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QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 06:15 AM) Are you trying to say it's the same girl? Lol, you never really said. But I honestly hope we will be friends after this. There is no 4th date because I've decided I don't want one. Her body is still on my mind too much, but there were also some things that were talked about that really made me think this would never work out. But none of those things would turn me off of being friends with her, so I am hoping she feels the same way and can just be friends. She must be really big. Never have we heard more about hips. Not ripping you, mostly kidding, but is she immense?

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 04:37 PM) United and Delta are trash. Southwest is the best. I will say in my experience, about 10 flights a year is all, maybe 15, the ONLY airline flights I've ever taken without feeling horrible afterward is on SWA. I know I'm going to have a flight from hell on there sometime but I can truly say as a customer I feel like they respect me just a little bit, or tolerate me, and do not act like I'm scum. I feel like the other airlines are truly horrible, though I will say I had no complaints on the last trip to Hawaii on AA. For now I'd just like to praise SWA and say I just don't like the other airlines very much at all. United really screwed me over one time on an automatic rebooking after a cancellation and I never forgave them for that. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 04:48 PM) Wow, what a disaster. Someone is getting fired for thinking this is a good idea. No matter what they had to offer to get people off of this flight, it was worth less than the PR disaster they are watching all over media and social media today. Exactly southsider. You keep going up and up on the offer for compensation to give up your seat. Increase the offer, United! Eventually somebody's gonna take a fricking 2000 dollar voucher for gosh sakes. Reason with people, joke on the PA system. Have some fun with it but work with the passengers and say 'What's it gonna take for four of you to give up your seats?" Trust me, somebody's gonna give up their seats if you hit 2000 dollars of free airfare!! QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 06:45 PM) Whatever happened to just increasing the amount of the travel voucher until you had enough volunteers? My wife and I bailed on coming home for a day once for $1,000 each on American. Of course it cost a little bit for the extra day, but it was well worth it. Exactly. Somebody will bite on 1000 or 2000 dollars for gosh sakes. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 07:10 PM) I am 100% certain that this is true. The problem isn't the legaleze being solid. The problem is that even if UAL had to give out 10k in vouchers, it was worth WAY more than the millions of dollars in bad publicity that they just generated. How many people watching that video won't book with UAL going forward? On top of that people are going to be remembering that video for a long time, so if UAL is going to bump people, it is going to be way more difficult and expensive for them to do. It is penny-wise and pound foolish for United. Oh, so true. And my gawd, to forcibly remove the guy is insane. Look, if one of the four people was complaining, you WORK with the guy. And guess what? If he's that pissed you actually let him stay. Call a f***ing supervisor up front and explain the f***ing situation. The solution cannot be, "Call the cops and drag his ass off our plane!" When that's the solution, this is what happens, thankfully caught on tape. I think most of us feel the passenger should win a huge lawsuit. Excessive force. Especially if it's true he's a doctor with patients to see (is it true?) QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 07:12 PM) Oh absolutely, and the way this was handled by CPD (if that's who the plain-clothes guy who dragged him off the plane was) is appalling. Totally appalling. No force necessary. If the passenger is that irate, you find another passenger to give up their seat. Trust me, not everybody is going to be combative in a full flight. If you hit a combative person you have to work with them. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 08:27 PM) Forget the doctor part. We're having enough problems in our country when we pick on seniors and that's not exactly the right image we want to send to anyone from a foreign country, either. It's 4:21 a.m. in China, and I know when everyone sees this on Chinese social media, United will have hundreds of millions pissed off if they find out he's Chinese or Singaporean. They don't mess around. Just look at what they're doing to Lotte Department stores (most famous Korean Departmen Store/Real Estate company) when they sold the land to the ROK government to install the THAAD missile system. Maybe he's Korean or Japanese, but we'll find out soon enough when this goes out around the world. https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-passenger...-134930951.html There are already 14,000+ negative reactions just to this article, multiply that by a factor of 8-10x. If you look closely in the second video, his left leg is trapped under the FOLDING arm rest. Instead of the idiot US Marshal lifting the arm rest first, he tugs the gentleman, while screaming as hard as he can until an audible snap can be heard. I am almost certain this man was screaming the way he was, then went instantly silent afterwords because his Femur has been broken, or dislocated. This is #$%$ disgusting, and it doesn't matter who you are, where you are from, EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE TREATED LIKE A PERSON If that person had a limb broken ... wow. Over this?? United deserves what it gets if this guy got hurt. QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 01:14 AM) While I will not defend the forceful nature in which the passenger was removed from the plane, I'm still not sure what United did wrong here. They have internal polices in place on the dollar amount of travel vouchers they can offer in these situations and no one ended up biting. By law they are allowed to remove passengers from the flight. This passenger decides he's not getting off the plane and caused United to force him off instead. I don't really see what the alternative was for United. IMO, the issue here is an overzealous police officer who simply got way too physical in removing said passenger from the plane. I really don't see why so many people are ragging on United over this other than some residual tied to that stupid legging drama. No one ended up biting on the offer?? Then increase the f***ing offer. Keep increasing it. You don't stop and say in effect, "OK motherf***ers, we tried. Now we're kicking people off. Just watch us."

