NoSaint Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 10 hours ago, teef said: was he eating when you met him? also, who wants a picture with john murphy? I kind of skimmed through and at a glance thought you were offering opportunities to take pictures with murph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeKayAdams Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 10 hours ago, Just Jack said: I once gave Leif Larson a piece of pizza, because he asked for it. Even said please and thank you. Leif Larsen the polar bear wrestler! Wow, what a name drop for Buffalo Bills trivia enthusiasts! He's the guy we picked at #194 in the 2000 NFL draft because he was super strong, despite not having demonstrated any other skills or any talent for the game of football. Five picks later, the Patriots selected Tom Brady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, NoSaint said: I kind of skimmed through and at a glance thought you were offering opportunities to take pictures with murph I am. I can also arrange that Chris Brown leaves your voicemail message. 1 hour ago, Bobby Hooks said: A Sean post with the word “dentist” in it. Maybe my lasik is on the fritz. Know any good eye-on-tologists? I was more trying to call attention to Chuck Mangione. YouTube the song, feels so good, and tell me you don’t want to do cocaine while watching a sunset. Edited September 28, 2018 by teef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transient Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 OP, cool encounter. Being off the grid, I wouldn't feel too bad about not knowing a PS player who was called up during one of the weeks you were away. I used to tend bar at a country club that Pete Metzelaars belonged to in my late teens/early 20s. Really nice guy. Very quiet and unassuming, almost shy. Must have been hard to try not to be noticed when you're a massive human being with bright red hair... Joe Devlin used to coach my highschool girlfriend's little brother in tee-ball in the late 80s or early 90s. I'll refrain from going into detail about what I thought of him, but he shouldn't coach children. Summer sports should be fun. I think my gf's brother could have used counseling for PTSD after that summer. Antowain Smith walked right past me at the McKinley Mall once during his playing days... for a running back that was one big dude. He was occupied with something and wasn't looking my way which is probably a good thing because I'm pretty sure I had an incredulous expression on my face while thinking "Who's the dude with the freakishly large quads... oh, s***, that's Antowain Smith!" I was in Houston at Bush Intercontinental and ran into Vince Young a month or so after the Bills cut him. Either he took it hard and decided to curl up with a few hundred tubs of Ben and Jerry's or I'm pretty sure I know one of the reasons they cut him... I also saw Sam Wyche in the Buffalo airport some time toward the end of the 2005 season... he didn't much look like talking, and frankly I didn't have anything nice to say to him anyway. I know, not much of a contribution, but at least now that I've shared my close encounters with football greatness I feel like part of the group. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Jon in Pasadena said: It's all fun and games until you go to the fridge for a beer and find a squid staring up at you. Its fun and games until you go back to the fridge for another beer, see that the squid is now gone, only to find it in bed with your wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
co_springs_billsfan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Jauronimo said: Its fun and games until you go back to the fridge for another beer, see that the squid is now gone, only to find it in bed with your wife. Might be worth it if it allows one to yell "Yatta!" in bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsgoodtime Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I conducted some business with one of our current Rookies parents a while back. Cant release names for obvious reasons but I was ecstatic when he got drafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cba fan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 5 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said: Good stuff! ……………………………………………….. Minor thing, but Neal's name is pronounced SiRON, not SiRAN. Well, I hope he doesn't blow then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 14 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said: with so much turnover it's hard to keep track of the players. years back I could name a whole bunch of guys (beyond the stars) today ... not so much (and it aint old age ) Random add on—one of my proudest fan moments coming up was being able to memorize/recite each players name from the team photo in 1993–back then players actually were proud to play most of their careers with only one team (or so I’d like to believe)—anyway, the guy I always thought had the coolest name on that roster was LB Marvcus Patton—dude could play some pretty good ball to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transient Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) I almost forgot... while not Bills related, Jack Del Rio almost ran me over with a shopping cart at a Whole Foods in New Orleans a couple of months back. It was my fault. As I walked past him I thought "Was that Jack Del Rio?", so like a moron I stopped to do a double take only to find he was now on the move and I had just abruptly stopped walking right in front of him. It was definitely him. He's a pretty big dude who looks like he could still play. Edited September 28, 2018 by transient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 16 hours ago, Stranded in Boston said: Awesome story, OP, thanks. Ironically, given your moniker, I used to see Thurman's mom occasionally in Houston during the Bills glory years, where she worked at my local post office. We'd always chat about the Bills; super nice lady (although she also looked like wouldn't take any guff from a young Thurman!). Also, I remember Robb Riddick well. He toiled on some pretty crappy Bills teams in the mid-80s -- but the guy was absolute money from short