Bill from NYC
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I am correct.
I was surfing the web, and was looking at houses in Williamsville. While doing so, I came across a mansion in "East Amherst." Mind you, I am not totally sure where that is, despite staying at the Hampton Inn in Amherst for 5 or 6 consecutive years.
The house was BRICK. It had a huge property, a jaccuzzi and a beautiful in-ground pool. The cost? $349,000 asking price! This would just about buy a handyman special on Long Island! That house would cost well over a million dollars on Long Island, and the taxes would be WAY higher, perhaps $12,000 per year or more.
NYC Police Officers are retiring by the thousands. They are selling their houses and moving to Fla., NC, and VA in HUGE numbers. There are developments that consist largely of retired NYC cops. Now, many are going to SC as well.
I am told that in California, retirees are packing it in and going to Idaho and Montana. I believe this. I am thinking that at some point, the bubble will burst in terms of supporting illegal aliens. Their medical costs alone will cripple places such as LA, NYC, San Fran and Long Island. Couple this with school taxes, etc. and I do not see how this can last.
The point to this rambling post? I would move to WNY tomorrow if my wife would agree. She will not, at least for now. She wants to remain close to her family, and I respect this. Perhaps at some point things will change.
That said, I believe you people who live up there will be pleasantly surprised by a huge spike in real estate values. WNY is culturally diverse. The food is very good (sorry folks, it is better in NYC)
and the people are extremely nice. There are lots of schools, and they are cheap for NYS residents. I know about the snow, but NYC is not exactly tropical. I cannot get over the price of that mansion, which is worth about the same as my small cape.Yeah, I truly believe that WNY will see better times in terms of economics, and that those of you who own property there will catch a windfall. I hope to join you some day.
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You mean broad generalizations like this??
You can't have it both ways Bill. Maybe what you mean is that you only like your broad generalizations?
JA, I am sitting here laughing. WHY are you obsessed with me?
If you wish to pick apart my every thought and emotion, you will find me to be FAR less than perfect. Hey, you have already proven as much!
Some friendly advice.......come down from your high horse. Try it. Pretend for a moment that you are not some superior being and have a down to earth conversation. Believe it or not you might learn something. It might also be more fun that being a holier than thou bore.
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Relax, Bill. My opinions are valid, and personal insults directed at me won't change that. I've never seen any evidence that supports otherwise. Of course, my experience with unions is only that of skilled and unskilled trades, and not others like police and teachers.
Frankly, it will take an epiphany to change my opinion. If you've got one handy, toss it my way. Otherwise, get back to the REAL Bill I know who is willing to disagree, but still enjoy a beer and a smoke (ouside of course) with fellow Bills fans.
That was a great example of disarming someone. You should have been a cop.
I took offense because my father (rest his soul) was a union construction worker. He was not lazy. He walked across I Beams and welded in the hot sun, at times 40 stories in the air. He also braved the cold and wind, and many of his co-workers died on the job in accidents. He would come home and work around the house, coach baseball, and do housework. Toward the end, he was actually a converted Bills fan.
It looks like the jests this year. It is the only game the 4 of us can make.
Please, meet us at 1/5 if you can.
Btw, it will certainly not be enough for John Adams, but I am sorry to have lost control and said things that it is too late to take back. I remember being quite concerned for you when you were between jobs. I always wish you well.
Again, sorry about that.
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Boy, I sure am surprised to see "liberals" taking away rights from property owners!
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Imagine that. A union guy protecting the institution that allows him to be a lazy $h*t.
The place of the union in our society has long outlived it's usefulness. I'd quit my job before I was ever forced to join a stinkin' union.
There's union idiots protesting here in Rochester because companies have decided to use cheaper American labor from Syracuse and Buffalo. These are people who work in skilled trades like masonry. They'd rather have a cookout in front of Kohl's than work. Lazy bastards.
And at the same time I can't find a decent mason to fix my front porch. Lazy bastards would rather picket than earn a fair wage.
Unions suck ass. I've got so many dumbass union stories just from working 6 years at Kodak I could write a book.
