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He’d do it again! 😂

….but he was a fine “punt catcher”, that Chris Watson was…..

Butch Byrd. All time leader in interceptions with 40 in 98 games in a time when there was much less passing. Tony Greene is 2nd with 37 INTs in 128 games. Byrd returned 5 of them for TD’s. He also covered Paul Warfield of the Dolphins in some classic matchups. My sister used to babysit his kids so I watched some games at his house, I traded football cards with his son and he was a great guy, but that doesn’t influence my decision. It doesn’t have to. .

OK, I don’t want this to get weird, but my wife wore her “Married Into This” shirt just yesterday. I’ve only seen her wear it a couple times since I saw one in London and sent her a pic. She had one for herself and our DIL before I got home. But she never wears tee shirts. Hmmmmm I have Golden Retrievers to protect me!!! Yes, that would be very different.

Weren’t we all? That is insane, but believable. .

A therapist we know says there are studies on this, and I have come to agree. She had a friend in Atlanta who bought a new house and moved farther away. They went out to see the new place and have dinner, but she knew the stats say if it’s more than 20 minutes it’s not likely to be a long term thing. That’s about the breaking point.

I live in Atlanta, so it takes me a while just to get around “my neighborhood“. I see downtown and the stadium daily going to my grocery store. Seeing it and getting there are two very different things. Years ago I was staying at the Hampton Inn on Main St in Williamsville for a game. I learned that they had an employee event leaving from the downtown hotel. A built-in tailgate for an out of towner! They had a shuttle take me downtown early on Sunday morning. I will grant you, a Sunday morning, but it was almost spooky to see so few cars! More like a zombie movie than Atlanta, even on a Sunday morning. Anyway, it was amazing, the people (Marilyn?) were awesome and I nudged my way into taking my son on their employee trip the next year when he turned 16. He was in a boot at the time due to a hoops injury, but when we went to the Creekside and I explained he just turned 16 and I brought him from Florida to see the Bills live at home*. People begged us to visit their tailgates. That’s Buffalo for you. *Footnote, he saw them just 2-3 weeks earlier in Tampa. I asked him how the experiences compered. His words were “there is no comparison.”

It’s funny, but I look at that list and say those places are all over the map! Then I remember how incredibly easy it is to get around Buffalo compared to so many cities. It looks like this year we can spend some more time checking things out.

That sounds like me, I have to add meals between my meals to eat all the local stuff I want in just a few days. Different people will tell you different things, but Scwabl’s is very close to the airport and I’ll often get my beef on weck fix there before even checking into my hotel. It’s a step back in time and the guy is right there carving. If you do find yourselves at Schwabl’s, somebody has to try the German potato salad. It’s amazing and it tastes like what my mother used to make. I could go on and on, but Ted’s is a great hotdog joint, and something you don’t find just anywhere. BTW - After we saw Sagrada Familia in Barcelona I was done. Even the Sistine Chapel was just “nice” after Sagrada Familia and the light pouring in thru that glass. That pretty much checked off that whole topic. It’s funny, I’m probably as into this thread as you are. My wife took a package at work and retired last week unexpectedly. It’s awesome! (So far😊) We now have time to go and see and do all the things I want when we come up for a game. She’s only had in-and-out trips in the past, like yourself it sounds.

I get that! We were in Europe and I had to draw the line…..no more museums or cathedrals for me. The wife went about crossing important sites off her list while I would wander off the tourist beaten paths and see where the locals lived, ate and played.

Did you ever get a good pizza at any of those spots? I bet there was one in there somewhere. That’s where I’d keep going. You can’t say Dominoes is more consistent than these dozens of others places who are all over the board. It’s like flavors of anything, be it ice cream or pizza, there is something somewhere for everyone, and some people like those places or they will go away. I had an attorney as a client once. One of his sources of income was he was on a retainer with Dominoes so he could not sue them any more over accidents caused by the 30 minute delivery guarantee. He had a pretty sweet deal, getting well paid NOT to do anything. He was a clever guy, and it was the first (and only) time I had financed a waterfront lot to be held in someone’s IRA. .

Frequent flier miles? 🤷‍♂️ They know what their intentions are, and we don’t. I don’t know what, if anything, this means. It’s all smoke and mirrors at this point.

Yeah, but, other than that…….. 😊

Yes, I know. It is odd in several ways, imo.

