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cherry orchard near Waldo, WI
buckhill(z4 WI)June 21, 2009
Is there still a cherry orchard near Waldo (Sheboygan area)? We used to go there years ago, and liked it because it wasn't as far Door County.
Here's a link that might help:
I think you might mean the Daane's Gibbsville Orchard in Gibbsville or Strojny Orchard outside of Oostburg. I've gotten cherries from Daane's in previous years. Make sure to call ahead and verify that they have fruit and will be open.
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The Apple River Family Campground is hosting the Arctic Blast Terrier Trials on Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11. The two-day event features racing, obedience, lure coursing, go-to-ground and a simulated barn hunt. Sandy Brown will be the judge for Saturday; Liz Valles will judge on Sunday. "We have been doing this for about 15 years," said Brenda Buckles, chairperson of the event.
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London: The city awoke to a stormy Friday. With the clouds pulled close over Lord's like a grey blanket, there seemed little chance of play.
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Sachin Tendulkar, who had looked determined to score big, was masterfully set up by James Anderson.
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Dinesh Karthik struggled against Ryan Sidebottom's lefty swing, but looked to settle.
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James Anderson had three balls at Dravid and gave him, in that order, a yorker on leg, one short of length at pace, and an immaculate outswinger that moved just enough. Squared up, leaning forward, Dravid nicked and walked.
Tendulkar appeared at the Pavilion door nearly a minute after Dravid had left. The crowd had settled. As he began his walk to the middle, applause rang around the crowd, led by the members. Dravid had been greeted by a similar show of respect.
Tendulkar passed Steve Waugh to become the third-highest run-getter in Tests, behind Brian Lara and Allan Border, with a four off his legs off Chris Tremlett. The moment was poignant, though not as significant as India's stirring comeback with the ball. But, both ceded honours for the talking point of the day to an incident that had no numerical significance.
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After R.P. Singh had pierced night-watchman Ryan Sidebottom's rickety defence with the second new ball, Zaheer Khan induced an edge from Kevin Pietersen. M.S. Dhoni caught it low and rolled over, Pietersen walked to the Pavilion, where he was urged back by his mates. The third umpire was brought in, and he deemed Dhoni had caught it on the bounce.
There are several points of interest. For one, the umpires can call for the third umpire's assistance only if their line of sight is obstructed. That didn't seem the case. Did the actions of the English players on the balcony force the umpires to refer the catch? If the players explicitly ask for a referral, it constitutes dissent. But, had the system been subverted by creating doubt in the umpires' minds?
Timing is everything. According to a journalist who works with the official broadcasters, cameras showed the umpires, Simon Taufel and Steve Bucknor, in deliberation before Pietersen turned around. The referral hadn't been made however.
There will be those who will blather on about morality, about how Dhoni shouldn't have claimed the catch. In his defence, the decision had an element of doubt. The replay wasn't conclusive, for the ball looked to hit the edge of Dhoni's fingers and roll into the gloves, thus creating an illusion of having bounced. That certainly was the view of many experts who saw the replays.
There has been recent discussion on how judging if catches are clean on grounds where the field slopes away from the pitch is near impossible. The reduction of three dimensions to a two-dimensional television screen almost always makes it look like a bump ball.
The incident had no tangible impact: Zaheer had Pietersen caught behind for the same score in two balls.Scoreboard
England — 1st innings: A. Strauss c Dravid b Kumble 96, A. Cook lbw b Ganguly 36, M. Vaughan c Dhoni b R.P. Singh 79, K. Pietersen c Dhoni b Zaheer 37, P. Collingwood lbw b Kumble 0, R. Sidebottom b R.P. Singh 1, I. Bell b Zaheer 20, M. Prior lbw b Sreesanth 1, C. Tremlett lbw b Sreesanth 0, M. Panesar lbw b Sreesanth 0, J. Anderson (not out 0); Extras (b-9, lb-10, w-7, nb-2) 28; Total (in 91.2 overs) 298.
Fall of wickets: 1-76, 2-218, 3-252, 4-255, 5-272, 6-286, 7-287, 8-287, 9-297.
India bowling: Zaheer 18.2-4-62-2, Sreesanth 22-8-67-3, R.P. Singh 17-6-58-2, Ganguly 9-3-24-1, Kumble 23-2-60-2, Tendulkar 2-0-8-0.
India — 1st innings: D. Karthik lbw b Sidebottom 5, W. Jaffer c & b Tremlett 58, R. Dravid c Prior b Anderson 2, S. Tendulkar lbw b Anderson 37, S. Ganguly (batting) 19; Extras (b-4, lb-7, nb-2) 13; Total (for foru wkts. in 54 overs) 134.
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-27, 3-108, 4-134.
England bowling: Sidebottom 15-4-40-1, Anderson 14-5-23-2, Tremlett 14-6-29-1, Panesar 8-3-22-0.


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Roll call for spring...what's new in your potager?
Hi all!
It's February, I know, but spring feels like it's on the way, so what are your plans for your potager this year? Are you redesigning, enlarging, changing plants...or keeping everything 'as is' because it worked so well last year?
This year, I'm adding a fence to the perimeter of my potager, which will create a bed on the inside for veggies/flowers and a bed on the outside for fruit on two sides and perennial flowers and herbs, on the other two. I'm hoping this will provide more of a sense of enclosure...and make it a little more difficult for the deer to 'munch through' my garden! LOL
What about you?
I'm still here! I hope this forum gets going again.
