Augie

You are DRIVING the limo! Reach over and get it! I would not make that bet. It’s going to be painful enough, and even I have limits. .

What bothers me the most is, the guy who is NEXT wants the MOST. The guy who is BEST should get the most! I think it was another wise move to make Josh a VERY wealthy man when they did, and better for us in the long run.

There are disgusting people, for sure. But I’d love to be “disgustingly rich”, personally (if there is such a thing). My wife’s dream “retirement job” would be to run a foundation. It would be even better if it were our foundation! Support good causes and people in need. She spent many years in the foundation and endowment world. She doesn’t want to raise money (too many years in sales) but running a foundation? She says “who doesn’t love you for giving away someone else’s money?” Even more rewarding if it’s YOUR money helping people.

I don’t know, good schools, so……maybe. Might make a nice place “to summer”. 🤷‍♂️

I feel it’s far, far, FAR more extreme than that. I’ve lived in Cincinnati. There is not much outside of it, where LA is just more, and more, and more. Like Jacksonville, where you draw the boundaries matters.

I am more interested in the Bills than ever. They are not only good, but they are fun to watch. Josh is obviously a big part of that. I realized a few years ago that my son was into fantasy football, and he knew all about players across the league. I am not THAT. I watch the Bills, and other than that only premiere games. I used to watch whatever they put on, but now I just watch what is interesting. The refs are a problem, but they always have been to some extent. Replays from a dozen angles exacerbate the problem. We used to play, then move on. Now we watch, then re-watch. Then watch again in super-slow-mo. . And again. And they STILL don’t always get it right! FULL TIME REFS! It’s a multi-billion dollar industry. This is NOT high school basketball! .

Coming clean here…I don’t really understand how the ratings work. Would you not look at the percentage of people in any given market watching a particular event? Obviously, LA is enormous compared to Buffalo. They will have MORE people watching, but as a percentage? I would think the city would be invested in a SB with a “home town” team playing a few miles (or a few hours) up the road should mean something. But I also get that they have beaches and mountains and so much more to do. There is a reason LA went forever without a local NFL team. (One of them being a threat to other cities to build new stadiums, but that’s for another thread.) They just don’t care that much, it seems. The Dodgers can buy all the best players, and the Lakers are the Lakers. They have USC, and UCLA and so many other options, you have to win to get attention. But they just won the Super Bowl, and it just feels “that was nice, what else do you have for me?” I’m asking, not saying here.

Wait…….what was the topic again? .

I just care about the Super Bowl MVP. Give Josh that, and I’ll be a happy man!

You’re right. You can’t prove it. But you speak as though you can. You say “you recognize that we are alone in our own galaxy”, like you can be certain of that. You’ve overstepped the boundary there. No wiggling out of that. Prove it, or admit it might be untrue. You can’t win if you say it’s factual. None of us know. Your position is indefensible. It’s simple logic.

You say the bold like it was fact. Nobody can prove there is life elsewhere, but if you want to be so sure, you should provide some proof. Otherwise, you’re just guessing like everybody else. I’m just not so pompous to pretend that I’m the knower of all things, especially things we cannot know.

Ralph was subtle. 😋

Full disclosure, I think @Chandler#81 is a few years older. I think he did a couple grades twice. 😋

Disney said there was no footage. I’m guessing [The Security Manager] has them at home for his own personal entertainment. 😋

Raise your free hand if you miss the good old days!

To be fair, it was just a misunderstanding about what the “Flash” part meant. I see how that could happen. He’s registered now, however. .

This reminded me of a post in the Good Advice thread: “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” My two cents would be, it’s just not worth it.

This is what Dan Patrick has been saying the defense will be. “I was totally kidding!” It’s flimsy indeed, but difficult to prove untrue. If money changed hands, they both should be banished. With no proof, it will be interesting to see how aggressively the league will go after this.

As I’ve posted before, a friend/client many years ago would host an amazing party on AFC/NFC Championship weekend. Less hype, more football, better chance of a great game. His parties were a notch above what we were used to back then. They were AWESOME! I had hoped to hold one of those this year in our new “party house”. The Bills loss sucked the life out of me. Seriously. It’s not that it was supposed to be a Bills party, but more I just couldn’t think football for a while. By next year we should have our furniture (better than the “soccer chairs” in the media room), and the Bills will be hosting until the Super Bowl!

Ummmm…..did he get married when he was 8? 😋

Happy Birthday Jimbo! Great pic with Josh. I hope we can create a REAL running game so Josh can just pick his spots. I don’t want him needing a cane at 62 years of age. Be well, Jim!

Respectfully, they were missing their best player, and they STILL were statistically the top D in the league. The D would be seen in a different light if not for a poorly managed 13 seconds. That’s a skewed look, IMO. Every season is a new season. Time will tell what we might trot out there next year. Bob Kraft can probably get you a list of Asian Spas that might help.

I happen to agree with you in some respects. I’m not a jersey guy for a reason. I just don’t see the need to piss on this parade. I met him and his fiancé at the opener. It was her gift to him, as was the Cameo. It was kind and thoughtful. I loved the Knox message. I see no need to knock that. That’s just me being me, and you being you.

I think a lot of those playoff games would have been better if not for guys saving themselves for the Pro Bowl. 😋 An extra bye gives us a longer season, and is only fair to the players. Even if it comes with one extra game (and the related additional money).

The pinnacle was the Bills at Chiefs. That was the best game I think I’ve ever seen, despite the horrific ending. Life goes on. I agree that last night was a close game, but not a very interesting game. I don’t know if that was me and my disappointment, or if it was real. It sure felt real.