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I was drinking a beer on Main st. Park City around '87 talking to a friend, the cops went by and turned around. I got up and put the beer in the garbage as they were pulling up. I continued walking up the street pretending I can't hear the cops telling me to stop. When I heard the car door open I took off like a flash. I ran up some stairs to the next street up the hill and as I turned the corner to run down that street I heard a gun go off. I quickly hid in some bushes and had to stay in there over an hour til dark as the cops kept circling around for me. I changed my look as best I could and made my escape down Main st, as I'm walking down the street I see a cop car coming up it. I quickly thought 'change your walk' for some reason, so I did and walked right past them. The next day my friend says I thought they shot you. Warning shots fired for an escaped beer drinker. I never ran from a cop again.

Miraculously no, not that I am a criminal or anything but luckily South Buffalo cops in the 70s were not too hard on kids partying. I usually had the good sense to leave before they showed up, that and being a fast runner. It didn't hurt if they knew and liked your family either. I did get hauled into the South Park station when I was 15 with a buddy who 'borrowed' his mom's car. Dad had to come get me, no charges filed even though their was unopened beer involved. The cops were happy to keep the beer. Travelling with the Grateful Dead years ago there were a few encounters that could have gone South but luckily they always let us go. One time in '85 we were leaving Red Rocks heading to the Grand Canyon in an old van with stickers all over it and stopped at a gas station somewhere on i70. We had a keg of beer, six stoned deadheads and the sliding door wide open when the state troopers pulled up right next to the open door staring at me. My buddy Murph from Mass. reaches in front me and closes the slider right in their face. Knowing what some of the riders have in their pockets I figure this trip is over, the trooper walks around to the drivers window and says "let me guess, you're coming from the Dead shows". "Yes sir" we said. "How were they? I bet they were great" he said. We proceeded to talk about the Dead and living in the Grand Canyon until the rest of the motley crew came out of the store and then he let us go telling us to drive safe and sober. A few other close encounters in Ohio, Chicago, L.A., Oakland, Atl, and Oregon, they let me go everytime. Now that I think of it I have been pretty blessed that way. My days of almost getting in trouble are far behind me now. ? ⚡

Love Watkins Glen, used to go there as a kid. My parents lived in Ithaca before they had a family and used to take us back there for a weekend trip. We would stay at and hike the gorge. One trip without my dad, around 1970, my mom took a wrong turn and ended up in line for time trials with the formula one cars. My brothers and I telling my mom to go for it in our Ford Galaxie 500. Beautiful area, would gladly join you all there if I could.

Perhaps 'late' was referring to his annoying habit of being tardy for meetings?

Good point, if I see them playing anyone but Buffalo I will not give them the full measure of my devotion and rooting powers, but I will not wish them harm.?

With Guerrero's history you would think his clients should be tested after this.

No, the Bengals love is over now as far as football goes, but I will remember that moment and am proud of the generosity of Bills fans in the aftermath. I remember rooting for them in the SB early 80s against the 9ers. Pat McInally, only perfect wonderlic score, was a friend of my cousins.

I am! I am pretty sure it is mostly brouhaha, with some poppycock and balderdash sprinkled in.

This would not really surprise me, I think there is a battle of egos and legacies going on there. Funny thing is I bet they both want NE to suck when they are gone. Brady getting rid of JG was part of that battle. BB retiring, Gronk suspended/traded or Brady suspended for peds would be my best guesses if something really big is indeed happening. What if it was all three, that would be ...... a good daydream?

Spot on, that is what a 'comeback' player is, someone who has performed at a high level and fallen off or got injured. Shaq, Peterman, Jones, Washington, etc would not qualify as they have never shown anything.

I love Alpine Valley, saw the Dead there many times in the 80s, so much fun and memorable times. Hard to believe it was so long ago.⚡

Congrats to the Caps

If those guys both play well the defense could be really good. I assume spell check changed Davis to David.?

Vontae Davis or Trent Murphy. If it is a player who was a Bill last year I pick Benjamin.

Is the OP saying Shaw66 is Billy Shaw? If it is Billy Shaw and he doesn't want people to know, he would pick a different user name. I think the OP is full of it, what a weird post and thread.

I think Curry grabbed his arm so his head wouldn't hit the ground, James uses his off arm all the time to get seperation.

Durant with an epic finals performance, wow, that was impressive. MVP like if/when they win it.

Just smart enough to stay away from mentally unstable, roid raging, sociopathic aholes. To each their own, hope you and Richie have a good time if you ever meet.

How do you know 'it would be cool'? Might be the worst day of your life. I for one would walk the other way if I ever saw him. I hope his mental state improves but I think he has been an A1 !@#$ his entire life.

Whether it is this year or next I think the JG trade fractured the Kraft BB Brady triumvirate and I think it will fester and the divide will widen as Brady inevitably declines. I hope it is this year, with their backup qb situation, any loss of time by Brady and they are avg at best. I would prefer to see Brady's play decline and the Bills beat them with him playing, but either scenario would make me happy. It may take another year for the Bills to be ready but I feel things are shifting and the Pats run is ending soon.

1300 yds led the league last year so over 1000 is still a very good year. I am not sure what numbers would get him in but a couple more 1000 yard seasons would have to put him in strong consideration. McCoy contributes more in the passing game than most rbs as well.

R.I.P. My brothers and I loved playing Pong and then Breakout, which Atari had pre Apple Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs create for them.

True words, lost a very close friend 3 days ago in a car accident. His was the only car involved, no alcohol or drugs, they think he had a heart attack behind the wheel. Have to go to the coast to see his wife and kids tomorrow. That is when it will really hit home, very shocking. Love and appreciate those you love while you can.

The people I knew were aware of the risk when they bought. The empathy remark was joking, I am not expecting you to feel bad.?

What was your score on the empathy test? ? The land was really cheap years ago and I know a few folks who bought some to have an affordable spot on the island. The folks I knew were just there part time and stayed in trailers, rvs, buses, etc. I have not stayed in touch to know what their situation is now. The Three Sisters mtns in central Or. are active volcanoes right near the city of Bend which has grown immensely in the last 30 years, they could go off tomorrow or not for hundreds of years. That is not gonna stop people from living in Bend. Look at the city of New Orleans located below sea level, I get nervous spending a couple nights camping on the coast in the tsunami zone, I couldn't imagine living in a hurricane zone below sea level.