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Why do you consider that "sick and unwell"??? I've been rooting for the Fins because I want those AFCW teams to all be bunched together.

The Ridge starts east of Rte 20. The villages of Westfield, Brocton, and Silver Creek are below the Ridge, although there are some hilly areas. Ask the realtor where the Ridge begins in the areas you're looking.

Absolutely. I'm off to do some yard work since Fields is still in the game.

As long as Woody Johnson owns the team, the Jets are gonna be Jests. The Johnson son who was in charge of the team when his papa was doing his ambassador thing looks like "a chip off the old block", so the Jests fans are doomed to an eternity of ineptitude.

Absolutely!!!! I would have to root for both of them ... and feel so happy for the Series winner at the time feeling so sad for the team that lost. The Brewers have never won the Series, and have only made the Series once, in 1982. The Mariners have never even made the Series. They have only made the ALCS three times, the last time in 2001.

Don't buy a house up on the hills east of Lake Erie ... or buy a really big snowblower. If you're a few miles from the lake, and you can look west out of a window or off a deck/porch and can see the lake, you are probably on the Ridge. The Chautauqua Ridge is the shore of the much larger old glacial lake that once covered much of WNY. It's like the Niagara Escarpment in Niagara County. Take a drive on Rte 394 from Barcelona towards Mayville or Rte 39 from Dunkirk/Silver Creek towards Gowanda, and you will recognize when you leave the lake plain and go up the Ridge. There's a great spot to see how sharply the ridge rises above the lake plain at Luenesman (sp) Overlook Park outside of Dewittville, which is just northeast of Mayville on Rte 430. It's a great view in the fall.

Brewers win the winner take all game, 3-1, against the Chicago Cubs. The Brewers scored their 3 runs on 3 solo HRs, each with 2 outs.

Cubs at Brewers are on TBS. The series is tied at 2-2, so it's loser goes home, winner gets to play the Dodgers in the NLCS.

Dunkirk/Fredonia isn't as bad as the Southtowns. Chautauqua County gets lake effect mostly from the north/northwest winds, so the Chautauqua Ridge -- areas like Arkwright, Cassadaga, and Sherman -- tend to get the really heavy lake effect because of the rise in elevation forces the clouds to drop their snow load on the west side of the Ridge. The lake shore communities and the towns east of the Ridge (like Jamestown) get lots of snow but not nearly as much as the towns on the west side of the Ridge. The Southtowns sit at the northeastern end of Lake Erie, which means that southwestern gales come up the longest fetch of the lake sucking up moisture from the warmer lake like vacuum cleaners all the way from western Ohio before dumping their massive snow loads when they hit the shore from Angola north to Blasdell. This is why Hamburg, West Seneca, Blasdell, and even South Buffalo can pick up multiple feet of snow in a day or less.

The Bills weren't going to go undefeated in 2025. Only the 1972 Dolphins and the 2007 Patriots have managed that, and the Pats lost the Super Bowl to Eli Manning and the Helmet Catch. I'm not convinced that Atlanta is all that good. They got blanked 30-0 by the Panthers, and then had to hang on to get a one score win against the Commanders without Jayden Daniels.

I have been on the Pats as a possible WC team since they hired Vrabel and then signed Diggs. Maye played pretty well despite poor coaching and minimal talent around him as a rookie. I picked the Pats to finish second in the AFCE when numerous others were worried about the Fins and even the Jests. Right now, I think they can get 10 or 11 wins, especially with the Bengals circling the drain and the Ravens watching them and hoping to avoid the same fate. The Bills should win 13 or 14 games. Unless Allen misses games, the Pats aren't threatening the Bills for the AFCE.

I think that your take is pretty accurate. They had Gronk as a big downfield threat for a while after Moss, but he missed a lot of time in several seasons because of injuries. For a significant number of seasons they had Welker and then Edelmann who were sure-handed, clutch WRs playing in the slot more than being downfield threats. Later in the Belichick/Brady era, the Pats also had ex-Bill Chris Hogan at WR. Most of their boundary WRs were decent but they weren't among the best WRs of their time. Let's not pretend that Deion Branch was Justin Jefferson or DK Metcalf or any of the big name WRs that some Bills fans fantasize about. He was traded to Seattle after his big 998 yard season, and then was traded back to NE a couple of years later. In 2010, Branch caught passes for 930 yards between the Seahawks and Patriots. Other than his 2 big seasons, Branch's yards per season were modest, mostly between 400 and 800 yards. He was a decent WR, but hardly a really good one.

Playing the Rams without Lamar makes the Ravens suffering a fifth loss this weekend seem likely if not inevitable. They would then be 1-5 at their bye. Even before their plague of injuries, they didn't play like a team that could 9-2 over their last 11 games.

Mariners win in the 15th inning, 3-2, with a walk-off single by Luis Polanco!!! Jays vs Mariners for the ALCS. The Jays are my team, but I won't cry too much if the Mariners end up in the Series.

