Tony P
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Thanks Simon. I know how the Snow Belt thing works in the South Towns (having been born in Buffalo and lived in the city for 30 years).
I guess what I'm trying determine is where was the 2 feet - if it even happened at all - or is it just exaggeration?
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CNN and a lot of the national press are reporting 2 FEET of good ol' lake effect snow for the Queen City but the Buffalo News reports only 2 - 4 inches. So which is it???
I mean, this is kind of rhetorical but it points out the bad rap that WNY and Buffalo get on the national scene. Sensationalism. Evidently the facts are irrelevant.
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A bunch of us from Minnie are coming back for the game this week along with a couple of shell-shocked Vikings fans. Hoping to see a lot of you there.
Is this still the unofficial, official tailgate spot?
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For Wings, there's certainly a bunch of great places to go. But I personally favor those at the Buffalo Brew Pub (1 block West of Transit near Main). Ask for 'em extra crispy and they can't be beat. Lots of great beers too.
We're bringing back 62 of our local BB chapter for the Vikes game and will be meeting there on the Saturday before the game. Like I mentioned plenty of great Wing places but we're going there.
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Ladies & Gentlemen, Without No Doubt: THE best Beef on Weck in town is at Schwabl's. Not a sports bar though. Just go for the food. Prime beef sliced to order right at the bar!
For Beef on Weck, it has to be Schwabl's in West Seneca. It's a VERY small place, no TV's, and there may be a wait; but it is definitely worth it.It's on Center Rd about 100 yards East of Union. So it's very easy to get to from either the hotel you are staying at or the stadium.
Schwabl's Restaurant
789 Center Rd
West Seneca, NY 14224
(716) 674-9821
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Ahhhh, the great old days!!!
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Unless there's a large number of owners in your league (like 16 or more) I'd have to say that your team is "ok".
At my first glance, it doesn't appear that you have a top-5 player at any of the 3 power positions (WR,QB or RB) IMHO. But as a first timer, just enjoy the season and learn from the experience.
One peice of advice: if your league allows Free Agent pick-ups, pay close attention to the emerging players who went undrafted and snap them up. I've seen a lot of owners who've had average drafts make smart FA pick-ups and do very well.
Good luck!
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Yo Bills Fans in No Dak, So Dak, Minie, Wisc & I. Check out the Link below for the location of the Upper Midwest's largest Buffalo Bills Backers group.
Location: Google Maps
Hope to see you all at the games & GO BILLS!!!
Tony.
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Not gonna happen. Talk around town is that Jackson has already won the #2 spot. The Purple love this guy as their QBOTF.
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Looks fantastic! Congrats!!!
Not trying to hijack your thread or anything but...I wonder if anyone else has detailed their vehicles in simailar fashion? If there's a bunch, it'd be kinda cool to have a section on TBD...maybe...
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Please see the link on my signature and email or PM me - I'll be more than happy to tell you about our group.
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I've heard it said that a true expert is the one who agrees with your opinion
Larry Felser's article on QB's today was interesting, informative and coherent.
What happened???
Anyway, I think he’s a true expert!
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I didn't say he was a great man, I didn't proclaim him the poster boy for Catholic church, I didn't even say his opinions were enlightened.
He isn't, we shouldn't, and they ain't.
And precisely for those reasons, he sounds like the knucklehead comments in any tavern in town. And right here on this board for that matter. And THAT is why I salute him!
A real man. A real fan.
Join me in a toast!
One of the greatest Bills of all time...Thurman, I salute you!!!
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Take a serious look at the brand new Panasonic plasmas. Every review I've read has been stellar and the picture is absolutely fantastic. These new models can now reproduce something on the order or 29 billion colors (that's with a B) and also claim a 10,000 to 1 contrast ratio. About the only plasma that I saw that was as good was the Pioneer elite but they're over $1K more expensive.
One downside is that this year, they've removed the HD cable card so if you're cable, you'll have to buy one seperately. But if you're over-air or SAT, this is not an issue.
You should know that I just "put my money where my mouth is" and bought one myself. Installation is this week but I researched plasmas for about 6 months and have been waiting for this model to come out. A 50" is about $3200 and the 42's are considerably cheaper.
One other consideration: new 1080P plasmas will start to ship later this year and the picture is even better than the current 1080i/720P units out there now but they will be quite a bit more.
Just my $.02...
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I'm just putting myself in the shoes of an NFL owner:
1) I vote to let the Bills move to LA and let their new owner reap the benefits or...
2) I vote for an expansion team in LA that will carry a franchise fee in the hundreds of millions of dollars to be split amongst me and my fellow owners.
Gee, which way should I vote????
Fahgetaboutit. No current owner is gonna get to move into LA. It'll be an expansion team and Tags' last hoorah.
I know this 'cause Soprano told me
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Sorry, but I can't agree. They waited 2 years to put this tripe on the tube.
They got nothin' left and are trying to milk one more season out of a show that pretty much sucked the last season it aired as well. So TS is dreaming about what his life would be like outside the "Family". Doesn't work for me...
No, I don't watch to see people get whacked but this story started out as a darkly humorous look at life inside the head of a neurotic mobster and is turning into Falcon Crest.
Maybe it's because I watched "Good Fellas" this afternoon to remind me what a mob story is supposed to be like. But I was disappointed at the last season and tonight's show looks like last week's episode, which I thought was good, was an anomaly.
My $.02...
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Take this to the bank: He'll be re-signed to a multi-year deal within 48 hours.
And I'm a REAL Sicilian...
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Once so high up there......
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...port=NFL&id=646
Maybe he can get back together with the Drells, from Houston Texas...
