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Sullivan: Bills' McDermott choked away Super Bowl-caliber season
Mark80 replied to QCity's topic in The Stadium Wall
Ahhh, so you are one of those type of guys who has to take the last sentence of a poster and copy it to theirs. So petty. What are you, 12 years old? -
Sullivan: Bills' McDermott choked away Super Bowl-caliber season
Mark80 replied to QCity's topic in The Stadium Wall
So giving up 2 TDs in the final 2 minutes doesn't qualify as choking, but giving up 2 plays does. Got it. One step further....how many years being a head coach did it take Reid to win a SB? It took him 21 seasons. 7 to even get to it. Now he's widely considered one of the best coaches. -
Sullivan: Bills' McDermott choked away Super Bowl-caliber season
Mark80 replied to QCity's topic in The Stadium Wall
So, if we won the coin toss would everyone be saying that Andy Reid choked away that game and be calling for heads? Didn't think so. -
I was going to say that "a lot" is a stretch here, but then I looked it up and there are 8 currently on a roster. I was pretty surprised there were so many.
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Does anyone think the Lamar Jackson situation this year was strange?
Mark80 replied to FireChans's topic in The Stadium Wall
My favorite athlete of all time, Rickey Henderson, once put it this way. When you have a Ferrari you don't go out driving it, pushing it when it needs some sort of maintenance/repair. You put it in the garage until its 100% ready to go. (Speaking of himself and a DL stint with a tweaked hamstring). Much like Rickey, Lamar is dependent on that freakish athletic ability, you don't put him out there when he's not 100% and can cause further damage. He is an ineffective pocket restricted passer. -
Ariens is the brand you want for snow blowers.
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So out of touch that you are still calling weed "dope." Too funny.
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Only stat that matters is team W/L record.
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Metallica with Danzig and Suicidal Tendencies at Darien Lake when I was in 8th grade (1994 maybe?). Me and a buddy with his dad as a chaperone. We ditched his dad almost immediately. Met him later at the car and he didn't even say a word about it.
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While I totally agree with you and practice that philosophy myself, the psychological side of it is basically saying that if you are willing to have debt (again, beyond mortgage) you are more likely to be looser with your spending as a whole because you don't have the mental relation of seeing your cash do down immediately when you borrow. So, people tend to buy more using credit of some sort then they would if they felt the immediate pain of using cash. In your example of the car, people would more likely be willing to buy a more expensive car when they take out a loan (especially at these rates) vs paying with cash. Am I a psychologist and back this up with anything? No. But that is my understand of some things I've read on it.
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There are competing theories on this. Some believe that you should not have any debt (except possibly a mortgage) before you save any money beyond an emergency fund. That is not as common, but provides a psychological element to it which helps you cut back on you spending, create good habits etc. and then when you don't have the debt any longer you'll have plenty of extra money to invest heavily. Most folks, however, invest while still having other debts. Me included. Definitely best practice to at a bare minimum get your employer match on the 401k. Beyond that I prefer Roth IRA, that way you know exactly what you have and won't have to pay taxes on it in the future. I believe Vanguard is the best, Fidelity is also very highly thought of, I just like the Vanguard Funds personally. Do try to be an expert investor, just buy Mutual Funds and let the professionals do the work for you. Buy it and don't even look at it, just let it do its thing. Recommendation is 10% of income towards it. But the more you can save now, the more time it has to earn and compound.
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One Thing You Still Want To See This Bills Team Prove?
Mark80 replied to wagne591's topic in The Stadium Wall
That they can win the Super Bowl. That's it. This is complete and utter insanity. -
Privacy for Josh Allen and Bills' players
Mark80 replied to Inigo Montoya's topic in The Stadium Wall
Was standing at Wegmans staring at the prepared foods section and talking to myself about how much mashed potatoes I should buy. Admittedly I was mumbling out loud and I'm sure the person standing next to me could hear me. When I looked up and saw the person's face, it was Jack Eichel (pre disaster stage). I didn't say anything to him but I thought it was pretty funny that Jack was probably like "is this dude really talking to himself about mashed potatoes"? I leave these guys alone. I'm an adult. That sort of stuff should be for kids only. A friendly "Go Bills" is fine or just a quick hello, but pictures, autographs, prolonged discussion on your opinion on the Bills, leave it be. -
Does Anyone watch ESPN morning shows anymore?
Mark80 replied to sistersarah's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Nope. NFL or MLB network depending on where we are in the seasons. ESPN morning schedule is unwatchable. I miss the days where they just repeated the 2am SportsCenter all morning long...you know, when SportsCenter was mostly made up of highlights, not opinions. -
9/11 - where were you on the day that changed history?
Mark80 replied to RobbRiddick's topic in Off the Wall
Senior at Cornell. Woke up, housemate told me about the first plane crash and watched on the news for a few minutes before heading to class. Got to class and saw a second plane had crashed on the lobby tv. After class saw that the first building had collapsed on that same TV and then watched the second building collapse at my house. By that time classes had been cancelled. Obviously a lot of NYC relationships for the folks living in Ithaca. I can clearly remember numerous people on campus crying trying to call loved ones but unable to get through to anyone. It was a very surreal experience for sure. -
Official Whiskey of the Buffalo Bills
Mark80 replied to \GoBillsInDallas/'s topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Disgusting. -
I've liked Ken Jennings and Fuzzy the best so far. Haven't seen LeVar yet though. The rest did nothing for me at all.
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I actually just picked up mine yesterday after reserving one online!
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I'll never get tired of hearing Duane's last solo.
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Eric Moulds giving back to Buffalo
Mark80 replied to Buffalo716's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Back in high school my friends and I used to go to Damon's to watch MNF. While there one week, we saw this enormous human being with an impressive gold chain on. We thought to ourselves, this specimen must be on the Bills. A defensive lineman perhaps, maybe a linebacker. We finally mustered up the courage to ask him who he was...he said I'm Eric Moulds (our rookie first round pick at the time). We were absolutely shocked. We couldn't believe that a person of this size was a WR! His arms were enormous, he was enormous. And he was super nice to us as well! Always loved him -
Those wrestling biographies on AMC (i think) are fantastic for any fans. I don't even like wrestling anymore, but they bring back great memories of the 80s 90s and early 00s.
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Buffalo's Four Major Sports - Mount Rushmore
Mark80 replied to bighorn_zilla's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I'm putting Tavares from the Bandits on a Buffalo Mt Rushmore over minor league baseball players. And Basketball is McAdoo. -
I got one too. FYI, these are available at Wegmans on Transit/Losson right now. flat brim and curved, both snap backs.