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Ski16 · Ski16

Maybe you can help me out. With the Feds bailing out AIG, i keep hearing "don't worry, it didn't involve tax payer money!" My questions is, where the hell did the money come from then??

MILF · MILF

Lockport lost a great character and a fun loving popular guy, Joe Ski, the other day. Joe was one of the owners of the Ski Lodge who used to be a fixture there in the early years. He was also a long time bartender at Briandi's at the mall. He will be greatly missed by everyone whose life he touched. Seems li...

Daddydog · Daddydog

Subject: Fwd: Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A. - A Message from John Cleese To: The citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your in...

MILF · MILF

Cool, I wonder who they are bringing, and where they will be..? 'Good Morning America' to visit Niagara Falls Updated: 09/08/08 8:37 AM ABC's "Good Morning America" is coming to Western New York. Niagara Falls will be one of five train stops on the morning show's "Whis...

BUFWINGS · BUFWINGS

Palin Slashed Funding To Help Teenage Mothers. Earlier this year, Palin used a line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live. Funding for Covenant House Alaska, which provides transitional housing for teen mothers, was cut by 20 percent from $...

mike of the mountain · mike of the mountain

.................................................... Rich wrote: "Since major al-Qaida attacks are planned well in advance and have historically been s...

Mindcrime · Mindcrime

Why not come out to the Niagara Celtic Festival & highland Games!!! It's only minutes away in Olcott's Krull Park, admission is affordable (kids are free), and there's plenty of great highland g...

BrattyJenn · BrattyJenn

Figures he would pick a creepy weird Evangelical woman....Like everyone can't see through that! Does he really think that Hillary supporters are dumb enough to vote for THAT ticket? She is the ANTI-Hillary! This will set the Supreme Court back to the freakin' stone age! If he wanted to get an Alask...

Mindcrime · Mindcrime

From a fellow blogger: Sen. John McCain's campaign launched a new Internet video lambasting the media for fawning over Sen. Barack Obama. Obama supporters say that McCain, who has in the past had such good relations with the media that he called them "my base," is jealous, if not tryi...

Mindcrime · Mindcrime

...With John McCain at the helm. Already a month into the general election cycle, McCain's campaign has released a half dozen "attack ads," riddled with fallacies, negative spin and outright lies. He has accused Obama of choosing to go to the gym rather than visit the troops, switchin...

mike of the mountain · mike of the mountain

i am having some minor technical difficulties -- Edited by mike of the mountain at 23:07, 2008-07-16

BrattyJenn · BrattyJenn

I wanted to post these song lyrics....(Scott, you will especially appreciate this.) LAYIN' PIPE by David Wilcox Laying Pipe" Ringtone My daddy worked construction My brother too He got me in the union I'm payin' my dues Oh but the woman I love Has expensive taste She's never sat...

Scott Leffler · Scott Leffler

According to the Alice Kryzan camp, she'll be recieving a big-time endorsement from a prominent Democrat tomorrow under the marquis of the Riviera Theater in North Tonawanda. Click here for more. Any idea who it might be?

MILF · MILF

This is my friend's older bro......pretty cool! Abreu turns wanderlust into trek across America All Through the Town By David Dinsmore ddinsmore@thetowntalk.com August 24, 2008 The Town Talk paused its journeys through town to chat with Manny Abreu, 28, who was walking through Pinevi...

Daddydog · Daddydog

I recently travelled to Auburn NY to attend my Cousins daughters wedding...travel, hotel,nice wedding gift...... Beautiful little lakeside restaurant for the service and reception.... And a cash bar. I WAS FLOORED!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't going to comment on this untill a coworker came in last w...

BrattyJenn · BrattyJenn

You guys have probably seen this before, but it is still funny: The Eleven Evangelical Commandments Thou shalt have 11 since evangelicals go that extra mile and like to supersize things. 1. Though shalt say have a blessed day instead of goodbye to the cashier at Walgreens. 2. Thou shalt inte...

MILF · MILF

I contacted this guys father a couple years ago about buying this house to convert into a bed and breakfast/banquet hall. He said there was no way he'd ever sell. I guess his kids don't feel the same way! Old stone house awaits an owner with cash for repairs After years of neglect, building is up for s...

BUFWINGS · BUFWINGS

As a person that works on a CrapIntosh all day at work (and hating every minute of it), this article made me smile. ------------------------------------- Apple sued over iPhone 3G reception issues By Steven Musil, CNET Thu Aug 21, 1:00 AM ET An Alabama woman has filed a lawsuit against Apple, claim...