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 11:13 PM) What about a coach of the girls' hs volleyball team being a lesbian, the wrestling or football coach a pedophile or gay man? How can you protect them then? Isn't it much more likely something might happen in a shared shower than a public bathroom? Do we have any examples of all these bathroom assaults going on to point to? What about changing rooms in clothing stores (the ones not yet wiped out by Amazon.com)? Couldn't they be just as alluring for attackers? Yeah this all could happen. I just don't understand why the bathroom thing is such a big deal. in my proposal, we only have private bathrooms where one goes in at a time. This way a person who is dressed as a woman but has not yet had the surgery and is still legally a man will have the same rights as I do. This is the only way to go IMO. Why do we have bathrooms for genders? We must change it all asap because like I said many are not in favor of allowing males who identify as being female as being allowed in the women's bathroom while still legally a male.

Some of the guys who have no business being anywhere near an MLB roster need to be released. May, Narvaez, Leury, Sanchez, etc. Bring Rayburn up now to replace May and get it started. Also dump Asche now as well. This is about right. Sox will go under .500 at home obviously but maybe only finish 10-15 under at home. Road they'll lose 8 of every 10 keeping my 55-65 win prediction right on course.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 09:00 PM) I know Todd hit that ball hard but man he's off to a slow start. Worrying for any trade value he has. Why worry? He has zero value. Remember Adam Dunn? Nobody wanted him, either.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 08:59 PM) Oh Greg He's destined for rotten-ness with his approach to hitting. Can't swing at everything. Must be selective or failure is assured.

Too bad. You hit into the shift you deserve to be out.

Should Anderson be sent down til he learns more about hitting?

Bennetti is a very enjoyable listen. 40 year career ahead for him I'd think. He and Stoney are a delight in a miserable offensive show.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 08:28 PM) Frazier is going to struggle to keep his average above .200 this year...his approach is just awful. We're stuck with him Yeah, he definitely stinks. QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 08:29 PM) This offense sure hates scoring run for Q. To be fair, on paper this was a shutout in the making.

Looks like a huge crowd. Sox fans still are interested.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 06:58 PM) Kittle is talking a mile a minute, holy f***. That was funny he said if you only charge 100 for admission you get a bunch of drunks who ruin it for everybody else. There must be a lot of jerks running around the city of Chicago.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 06:56 PM) You don't pay Avi to bunt They don't pay him to do anything at 3 mill a year. Peanuts.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 07:53 PM) Are you even watching? Yeah, he blows. Nice wood on that particular at bat though.

Horrific bottom of the order, but like everybody says, not that it matters. Probably should have bunted but Avi would have popped it up.

Yolmer is an automatic out.

Avi with a bad swing on a meatball. Why not take a pitch?

Q starting to pitch well.