My plans for this year:
new fence! (or there will be no veggies)
move blueberry bushes outside fence
rearrange herb bed
bed for leeks outside fence along the side
divide perennials in pollinator garden in front
divide hops
do better succession planting
build veggies cages to protect against insects
The veggie cages are still on the drawing board. I wanted it to look like a large (4'x4'x33")square pyramid-shaped cloche with insect netting instead of glass. Any ideas on how to achieve this are welcome! I bought some parthenocarpic (no pollinators) zucchini to grow under cover. I'm tired of my squash getting blasted by SVB and squash bugs. But, of course, I want the covers to look good.
Ali-b, I've read that catmint is supposed to do a good job keeping squash bugs away, but it has to be close to the plants. Radishes and nasturtiums planted right around the plant, are supposed to help, too. I don't know if they work or not, but it might be worth a try...for any areas not protected by the new cloches.
They sound very pretty! Sorry, I have no ideas as to construction, but they sound like a nice addition to your potager :)
I plan to completely remove and replace a chain link fence surrounding the potager. That means moving a LOT of perennials which I can't do right now...hopefully the fence man can get it up, and painted within 3-4 days in April so I can replant and not loose too much time with plants out of the ground. Everything really needs to be divided anyway...
We have tilled an area around our four raised beds to almost double the size of our potager and make more area available fore more flowers! The new area will be raised, but only about half as high as the original area, and we will hopefully have the soil worked and ready to go for planting in March (which you have to do in Texas if you want anything to grow before it gets into the 100's!). We're also experimenting with some new trellises and more bug-resistant companion plantings. Will post pics when more work is accomplished! Glad to see this forum waking back up... can't wait for spring and some beautiful pics of everyone's gardens!
I'm keeping as is. The design works and I don't need bigger beds. Well, I take that back. It would be nice to have an extra bed right now to sow bush beans since I took up their space with English peas. Then again the beans seem to do better as a fall crop down here. So I guess I'm good to go.
Young- Great to see you, too! Do you have a design for your potager, yet? What zone do you live in...is it getting warm enough to plant? It's at least another month until planting, here in eastern Washington.
Natal- Of course you're not changing anything...your garden is beautiful, as is!
Newbie- Looking forward to seeing pictures, with all your new flowers :)
GGG- What kind of fence are you planning to use around your potager?
I am hoping that this year we will have all the beds built and the fence to go up. I am not too hopeful on production yet as it is going to take some time to build the soil up. The bed building has been a slow process as we are harvesting the rocks ourselves.
I'm thinking of adding a sitting area covered with grapes on the west side so it doesn't shade anything.
There's really not much shade in the yard since I lost my giant Chinese Elm to Dutch elm disease a couple of years ago =(, so I could use a nice garden sitting spot!
I'll put in a couple of DH's hand carved chairs and watch my garden grow!
The beds will be about the same since I grew NOTHING during last years foggy summer!
Maybe something new for an herb garden. They're all in pots this year. Nancy
The new fence around the potager will be a simple gothic picket. They are inexpensive, and it matches the fence beside it. We own two houses side by side, and the potager is at the 2nd house. The fence will match the one we put up at the other house. We have rules about fence heights, and I want something taller than we are allowed, but nothing that blocks too much light - so I decided to put a simple rebar arch between each set of pickets and add more climbing roses. We'll have a rose bush in the center of every section of the pickets and underneath will be a wonderful place to grow beautiful, bountiful herbs. Luckily I will be able to move all the current perennials to the back yard. This sort of perimeter garden can also be raised with the chunks of cement I really like to use for "rocks" - and will integrate well with the fruit and medicinal herb potager planned for the other half of that front property. Eventually I suppose I'll remove all the wooden beds in my current potager and use the cement chunks and make the beds in unusual and unique shapes. We plan to have that house torn down in the next few years, and a smaller but taller garage and storage area built in it's place. I will be able to double the potager and add the lean-to greenhouse I would love to someday have.
Lav- I'm still sketching away on graph paper. DH wants to relevel and seed the back yard, so I have to wait for him to that first. We are removing our (falling down) shed and replacing it in a new spot so I can have plenty of gardening space. I worked in the front beds today. Spring has sprung! I have my sights set on a picket fence. :) I'm in zone 7b.
girlgroupgirl- Your garden sounds wonderful! I hope you post pictures of it this spring.
Springtime? What's that? We still have 7-ft. high pyramids of frozen plowed snow which would have to be shoveled away with a jackhammer.
But I've been thinking about that eventual season and succumbed to the temptation to buy a few seeds, just the early crop ones such as peas and spinach.
Meanwhile, the roses, which are the real reason for the potager and its tall poles, are, I hope, surviving. Won't know until after the horrible freeze/thaw/freeze time of early April.
Shoot! I went out to move wood away from the new sitting area and forgot about getting irradiated by the satelite dishes on the side of the house! Oh well, I'll just move the trellis down a few feet so it shades the sliding door out to the garden and an area to sit next to it. Nancy
My biggest new development is that I'm starting a new potager. I've decided to convert my old raised beds into berry patch beds and have new cinder block raised beds built where I can put a more effective fence around them to keep out the dogs. I've chosen a spot that will provide plenty of room and I have the area prepared (dug out, leveled, gravel spread) for the first of four beds to go in, now I'm waiting for the ground to dry out and since we're getting rain every few days so I fear it may be a while.
Other than that I'm very excited about my new grape vines and kiwi trellis, they are technically outside of the potager but they are right next to it so I figure it kind of counts.
