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I'm all for a coach with experience, but wouldn't be gung-ho for Mariucci. He went to Detroit b/c he could run the WCO inside the dome. That is his scheme, that is his bread and butter. All due respect, he's a good coach, but he's got a sunny/controlled-weather thing that is out of style with Buffalo. WCO has been tried here before. And most important, I don't think we've got the personnel to pull it off.

Steinbrenner has his 'No facial hair' and 'No long hair' (that's been stretched a bit with Randy Johnson, even tho he does keep it trimmed) rules. People look at the Yankees as being neat, orderly, consumate professionals. That's the image that he wants to present. It's his team. Likewise, if the NFL has an anti-Predator-hair policy, what's there to argue? Their league. Don't like it? Pay a fine or don't play. In the NFL, tho, it's not simply an image issue. I'd say about 80 percent of it has to do with safety. Helmets need to be fitted to the skull to prevent concussions as much as possible. And when another player rips someone's hair/skin out accidentally (or on purpose), who do you think pays the medical bills? Pretty stupid to have the injury report read, 'Out: Mike McKenzie (hair).'

I gave a letter to the postman, He put it his sack. Bright in early next morning, He brought my letter back. She wrote upon it: Return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone. We had a quarrel, a lover’s spat I write I’m sorry but my letter keeps coming back. So then I dropped it in the mailbox And sent it special d. Bright in early next morning It came right back to me. She wrote upon it: Return to sender, address unknown. No such person, no such so. This time I’m gonna take it myself And put it right in her hand. And if it comes back the very next day Then I’ll understand - the writing on it Return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone.

Yes. You don't have to do that online, probably unless you want a specific stamp design. You can just leave a check or $7.40 in the mailbox with a note requesting a book of stamps. I thought that's what you were referring when having the "delivery charge" which would be bs. I don't know about the online purchasing b/c I've never had to do it; got someone on the inside who does it for me. I couldn't speak to the reason for the return. If it worked in the recent past, I don't see why it changed now. But they do want to be sure that the person listed as the sender on a package is the one who is mailing it. I asked 'What if you're mailing a package for someone?' and was told, "You'd probably be better off to just put your name on it."

I don't think it's an unreasonable thing to do. -- Like Sharpe said, there's guys that have hair so voluminous that they need an extra half or full size for their helmets. That presents a serious safety risk. -- With players like Palamalu(?) you can't read the name on the jersey and for some, like the CB in Green Bay, it obscures half of the back number. -- Nevermind the obvious safety concern for having hair pulled out. Like that quote went "Whatever is on the inside of your helmet is yours; whatever is on the outside of your helmet is mine!" -- Comes on the heels of the NBA's dress code policy. I know that some of these guys have a problem acting like a professional, but at the very least, they could make an effort to appear like a professional.

That's what they call the little white trucks. Just asked, and according to the postal regulations, there is NOT a "delivery charge" for stamps. As I said, that truck is a "rolling post office" and if you leave $7.40 you're supposed to get a book of stamps. That's like paying your drywaller seperately for each piece of sheetrock he brings into your house; it's already part of the job description, not an extra charge. I'd bring it to someone's (postmaster's) attention; don't just let it go, man. The carrier could be making a couple hundred bucks a year on the snide. Also, learned that they will not take packages over 16 oz. from a mailbox, even with the proper postage. You must meet the carrier at the mailbox or take it to the post office, where they will ask you whether you have any explosive materials in the package. The clerk is also supposed to verify via driver's license, etc. that you are the labeled sender. They can't open a package... but there are security measures in place for detecting explosives, etc. Kind of stupid for the above reasons. Doesn't do anything for preventing a mailbomb, just that they'll be able to trace it after the fact.

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There's a delivery fee for stamps? That's news to me. That little LLV you see is a "rolling post office" according to the training propaganda. I've seen it. There should NOT be a delivery charge. Something is going on there; as I said, either you have a listless prick for a carrier or a prick for a postmaster. Or both.

Vermeil also calls running plays (MM: "What're those?") to use his workhorse back. Vermeil also has a pair. Look a few weeks back at the goal line when he could have gone for a tying FG with ~3 seconds left.... Gave the rock to LJ and they win. I would sign Vermeil in a second b/c he uses what he has to the best of their ability rather than forcing trickery, quituple reverses and passes to your FB at the goal line in a division that mandates doing power running rather than saying you're going to be a power running team.

Live-in relative works at the P.O. so I get to watch all of the propaganda training videos. There are some stupid policies, that's for sure, but they're there for the whole "CAUTION: COFFEE IS HOT!" reason. This, however, is an utterly useless exercise. Putting the sealed package in the mail for your mailman/woman vs. handing the sealed package to the clerk. They CANNOT require you to show them the contents of the package, and doing so would have lines out the doors, closely followed by everyone using FedEx or UPS. Sounds like you have a listless carrier or an over-officious prick for a postmaster. Maybe both.

I wonder how much one of those would go for on eBay.... Not much, if you're gauging by the supply-side.

