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Ooogh, Dean! Reading this, I'm oddly feeling good about myself, in a warped way. You and yours will please accept the best wishes of those of us who have miraculously reached our 50s. Let's hope we're still writing in our 60s. Enough of the Maudlinesque prose. To the point of the thread, reading posts like this puts Brady's knee in perspective. I don't mean to be a boob, but it's hard for me to find a lot of sympathy for the guy down there in the depths of my soul. Kraft et al will have to get on with it - and it WON'T be Cassel.

Both Staph and Strep do tend to attack heart valves. I wish your brother well. I've read your past posts in which you have said that you live in Florida to take care of your father and brother, and wish you the best of luck.

Er....I'm IN the medical field, but when I talk to myself, people look at me in a strange manner. Or maybe it's just me. That is, of course, a distinct possibility. I'm not dismissing you, or your wife, or your collective opinions vis-a-vis MRSA, okay? My point is that we ALL - yes, including me - have to be damn careful about throwing around words like "epidemic", or "death", "doom" and "destruction" on an internet web forum Look, there are (I don't know) about 10,000 posters on this board. At any given time, there are perhaps 1% who have a loved one/relative/fellow employee that are going under the knife. Jesus, I'm pretty hammered on a really bad Riesling, but let's do the math. .01 x 10,000 = 100 people, right? (I'm terrified that I did that incorrectly). One hundred people. That's quite a little community Here's a thought - YOU'RE NUMBER 42! Would you like to get your information vis-a-vis MRSA off a Bills web board? Goodness gracious! The point being is that I would fervently admonish people NOT to throw things like EPIDEMIC out on forums like this. Whilst I don't disagree with your wife's observations. please make note that she most likely works in ONE hospital. Correct me if I'm wrong. But I'm going to guess that she doesn't work in as many hospitals as I do, in as many countries as I do. MRSA is a problem. Yes, indeed it is. This having been said, however, there is NOT an epidemic of MRSA. Believe me here. There's not even anything approaching epidemic proportions. I'm not saying for a nanosecond that I'd like to contract MRSA! But I walk in-and-out of hospitals every single day, and I'm still here, and am able to contribute irritating posts like this one. Let's just inhale deeply....that's all I'm saying. "Cry Baby Cry" - The Beatles

Bill, it is, of course, quite possible that you're correct on this point. Sick, but possibly true. "Yer Blues" - The Beatles

Get back to me when you've re-read....and understood.... the definition of "epidemic", will you?

Don't let 'em get you down, Dean-o. For what it's worth, I get it, and your sentence structure almost matches your analysis. Damn fine of you. "Isn't it a Pity" - George Harrison

Okay. I'm not calling "B.S.", but I'm calling "Let's try some decaf". We all know what MRSA is, okay? And if we DON'T know what MRSA is, we should. Your description might be technically correct, but I would direct the reading public to the last sentence in your thread, which states that there have been: ISOLATED cases of vancomycin-resistant MRSA. Jesus, don't get people thinking there's a goddamn epidemic of this stuff, okay? Because there's not. Please. And where there IS MRSA in a hospital (and, therefore, I'm supposing, ANY medical facility, such as an athletic training facility), there is NO - REPEAT NO NO NO NO - ambiguity about it. It's pretty goddamn well marked out. Been into an isolated OR lately? Please. Don't toss stuff like this out there, okay?

I'm torn between the "fanatic" and the "humanistic". The "fanatic" (the origin of the word "fan") in me says "F-ing good, you limp-wristed pantload". There simply is no NFL franchise - from urinal washer to General Manager - that deserves this news more than does the Patriots*. The "humanistic" (the origin of the word is....er...."me", I guess) part of me says "Jesus, that has to hurt, Tom, and I wish you the best in recovering.......but not quite enough to ever be as good as you were in 2007". At the end of the internal argument, he's a friggin' millionaire, he's sleeping with a supermodel, and is being treated by the best healthcare providers on the face of the planet. He'll be all right, of this I'm quite certain. I just hope he never plays again. Period. "This Boy" by the Beatles

There, now, you see? THAT'S the reason I post here, because THAT'S useful information! I hit a dead skunk a couple of years ago on the way up to the lake. Hit the damn thing so hard that I could hear its bones go *crack* on my undercarriage. Holey moley, smoley. I didn't think I was EVER going to get that smell out of the car. It even made the beagle sick (so I guess there WAS a side benefit after all). I could have dipped the car into a vat of Ozmium and I don't know if it would have helped, but thanks for the tip.

This thread's been fairly interesting, but I couldn't get away from this post as hard as I tried. While what you say may be correct (particularly after a six of Genesee Cream Ale), WTLF does it have to do with the Chargers? I'm having the hardest time trying to tie this together! Work with me here - I'm fart-impaired.

Wow, Bill. I had a dream where little blue men came out of an ice palace, and I wasn't able to get back to my daughter in time to save her. I'm not kidding. Which one of us needs to change medications, or start yoga?

There's truly no way in hell you're reading my comments. That having been said, in the event that one of your minions is tuning in to TBD this evening... Good job, Mr. Wilson. Please know that we wish this team to remain here. It is, of course, the core of our being. You must understand this. Happy Birthday, Sir, and know that we hope you have many, many more.