Thanks for the warning, but I haven't had a deer come near my garden in the six years I've been here although our last house was just a couple miles away and deer ate nearly everything I planted. Talking to the neighbors I learned that we have a healthy population of coyotes and they keep the deer away, and they eat people's chickens. It's a trade off.
One of my neighbors had Kiwis but they were done in by gophers, so I planted mine in gopher cages and I'm hoping they will be safe. I also read that some cats will react to kiwi leaves like they do to catnip, I'm hoping that won't happen with my cat because he loves catnip and tends to kill the plants I scatter around for him.
Everything in my potager is new!! My husband and I have a small yard so I am doing a raised bed around my patio. Its 20 sq/ft so we are using square foot gardening principles with a potager feel. I'm so glad I found this forum, since I am a fan of Garden Web but this is my first try at vegetables since I moved off the farm lo these many years ago.
We're putting in an early round of beets, peas, radishes and spinach and then tomatoes, red/white/yellow onions, yellow squash, zucchini, nasturtiums, marigolds, and a slew of peppers. I also hope to put in herbs when the peas are gone, and start lavender from seed in there and transplant it out into beds.
I'm still here too! Lots of change in my potager this year! It's only the second year, and we're actually just getting our fence in now. As far as structural changes, we're adding a black iron fence all the way around, a couple of feet out from the primary potager area, which is a series of 4x4 raised beds. So that gives me loads of new spaces for flowers! Im doing a mix of annuals and perennials this year just to keep costs down, but in subsequent years will try to move more into perennials. We're planning to also include a boxwood in each corner, probably potted.
As for new edibles I'm really doing the same stuff I usually grow: tomatoes (5-6 types), lettuces, radishes, carrots, cukes, bush and climbing beans, zucchini and yellow squash, hot peppers, asparagus, strawberries and blueberries, and of course tons of herbs. I'm growing lavender from seed for the first time this year, so far successfully, so that's a nice change for me, lol...
Ordered some 'Mara des Bois' strawberries, some will go in a hanging planter & some in the ground.
I just planted my onion sets and some iceberg lettuce. Later this afternoon the sugar snap peas will go in so they can climb on the trellis. My potager is just 4 ft by 8 ft so it is small compared to a lot of others. The soil was wonderful though when I turned it over. It's exciting to get started finally!!!
Oh, by the way, I wanted to mention that this is year two for our raised bed/ square foot garden beds, and prepping them for planting took basically NO time this year! Love them. I tossed in a little compost, and a bit of topsoil to level them out where the existing soil had settled, and they were ready to go. Too bad my dog dug up the pease I carefully sowed on st paddy's day! Lol. Thus: the new fence, which is now complete.
That project begat another, of course, so we're adding some large boxwoods to the back of the potager ,as well as a bunch of other perennials. The new fence gave me about 150 extra square feet of planting space, so woohoo!
I started building my potager this weekend and just couldn't wait for "finished" pictures. We have a long way to go. One bed has yet to be leveled and installed, another to build/install, things left to plant, pea and tomoato supports to build, and we still have to add the fence, water feature and the pea gravel walkways. But, we're off to a good start, and I'm excited.
This year for the first time I am planting horseradish,, note in photo I have three terra cotta pots at the end of each planting box ,, which gives me 8 sets of three pots last year,, four sets were two pots of herbs, one of flower and the other four sets were two pots of peppers and, one of flower
This spring same for herbs and peppers but replacing two flowers with horseradish
If you have other ideas for the single center pot,, please share
Thanks, mr toad
note - photo was taken a few years ago when i only planted peppers
This is the 4th season for my potager, and happily there isn't anything major I need to do to it this year. Last year I put in all new paths, which have worked nicely this year to keep the weeds down so I'm very happy about that! I was able to clean up the whole garden last weekend in prep for planting in under 2 hours. I also built tomato cages and rowcover structures last year that are still good, so that's done too.
I will be cutting down from 6 tomato plants to 2 this year, since they didn't do too well last summer. With the extra space, I'm trying several brand new crops I never grew before: leeks, belgian endives and ground cherries.
I'm also trying a new variety of cucumber - cool breeze (pathenocarpic), which will hopefully have better production than the Diva I grew under rowcover last year. I'm also eliminating bell peppers since they never produce that well and trying hungarian blocky type peppers instead.
Well, LOTS of rain have produced tons of weeds! I've been weeding one area at a time...and slowly making progress. I keep telling myself, it's all this great soil, which the weeds love, so hopefully my veggies will too :)
I have wormwood (nasty little weed) everywhere! Luckily, it's easy to pull out when it's this small, but a nightmare once it gets bigger. Does anyone else have a weed problem this early?
I'm growing sweet potatoes this year; we haven't done them in a long time. We ordered some Mara des bois strawberries, and I've moved the strawberry patch over next to the raspberries. I had heard great things about Mara des bois but had never tasted them, and then when we were in France this fall a woman was selling them at the outdoor market so I bought some. They were just wonderful so I was glad to find a source for them here. They're supposed to arrive tomorrow.
We ordered some biodegradable fiber fencing from Gardeners Supply for our bean poles, but it was a bear to put up because it was cut on some sort of odd bias and we couldn't get it square. I'm not sure if we'll do that again. Normally we would just run twine up and down between two horizontal bamboo poles supported by vertical poles, but I had hoped this would be easier.
We're trying lima beans for the first time. I planted my Fortex pole beans already, and put the limas in today; I hope it's not too soon!
