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The Senator

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  1. no, BeerSphere, they don't - just ask ted kennedy...
  2. If we were to fire Schonert and bring on a real OC, I would want...
  3. ah, the roller coaster we know as TSW... before draft day...'tebow is God - git 'er done russ' after 1st loss...'tebow sucks - can't believe we wasted a draft pick on the bum' he actually might pan out, if we had an HC or OC like, oh, say...
  4. i see a possible parking problem there....
  5. close - 22 years... link i still remember walton, during the celebration, yelling to the crowd in city hall plaza, "hey someone throw me a beer" - and the ensuing shower of bottles and cans
  6. OK, ok...'untainted' only by Illinois - particularly Chicago - standards just saying that, as i understand it and as most pundits now state, the appointment, 'tainted' or not, is legal - burris will be seated. the old guard is, of course, completely livid at being outfoxed by a scumbag like Blagojevich
  7. My understanding is that, while he's indisputably a complete POS, Blagojevich is the legal governor (for a bit longer) and his appointment of Burris is both legal and 'untainted' by the scandal. Burris will be seated - Obama has requested such, and Reid will capitulate, probably this week. Link Now, here's an even bigger scumbag... New senator sworn in despite assault charges
  8. Thanks for remembering that, Deano - I've had some wonderful conversations with Lauren Belfer since that book. It is a great read - the plot is laced with tons of historical facts about Buffalo in its turn-of-the century heyday, including the Rumsey family and how they ran (still run?) the city, Mary Talbert (suffragette, founder of Niagara Movement-forerunner of NAACP, etc., etc.) Some other things the younger folks should know about this once-great city... -In 1896, Ellicott Square Building was largest office building in the world -On November 16,1896, the first electricity is transmitted from Niagara Falls to Buffalo, at 12:01AM (so the Sabbath Sun Nov. 15th would not be disturbed); all of it is allocated to the Buffalo Street Railway Company for streetcar operation, the first streetcar system in a large city to be electrified -In 1898, the New York State Legislature appropriates ten thousand dollars for the country's first cancer-only laboratory, the NY State Pathological Laboratory for the Study of Cancer at UB; Dr. Roswell Park is the first director, and the center now bears his name -In 1901, Buffalo was the 8th largest city in the US in terms of population -In 1901, Buffalo had 60 millionaires, more per capita than any city in the US. -In 1901, Buffalo boasted more than 200 miles of asphalt paved roads, which were more than any other city in the world. (Source: BECH "A Guide to the Pan-Am Grounds") -1901 - Instant coffee first served here at Pan American Expo, 1901 -In 1901, Larkin Soap Co. was the largest in the world (think Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building, the Darwin Martin House, Graycliff, & 'Larkland' - the Larkin family complex at Lincoln & Forest) -In 1901 Pratt and Lambert varnish company was the largest in the world when it moved to Buffalo -In 1902, Willis Carrier, a new employee at the Buffalo Forge Co., invented the air conditioner -In 1910, the greatest grain port in the world -In 1910, second largest milling center in the world (Minneapolis was first) -1911 - In the first half of the 20th Century, second largest railroad terminus in US (Chicago was first). Source: 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica -In 1914, Concrete Central grain elevator was the largest in the world -In 1915, Col. Francis Ward Pumping Station at the foot of Porter Ave. was the largest pumping station in the country. -By 1917, during WW1, The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world. (Source: Business First, "Buffalo Century") The 2050 Elmwood Ave. plant (now M. Wile and Home Depot) was the largest manufacturing airplane plant in the world. -In 1926, Buffalo Municipal Airport in the Town of Cheektowaga was built years before New York and other larger cities had airfields of their own. -During WW2, Bethlehem-Lackawanna Steel became the world's largest steelmaking operation. -During WW2, William "Wild Bill" Donovan became the director of the OSS (the forerunner of the CIA). He was a graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute. (OK, sorry, but to build a school on Kenmore Avenue is to build no school at all ) -In 1943, Curtiss-Wright Corporation develops a research laboratory across the road from the Buffalo airport. It has a pioneer high velocity wind tunnel and a large altitude chamber. It later becomes known as Calspan (after being know as Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories) and invents crash dummies. They were named Thin Man and Half-Pint (child version). -In 1959, Wilson Greatbatch invented the internal pacemaker. -In 1959, Lamar Hunt and his Foolish Club started the AFL; after being rejected in Miami, Ralph Wilson said, "count me in with Buffalo."
  9. clinton got the seat because idiots used convoluted logic like yours and voted her in, despite a resume as void as carolyn's.
  10. other than the land already ceded/sold to the seneca nation, i'd say the entire city of NF is available. that said, if they are to stay in WNY, moving the bills/building a new stadium anywhere outside the buffalo city limits (again) is about the dumbest idea i can think of.
  11. went from 235 to 165 8 years ago - have played with that 40 lb yo-yo ever since. am type 2 myself. be careful. as for The Guard, you've given enough. take care of yourself now. for you, and your family.
  12. :w00t: hey pot...meet kettle... :w00t: you are the biggest, most blatant, trent-worshipping losman basher on the board!!!!! trent's a girl - she'll never be an nfl qb miss edwards shoulders a burden
  13. whomever said that is stupid - what she brings is more than a last name called "clinton"
  14. Hey, the Celtics used to do that too (Bird, McHale, Walton, Ainge, Sichting) - and win the NBA title.
  15. Sounds like you need some advice from... Leach will be wildly successful at any level - college, pro, OC, HC, whatever. I'd much rather see him running the O than Schonert.
  16. Happy Natal Anniversaries! Cheers
  17. Would we have to throw in a new motorcycle?
  18. Harp on, DieHard, 'cuz Jauron sucks. I don't care how hard he says they work in practice - the Bills never seem as well prepared as their opponents, and his game day skills are non-existant. We need...
  19. that is one of the funniest fotos i've ever seen
  20. Son enrolled at TT??? The entire BeerSphere family must love... Mike Leach
  21. There is no real deadline, other than before the season starts - I've done it as late as a week before the 1st preseason game.
  22. 50, eh? Well... HAPPY FREAKIN' NATAL ANNIVERSARY!!!!! ...and many, many happy returns! (I'm not that far behind ya, BeerSphere!) I quaff a virtual ale in your honour... Cheers!!!! or, as they say in my country... Na Zdrowie!!!!
  23. You need to hire Mike Leach.
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