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Highlights: Shootouts No Centre Line No goalie play behind the net Nets are two feet closer to the end boards Goalie Equipment changes No all star games in olympic years 2006 and 2010 nhl players will play in the olympics there are some other "rumors" but I can't go into that - I'd get shot.

QUOTE(Yossarian @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 06:45 PM) Did you see the commercial where the guy brags about his rich lifestyle; his house, car, and country club? Then he says, "how do I do it? I'm in debt up to my eyeballs." The guy on the lawn mower is me.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 06:33 PM) No, it's not that the Good stories are anecdotes, it's that the incredibly small stories are anecdotes. This is a story about 1 hospital in 1 place in Iraq that will at most convince a couple hundred people not to hate us. Yeah, it's a useful story, but it's not a big story. This 1 place is not going to change the future of Iraq. A thousand of those places...maybe they could. But not 1 of them. Not even a dozen. What would be a great story that I would think of as a non-anecdote? The completion of the Iraqi constitution on time. The election certainly was. A dramatic increase in the generation of electricity. Saddam finally going to trial. Or getting a significant amount of Iraqi forces trained and actually seeing them performing well. Those are things that can genuinely help improve the future of the country for everyone. I see your point, but it's sad when "anecdotes" are an afterthought. So, by the way, Laurie Hall is my cousin. And she's over there to help things toward getting the Constitution, the infastructure, etc. in place so we can come home no worse for the wear.

I think this is a pile of poopy speculation.

Atlanta had the same problem, and they injected hundreds of millions into the infastructure to improve roads, etc. That would be ok for Chicago, wouldn't it? Of course the Dan Ryan will still fall to pieces 6 months after it's over, so whatever, huh?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) Yes, there is a place and time to tell these sorts of cute stories about how we are helping the Iraqis. Some of them should be told. But they don't tell the story of what is going on in the country. They are anecdotes. Oh, so these stories don't matter? They're ANECDOTES? Wow. It tells me about how you people think of things and where your priorities are. The "good stories" are anecdotes, the savagery is more significant. That just burns me about the thought processes of some in this country.

QUOTE(ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 03:44 PM) *prays Florida or Ottawa wins lottery* FLORIDA!!!! Then I would get to spend some quality time with the next great one...

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 02:07 PM) When will the season's schedule be published? My understanding is Monday. I already have snippets of how they are going to do the schedule. Under the CBA, teams will play division opponents eight times for a total of 32 games. Teams will play the other 10 teams in the conference four times each for a total of 40 more games. Teams will also play one road game each vs. one division in the other conference (east vs. west) for 5 games and one home game each against another division in the other conference for the last 5 games, missing five teams a season. The one division opponent not played in the current year from the other conference will rotate in and out in the years following.

They are showing this live - there's not going to be a "rigging" but mathematically, the Rangers have the best shot (along with three others) because they have sucked so bad for the last 4 years.

Why does this matter? We save these people - no matter what they do. This is the kind of stuff that NEEDS reported. Why else does this article matter? I'll share in a bit after some feedback.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 02:39 AM) I knew a woman in college that learned to pee standing up. She said it was very easy. Came in handy when we were camping. I sure hope you didn't marry that one.

Another reason is that there is very little education of what credit does to you. I'll give you a personal example. 15 years ago, to get through a private college, I borrowed money. I didn't really know any better - I mean I knew I had to pay them back but when you're 18, you do what you do to get through school and you don't think about paying stuff back. Then, I got out of college, had credit cards, and then couldn't get a job. Still being naive, I lived off of credit. Then, my ex-wife got in a major car accident. More credit - just to get by. Then, got a divorce. MORE credit. 10 years later, I now am paying off more student loans then I ever wanted to or realized I would be, and I STILL have balances on some of the cards from 10 years ago because they gave me so much damn credit to live off of. Those f***ers pray of off people like me. They make their money and then some. I'm just now finally getting to the point where I'm catching up. But Yossarian I think it was hit it on the head. They are way too loose on credit, and before you know it, you're over your head and these people just don't give a flying f***, as long as they make their money.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 10:01 PM) You guys got nothing on some of the ladies in this world.. at least you don't have to sit/squat. Reminds me of the last place I worked. They had to have a ladies meeting because someone in the office left some bombs in the toilet... and got them plugged up. And on top of that I guess there were some feminine issues around... it was kind of crazy to hear about all that, there was 20 women and 3 men in the office - at least that men's bathroom was clean. Man this thread is really bad.

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 09:35 PM) The outlet mall is a frickin' zoo that week. But it's worth it. That bigass outlet mall between Austin and Dallas I bet is quite the adventure that weekend. They have big sales and then to not pay an additional 8.25% is pretty damn cool.

Yea, it's a good weekend to buy clothes and the like, even for us non-kids.

Cedar Point has better "speed" roller coasters, Kings Island is a little more "family oriented" but they have some pretty good "twisty" roller coasters too.

These "worst threads ever" usually have some truth to them, so bite me. Yea, you're right. This is a bad thread.

Bottom line, if you can't handle your crank, I don't know what to tell you. Damn, it's pathetic.

This has been a long standing rule here at Soxtalk, and everyone who gets suspended pretty much knows it. There are some good posters, IMO, who are banned for this very reason. If we ban one for this, we are going to be consistant. He knew the rules, and he got away with it for a while, but no longer. It's pretty simple, if we suspend you, don't post. And you have to do a lot around here to get suspended. Think about it. I've said my piece, now I'm out of it.

HOW THE HELL HARD IS IT TO PISS IN A URINAL? Mercy. Go into the restroom here and there's, well, drops, all over the floor. Damn I hate that!! /sorry but this pisses me off (no pun intended)

maybe we do live in a desert, except with the humidty. Current Temprature: 104 Feels like: 115 It's fargin' hot today. Up to about 100 is fine. But the humidity sucks ass today.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 05:38 PM) The starting pitcher picks which uniform the Sox wear. No s***? I never knew that. You learn something new every day.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 04:36 PM) I am going to play the devils advocate and say that increasing the monthly payments is a good thing. The sooner people pay these things off the better. If anything all that will do is cut into the bottom lines of credit card companies, as they can't make the compounding interest off of the poorer card holders that they used to be able to do. It is a good thing, in the long run, but people are going to get their nuts squashed in the short term.

LMAO Photoshop is a GREAT program.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Jul 21, 2005 -> 01:35 PM) There was an awesome lightening show last night as the clouds from the second storm that didn't give my area any rain passed through. I hope the system that is head towards us doesn't break in two and go around Chicago like so many storms have this summer. No joke... there is something to the urban areas being effected like this. The storms always get to about 15 miles away from us, break up and reform on the other side of the city.