Thank you. That is the kind of info I was looking for, and pretty much what I thought/hoped I would hear. I appreciate the confirmation. I’m not sure if I had ever even heard of it before I left WNY for college when I was 17. In 2021 I went with my wife, son and DIL to the home opener. We flew from a wedding in Chicago to Buffalo and did as much as we could during a very short time. We did the Falls, of course, on a ridiculously windy day (even for Buffalo), which was hysterical. You had to learn to trap your official genuine souvenir Maid of the Mist poncho between your knees so it wouldn’t fly over your head! 😂 They’ve done the Falls and the pics still make us laugh every time, so something new would be great. Everything was always so rushed, but my wife got a package and retired unexpectedly this week. I want to be able to enjoy ourselves on trips and have the time and freedom to do the little side trips. The Prince of Wales was the one hotel I looked into, so it’s nice to hear that from you as well. Thanks again.

We have a neighbor who is a rather famous architect and author. He works all over North America on amazing projects including some of the nicest properties in Atlanta. He saw the Bills stuff around our house and told me his wife was going to the beach with friends, but he’s not a big beach guy. Instead, he was leaving the next day for Buffalo to do his own little architectural tour. The next day I get a pic of him with wings and beer. I say don’t forget the pizza! Seconds later I get a pic of him with pizza. He loved the trip, and he fully appreciated the stuff many of us take for granted. I hope to have more time this year to see some of the gems around town. I’m still curious, does anyone have experience with Niagara-on-the-Lake? I’d like to extend our trip up for a game this year and that seems like a place we might like to see.

Is that Dareus after he no longer fit into a sailor cap?

I heard Mahommes gives the whole team gift cards to a bail bondsman. I think that is a thoughtful, and apt, gesture.

I think we all agree he should be welcome to stay in Buffalo. I’m just not sure if he can play CB for the Bills. Come for the game, stay for the wings!

I remember the first time I saw one other than a car version. We were at our son’s tee ball game and there was a VERY pregnant mom who had one, just in case. It stunned me on the spot because it was such a game changer. EDIT: It’s hard to think back and imagine when that was new and strange. Then, a bit later, I saw a guy walking around talking to himself at our tennis club. He was walking and talking and gesturing irritably with nobody else in sight. I wondered if I should look for help before I realized he had headphones to talk on the phone. Fast forward and my elementary school age grandson has one, and with it he has the knowledge of mankind in his pocket. What will we see in the next 50 years? I can’t even imagine, honestly. .

If you have a passport, is Niagara-on-the-Lake worth the visit? I had a friend in FL who went to visit, and I had to admit I had never been there. He had very positive comments. .

It’s funny, I started out watching it a little in the beginning. I lost interest but loved the nature scenes, so I’d stop and watch just a bit once in a while when it was on. I’d just watch a few minutes of nature and wonder “how the hell has this happened with these people?” Every time! 😂

Would you have loved the associated tax/PSL/ST cost increases? It’s always been a balancing act, and we can’t have it both ways. I generally come to one early season home game, so it’s no big deal to me. One game is not a huge commitment, but multiply by a season and it’s real money. I want to be comfortable late in the season, but how much more am I willing to pay? How about everybody around me? We all have different thresholds. It’s a tricky balancing act.

Gee, that’s not the way I remember it at all. The Vikings have the most interesting looking stadium in the league to me. It’s the one I would most want to see. ATL does nothing for me, despite the “dome”. There are a few other interesting ones out there, but let’s not forget that they are just football stadiums. I’ll wait to see it done before ridiculing it. That seems reasonable IMO.

It’s obviously in the eye of the beholder, but I thought Tottenham was pretty cool. Part of that was the surrounding area, but I had no complaints within that stadium itself other than they could produce and sell beer at a stunningly slow rate. Who thought filling a cup from the bottom was a good idea? They sell beer with a hole in the bottom! They drip, so they have to pour them from the cup that got filled into a cup that had never had its bottom perforated. I have a 27 second video with 8 concessions people managing to sell about 4-5 beers to people in a line a mile long! 😡 Sorry, but I saw much of the 2nd quarter on the phone of some lady in line with me. At least now I can laugh about it. Rant over. I liked the stadium. I was in the bottom of the upper bowl. I should have gone to the top to see if I got vertigo. I hope the upper deck isn’t too treacherous. Go with your gut reaction, that is usually correct.