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Howie Carr? Not likely... He revels in stirring stuff up.

The Canadian Postal Service makes the USPS look like FedEx, at least in my experience. They trucked'm over to make sure they got delivered.

I'm not sure it was the turf... He came up gimpy with the same leg/knee a play or two earlier. It might have even been the previous series.

You assume correct, sir...

Wow, when asked if the hit was dirty, Belichick just compared the hit to the one Wilfork laid on Losman last year...

just heard on radio... Link

Actually, it was even in the 1st (7:41 to 7:19 in favor of the Bills), 8:10 to 6:50 Bills in the 2nd, 8:19 to 6:41 Seahawks in the third, and 8:47 to 6:13 Bills in the fourth... I checked this because, the one bone I had to pick, was that we didn't run the ball that well once the game was in hand. To me, the less the defense is on the field at that point, the better.

Maybe it is because of last year, but the fact no one seemed to get too banged up seemed to stand out to me.

I had some tough luck in the late 80s... The next one, a 76 LeMans that looked a lot like the link (without the lightbar and labels), lasted a few years... btw, if you stick with the beater car for a while like /dev and save the payment you'd make with a loan, you'd be amazed how quickly you can afford to pay for a nicer car.

1. 1980 Sunbird with 70k miles on it. Drove it 20 minutes and it threw a rod. While towing it home, it caught fire. 2. 1981 Mercury Capri with ~90k. Drove that about 3 days and a van hit me at Maple and North Bailey.

I remember 10 years ago telling them in a survey that I wasn't going to pay for additional content.

I honestly hadn't noticed until reading Tim's column on Peters, today. Tim, you told me something new in that column WRT the other agents disapproval of the hold-out. I started to add the comment "Tim Graham may just make me a regular visitor to ESPN.com, again." at the bottom, but when it asked for a registration, I said no thanks.

Vic Carucci/Milt Northrup/Larry Felser or Mark Gaughan/Allen Wilson/Jerry Sullivan? There's some large boots to fill, and for whatever reason, they are not. I guess my feeling is that the first trio were reporters first, commentators second, and radio talk show personalities occasionally. Jerry Sullivan just seems to look for something controversial to write about. Larry always seemed to be fair imho. It gets wearying after a while. The other guys are mostly fine, but they are lumped in with the editorial staff. PS- I actively look for Chuck Pollock's stuff. He most reminds me of what I used to get with the News.

I'll second that ... Sorry, I've avoided this subject for the most part, but got sucked in a little...

Based on a google search on holdout "three years" left on contract and came up with a lot of threats to hold out. Though they had three years (Marshall Faulk and Plaxico Burress) left, but no one else has actually gone through with it except GB CB Mike McKenzie, and his agent quit when he did. He eventually reported to the Packers and faked an injury. A few weeks later he was traded to the Saints.

Schobel did show up to the stuff he was contractually obligated to... I think one of the main goals of the FO since Levy replaced TD has been to repair the image of the Bills franchise. Redoing Schobel's deal is an example. This thing with Peters puts them in a very difficult position. BTW, I agree Peters is a special talent and that he should get a huge raise. I just don't think holdouts are usually good for the player or the team.

It's hardly childish and it is a important to point out that you are glossing over the fact that this is anything but a typical holdout. You are right though about the NFL being money driven. That may eventually drive me away from the NFL, though. My fantasy is that Peters were a little more like Tom Brady. I only played HS ball, and I never thought I would make a dime on it. But damn did I love to play the game. I wish these guys did, too, and most simply don't.

Schobel had a much larger body of work behind him when they extended him. It was also done after a training camp that Schobel attended. Schobel attended all the off season stuff, too last year. The guy was hurt the last time the Bills saw Peters. They're supposed to bend over when he hasn't shown up to even demonstrate he is healthy?

The Bills likely would have redone the deal anyway after this season. They have not been unreasonable in recent history...

One other player in the history of the league has held out when they had three years remaining. Can you not count to one?

I'd start discussions with Cinci about a trade involving Levi Jones and a draft pick. I'd also start whatever paperwork is necessary to have the signing bonus he was paid in 2006 returned ASAP. Holding out with one year? Fine. Holding out with three left? Absurd, and nearly unprecedented.

For Mass, the inspector is required by law to report all positive tests to the state. We got a positive when we bought in 2001 which had to be disclosed in the listing when we sold it in 2007. If we'd done our own tests, we could have fixed it and the listing would say unknown like 95% of the other houses. The laws in MA are also not surprisingly goofy regarding lead removal. If you are doing repairs specifically to remove lead, you need to let the health dept. know and have conspicuous signage outside stating that is what you are doing. No one is allowed in the dwelling until a lead inspector re-inspects (the dust generated during lead removal gets everywhere, and a hepa vacuum is needed) and says it is safe for occupation. On the other hand, if your motivation to remodel just happens to involve a piece of wood that may or may not contain lead, you don't need to inform anyone, nor do you have to get approval to move back in. Maybe your state isn't quite a dumb about it as Massachusetts. Wacka, the guy I had doing the lead inspection was using an x-ray gun that went right through all layers of paint. In MA, lead gets a failure no matter how deep. Then, and only then, can you encapsulate. You would still have to list it as positive/mitigated should you re-sell. It seems a pretty good racket <sp?> for inspectors and lead removal contractors, to me.

I paid $250 (I think - it was 2002 when I did the class) to get a license to do lead paint removal in Massachusetts. Basically, it can harm children if ingested or inhaled. It really isn't a huge issue with adults. If you don't have kids, yet, don't worry about it unless you plan to. Then, replace the stuff you think may have lead (there are self test kits out there- use them, not an inspector) before they are born. At the very least, keep the dust levels low where lead is possible. When you sell, you do the same thing about knowing nothing. BTW, even newer than 1978 housing claims unknown because you never know if an old can of lead paint might have been used.

It's not working for me either... FF3.01 XP on the work PC.