Mindcrime · Mindcrime

We just went to see "Swing Vote" starring Kevin Costner as the apathetic, blue-collar nobody who, through a technical glitch, becomes the sole deciding vote in an otherwise tied Presidential election. If you like politics, you'll love this movie. It highlights just how clueless can...

MILF · MILF

This is an interesting story after a caller today on Dialog brought up a story about cottages being built at Albion Correctional for conjugal visits. It sounds like the state cares more about prisoners getting some than their health. Any thoughts? Rod Watson: Inmate health is ignored at our risk...

Daddydog · Daddydog

I guess a sting operation by the NT Police nailed the beer vendors selling to a decoy underage person and shut down the beer sales halfway thru the Darkstar Orchestras preformance last Saturday... Bruce Hornsby has already moved his show to Buffalo so this Saturday is scrapped....Lawyers on both si...

MILF · MILF

From the Tonawanda News: Turns out Is it supposed to rain? can be a loaded question. City of Tonawanda police arrested a 67-year-old man Tuesday night for allegedly challenging another man, 75, to a fight after the two got into an argument over the weather. Herbert A. Hoffmann, 67, of 284 Main S...

BUFWINGS · BUFWINGS

Printer dots raise privacy concerns By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY WASHINGTON The affordability and growing popularity of color laser printers is raising concerns among civil liberties advocates that your privacy may not be worth the paper you're printing on. More manufacturers are outfitting gre...

Scott Leffler · Scott Leffler

This is sort of a branch off another thread here ... You asked for it you got it. Here's my thoughts: I wish I had another school option to send my kids to. In Lockport, my options are the government school, which often disappoints me ... and occasionally angers me ... and DeSales. Now, i have nothing agai...

Scott Leffler · Scott Leffler

A couple weeks ago, we got our oldest daughter (who's 11) a cell phone. It seems both surreal and completely natural at the same time. Surreal, since cell phones really weren't common when I was 11 ... and natural because my wife and I both have cell phones ... and we don't have a home phone. So rather than...

Scott Leffler · Scott Leffler

So I was planning on having a poll to see whether or not to do this ... but apparently, you must be registered to vote here ... so that didn't work. But I've decided I still have too much free time ... and if I'm going to waste hours of each day, it might as well be at my web site, right? Rules are pretty simple. Y...

Scott Leffler · Scott Leffler

I found a cool website called Wordle.net I made a "wordle" out of the names of the 20 users on this forum ... plus the video games in the arcade. Go make your own and post it here ...

Scott Leffler · Scott Leffler

Tomorrow's 2:00 of Reason talks about the different things people are doing for free gas ... including a guy selling the naming rights to his son for a $100 gas card. What's the craziest thing YOU'd do for free gas? I guess it would depend on who it was with ... and if she was cute or not. :)

Daddydog · Daddydog

[spoiler]Ok here goes again....I just got done with my post and it got lost so I will piddle through the keyboard again and try to remember what I wrote....I love the new concert venue. Saw 2 shows, and was impressed by the vendors of food, beverages and the friendly security....but as nex...

Mindcrime · Mindcrime

WASHINGTON -- The debate over offshore drilling has exposed a partisan rift among New Jersey's congressional lawmakers, who used to be nearly unanimous in opposing efforts to explore for oil or natural gas along the mid-Atlantic Coast. However, the pro-drilling momentum in Washingto...

