Don Otreply
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4 hours ago, sirebors said:
Can I throw in Mike Schopp and the Bulldog.
Yup, ?
1 hour ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:,,,Dunkirk Don does NOT approve of this message............
I see ?
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1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
So I’ve heard in the past that the agents talk around different teams at the combine, and by the end of it they have a a very good sense of what teams interest levels are and what those teams are willing to pay.
At the DE position, the catch is that so many of the pending FA are discussed as being re-signed or franchised - it’s hard to tell how many players will actually be available.
This thing by Shaq could mean that his agent has told him he has multiple suitors who will out-bid each other and offer him crazy money. Who knows.
If that’s about what he’s offered, I really think we should try to keep him.
I think I agree... it is always so tenuous, especially if we have a lot of competition replacing him and or JP ?
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1 hour ago, DFT said:
I would definitely trade Tim Graham for Christian McCaffrey. Definitely.
Throw Sully in for free, and Incarcerated bob too...
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2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Where you were right is living in London is expensive. But then it is the greatest city in the world so that comes with a price tag. The super rich from America, the China, the Gulf states and Russia are all heavily invested in the London property market. People want to live here.
I don’t blame them, We visited London some years back, stayed at the Luna & Simone hotel, my wife and I were doing a bit of touring, we visited Paris, Florence, Montepulciano, Stuttgart, Rome etc, it is our intent to return and spend more time in the UK, we enjoyed ourselves quite a bit, London is a very cool town. We are currently living on our sailboat, sailing between New England and the southern Bahamas, chasing the warm temps. My grandfather moved from Coventry to the States via Canada were he met my Grandmother who moved from Ireland, they had a Jaguar XKE, loved that car. When we get to old to sail (a few years out) we are headed back, we want to spend a month in the UK., my wife wants to do some walks in the Cotswolds(sp)? yes we are retired, pensioners as you might say.
Go Bills!!!
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2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
There is such a thing as leasehold. My flat is a leasehold. I don't own the land. I lease land for the next 74 years but I also have a legal right to extend that lease (though it costs) and my ground rent for the land is £5 per year. It is not owned by the Royal Family (they own 0.03% of British land) or a nobleman it is owned by a clever businessman who spotted an opportunity in the late 80s. Only about 15% of all English homes are leasehold and so covered by these rules and they are mainly flats and mainly in London.
Pretty much every house (as opposed to flat) in the UK is a freehold. That means you own the house and the land it is yours until you choose to sell. That is 85% of British homes.
So in summary you are right there are some British homes (well, English actually, leasehold doesn't exist in Scotland) where you own the house but lease the land, albeit you have a legal right to extend your lease. However, it is a minority of homes and the vast majority are freeholds where the owner owns the land.
But you are definitely not right that you pay money to the Queen or the Royals. In fact it is much more likely that the original owners of the land were the Church rather than the Royals.
I stand corrected, I was misinformed evidently, thanks for the education, never to late to learn as my Ninety year old father says. ?
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27 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I am not sure where you are getting your facts but this is not true.
I believe it is called a freehold Or leasehold, one of which you do not own the property but have use of it for an extended period of time, free hold means you actually purchased the land and one then owns it forever basically, Some of the Royals according to myth and rumor own big chunks of land that towns sit on and as I understand it those folk pay the royal family and amount of money annually for the land. I certainly do not know the particulars of course, When a country is as old as the UK, and with its history of kings and peasants, land ownership through the ages is far different game than in the States.
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4 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Can they do that?
I would suspect they can, although they probably wouldn’t do that.
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2 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said:
This is nuts. So people build a house on land they don’t own? Theoretically, couldn’t the land holder just exponentially increase the rent every year? What is someone going to do, move their house?
Well, of course you would. I would expect any of us fans to do the same. It isn’t our money. The real question is, would the business of the Buffalo Bills make that financial decision.
I believe it is a fixed amount, it is an odd system, comes from the old days of who owned the land many hundreds of years ago some Dukes family was gifted a huge chunk of land by whoever the king was at the time of the current Royal house hold, ( the Queen of England’s family ) and it stays in that family’s ownership forever it would appear. I don’t know all the specifics obviously, but unlike Here, the land has been owned by the upper classes since forever...
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46 minutes ago, hjnick said:
They still got that crap over there! That is crazy. Do the Duke/Lord/Royal just pocket the money or does it go to the gov't???
No they pocket the money.
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1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:
All of this has been going on for years, why start your rage now?
No rage, just a misinterpretation of a point of view. Just not a fan of corporate greed is all.
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7 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
You were going to go to AZ for that game?
