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12 hours ago, Sestak4ever said:

Was a big Bills fan from back in the early sixties. My dad and older brothers were big Bills fans which obviously gained my interest. I loved their awesome defense and got to meet Tom Sestak, along with Pete Gogolak, Darryl Lamonica and Dick Hudson at an autograph session at the motel field in Blasdell where they practiced. I think it was the Camelot. I could not get over how massively huge Sestak was. To a small child he truly was a giant. His play on the field was second to none and his quickness and strength at his position were unmatched. If he grabbed a running back by the ankle, that running back was going nowhere. Unfortunately his career was shortened by a knee injury. That Bill's defense was legendary with Stratton, Tracy, Jacobs, Day, McDole, Dunaway, Saimes and Byrd.  The best of all those greats was Sestak.

Loved our mid-60’s Champions. Still can’t get over how soon Tom died after retiring..🥲

15 minutes ago, whorlnut said:

My screen name is part my last name and part a nickname I earned playing basketball in college. It stuck and here we are…haha. 

You’re a *****? Cool!

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9 hours ago, Dan said:

 

   As a fifty something, it just kills me that the younger set don’t know this movie!!!

   We are constantly quoting this, the Blues brothers, Caddyshack, Animal house, Ghostbusters, Meatballs etc. 

    Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis!!!!

    You younguns on here, when you’re looking for something to watch, above is a classic list for you. Reitman and Ramis and the movies they are attached to are a great wealth of humor and early SNL talent ( the best SNL) on screen.

   

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I became a fan in 1962 and Kemp became a hero of mine. He is a legend and so instead of picking a current player at the time or anything else I wanted to honor one of the three greatest QBs in Buffalo Bills history. I also wanted to indicate just how long I have been a fan. 

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No relation to Dwight Gooden (if you remember him).

 

I am a college professor/writer, the kind of Ph.D. doctor who can't cure anything but your bad grammar but can tell you all about Herman Melville, and my last name starts with a "K."

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5 minutes ago, Dr. K said:

No relation to Dwight Gooden (if you remember him).

 

I am a college professor/writer, the kind of Ph.D. doctor who can't cure anything but your bad grammar but can tell you all about Herman Melville, whose last name starts with a "K."

So you’re NOT a coke head??😯

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4 hours ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

Mortal Kombat came out in the early 90's (arcade fighting game).  Johnny Cage was one of the original characters.

Oh damn! Yes. How’s I forget that I used to love that game

2 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

 

WTF. Gross.

 

 

 

Guys, c'mon...

 

Who was the greatest offensive lineman all time for the Buffalo Bills?

Will Wilford?

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I went to Toronto for a high school field trip and got a fake ID. They told me to make up a name and I chose Dan Hill. I have no idea why.

 

A bunch of my friends also got IDs and showed them off to our teacher. I lied and said I didn't get one. When we got back home, the teacher immediately went to everyone's parents and told them about the IDs. I was the only one who kept mine.

 

I used it for years, eventually getting banned from just about every bar and liquor store in my hometown. The last time I got denied was a week before my 21st birthday at a total dive liquor store in a horrible part of town. The reason? The ID had finally expired.

 

Once a bartender looked at the ID and said, "That's clearly fake but I don't care. What do you want?"

 

I still have my Dan Hill ID. So many memories. Blurry ones. 

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1 hour ago, Ponch said:

You choose wisely! “Clipley’s Believe it or not!” … only a face a mother could love… Irv is the man!

Are you old enough to remember Clip doing Wegmans “Let’s Go To The Races” TV show?

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16 hours ago, notwoz said:

My nickname is a combination of several factors. First, my wife's nickname at work was "the woz." That was a shortened version of "the great and powerful woz," which was a riff on the Wizard of Oz's "Oz the great and powerful."

Throw in the late 1970s, early 1980s pop band Was Not Was, and it was only natural that I would be known as "notwoz."

I cannot let this slide by without comment. Don Was is  not only a musician but a Great producer. This is his select discography. I mean who hasn't this guy played with, produced for. And many probably have never heard of him on this board. awesome man!

