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What more can anyone add, just awesome. My brother lives in the area and its one of the things he keeps tellling me i have to come down and see.........and from the pics. He aint kiddin. Thanks for bringin me there, cuz i may never take the drive down to see it in person lol. (i dont fly) Some of those shots should be considered for their brochure. I would even contact them and send them to em. You definitely captured a moment with your baby for sure.

Call them the Toronto Buffalos , at least that way we have a little something down here to hold on to. And they can keep the logo the same so they remain familiar to us in buffalo. Its the only team in the league i think that the logo is designed after the city in the team name. Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons........etc. etc.......Buffalo Bills? What the helk is a Bill..........guess thats why they chose the buffalo to come up with the mascot and Logo lol. (i know i know, they got it from the famous "Buffalo Bill" Cody) So why didnt we plaster a picture of him on the side of the helmet instead of a Buffalo . lol Anyway.... a rarety to have the logo represent the city name and not the second part of the name. Buffalo sabres for instance, we have sabres (swords) as the logo, oh wait a minute, we have a Buffalo in our NHL logo too, or is it a slug. Anyway, Im rambling. lol

.. hanging out in Margatwitaville

hmmmm,.....who knew? lol

The Bills in T.O. is horrible idea,

 

Stadium too small

Ticket Prices are ridiculas, for the 397 $ I spemnt on seasons this year in Buffalo you get 1-2 tickets for 1 game up here.

No TAILGATING because everyone up here is too uptight.

Crappy corporate turnout like the the Maple Losers!

Keep them in Buffalo where the games are fun and affordable.

yet another voice of reason.

Ticket price is waaaaaay to high. People will pay becuase of the novelty for now, though.

 

Although, I did hear Bob McCowan on the FAN 590 say ticket sales are not going as quickly as expected.

 

I live in Hamilton so I'd rather drive 50 miles south and see 'em for 50 bucks than drive 50 miles north and see 'em for 200 bucks.

 

And I do feel sorry for Buffalo residents. This casts a dark shadow over your team for a few years as you wonder if you team will still be in Buffalo in the near future.

Well said...........perfect actually

Could not have said it better myself.. while I like the NFL.. The CFL is more Grit and less glory..

 

you can see a Bills game in buffalo for 50 bux.. here in Toronto it will cost you over 200 bux... make sense to anyone?

 

Nope I will not be seeing them here in Toronto.. they can take their 150% profit and share it with the gas companies.

 

:wallbash: :wallbash:

 

G

This is the mentality i was hoping to hear......I cringe at yet another corporate money making decision taking precidence over a loyal fanbase , both canadian and local.

I'd prefer having another NHL team in toronto... can u like move the Bills to Tampa or Anaheim to trade for their NHL team to here instead?

Not a CHANCE lol, well, not if i can help it. The sabres, to me anyway, are alot more dear to me than any Football team. If they left, Id move with them!

Another thread planted this seed, so I Had to get a canadian perspective on this ever growing concern down here in Buffalo. So Hows bout it........what are the feelings up there on the possibility of our team down here coming north. Both the set in place games coming up the next five years , and the possibility of the team becoming yours?

Ive heard your comments on the ACC clientel.......How are all the "suits and ties" gonna handle the elements of an open roof stadium, or will it be 100% box seats or possibly a dome LOL

That reminds me of when the Sky Dome first opened up in Toronto and anyone in the US couldn't buy a ticket for any games for several years. Now they market the Blue Jays here in the Buffalo area.

 

What goes around comes around

Wonder if we'll be able to get a Toronto .....i mean Buffalo Bills ticket down here when they move up to the GTA. Thats becoming a scarier reality by the day

Remember that Marty?

I think I will take you up on that offer now, please!

shoot, talk about callin a guys bluff.....youve got a mind like a steel trap stoty LOL

He sure looks reluctant to let his guard down lol. Might be that doggie or whatever is under the trailer that has him trying to stay on the lookout. Just put your head down and get on with the nap little one lol

looks like a good "fish and ski" to me. Who makes the boat by the way....i see astro, but who is the manufacturer. That things got some strange lines to it. Looks like the nose dips down as does the back end

Found your coin by googling

The White Trillium piece is from a set of medallions made in 1967, and distributed through gas stations as a promotional item for Canada's Centennial (the date refers to the date the particular province enter Confederation, and this fools a lot of people). Unfortunately they remain very common, and complete sets of 13 medals can be had for $5 or $10. also found it on e-bay below

White Trillium

 

We can only imagine 2057

End of the world is Dec. 21st 2012 so we wont have to worry about that lol

HAHAHAHA

 

Yet sad at the same time, because everything is true.

