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OJ was the most public murder trial in the history of mankind. In a world driven by PR, it’s tough finding anything that comes anywhere close to matching up with that one.

We had to buy a new car within the last two months and ever since, I've been flooded with extended warranty robocalls and junk mail. Apparently the wife is getting them too. It's easy enough to ignore the robocalls, but for whatever reason the damn things all leave voicemails. I'm the type who wants to clear out any notifications on my phone, so the voicemail requires one extra step to rid the phone of all of those little red circles. I think verizon had actually been taking steps to eliminate the spam calls. I was down to almost none of them up until the new car.

The whole Myles Garrett thing just took an incredibly predictable turn...

Then there are the guys currently in top 6 roles who are much better suited for bottom 6. They get bumped back down so addressing the top 6 also addresses the bottom 6.

Does NY require a police "escort" for the work zones? I know some people like to complain about the cost of something like that, but I've always viewed that as the most effective way to protect the guys out there. The flashing lights tend to catch the attention of most drivers. The ones who miss that are probably going to miss just about anything. The earbud thing, now that's one that drives me crazy. I was always under the impression that wearing headphones while driving was illegal, but maybe that's not the case. The ones I see all the time are people wearing those obnoxiously large headphones while driving. Now if by some chance they're just wearing them and not actually listening to anything, there still has to be at least some level of noise cancellation from that. So now you don't hear honks, sirens, or something else like a train whistle. How stupid can you be?

It's one single car approaching the front of the line like that which leads to the increased speed. If more people are using that lane it would naturally cause that slow down that you're calling for. And if you want to prevent people from approaching the work zone with speed, build in a bigger buffer between the lane closure and the actual start of the work zone.

@Ogre Most cars merging over early like that actually slows down traffic significantly. The full road winds up not being used and multiple choke points are created. The most efficient is to use both lanes and then have people alternately merge at the point of the lane shift. The problem is that it's tough to get more people to follow this practice, it's so ingrained in us to merge over early. Google "zipper merge", traffic jams will be eased significantly if more people learn this. I get the feeling the cop put on a show for you because this kid did nothing wrong... well, other than the 911 call of course.

Completely unrelated to the topic, but does anyone else get an ad for Uggs at the bottom of this link? I don't know why, but it looks like they photoshopped the head of the little girl on the left onto her body backwards.

Teppo did have the surgery though. I'm not sure of the legality of the whole thing, but I feel like not showing up simply because of what is just a disagreement at this point warrants still getting paid. Having it done would force their hand. Sitting for two+ months because you need a surgery but then not actually having the surgery? It's a weird look. But like I said, I'm no lawyer.

I know we're down on Vesey, but replacing the 100% perimeter game of Olofsson with someone who will actually go to the net may actually lead to some results. If nothing else, it can't possibly decrease the production of those two wings.

Am I reading this right? He wants to have a surgery but the team doesn't want him to do it. If that's the case, actually having the surgery would probably help his appeal.

I have a secret source too. Here's a hint: I'm sitting on it.

So that was the house you were hiding out in front of back in those days? Good to know.

And it screams hockey.

Kind of early for a drink, don't you think? Yeah yeah, I saw what time you made that post. But I can't help but picture parents drinking during their kids' 6am practices.

How would this have worked? Middle-aged PA makes a "post" and mails it out to SDS. He then hand writes multiple copies and mails those to everyone else. Two weeks later you trek out to the mailbox and finally find your response from Freeman calling you obtuse?

So do they expect him to continue to get paid even though he never reported to the team? I've never seen any statement from his side on exactly why he's not there, but then again, I really haven't looked. If it's a health related thing, fine, but even with that you can't expect so say you'll play if and when you want to and still expect a routine salary. It's the player assistance program. It's a confidential thing so you won't get the specifics unless someone creepily leaks them out. It has to be some sort of personal or health issue. Think of it as a different type of LTIR, so that's where the cap relief comes from. More importantly, it's a program that will offer him assistance with whatever issue he may be facing. And after a quick google search, I had never read his background story before. That's some messed up stuff. I can't imagine living out a very public life under those circumstances.

His spot on the depth chart could not be more obvious. He has played 4 games and each time it was when the number of healthy bodies dictated it. He's off to the waiver wire if/when the injured finally return. If by some chance they actually decide to carry 3 spare D and no Fs at that point, I've officially lost what little faith I had left. I'd much rather have Lazar or Asplund in the press box and available as opposed to 17 different defensemen.

I've said it a few time on here and I'm still convinced that they made the gentleman's agreement when signing him that he would never go to the AHL. That's the only reason that makes any sense to me as to why he has stayed up 100% of the time. This type of agreement can't be made on paper, but the players and agents will remember it if you make that promise and then don't follow through.

They have very little interest in playing Gilmour on their own blue line. So if they're going to mess with the head of any of the D by making him play out of position, it may as well be the guy that will never get any time at his natural position.

And on top of all of that, draft forwards instead of those two guys and the team is still in the exact same place that they are today. Fixing the offense 3-5 years down the road does nothing for the inability to score today. What does? Trades. Players drafted at any point after Samuelsson have a combined 18 games played with a stat line of 0-0-0. Those after Johnson? No games yet. The moves are going to come at some point to reshuffle this prospect pool. Sadly for the mental health of this board, I don't see it coming until the offseason at the earliest.

And what always follows Barrie Moore? The coming of Satan.

Here's what's really bugging me. I gave up on the Bills for good about 5 years ago. My viewing habits for this team are starting to be an exact copy of what they were for the Bills prior to that. Each year I'd tap out at some point in the middle of the season and that cutoff hit earlier and earlier each year. I really don't want to reach that point with the Sabres, but I'm starting to see the writing on the wall. My one hope is that my interest in football, if you can call it that, was never anywhere near what it was with hockey. But still, it bothers me that my fandom may be in the same exact death spiral as this team.

You mention cannibalism in one sentence and then expect to hear from the victim in the next?

When it doubt, just add vowels.