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    RIP Louie's Foot Long Hot Dogs

    in Off the Wall

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    5 hours ago, Gugny said:

     

    I'm seeing a lot of local places (pizza joints, corner stores, delis) alter their open days/hours due to the lack of help.  It's sad.

     

    I doubt there's much overhead for a hot dog place that's been around for a half century.  Shutting it down like this seems extreme. I'm sure some shorter hours and a 5 day/week open schedule would have still been profitable.  Either way.  Sad.

     They could not hire anyone. After Ma & Pa worked alone a couple of days - they said why?

     

    Ted's is shortening hours at some locations and closed the one on Union Road "temporarily":

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    Buffalo Braves - Long Before Wide Right - The "Foul"

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    19 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

    How did SRO work at the Aud?  You bought a SRO ticket for a reduced price, and were allowed access to that area up there where you literally had no seat, but could crowd around and peer over the concrete wall at the back of the last row of oranges?


    That's how I sort of remember it up there.

     

    I wonder how many of those tickets were allotted to a Braves or Sabres game.

     

    I can't imagine a team doing something like that now.

     

     

     That's exactly how it worked. The sideline SRO was right across from the vendors - made for a crush at intermissions. It was easy for me - being tall - I could see over anyone. There was a lot of position jockeying.

    Buffalo Braves - Long Before Wide Right - The "Foul"

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    Have you had your DNA tested?

    in Off the Wall

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    11 hours ago, SDS said:

    Just curious. If yes, would you be willing to share why you had it tested?

    My wife and daughter had theirs tested. I really did not care. My daughter bought me a test because she has a chronic health condition (which neither of her parents had) and wanted to see any links. My wife and I come from two entirely different gene pools. I had the test and there were no surprises. It was 23 and Me. Then I kept getting their e-mails about matches - I assume it was second cousins and I really did not care. No Harm - No Foul

    Football betting in New York State.

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    17 hours ago, 1ManRaid said:

    I'm from across the border in Ontario, where I can pop into any local convenience store to place bets on sports through OLG (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, owned by the government and reporting to the Minister of Finance).  I can't however bet on on a football team straight up, I have to bet them to win by 4, by 8, or bet the tie (doesn't matter who wins as long as it is by 3 or less).  Standard over/under, prop bets, and point spread parlays are available though.

     

    Do you have something like that on your side of the border? Is it that different over there?  Just curious.

     The Seneca Indian casinos have full betting now. 4 of the State casinos across the state have it also.  Now that King Cuomo is looking at empty coffers, there will be a rush to pass legislation for on line betting. NY has been losing money to PA and NJ. Conn too ?

    How Do The Players Not Object?

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    I know I noticed when I still went to games - but the time outs are getting ridonkulous

     

    From Phil Mushnick's column in the NY Post

     

    How to make 2 minutes last forever:

     

    For a multitude of reasons, the NFL continues to make it easier to walk away and never return.

    Here’s one: Sunday’s first-half two-minute warning in Giants-Ravens began with 1:58 left on the clock. It next took 23 minutes to complete the half — 23 minutes to play 1:58, no stoppages to treat injuries or await replay challenges.

    Two timeouts called after the two-minute warning commercials break included five more minutes of commercials, two of them reruns from the previous commercial stoppage.

    Of course, with no one in the stadia, no PSL suckers had to suffer the elements during those 23 minutes of commercial breaks waste before the 12- to 15-minute halftime break.

     

     

    New Book - Buffalo Professional Sports History

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    Greg Tranter is a long time collector and authority on many different Buffalo sports and the Bills

    His first book is now available - a must for the Buffalo sports nut

     

    There is a free Webinar on Friday, June 12th at Noon - sponsored by the WNY Heritage magazine

     

    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uj0nVy8uQK-VuKnb6JR07w

     

    Information about the book here: https://www.wnyheritage.org/product/makers_moments_memorabilia/index.html

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    Ye old Rockpile

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    27 minutes ago, VirginiaMike said:

    My father worked at Roswell Park and we used to park there and walk to the stadium.  I saw multiple Bills games there, one UB Bulls game, and many Buffalo Bison (baseball) games there.  The very short right field porch with the tall fence / net there was cool.  I believe that the movie "The Natural" was filmed there.  It was a cool place and really enjoyed my visits there.

    Both War Memorial Stadium and All High Stadium behind Bennett High School were in The Natural.  WMS also ran NASCAR events - Kyle Petty ran there. Bills players used to come back out onto the field after games and collect unopened beers that been thrown from the stands 

    1996 - The Last Time the Bills -

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    The last time the Buffalo Bills controlled and fulfilled their own playoff destiny was on December 22nd, 1996. Jim Kelly threw two fourth quarter TD passes to overcome a 9-6 deficit and the Bills defeated the Chiefs 20-9 to earn a wild card playoff berth and eliminate the Chiefs from post season contention for the first time in seven seasons.

    What else was happening at that moment in time?

    The Baltimore Ravens completed their first season at 4-12 as the Browns franchise was suspended

    The Buffalo Sabres were 18-14-2 on their way to the playoffs

    Danny Wuerffel won the Heisman Trophy

    “The Dilbert Principle” (Scott Adams) was high on the best seller list

    Oakland Ca. school board declared “Ebonics” an official language

    The Dow Jones was hovering around 5,500

    The movie, Jerry Maguire is released

    Nintendo releases Mario Kart 64

    From the radio pop chart – Toni Braxton has us singing “Un-Break my Heart”

    Derel Jeter is the AL unanimous “Rookie of the Year”

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