I am Defecting

The price of what? Our pride, our dignity, our loyalty? No that's tanking! Season tickets, curiously, will go up, and up, and up, till.. This bubble's gonna burst! The smell of rotten garbage will be enough to drive ticket holders away. There will be enough amateur hockey in the area to satisfy demand. We will dump our rotten garbage in the middle of the 'professional' ice, and Buffalo will be proud!

What if Bill Murray... Well, it would be a lot better than this ######-show.

Kim Jung Un? Sorry, I don't have the software.

I don't think we can win without Stafford. How times have changed.

Tied 1-1. Poor rebound control by Elliot. If the Blues were smart, they'd bring on Miller. Reeves and Bollig fought afterwards, and it was a stupid staged draw.

Ryan Miller better get his groove on, then.

And you're not a Secret Agent?.. Curious indeed. If you are a secret agent, it's OK - you can say, "no," and I'll "understand." Were hiring double secret agents, BTW, now that the sequestration is over - so PM me your resume, if you'd like to say, "yes," but your current job forbids it.

Same here. No disrespect, but if you don't work for the Sabres, do you happen to work for East Management Services, or are you a third or fourth party agent of either entity? I like your informative posts, by the way, and don't have a problem with your enthusiasm.

Miller's getting a rest today against the Blackhawks. Brian Elliot will start. It's not the typical situation where the backup would start, but Elliot's better than the average backup. Wouldn't it be funny if the Blues rode Elliot to the Conference Finals?

Well, like Potato said, it need not necessarily be a choice to consume. Passive consumption via second hand smoke is a curious example. I'm thinking of enclosed areas, such as bars, homes, or cars, where non-smokers, or passive consumers would be exposed 'by circumstance' to their own detriment. In the case of cigarette smoke, the risks are well known, and on the side of every cigarette pack. Perhaps this raises the question of whether or not the Sabres are habit forming. In the case of Sabres games, the team hasn't hidden the fact that the fans will suffer, but at what point should a disclaimer be printed on the tickets? That way, the Sabres could say that the fans, or active consumers, were well informed about the risks of attending a game. Now, how about the passive consumers in the bars, homes, and cars, or even those who might read Sabres related headlines by accident. Are they entitled to any sort of legal protections? And, I ask you, is Sabretooth not the Hockey World's version of Joe Camel?

Thank you. You've given me a lot to think about with your example, and how it might relate to other matters.

It was more of a specialty boutique, seeing as he only carried seersucker and linen dressing gowns. I believe he called it Wrinkly Rob's.

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I think that I must admit, that you did consume the drink, even if it was by accident. This leads me to believe that consumption isn't purely a matter of choice, here on SabreSpace, but could also be a byproduct of circumstance, as in North Korea. For,would it be any different, if it wasn't an accident, but somebody intentionally switched the drinks so that you would drink the wrong one?

It's not futile to complain. Complaining can serve many useful ends. How do you think we got beer shelves at the urinals?

Does this mean that, once the information is obtained, purchased, read, or viewed, that one has consumed said information? Does this mean, that if you were to read a sign that I was holding, which said, for example, "CAN'T WIN BY LOSING," that would make you the consumer, and me the producer? Perhaps it would make a difference if you read it by accident, but by your definition, no such qualifications are given.

So are you equating being a consumer with being a reader, then?

Consumer as in "purchaser?"

What do you mean by "consumption?"

Wait until the soil is dry enough before you rototill, or double-dig. To test if the ground is ready, pry up a spade-full of dirt and squeeze a handful of dirt into a ball. If you can squeeze water out of it, it's still too wet. The only thing that you should put in the ground before late May, of the vegetables you mentioned, is the spinach. You can plant spinach as soon as the garden's dug up. The eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, cukes, basil, and greenbeans usually die in temps below 37. I'd wait until late May before buying the transplants, but cukes and greenbeans are easy to grow from seed if you wait till June to plant. Garlic, you'd actually plant the year before, in the fall, 'cause it's a bulb, like a tulip, so you'll have to wait till this fall year to sow that for next year. For this year, I'd recommend getting some shallot or onion seed very soon, and filling an aluminum cake tin with store bought "potting soil." Poke a few holes in the bottom of the tin for drainage. No need to pack the potting soil in; just drop the tin on the ground from a few inches to settle the soil. Sprinkle the shallot seed on top, four-ish per inch, in straight rows about an inch between rows. Barely cover the seed with some more potting soil, and keep it moist in a sunny window. You'll need a gently shower type watering can, or a pump sprayer (like for Roundup) to water these (every day) properly. When they sprout and have grown for a couple weeks, let the soil dry out for a day, and you can lift them out by their necks, roots and all, and then bury the roots in your garden, about 4 inches apart. Then water them regularly, but gently. I'd recommend adding as much compost to your soil as you feel that you can comfortably afford, when you dig it up this spring. Don't overdo it with fertilizers. I'd also recommend planting some radishes and arugula 'cause they're quick and easy. If you want a good book on organic gardening, Eliot Coleman's are quite good, or you could just get all the advice you need on Sabrespace for FREE. Cool thread.

