tilted upwards...
...When you say "Chautauqua Ridge", do you mean the "Portage Escarpment?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage_Escarpment
This is what basically impounds the eastern basin of Lake Erie:
Also called the "Allegheny Escarpment."
Onondaga is between Portage & Niagara... This creates the upper rapids @ mouth of L.Erie & Niagara River... You see the cut along the 33/Kensington Expressway/Main Street Rte.5 in say Williamsville and beyond:
Then of course the big one, Niagara Escarpment, goes all the way to Door County, Green Bay, Wisconsin... Creates Niagara Falls:
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3 hours ago, SoTier said:
Dunkirk/Fredonia isn't as bad as the Southtowns.
Chautauqua County gets lake effect mostly from the north/northwest winds, so the Chautauqua Ridge -- areas like Arkwright, Cassadaga, and Sherman -- tend to get the really heavy lake effect because of the rise in elevation forces the clouds to drop their snow load on the west side of the Ridge. The lake shore communities and the towns east of the Ridge (like Jamestown) get lots of snow but not nearly as much as the towns on the west side of the Ridge.
The Southtowns sit at the northeastern end of Lake Erie, which means that southwestern gales come up the longest fetch of the lake sucking up moisture from the warmer lake like vacuum cleaners all the way from western Ohio before dumping their massive snow loads when they hit the shore from Angola north to Blasdell. This is why Hamburg, West Seneca, Blasdell, and even South Buffalo can pick up multiple feet of snow in a day or less.
Much like the Tug Hill Plateau gets absolutely hammered from the prevailing west-east winds along the fetch of Lake Ontario (which never fully freezes, even in the harshest winters).
On Lake Erie, just pray for early cold, hard freeze that shuts the lake effect off by early January. Cold 🥶 is good!
Interesting fact about the Blizzard of '77... Only about 10" of system snow fell. Lake Effect was shut off with an early freeze on Lake Erie... But lots of snow was sitting on the ice from previous snowfalls... The arctic winds blew it off!
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Yesterday I learned this was a cover... Took me 57.5 years to find out... Heard it on John Mayer's Sirius channel while driving to New Jersey:
The Everly Brothers first recorded it:
Actually many covers of it, but thought it was Nazareth's...
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30 minutes ago, Augie said:
So, which one of you might be fallible? 🤷♂️
The Pope... lol
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9 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:
I love Malnati's! Next time im in Chitown I'll have to try Beggars for tavern style. Any other good tavern style recommendations?
Pope's pizza is Aurelio's... I think sauce is too sweet...
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4 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:
I love Malnati's! Next time im in Chitown I'll have to try Beggars for tavern style. Any other good tavern style recommendations?
Just local joints...
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32 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:
I've never had the Chicago tavern style before but it looks interesting
Have had some deep dish pizzas in Chicago and I did really like it. Just different but I could see why it has it's detractors
When it comes to deep dish, I like Beggars, Lou Malnati's, & Edwardo's "stuffed."
Beggars:
Lou Malnati's:
Edwardo's Natural:
Beggars makes a good tavern style thin:
Official WhiteSox pizza... Beggars uses corn meal under the crust...
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Chicago thin crust. Deep dish is only like 50 years old.
https://blog.slicelife.com/move-over-deep-dish-thin-crust-is-the-real-pizza-of-chicago/
Also called "tavern style" for the way it's cut... The original Chicago pizza.
Better than greasy New York.
Cracker crust... BUT I still voted for doughy BFLo.
3 hours ago, boyst said:Dominos
It isn't bad. I'd rank top 3 FastFood pizza as:
1. Domino's
2. PizzaSlut
3. LittleSqueezer's
3 hours ago, Success said:I love Chicago - but it's a casserole, not pizza.
NYC.
That's only the more recent deep dish. Original Chicago pizza is thin crust.
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1 hour ago, US Egg said:
What’s a TradCath?
Traditional Catholic... 😉
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7 minutes ago, US Egg said:
Maybe I’m just feeling a little pious presently because I went to the Vatican yesterday.
You TradCaths get me all the time!
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Amazin' what idiots are out there:
"Another shared, "Bad Bunny has 4 months before he is deported." ..."
Bad Bunny deported and while they're at it, deport me back to New York State...
😆🤣
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18 minutes ago, US Egg said:
Always thought carrying the “I hate” whoever sports team well into adulthood a bit silly.
Yeah... Someday I will be as mature as you. I am trying!
😜
14 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:I dont speak for Buffalo because I am on Lake Ontario but I'll take Toronto over NYC any day of the week. I think the love of the Yankees in this area has more to do with history and family traditions than it is a hate of Canada or the Blue Jays. I mean the Yankees had been around for 76 years before the Jays were even a franchise.
And why didn't Buffalo get an MLB franchise in 1977?
Why did the lose the Braves and Toronto pick up Raptors a decade later.
We must of did something wrong?
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But blame it on NYS! 😆🤣
Niagara Falls & Tesla invented the AC motor... Where does all that power go now... Toronto & NYC... Like everything else, easy to resent when your region is turned into "Radiator Springs."
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5 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:
I know a good number of Blue Jays fans locally
Buffalo is a strange mix for MLB. It has nothing to do with hating cities (although my strong dislike of NYC adds to my dislike of the yankees).
We probably have the most Yankees fans. We share the same state and each generation had a strong dynasty and it passed down and younger generations were rewarded with perpetually successful teams.
Then comes the Mets, Indians, Blue Jays.
Then Red Sox and Pirates.
And Yankees are the only winner.
Baseball is USA, apple pie & Chevrolet... Yankee is another name for being American. Very patriotic...
How can you root for a city & region that killed us economically?
Thank God we still have the Bills.
7 hours ago, jkeerie said:It's not a matter of liking or hating cities. The Yankees have a long, proud history of great players and winning championships. Many were long time Yankee fans before the Blue Jays became a team. Many of the Blue Jay fans here are fans because of the affiliation with the Buffalo Bisons. There's also the fact that the Yankees and the Mets are both NY teams, just as the Bills are the only NY team. Personally, I'm a Yankee fan and am disappointed by the Yankees season ending. They were beaten by a clearly better team. The Blue Jays played championship caliber baseball. Best of luck the rest of the way.
Maybe Buffalo should have got a baseball team in 1977 or a basketball team that didn't leave?
Toronto got the Raptors later.
All part of the economic killing started after WWII...
Easy to resent Toronto & The Golden Horseshoe when Upstate NY was turned into horses azz...
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8 hours ago, HaldimandBills said:
Go Jays!!!!
It's amazing how many Ontarians cheer for the Sabres but asking a WNY to cheer for the Jays is like asking them to eat glass.
Not sure why that is?
Which city does Buffalo dislike more, New York or Toronto? Just curious. New York same State/Country. Toronto closer proximity.
I feel like the Halton/Hamilton/Niagara corridor in Ontario is culturally almost identical to Buffalo and the surrounding area.
Because the US burned York in 1813. 😉
9/10 Canadians live within 100 miles of America...
If there wasn't an international border, BFLo-TOR would be like Milwaukee & Chicago...
We've really drifted away from the "Golden Horseshoe" since 911...
At one time the biggest cities on Lakes were Chicago & BFLo. Now, Chicago & Toronto.
I resent the Seaway. Because what turned Toronto into an international city, killed Buffalo economically, been struggling since.
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52 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:
What is controversial about Bad Bunny?
He works xenophobes into a lather.
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You want fries with that?
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You wanna make Baby Jesus cry!