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I believe it’s supposed to be but I’m not 100% sure. They are doing a banner raising ceremony that is supposed to start at 7:10pm so they can still kickoff on time but we will see. I could see it running long.

I’m usually pretty good at finding reasons to be hopeful and optimistic about buffalo sports teams but I’m still struggling with this one. Just the whole situation. I keep hoping for Kevyn Adams to make a good move/trade and give me hope. Or hire an experienced AGM. Or a couple top tier scouting/analytics hires. Or something... So far I still feel like all of these moves were motivated by saving money. They cleaned house but there’s been no key outside hires made to replace any of them that I’m aware of (I don’t count Matt Ellis or Seth Appert). They promoted from within on the scouting and analytics staff and haven’t hired any assistant GMs. It’s kind of terrifying thinking about a completely inexperienced Kevyn Adams navigating one of the most important offseasons in years with no one who has any real experience to help him. Im very anxious to see what his first trade looks like, and how he values players + assets.

You can go buy a TiVo or whatever other brand DVR but they charge you a monthly fee, and that’s on top of the $200-300 the DVR itself costs. Iirc TiVo was going to be like $15 a month. I was fully intending on buying a TiVo to get rid of the monthly DVR fee from cable. Then I learned they charge the same monthly fee cable does so I didn’t see any point. At least with the cable company when the DVR inevitably takes a crap I can swap it for free. I agree 100%. I wish someone offered a product like that. I’d love to figure out a way to use a DVR without a monthly fee.

My takeaway was that we have teachers of all ages who are at high risk and we need to take that into consideration as we start reopening schools and do our best to protect them (funding, safety protocols, PPE, etc.).

Same here! lol The announcers mentioned it during the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. NY Islanders game last night otherwise I would have completely forgotten.

Geez, I figured this would be a positive, happy thread. When I started it I figured we could all share in the excitement of having NFL football back. Shows what I know... 🤷‍♂️😂

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/09/10/houston-texans-kansas-city-chiefs-time-date-channel-stream/5767104002/ I think this is the most excited I’ve ever been for the opening night of NFL football. I’m always excited about it, but this year it feels even more special. I’m just so happy to have football back.

I didn’t even know that existed! I may have to try it out. Thanks!

https://apnews.com/4ee025ba6c4c19c024ce384503f23ef3 ‘South Carolina 3rd grade teacher, 28, dies from COVID-19’ https://j7dfh9pbumnyhazfmcsfgm9m.apnews.com/3e97872bf3cd8697064014efcf2ec622 she’s at least the 4th teacher to die so far this school year.

https://www.propublica.org/article/sent-home-to-die?utm_source=pocket-newtab “Sent home to die” ‘In New Orleans, hospitals sent patients infected with the coronavirus into hospice facilities or back to their families to die at home, in some cases discontinuing treatment (as soon as 23 hours after being admitted) even as relatives begged them to keep trying.’ 😢 This whole story is heartbreaking. Sadly, I worry that we will be hearing stories like this for months (and maybe years) to come. It’s not like hospitals are running to the press to tell them stories like this. ProPublica unearthed this story with a lot of investigative journalism.

Oh man, that was great. I love Tre. He seems like such a genuinely good person. So happy for him and his family. I hope he’s wise (and/or lucky) with his investments and it truly is able to change his family’s lives for generations to come.

From previous conversations I know we disagree on this subject (though this time I would hope we agree that 4000 new cases a day in March and April + 25,000 deaths would absolutely be considered an outbreak/1st wave). But again, I would say the opposite - I don’t think it was inevitable. I think they became too lax. They let their guard down too much. Too many people went back to their normal lives and disregarded social distancing and masks. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/world/europe/france-coronavirus.html It’s the same story we’ve seen repeated in many places here in the US and elsewhere. and yes, very good news about their hospitalization + fatality rate so far!

Looks like France is on the verge of a 2nd wave of covid.

Next up, a 6 year Brandon Beane extension (I hope)!

Nice! Congrats Tre! Glad we will have him for a while. His best days are still ahead of him IMO.

first big surprise of today! 😂

https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article245448050.html ‘PSU football doctor: 30-35 percent of COVID-19-positive Big Ten athletes had myocarditis‘ Spooky.

More: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/introducing-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards/ More Specs: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16057/nvidia-announces-the-geforce-rtx-30-series-ampere-for-gaming-starting-with-rtx-3080-rtx-3090 Wow! Looks impressive. Reasonably priced as well, at least compared to the previous gen.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/01/908413181/fema-says-it-will-stop-paying-for-cloth-face-masks-for-schools

Thanks for giving us this great place to discuss the Bills SDS! Much appreciated.

https://nypost.com/2020/08/19/daughters-medical-emergency-pushed-tuukka-rask-out-of-nhl-bubble/ ‘Daughter’s ‘medical emergency’ pushed Tuukka Rask out of NHL bubble‘ Cant blame Rask at all if that’s what happened. I’d certainly do the same thing.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/even-with-a-vaccine-the-economy-could-take-many-months-to-return-to-normal/ ‘Even With A Vaccine, The Economy Could Take Many Months To Return To Normal‘