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Gee the parallels....are...ummm...MARV!!!! I'm feeling you 1987, I really am. Look out baby, we're gettin in the playoffs!! And I want another shot at Brady if at all possible!!

They seem to be pretty bad tonite. Little bit of a slump over the last 8 or so games. They're getting a bit sloppy and need to improve their special teams. Of course, being healthy would help.

The only problem with your theory is after Green Bay did it, the NFL made it aginst the rules to take a team public. And before any financial whizs consider a private placement, the NFL also has a rule restricting the number of owners (minority partners) that may contribute to owning a team, I believe it is less than 15 people.

Those thought are very good, and I think the overall number is right on. But the bonus has to be 20 mil, I think, to keep him.

We're not that lucky...but damn that would be outstanding!!

Doesn't matter what value you place on it. If you agree to accept the title, you agree to accept the responsibilities that go with it (and there are certain responsibilities for a reigning Miss USA).

Or we simply use some of the 40+mil in cap space we have, and make Nate the highest paid CB in football. Then he doesn't even have to test the open market, we just made him the most expensive CB in football. Done. Here's why that is a very good strategy...Nate is top 3 in the NFL this year. He's 26 years old. A 20 mil signing bonus (50 mil total contract) over 5 years + base salaries approximates to 10 mil per year (This can be adjusted with roster bonuses etc.). Given the expected rise in the salary cap over the next 5 years, and Nate's pure talent, I can live with that deal. Nate is a star, and the reason we have won a few games this year. He ought to be rewarded with the richest contract for a CB in the NFL. It sends a great message to the team.

Its not just that she likes to go out and party. Its more that she's the reigning Miss USA, and whatever you may think of the pageant, there is a responsibility that goes along with the title. And by "party" we're not talking about being loaded and going out. Rampant coke use and screwing just about every guy she met in certain clubs (including in the bathroom of said clubs, say Stereo and Butter, while doing coke) is the problem.

Stop making so much sense!!

This is the most damning statement of the whole friggin travesty... What a disgusting display of justice that these 3 lax kids have been dragged into this mess. Also, the friggin coach lost his job and the season was shot for the team. This is awful. Article

Thats friggin funny!!

I'm a bit of a traditionalist...favs are White Christmas, Holiday Inn and Christmas Story Least fav would be Bad Santa or any of the drivel that has come out of Hollywood in the past 10 years posing as a Christmas movie.

There's your first problem. You say Amtrak lounge car, well thats basically what the bar car is. And as far as carrying it on the train, noone really seems to care (rider-wise). Considering that the ride is generally 1 hour+, folks like to relax with a beer after a long day. Now, I haven't been taking it that long, but I haven't seen anyone getting boozed up excessively or causing a problem. And yes, people drive away after getting off the train or have someone pick them up, but most folks only have 1 or 2 beers the whole time they are on the train. Its not as if folks are doing keg stands for 4+ hours and then driving around.

The site I linked to seems to be selling it for 1500 bucks, so whatever I get would be much less than that. Hell, I may just hang onto it and crack it when the Bills win the SB.

Eastern European is not just the Polish, however. I'm 100% Serbian.

Check this out. It seems Lamar Hunt has, once again, shown the proper way to deal with your team, even in death. Man I really respect him as an owner. Chiefs Team in Trust

I really don't have a problem with either. If Gandy really is looking good at G then re-sign him. Chemistry goes a long way on the OL. Nice to hear London will be back, we need him. Now, resign Nate, I don't care if its the most expensive CB in the NFL, you'll have the money, now spend it!

Terdell Sands of Oak would fit nicely as a run-stuffer.

I saw that, it was friggin funny! It was on college campuses nationwide.

I'm not sure, it hasn't happened in the cars I've been on. The point of the quiet car was to provide an alternative to the regular cars due to cell phones. If you wanted to talk on the cell phone, go ahead in the regular cars. In the quiet car, I have always turned mine off. Its just an understanding that people in that car won't talk on the cell phone and bother everyone else. Its the whole point. I support it because it gives folks an alternative, kinda like smoking/non0smoking used to give you an alternative.

My list...includes some current players who I think will develop into all time Bills Coach - Marv Levy QB - Jim Kelly, Joe Ferguson, Frank Reich HB - OJ Simpson, Thurman Thomas, Willis McGahee FB - Cookie Gilchrist, Jim Braxton, Sam Gash WR - Andre Reed, Jerry Butler, Elbert Dubenion, Eric Moulds, Lee Evans TE - Pete Metzelaars, Keith McKellar LT -Will Wolford, Jason Peters LG- Joe Demaillure, Rueben Brown C- Kent Hull RG - Billy Shaw, Reggie McKenzie RT - Howard Ballard DE - Bruce Smith, Aaron Schobel, Phil Hansen DT - Pat Williams, Tom Sestek, Ted Washington, Fred Smerlas LB - Shane Conlan, Cornelius Bennett, Daryl Talley, Jim Haslett, Mike Stratton, Takeo Spikes CB - Nate Odomes, Nate Clements, Antoine Winfield, Steve Freeman S - Mark Kelso, Henry Jones, George Saimes, Donte Whitner P - Brian Moorman K - Steve Christie, Scott Norwood ST - Steve Tasker

The Amtrak quiet car, which I have taken down to DC, is to shut up the morons who spend the entire train ride yapping on their god awful cell phones. It has nothing to do with suppression.

I'm a bit suprised someone has brought this up here. As a rider of this train for the last 4 months (since the move from Brooklyn), this issue affects me personally. A little background first.... Mitch Pally, the MTA Board Member who first proposed this, is trying to get his name in the papers. He is a freshman MTA Board member looking to cause a stir. Sources have indicated to me that Steve Levy (Suffolk County Exec who appointed him) is taking a raft of sh*t from influential folks for appointing Pally. I have yet to discover, tho I will, what Peter Kalikow's angle is on this. Pally raised two distinctly different concerns. One is consumption and the other is sales. Consumption will never be banned. A ban is unenforceable. The conductors are not booze police, they are conductors. They have no idea if you are drinking, say, a rum and coke or a coke. So, there really is no way to enforce a ban on consumption. The bars in and near Penn and GCS already serve alcohol in a styrofoam or plastic cup to go for commuters. That won't change for the bars near the stations. Folks who would normally just have a beer will be drinking hard alcohol now, however. The ban on the sale of alcohol, both on the trains and on the platform raises a very different specter and can actually happen. That is too bad. His arguments are that the State should not be playing bartender. Well, the State either issues licenses or directly sells alcohol in numerous facilities, such as Nassau County Colesium, the new Trump Jones Beach complex etc. Thus, we would be going down a very slippery slope, suggesting that the State should not be serving alcohol. Thus, what to do? I have drafted a letter outlining the above and am circulating a rider petition to be sent to each Board member opposing the idea. So far, I have approx 300 signatures. I figure I'll send it the MTA Board after the holidays, copies of course to the NY Post, Newsday etc. Here is a link to the MTA Board, if anyone knows anyone and can obtain more information about what is actually driving this... http://mta.info/mta/leadership/index.html#board The Kalikow angle is the only reason I am a tad concerned here. Pally spouting off is no big deal, I'm just wondering if there is a bigger agenda here. EDIT: I forgot one angle proffered by LIRR employees. They've been doing this for 46 years, not one incident or accident. No drunken disorderly, brawls or DWI as a result of serving alcohol on the platforms or trains. Not a bad record.

I would have my fall Sundays free. Play some golf, watch more hockey & baseball etc. I'd never watch the NFL and certainly not follow the team. They'd be dead to me.