yardage, goal line, etc. He got some serious air on those dive plays. Now we have big Josh for that! Yeah, I also have very fond memories of Riddick as a very tough player, a guy I liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 15 hours ago, TigerJ said: I suppose I can overlook your ignorance in view of the fact you were out of touch for a couple weeks. LOL Cool story. BTW, I spent a great vacation there 25 years ago. We stayed at the Lizard Creek campground at the northern end of the Grand Teton NP. Every evening we had a gopher visit our campsite. I can top that from this trip. Saw three adult grizzlies, one of whom was a sow with two cubs, all wild, one a hundred yards away and the other two around forty to fifty yards away. I went to Yellowstone 45 or 50 years ago when everyone saw grizzlies because the Park had a garbage dump inside the park and there were usually half a dozen bears scavenging at that dump. I thought it would still be like that this trip but when we got there we discovered that that dump is gone and the bears aren't spotted nearly as often. On that earlier trip I saw something I've never forgotten as a result of it's being the single stupidest thing I've ever seen. In Yellowstone when you see cars lined up on the side of the road you know there are usually animals there. So we saw probably 30 cars lined up on both sides of the road and slow traffic. We just drove past and there was a massive adult grizzly within five yards of the road. And a guy had gotten out of his car, bringing his wife and son who was maybe eight years old. He had put his son on top of the grizzly to ride it, he was standing right beside it and his wife was standing two or three yards in front of him slowly lining up a picture. I asked my dad, "should we yell at him to get back in his car?" And my dad said, "No, we're not going to make any noise now, son." There were no reports of a tragedy so this moron got away with it but I'll never forget it. Whenever anyone mentions Darwin awards, that's what I think of. Oh, and one thing you learn in Yellowstone is how absolutely massive and powerful wild buffalo are. We must have seen several hundred, two big herds and maybe eight or ten solos. Man, those are some seriously huge animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: This is a totally cool story but I can't help wondering how you managed to go "off the grid" with a 3 year old in Grand Teton and Yellowstone NPs? I know I know, mind for irrelevencies. Def. watch the game. I thought Lewis played well and is made a good case for himself. I hope he beats out Phillip Gaines, who did not look good IMO, though to be fair to both, Gaines did not have a pass rush in front of him while Lewis benefited from some guys who played like their parts were on fire and hitting would put it out. There's wifi in only a couple of places in the park, and you have to pay. Part of the time we were in those places but who wants to go to a place like that and spend time on the internet? Around half the park has cell service, but again, we didn't want to use our phones except to take pictures. Truly a glorious area and a great vacation. I've caught up with the first two games since getting back. Yikes. Watching them it was nice to know things improve a bit in week three. Edited September 28, 2018 by Thurman#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Diver Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) 22 hours ago, Cripple Creek said: Fan card revoked. Not knowing the position of a specific player? Guilty! Not being aware of Bills game time irregardless of time zone? Guilty! Not knowing the status of a Bills game up to the minute? Guilty. I'm sorry, but you are no longer welcome here. “Irregardless” is a double negative and therefore the use of “ir-“ is redundant. “Regardless” already means “without regard”. My grammar lesson for the day. Edited September 28, 2018 by Sky Diver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSEFEFFER Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 21 hours ago, stevewin said: Cool story Thanks for this. Enjoyed watching it. Nice accumulation of different ways to beat a goal line defense. Robb was not that big but ran really tough. You don't see shoulder pads like that anymore. Most impressive one to me was near the end against the Oilers (playoof game?) where he went in backwards while under tackle with his butt about 2" off the turf. Lots of leg strength required for that along with an assist from Jim Ritcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 i'm not sure it counts but.... i once sat next to a Japanese lady at a Bills game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I met a guy who played football at Wake Forest and had a brief career in the NFL as a kick returner. He said the minute he decided to quit football was when he got laid out by London Fletcher. He said all through his football career he had never been hit hard enough to not want to play anymore until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Sky Diver said: “Irregardless” is a double negative and therefore the use of “ir-“ is redundant. “Regardless” already means “without regard”. My grammar lesson for the day. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/irregardless-real-word-regardless-kory-stamper-education-dictionary-mean-girls-lexicon-merriam-webster-2017-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Diver Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/irregardless-real-word-regardless-kory-stamper-education-dictionary-mean-girls-lexicon-merriam-webster-2017-6 My Catholic school education kicks in when I see a butchering of the language. From your link “...if you use "irregardless," people will think you're uneducated.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Sky Diver said: My Catholic school education kicks in when I see a butchering of the language. From your link “...if you use "irregardless," people will think you're uneducated.” I’ll look past the fact that you just called me uneducated & remind you that you have taken this topic far afield. Please try to be relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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