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SonOfWade

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  1. The President, obviously, and who else? The Judge?

     

    FIOS TV has the NFL network, but they don't have the Sunday Ticket, do they? I believe that is still exclusive to DTV.

     

    That is true. Sunday Ticket is DirecTV only.

     

    FIOS TV is available to me in Tonawanda, however, I haven't been able to get clarification on whether or not the Sabres' home games will be available in HD, as the channel lineup I saw did not have MSG HD or a "Sabres HD" channel.

     

    I'm also disappointed that the HD DVR set top box does not currently allow for an external hard drive to be attached.

     

    So, I'm weighing my options before I switch from TW cable to FIOS TV ... devil you know versus the devil you don't know.

  2. To those who either know a lot about the subject or have had a Lennox furnace installed recently...

    My furnace blower motor is dying. I had two different contractors tell me that considering the age of the furnace(25 years or so), don't bother investing in the cost of a blower($300-400 contractor repair).

    My question is...

     

    I have an estimate for a Lennox G43 furnace installed for $2500. Does this sound reasonable? I'm not really interested in knowing if another type of furnace is a better deal(I like the Lennox brand name), just that I am not overpaying for the model I am looking at.

    Thanks!!

     

    I had a Lennox installed 12/05, about that same amount. Not sure about the model, but I can check if you are interested. I'm in WNY, and went with O'Donnell Heating and Cooling. They did a great job, and threw in a humidifier for free.

  3. CBS's Cold Case. From the Wiki article:

     

    "Cold Case is notable for double-casting: it will cast a young actor for the flashback sequences and a more seasoned actor for the shots in the present, and cut back and forth between the two, to show how the character has aged. The episode "One Night" managed to triple-cast one character, showing him in the present day, when he committed his murder and when he was a teenager."

  4. Jack, Kate, Hurley, & Sawyer are the only peopl who have "seen things" on the island. Jack saw his old man walking around. Hurley saw is looney buddy. Kate and Sawyer had the horse incident......Am I onto soemthing maybe?

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    I was thinking that too. That was the only logical connection that I could think of for those four.

     

    As an aside, anyone think it's possible that the boar and frog that were "harassing" Sawyer were manifestations of his mind (like Jack's dad, the horse, and Hurley's friend were)?

  5. I think you have it backwards. I think they teams HAVE to be in the same city. But i may be wrong.

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    I think you are correct. Wayne Huizenga owned the Florida Panthers from 1992-2001 and the Miami Dolphins from 1990-the present.

     

    EDIT: He also owned the Florida Marlins during some of those years.

  6. Great tip on IE extension. Sure beats highlighting everything to read it.

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    Two other great Firefox extensions are IE View and Firefox View. They add options in the right click menus of each brower to send the current page from IE to Firefox or vice versa.

  7. The Steelers have three former first-round picks, a second-round pick (Smith) and a third-round pick (Starks). The front office has made drafting big bodies a priority, although Hartings was signed as a free agent from Detroit.

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    This is something the Bills have not done. The last time the Bills used a first day pick on an interior offensive lineman? 1995, Rueben Brown, G, Pitt.

     

    They have picked players in the later rounds (and signed UDFA), but none has really panned out. The free agents signed at those positions haven't been part of the solution to this teams decade long offensive line woes either.

     

    I, for one, hope that the Bills use at least two of their first four picks to shore up the O-line. That would include drafting a highly regarded guard or center in the 2nd or 3rd. Though there's no sure things in the draft, I think the likely hood of a 2nd / 3rd round guard / center being a decent player is better than that of a 5th round or UDFA player.

  8. I did read he was contacted. I wonder if they are waiting to complete the Jauron, Sherman interviews before considering quickly scheduling guys like Fassel, Haslett and others. These guys could be " Plan B " .  Just guessing, of course.

     

      People will be flying down to Mobile, Ala next Monday for Senior Bowl week. Dozens of out of work coaches will be there, looking for asst. coach jobs. With that deadline looming, a hire by the end of the week is likely.

     

    So you look at who has interviews this week. Jauron...Sherman...and no one else at the moment.

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    But don't they have to interview a minority candidate according to the "Rooney Rule"? Unless they talk to Jerry Gray and consider him their minority candidate.

  9. ugh. i guess we may be out of luck even though our prime guys got signed and we picked up bottom of the barrel stuff. one question, though -- since gandy was a street free agent (he was cut before the end of the season by the bears), does that alter the equation? does anyone know the rules?

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    I'm pretty sure Gandy doesn't factor in since, as you mentioned, he was a street free agent.

     

    We should get some sort of compensation because the amount of the contracts signed by JJ and PW is part of the equation.

  10. At one point, during the "fantasy stats" at the top of the screen, I saw that Roscoe Parrish had 1 carry for -6 yards.  Don't remember exactly when, but it was 2nd half for sure.

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    That was after a Gus Ferrotte scramble. They were showing the running stats for #11, just got the wrong #11's name on the screen.

  11. anyone have any gift ideas for the groom side of the wedding party? ideally something that's not too generic?

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    I bought each of the guys in my wedding party a Leatherman multi-tool. It has wire cutters, pliers, screwdrivers, knives, etc. built into it. Kind of like a Swiss Army knife on steroids.

  12. OK - I didn't get a chance to log on yesterday, but I have a few comments and questions.

     

    1.  The voice-over in last nights episode says early on after the crash "you're one of 48 survivors".  This was well after the immediate crash and chaos on the beach where the man was sucked through the engine and whoever else might have died on the beach.  Then later Hurley says "I got the names of everyone - all 46 of us".  This was before Ehtan made good on his threat and killed someone.  So who died between the first night and when Hurley's census was taken?

     

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    The two people that died were:

    A) the woman who drowned while swimming (Boone swam out to save her, then Jack swam out to save Boone)

    B) the marshall that was escorting Kate (Jack had to put the guy out of his misery after Sawyer missed the guys heart with the last bullet in the marshall's gun)

  13. One of the potential positives about Parrish that I haven't seen mentioned is that if he works out as the teams punt and kick returner, it will free up our two starting corners from those duties.

     

    I know that teams have to use their best players on special teams, but I'm sure I'm not the only one that every once in a while had the feeling of "oh stojan, what happens if Clements / Mcgee gets hurt on this return!".

  14. So only players that the Bills signed as UFA's count, and unless they become Pro Bowlers, the Bills are looking at high comp picks for losing Winfield, Jennings, and Williams, not matter who they trade for or sign after being cut (in which case they'd merely be a FA, not an UFA).

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    Unfortunately, the Bills received nothing for losing Winfield (probably because they signed Vincent and Villarial, thus evening out the "mystical" NFL compensation pick formula).

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