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    Pandemics are boring

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    Posted · Edited by BritBill

    6 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

     

    Do you use a squeegee? I've heard coffee filters are a nice truck? Windex or a home made remedy?

     

    Yes, I use a squeegee. I chose to go down the traditional route as my selling point as the vogue these days seem to be the "reach and wash" poles. I like to get up to the window and make sure it's finished correctly with grade A scrim. 

     

    I wash the windows with water and general washing liquid with an applicator before using the squeegee to clear the "soap". I have been sent some specialist window cleaning detergent by the equipment supplier I use so I'm going to try that in the water the next time I clean my own house windows to see how it performs. 

     

    You just need to make sure you get the correct mix between liquid and water. I apply the liquid direct to the applicator and then dip it in the water when required. 

     

    I've never used coffee filters or heard of that to help clean windows. 

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    Pandemics are boring

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    I offered to clean my neighbours' windows during the restrictions and it kind of snowballed into me setting up a window cleaning business.

     

    This will be extra to my "normal" job as a Fund Accountant. So far I've enough custom for a extra day's work a month. With a bit more basic marketing I'm confident of getting this up to 2 days a month which will make me around a further £3k a year which will boost my pension pot or even get me back over to Buffalo for a game. 

     

    Window cleaning was my first job when I finished school and I ended up doing for 3 years while I lived the fun life while I was between 18 and 21. I settled down in life after that but I always wanted to go back to working in a job I felt my happiest. The current situation opened the door to this and I've taken a small step in. 

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    The Last Dance

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    I'm not a basketball/NBA fan by any stretch but what I am fascinated by is sports people who are the best of the best. Think Tiger Woods, Shane Warne etc. I know very little of Michael Jordan other than him being recognised as one of the finest athletes/sportsmen ever. 

     

    I know even less of Rodman, Pippen and the rest of the great Chicago Bulls team of the 90s. 

     

    I watched the first episode of this and it hooked me straight away. Just imagine being part of that scene? It's unfathomable to mere mortals.

     

    You have to liken it to the Liverpool/Man Utd soccer dynasties in the 80s and 90s. The great West Indies and Australia cricket teams who dominated for years with special players regarded as the best ever to pay their respective sports. 

     

    I'll try and catch up over the weekend. 

    Tyler Bass, kicker, might be Bills' best pick

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Jake Elliott was the first other player to spring to mind when reading this thread.

     

    I firmly believe it's all in the head with the NFL kickers. The vast, vast majority of them have the technique nailed. It's having the mental ability to maintain that technique under extreme game day pressure. Much akin to soccer players taking penalties in a shoot-out. 

     

    The coaches will have to decide pretty quickly if Bass has it mentally to become kicker in his first season. The Eagles saw it in Elliott where the Bengals didn't. 

     

    Elliot missed his first XP attempt in Super Bowl LII. After that he hit he only other XP and 3 field goals. One a 46 yarder in the 4th quarter. That's mental toughness with balls bigger than King Kong. 

     

    Elliott proves it can be done with a rookie kicker who was drafted but the Bills have to be certain Bass is up to it in this extremely crucial season for this franchise. The schedule remains tough after the draft so I'm sure a lot of the games will be close and come to to XPs and FGs. 

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    Best QB in the AFC East

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    At this moment it's Allen and I hope it stays that way but.....

     

    I think Darnold will have the better career and be the better QB but that depends on how quickly the Jets get rid of Gase. Darnold might have to move away from New Jersey to overtake Allen. But then he won't be in the AFC East (probably).

    Remember this?

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    On 4/13/2020 at 5:56 PM, Royale with Cheese said:

    For the 90's kids....scrambled porn.

     

     

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    It was always a bit of a disappointment when the picture finally came round and it was just a bloke with a beard enjoying eating a banana. 

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    Draft Rumors 1 week out

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    17 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    Hennessy does seem to be getting a lot of buzz late in the process. Personally I think he will still be there. I actually have a late day 2 grade on him (so second half of the 3rd round basically). To me he is an undersized center with good mobility but suboptimal functional strength to be a top flight NFL center. I have him as someone who can develop into a starting NFL center but will need to add some weight and some core strength first. What you love about him on tape is he competes his ass off every single play but I just think physically you put him in front of some of the huge freak athletes that play defensive tackle in the NFL on day 1 and he is going to get blown up.

     

    EDIT: should say DB and then center would not surprise me as the Cowboys first two picks in terms of position.

     

    Thanks Gunner.

     

    My first thought was getting the Cowboy's needs correct and then go from there. 

     

    Who on your board is the first center to go? My internet searches today suggest Cesar Ruiz is making moves. Lindy's (which I get every year for quick reference on draft nights) has a top 3 of:

     

    Hennessy (Rd1-2)

    Tyler Biadasz (Rd2)

    Lloyd Cushenberry III (Rd2-3)

     

    With Frederick retiring and Jerry's tendency to pick OL fairy early I thought center would be high on their board.

     

     

     

    Draft Rumors 1 week out

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    I'm not a college football person nor do I get involved in draft discussions/mocks a lot. Anyway, my friend who's a Dallas Cowboys' fans asked me last night what I would do in the first 2 rounds if I was them. Dallas are picking 17th (Rd1) and 51st (Rd2).

     

    Having looked at several sources for information I came to the following prediction/solution:

     

    Trade down with Jacksonville to pick 20. Jags get picks 17 & 51. Dallas now had picks 20 & 40. I'm thinking about 100 points on the draft capital scale to get to 17 from 20 and also 51 to 40.

     

    With pick 20 Dallas select Xavier McKinney, Safety, Alabama

    With pick 40 Dallas select Matt Hennessy, Center, Temple

     

    What do people who know more about the draft than me think of that? My main concern seems to be Hennessy still being there at 40. 

     

     

    How do you judge a good defense?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by BritBill

    1 hour ago, BruceVilanch said:

    Points allowed is usually a good indicator for me. I like turnover differential also but that can be skewed pretty easily by your offense. The eye test can also tell you a lot. What about you?

     

    I'm unsure. I've kind have been a points allowed chap but that can be skewed slightly like yards allowed by garbage time vanilla defense but maybe not as much. 

     

    What about red zone points against? 

     

    Also does everyone apply the same rules to judging an offense as they do a defense?

     

     

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