Earlier this spring I sprinkled some California poppy seeds at the edges of my rows, by the brick path, and they're starting to come up. I'll buy some blue or purple bedding plants to provide contrast to the orange, plus some other colors to give a cottage garden effect.
I have 76 tomato plants that I grew from seed, and room for only about 40. I also have pepper and eggplants. And I'm trying Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries for the first time.
Should be an interesting season! And by the way, how do you include photos in your posts???
I appreciate people posting on this thread. I am back on GW after many years away. I am still trying to work out what I will do with my gardens this year. Between homes and jobs, I have moved 8 times since 2002, and am a bit tired out. We are currently in a house that we are renting with a contract to buy, but there is no action on the house we need to sell to make this all work. We may have to move late summer. And abandon a garden. Again. Aaarghh!
But... when spring comes the Gardener must plant... So, I did get some tomatoes, basil and zinnias started under the lights. Yes, they were late, but I am just happy they're up and thriving, at about 2" currently. The previous tenants had a small wading-type swimming pool which they removed when moving out. Hmmmm.... leaving a perfect circle shape. I still need to be sure there is nothing toxic there; trying to find time and learn what to do for lab soil tests. Anyhow, I turned over some dirt there, and hope to put in a real circle garden. For some reason, I am a bit obsessed with circular gardens, although they do not seem practical. I will try to put faster crops in there, so I would be able to harvest if we have to leave: spinach, kale, mesclun and various lettuces. I also want to put peas in. They could have been put in weeks ago, but I have been waiting until I can drive back out to the old house and "harvest" as much finished compost from our big triple-composter back there. I will mix with peat moss, a la, "square foot gardening," but will plant in wedge shapes. If this works out, I will post pictures. It is more a design of the heart than of logic.
I have some earthbox-type containers with water reservoirs, and will be sure to get some tomatoes and basil in those, in case we have to move. (This is the "logic" part!) To make it feel a bit more like "home," I will be sure to transplant my lavender plants to one bed I will keep drier and less rich with compost. I will transplant oregano to that bed, and lemon balm to some pots, perhaps. I am trying to keep a better, more detailed garden journal this year, to help provide continuity in the middle of chaos! (economy-induced, BTW) Keep posting plans, fellow potage-ettes!
Lavenderlass, here I am again, shoveling horse manure and trying to stay dry what with all the rain here (NE coast). What's new this year: my baby tomato plants are being bitten off, probably by birds - more nesting birds than usual this Spring. The climbing roses, the reason for the potager, are in the 2nd phase of "sleep, creep, leap" and are growing 3-4 ft. canes. Not a wildly exciting year, but like all gardeners, I wait and hope.


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Japanese Maple Sango Kaku Question
I got a fairly young Japanese maple marked as Sango Kaku last fall. It had bright red stems and yellow leaves when I bought it since it was October. This year though, no color yet on the new stems that grew this spring/summer. The tree is still in a pot in open shade with one hour of direct sun. What is your experience with this maple in terms of when the red coloring show up on stems?
Sango Kaku is an enormously popular cultivar and much like 'Bloodgood', suffers a bit from overproduction as well in that it is often grafted from inferior stock. It is also more vulnerable to some common J. maple diseases as well.
But having said that, if yours is from quality stock, the reddest stems will be the newest growth but that is sometimes not very apparent during the growing season -- colder weather seems to bring out the best coloring and winter is the time these trees really glow. Older growth and especially the trunk will fade to a more greenish brown in time but the upper stems and smaller branches should be a bright coral red. The foliage tends to be a grassy, almost chartreuse green during the season but then takes on a peachy golden color in fall. Depending on your specific location, SK can take a lot of sun as well. In my area it grows happily in full sun (with adequate summer watering) and that exposure also seems to intensify the coloring. Since it is still in a container, you might want to try it out in a variety of sitings before planting it permanently to see what works best for the stem coloring.


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This is only what it is, a rumor. There is no way the Bills would trade for him because they don't want an injury prone over hyped QB like Bradford.
It's easy to sit where you do and make declarations that mean finality for EJ isn't it? You say final chance as if you know more than management does. Many QB's over the history of the league were not given up on after 2,3 or 4 years and went on to have decent, good or even great careers. Then you spew that garbage about Marrone giving up on EJ but you don't tell the whole story. Marrone aka Moron did not want EJ in the draft when Whaley, nix and company did. He then had to play EJ because Kolb got hurt...again. Then when EJ did play he did look good until he injured his knee against Cleveland. Then in comes the carousel of QB's who were not even as good as average. Then EJ comes back and has a rest of season as expected. Some good games and some bad games. All the while during those games Moron held EJ back from running with the ball. He, in fact had EJ play not to his strength which is his mobility. Moron and Cainthackitt played with his head all through that year. Both coaches have no idea whatsoever on how to develop players let alone a QB. That has been proven. Now moving to last year EJ comes out and leads the team to 2 wins then loses 2 games for a 2-2 record. Not good, not bad. Moron I believe saw this as his chance to do a number of self serving things. By benching EJ it seems it may have been the first indication Moron was leaving via his out clause in his contract. He benches EJ for a guy he did not want on our team when he was first signed. The Media, local and national reported there wee arguments between Moron and Whaley about Orton. Moron has an ego bigger than the ocean, name one and it fits. EJ loses 2 games and only the last one was a bad game lost. Moron knew Orton was mediocre at best but he also knew he was his best option to get enough wins to look valuable enough to other teams that may need a HC when the season was over. Orton was all he was, mediocre but a veteran. Then he got his better than 500 record with that 9-7 year. Now he left in a hurry through his stupidly attached out clause. Whoever allowed that clause should have been fired. Now we have 3 coaches on the team who actually know how to develop QB's and how to use them to their strengths. So, EJ will be used properly something not done before in his young career. I truly believe EJ will shine this year and cement his being our QB. Just because you may think he's done does not mean OBD and the coaches believe it too. GO BILLS!!