BINGO!

SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.

2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge> them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal.

Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's Mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1957 - Ants die.

2007 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

 

da da ding ding ding ding ding!

You forgot 2 dings.

Ripped this off of Wikipedia:

The blue walleye (Sander vitreus glaucus), erroneously called the blue pike, was a subspecies of the walleye that went extinct in the 1980s. Until the middle of the 20th century, it was a commercially valuable fish with about a half million tonnes being landed during the period from about 1880 to the late 1950s, when the populations collapsed.

The fish was endemic to lakes Erie and Ontario of the Great Lakes region of North America, including the inter-connecting Niagara River, but most especially to Lake Erie where it sometimes represented more than 50% of the commercial catch. The subspecies was apparently extirpated by about 1983 through a combination of anthropogenic eutrophication, overfishing and competition with the introduced rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax. The subspecies is now considered extinct.

There are occasional reports of blue walleye being caught from waters in the Great Lakes Basin. This is because many yellow walleye populations also contain a colour variant with a bluish colour. The actual blue walleye, however, was said to be distinguishable from the yellow walleye by various meristics and morphometrics which the blue colour variant of the yellow walleye seems not to share. Reportedly, though, some of the meristic and morphometric differences may simply have been artifacts of the different growth rates of yellow and blue walleyes. The clearest evidence, however, is that the blue walleye, whatever its taxonomic status, has been lost. Nonetheless, an investigation of genetic material from preserved blue walleye specimens is currently underway in several research facilities in an effort to decipher the true status of the populations.

To date, none of the bluish-coloured walleyes recently captured has been shown to be a blue walleye, despite the fact that at least one organization in the US is offering a reward for the successful capture of a blue walleye specimen. A United States Fish and Wildlife Service recovery plan in the mid-1970s was unable to find any certain evidence of the blue walleye's existence at that time. Nine purported blue walleyes captured in 1975, including a number of gravid females, were inconclusive as to their subspecific designation and failed to produce any viable offspring through artificial propagation. The last known blue walleyes, to any degree of certainty, were captured in about 1983 from both lakes Erie and Ontario. Subsequent exhaustive efforts to find a relict population have been entirely unsuccessful. The loss of the blue walleye is, arguably, an extinction event on par with the loss of the passenger pigeon and the near-extirpation of the American bison. Where once the subspecies numbered in the millions, all are now gone.

How can they win one, if the series is over tonight??

Also, Bang On......didnt get that either........whut Duh?

Because YOU gave them that option in the vote! lol

Bang on, i was scratchin my head over that one too

You guys gotta stop posting these Youtube links.........everytime i view a thread with one, i end up getting sucked into Youtube world looking at related videos for half an hour LOL

We are assuming the current series are over which is something i dont like to do, for obvious reasons. But i still say Crosby......i mean Pittsburg.......wins it all in an exciting nail biting game seven in the final series, in overtime, and Crosby will score the game winner and be the first to hoist the cup. It will be a dramatic overtime goal.

Anyone notice the celebration from the pens after their win last night.......a little laid back if ya ask me? youd think they just won a regular season non divisional game in the 3rd game of the season or something. Whoop it up boys, ya just went up 3 zip in the semis' on your way to the cup finals!? lol

I would not count out the flyers just yet. Time for them to head home,heal some wounds(not many but a few)

Flyers have been handcuffed by the refs abit,but they will put the hurt on, come the next 2 games at home.

Flyer fans are the roughest and rodiest there is.

I will give Stoty the edge on the wings. The are a all rounded team. I dont see either pit/flyers beating them. They are cool and under control.

 

GO LEAFS GO in 09.

Ruh Roh! I thought the same as you did, but that sure didnt happen last night.

lol, i was just being fasiscious?,....facetious?,......fusseeshus?......dah, i was just kiddin (sort of )

Its all rigged......Of course Crosby.....ah hem, i mean Pittsburg is gonna win the cup. Syd is the marketing puppet for a league that is having trouble finding new viewers to support itself. What better way to bring attention to the league and attract outside fans than to overpromote some new superhuman phenomenon player to bring the sport to the forefront and give it the attention it needs. Who else would bettman want to win the cup........hes gonna put Crosbys face on every TV screen, magazine and cereal box across north america and beyond to fish for a new audience.

Case and point......the ice bowl, whos in it but Pittsburg and Crosby......with the world watching, it just so happens to go to an exciting sudden death overtime game, then to a nail biter shootout, and who happens to win it with his goal in the shootout with all these prospective fans looking on.? Come on now........who do you think is going to be hoisting the cup over his head in a few weeks?

Its worse than professional wrestling really.