Broad generalizations such as the above serve only to make you sound like an idiot.
Is your boss around? If so, wipe off your knees, clean yourself up, wait until he leaves and spew some more idiocy.
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LA. have you ever listened to Captain Janks calls?
I didn't care so much for the E Show. I am a big fan of the radio show, with Bettlejuice, Hank (RIP), Mark Harris, and the other nuts that appear from time to time.
Check out this link. I don't think the first one works, but this is some of the funniest stuff I for one have ever heard.
Enjoy!Captain Janks
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I could look at that and say that even though Bledsoe was sacked that many times, he still managed to throw for 4,000 yards and 24 TDs.
And while the sacks decreased in '04 from '02, so did his performance.
So less sacks in '04, but also fewer yards and TDs. More proof that Bledsoe was in decline.
Gilbride madness in 02. "Smashmouth" in 04. Does this count?
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Willis is definitely a better overall back than Travis and significantly better at helping out in the passing game. Doesn't change the fact that Drew is an extremely limited QB who has not made much if any progress in fixing the glaring issues that have plagued him throughout his career.
It's very ironic to me that you will spend so much time ripping Travis but defending Drew when from a football perspective they are VERY similiar.
Not at all Sir. Drew is approcahing 40,000 yards at the age of 33. When Travis has 10,000 yards rushing, an easier stat to achieve, I will defend him too. OK maybe I would not, but this will NEVER happen.
In any event, Drew will be in this league far longer than Travis Gump, who is a statistical and in fact loser.
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Didn't Bledsoe break the franchise passing record with Henry in the backfield back in 2002? Didn't he throw 24 TDs with Henry in the backfield? But in 2004, Bledsoe played like Joe Dufek when Henry's in the game?
If you look at three crucial Bledsoe turnovers last season, against the Ravens, Pats, and Steelers, Henry was on the field for one of them, while McGahee was on the field for two.
So much for the theory that Drew only needed Willis on the field to avoid making game-killing mistakes.
The bottom line is that with Bledsoe at QB, the Bills were good enough to beat 75% of the teams in the league. Donahoe and Mularkey could have been happy with another 8 or 9 win season, but they wanted more and took the gamble on Losman. I like the decision, as Bledsoe has shown that he is unable to raise his game against the better defenses in the league, regardless of who is in at RB.
How about the sack stats? Drew was sacked more than 50 times in 02, and sacks were cut in half while Willis was in there, right?
Don't you think that this matters at all?
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I knew nothing of that quote, and yeah...it sucks.
I just have a problem with "piling on."
PS: Pose as you will but if he needed help, you would be there. I have seen you in action and will stick by this.
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We were talking football before. It may not have been great, but it was football.
At some point, will we be through ganging up on one poster?
I probably agree with less than half of what he says, but he is not Ted Bundy either.
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>>>>and he's certainly worth at least a 3rd.<<<<
I wouldn't be so sure. 31 GMs didn't think so in a weak draft.
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BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bills were a team trying to play "smashmouth" with a rookie coach, a weak OL, and Travis Henry sliding on his ass (untouched), missing blocks and running wrong routes.
Sacks were cut in half as soon as he left, and the team started winning.
Nah, makes no difference. Let's blame Drew.
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Sorry AD, but that is just a little short sighted imo.
The Bills had a rookie coach. They had Travis until Halloween. Mike Williams was out of shape for at least 5 weeks, perhaps also until Halloween. There were problems at LG, and major injuries to the secondary.
It wasn't all Drew.
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Again, the hit was result of contact. You seem to indicate that the contact he received should not have been enough to injure him.
Your comment "this is the real deal, not college" suggests that you do not think that the collision was that bad.
So I ask you again, did you see the hit? Was it, in your opinion, enough to injure an NFL player?
Dude, give up the interrogation. I answered both of your questions in the other posts.
Here are a couple for you:
Do you have ANY concern about JP getting injured?
Do you see ANY chance that he will not be as good as Bledsoe?
Walmart and Unions
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He will blame ME for that remark and pick apart my every sentence for another 6 months.
Hey, whatever. Let him enjoy himself.