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    What's the deal with Mighty Taco these days?

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    Ah, good memories of Mighty....  the Bailey/Minnesota location was the bomb. And I was a VERY frequent guest at the Walkden & Union location...

     

    They've definitely changed things up since 40 years ago. That said, the wife and I were in the Buff for a family wedding a few weeks ago, and we stopped at MT for a quick lunch. They were better than the last few times I had visited in the 10+ years since I moved away. Big, saucy, no skimping on cheese. Close to the "old days." 

     

    Wings at Duff's were bangin' too!

    Commercial flight pet peeves

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    1 hour ago, Fleezoid said:

     

    People that refuse the check oversized carry-ons and spend10 minutes trying to jam them into the overhead bin, only to have a flight attendant politely offer the check bag.......likely for free. 

     

    No, they ask me to remove my backpack from the overhead and stick it under my feet for the flight 😡

    2024 Concerts

    in Off the Wall

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    39 minutes ago, Gugny said:

    Went to see Sammy Hagar at SPAC (Saratoga Springs, NY) last night. 
     

    Sammy Hagar

    Michael Anthony

    Joe Satriani

    Jason Bonham

     

    Primarily Van Halen tunes from the DLR and Hagar eras. A little Sammy, a little Montrose and one Satriani tune. 
     

    Hagar is 76-years-old and man, he doesn’t look, sound or act it. 
     

    His voice is showing signs of age, but not horribly. He can still belt ***** out. 
     

    He did show signs of fatigue, letting the crowd sing some parts and on a couple occasions, Michael Anthony bailed him out on mead vocals. 
     

    But all in all, Hagar was phenomenal. 
     

    Michael Anthony (my personal favorite part of the show) does not age. His voice is still killer and he showed some nice chops on the bass. 
     

    Jason Bonham was fantastic. 1000x the drummer Alex Van Halen ever has been and ever could be. 
     

    Joe Satriani …. It should go without saying that he was ridiculous. He was. 
     

    He played EVH parts with respect and stayed true to Eddie’s form, style and sound. 
     

    My spoiler is that they did not do Eruption, which I am certain was out of respect - which I liked. 
     

    My biggest takeaway from last night was that, while Satriani nailed all of the chords and notes (the guy is a virtuoso, after all), a lot of the chord progressions seemed a little choppy and almost labored. 
     

    This isn’t a knock on Satriani.

     

    It’s more of an acknowledgement/realization of just how amazing EVH was. I’ve seen videos of Eddie playing the same tunes with a natural flow and grace. Yes - I realize that he wrote them and that’s a big reason the transitions were so smooth and flawless. 
     

    But I’ve seen Satriani play an entire set of Hendrix tunes and it was jaw-dropping. 
     

    Don’t get me wrong - Satriani was amazing last night. But it seemed like more work for him than the other couple times I’ve seen him live playing his own stuff and Hendrix stuff. 
     

    I’ve always considered EVH a Top 3 rock guitarist of all time. 
     

    After last night, I find myself contemplating crowning him as the GOAT. 
     

    I saw them last Friday in Charlotte.  i have to agree with:

     - Hagar is ageless. I hope I am that spry at 76 (after a lifetime of R & R excesses to boot).

     - Michael Anthony was in great voice - His background harmonies are sooo distinctive.

     - Satriani was the star of the show. Just frickin' amazing.

     

    I disagree with:

     - Satriani sounded choppy or labored (I had read online that someone called it "soul-less"). i thought he was respectful of the original material and put his own touch on sound. 

     

    If anyone was labored, it was the keyboardist. The keys to Jump were just god-awful.

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    Predictions and more. Pretty good preview video.

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    4 hours ago, eball said:

    So many people including, amazingly, fans on this forum, are sleeping on the Bills this season.  It’s incredulous to me.  10-7 is the absolute floor as long as Josh is healthy, and it’s all about getting a little bit of luck (for once) in the playoffs.

     

    I saw a Tik-Tok today that had the Bills as the 10th worst Team in the NFL:

     - they're just not that good.

     - WR room is below mediocre

     - have ABSOLUTELY NOBODY ON DEFENSE

     - other than JA17, the only other talent is James Cook

     - this team is just too weak. 

     

    SMH

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    2024 Concerts

    in Off the Wall

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    We got tix for the Barenaked Ladies playing in Columbia in October.  Once we move, I want to get tix for Jeff Lynne's ELO in Atlanta. That will be about a 3.5 hour drive for us....

    2024 Masters Tournament

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    On 4/11/2024 at 1:47 PM, BuffaloBud said:

    I’ve picked Scheffler, Dad picked Hovland.  My dark horse is Lowry.

     

    Follow up Q.  What would your champion dinner be?

     

    Chicken wings and beef on weck of course 😛

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    Hospice Nurse shares patients behavior before they pass.

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    1 hour ago, Augie said:

     

    We also read Life After Life (1975) by Dr Raymond Moody.  Those two books did more to form my faith than any CCD class I had to sit through! For that reason I’ve read countless similar books since, some of which are in the room where I sit right now. 

     

    I still remember a bunch of stuff from Mr Rust’s class including the word adamant (or, “a damn ant” if you use the memory tricks).  Lots of cool memories from those days. 

    Mine is Apogee (with an Apache sitting on top of a mountain). He did have one the best classes at St. Joe's.

     

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    Playoff defense not just bad, next level awful

    in The Stadium Wall

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    5 hours ago, BBFL said:


    I think the majority of people claim the offense is at fault because we know what they are capable of and have underperformed. No one is relying on the defense to win the game. Big difference. 

    It’s been a consistent theme of guys not showing up except Josh…

     

    🤷‍♂️

    That was certainly evident this year. The one year someone other than Josh “showed up” was Davis in the 13 seconds game.  

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