SoCal Deek

The Bills will travel to London early in the week. They won’t be experiencing jet lag by Sunday afternoon.

Sounds like you’ll fit right in! The more the merrier. Hope you don’t mind taking in a match, and a couple of shows.

I’m gonna have to google that. Starting in London, then Paris, Lille and Bruges/Ghent.

Flights and hotels…booked!

If true it seems rather reasonable to me. There are no long stretches of away games. There’s a bye week before playing the Chiefs. We don’t go to Miami in the heat. And we already knew there’s only one west coast trip. Again, if true….I’ll take it!

Still vividly remember being stuck in traffic on the thruway bridge, being able to see the lights of the stadium, and listening on the radio while Washington ran the opening kickoff back. Classic!

So now we’ve veered into the NFL being a business and not some sort of local community nonprofit recreation league? I thought everyone already knew that….but I guess I was wrong.

I have absolutely no idea what any of that means.

And as I said, the Owner can either be quick or slow to pay each month. And the Owner can either meddle in the day to day construction activity or they can leave the Builder alone. It’s no different from having your kitchen remodeled. The Owner’s participation is critical to keeping things on schedule.

As I explained in an earlier response, most public works construction projects have what’s called a ‘liquidated damages’ clause meaning that the contractors pay a stipulated financial penalty for every day the project goes beyond the contract term. That penalty, along with prompt monthly payments from the Owner, and limited Owner directed changes, are what drive the construction team to stay on schedule.

I trust you know this is all in good fun. In life you have to pick things to get upset about. The Bills playing a game overseas twice a decade is way, way, way down on my list. And I’ll easily trade it for adding back that fourth preseason game we suffered through every year.

We’ll put you down as a ‘no’ on this one. Got it!

We may be of the same era. I was there when MNF first came to town for the Bills vs KC. It was a rainy pregame, but all of WNY felt they had finally made the big time! (BTW....we all wore our rain gear, sat outside, and nobody complained. It was a glorious night!)

So I'll mark you down as a definite "no" then. Thanks for clarifying any unintentional ambiguity you may have previously relayed on here.

The Bills wandered in the NFL desert for almost twenty years. Oh how the faithful have forgotten. Nobody cared and nobody around the country wanted to watch them…except maybe for a good chuckle. During those two decades Bills fans routinely complained about the lack of prime time exposure. Enjoy it while it’s here! It will NOT last forever. Go Bills

Thanks. You’re correct. Notice that I didn’t say it was a ‘rivalry’. My point was that those were the games you really wanted to see, even if you knew we were big underdogs. I can’t recall an era where anyone felt that way about the Jets. Unfortunately the Rodgers era is going to be short lived.

My wife was dragging that day, but when we turned the corner and I showed her the Eiffel Tower I thought she was going to cry.

Gregg…I’ve been a watching the Bills since just after their inception. The certainly have had must-see opponents throughout the decades. The Dolphins in the 70’s and the Pats in their heyday. The last time anyone could say that about the Jets might have been when Namath was there….but even that was pretty short lived.

Can you try and stick somewhat close to responding to my post? Even just somewhat would be appreciated.

I actually like it. For decades now the Jets have been our most boring opponent. I literally never circle those two games on my must-watch calendar. So as the Opener, and on Monday Night, against Rodgers….why not?

BillSy ”Not that I can recall” is actually the appropriate answer. I know this Twitter nitwit wants to make it into something but any lawyer will tell you that it’s actually the right thing to say. Move on!

A well reasoned breakdown for sure but I don’t believe it’s going to reach the ‘critical mass’ you suggest. Those in power and their lapdogs in the media simply won’t allow it. At least not until they have another suitable puppet to install in his place. And right now, they don’t. For starters then don’t go in the ocean with your shoes on! 😉

Were you stung by a jellyfish?

As I’ve mentioned, if you’ve never been to Europe, I highly recommend just hopping on the train and go to Paris for a couple of days. You definitely won’t regret it. Then take the Eurostar back to London and leave back out of Heathrow. The round trip air fair is easier.

So I guess Edmunds was more important than I thought. Go figure!