DonInBuffalo

Never mind. Just saw the date displayed during the broadcast. April 14, 1996 in case anyone was curious.

I'm in the process of burning a bunch of old VHS tapes I have to DVD, and am burning the last game at the Aud right now. I'd like to put the exact date on the label, but haven't been able to identify it. I did find this poster: http://www.posterartusa.com/bflo/22.html But the date is to blurred to make out for certain. Looks like either April 14, 1996 or April 16, 1996. Does anybody know for sure what date that game was played on?

Last year I didn't have to sign for my tickets either. I live in an apartment, with 4 small mailboxes near the outside door entrance. Last year, the tickets were simply left in plain sight next to the mailboxes. Today, at least the mail carrier had the courtesy to slide the tickets underneath my door. FYI, the tracking number provided in the email appears to be of limited value. I went to the usps site and put in the number, and there was no information, and went to check my mail, and saw my tickets had been slid under my door. The delivery confirmation bar code number on the envelope matches the number in the email. So, either that won't get updated until the mail carrier gets back to the office, or he/she didn't bother to scan it.

The Bills management's decision to not go for Shelton or other "plan B" for LT leads me to believe they think Jason Peters could eventually develop into a fulltime role there. They aren't pushing him; it could easily be next year this time before he's even ready to compete for a starting job. IMO the late round RB pick in this year's draft (forgot his name) will obviously be competing against Burns for the backup RB/FB/ST roster spot that Burns had last season. Burns has unfortunately shown that he's not capable of handling a #2 or 3rd down role, so he's essentially competing for the last RB spot on the roster.

I'm in the process of converting all of my VHS tapes to DVD. I have approximately 400 tapes, and I'm about halfway complete with the transfer. I'm using a device I bought at tigerdirect called "ADS DVD Express", to capture the VHS tapes to mpeg, and then Nero, which came with my DVD burner, to burn the DVDs. It's a very simple process, when it's working properly. To connect the hardware, I just plug my VCR into the ADS device, and then connect that to my computer via USB. The capture program has various options, such as capture rate, and several filtering options. Then, I open Nero and add one or more mpegs, along with a simple menu, and burn it. A 2 hour DVD takes about 1 hour to burn, in addition to the 2 hours required to first capture it. I have discovered a number of quirks in the process. For example, the burning software that came with the ADS device doesn't work. Neither does the capture software that's included with Nero. Also, the capture device occasionally hangs, forcing me to go through a procedure given to me by their tech support where I completely uninstall the device and capture software and then put everything back. Nero has locked up a few times as well. To solve that, I had to uninstall it, install a newer version, uninstall that, and then reinstall the version I have. For some reason there are quirks in the newer version of Nero (3) that prevent it from working properly for what I'm doing. If you just have a few tapes you want transfered, there are places that will do that for you. Here's one that charges $19.95 per tape: http://www.slidescanning.com/

Here is a press release I found at the Tops site about the new store opening: http://www.topsmarkets.com/shareddev/tops_...fm?press_id=144 Even without reading the press release, it's obvious they are the same company, just by looking at the HTML layout at the top of the pages. IMO they converted that particular store to Martins to compete in the upscale shoppers market against the nearby Wegmans. IIRC there is also a Tops very close to a Wegmans on Sheridan Dr. near Evans, I wouldn't be surprised if that gets converted soon as well.

I was chatting with someone in another forum who is planning on coming in from out of town to visit Darien Lake and go to a concert there. He said that he was planning on staying at the onsite lodging. Anyone have experiences with this? The one obvious benefit I can think of to staying onsite is that he wouldn't have to deal with traffic on the day of the concert. Of course, the obvious alternative is staying in Buffalo. Certainly would have a larger selection of cuisine. As far as lodging, the first thing that comes to mind would be one of the hotels near the airport. That way, he could just take route 33 out to Darien Lake, which might avoid some of the traffic congestion. Thanks for any feedback you can provide.

Irv is about 5 feet tall. I remember him walking right next to me at the airport one time. I'm 5'7, and the top of his head barely made it up to my shoulder.

When I used to work downtown, about 15 years ago, there was a little nothing bar across the street that people there went after work. Rick is apparently an avid darts player, as I remember him coming in there on several occasions to shoot darts. We'd talk sports for hours without running out of things to talk about.

Also, assuming the Bills finish 10-6, if the Jets lose both their remaining two games, the Bills would have the tiebreaker edge over the Jets. (common opponents)

They wait until the last minute to maximize the chances of getting the cuts they want onto the practice squad. For example, one of the bubble players for the Bills is Euhus. If a team that needed a TE, such as the Giants, knew the Bills had cut Euhus, they could tailor their roster cuts to leave a spot open for him, and sign him. Generally speaking, the later a team's cuts get reported to the media, the more likely it is there are one or more players they want to quietly slip through to their PS.

Lindell's fundamental weakness is that he is "mediocre" from beyond 40 yards. Last season, I believe he was something like 5-9. Based on his track record, you might as well flip a coin when he is kicking from 40+.

The roster(s) need to be cut down to 65 next Tuesday, with the final cutdown to 53 the following Tuesday. Don't hold your breath; I suspect the Bills front office will wait until after the final cutdown to make their move to pickup a backup QB.