ChevyVanMiller

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Old Buddy Hackett joke: George Burns, now there's a guy with class. George actually steps out of the shower to take a piss.

I'm in the lobby of the Hilton in Niagara Falls, Ontario and they've turned off all of the lobby lights except auxillary lighting. The Fallsview Casino has dimmed their great dome and the Skylon Tower is dark. All in all, very cool. Go Mother Earth!

Thanks we can use all the help we can get. Btw, at the next meeting we are attempting to arrange a speaker from the return home to Buffalo organization. It's a concept where expatriates are encouraged to all return home during the same week to wax nostalgic about the old days and find out ways they can either land a good paying job and return or lend a hand in the renaissance from where they are now. We're going to try nd set the same thing up for Niagara Falls. I know that in my 8 years with the newspaper, I've had countless emails from people saying "If I could only find a job making even 3/4 of what I'm making now, I'd be back in a heartbeat." Keep the faith!

I think it was Jefferson Avenue

There is a grand plan. What you see now is what we are calling "low hanging fruit" - things that we could get going quickly so that the group wasn't just talking (or, more to the point, bitching).

The site will be redone shortly. We are going to add some blogs as well. Let me know when you're visiting again. Maybe you can make a meeting then.

Maybe this should be on the Polls, Politics board. If so, mods please move. Thanks

I know that some of you on this site live in Niagara Falls or are originally from there. As you know the city is in deplorable shape. Last year I started a group to try and give the people a way to make a difference - as it was obvious that government wasn't going to right the ship alone. What started as an idea has grown into a full-blown movement with over 70 people working on four sub-groups. Our next meeting is Tuesday, April 29th at 6:00 PM at the Day's Inn, 443 Main street, Niagara Falls. Please consider this an open invitation to attend if you care about the future of Niagara Falls. Thanks, Frank Thomas Croisdale (Chevyvanmiller) You can find out more at Niagara Rises

Simon and Garfunkle reference - nice! I'll bring Parsley, Rosemary and Thyme if the Bills get Sage.

Well, there goes a great trivia question. You're a peach, Lori - thanks.

One of my favorite trivia questions to throw out at a party: How did he come up with the name HAL for the computer in 2001: ASO? RIP

Girls swat boys with kitty willows. Boys, in turn, squirt girls with a hand held squirt gun. Sexual connotations? Hum....

Not to mention that according to the thread title he was 145 years old when he passed over.

Just published a piece about an arcade in the Summit Mall in Niagara Falls. They have 7 of the bowling machines like the one's that used to be in every bar. All are completely restored and can be played for a quarter. I've always been a big fan of the machines and it's getting harder and harder to find a bar with a working one. It is believed to be the most in one place in all of the USA. Check it out if you're out that way. Krow's Nest Big Ball Rollers

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This team has some serious upgrading to do between now and the regular season (draft, trades, FA's, whatever) as well as some growing up to do between now and then... ... because part of me looks at this schedule and thinks the Bills could start 8-0 before heading to Miami. I'm guessing 6-3 at this point, but who knows... maybe we'll all be surprised and they'll play out of their heads the first half and be sitting pretty at 7-1 or better. Consider this the optimist's reply to Ghost of the Rockpile's thread.

Your draft looks fine, but I don't think there's any way Miss Piggy settles for 5th Round money when her beau goes in Rd. 1. Plus I hear she's hired that snake from the "Riverbottom Nightmare Band" as her agent.

"If acquired by Buffalo Turner would immediately be the odds on favorite to land the starting running back job in an offensive backfield that consists of veteran Anthony Thomas, Shaud Williams and Fred Jackson. " I should hope so. Could you imagine how hard this board would crash if the Bills dropped or swapped a #1 pick for Turner then announced that he was in a 3-way competition with A-Train and Shaud Williams to be the #1 back?

I've spent the better part of two years collecting Buffalo sports pennants for my rec room. Here are 3 teams whose pennants I now own that I never new existed before I began my quest. Enjoy! The Buffalo Norsemen of the upstart NAHL. Team played at the Tonawanda Sports Center for 2 years 1974-76. Guy Trottier was the most famous member of the team. Norsemen Stats Team Logo The professional women's softball team the Buffalo Breskis. Women's fastpitch softball Player/Coach Nan Harvey The hardest pennant to find of them all is the Toronto-Buffalo Royals of World Team Tennis. The team was in existence for just 1 year (1974) and split its home games between the Aud and Maple Leaf Garden. World Team Tennis History Team Tennis Logos

Help. Work installed filters that block all sites that are metatagged games or gambling. We're jonesing here. Does anyone know of any game sites that won't get picked-off by filtering? Thanks! PS- It also blocks youtube material.

Just wondering if the rule is still in play that lets teams make late June cuts and save being hit for the full-bonus amount in 1 year? If so, maybe the Bills are counting on those cuts to fill a spot on the roster with a vet. I have faith in Marv, but I can't ever remember being this late in free agency with 4-5 starting spots open on the team. Realistically, can the Bills find a starting corner, rb, lb (2?), fb and nt through the draft? Allay my fears, will ya?

Anyone remember Anthony Gray? Gray actually led the entire NFL in preseason yards for the Bills in 1999. The Bills then promptly cut him when they got down to the final 53-man roster. Here's a link: 1999 player moves (Check out the contracts. Winfield 5yrs/7million - can you imagine getting a 1st rounder for that today?) Jackson = Gray

Niagara Falls Reporter My wife is married to one of the writers.

Steven Wright's stuff is only funny when Steven Wright does it. Without his deadpan monotone it comes off really plain on the written page. Same goes for Bill Engval's "Here's your sign" bits. Here's a joke that's good spoken or written: A newly married couple falls on hard financial times and the husband spends hours trying to balance their budget. Finally, he calls in his bride and breaks the bad news to her that the only way they'll be able to make ends meet until he lands a job is if she turns some tricks. Being a dutiful woman, the man's (very good looking) wife agrees. That night, the husband tricks out his wife and pulls up to a seedy street corner on the wrong side of town. "Now remember," he tells his wife. "I'll be here in the car just around the corner if you have any problems." The wife goes and stands on the corner and within seconds a car pulls over. "Want a date?" she asks the driver. "How much for straight sex?" he inquires. "I'll be right back," she tells the man and totters around the corner on her 6-inch heels back to her husband's car. "He wants to know how much for straight sex." "Tell him $100.00," replies her husband. Making her way back to the man she gives him the price, but he says he doesn't have that much. "How much for oral?" he asks. "I'll be right back," she tells the man and again makes her way back to her husband's car. "He wants to know how much for oral." "Tell him $40.00," says her hubby. She goes back and tells the man, who quickly agrees. She gets in his car and they pull over into a parking spot and the man takes down his pants to expose the biggest example of manhood the woman has ever seen. "I'll be right back," she says to the befuddled man and makes her way back to her husband. "Now what?" her husband asks. "Sweetie, can we loan this guy $60.00?"