Where are the Buffalo Bills fans? They should be #1!! Did you even do any research before posting this list? Did you ask any players who and where they thought the best fan base was? I see by your list you did not. Nowadays I've been reading a lot of articles written by lazy writers, this is just another in an on going development with the Media today.
I for one am very happy 2 of these players are gone. Myers and Stafford. Myers for as big as he is played like a chicken crapping coward. On a very rare occasion did he ever hit somebody, never fought with anyone and was never that good despite winning the Calder Trophy. He came to camp one year overweight and took almost that whole year to get his wind. He has never lived up to his draft status. Myers is and always will be just an average Defenseman in this league. Stafford did have some moments but they were always far and away and when he was younger. He too is a coward who ran away from players willing to fight. For the last 3 years or so he has been invisible on the ice. Potential is something all players have, why else draft them, right? Here are 2 players who can't even spell the word potential. I did think the Jets got 2 players we Sabres fans will miss. Yet the tanking goes on.
On 2 consecutive days I share 2 articles on my Facebook page about how bad the signing of this racist thug was. Between the 2 I got over 100 comments, my computer blew up with the responses. Believe it or not less than 1/3 were in agreement whereas the other 2/3s was all about how I was not a fan of the Bills for posting and sharing my thoughts and many other despicable things. You might of thought I killed a puppy or some such. I was fair in my assessment but these people don't read, understand what they read and only see one sentence and decide to reply. Some had the audacity to reply about things I didn't even say?? The point is most fans are so concerned with themselves and making sure they are better than everyone else. This causes a laziness when it comes to reading and comprehending what they actually read if they even read something. I want to win as much as the next guy but I want it by following the rules and with good conduct. I want to always hold my head high with pride towards my team. If Incognito reverts to form how the f**k can I or anyone else hold their head high and proud? To me this was a desperation move and a terrible way for the Pegula's team and ownership to begin their terms. Today I am not proud to be a fan of my Bills but still will be a fan as I have been since 1963. GO BILLS!!
Wow!! One of the best takes I've read in quite some time. I have been an EJ fan since I saw his Sports Science video where Jon Gruden put him through a bunch of QB drills. EJ finished with a new record score of 9 out of a possible 10. He broke the one year record of 8 by Colin Kaepernick. That settled it for me. As most Bills fans know, Dung Moron did not want him selected at all. He had to grudgingly coach him and that is one very important reason he did not do good. Even tho as you said he did do some very good things. I believe in Moron's petty mind EJ's knee injuries allowed him to put the brakes on EJ running. Thus when EJ did get to play in his mind there was that 'don't run' order and consequently we had a handcuffed QB. Moron and company did not know how to develop players as evidenced with EJ and our O-line inabilities to actually play the game. Sure EJ has some flaws but I believe with David Lee those flaws will be removed or diminished so EJ will play like I thought he should have when drafted. Then to have Greg Roman as our OC we will run more effectively and EJ who when he throws 25 times or less wins more than loses we will be effective on Offense. I totally disagreed with his benching for a very average QB in Kyle Orton. Now EJ has the best coaches that will develop him properly and watch how good he becomes. He is a very mobile QB who will no longer have shackles on him. Thank you Sean Corleone for writing this post. I too will share it on my Facebook page. GO BILLS!!
Joe, I have to say I love your brutal honesty in your take(s). I've shared on my Facebook page a few of your recent articles. I am also a very outspoken man so reading your stuff is a reminder of how soft most people are. I hate all the PC garbage and love people who speak plain as day is long. On to your article. Pears is a guy I've been wanting cut for 3 years so I agree he is garbage but Dung Moron obviously liked him. Our O-line was the absolute worst in our whole history as a franchise! We could not block for either unit worth a damn, got the fewest yards gained ever, EVER!! Iupati and Franklin are 2 FA's available this year, maybe we get one or both. They would definitely make our running game much better and give our QB enough time to scan the field. Iupati is a road grader at Guard where Franklin is probably best at both run and pass blocking. EJ can be a decent QB I think now that we have Roman and more importantly David Lee. Lee has a good history developing average QB's upward. Fitzpatrick until last year with Houston had his best statistical year under Lee. Moron hated EJ and was never on board with him from the day he was drafted. We know the original plan was for EJ to sit and learn behind a vet ala Kolb but he concussed his butt right out of the game. Then EJ was rushed in as our starter and did some good things and some bad things too. Then he got 3 knee injuries in one year. That, I believe further hindered him in Moron's eyes. As for drafting any QB, I like Garrett Grayson over any of the rest behind Mariota who I don't think highly of. Or Winston who arguably is the most ready QB in this draft. Grayson has a very strong arm and his long ball accuracy is far better than most starting in the NFL today. He has his flaws as well but he can be coached upward I believe. That's my take. Again, I love your way of speaking and writing. GO BILLS!!
So, Entitlement youth strikes again?? Too bad, entitlement makes those kind lazy. By your mistake on the origin of the fabled offense the Bills had you proved my point. It helps to do at least a little research before you write an article with your name on it.
