Sabres Fan in NS

I agree with all of this and @Hank is also correct on the Hall sales pitch. It is too bad, cus I think @dudacek has the best idea for line combos to maximize the offence. I really would like to see those combos at times during most games.

It was an SCTV skit from the 1970s spoofing The Love Boat. It was great, but can't find a link.

DAMN!! We may never see #taylorhall4 in a Sabre uniform.

Is that the one where Captain Elchy and the crew of The Lovecraft are looking for rich American divorced women with big breasts?

An early January training camp and mid-January season start seems a bit far fetched to me. If things keep up like they are now, I think we are more realistically looking at October 2021 for a 2021/22 season start. What happens to all the 1 year contracts in that case? Are they pushed to the 2021/22 season?

Is this thing still on ?? ...

Hey, hey, hey, hey ... this is what you wanted ... this is what you're going to get ........

My bold prediction is that Hall will love playing with Eich and Samson. That line will blow the doors off the league. Patty and Mogilny all over again ... I can't even remember who was the other winger on that line. Hall will stay and sign a team friendly $8.5 for 5 year deal. Of course, this assumes they play at all in 2021. If there is no season what happens with the Hall contract he signed in July?

Ha!! You are a jolly joker, you are. Best album of decade, maybe even all time. Sorry for your loss, by the way.

I don't have a live link handy to the story below from CP, which is our outlet of the AP ... ===== A long way from lab bench to bedside: Virus experts urge COVID-19 vaccine caution Bob Weber The Canadian PressStaff Contact Published Saturday, November 21, 2020 12:45PM ESTLast Updated Sunday, November 22, 2020 9:19AM EST Despite recent optimism over reported results from COVID-19 vaccine trials, virologists say there is still a long way from lab bench to bedside. "You would think by this stage of the pandemic we would be leery and skeptical of science by press release," said Ross Upshur of the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health. "The data that has been released was interim data," said Alyson Kelvin of Dalhousie University. "The trials are still going on." Two companies, Pfizer and Moderna, have recently announced they've developed COVID-19 vaccines that are 95 per cent effective. The news has juiced stock markets, induced politicians to call for expedited use and blown a breath of optimism to a world weary of masks and self-isolation. But wait a minute, experts say. A 95-per-cent effective vaccine doesn't mean it completely protects 95 per cent of recipients. It means recipients have a 95-per-cent lower chance of contracting the disease than someone who didn't receive it. "It's a relative comparison," said Upshur. As well, there's a ton of data that has to be independently reviewed, none of which has yet been released. Researchers have to confirm if there's anything that might have distorted the results. "It's important to see what the actual numbers were, to see if (for example) the people who were vaccinated with the placebo were at a higher risk of contracting the disease," Kelvin said. "We want to pick apart those parameters." She says Phase 3 trials, which involve large cohorts of up to 40,000 people, typically take two to three years. That's because adverse effects sometimes take a while to appear -- especially if they involve smaller groups within society. Upshur points out 95 per cent is an exceptionally high success rate. "It's a new technology. It's a new vaccine. We've never had 95-per-cent efficacy before and we've got a very bad track record with respiratory virus vaccines." Both Pfizer and Moderna have applied in the United States for emergency approval to use the vaccine. That would mean everyone in the trial gets a dose of it, effectively ending any way of monitoring its ongoing effects. Mistake, said Upshur. A side-effect that only harms one in 15,000 people still adds up when you're inoculating billions. "We should let these trials run to completion." He points out every clinical trial is overseen by an ethics board, which has the power to end the trial and OK the vaccine if results are unequivocal. No such decision has been made for either company. Public health agencies don't need any more skepticism over the safety of vaccines, Upshur said. "The World Health Organization has declared vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 threats to global health." Both scientists say the work done to prepare a possible vaccine for an unknown virus in less than a year is impressive work. Kelvin said the drug companies benefited from previous work from around the world on the Zika and MERS viruses. "We wouldn't be where we are today without that previous experience." Upshur said virologists understand the pressing need to come up with an answer to COVID-19. But he said more work is needed to ensure the cure isn't, literally, worse than the disease. "Everybody wants this over yesterday," he said. "But you can't will away a pandemic and it would [be] foolish and imprudent to override our usual ways of thinking about safety and quality of vaccine." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 21, 2020.

I said from personal experience. I and my wife have had severe and prolonged issues after getting the Hep vaccine before travelling to Bosnia the first time. The virologists that I have heard are expressing concerns about the vaccines being pushed hard by the pharma companies now.

From personal experience, I do not trust any vaccine to not do more harm. Especially one that is being rushed out. I trust the medical folks much more than big Pharma.

Nope.

I really don't think that I would trade Jack for anyone on that list. The only player on the list that I would really like to see in Blue and Gold is Nathan, but I would not trade Jack, nor Rasmus II, for him.

I will NOT get this vaccine. EVER!!

Voted Collins ... That's it. That's the post. We should have a best album listing too ... ... hands down ... The Clash ... Sandinista!! I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I WILL fight all comers on this one. Am I right, @Sabel79??

RIP Maradona. One of the all time greats. It seems that there is an investigation going on in Argentina. He had it all and then he found cocaine. Terrible. I think he is finally answering for the *hand of God* goal in 1986 WC quarter final against England.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends to the south. I hope that yous all are only online shopping this Black Friday.

Happy Birthday @Wyldnwoody44 !!

I can't believe I am going to post this, but I have a confession to make ... ... I have tasted the Apple Cult Kool-Aid and it tastes pretty good, so far. My trusted Blackberry PRIV has been acting up for about 6 months. It seemed to be on it's last legs and since BB does not make phones anymore, or seems that way, I looked into some iPhones. Desided to try the SE and it seems very good. Now I must pray for mercy ...

Just logged on for the first time in a while. Everything looks great. Thanks @SDS for taking such good care of us.

Not a big Hulk fan, but you get the idea. In college we used watch WWF and then go out drinking. Good times. That was at least 3, or 4, lives ago. I'm part cat ... I'm up to 7.5 lives to date.

WWF in the early to mid 1980s was the best wrastling ever.

Moving sucks ... That's all.

I love green colour. Especially sexy green colour dresses with either a slit from the toes to the __________ (fill in the blank), or a hem line 2.5 inches above the knee. That's it. That's the post.