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X-mas has been in use years before all of the PC BS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas http://www.crivoice.org/symbols/xmasorigin.html I find the whole argument somewhat comical. Christmas is a Christian holiday. It will always be a Christian holiday regardless of what some overly PC tool has to say about it. Ramadan will always be Muslim, Hanukkah will always be Jewish. The holiday season will always be the period of the year in which those of various faith celebrate their respective event. I'll always see it as dinner followed by midnight mass, wrapped up with presents in the AM. I don't care how others see it or if they choose to see it at all. As a matter of fact, if someone uses it as a reason to pull close to family for a few days out of the year, that's great in and of itself, beliefs aside. -Jeff

Anything with Keanu Reaves in it. In my book, he's always Ted Logan. Yes, even the Matrix.

I hate those stupid secure ID tokens. They're always out of synch. I'll take hand scanner any day; it's what we use on our DC's. Iris scan is kinda freaky.

Speed. Speed sucks. Anything w/ Keanu Reeves (Reaves?) for that matter. Yes, even The Matrix. He's always Ted Logan in my mind.

Haven't looked, but a buddy at work tells me the northern lights may be visible from the northern U.S. tonight. Might be worth a peek. -Jeff

Thank you. Exactly. My wife can't figure out why I want to move back. It's cold. The taxes are high. There's so much good in that area . I buy $500 a month in unleaded because of the traffic and the distances I have to drive. Throw in the $600 I pay on ad valorum tax on my vehicals, the $100 a month in parking, and we're on even ground. Count the 12 1/2 hours a day I'm not at home and I think Orchard Park, East Aurora, Hamburg, and Amherst look pretty damn good. *Plus* I'd get to buy another Arctic Cat. There's nothing wrong with 99.9% of population being from the area. That's a plus. I can count on one hand then number of people I know that are from Atlanta. Everyone needs to get out and see other places. A two week trip doesn't cut it. That's long enough to fall in love with a vacation spot, not long enough to learn what it's like to live somewhere new and begin to appreciate where you're from. *whew* All of that said, the Sabres and the Bills are just an icing on the cake for me. Famliarity, home town, friends, AND I can go to Bills games? Every week? Without airfare? Sign me up! Jeff

Yeah, I saw that one too. After living down south for 10 years, I miss all of WNY. It's not just the professional sports teams; I miss the food, the people, the lack of traffic, the sports teams, lack of sprawl, family, friends, four distinct seasons, and so on. Hell, I even miss the little stuff, like the "NYS Inspection Station" sign that hung on the gas station I'd stop at on the way to work. I don't dislike the South per se, but I can think of 1000 reasons I'd rather be back home. The "it's our obligation to buy tickets" really fumes me. They've put a sub-par product on the field for years. Now that people (who have been more than patient) are starting to show their irritation with their wallets, they're put through a guilt trip. It's not fair to the people in the area. I wish it was that easy to sell a product in other markets. Delta should try that approach with plane tickets. Another factor is the Sabre's success. Buffalonians aren't known for being rich. The disposable income for most just isn't there. The Sabres have sold out the world because there's a better quality product on the ice. That's going to eat away at the Bills' attendance. I know I probably speak for a lot of people when I say this, but If I lived within a five hour drive, I'd have season tickets because I want to see the games, records be damned. 1-15 or 16-0, I'd go year after year because I like the team. You're preaching to the choir. We're a bunch of expatriots reading an online forum about our team. 99.5% of us would *love* to be there. The problem is 8-8, 3-13, 8-8, 6-10, 9-7, 6-10, and whatever this year turns out to be should it not end on a positive note. -Jeff

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but did anyone see that man show where they had that kid out there on the streets in a booth trying to end woman's sufferage? Nearly two-thirds of the woman that walked by signed the petition.

Dead on. Docs wnated to throw me on medicine for that type of thing when I was in elementary school (I'm 27 now). My mother did exactly this. Cut out sugars, certain food additives. They also got me into a few things where I could burn off the energy (Karate, etc). It wasn't ADD at all, I was just a hyper kid. -Jeff

Not worth it. Don't let road rage like that get to you. It's harder said that done, but 100% not worth it. Screw him. He's wrong. -Jeff

An A4 in RTP? Isn't that like a drunk at a Bills game? People like that really piss me off too. Drivers around here (Southern?) are atrocious. I used to get the same way but I've learned to just laugh at 'em. Take pride in the fact that you're right. Report it if you can, but don't deliver the talking to yourself!