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	Federal Government Bailout (Preview) Maybe you can help me out. With the Feds bailing out AIG, i keep hearing "don't worry, it didn't involve tax payer money!" My questions is, where the hell did the money come from then??	Ski16	12	1525	Sep 26, 2008 by Andrew
	Joe Ski (Preview) Lockport lost a great character and a fun loving popular guy, Joe Ski, the other day. Joe was one of the owners of the Ski Lodge who used to be a fixture there in the early years. He was also a long time bartender at Briandi's at the mall. He will be greatly missed by everyone whose life he touched. Seems li...	MILF	0	960	Sep 26, 2008 by MILF
	A needed laugh from Monty Python... (Preview) Subject: Fwd: Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A. - A Message from John Cleese To: The citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your in...	Daddydog	2	1145	Sep 21, 2008 by Scott Leffler
	Good Morning America coming to WNY (Preview) Cool, I wonder who they are bringing, and where they will be..? 'Good Morning America' to visit Niagara Falls Updated: 09/08/08 8:37 AM ABC's "Good Morning America" is coming to Western New York. Niagara Falls will be one of five train stops on the morning show's "Whis...	MILF	2	1054	Sep 16, 2008 by MILF
	WHY I HATE SARAH PALIN (Preview) Palin Slashed Funding To Help Teenage Mothers. Earlier this year, Palin used a line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live. Funding for Covenant House Alaska, which provides transitional housing for teen mothers, was cut by 20 percent from $...	BUFWINGS	4	1209	Sep 11, 2008 by BrattyJenn
	President Bush 7 bad guys zero , as in 0 , none , nada , zip (Preview) .................................................... Rich wrote: "Since major al-Qaida attacks are planned well in advance and have historically been s...	mike of the mountain	0	2272	Sep 11, 2008 by mike of the mountain
	What Are You Doing This Weekend? (Preview) Why not come out to the Niagara Celtic Festival & highland Games!!! It's only minutes away in Olcott's Krull Park, admission is affordable (kids are free), and there's plenty of great highland g...	Mindcrime	0	970	Sep 10, 2008 by Mindcrime
	Sarah Palin? Blech!!! (Preview) Figures he would pick a creepy weird Evangelical woman....Like everyone can't see through that! Does he really think that Hillary supporters are dumb enough to vote for THAT ticket? She is the ANTI-Hillary! This will set the Supreme Court back to the freakin' stone age! If he wanted to get an Alask...	BrattyJenn	23	1387	Sep 9, 2008 by Mindcrime
	McCain Complains As Obama Reigns (Preview) From a fellow blogger: Sen. John McCain's campaign launched a new Internet video lambasting the media for fawning over Sen. Barack Obama. Obama supporters say that McCain, who has in the past had such good relations with the media that he called them "my base," is jealous, if not tryi...	Mindcrime	20	1391	Sep 6, 2008 by BUFWINGS
	The USS Swiftboat Has Officially Been Launched... (Preview) ...With John McCain at the helm. Already a month into the general election cycle, McCain's campaign has released a half dozen "attack ads," riddled with fallacies, negative spin and outright lies. He has accused Obama of choosing to go to the gym rather than visit the troops, switchin...	Mindcrime	10	1237	Sep 6, 2008 by Mindcrime
	Barack Obama Flops then Flips makes cover of New Yorker (Preview) i am having some minor technical difficulties -- Edited by mike of the mountain at 23:07, 2008-07-16	mike of the mountain	13	1216	Sep 6, 2008 by Andrew
	In Honor of Sarah Palin.... (Preview) I wanted to post these song lyrics....(Scott, you will especially appreciate this.) LAYIN' PIPE by David Wilcox Laying Pipe" Ringtone My daddy worked construction My brother too He got me in the union I'm payin' my dues Oh but the woman I love Has expensive taste She's never sat...	BrattyJenn	1	766	Sep 4, 2008 by Scott Leffler
	Who is Alice Kryzan's secret endorsement? (Preview) According to the Alice Kryzan camp, she'll be recieving a big-time endorsement from a prominent Democrat tomorrow under the marquis of the Riviera Theater in North Tonawanda. Click here for more. Any idea who it might be?	Scott Leffler	0	825	Sep 3, 2008 by Scott Leffler
	Walking from Buffalo to Mexico (Preview) This is my friend's older bro......pretty cool! Abreu turns wanderlust into trek across America All Through the Town By David Dinsmore ddinsmore@thetowntalk.com August 24, 2008 The Town Talk paused its journeys through town to chat with Manny Abreu, 28, who was walking through Pinevi...	MILF	0	1036	Aug 30, 2008 by MILF
	New wedding tradition????? (Preview) I recently travelled to Auburn NY to attend my Cousins daughters wedding...travel, hotel,nice wedding gift...... Beautiful little lakeside restaurant for the service and reception.... And a cash bar. I WAS FLOORED!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't going to comment on this untill a coworker came in last w...	Daddydog	5	995	Aug 29, 2008 by MILF
	A funny "top 11" list.... (Preview) You guys have probably seen this before, but it is still funny: The Eleven Evangelical Commandments Thou shalt have 11 since evangelicals go that extra mile and like to supersize things. 1. Though shalt say have a blessed day instead of goodbye to the cashier at Walgreens. 2. Thou shalt inte...	BrattyJenn	0	805	Aug 28, 2008 by BrattyJenn
