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Don't think he's ever lived in Lockport, but I could be wrong.

Even better!

You don't by any chance know my friend Mike the jeweler? With the exception of all the cool lyrics you have, he transformed the "shout"s to "drink"s a good 10 years ago. And he definitely did listen to his version of the song!

You stick with the Braves even though they left town, but you don't stick with the Sabres? What's up with that? And how can you possibly consider a Cheesesteak comparable to a Garbage plate (ra-cha-cha) or an order of wings, a beef-on-weck, a supermighty, or a properly prepared pizza? (Yeah, I know you meant Atlanta when you said Braves, but still. ) Sabres in 6.

What?!? I didn't say they were BAD movies. Just, I would have saved myself about $100+ in not buying the original VHS trio, the remade VHS trio, and the remade DVD trio.

I am definitely not happy that they blew a 2 goal lead tonight, but unlike game 3, the Phlyers deserved to win tonight. I also am not happy that for the 1st game this series, the Phlyers outplayed the Sabres, but considering the Sabres get the last change in game 5, I expect the Sabres to outplay the Phlyers in game 5. The good thing is, the Sabres have 2 of 3 games (if necessary) at home and they have not trailed at home yet this series. My pick was Sabres in 5, now it's Sabres in 6.

Fork that, Sabres in 6.

Of all the great scenes in that movie, you pick the one making a statement?!? WTF?

Good for you. If only Anakin had seen the light the same way, we would have been spared 3 movies. Although it looks bad tonight, the Sabres haven't trailed yet at home and have 2 of the final 3 (if necessary) in their building.

Better Rory plays against a slow team like Philly than one with speed like NJ or Ottawa. Get Teppo tested and rested and bring him back when the Sabres REALLY need him - next round.

They look like a purple cross between the Broncos dark unis and the Sabres blacks. As several others here have posted - not a good combination.

I'm in Ra-cha-cha, so I get the MSG feed (OLN blacked out). Out of curiosity, who are the OLN announcing pair doing the Sabres game?

Depends how sophisticated you want to make it. It probably wouldn't be too hard to test that CO, humidity, and temperature are within the range of a normal person's exhale to beat someone cheating with a compressed air cartridge. That could create a market for a breathalyzer version of the "ultimate whizzanator". (Beating idiotic laws, the true mother of invention!) Having a "designated blower" would be tougher for the idiots pushing this type of law to beat, but somehow I doubt that inconvenience or cost are factoring much into their thinking; so it wouldn't surprise me to see them want to add biometric sensors to the thing to make it more difficult for someone other than the driver to "blow".

I think he was referring to sober people driving their cars to the bar, leaving the engine idling for a few hours (definitely need to fill the car's tank before filling their own!) and then hopping in the already started, already warm (hmm, this may not be a bad idea in WNY even without the automatic breathalyzer, too bad gas is $3.00/gal) car.

Do you have outside sources of income (wife, investments, etc.)? If yes, you can (obviously) get by with less of a cushion than you would otherwise need. If not, save up or start networking to get funding. Either way, before you start, come up with a WELL THOUGHT OUT business plan. Understand who your clients would be, who the competition is (today and in the future), what sort of support staff you will require, what you expect cash flows to be like and what you plan for a source of funding to cover the startup costs and inevitable delays in having funds coming back in. It sounds like you have a handle on what products (or more accurately services) you expect to provide. Understand how many clients you will need to keep yourself out of the poor house and have a marketing plan for landing those clients. Try to get a handle on whether the clients' business environments will change to the point that it will affect their demand for your service. No matter how well you plan for the 1st effort, there will be things that are "surprises". Knowing people that have started up the type of firm you look to begin would be enormously helpful. As others here have mentioned, get invoices out quickly and make sure that your clients pay on schedule. I've hit a slow patch, but the wife's income is enough to minimize the hurt of the "growing pains". Hit the 1 year mark of being independent this month. 1st 9 months went very well, last 3 not as well as I would like, but business has picked up recently and May is shaping up to be a rebound month for me.

