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    What made you a Bills fan?

    in The Stadium Wall

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    My old man used to work for Canadian Pacific Railroad (formerly D&H) in Buffalo when I was a young impressionable boy (1984-85).   He lived there while Mom and my two bros lived in Scranton PA.  He'd work 10 days on and 5 days off and come home.   Summers I'd go up and he'd show me the stadium and some of the players houses.   I'd get Bills hats and shirts from some of his co-workers and I've been a fan ever since.      

     

    Funny story:    My Dad got paged to call work and ran into the first bar he saw.   He walked in and saw all these huge guys in there.  He asked to use the phone and someone sent him a beer.  He asked who sent it and the bartender pointed down the bar.   Then 4 Large men came over and he thought he was a dead man.  Asked him what he was doing there and he said where he worked and needed to use the phone quick.   My Dad then said.. "Listen, I don't want any trouble, I'll finish my beer and get out of here"   They guys started laughing and said..  "Oh man, you're safe here.  We're the Buffalo Bills"     He forgets who it was but it was 1984.  

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    Would you consider yourself a nostalgic person?

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    41 minutes ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said:

    These particular cousins grew up in Ashley... and I'm Totally nostalgic for that town too! 

     

    My family moved out West a looong time ago, and unfortunately most of my trips there are for funerals nowadays, but I absolutely love NEPA.   Shoot, now I miss the old Ashley coal breaker and climbing all over the old coal cars...


    (Feel free to ship me out some Sabatelle's, btw.  )

     

    Edit:  Shoot, that's in Pittston... now I'm nostalgic for when I could remember things 

     

     

    I actually work in Wilkes-Barre so Im close to Ashley.   I like Alfredo's in Scranton for good square pizza or Maroni's in West Side (scranton)    It's a great area and close to NYC Philly Baltimore.   Only 4:45min to Orchard Park too!  

    Would you consider yourself a nostalgic person?

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    7 hours ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said:

    ***** I'm the worst.  I've got my own nostalgia, then I'm even nostalgic for other people's nostalgia.  I can't help but miss the good old days of my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and whatnot going back into the 20's ,30's, 40's... and I wasn't even anywhere close to existing!

     

    I'm nostalgic for smells... 1920's San Francisco apartment building elevators.  That old candy and beer shop near my cousins' house in NEPA... it's been gone for 35 years, but I can still smell every inch of it.  
     

    Old cars- that's all I'll ever own.  They can pry that stick shift from my cold, dead hand.  
     

    But the people, so many great old characters.  You can't take them away, but I can never replace them.  
     

    Agree with the AI comment above.  Screw the tech idiots, they have no concept of soul.  

    Where in NEPA?   I live in Scranton.   

    Gimme Five draft contest - WR edition- WIN REAL BILLS $$

    in The Stadium Wall

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    Marvin Harrison Jr.,    Ohio State - Arizona 

    Rome Odunze,          Washington -Chicago Bears 

    Ladd McConkey,             Georgia - KC 

    Brian Thomas Jr.,                  LSU -Buffalo Bills

    Xavier Worthy                      Texas- Dallass 

     

                                 Bonus Bills pick -Jacob Cowing

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