It seems to me Pears has been bad for his whole career. I can't understand how this guy even has a job in the NFL. DUNG Marrone supposedly knows about offensive line play and by extension, player playing all o-line positions yet he still started arguably the worst ever linemen in the league?? Since he quit like a cry baby bitch and coward all kinds of stories are coming out about the tyrant he is. He has an ego so big no locker room or team could survive him. It turns out he was only average at coaching at any level. Here's a guy who greets his players in the morning then meets with the owners, demands a contract extension for himself and his assistant coaches, gets denied, leaves in panty twist huff and hours later sends out a mass text to his players that he quit?? WTF, has there ever been a truer sign of cowardice than that? Now those same coaches are held in limbo till we get a new Head Coach. The best thing about Dung Marrone is he is gone!! GO BILLS!!
Nice run against arguably the worst team in the league from another overblown Dullfins team. Another year of hope and promise for the Dullfins blown again. Ah well, my Bills also went thru the same hope and promise. Both teams are very much alike in that regard.
Joe, liking your boss means you are a slacker because a boss liked is a slacker as well. Bosses are not there to be liked they are there to BOSS you around doing your job. I've had a number of bosses, liked and disliked. The bosses liked i and other employees took advantage every where we could because he was too nice to stop us. Disliked bosses got production out of his employees. Since I'm no Bill, I love Marrone. Flip it I would not like him but I know he would get my best every single day. The one thing you failed to mention was the players themselves and how they feel about him. I think the reason why you didn't is because the players may fear the outcome if Marrone knew players were talking outside the locker room. And that is a damn good thing. Employees should always harbor some fear from their bosses because we will stretch the limit.
I have to say with a collective prediction record of31-34 you guys are not worthy of predicting crap.
Sammy, for your information did not cost the Bills a touchdown. Your wording is wrong. To lose a touchdown would mean the Bills did not score and by these wrongly used words imply the Jests got the ball back. Maybe you, the writer of this article needs to get back to school and re-learn how to write with more accuracy. Writing like this means you are the Geno-no-no Smith of writers. GO BILLS!!
Thanks for the stats breakdown. Since I've watched both games I knew EJ was better than last year by far. He's got command of the huddle and the team. Both of which last year was missing. I see better things happening for him and my Bills. Play offs are a possible end of our season. When looking at the AFC East, we have a very good chance at taking the Division. Miami's a fraud. The Jets are coached by a bad coach in Rex Rtan. He has no control over his asst. coaches and players, just look at their last game for proof. Plus they have Geno-no-no Smith as their QB who is one very mediocre QB. Then there's the Patriots. Only in NE do they think he's still the great QB he once was. He's been in decline for about 5 years now. He looks less than average this year. The Bills will get at least a split and maybe even a sweep. To this football fan they only have one real good aspect for their team and that's Belichek. So with his continued growth and performance The Bills with EJ leading the way definitely do have a chance to usurp the Pats and win the division and going to the play offs this year. GO BILLS!!
As a Bills fan, I have to thank you for this nice and fair article. To read this is the beginning of our National recognition. We have had a bad team for 14 years. We have a good, young team that's rising. The Bills have a roster put together by our team management that is good and talented. So often, whether justified or not, our team is looked upon with hate and other such negative things, but you see a difference and wrote about it. We have won 2 games to open the season. We beat 2 teams that are thought of as play off contenders. One (Bears) on the road. The other at our stadium. Both wins were by our young team. Great defense in both games. Special Teams play superb.Offense doing just enough to win, one in over time, the other a mini blow out. Both wins were against teams that have supposedly good defenses, one has a very good QB, one not so much. In only 2 games we have great numbers on all 3 facets of the game. Youare the only writer who not only see the Bills as a decent team, you wrote about them and did so favorably. Again, I HAVE to thank you. GO BILLS!!
What a dumb article?? NHL Hockey is more minor league than major league. Why do I say this? Because the officiating is always the worst in any major league sport. How many blatant missed or bad calls made game in and game out? How many in-game rules changes have we seen? See "foot in the crease goal" by the lying son of a great hockey player who I will not name! One period refs call everything, next calls not made. End of third periods whistles do not get blown. Fans accept non-calls, refs make non-calls as time winds down just not making calls because they don't/won't call penalties because of some archaic idea they don't want to blow momentum. Rules are rules until you watch an NHL hockey game, the play offs show the same non-calls, bad calls, hidden whistles and blind eyes more so. NHL Hockey will never be a major league sport because of referee's bad calls and all the rest I've posted here.
So, you the author needs to STFU, forget what you are tired of, stick to your minor league sport and let the fans of the major league team in Buffalo wait and see what happens because a non-fan of major league sports has no call to get tired of our Buffalo Bills sales because minor league is minor league idiocy printed! GO BILLS!!
Does it matter what Nolan does anywhere? People will love him or hate him.Why people can't look at the man who happens to coach and not as a coach that is a man? He had a job with the Sabres and got run out of town because Sabre mgmt was too lenient with Hasek. Hasek did not like Nolan because he didn't cater to any player no matter who that player is/was. Thus he was fired. Now he's back with the Sabres and this old re-hash dead story gets re-visited. It should lay where it was. dead and buried. Nolan is a damn good coach and he speaks his mind, I love that, all of you should as well!
@CJ gets two many carries@iycedout Ever since the Bills administered that beat down he has heard footsteps and jumped at shadows. He is no quarterback that I would want, EVER! GO BILLS!!