Darn old fashioned phones. Never a cell phone around when you need one! Thanks.

Happy B-day all. To JSP - What no birthday BotD? Just because it's your birthday doesn't mean you should be the only one to get a present! Happy Birthday anyway.

[sarcasm]Are you kidding, Peter (we're not worthy) Forsberg KNEW his team needed a momentum shifter in the 1st and that is why he leapt 14 inches in the air to hit the shorter Briere. He KNEW his team would get a much needed shorthanded opportunity because they were due to get an odd man rush having gone 7-1/2 periods without one. He KNEW that Brian Savage would have a wrister from the blue line beat Ryan Miller short side (the same Ryan Miller that had a 1.63 gaa heading into this game). If you think he did NOT take over the game by taking that much needed, well timed penalty, then you simply don't understand the game of hockey. The other items you highlight merely cement his dominance of the game, as he knew that "fluke" goals would be much harder for the Sabres to overcome than mere outwork and outmuscle goals would have been.[/sarcasm]

Some of my favorite scenes from randomly assorted movies: Robert Hays deadpanning to the camera "what a pisser" after Julie Haggerty gets through with the breakup speech. Later in that movie when the passengers all line up to kick the heck out of the hysterical woman. Also, Beav's mom speaking "jive". "$50 the Smails kid picks his nose." ... "What in the wide, wide, world of sports is a goin' on here. I hired you men to put down some track not dance around like a bunch of Kansas City f*****s." "Hanrahan, Susanne's a d*ke. ..." "I'm listening to the f***ing song." The battle between Dark Helmet and Lonestar. The "beating" Ray gets in High Fidelity. The conversation between Chevy Chase and the cop after the dog is tied to the bumper. "Again. [tweet] Again. [tweet] Again. [tweet]" "My name is Mike Eruzione. ... I play for the United States of America." "C'mon Claire, just answer the question." "It's a simple question." "Answer the question." "OK, I never did it!" "I never did it either. I'm not a nymphomaniac, I'm a habitual liar." The recruiter's office in Stripes. Also, John Candy becoming "a lean, mean, fighting machine"! "Ray, when someone asks if you are a God, answer YES"! I'm sure I'm missing a ton of one's I consider "classics" but with it being late and having a sick kid, that will have to be enough for now.

I wouldn't expect to see them draft any quarterbacks in this draft. They won't draft one high, because they have too many other positions to fill holes at. (If Young is somehow there at 8; hello trade offers, Marv is listening.) And I don't see them grabbing one in the late rounds because realistically the guy would be practice squad fodder with the Bills already having 2 relatively young inexperienced quarterbacks and a veteran to back them up. They can get the practice squad guy in "the 8th round" as I expect there to be a few guys with potential that don't get drafted. Drafting a quarterback at some point in the '07 draft would make a lot more sense to me than grabbing one this weekend. As they will most likely know whether they like (or hate) Losman and/or Nall and I would not be surprised to see one of them gone, or if Marv and Dick like what they see out of both then I'd expect Kelly to be gone. Either way, they will probably know who their qb is heading into '07 and will know who the backup is. It makes more sense to bring in a young "qb of the future" to be the 3rd stringer at that time or at least battle with this year's practice squad guy for that title.

I am aware that you already know this; but for those who don't, the Pacino quote was from "And Justice For All". By the way, aren't you supposed to be tied up somewhere waiting for your rettata fest?

Maybe we could take up a collection for her to make up for "alienating her fan base".

Classic!

Someone from Philly viewing area could answer more definitively, but apparently the reason that Phlyer feeds of games don't end up on DirecTV is due to some war that Comcast has with satellite providers. The Philly Comcast is one of the very few RSN's that aren't on the DirecTV sports package. As mentioned, I don't have many details about that one, perhaps Clements22 or one of the other people in Filly could give a better answer.

Sorry, BiB, but that one is fake.