MattPie

OEL: nope, nope, nope, oh, Doan's got you tied up? Swing!

I haven't seen Sahlens as lately at my local store (which is on the small side), I'm going over to a larger store tonight; I'll have to take a look. They usually have Weber's and the mix to make the brown hotdog sauce though.

I don't know who Mike Sharpe is either. Mick Box is the Guitarist for Uriah Heep and Ron Bushy is the drummer for Iron Butterfly (I had to look them up). I used them (somewhat joking) as examples of bands that were popular (Iron Butterfly has a platinum album and Uriah Heep had several albums in the top-50) but largely forgotten. I'm not saying the Eagles will be forgotten, BTW. Another interesting one is JJ Cale. If you look at the people that cite him as an influence it's incredible that almost no one knows who he is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJ_Cale

Pysyk back, game won, case closed! :)

Anyone tried running snowshoes? I'm not a runner, but I've run very short distances in my regular snowshoes and it's not that unnatural.

Could be, I was a kid in the 80s and not around for enough of the 70s to remember much. All the same, I don't think the Eagles currently have anywhere near the impact of Bowie or Alan Rickman on the general consciousnes; I somewhat stand by my point (not to offend anyone). It's not like it's Mick Box or Ron Bushy we're talking about here. :)

This belongs here I guess: It looks to me like the player in red that was tied up with the Linesman (73, also hit the GT) may have still been fired up and was going to go after someone else. I'm not sure what the trainer was thinking (maybe he's the kid's dad or something).

Wears a short skirt and a loooonggg jacket.

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I thought that was MODO.

Call them up and talk about how much you like all 15 NCIS shows. Although right now, football playoffs might get you some good leverage if it goes that long as those two have both games this week, right?

I wonder if there isn't a bit of media amplification. If Glen Frey (who frankly, I didn't know his name before this) dies a week or three before the current run, does it get as much play as "the next in a string of celebrity deaths"? I don't think he does, (not to dismiss his talent).

I think it was Panama, IRC. Just before reading your post, my mind jumped to playing music too. I was thinking non-stop Euro Club hits would be appropriate for them. I heard on the radio there's a couple stations in Michigan that are in a price war down below $1. I'm guessing even if that's making sense financially, the taxes in MI are lower than a lot of places in the US (think auto industry).

Couple thoughts: As someone (Wildcard?) pointed out somewhere, the Sabres need to go something like 26-11 to get to 91 points this season, or 30-7 to get to 98 points (where #8 qualified last season, abnormally high). The Sabres are not going to win 2 of 3, never mind 3 of 4 for the rest of the season. Playoffs are extremely unlikely. Now that playoffs are almost out of the picture, you need to evaluate what you have. The Sabres more or less know what they have in Johnson (borderline NHL starter on the last year of his deal) and the Sabres more or less know what they have in Ullmark (kid is a bit raw but shows some real promise once he gets used to the NA game). What they don't know is what Lehner is going to look like post-injury. The only way to know that is for him to play as much as he is possible.

It's not too much to ask that people be courteous and be better than falling into cliche. I'm generally in agreement. At best, Bucky is being lazy; at worst he's trying to demean a woman using sexist language. Assuming it's laziness for a minute; it's not that hard. Write something, then read it and ask yourself if you'd write the same thing about a man. That's it. Bucky could have just written, "In contrast with Kim's public persona, she's a known as hard-nosed boss within in the company." But then we wouldn't be talking about his crappy column. But, notice that by using a lazy and possibly sexist cliche, we're talking about that and not whatever point Bucky was trying to make. There's probably a lesson in there: no one is going to stop you from writing something that's borderline offensive, but more people are going to take you seriously if take the high road.

That's a little crazy, put it on your keychain.

I would argue that unless you're talking about a drive at the end of a half and perfect time management, the other team getting a shot at equalizing the score is more in line with the rest of the game than one team getting the ball on a coin flip and being able to end the game. I'll agree that NFL coaches can be too conservative, but kicking an extra point at the end of regulation is the right call. One number I saw was 2-point conversations are successful around 47% of the time. So it's close to the 50% chance of winning the flip (and the advantage that still gives, apparently). I think you may have that the wrong way around, but I'm not sure. I'd say TDs first with extra point an option, then TDs with only 2-point, and then FGs OK. In your system, if you get to the third possession, the game could go forever with teams not being able to score a TD. I think this thread usually hangs around until after the Superbowl, as in 2015 season not calendar year. True, the football season bleeds into 2016, but the Bills' season never does.

Seems like there's a lot of truth here. I have to wonder how much of the issues now are concussion-related. As for the goals, though, the stats guys might be able to quantify this, but I bet there are a few guys with 500 that played in the 70s and 80s that wouldn't sniff 500 today.

It think it's more that to them, he's that crazy soccer guy that screams GOOOOAAAALLLLLLL for 25 minutes.

Military bases are considered US soil, as are embassies. Diplomats would be an interesting one, if they live at the embassy, they technically reside in the US, but the hospital would be in another country. I suppose the same if someone were on a trip and had a baby.

Thanks, that's the article I read that got me thinking about it, but I couldn't find it to reference.

Anyone have any thoughts about Ted Cruz and his eligibility to hold the office? From what I understand, he was born in Canada to an American mother. There's apparently some debate as to whether "natural born citizen" applies, since the language of the law that handles people born outside the US to a US citizen say they should be treated as natural-born, but not that they are natural-born. (BTW, this didn't come up with John McCain because he was born on a US installation considered US soil in Panama) If it really comes to be, I think it ends up going to the supreme court.

Someone in another thread mentioned that AZ was going to call him up before the game so he was eligible.

That inadvertently answered my question. A player is a UFA after 27 *or* playing 7 seasons (a season being 25+ games, I believe). But if he's 22, there's no way he can get to 7 seasons before 27, so it's not a factor. The only thing that ticks over at 25 for him is rookie status.

The list of UFAs is a good start, and includes McGinn, Legwand, Cola, Weber, Johnson, and Sanguinetti. Of those, I'd only really forsee to see McGinn back if he wants to be here.