ExiledInIllinois
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Think of all the prime lakefront property that Beth steel takes up!
Something like that would have never happened with Daniel Burnham in Chicago... All the industry is to the south.
Buffalo needs visionarys!
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I hope that it works out.
Yet, I am more than a bit skeptical about the millions of dollars of public funds that are being invested to lure what is really just a retail store for outdoorsmen.
We have one in South Florida. I have been there a couple of times. It is nice. Is it something that I would go out of my way for? No.
Again, I really hope that it works out. Buffalo needs some good news. I was home for Thanksgiving and drove to Canada to get flu shot. While I was driving to the Peace Bridge, I was reminded yet again about some of the stupid decisions that have been made: who in their right mind builds an expressway along the Niagara River?!?!
Perhaps, the Bass Pro Shop and the accompanying development will improve the waterfront. It really is beautiful and could be so much more of an asset for the community.
You hit the nail on the head!... That is where I would start first... Move the Niagara section. Pretty major though! There has been numerous studies dating back 50 years or so. You gotta remember Buffalo's roads where built for that exact reason... To fly by things. Buffalo was the first major city with ALL paved roads (I wonder why?... SNOW?). Look at what the roads did to Delaware park. Look at how UB (Amherst) and "The Spine" vs. dormatory were concieved originally... Yes, it worked, it kept the student population isolated and decentralized... This was due to the civil unrest in the 60's... Now they have changed all that with commons and student union.
There is a good book that explains a lot of why Buffalo is the way it is. Read:
High Times: The Rise and Fall of Buffalo, New York... I can't the exact title to link, I will get the exact title for you a little later.
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Wow. Have a bad experience in High School?
I don't hang out with too many people from High School anymore (well, living 1200 miles from my school hurts), but seeing some of those people 10, 20, 30 years later would be pretty fun.
Why wouldn't you want to at least give it a shot? (seriously).
I'll field that one, since it applies to me also.
No. No bad experiences. Just not in me.
God knows, I have probably seen some of you at times?...
Just call me aloof (ya, ya, there's this message board thingy?
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Will they tap into ice fishing supplies. People really forget that the boating season in Buffalo is from late May (if) to mid-Sept. (if). Throw in a summer like they had this year... Spells disaster. A lot of marinas went under the past two years.
I hope it works out... More of a snowball's chance in Miami...
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HMO's made billions last year, I don't think writng laws curbing frivoulous lawsuits are really the problem with health costs. Just more about increasing profits.
In a country where CEO's, VP's and other persons in high positions continually make millions of dollars, and write themselves million dollar bonus checks, it would be more refreshing to see the wages of these higher up individual's lowered to a more reasonable level as a way of lowering health costs.
Exactly.
I said, next they will try and convince people that bankruptcies lead to higher interest rates.
What did the credit card industry make in profits last year... 40 billion?
How much did individuals claim in bankruptcies... 2 billion?
That's what?... 38 billion dollars in profit?
Correct me if my figures are wrong.
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I think it's a game played at county fairs similar to musical chairs. People donate cakes, put them on a table. Other people pay to enter the walk, and then the music starts and they walk around the table. When the music stops, you get the cake you're standing in front of.
However, most of my knowlege about this comes from an episode of That 70's Show, so I could be wrong.
So another words, everybody gets a cake and wins!
Wow... Never knew that... What happens if they take in more players (ie: more money and players) than cakes?... Wouldn't that be a racket? For some reason I picture the Bills losing at this type of "cake walk."...
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People just looked older back then!...
Same goes for people in black and white photos... Or old baseball games (I think it was the hat thing?)...
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Because he almost squandered the great onsides kick with the pick he threw... The Bills got the ball back and bailed him out.
I was listneing to the game outside. When he threw that pick, I almost fell off the ladder... That was the first series of the second half (after the onsides).
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When he throws an INT after an awesome opening 2nd half onsides kick... He almost makes me fall off ladders while hanging Christmas lights along my roof!
Just after getting the kick, I made a public novena 13' up... "Please Drew, lets not have a brain fart!"
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He parents with dignity.
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I think it is pretty self-explanatory (mine).
Most certainly looking at retiring early and moving back.
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And why should a family of someone who is a janitor and uneducated make as much as a rocket scientist who is 30 and making a million per year. Yes, because of these lawsuits a value needs to be put on human life. Unfortunately a 50 year old uneducated janitor is not worth as much.
Reality.
No it doesn't... Just means that the powers that be have to be a little more "on" when it comes to respecting human life. It is not about the family making the money... It more about the responsible person (the one that screwed up) being punished for their lack of regard to human life. With limits, there would be no regard for human life. Everything could be calculated and weighed against the big picture.
So then by your logic... A grunt fresh out of high school with no real education opportunities is not worth much either?
What keeps the system in check from just using people as fodder?
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He's got his drinking tube in the lock water again.
I've pretty well given up. I've made an attempt to try to explain some of this stuff, oh, about 600 times-using what I can from CENTCOM, DIA and foreign intelligence sources, as well as policy and international relations think tanks both here and abroad-and the educated masses still want to jump up with things like "Daddy's War". Maybe I can get 3 minutes on CNN someday, God knows it won't help if I do FOX.
That's pretty funny!
OT "The biggest in Buffalo in decades"
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Cool... I didn't know that!
I still think bass fishing is one hell of an elitist sport...
Some of those outfits and rigs (mix in the tow vehicle) have to be well over 50k if not more...