We've been selling that thing out quite a bit prior to this year, correct? People are just getting sick of watching the team lose year after year. When they react the way that one would expect (with their hard earned money), they're made to feel guity for not supporting the local team. The fix is to field a good team (which, thank God, it looks as though we're in the process of finally doing!!). My little rant aside, if I lived within 200 miles - hell 400 miles - I'd be up there a couple/three times a year. The ~1000 ride between OP and the Atlanta 'burbs is just too damn long. If I ever make it back up there I think the first thing I do is contact the Bills' season ticket office. Not because I feel the urge to "do my part" but because I want to see my team play, suck or no suck. -Jeff

I agree. I couldn't care less about the Manning boys and I'm not even in the vicinity of the Saints, let alone behind them. Maybe they'll win the intercontinental belt this weekend. The NFL as a whole has been getting on my nerves, perhaps that's why I've really been a bigger hockey fan since the strike ended. Can you imagine WNY in 2050 if they don't get it on track? Forget the football team, that place will look like Chernobyl.

12 hours away. I usually try and hit one a year as long as vacation and stuff pan out. At the same time, I don't feel as though I should have to go. I go because I want to not because I feel the need to try and save the team.

On second thought, better make it a dome!

Oh how I love that show... and how I love "inside sources" posts.

I couldn't disagree more. After living down South for the past ten years, I miss it more than ever. A two-hour commute, ass neighbors, crowding, sprawl, traffic. I'd pay to make that all disappear.

Exactly. It would be strange but it's quite literally an hour away (err... not counting Peace Bridge delays). Toronto's got the population and whatnot to support the team. Should it not take off as they hope, there's always the insurance population down in WNY. -Jeff

I don't follow the revenue sharing stuff very closely because there isn't a lot I can do. I read up on it and keep track, but I don't live in NYS and certainly can't buy tickets or anything. You know, bad stuff doesn't exist if you ignore it! Seriously though, petitions, complaints, and angry letters don't decide this stuff. That said, if it *is* as bad as this recent blurb makes it out to be (and it very well might be a shock statement) it seems to me that the only way to keep them in the general area would be to do something about market size. I know others have balked at it, but I keep thinking that the LA thing is a non-issue. I think Toronto is more likely as they've got the Southern Ontario fan base already. We've had a couple threads on it, but it makes the most logical sense to me. The NFL has expressed interest in moving outside of the US borders, too. -Jeff

I must say, you've eclipsed JSP's best effort. Finally. Someone we can trust to get the job done right day in, day out.

I agree for the most part. The trouble I see is that each time something is defined or clarified scientifically, do we take another chip away from creationism?

Yeah, that ruined her for me.

I've a question. I mean absolutely no disrespect, so please don't take this the wrong way. When trying to counter points that non-religious folks may make, is there another source of information to quote and/or reference besides the bible? Agnostic and atheists lack the faith required to believe that what the bible says is divine. It's a circular argument. To you, the answer is easily answered in Genesis. To someone that is on the fence, the next logical question is "what makes Genesis right? What backs that up?" Thanks, Jeff

I live in GA and the house RIGHT outside of my development has like 8 of those things and a giant 20 foot lightup wooden cross in the backyard. They sell snow-cones from a Snoopy machine during the summer. -Jeff

Ignore him and and beileve whatever you want. If he's obnoxious about it, inform his management/supervisors. Personally yeah, I think I believe. I just have a hard time differentiating between belief and disagreement with "the church" if that makes sense? I could care less who gets married and I think there's a logical explaination for a lot that we attribute to divinity. At the same time, I can't buy that this is "it." If I can't really get into religion, it feels to me that I'm doing it just to go through the motions, and that's completley disrespectful to those that give it all of their faith. How's that for an answer to "do you believe?" -Jeff