Augie

One of those stupid Princeton kids? 😋

I was out there before the sun came up trying to make a left turn in. I shoved my wife out into traffic (she’s pretty quick and nimble for her age, former gymnast, hard to get a clean shot on her, like Barry Sanders) and had to get @mead107 to stop traffic to allow me in. Clearly, he had impaired judgement at the time. But we will not judge the tailgaters. It wasn’t until a few hours later that you broke into my rental car, almost causing me some security deposit fee for what nearly happened on that seat!

We’re not done! We are like the Jerry Lewis Memorial Day Telethon! We shall carry on!

I went to college in Cincinnati, and more recently I’ve also traveled in for Bills games there. It’s a nice walkable city. If you want a dive bar, I’m your guy! 😂 They have a lot of park areas that not all cities enjoy. It’s a nice city for walking. What used to be dangerous in the Over The Rhine area (OTR) is now very cool with breweries all over the place, if that is your thing. It’s a beer drinking largely German town. Oktoberfest is a hoot! Hyde Park is cute and has Graeter’s Ice Cream, which is semi-famous and quite good, I’m told. I like Arthurs, a little cafe around the corner. I texted a Cincinnati buddy this afternoon that I probably think of Zip’s (hamburger joint in Mt Lookout) more than he does! It’s nothing special, just a neighborhood place, which makes it special. That is comfort food to me. I never got into the chili they are famous for, because, well…… I guess I just like food that tastes good. It was largely a “what’s open when the bars close” food in college.

We just got back from a trip that included my first visit to Paris. I’d highly recommend it, especially where we stayed in the Latin Quarter by Le Bon Marche. I walked over 20k steps the first day just taking in all the little shops, farmers markets and cafes. I love walkable cities, and this was great. If I hadn’t just been there, I’d make it a day trip from London if time allowed. Just my two cents. BTW - today is the first day I’ve seriously thought about going, where to stay, how to get around, etc. The wife is actually really pushing me to go. I wonder if I will come back and find out she moved? 🤷‍♂️

This is a correct answer.

You have three feet? That sounds awkward!

He thinks he is in the unique position of being the only person who gets to decide what is “real”. It’s just one more opinion, from one more person.

I bet you can’t pick me out of that crowd. No worries, you can trust me. BUT, I got this great deal on a horse suit, and….. 🤷‍♂️

I want to be an idiot, too. Is there somewhere special I should sign up, or was I exempted into that class?

THIS is going well……. (In my best Church Lady voice.) Ummm, do other things bother you like this? I mean, there is help out there. Gotta be a gag.

Yeah, that would be nice, but how does it change your life? What happens when you can’t successfully defend the title? Is it back to complete despair? I’m not worried about bragging rights with anyone. I do this because I enjoy the Bills. It’s really pretty simple for me, but I have evolved over time.

I hope I would stick to my guns and do the right thing, the job I was hired to do. I’d rather be fired for doing the right thing than keep my job by being bad at it. SHHHH! Don’t give away trade secrets! We are just now decoding this Top Secret message.

You NEED air and water. Remember the old asthma commercial that said “when you can’t breathe, nothing else matters”?

I would sit him, just like I would have done with Bruce after someone else got a raise to make more than him. Let them feel the pain. My list of faults is virtually endless, but I’d be stubborn over someone getting more than they should (which is obviously nebulous). .

I promise, if you do NOT make the playoffs, you will NOT win the Super Bowl. I’ll give you your money back if I’m wrong. I do hope you are the best in your industry every day of the year, and your child is always valedictorian. I’d love a Super Bowl. I don’t NEED a Super Bowl. We have a good and full life, and I enjoy watching our Bills on most weekends during the season. The deeper they run in the playoffs, the more I enjoy it. But even if you DO win it all, you get ready for a new season. It’s not just about the moment of winning. For me I can enjoy going thru the seasons without having to be an obsessive malcontent. I do this for FUN.

I skipped ahead, has anyone complained yet that the OP put optimism ahead of pessimism in the title? Did the OP have to use the old “alphabetical defense” here? 😋

It’s more of a “living document” that is intended to be played with, I think. I just looked up Hopkins career earnings which appear to be just north of $111 Million. I won’t judge anyone else by how they handle their money, but if it’s me I try to get close on money, but pick a good place to finish my career. A place I’d be happy. Now, I can just hope to be presented such a dilemma and see how I actually decide. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/deandre-hopkins-12307/cash-earnings/

We don’t have to sit in the whiners room with the folks who didn’t make it. That’s worth something. 😋 OH! AND…….if you are IN the playoffs, your chances of winning a SB go WAY up! I checked the math, and that is true. You need the stars to align, but with a few good bounces along the way we have a team that CAN win it all. I like being in the running most years over taking huge swings and missing. I liked getting Von last year, but the ball bounced the wrong way. It happens.

I can almost laugh about it now, but what happened to our DB’s last year was just ridiculous!

Keeping Gabe would mean we don’t have a prolonged drop off should something happen to Diggs or DHop that lingers. Some of the new guys might be great, but I don’t want to NEED them to step up. There’s a lot at stake. If we don’t get DHop, as I’ve come to expect, then we just roll with what we’ve got and hope for the best.

He might be onto something! There are some posters around here who think McD is one bad stretch away from being on the hot seat! I suppose that is good for entertainment value.

I’m a tad concerned about how you came to know that, but I’ll leave that one unasked. 🤷‍♂️ I’m not a jersey guy in football, and I’m not an NBA guy at all. I loved it back when we had the Braves in town, but now I won’t even watch the Finals. We used to take the kids to NBA games when we were traveling as a bribe to be good. One Tuesday night in Charlotte my AAU PG of a son turns to me and says “They’re not even trying!” Very true, and I’m glad he noticed. I love college hoops though! They give everything they’ve got every game.

I hope he has attended the offseason Dawson Knox Advanced School of Catching. That, and maybe watching Kincaid catch everything thrown in his direction will help. As I’ve said on numerous occasions I expect Gabe Davis to have a solid year, even if he gets fewer reps if we were to sign DHop. I can live with losing him because he does so well we can no longer afford him. That likely means he had a good year personally which could mean all kinds of great things for the team!

But we sure did have a strong showing on the IR list! Might these be related? Hmmmmm…..we might be on to something!