Augie

I’m so sorry. I know and hate that sense of loss, but making it to 18 is a very good run for a lab. It’s easy for me to tell you to remember the good things, but that takes time. I’ve always felt there was something missing in the house when they are gone. Somehow you can just feel a void. I had a dog do that, she went somewhere she would never go and laid down to die. I was fortunate that the vet was open and we learned an unknown tumor had broken free and was pressing on her heart. She was fine when my son left for school, and gone when he got home.

I’d say this is of equal value, but with the added touch of name calling.

Don’t feel bad, getting old is tough.

It’s not the good and simple old days. What the hell does this look like in a decade? …or another month for that matter?

Anything that happens in…where are we again? Anyway, It shouldn’t count, so it shouldn’t be played.

REALLY? That sounds like a game people would be all over! Even if you ignore the Diggs Drama, that’s a real football game.

I’m thrilled that we got the Vikings second round pick for him. Less drama is a good thing.

At a Bills game in Nashville there was a group behind us all dressed in Bills gear. It was apparently borrowed or freshly purchased. They were making as much noise as anybody in the stadium, even when we were on offense. When I explained that “now is the time to be quiet, Josh is trying to talk to his guys” they looked at me like I just told them the sun was made of cheese, in Latin. “Really?” Yes, really. The same guy was pretty drunk, and somehow we went from high fiving to him patting me on the head when something good happened. I didn’t really care, but eventually he says “hey, your hair is all wet!” I said “I know, you keep spilling beer on me!” His second big surprise of the night! 😂

I found it to be a VERY different experience when we went for preseason games. I didn’t go to that many, but the game was kind of background noise while we felt like we were at a picnic. It wasn’t really about football.

I got DTV Satellite a quarter century ago to see Bills games on Sunday ticket. I still have the dish with a bare bones package of channels plus DTV Streaming for every day use. The streaming goes out from time to time, so now the dish is just for emergencies. A little redundancy isn’t the end of the world.

It seems they are actively trying to do some damage control and a little self scouting. That’s the least we should expect. But I won’t hold my breath waiting for anything to actually get better.

I went to a bar yesterday for the US Open at lunch. They didn’t have it either. Nor did the have rolls for my beef on weck. I struck out. .

HA! Just as I typed this I got a survey from DirecTV so it was a perfect opportunity to share what I thought of them and their (lack of) service.

They pulled our NBC affiliates in the last year, and it took a couple months to get worked out. It seems it’s happening more and more. I missed Jess Pegula at the US Open yesterday and FSU last night thanks to Disney. This is getting out of control.

I was joshing you there. I heard it was great, but my provider screwed me out of it.

I’d say things are going quite well!

I think it’s actually on ESPN3 now!

Are you mad at her for being successful? She never said she was poor, she was just squelching the kind of people who think she lives on a mega yacht.

The guide might say that, but…..

….and an even worse credit risk. 😂

Let’s call it close. You know, all things considered. 🤷‍♂️

I hear that game sucked. Ugh Stuff like this pisses me off. I stopped watching NBC Nightly News after they did this contract stuff last time. Sorry Lester.

Good to know. I was busy and never bothered trying to switch over (several exhausting clicks of multiple controls) but I wondered if I had a safety net.

I found it annoying that I couldn’t go ice fishing, snowmobiling or curling on the pond this weekend.

You mean to Hawaii, right?