Maybe that's why all the Bills fans here have been walking around with bulging eyeballs... (if you've ever heard that joke).

You have to figure that most people involved with the game have had some level of involvement with it from an early age, and either loved it enough and were good enough at what they did to earn the chance to coach at a professional level. You think Mr. Miller walked in off the street and was handed the job or something? 'X position isn't the strongest link on the football team; must be that X coach sucks; why does he suck?; look at his bio; he never played football in college or the pros; voila! he's not very good.' Let me ask you, Mr. Sullivan. Do you like it at the BNews? Does it pay well? I've got a great idea for my doctoral thesis. You wouldn't mind doing all the research and writing the paper for me, would you? While you're at it, there's the oral defense, too.

You're mixing the rules. A team must notify the league a year in advance that it intends to change the design of the regular unis. The team can ask the league office for a waiver of the two-game limit to wear the alternate jersey. This can be done at any time. (You can look at the "Ask the GM" column on BB.com to verify it if you want.) Tho, it's a lot like my 5-year-old nephew asking for a cookie before he eats his veggies.... "Geeeee, let me think..... NO!"

I was pointing out Clements --- guy played at Notre Dame, WTF? Like I don't know this? --- as a coach who's had "playing experience" and has done so well a job that he's been officially castrated as OC.

How 'bout Bobby April? He wasn't a kicker in college or the pros; he was a LBer at a really small school. He must not be a good ST coach. Keep listing the other assistants, OCs, DCs, HCs, GMs, etc. who don't have playing experience yet have had success, and those who have had playing experience yet have sucked. You'll be here for a while. Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that our top two guys (and on several other teams, our top two would be third-stringers) were coming off of knee injuries, and the promising rookie was lost for the season, could it? Nah....

Look at Tom Clements as another indication that the original post's line of reasoning sucks. Also, Jim McNally's success (well, with other teams --- tho how can you blame the man for not making bricks when he isn't given clay?). Playing experience has nothing --- not one thing --- to do with being an effective coach. It's an entirely different skill set, and requires an understanding of the macrocosm of the system rather than the microcosm of the individual player's assignment in said system. Nevermind that just b/c you can do something, doesn't mean you can teach it.

Don't know if you've watched since about Week Five of season. From the first halves (I can't make it past that, usually), Madden has been pretty good. The repetition and the bumbling have been at a minimum and he's offered some good insights. I think it's got something to do with the addition of Sam Ryan () as a hot sideline girl who actually knows something about the game. Maybe she puts some fire in his loins. Maybe it's some better games on MNF instead of 38-3 suck-fests.

Having majored in the print industry, that stuff is going to get newspapers, books, etc. back into the fore over the next 10 years. And it'll make copy editing/layout fun again. From what I've read and just in some theories I floated around in my head while working on some papers about the future of print, there would be massive potential in savings and a great thing for the environment to cut out/down the use of paper. The amount of paper in a Sunday NYT costs ~$9 and is probably about 1/10th of a tree.

ESPN is getting MNF in a sideways switch w/in Disney Corp. ABC won't have any pro football. Agreed that Theismann won't last long w/ Michaels. It'll be two 'play-by-play' straight men butting heads and no one doing 'color.' NBC is getting Sunday Night Football. That's where Madden is headed.

Recommend "Holidays on Ice" (there's a picture of a glass of scotch on the cover ) by David Sedaris. Funniest holiday stories you ever heard. BTW, it's a book.

My mouth was agape for a few minutes after I heard that tonight. Got into WW late, but it has/d turned into one of the two shows I had to watch. Last season and this year have been a little disappointing, post-Sorkin. His character is running for VP, and they've been fast pulling the past stars off the stage with the cane. Somewhat precient that his character suffered a major coronary that required him to step back from his position as chief of staff.... With this news, I don't know how the hell they work it into the show and who might try to fill his shoes (regardless what you think of TWW's slant, JS was a damn fine actor). They've filmed episodes up to the title of "Two Weeks Out [until the election]" meaning that John Wells and his writers are going to have some tough decisions and/or some serious tap-dancing to do. Truly, I think this may be the final nail for its cancellation/non-renewal at the end of this season.

Some of the biggest enviros I know are hunters (vested interest) that no one would ever accuse of being liberals, socialists or commies. This isn't a red/blue issue, even tho he tries to make it so. George Will can stick his bowtie up his ass.

In the medieval times, they did a lot of things by maternal provenance. There was a very serious distrust that women would sleep with anyone and everyone. Often, things were passed down the family to a nephew born to your sister rather than what were supposedly your children --- b/c you can at least be certain that they share your blood. You can be sure of who the mother of a child is b/c her part was 9 months; you can't be sure of who the father was b/c his part was about 10 minutes. Maybe.

Yeah, it's possible. Hell, I'll even say it's very possible. But the fact that they've learned to close their eyes and mimic Billy Graham's preaching voice doesn't change the fact that he killed four (and likely more) people. B/c he now believes in an invisible entity, a murderer is supposed to get a pass? I'm more of an Old Testament guy, myself.