How an anyone who supposedly reports any news be considered good ay what he does. Bills have the 9th pick, everyone knows this, but you don't!! Also we need O-line help as well as a OLB before we draft an ILB which we are not going to draft because we don't need one. If the player you say is versatile enough to play OLB , then maybe?? Youdon't do your due diligence good enough to talk this years draft!! GO BILLS!!
I, for one believe EJ has the stuff to be more than a good QB in the NFL! Look back in the history of the NFL, how may rookie QB's had an opening season that was good? Not too many! WE look at last years crop and they are more than passable with Wilson being the best one so far.Kap and Luck are only decent in their second year. Both have slid backwards this year. Sure they both are going to the play offs along with Wilson, but the 2 I mentioned are going not because of their QB play, other factors are why they are going to the play offs. Patience and time is what we need for EJ! He will be a good to great QB for the Buffalo Bills!!
BTW, these other posters below are really posers, not posters!! GO BILLS!!
Sick Vinny, why all the hate for Buffalo? did you get your ass kicked here? your hate has to have some motivation and I said what I know it is! GO BILLS!!
WOW I didn't realize this site was not about football. WTF is up with all you posters! Get the frig on point!! GO BILLS
I see the Bills crushing the Falcons 31-13. Wont go into details, just know the Falcons are a bad team led by a below average QB!! GO BILLS!!
At times a funny fantasy read. Too bad a real interview with DR, not pre-regulated could be done. After all, Ted Black screens reporters and questions!! So that will never happen! But just once an interview with no limitations would not only be nice it would answer q's the Sabre brass does not want asked, because then they would be held accountable and we know they don't want that!!
Nice previews if you got more than 1 loooong sentence!! Is this representative of your worthiness?
Geno is what he is and what he has been week good a week bad QB! I am so glad he plays for the Jests! Man can he be more erratic? More bad? The only thing left for him to do is get injured so he can miss a few games and Supches can take them to more non wins! I'm too funny. lol. GO BILLS!!
Jests D, good? Smoking dope I see. BillsD is better, don't you know? they have a good pressure D that gets a sack per game. The Jests don't have that. In fact they only have a good run D! GO BILLS!!
How can anyone see this goal as offensive? Pro Hockey can be boring, excitement brings fans to supporting any league, even Hockey. JT, get real dude. Plays like this and Vaneks are needed. that's all I will say on this really dumb subject!
DJ, the more i see, hear and know about EJ , i see a true QB in the NFL! Is he ready now? No, resoundingly, no. However, in time, he will be our starting QB! He is being brought along at the right pace and sooner than later he will be the starter. Marrone is correct in the way he's teaching and bringing him up to game start level! GO BILLS!!
You know something nobody else does, huh? Wow, you should be the Bills motivational speaker. With your post, you show a deep disregard to the new changes. yes, some things you said make sense and might happen. BUT, the tone of your article leaves me feeling a loud lack of faith in your support for the Bills! I don't think i'm alone in this. GO BILLS!!
CJ SPILLER , no one better! GO BILLS!!
Tonight i listened to an interview with John Murphy and Freddie Jackson, wow, what a great interview it was. If you have any doubts about Freddie, look it up at WGR.COM (lower case) and give a listen. you will hear how he feels about his role and his thoughts on that and other things. not only an articulate, intelligent man, but a total team first player. He spoke as a man because he is a man. You will walk away with high praise and happy that he plays for our BUFFALO BILLS! i've heard him speak on things before this, but never with the honesty and determination of such a good, team player! GO BILLS!!
I can only see him as himself, his identity, nobody else's! GO BILLS!!
The only disagree I have is Moats, I think he is better than Brown, that's it. GO BILLS!!
When did he play for Houston? NEVER, get yourfacts straight or better yet, get them CORRECT! GO BILLS!!
I, like most, never quite knew what Zone Blocking actually was. Great detail you gave, now i get it. Thank you for this article. The future looks brighter than it ever did now that Hackett and Marrone are in charge. GO BILLS!!
I hope the rumor is true! We need the best Safety in the NFL playing, now, not then! GO BILLS!!
Two columns, that's all? I don't think so. You will write more as the season rolls along, don't delude yourself or the readers. Lol. Pettine is the guy we have needed to run our defense for years. The Jests had a great CB, who got beat by our Stevie Johnson numerous times, in play. He was/is a great CB, for sure, but the Jests had us so confused that our defense will continue his results, game in and game out! I say was because who knows how his play will be post surgery? Mario and company will surprise no one because his style of pressure defense has been around from his (Pettine) beginning as DC! GO BILLS!!
fitz needs to leave, plain and simple. there is no other option that makes sense. my feeling has from the start is draft ryan nassib in the 1st round. he will be the qb of the future. reminds me of jim kelly. the only question of nassib is downfield accuracy. i say thats a bunch of cockie. after watching tape on youtube, my thoughts are where is the evidence of his inaccuracy? don't see it. like kelly, if true asbout his inaccurate throwing, bills can design, like they did for kelly, plays downfield where he throws to a spot, the wr's go to that spot, catch and go.thats all i have to say!! GO BILLS!!


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Is Silk Stocking Avenue an appropriate home for a recycled school bus?
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The May 27, 2003 meeting of the Rushford City Council began with a visit from Duane and Sonja Cook.