Permission granted. I'll try not to get weird about it, and try to proceed as if everything is normal. Let me know how you make out.

I think that the smaller ones taste better, but the jumbo's are better value. A lot of it will depend on how hungry I am, and how much capital I have, as to which I prefer on any given day. In a perfect socialist society, in which great chicken wings are a right of man, and not a luxury for the privileged few, I'd be happier with the smaller wings. Most days, though, seeing as I am on the maximum allowable benefit for food stamps, which equates to $6.30 per day per individual, and have little to show for my 40 hour work week, after collecting my meager paycheck, my thoughts turn to filling my stomach most cost-effectively, and I opt the roaster, or jumbo wing. Some people prefer an older gamier tasting chicken, but in general, as a rule, the older a chicken gets, the tougher, and coarser it tastes. Modern hybrid chickens are slaughtered at 7-8 weeks and marketed at broilers, or slightly heavier fryers, and these birds make the better tasting wings. These are the wings of the bourgeoisie. They are most often neatly arranged on a plate, with celery, carrots, and a dainty wipe. Many wing joints in the Buffalo, however, advertise their fare as "roaster wings," meaning they are bigger, though coarser, having come from a chicken that was slaughtered at 10 weeks and gained the subsequent mass. These are the wings of the proletariat, and they come in a cardboard box. This is a roundabout way of saying, that in a better, kinder, gentler world I'd be happily nibbling on dainty little gems; but in this cruel and oppressive Capital Dictatorship, I am eager to gnaw on any old chicken bone that they throw to me.

Nah... I think I owe it to him. Pardon me for taking so long to follow up. I was just about to respond, when my phone started vibrating. It was my alarm, signaling to me that it was time to go and pick up the chicken wings that I had ordered. I got into the car, and headed out to the bar. There were a lot of people drinking there, but my order was take-out. I don’t drink anymore, and I feel a little uncomfortable around that scene. I had a vague fear that somebody would buy me shot. Worst case scenario, they’d get in my face about it. They were all drunk and merry, and I may have looked emotionless, like someone who could use a stiff drink. I didn’t want to take any chances, so I beat a retreat for the door as soon as soon as a paid for my wings. They were hot wings. The sauce was good, but the wings were soggy. Why is it that I have to ask for extra crispy wings in order to get crispy wings? I remember as a teen, going out with friends for 10 cent wings, and they were big, and crispy, and the sauce would burn your face off. I paid 75 cents a piece tonight, and it’s like someone boiled and threw some sauce on them. I would have been better off cooking my own wings. Tell you what, to save some money, I’ve been known to fry up some chicken legs, wing style, and it isn’t bad at all. It’s all about the oil temp. It’s funny, how legs cost so much less than wings nowadays. Someone ought to put wing style legs on the menu, and call them ostrich wings, or something like that. What do you think? Crazy? I wonder what Ted Nolan would have done in my situation. He probably would have been polite about it, but he would have brought the wings back. He's not willing to put up with lack of effort, but he has his image to think about too. Do you think the cook at the bar was drunk? I would probably drink all the time if I worked at a bar. What do you think Nolan would have done if he found out? Do you think he would have put his arm around the guy, and been like, "we've all been there, but you've got a fryer to think about," or do you think he would have been hard on the guy? I'm surprised that the Secret Service guy that was found passed out in the hallway didn't lose his job, but I'd be interested to hear how you think that Ted Nolan would have handled the situation.

That's an important point. I don't think that it was unintelligible, but I'll give your criticism the attention that it deserves later this evening in a well-reasoned and structured response. Kudos