	Old stone house (Preview) I contacted this guys father a couple years ago about buying this house to convert into a bed and breakfast/banquet hall. He said there was no way he'd ever sell. I guess his kids don't feel the same way! Old stone house awaits an owner with cash for repairs After years of neglect, building is up for s...	MILF	5	2771	Aug 26, 2008 by Andrew
	Poetic Justice (Preview) As a person that works on a CrapIntosh all day at work (and hating every minute of it), this article made me smile. ------------------------------------- Apple sued over iPhone 3G reception issues By Steven Musil, CNET Thu Aug 21, 1:00 AM ET An Alabama woman has filed a lawsuit against Apple, claim...	BUFWINGS	1	768	Aug 22, 2008 by Mindcrime
	Swing Vote (Preview) We just went to see "Swing Vote" starring Kevin Costner as the apathetic, blue-collar nobody who, through a technical glitch, becomes the sole deciding vote in an otherwise tied Presidential election. If you like politics, you'll love this movie. It highlights just how clueless can...	Mindcrime	4	786	Aug 20, 2008 by Scott Leffler
	Inmates.... same rights? (Preview) This is an interesting story after a caller today on Dialog brought up a story about cottages being built at Albion Correctional for conjugal visits. It sounds like the state cares more about prisoners getting some than their health. Any thoughts? Rod Watson: Inmate health is ignored at our risk...	MILF	1	795	Aug 20, 2008 by Mindcrime
	LaBatts Canal Concerts in deep do do (Preview) I guess a sting operation by the NT Police nailed the beer vendors selling to a decoy underage person and shut down the beer sales halfway thru the Darkstar Orchestras preformance last Saturday... Bruce Hornsby has already moved his show to Buffalo so this Saturday is scrapped....Lawyers on both si...	Daddydog	8	1268	Aug 19, 2008 by Daddydog
	Damn weather! (Preview) From the Tonawanda News: Turns out Is it supposed to rain? can be a loaded question. City of Tonawanda police arrested a 67-year-old man Tuesday night for allegedly challenging another man, 75, to a fight after the two got into an argument over the weather. Herbert A. Hoffmann, 67, of 284 Main S...	MILF	8	829	Aug 13, 2008 by Mindcrime
	Printer dots raise privacy concerns (Preview) Printer dots raise privacy concerns By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY WASHINGTON The affordability and growing popularity of color laser printers is raising concerns among civil liberties advocates that your privacy may not be worth the paper you're printing on. More manufacturers are outfitting gre...	BUFWINGS	2	831	Aug 11, 2008 by Doc Wu
	Private school ... (Preview) This is sort of a branch off another thread here ... You asked for it you got it. Here's my thoughts: I wish I had another school option to send my kids to. In Lockport, my options are the government school, which often disappoints me ... and occasionally angers me ... and DeSales. Now, i have nothing agai...	Scott Leffler	6	1894	Jul 31, 2008 by Mindcrime
	Kids and technology ... (Preview) A couple weeks ago, we got our oldest daughter (who's 11) a cell phone. It seems both surreal and completely natural at the same time. Surreal, since cell phones really weren't common when I was 11 ... and natural because my wife and I both have cell phones ... and we don't have a home phone. So rather than...	Scott Leffler	12	2528	Jul 31, 2008 by Doc Wu
	Okay ... we'll make another go of it ... (Preview) So I was planning on having a poll to see whether or not to do this ... but apparently, you must be registered to vote here ... so that didn't work. But I've decided I still have too much free time ... and if I'm going to waste hours of each day, it might as well be at my web site, right? Rules are pretty simple. Y...	Scott Leffler	1	790	Jul 27, 2008 by BrattyJenn
	Wordle (Preview) I found a cool website called Wordle.net I made a "wordle" out of the names of the 20 users on this forum ... plus the video games in the arcade. Go make your own and post it here ...	Scott Leffler	1	765	Jul 23, 2008 by Scott Leffler
	Free gas ... (Preview) Tomorrow's 2:00 of Reason talks about the different things people are doing for free gas ... including a guy selling the naming rights to his son for a $100 gas card. What's the craziest thing YOU'd do for free gas? I guess it would depend on who it was with ... and if she was cute or not. :)	Scott Leffler	4	828	Jul 23, 2008 by millerfj
	Molson series (Preview) [spoiler]Ok here goes again....I just got done with my post and it got lost so I will piddle through the keyboard again and try to remember what I wrote....I love the new concert venue. Saw 2 shows, and was impressed by the vendors of food, beverages and the friendly security....but as nex...	Daddydog	1	755	Jul 21, 2008 by MILF
	Debate Over Offshore Drilling (Preview) WASHINGTON -- The debate over offshore drilling has exposed a partisan rift among New Jersey's congressional lawmakers, who used to be nearly unanimous in opposing efforts to explore for oil or natural gas along the mid-Atlantic Coast. However, the pro-drilling momentum in Washingto...	Mindcrime	0	745	Jul 20, 2008 by Mindcrime
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