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I really, REALLY thought this was about the DFL party
Ok so what is it...2 feet or 2 inches???
in Off the Wall Archives
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Ok But... Darn! The links to the Buffalo News aren's working too well and I can't bring-up up the page for a link but here's what I pulled a few hours ago from the News:
Less than three weeks removed from summer's waning days, a thundering lake-effect snowstorm blitzed Buffalo Niagara on Thursday, knocking out power to more than 100,000 homes, felling large trees and creating havoc for travelers.
The early-autumn blast of winter, fueled by Lake Erie's 60-degree water, scored a direct hit on the Buffalo metro area and its northern and eastern suburbs. Trees still carrying their autumn leaves became too heavy with snow and their branches crashed to the ground, damaging homes, cars and power lines.
"The snow is so wet that it is doing tremendous damage to tree limbs and power lines," said Bob Hamilton, National Weather Service meteorologist.
Steve Brady, spokesman for National Grid, said the power company already expects some customers to be dark through the weekend. Crews will be called in from as far away as New England to help restore service.
"This is the worst possible time of year for us to get a snowstorm," Brady said. "There's an enormous amount of physical damage."
Snowfall totals were expected to range from 2 to 4 inches across northern Erie, Niagara, Orleans and Genesee counties. Localized areas were projected to receive as much as six inches.
Authorities issued advisories against unnecessary travel in Buffalo and the northern suburbs. Dozens of school districts - including Buffalo, Amherst, Clarence, Williamsville, Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda, City of Tonawanda, Sweet Home, West Seneca and Williamsville - announced they would be closed today.
City officials were working on setting up emergency shelters for those without power.
It isn't the earliest measurable snowfall in the city's weather history.
On Oct. 6, 1991, two-tenths of an inch of snow was recorded. And on Oct. 13, 1909, Buffalo registered six inches of snow.
Even though Thursday's totals were measured only in inches and not feet like past memorable lake-effect snowstorms, this storm packed an even more damaging punch, smothering trees and power lines with a think blanket of heavy, water-laden snow.
"We've never had anything this potent this early," Hamilton said.
Late Thursday night, wide power outages remained across the Buffalo metro area as well as northern and eastern suburbs. Emergency crews frantically responded into the teeth of the storm, handling dozens of vehicle accidents, downed power lines, streets blocked by fallen trees and darkened traffic lights.
The 911 emergency call center in Buffalo was inundated with calls. At about 10:30 p.m., all nine staffed employees were handling calls, according to its display board at Buffalo police headquarters. There were a dozen more calls waiting to be answered.
Injuries associated with the storm were still undetermined. Snyder firefighters were on the scene of a boy reportedly struck by a falling tree on South Union Road at about 10:30 p.m., Amherst Fire Control officials reported. No other details were available.
National Grid reported more than 100,000 customers were without power in Erie, Niagara and Genesee counties; New York State Electric & Gas also had 14,700 customers without power.
Among the customers without power was Buffalo Niagara International Airport, which lost power at 4:45 p.m. and remained operating on generators before closing at mid-evening, according to NFTA spokesman C. Douglas Hartmayer.
"Due to very poor visibility and some icing on the runway . . . we have had to close the runways . . . until we can get them into a better condition," Hartmayer said. One plane remained stuck on a runway late Thursday night.
Also, the jet bridges connecting airplanes to the terminal were not functional during the outage. That forced travelers to get onto or off of planes outside of the terminal, Hartmayer said.
Back in Buffalo, the storm mangled trees and ripped live wires from homes and power poles.
As many as 10 trees on Poultney Avenue buckled under the weight of the heavy snow, rendering the street impassable, police reported. Fallen trees also blocked traffic on Parkdale Avenue, Oakland Place, Delaware Avenue, Fenton Street, Cleveburn Place, Englewood Avenue and Amherst Street.
An electrical pole on Seneca Street snapped in two, leaving a transformer on the ground at about 6:15 p.m. Street lights flickered downtown and went off entirely in other parts of Elmwood Village and North Buffalo along with traffic lights. Buffalo police placed temporary stop signs at several intersections.
North Buffalo was especially hard-hit. Front lawns and curb strips along Parkside Avenue were littered with toppled limbs; a red, compact car parked in the street appeared trapped in the grip of the snow-shrouded branches of a nearby tree.
Similar conditions were reported in the northern and eastern suburbs, compounded by extensive power outages.
Kenmore police estimated that between half and three-quarters of the village was without power because of widespread outages. There were numerous trees and wires down, with two tree crews out trying to clear the roads.
Ditto to the north.
The Town of Tonawanda, which announced a travel ban late Thursday night, was hit with widespread power outages, a police officer said.
"The whole city's pretty much without power," was the word from City of Tonawanda Police Headquarters. Further, there have been several fires caused by downed wires.
Amherst police closed a stretch of Harlem Road, from Main Street to Sheridan Drive, because of downed trees. Numerous traffic signals also were out.
Downed trees and utility wires also were reported in Cheektowaga, North Tonawanda and Lancaster.
West Seneca police reported that several vehicles slid off Route 400 between 5 and 8 p.m.
Numerous traffic collisions were reported on the mainline and Niagara section of the New York State Thruway. Four separate crashes were reported on the Niagara section of the Thruway at about 9:30 p.m.
The western part of Genesee County was dealing with heavy snow toppling trees and utility wires. Power outages were affecting Pembroke, Alabama and Oakfield, according to a sheriff's department dispatcher.
To the south, wind and hail were responsible for downed utility lines in the Town of Evans, police reported.
The lake snow is forecast to move north out of the area and switch to rain around the time of the morning commute today.