Augie

Agreed on the storm surge. We still have friends and family in Sarasota. We saw videos of waves hitting the header crashing in thru a sliding glass door and washing the furniture away from Helene. My DIL’s childhood friend had to be rescued by boat from her house with a 2 year old and a new born. It had never flooded there before. They have already had TWO storms like that. What a rough year down there. Hopefully people had the sense to get the hell out of the way! Good luck everyone.

We lived in Sarasota for almost 20 years. If you include Hilton Head Island prior to that, we lived in hurricane territory for 30+ years. Sarasota already this year has had not one but TWO storms with FAR more damage than anything we ever experienced. Places that never flooded were under water. Young mothers with infants being rescued from their homes in boats. Waves crashing thru houses. I looked this morning and saw that the track has moved south from Tampa, putting a bullseye on Sarasota yet again. We still have friends and family in the area, and we had considered moving back one day after the wife retires. I am most concerned about the well being of our friends, but I’m also curious to see how this affects the real estate market. I don’t mean that in a heartless way at all, it’s just that the area has had an incredible surge in prices. People have been buying and investing in real estate there for a few years, forgetting that this is part of what they are buying into. It literally comes with the territory, but a few light storm years and people forget. .

….don’t forget what happens after a Mighty Taco.

My FIL didn’t have any of the debt, the Navy came along when he was short of graduation and said “close enough.” He was actually on the USS Missouri when the peace treaty was signed. They then took a victory cruise around the world for a year or two. What a great guy.

I think he passed by being “perky”. Is that a medical term?

That was about as much fun to watch as I expected…… The little voice in my head asked why I would want to subject myself to that again. I should have listened.

That sounds exactly like my father-in-law. He got cancer, went as long as he could but the way things unfolded he was unable to sell his practice. My wife growing up was his assistant for weekend and evening emergencies.

If this is a marathon, a bench would look like a successful outcome. Oh, football……we have a long way to go. Never get too high or too low.

I’m sorry, I just got lost……

I think he may be working on correcting the bold for you. Stuff happens, but why does STUFF always seem so much larger and more dramatic for the Bills? Why do we have to lose in such spectacular fashion? It’s pretty remarkable, but you don’t want that to be the one thing you are known for. 😂

Young Frankenstein. Horror really isn’t my thing. I remember my much older sister taking me to The Exorcist when it came out. Maybe that left a mark? The Omen kinda freaked me out too. EDIT: I would argue The Wizard of Oz is horror too. Those damn monkeys will keep a little kid awake at night! 😂 .

Those were my first two years of marriage. My bride asked “why do you do this to yourself?” But I never stopped, though I am currently wavering on the NFL as a whole. For me it’s Bills football and Xavier basketball. I usually have something to feel good about, but I’ve learned over the decades that sometimes we need to step back and realize it’s a game, and I’m not even playing. It’s entertainment.

Unrelated to dentists, my wife was having some serious issues that nobody could pinpoint. They ran tests and found something abnormal on her pancreas. She was referred to an oncologist who could not see her for FOUR MONTHS. Four months just to come in and get started for something abnormal on her pancreas! It makes me think of the ending of Top Gun when he basically says this thing could be over well before that. Thru a miracle my wife met someone who made a phone call and got her in with one of the top OB/GYN’s in the country the next day. My SIL is an OB/GYN a few hours away, and she wanted to come just to meet this guy. Apparently he’s a rock star in that world. He asked how long ago the film was of the pancreas. She told him and he confidently said “that’s not it, you’d be dead by now.” The lack of urgency for what might have been a life threatening event was shocking to me. He did the surgery and changed our lives.

I liked the tweet yesterday that the last time we properly executed a screen play Thurman scored a TD. 😂

My son hated how he handled that long ball with the difficult tracking over his head. The one he couldn’t quite reach because it wasn’t a perfect throw. My son was a high school QB. It gets easier with a better throw! 😂

THAT looked more like our offense!

The loser should have to wear those uniforms next week.

Rogers throws TWO 1st quarter picks, then Sauce Gardner actually gets called for being handsy (finally) giving up a 1st down. It’s a nice start to Sunday Morning Football.

Otherwise rational adults turn into delusional fools when it comes to youth sports. My high school age kids would ref little kids hoops and at times would have to eject the 45 year old Dads who were coaching the games. Adults making damn fools of themselves displaying their delusions of grandeur.

That is ALL I do when I get back to Buffalo. After 5-7 meals a day for a while I crave a salad and a good cleansing. 😂

Whether the Bills are interested or not, it doesn’t hurt to have your name in the mix to show real or perceived interest. More “interest” might drive the price up a bit for Jet’s or Chiefs or whoever. I guess the only downside is reading all the reaction on TBD about how they blew it, but that is coming either way. 😊 .

I think he could make a fine #1 Diva. Seriously, how did he think this was going to work out for him?

It’s like whack-a-mole. I want better WR’s too, but I want to find a middle ground between where we are and where the Dolphins are. Invest TOO MUCH at WR, and you get exposed in other areas where your resources did not go. When we improve at WR, and I believe it will be a serious priority before next season, people will complain that we let this guy or that guy go, or we have no depth at some other position. We can’t have it all.

People can always find something to complain about. We could use more of this or that, a true #1 WR, better depth everywhere, etc. The problem is, every team wishes they had more cap space and more draft picks, including Beane and the Bills. Nobody has a perfect batting record, including Beane and the Bills, but they are doing much better than most. .

That is true, to a degree. I’ve been drifting into the gray area. I pretty much only watch the Bills now. I used to be an NFL fan, but they’ve pissed me off enough that I mostly just follow the Bills.