Not the point and you know that. Good go though, ? the AZ fans aren’t going either.. and that is the point. Their home game is taken from them as will be a Bills home game as well in the future, you gonna fly to Stuttgart Germany for that Bills home game in the future? That too is the point. Remember Toronto?
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If the Jags push this he will sit out this season, imo. The team is not particularly well thought of, and Khan wants to move it to London.
It’s good to see other teams in turmoil instead of the Bills, ?
Life is really freakin expensive in London and it’s suburbs, makes NYC look affordable. You can buy a house in England, but you can’t own the land under it in most cases, you have to pay some Duke/Lord/Royal rent on the land on top of your mortgage payment. By American standards that dog don’t hunt.
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4 minutes ago, T master said:
I for one hope it doesn't happen !! Keep the games here where they belong for our fans !!
Sadly it’s to late for that, corporate greed is the priority, it is considered to be way more important than the me’s and you’s off this world. There is only one way to strike back... and that’s in their wallet.
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8 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:
This is the first year I didn’t watch any of the combine. And I am a big Draft Guy. I just think the NFL has put what used to be a draft evaluation event and made it an event that is just a money grab. So I refused to watch.
Good on you ? I feel the same way.
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56 minutes ago, HansLanda said:
I think the Bills will now actually need to give him press credentials again, too.
Nah, the Bills dislike the guy, by not giving him press credentials his value to his employer drops quite a bit, and that can only be good for the rest of us. ?
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16 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:
Not really all about Tee Higgins but I think the Prime Time Coverage is really doing these players a disservice. Sitting around all day waiting to run and then they are running at like 9 o’clock at night.
this is their Job interview and the NFL did them a disservice for $$$$
Corporate Greed rules the roost, its the M O for corporations world wide. Nowadays if one does not monetize absolutely everything you have failed yourself or the stock holder, ain’t it great...
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13 hours ago, White Linen said:
He said "he had a long season and only had 4-5 weeks to prepare for this compared to the other guys who had two months or a month."
Ya gotta assume he isn’t this unaware all the time... maybe...in the end likely not a big deal,
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I think BB will sabotage Brady if he comes back, or at least I hope he does...?
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The Buffalo Bills have hands down the worst fans in the league
please don’t kill me.... ?
It’s a joke people, sheesh...
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1 hour ago, Phil The Thrill said:
I’ve seen these threads on Reddit and thought this might be a fun thread.
I have one - I feel that One Bills Live is an underrated show, as is John Murphy. Yes it’s clear they are employed by the team and it obviously effects what they say.
But overall the guests they get are stellar. I think Murph does a good job and Tasker is not bad either - some Bills fans go way overboard on the criticism. He’s way better than Donald Jones.
I love to hear other opinions you might have that might not be as popular with fellow Bills fans
Ralph Wilson always sucked
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3 minutes ago, Virgil said:
This should be interesting. I personally believe his injury last season was BS and he was just done with the team. So, a part of me likes him having to be tied to them a little longer since he didn’t honor his last year.
On the flip side, I see a massive hold out and nothing positive come of this for the Bengals
So much for that outside chance the Bills might land him, not that there was much of a chance of it actually happening.
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1 minute ago, Shaw66 said:
Thaks to you and BeastMaster. I agree, it's a lot of small points.
No one is saying Allen doesn't have things to improve on. He has plenty, as do most young QBs. It's just that there isn't a silver bullet. It's overall growth and improvement that's necessary, and not just with Allen. It's a team thing. One reason Brady has been as great as he has is become he has been surrounded by teammates who do their jobs.
All very true, it is always getting the little thing right that makes the difference. I see the team being on the cusp of potentially becoming dominant. This off seasons acquisitions and preparation are the lynchpins as it were. For me the season starts with free agency and the draft, my anxiety levels are still in check, but... This upcoming season will be exciting to watch unfold. ?
Go Bills!!!
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3 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:
If the Buffalo fans agree to continue to supply ‘adult appliances’ to the New England QB, maybe that will be a selling point. ?
Interesting thought... though I do think it would be better if Tawmy was the continued recipient of said adult appliances regardless of his next destination. In fact wouldn’t it be grand if opposing teams fans from around the league participated in supplying said appliances during every game he plays, that would be super don’t you think?
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It Would have to be someone who is open to participating in a scheme to side step the rules of good sportsmanship, so that may or may not limit who would want to go their voluntarily as a FA.
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MMQB: Bills spent considerable time with top WRs including Jeudy and Lamb
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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That block was perfectly fine, that would have been BS call like the one on Ford in the WC game, jmo...