Dart seems to have that special something that makes great QBs. He reminds me of Josh Allen as a rookie when Allen's most distinguishing traits was his leadership and will to win. Dart is far more polished than Allen at this point but I think his early success is much more dependent on his leadership and ability to ad-lib than to his skills, although those are significantly better than most young QBs. He seems more like Jayden Daniels than CJ Stroud.

Don't wreck a good rant by pointing out facts. Another favorite rookie WR from last year, Brian Thomas, Jr, has also been having a crappy sophomore year, too. One of the problems with WRs is that they are far more noticeable highs and lows than almost all other positions. Partly it's because of the offensive philosophy of their teams, partly it's because of the QBs throwing to them, some of it is that WR is a tough position to learn, but mostly it's because a lot of top WRs have mercurial personalities -- they are subject to sudden and unpredictable mood or mindset changes.

Lie to yourselves, but don't lie to the rest of us. You'd be complaining like everybody else.

Totally agree. The team needs to have all its ducks in a row come December and later, but wins in September count as much as wins later in the season. They're doing what they should do: stacking wins. I think too many posters are worrying too much about what might happen in the playoffs rather than enjoying the Bills current success. Life is indeed good for a Bills fan these days. They won't last forever.

I agree that the loss was avoidable, but in the modern era (ie, since 1970), only 2 teams have gone undefeated in the regular season: the 1972 Dolphins and the 2007 Patriots, so losses are bound to happen. Sometimes it's just not your day (or night), and manure happens. I can take a loss to the up and coming Pats better than I could take a loss to the Fins or the Jests, and NE isn't a real threat for the #1 seed. Since the Ravens, Chiefs, and Chargers all lost, the Bills didn't lose ground to them. The Colts and Jags are ahead of the Bills on tie-breakers IIRC, but I don't see them as threats to take the #1 seed, although it's looking like one or both might make the playoffs. There's still 70% of the season to go. The Bills have plenty of time to improve their defense, especially since they'll be getting back some defenders in the next few weeks. If the defense is still struggling (a relative term because there are several much worse defenses out there) come Thanksgiving, then it's time to worry.

There's a reason that Wrex hasn't coached in almost 10 years, and it's not because of money.

Not for long. Burrow lasted 2 games behind that OL. I doubt that Flacco lasts 3 unless he waves a white flag. Jameis would have been fun to watch on occasions. The Bengals FO is more concerned about maximizing profits than winning football games. Flacco's salary has mostly been paid already, so he's practically free. He won't survive until December. Most likely.

Who would you trust to win that Week 18 game in Pittsburgh? John Harbaugh, Lamar Jackson, and the Ravens or Mike Tomlin, Aaron Rodgers, and the Steelers? I'd take the Stillers all the time. Losing at least a game or two was inevitable. Better to the Pats who are not realistically in the running for the #1 seed than a team like the Chiefs.

I feel no pity for the Bengals. Their FO (and the HC for as much say as he has in personnel decisions) set that team up to fail because they didn't build a complete team. All they have is a excellent QB and a couple of great WRs. They have a crappy OL (and have had one for years), no running game to speak of, and a defense that's Trey Hendrickson and a lot of bodies. I feel for the Bengals fans. The Bills teams in the Drought Years were as mismanaged as the Bengals by an owner/FO that put maximizing profits ahead of winning football games.

That both the Chiefs and Ravens might miss the playoffs really didn't seem possible even two weeks ago. The Ravens defense hasn't been nearly as good as everyone thought it would be before the season started, and the injuries have just about sunk them, especially to Lamar and Madubuike ... Lamar may not play again this week. Meanwhile, what the hell is up with the Chiefs???? They got up 14-0 early on, and then seemed to think they'd already won. Then the Chiefs had a INT in the end zone negated by a PI. They had a long KO return following the 99-yard pick six negated by a penalty. Butker kicks out of bounds after the Chiefs go-ahead TD to give Jax the ball at the 40. Then to put a cherry on top, Chris Jones just stands around watching Lawrence scramble into the EZ after falling twice! The Bills aren't the only team to play a clunker in a prime time night this week. Maybe it was the full Harvest Moon.

My Medicare Advantage plan through Highmark was canceled, but they have instituted several new plans which are similar to the one that I had. There are two types of Medicare Advantage plans: those that offer prescription coverage and those that don't. If you choose a plan that doesn't offer prescription coverage then you have to also have prescription coverage. Most Medicare Advantage plans have similar benefits and usually have a variety of premium tiers. I think these are required by law. The two things that differentiate MA plans are monthly premiums, co-pays, and provider network. I think that the provider network is the most important because if you pick a plan without the providers you need/want, even a minor health problem may cost you big $$$ regardless of how low the premiums and co-pays may be if you have to/choose to use out-of-network providers. If you want to be able to select any provider you want, you might want to consider original Medicare with a supplemental policy plus Part D coverage. The first two years I had Medicare, I had original Medicare, but the price of prescriptions through Part D was both expensive and confusing (the pricing was never the same from one refill to another of the same script), so I switched to MA. I was lucky that all my providers were also in the Highmark provider network. My previous plan with Highmark had a large provider network, so I am in the process of making sure the providers I use will be in the network for 2026.