Bob in Mich

RIP

This is not said very often by sports fans but I am generally pleased with NHL officiating these days. ‘Ref you suck’ is still heard a couple times a game as fans are gonna fan after all. If you are old enough you may remember in 1975 the Aud echoing with ‘Harris is a bum’. Wally Harris was not a fan favorite. Different refs called much different games and it could be maddening. The NHL got it right when they took the personalities out of the officiating. These days, I typically have no idea who the refs are and I think that is great. Sure, there may be mistakes made but I think the officiating is much more consistent than back in the day

Hope it goes well!

I recall the Chefs had a 6’10” TE named Morris Stroud in the late 60’s into the early 70’s. Coach Stram lined him up just in front of the cross bar to try and block a long field goal try. I don’t think it ever worked and the league outlawed the practice soon after but give them credit for thinking outside the box

Sorry to hear Jim. My condolences

One of those ‘eye of the beholder’ things I guess. I just watched YouTube highlights of the Dolphins-Chargers game and I found Harlan’s over hyped style to be pretty annoying. I suppose if he was gushing about your players it would be easier to stomach. Hopefully the Bills don’t give him much to gush about on the Raiders

CNN and Sanjay Gupta are airing Weed 7 : A Senior Moment tonight (Sunday 8/6) at 8pm

While it is great to see UPL steal the game for us, the other side of that coin is we were pretty significantly outplayed. We seem to give up way too many scoring chances. Breakaways aside, we give up a lot of chances from deep in the slot. Doesn’t that imply our centers or wings aren’t picking up these shooters? It seems we wouldn’t typically want our D men being pulled so far from the net. Any opinions on why the deep slots seem so often open?

If the Bills seriously want OBJ when he is healthy, and I am not all that sure they do, would they consider offering him some money to join our practice squad? Not sure how much it would take to lure him to Buffalo but it would be an opportunity to try out the fit, demonstrate the Bills culture, and allow him to learn the offense. Any team could sign him off our PS if they have a roster spot and the money he wants, but is that much different for OBJ than his current FA status? It might give us a better shot at signing him, if we are truly interested.

Since I lived outside of WNY for many years I had to make my own wings if I wanted anything close to those found around WNY. I grilled wings ‘low and slow’ at home for many years and seasoned with a recipe I learned from a Hamburg bar employee. The main ingredient is Franks. In a larger saucepan, Melt a single pat of butter. More is not better in this case. Add a few glugs of Frank’s, three or four squirts of Worcestershire sauce, four or five shakes of garlic powder, six or seven shakes of celery seed, and add Tabasco as desired(I add about 9-10 drops for a 10 wing batch). Grill the wings, best kept together the drummie and the flat as it is easier to tell which have been turned, for about 45 minutes, turning every 7 minutes or so depending on heat of your grill. Low and slow works best for me as one can have a couple of beers while cheffing. After they are basically cooked, put them in the saucepan, cover, and shake to coat. I like to put them back on indirect heat for another 5 minutes or so but if you like them wet, skip that step. Recently I got one of those Ninja air fryers and love cooking wings with it. They taste more like the bar made deep fried wings and when grilling is inconvenient, they are the go to lately. I use the above mentioned sauce but have found a couple of Buffalo Wild Wing sauces (sold at Sam’s Club) that are quite tasty. Sam’s sells a 2’ pack of 20 oz sauces for 7.99 - Garlic Parm and Asian Zing. Amazingly, my latest cholesterol numbers were down! I think that Marie’s Blue cheese must offset the wings

Oh, you mean like, ‘Stop the Steal’?

If you have ‘accepted’ the tickets, perhaps they are out of Stubhub’s control? I am not certain but seem to recall my VividSeats tix worked that way. Do you have a Ticketmaster account or the Bills app? If you can access them there, you should see a transfer option. Good luck and let us know how you make out

So there is one chip in an object that is 11 inches long, right? We assume it is roughly at some center point. When you have the ref using the width of a credit card to determine the first down on a measurement, seems like an error of 5.5 inches (half the ball length) would be problematic in determining first downs

I didn’t know that type of ‘mass shooting’ insurance even existed. The idea of thinking like an insurance company though might be helpful in the general debate. Similar to auto liability insurers, what concerns would a gun liability insurer have in agreeing to insure a gun owner (if that were a requirement)? Many of the same considerations as the auto insurer I would guess. How old is the person? They would likely have higher rates for the very young and the very old. Past history with the legal system would affect rates. Training and some proficiency testing should impact insurability and rates too. Seems if you have to prove your vision is good enough to drive, proving you can see well enough to shoot a gun might be a consideration on insurability. Anyway, I am sure there are others Without getting into the weeds of whether actual gun insurance should be required, I think looking at the issue from the perspective of an insurer can help highlight the areas possible legislation could focus on. If an insurer would not cover a person or only have coverage for an individual at astronomical rates, our laws should force a more intense screening of those individuals too

Wow, that is quite the reach there. Woulda thrown my back out with something like that