 

Selected discography[edit]

1981: Was (Not Was) – Was (Not Was) (bass, synthesizer, vocals, producer)

1982: The Beat Goes On – Orbit featuring Carol Hall (co-producer)

1983: Born to Laugh at Tornadoes – Was (Not Was) (producer, bass, keyboards, engineer)

1984: Breathless – Figures on a Beach (producer)

1984: Into the Hot – Floy Joy (producer)

1985: Spoiled Girl – Carly Simon (producer)

1986 Weak in the Presence of Beauty – Floy Joy (producer)

1986 Madness of It All – The Ward Brothers (producer)

1986 "Cross That Bridge" – The Ward Brothers (producer)

1988: What Up, Dog? – Was (Not Was) (producer, engineer, bass, guitar, keyboards)

1989: Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (keyboards, producer)

1989: Cosmic Thing – The B-52s (producer)

1990: Take It to Heart – Michael McDonald (programming, producer, synthesizer, sequencing, synthesizer programming)

1990: Brick by Brick – Iggy Pop (producer)

1990: Under the Red Sky – Bob Dylan (bass, producer)

1990: To Be Continued – Elton John (producer)

1991: Khaled – Khaled (producer, bass, keyboards)

1991: Are You Okay? – Was (Not Was) (producer, bass, engineer, guitar, vocals)

1991: Luck of the Draw – Bonnie Raitt (producer)

1991: The Fire Inside – Bob Seger (bass, producer)

1992: Kirya – Ofra Haza (producer)

1992: Arkansas Traveler – Michelle Shocked (producer)

1992: Time Takes Time – Ringo Starr (producer)

1992: Good Stuff – The B-52s (producer)

1992: Read My Lips – A Thousand Points of Night (one-off side project alias)

1992: Strange Weather – Glenn Frey (producer)

1992: King of Hearts – Roy Orbison (producer, Hammond organ, background vocals)

1992: Never Been Rocked Enough – Delbert McClinton (producer)

1993: Across the Borderline – Willie Nelson (producer)

1993: Thousand Roads – David Crosby (producer)

1993: I'm Alive – Jackson Browne (producer)

1994: Longing in Their Hearts – Bonnie Raitt (bass, producer)

1994: Voodoo Lounge – The Rolling Stones (producer)

1994: "Waymore's Blues" – Waylon Jennings (producer and bass)

1995: The Road Goes on Forever – The Highwaymen (producer)

1995: MTV Unplugged – Bob Dylan (mixing)

1995: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times – Brian Wilson (producer)

1995: Road Tested – Bonnie Raitt (producer)

1995: Stripped – The Rolling Stones (producer/Hammond B-3 Organ)

1996: The Restless Kind – Travis Tritt (producer)

1996: Organic – Joe Cocker (producer)

1996: El Equilibrio de los Jaguares – Jaguares (producer)

1997: Bridges to Babylon – The Rolling Stones (bass, keyboards, executive producer, producer, piano)

1997: Undiscovered Soul – Richie Sambora (producer)

1997: The Mommyheads – The Mommyheads (coproducer)

1999: Suicaine Gratifaction – Paul Westerberg (producer)

1999: Spirit of Music – Ziggy Marley (producer)

1999: Avenue B – Iggy Pop (producer)

1999: Garth Brooks in...the Life of Chris Gaines – Garth Brooks (producer)

2000: Maroon – Barenaked Ladies (producer)

2001: Lions – The Black Crowes (bass, producer, mixing)

2002: The Wide World Over – The Chieftains (producer, bass)

2003: Hootie & the Blowfish – Hootie & the Blowfish (producer)

2004: Live Licks – The Rolling Stones (producer)

2005: Countryman – Willie Nelson (producer)

2005: Make Do with What You Got – Solomon Burke (producer)

2005: A Bigger Bang – The Rolling Stones (producer, piano)

2006: This Old Road – Kris Kristofferson (producer, piano, acoustic and upright bass)

2006: Out of the Ashes – Jessi Colter (producer, bass)

2006: Fly – Zucchero (producer)

