Augie

Ah, just for that I’m going to mention it to him when he comes out of the bathroom. 😊

Well, if that is the only wish you are offering, he pretty much has to accept, right? Sign me up!

I’d suggest you arm wrestle for the rights, but I’m afraid someone would wind up on IR, and it wouldn’t be you. Happy Birthday to ALL the 7/11 birthday people. You should unite and think about investing in convenience stores. Happy BDay, Joey. And Alpha too, again.

Happy Birthday, and that was quite a present. Thanks for sharing that experience.

Sure, pick Chiefs fans who win it about every other year. Of course it means less to them. I get the absence of getting ONE stings, but I can live with it. I enjoy each season for what it is. It’s entertainment, and I have zero control over the outcome. I want a SB as much as anyone (believe it or not) but I’m not so emotionally invested that I get furious at the FO or players when they come up short. We have people here who feel that if you don’t win the SB, it was a wasted season. Did you not have a good time watching the games? Getting prepped for the draft? Did you have fun with family and friends watching and discussing the Bills? I enjoyed all of that, and if we don’t win the SB my soul is not stripped of those good times. It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I know what I can and cannot control. Sure, I want a Lombardi Trophy, but the season wasn’t a waste if we don’t get one. I know, that’s blasphemy to some here, but life needs some balance in my mind. I think I used to be more extreme in wanting a SB, but I see that can get in the way of people (here, especially) fully enjoying the experience. Enjoy the ride, and hope it ends at the pinnacle. Either way, life goes on. Is there a prize for least popular take? 😂 .

I think every fan base goes into the season with their emotions based almost entirely on their prospects for the upcoming season. Sure, a warm glow of a SB victory is nice, but that only carries me so far. I realize that will be unpopular with many who “need” a SB. Maybe that’s why so many people around here seem so miserable? 🤷‍♂️ I’m more excited about next season than I am disappointed we didn’t win it all last year. I’m not telling anyone else how to feel, but that’s me.

That’s fine, but I don’t think the Rams or Bucs fans go in to this year feeling any better about things. Something that happened in the past will not have any impact on how much I enjoy next season. I guess we are just different that way, and that’s just fine. I know I’m probably in a small minority here on this topic, but I prefer looking forward rather than backward. Now, if we could just start playing some football again…but I want to enjoy summer first. EDIT: As far as nothing to show for it, I don’t see it that way at all. Even decades ago, I got a LOT out of those seasons. Not always a lot of playoff success or SBs, but I enjoyed the ride and the time with family and friends commiserating on our ride. I’ve had a lot of great Bills experiences, even during the down years. Sure, winning is more fun, but I don’t need a trophy to have enjoyed the games. .

So, you’d be happy having one good year and 5 lousy years? I’d prefer to enjoy all 6 seasons to some extent. To each their own. The Jets SB victory brings no joy today to anyone in their right mind, and that was an historic game.

It most likely would not have been observed there, so yes, that would be better.

I bet he’s fat so he can go to the beach and fit in, nobody will notice him. Clever.

I don’t suppose “he made hamburgers” is an option?

I sure do love recipe threads!!!

Ummm, is that an eye LID vs an eye BALL?

We are assuming our son will be on the west coast of FL in a few years, and we will need at least a small place there. I’m adding some time before the opener this year to take my wife to Watkins Glen and Niagara on the Lake. She’s only been to WNY for quick in & out trips, so we’ve never enjoyed much of what there is to offer. It’s a trial balloon at this point, because WNY summers/falls and FL winters are not a terrible combo. I’d like to make exploring a regular thing before the opener every year and see if the area grabs her/us. One very found memory as a kid was going to the Thousand Islands. I was young, but it made a cool impression. Maybe that’s for next year before the opener. It’s not quite time to decide about our long term plans, but we are close enough to think seriously. .

All we can hope for is that with this type of exposure and the general sentiment of sighted people watching games, the pendulum of favorable calls will swing the other way next season, and until the Bills get their 5th Lombardi Trophy. .

I would not be shocked by that at all.

Mars can get quite chilly as well, so pack accordingly for your visit!

I used to look forward to my Shout Magazine and Bills Digest or whatever they were called. Even better than reading it myself was taking it to my Dad when I was done. He wasn’t getting around much in those days, and he’d light up when I brought him that lifeline. Eventually it became my sons texting me with the latest Bills news flash. Now we are taking our grandson to the game here in ATL this year (which is a night game, and he’ll be missing school after that one). The Bills have tied generations of my family together. It’s more than just another sports team to us.

Great, the Bills finally win a Super Bowl during the strike year with scab players. Does this make the “One Before I Die” contingent happy?

I was married in 2/85. My bride asked “Why do you do this to yourself?” when we had back to back 2-14 seasons. She now proudly wears a Bills shirt that says “I Married Into This”. She gets it.

I have actually looked at Williamsville real estate in the last week just to get the pulse of things. I could do Williamsville much of the year and love it. I would only make brief winter visits. It’s not that any one day is so severe, it’s that, like summer in FL, it just lasts so damn long!

Geez, I guess I’m glad I mostly avoid the news.

I was never disinterested, but there was a time in the 80’s into the early 90’s when it was hard to follow them. I wasn’t living locally, and the NFL had yet to take over the media world. I would go to Chili’s for lunch on Tuesdays because they had the USA Today at the bar and they had maybe two sentences on each NFL team. THAT was my weekly Bills fix. Imagine that today with the NFL being a 24/7 non-stop hype machine!

We will follow our son and his family to some degree. We all live in Atlanta now, but he hopes to move closer to his wife’s family on the west coast of FL (Sarasota) in the next couple years. My wife refuses to endure an entire summer in FL again, so it looks like we will need to have split living arrangements. I’ll never live thru winter again full-time, so going north is out. We like our house and immediate area outside of ATL, so I’m guessing we’ll have a small part-time house or condo that allows dogs in FL. My wife loves the mountains, but I think we’ll just have to save that for vacations. I always thought of The Villages as strictly a retirement community, but our sons played against them in HS football. Apparently there are young people there to look out for the old people there. STD’s for everyone! .

I’ve actually been a very big fish guy for decades after living in Hilton Head, SC and Sarasota, FL for 30 years. Nothing better than eating what you catch! We also do chicken fairly often, and red meat is rare. Not because we are trying to go to or away from anything, we just eat what we like. It’s usually with roasted or grilled veggies as well. We had to up our game when our son married a vegetarian, and I’m sure that’s good for all of us. .