Prefacing her remarks with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the "upscale neighborhood which has just seen a 51% increase in real estate taxes" in which they live, Sonja questioned the appropriateness of an old bus parked in a neighboring yard on Stevens Avenue (which locals once referred to as Silk Stocking Avenue because it was believed residents who lived there could afford �silk� rather than cotton stockings). The old recycled school bus, currently situated on the Konkel private property, is equipped with an extension cord for electrical service and several large barrels behind it and is apparently being used as a residence. The Cooks also asked if there was any ordinance addressing waist-high weeds or yards not mowed for five years. Adding that the resident of the bus was a good neighbor�no excessive noise, no bad language or gestures�the Cooks voiced their concern for the appearance of the neighborhood and asked what could be done about the situation. The council referred the matter to the city attorney and plan to revisit the item at the next meeting. Another concerned citizen, Paul Erickson, wrote to the council regarding the driving of a metal track vehicle on the city streets. Erickson alleged that Mike Sexhauer was harming the city streets by driving his vehicle on them. The council decided to write a letter to Sexhauer asking him to repair any damage caused by his vehicle if it was driven on the streets without the necessary street pads. Sewer rate hearing A sewer rate hearing was finally held at the same meeting. The hearing had been postponed when it was discovered that the notification period had not been satisfied before the previously scheduled hearing. Apparently a longer time period did little to affect the citizen turnout (no citizens spoke). Noting nothing had changed in that time, Russ Stammer of SEH Engineering presented the suggested rate increases to the council (from $16.62 to $19.40 for residential users per month). This rate is the first increase in three years, averaging essentially a little over 5% increase per year. The new rate will not provide the funds for the necessary $430,000 capital improvements that will be needed before 2006. The monies for those improvements will most likely need to be borrowed. After hearing Stammer�s comments, Mayor T.S. Roberton urged the council, "If we need to borrow money, now is the time to do it when the interest rates are low." Also discussed was the need to procure land to use for disposal of biosolids. Currently under consideration is a ninety-acre parcel of land that could be used for the purpose for 320 years. After closing the hearing, the council approved the new rates. Summer paving issues The council decided to accept a blacktopping bid from Dunn and a seal-coating bid from Carlson. Although neither bid covered the entire scope of the project advertised, and there was a question as to the legality of the bids, the council opted to accept both bids in an effort to get the work completed at the lowest possible cost to the city. The fear was that redoing the bids would only increase the project costs. In other paving issues, the council accepted the advice of PWD Jeff Copley and postponed the blacktopping of the alley behind North Maple to give the alley more time to settle and be regraded. The airport paving project continues with approval from the state on the funding grant. The city will pay $48,800 with the state picking up the remaining costs of the $244,000 project. Other business In other business the council: � decided to ask for a $32,500 settlement from Central Cable�s insurance company for the tennis court repair; � learned Mike Sexhauer, SEH Engineering and Jeff Copley were working on the sewer extension to the Lyle Rislove home; � received a positive annual library report from librarian Susan Hart and library board chair Burt Svendson stating that library usage continues to increase and the board is meeting with the County Commissioners in an effort "to move forward in a positive way" in funding the library; � heard that the DNR would be spending $5,000 to cut down cedar trees near the Rushford sign on Magelson Bluff. Duane Cook voiced his concern that the city be careful in cutting trees, noting that there are more varieties of birds around now because of the dense forestation. "Nature is important too. If we�re going to destroy habitat, we�ll lose the birds,� Cook noted. � granted a variance for Roger Metz to build a four-season porch on his home that is under construction. The council stressed again their displeasure with the requests for variances on new homes, requesting potential homebuilders to build their homes to suit the lots they purchase. Wanda Hanson can be contacted at email@example.com


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League of Legends
I met a girl at school who plays League of Legends...
TalentedM posted...
Oh... Oh god.
this...this so much
plus many moaning and groaning and heavy laughter
My Hubris is bigger than yours.
NA - TheWorld7 & Tragedy Baby // PBE - Je Suis
GlobalCooling posted...
Kk, thank god, that is not her.
Aww, you were doing so well, then you went and dropped the ball here...
tbh topic of the year right here
Kee'lah se'lai
The poem was clearly the best part. Nice going Global
"Swim away fugu fish, swim awaaaayyyyyy"
Anna Kendrick is my new waifu
Ok, seriously.
There's a topic on another board asking "When did gamers become bullies?" Well I bet that with the way most of you on this topic are acting, I imagine that you can pinpoint the exact date and time.
Seriously, the topic creator, who from what I've gotten from this topic is quite socially awkward found a girl he has something in common with. Someone who he feels a bit more comfortable talking with. He's asking for advice.
And how do most of you respond? By telling him that he's a sad sad little man who has no chance with her.
Is this how you guys treat every friend of yours who's something of social outcast? Or better yet, I imagine that a lot of you here are social outcasts as well. Is this how you treat those that are like you?
Seriously, you guys are League of Legends fans, not Starcraft fans. How about encouraging the guy, hmm? Give him some legitimate advice!
Project Beat a Game a Day, along with my Daily NES Archive:
Superrpgman posted...
Ok, seriously.
Você se faz de otário ou é real?
LoL NA IGN: MyakkoFirst|steam: rihawf
League of Legends BR IGN: Rihawf (who'd know?)
i lol'ed at this topic.
"Damn right and I'll do it again. I am right so I gotz to win" - DMX
Superrpgman posted...
Ok, seriously.
Oh man just when I thought this topic couldnt get any better!
TC is the girl from that facebook, Arianna Azri.
Case Closed.
I'm apparently horse food.
Superrpgman posted...
Ok, seriously.
Can you explain this in-depth?
Monster Hunter Tri: Exalx (2ZFG9Y) HR:130+


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