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  1. I work in the healthcare field (hospitals and health care/nursing facilities), so we all had letters to carry with us in case we got pulled over or came across a roadblock, that we were essential and needed to be on the road traveling.  One facility we work with had brought in refrigerator trailers as a temporary morgue. We had a contract with the military because they were preparing to turn the Javits Center in New York City into a temporary hospital if needed, and we would provide some of the equipment. Another facility in Rochester that had been closed was being hurriedly remodeled/rehabbed for the expected patients being transported up from NYC.  

     

    Staying in hotels was interesting, you could have a 100+ room hotel, and only 20 people staying there.  No free breakfasts, or if they still did, it was pre-packaged microwave stuff you would take back to your room.  

  2. 3 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:

    I agree, it's not fair. But on the flip side, we in California get to watch the Bills at 10am and already know what happens before people in Buffalo get to watch the game in person at 1pm. 

     

    I was in Hawaii one time, and the game started at 7am there. 

  3. https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo/2025/03/hey-hallmarkies-extras-wanted-for-hallmark-movie-filming-in-buffalo.html

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    Hallmark is also looking for extras to play a range of background roles, including:

    Gilded Age reenactors ,A violin busker, Santa Clauses, Corset-wearing women, Tourists, Ballroom dancers, Christmas formal guests, Tuxedoed men, Waitstaff, Parade spectators, String quartets

    Union and non-union actors may apply to appear in the original Hallmark movie. The eight-hour rate is listed as $216 for union background actors and $192 for non-union background actors.

     

     

     

     

    Newport Christmas_CN

  4. @Sweats, imagine dealing with this one on your job site....

     

    (yes, the pictures could be considered safe for work, if your job allows looking at pictures of girls in bikini's)

     

    https://www.boredpanda.com/tradie-woman-calls-out-double-standard-working-topless-on-hot-days

     

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    A female landscaper in Sydney, Australia, sparked mixed reactions on social media by calling out the “double standards” that allow men to work topless on hot days but not women like her. Named Shianne Fox, the tradeswoman is fittingly going by the username “TheBikini Tradie” on social media.  Taking to social media to vent about her frustration, Foxx shared that she asked her superior to take her shirt off while working like many of her tradesman colleagues do.

     

  5. 22 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

    Let me see if my math is right.

     

    Total cost for new stadium = 2500 + 1665 = 4165

     

    Old stadium cost = 1249

     

    1249 x 3 = 3747.

     

    So total cost to get a seat in new stadium more than 3 times more

     

    PSL is a one time cost, so you could split that over the 30 years for the yearly cost.

     

    $2500/30 = $83.33/year

     

     

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  6. Oh, this is sad...

     

    Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week prior, authorities say

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    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.

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    Chief Medical Investigator Dr. Heather Jarrell said it was possible that Hackman was not aware his wife was deceased in their home.

     

     

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  7. 6 hours ago, RiotAct said:

    and then fans are graciously allowed onto the field to tear down the goalposts and remove chunks of the artificial turf to take back to their man caves!!!

     

    But they will need the field and goalposts for the playoff games.   

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  8. An update...

     

    Charges filed in deaths of 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in friend's backyard | AP News


     

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    Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson are each charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance in a case that gained widespread attention on social media.

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    A doctor with a forensic lab later determined that the combined toxicity of fentanyl and cocaine killed them, according to the probable cause statement.

     

     

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  9. 35 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    My question is will they go to the 300's before the non-club 200's? And what about seniority? Does that matter at all? Is someone who only got their seats recently going to be given a chance before folks with 20+ years?

     

    That's the rumor, 300's closest to the 50-yard line first, since those people are paying more currently than the ones in the end zone 200's.  Seniority does not matter, just seat location.  

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  10. My rep emailed me today, because I refused club seats in the new stadium, and she wants me to consider non club seats in the lower bowl.  But she also mentioned this...

     

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    Over the next few weeks, we will continue to have meetings at the Stadium Experience filling available seats. At the end of the month, we will begin meeting with members in the upper level, at which point they will be eligible to purchase any remaining lower level seats.

     

  11. Diagnosed a couple years ago, my test night I think they recorded around 60 times in one hour on average. When I would have to drive for work, Syracuse to either Albany or Buffalo, each being about a 2-2.5 hour drive, I'd have to stop at least once to take a 20-minute nap or risk falling asleep at the wheel, I was so tired. Now I can't imagine sleeping without it.  I did make adjustments to the settings after using it the first week. They had set up the pressure to start at 4 and it felt like I was struggling to breathe, so I changed it to 5. The high end was set to 16, I dropped it down to 15 since it felt, as someone here said earlier, like a leaf blower on my face. Before I had it, it was not unusual for me to sleep 8-10 hours on the weekends and still be tired.  Now 7 hours seems to be my sweet spot and I'm not as tired as I used to be.  Insurance paid for the unit also. 

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  12. 11 hours ago, Simon said:

    In that case I'd leave it out by an endcap, which I occasionally do if an aisle is overcrowded and it's easier to just walk down it and grab what I need.

     

    When the wife and I go shopping, I'll stay out in the main aisle, and she will go and grab what we need from the product aisles.  

  13. 17 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

    Fairly or unfairly, this is how I remember Flutie:

     

    He'd play like badger doo-doo for three quarters, but our stout defense would keep us in the game.  


    Then in the 4th quarter, Flutie would do something magical with his legs or complete an unlikely pass and be hailed as the hero of the game.  

     

    How I remember Flutie...

     

    Post game interview after a win "I did this, I did that..."

     

    After a loss "We could not do this, we could not do that..."

     

    When leaving the stadium "Lowly Bills employee, bring me my car so I can avoid all these fans hanging out near the tunnel waiting for autographs" 

     

    And saying he's 5'10"?  Maybe in cleats.  I've stood next to him and he is my height, which is 5'8"

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  14. On 3/2/2025 at 5:24 PM, Tenhigh said:

    Big VHS is gonna pay!

     

    To protest, I'm not going to rewind my tapes before returning them to Blockbuster.  If DVD users don't need to rewind their disks, why do I have to rewind my tapes? 

  15. 10 hours ago, PastaJoe said:

    Or they could be buying it for someone else. My mother made me go to the store for my sister when it was needed right away.

     

    I once went to get some for a former girlfriend.  Had her give me the flap off the empty box she had so I knew exactly which ones to get.  This was early 1990's so no cell phone in everyone's pocket.  

     

    Another story, from when I worked at a casino.  Talking with one of the game attendants and she mentions buying condoms always makes her nervous, she was just 20 years old, I was 43.  I told her that she needed to just go in, grab a box, and slap it down on the counter and stare at the cashier, like "yea, I'm having sex and being careful."  She said she could never do that. So, when I went on my lunch break, I bought her a 12 pack. 

     

     

    5 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

     

    My store pet peeve are the robotic spill detectors at Stop 'N Shop. Not sure if they've made their way to other supermarkets but man are they annoying.

     

    https://thecounter.org/supermarket-robot-automation-ai-organized-labor-stop-and-shop/ 

     

    They're escaping the stores now...

     

    Marty the robot escapes Pennsylvania grocery store

     

     

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