2008: Last Days at the Lodge – Amos Lee (producer)

2008: Tennessee Pusher – Old Crow Medicine Show (producer)

2008: Boo! – Was (Not Was) (producer, engineer, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals)

2009: The Excitement Plan – Todd Snider (producer)

2009: Shimmer (EP) – Pieta Brown (producer, bass)

2009: Acquired Taste – Delbert McClinton (producer)

2009: Closer to the Bone – Kris Kristofferson (producer)

2009: California Years – Jill Sobule (producer, bass)

2010: Y Not – Ringo Starr (bass)

2010: Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots (producer)

2010: Welder – Elizabeth Cook (Producer)

2010: The Union – Elton John/Leon Russell (bass)

2010: Chocabeck – Zucchero (producer)

2011: Wild and Free – Ziggy Marley (producer)

2011: The Gate – Kurt Elling (producer)

2011: Blessed – Lucinda Williams (producer)

2012: Born and Raised – John Mayer (producer)

2012: Born to Sing: No Plan B – Van Morrison (producer)

2012: La sesion cubana – Zucchero (producer)

2013: My True Story – Aaron Neville (co-producer with Keith Richards)

2013: Paradise Valley – John Mayer (producer)

2013: Una rosa blanca – Zucchero (producer)

2014: You Should Be So Lucky – Benmont Tench (bass)

2014: Melody Road – Neil Diamond (producer)

2014: "All My Friends" concert January 14, 2014 – A tribute to Gregg Allman (bass)

2014: Rester Vivant – Johnny Hallyday (producer)

2014: Everlasting - Martina McBride (producer)

2014: Enjoy the View - Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco (producer)

2014: Heigh Ho - Blake Mills (bass)

2014: All Rise - Jason Moran (producer)

2015: Yesterday I Had the Blues - Jose James (producer)

2015: Duets: Re-working the Catalogue - Van Morrison (producer)

2015: No Pier Pressure - Brian Wilson (bass)

2015: 1 Hopeful Rd. - Vintage Trouble (producer)

2016: Black Cat – Zucchero (producer)

2016: Blue & Lonesome – The Rolling Stones (producer)

2017: Southern Blood - Gregg Allman (producer)

2020: Wednesdays - Ryan Adams (bass, double bass, producer)

2021: Big Colors - Ryan Adams (producer)

2021: Sob Rock – John Mayer (producer)

2022: Live in Colorado – Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros (double bass)

2022: Live in Colorado Vol. 2 – Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros (double bass)

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5 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

 

Guys, c'mon...

 

Who was the greatest offensive lineman all time for the Buffalo Bills?

 

Andy Levitre??

 

In all seriousness, Billy Shaw and Joe DeLamielleure are the only two Bills offensive linemen in the HOF. Maybe it was Jerry Ostroski, as he is the only one who had "ski" in his name? Or Reggie McKenzie, where the end sounds like "ski"?

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Back during Jimmy Griffen's time in City Hall, they paid a artist to do a neon sculpture installed by the entrance of the Kensington Expressway. It was supposed to be a "dancing figure to celebrate life." It was called Green Lightning.  The artist said it was a parody of Mr. Peanut. Instead , once lit, it was an animated dancing penis in a top hat. Jimmy wasn't amused and had the power cut and ordered it bulldozed in the middle of the night. The artist stood on top of the work and got a court order to stop the demolition. Fun time to be a Buffalonian. The piece is in storage now in Cleveland.

 

Green Lightning (sculpture) - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lightning_(sculpture)

 

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4 hours ago, AlfaBill said:

Oh damn! Yes. How’s I forget that I used to love that game

Will Wilford?

 

1 hour ago, chongli said:

 

Andy Levitre??

 

In all seriousness, Billy Shaw and Joe DeLamielleure are the only two Bills offensive linemen in the HOF. Maybe it was Jerry Ostroski, as he is the only one who had "ski" in his name? Or Reggie McKenzie, where the end sounds like "ski"?

You should feel incredibly embarassed

 

It's Legursky. Doug Legursky.

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