Praise where praise is due, criticism where criticism is due. In my case, it's criticism. I was CERTAIN McCargo would be given an injury release a couple of days ago. I'm still scratching my head that he's with the team. Which makes me.....oh, wait a minute. It makes me just-another-internet-blogger. This all having been said, okay, he's with the team. I love a happy ending. If they're going to keep him, I'd love to see the kid get out there this weekend and break some bones. Wouldn't THAT be something? I don't pretend to know whether the guy is motivated or not, but I can tell you how the attempted trade would affect ME. I'd get out there and send someone off the field on a cart. Not because I'd give a schit about Ralph Wilson, Buffalo or TBD, but because I want someone to get me the hell out of here!

If I was a betting man, my money would be on the injury settlement, a quick handshake, and some heart-rending piano solo playing softly in the background as the rain patters down on the hood of John McCargo's luxury SUV while Ralph Wilson Stadium grows ever smaller in the rearview mirror. The is the dreaded "bulging disc" problem. Perhaps in years past McCargo might have attempted some sort of comeback, or some team desperate (and I'm using that term intentionally) for help in the interior line would have taken a flyer on him. Hell, Indianapolis did before they knew of the injury. Two players come to MY mind when I think of "bulging discs": Eric Dickerson Peerless Price I'm sure the compendium of TBD posters could come up with a lot more. The point is this - think of how long those two players lasted in the league once the announcement was made that they had a bulging disc. About as long as it took to finish the press conference, right? The risks of permanent injury - including quadriplegia - are too great for any front office to risk. Even Jerry Jones or Dot-Com Snyder don't want the cameras focusing in on their luxury suites following a horrific hit resulting in a Kevin-Everett-style moment. Nice knowing you, John. Hope you invested wisely, and we'll see you soon in a Subway commercial with Jared.

Cheer extra loud for me, Olivier. It's ironic - you'll be able to watch the game in France, but I'll be stuck at a trade show booth next Sunday in Orlando, and WON'T be able to watch it. Damn it!

I second the motion. If this O-Line doesn't learn how to run-block this week, get ready for a miserable afternoon. Keeping SD's defense off Edwards' now-addled brain would be a nice touch as well.

That is, by the way, one heck of an avatar. Well done, good man, well done.

Good morning, Bill. I'll start by saying that I have far less of a clue than most people on this board, and certainly less than you. I love your weekly "Thoughts on the Game" post, and, through them, have learned a thing or two from you. This having been said, my $0.02 is that you have to let go of this "Drafting nothing but the Secondary" bit! It's not healthy, and we need you around here! I'm not denying for a moment that OBD has spent an inordinate amount of time developing: McGee McLovin' Greer Youboty Simpson Whitner Wilson (I know I'm forgetting someone important) That's a heckuva secondary that virtually any team in the league would die for. The challenge for OBD this coming year is not drafting someone else in the secondary, but keeping those that they have in place. I'll be the first to admit that my livingroom still echoes with my "WTF" scream from the Whitner pick, but it looks like the front office knew what they were doing there, doesn't it? I just don't see that OBD is so goddamn ignorant that they'll be spending high draft picks on the secondary. I guess you do. It's okay. Let it go. Learn to focus your ire on the breathtakingly piss-poor ability of this O-Line to learn how to run block. You wanna get pissed off at a coach? Start barking at the offensive line coaching and planning. And then start getting pissed off at the lack of execution of the run blocking by the players themselves. We need that karma directed where it's going to do the most good.

Good job! Reeled in a lot of 'em on that one!

I've got a low spot in my lawn. Let me know when you can spare a box.

Let's review the situation. 1) A ten-year-old box of fructose-saturated starch that sucked gerbil tail the moment it came off the production line. Yummy. 2) Stir in Molson Canadian. 3) Thanks. I'll pass. 4) But you're above-average-cool for offering. Mucho appreciado!

Hope I did this right. Looks like you rock the house! http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/entertainment/x1196568481 Quick question. Have you ever actually EATEN Flutie Flakes? I did, about 10 years ago. Nice name, but they really....er.....sucked. Sorry for the ineloquence.

I personally try to stay away from this board for a few days after every loss so as to keep clear of the ambulances rolling in and out as they pick up the suicide victims. Is it safe yet?

And who could blame him, really? The kid walks on as an UFA, and plays himself into a respectable starter. Which is to say, of course, that he's better than probably about 2/3s of the CBs on the field in the NFL at this point. He'll command a big payday, and at 5 years in the league, he's got to think about taking it. Because he's only going to have 2-4 years left.

"...and run wild over them....."? Hope springs eternal! I've been waiting for that for two seasons now! This O-Line drives me nuts. Heaviest in the league, but can't get Lynch two yards beyond the line of scrimmage. Some of those run plays last week had me screaming at Fairchild just out of habit. I would simply LOVE to see the Bills "run wild", but I'm fearing that they're going to be in the usual 4th quarter shootout. And I don't think this is a particularly good team against which one wishes to lock horns in such a fashion.