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How about east coast people who put an 'er' after certain words? For example Daytona is Daytoner.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 02:18 PM) Does anybody here call an "easy" girl (you know what I mean) a "bustdown"? (I have never heard a white person say that btw besides ones that hang around blacks/hispanics a lot and I would be surprised if someone did) Also my wife makes fun of me for how I say "roots" and "roof." I don't pronounce the "oo" sound (as in how you'd hear it in "tools" or "boobs"), I say it almost like a "uh" sound. But for some reason it depends on the context of "roots," if I'm talking about a plant I say it that way, but I say it the other way if I'm talking about family, or the "root of the problem." I've never heard anyone use 'bustdown'. I'm not even sure I get it.

QUOTE (SnB @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 06:56 PM) i went engagment ring shopping this weekend. yikes. Some advice, take someone with you who knows the jeweler. Good luck.

I thought the 4 & 5 guys in the rotation would be absolute garbage.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 10, 2008 -> 10:01 PM) Actually, it will not be as serious for Williams. The spine is designed to take the stress of an up and down force much more efficiently than a rotation force due to the S-curves. From working with the various sports a baseball hitter will have much more difficulty returning to a high level of performance than a football tackle. Great stuff. Thx for the insight. Why should you not get more than 3 per year?

Ever notice some people pronounce the name Williams as Wee-Yums?

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 01:35 PM) Excellent play. Uribe does frustrate the hell out of us, but we can't hate The Tazmanian Devil. I can and I do.

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 10, 2008 -> 10:55 PM) I'm a little confused. Floyd won his 12th game but lost a bet? LOL. You'd think that if a guy thought he was going to do well... and then he did... that he would be winning bets not losing them. I thought I was the only one that caught that. Apparently, bets are confusing to Jenks and Floyd.

I've seen em all. The old, the not so old and the current pics. She did have a hot curvy body a while back and now she is a meth head....but the skull has always been a mess.

"disapointing loss" is probably my favorite sports term.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 10:45 PM) I do the exact same thing and get made fun of for it. Crayons=Crans, Greg=Graig, Egg=Aig, Leg=Laig, Keg=Kaig, etc. Are you guys from Wisconsin? A Wisco. friend of mine says flaig for flag and taig for tag etc. Just whatever you do, don't say malk for milk.

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 01:27 PM) Not meaning to hijack the thread, but with how we've seen things pan out with Crede's back, Can we safely conclude that Chris Williams' career with the Bears is over before it even started? Football is a much more violent sport than baseball, and this seems like the same injury as Crede. From what I've heard and read, the way disc injuries will heal, if at all, is very unpredictable. What you're saying makes sense, it seems the last thing you'd want to do with a disc injury is slam your body into someone else's over and over again. Tackling has got to compress your spine tremendously, I'm surprised we don't hear about more of these types of injuries in football.

When Freddy was on the hill, he made me sweat almost as much as he did. Seemed to always be in a jam and most of the time he'd pitch out of it.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 11:16 AM) I think he had some disease and pneumonia was an offshoot of that. Kinda like HIV...you don't die from HIV, you die from the sickness you can get from the HIV-weakened immune system. That's what I was hinting at, I bet that was the case.

I've done a lot of traveling through SoCal since I've been out here and there are times when the smell of buds is so fresh that I know it must be growing like crazy somewhere nearby.

QUOTE (IamPabloOzuna @ Aug 9, 2008 -> 01:59 AM) let me clear this all up for everyone...i have literally the same problem as joe and have had a couple epidurals myself. Like this previous poster said, the term "epidural" simply refers to the region of the injection. I have a terribly herniated disc that is putting pressure on my sciatic nerve. without treatment it causes severe pain that is absolutely unbearable. I have had 2 epidurals in the last year for pretty much the exact same problem as joe, except i never had surgery. the surgery is only done as measure that could possibly end the problem for good. I never had it, and apparently in joe's case it didnt work very well. an epidural is a direct shot of cortisone that bathes the spinal canal between the vertebrae. think of it as a super potentially long lasting anti-inflammatory/pain killer. my last one was in may and it absolutely melted the pain completely away. the only problem with epidurals is that they are not completely reliable for long periods of time. the pain may go away for a week, it may go away for a year, it may go away forever....but you can only have around 3 in a year. joe had this done as a measure of pain relief, and if it works as well for him as it did for me, he'll be fine. as far as how the sox are saying they are waiting for the epidural injection to kick in, it takes about 3-4 days to take full effect. I was in the same boat a couple of years ago my friend, but I turned down the epidurals and just dealt with it. Mysteriously, my back suddenly got better. There is still some slight pain sometimes, but it's not debilitating. Dunno how that happened. but I'm glad it did. Sounds like Joe is done.

From Pneumonia??? Isn't it rare nowadays to die from that?

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 02:15 PM) Her skull is ruined, but in that shot, her body doesn't look bad.

As much as I've enjoy watching that Cub fan getting smacked around, I think you found your new avatar.

How does no one see this hapenning? http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/08/pot.er...tml#cnnSTCVideo

QUOTE (Steff @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 09:46 PM) I've had both - one for Bri and several with steroids for a herniated disk thanks to Bri. And you're right they are 2 different animals, but the feeling of relief, in different ways, was immediate. Also, if he's getting a steroid epidural "all of a sudden" that is suspicious. They are part of ongoing treatment plans almost always with some type of physical therapy, and I've not heard of him having one previous to this or any therapy - though admittedly I've been a bit preoccupied this season. Yep, you get the shots and you do rehab and THEN, if that doesn't help, as last resort you go under the knife. Congrats on Bri, but it sounds like it went kinda rough. Welcome to wonderful world of back pain.

I might be thinking of something else. I know there are epidurals that many women get during labor, I think this is what you might be describing Steff. Strictly for pain. I also know that a common treatment for disc injuries is to inject the area with a strong, direct blast of steroids, or anti inflamatories, I think. These are the ones that take a few days before one can see what results, if any they have had. My Dr. suggested it to me and called it an 'epidural'. This might clarify things. Still, this doesn't sound good. Why is it flaring up to the point of needing one? That is not good, especially post-op. http://www.spine-health.com/treatment/inje...in-and-sciatica

This sounds very bad. I've never heard of epidural after surgery. I've heard of epidurals as a treatment option to try to avoid surgery. Where's a our resident Dr. Ptatc?

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 01:47 PM) Iam going to withhold any judgements on the list because it is early.But so far Soxtalk is letting me down with their picks.I mean,shouldnt your favorite players be the ones that helped you win the most? The list asks for favorites, not the best. It's like the all star voting.... except for Sox players. Harry Chappas is one of my all time favs because the guy was 5 feet 3 inches tall. Any time he did anything on the field it was entertaining.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 07:11 AM) No I'm with you here that the victim couldn't have been saved. However, fear or whatever you would have called I thought would have driven the passengers to get the guy under absolute control because just because he takes out one doesn't mean he's done. I would have hoped a group would have tied him to a seat and perhaps beat the s*** out of him. Tell you what Jake, if you and I are ever in that situation, you go ahead and try to grab the guy with the big knife and while he swings around and sinks the blade through your eye socket and deep into your brain, I'll be setting the world record for 200 meters.