What's Q scared of? Nibbling. Working so slow.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 06:19 PM) Anderson chasing way too many pitches Poor guy swings at everything. At this rate he'll draw maybe 10 walks all season.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 05:35 PM) With all the discrimination that still exists in society today...try to imagine a son or daughter deliberately provoking confrontation and "being threatening to others," why would any sane/logical/rational person choose that difficult path? Great post. But my take is basically in response to the criminals/crazies who might want to prey on people by saying simply, "I identify as a female" and go into the women's room. Heaven forbid, in the not so distant history of my own Catholic religion, we have people who chose professions just to be close to kids so they could prey on them. I've heard the saying a million times that life isn't fair. If you have male private parts shouldn't you have to go to the men's room? Why are we discriminating here the other way or at least be escorted in there? What if it's my lifelong goal to prey on kids. Wouldn't this be another way to do so if you had a sick mind?? QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 06:28 PM) The big deal is the one you are making. These people just want to take a piss or s*** and you want them to make sure they walk into the "correct" bathroom due to which private parts you have. And it's even more interesting that this comes from the same guy who wouldn't even walk into the same subway with someone who was either transgendered or a cross dresser. So, instead you want to share a bathroom with a cross dresser or transgendered man. Makes total sense a.) I'm surprised nobody agrees with me. I just feel like it's not too much to ask people to use the bathroom of their genetic makeup. Maybe we need to just simply change the bathroom setup across America and allow only one person in at a time to make sure we don't step on anybody's rights. Inconvenience, yes, but this is kind of a non sequitir allowing people with male parts into female bathrooms. Makes little sense. 2.) Yes when walking into the Subway at the same time as the cross dresser with high heels and a dress I made that decision to not eat there that night. I hadn't walked in yet. I wouldn't be rude enough to leave if I had already been in there like the other time. I know it can be painful for a person with male private parts who identifies as a female. I heard from Bruce Jenner and have read the suicide rate is very high. Of course I feel badly about that. If it saves lives then I'm all for changing the bathrooms and having just one person go in at a time. Anybody experiencing mental anguish deserves relief that is for sure. But we also have to keep those who prey on kids at bay. Why not do what I suggest? We must have a system now in which one person at a time and only one are allowed in bathrooms to make sure we satisfy everybody's rights here.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 10:09 PM) He was on a roast last year and was still sharp as hell. Loved him on late night talk shows Watched the tribute show to him on Spike TV in 2013. He was pretty frail then. Comedians just love the guy. Jimmy Kimmel couldn't stop sobbing the other night and Letterman and Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy, all those guys worshiped Rickles. Sad to see him go. Not many of the old icons are left.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 03:27 PM) Anyone know anybody looking for an entry-levl type finance job in the city located in the loop? I'm trying to scoop up a referral bonus lol message me for details. Can u help a 22 year old I know get a job in the city? He interviewed with the Fed and didn't get it. DePaul grad.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 01:44 AM) You should and will love all our Sox players. Especially when we are pushing for a pennant races El Rockin is the best Sox fan alive. QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 02:16 AM) Why not Melky? He's been pretty consistent for us. Dunno. Never liked him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 01:18 AM) I was at the game and where they play Maurer is incredible. If he hit one into the RF corner, he would have an easy triple. Avi was at least 120 feet off the line maybe 150 feet. May was in LC. Maurer hit one pretty much right at him where had they been playing straight up probably is a double unless the traded for Buxton. All the baseball metrics have made it so hard on hitters. Everybody knows where the guy is going to hit the ball with all these shifts. If you are a lefty slugger (not Mauer of course he's over the hill) for instance and there are four infielders playing you to pull you just have to bunt to the left side and take the single. You just have to. Why hit it right into the shift? Your only hope with these shifts is to hit it off the wall or over the fence. QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Apr 9, 2017 -> 03:37 AM) I assume you are being sarcastic because if you aren't....well that would give one pause for thought. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and again. Avi will get hot offensively for a week or two and then...it's look out below. Inconsistent offense, brutal defense, a bad baseball IQ...that doesn't bode well. Let's put it this way, would another team be interested in him if the Sox put him up for trade? (silence) There you go. Mark Yeah partly sarcastic, but 3 mill a year is nothing. I do respect your knowledge of the game obviously so I won't be getting in arguments with you. I feel kinda sorry for Avi cause he's 'close' to not being worthless IMO. Probably will never get over that hurdle but he is 'close' to being big league quality. I mean some guys (Brian Anderson, May, guys like that) are a different kind of bad than Avi.