Augie

If you believe the old tales, there is a lot of wide spreading in The Villages, if you know what I mean. We used to play football against them too, so it’s more diverse generationally than I would have expected. I guess the people who take care of the frisky old people have kids too!

I don’t know Punta Gorda well, but have been there for a variety of reasons. My youngest son and I almost died in a horrific accident on I-75 as I took him to a tennis tournament down there. The shock of my life! We were fortunate to come away unscathed. Ocala is like the Kentucky horse country with rolling hills and white fences holding in all those beautiful creatures. You might forget where you are as you pass thru Ocala. Our kids used to play high school sports in LaBelle, FL (east of Ft Myers). In LaBelle you don’t forget where you are, you forget when you are. It’s like stepping back in time, with public schools praying before football games. I don’t mind that, but it’s………..different. One year we had a long heat lighting delay. My wife tried to leave the stadium to go get a nerf football to throw around while we killed time. She was stopped at the gate and told she would have to pay again to re-enter. She pointed out the bus was only about 50 feet away. Security explained that they had a problem with people selling and doing drugs in the parking lot. She pointed out she was a mother in her 40’s at the time. “I realize that, ma’am, but it’s usually the parents selling the drugs to the kids in the parking lot.” Oh……what do you say to that? Add the cost of re-admission to the cost of drugs! .

As a Bills fan, I say that sounds low and they should probably pay him $30 Mil/year to be sure he’s REALLY happy. They had to know he’d want a new deal when trading for him. I wonder if they had any idea just what he’d want that deal to look like.

I’m more of a Gulf coast guy in terms of preference. Returning to Sarasota is my dream, but some things will have to change before I can accept how expensive it is now. Having said that, St Augustine would be my first choice on the east coast based on what I know so far. We lived in Hilton Head Island, SC and learned to love the low country with the beautiful marshes and tidal creeks. Our very first house had a view over the marsh looking out across Calibogue Sound. Stunningly beautiful, and it has a different look every hour of every day. We were in San Francisco a few weeks ago. Actually, most of our time was spent in Half Moon Bay at the beautiful Ritz Carlton and up in quaint and lovely Healdsburg by the vineyards and wine tasting. My wife’s co-workers in the Bay Area strongly suggested we stay away from the city. Apparently the homelessness and crime is at all-time levels and best to be avoided. Such a shame, on so many levels.

Having questionable sushi adds significantly to the excitement factor.

I survived every season to this point. I don’t need to avenge what I’ve already lived. It just made me stronger! GO BILLS!!!

WoW! We just filled the very last spot for Thanksgiving!!! Would you like us to place you on the waiting list? 🤷‍♂️

You and @Royale with Cheese should just get a room! .

My apologies, as I HATE those hypothetical trade threads. I didn’t mean it like that. It was just kind of a rhetorical question where I show Davis support. He is the guy I’d rather have on my team moving forward a few years. I can’t “support that” in any way (and I’m NOT doing any research), it’s just my gut.

Most importantly, you had to be very careful near Mrs Watson’s rose bushes. Those thorns would GET YOU and you just had to make a business decision.

I was a Molson guy. First drink my now wife ever bought me was a Molson at a sports bar while watching the Doug Flutie Hail Mary game with BC. I liked Moosehead, and my Canadian friend had very unkind words for Labatt’s that I can’t post here. My favorite, however, were those delicious Old Vienna splits. Heaven in a little bottle! Stayed cold as we paced around the pool table in the basement. Ahhh, what a fabulous misspent youth I had!

Serious question (that some may think of as stupid): Would you trade Gabe Davis for Metcalf straight up? I’m much higher on Gabe than most, it seems. (Same with Knox, and I hope we can keep both long term.)

Is Mazie the avatar? Bigger would be better. We are all cheerleaders on Team Mazie! You go girl! If you’ve never been a dog person, you may not get how close and personal this is.

Rest assured that you have done everything in your power to help her. After that, it’s out of your hands. One of my favorite things about dogs is they never feel sorry for themselves. Certainly better than people in that regard. Hoping you have much better news tomorrow. GO MAZIE!!!

I think the words “already” or possibly “still” could be inserted there. Color me impressed regardless! We would go to Canada for the beer stores, then hit the quarries with the girls from the neighborhood. Special times! I’m telling ya’ that was one hell of a fun “childhood” growing up in WNY. Yes, I moved away, but I have no complaints about my time there. .

I generally agree with you, except he has some strong completion from The Booger. Also a complete moron, and I’ll never get over his insistence that the crack back block penalty on Cody Ford was legit. You know, the penalty the league later apologized for. As a runner-up, how about Marshall Faulk? Was he the one who said our top need was LT, when the only Pro Bowl player on our team was Jason Peters? Does ESPN not vet these guys at all? Or do they just not care?

Not every important lesson learned in college is related to your GPA! I like that Gabe is working hard, but I pray there are no unintended consequences. Strong is great, as long as he doesn’t lose a half step by getting bigger. .

Mazie is too young for this. Get well! She’s part of the family for sure! EDIT: I’m taking our almost 2 year old Scout for a walk now, because she would like that and we can. The 13 year old Golden will wait here. She picks her moments, and this isn’t one of them. .

Are you trying to get me BANNED???

This is certainly all true, but it doesn’t mean they have established a punishment from the league. The NFL will have their say in the end.

I’d like to take a brief moment to thank Yolo for getting his first name correct in the title. This is the kind of fine service to which we have become accustomed. I’d have put the likelihood of getting it right from the rest of this crowd closer to 50%. I’m going with the Great White, if it’s a home game!

Yeah, it seems he has yet to be punished a single game by the league. Zip! Nada! He got paid not to play in the tire fire that is Houston at this point in time. He missed games only because he and the Texans agreed to do it that way. The league punishment is still to come, and I’m afraid it won’t be enough.

Few people are aware that Bill B. Majored in alchemy in college during the Middle Ages. I hope he retires soon as HC, but stays on as GM until the end of time.

Without twitter some things slipped thru the cracks. Yolo is only human! . Gabe Davis is an astute historian!

This is the legendary work of Bill Belichick, GM. We have a love/hate relationship.