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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 10:38 AM) And he played with a bad quad. He'll shut some people up in 2014 if he can stay healthy. That's right. I forgot about that one. Since defense has been his only real asset, he needs to bounce back.

Christmas break until mid-January. Although, I'm still working on admissions and e-mailing with accepted applicants and alternate list applicants. I can do all of it from home except collecting the tuition deposits, although those go to the business office.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 10:16 AM) His defense last year was barely above average and it's getting worse every year. Up until last year it was well above average. He also had a hand injury which could very have limited some of his defensive abilities.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 04:06 PM) "Jerry...Hello" - Yoda Newman Kramer would agree.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 03:28 PM) @AdamSchefter Cowboys QB Tony Romo has been ruled out the rest of the season due to his back injury, per league source. This is faked. The cowboys benched him because everyone knows he loses big games.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 12:23 PM) I don't know. A world without his beautiful creations is a world I don't want to live in. Agreed. He revolutionized weapons. The durable, all weather, easy to maintain and repair rifle.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 08:20 AM) Oh look, the Eagles just scored again! Packers screwing up cost me $400.00 in a nationwide pool. I hated them when I worked for them and even when they lose.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Dec 22, 2013 -> 08:08 PM) I always got a kick out of those who wanted to run Pierzynski out of town for that reason. If they can perform at high level, keep them.

Hot apple cider with butterscotch schnapps.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 04:04 PM) Any alcohol recommendations? Large quantities.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 02:39 PM) gosh Balta no, just backpacks and duffles. Hey, whatever works.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 08:44 AM) Christmas not X-mas Definitely!

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 08:47 AM) I have the chef of a local restaurant coming over to teach tamale making to my wife and I. It should be fun. That is great. My wife and her sister spend Christmas day making 200 tamales and we eat them over the next few months.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Dec 21, 2013 -> 12:03 AM) Alcohol can impair cognitive function, but even fully sober, I don't think I would know what he's talking about. Basically, it's when the tail bone has grown too long, gets in the way and needs to be removed

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:09 PM) What the heck is that? Xcising an xtended coccyx. A rudimentary tail. For the record I've had to mobilize fractured one but PT/ATs cannot do surgery (legally anyway)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 07:28 PM) Still, not bad. True Dat.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 04:47 PM) I know most of the stuff I’m getting because I was there when it was purchased. Same with my kids because they are getting more and more difficult to buy for the older they get. There are a few things they are getting that they don’t know about and probably the same for me. I came home the other day and noticed that there was a stack of wrapped presents with my name of them. Then I noticed that my kids had wrapped them with duct tape. The tradition in our family is that it should take a minimum of 5 minutes to get through the multiple layers of tape, paper and boxes. That's a present itself. My kids are the same way. A new carbon fiber tank for his paintball gun. Mostly Von Maur clothes for the girl. Can't be much of a surprise otherwise they don't work. There are a few they don't know about but they are small ones.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 08:56 AM) I've done plenty of quantitative research and I think part of our difference here is the requirements for giving medical advice being different. I'm not trying to base a conclusion on anything. All I've said is you can't prove there isn't a problem and I think your language is too strong when you focus solely on the "there's no correlation" part. Ok. I disagree because the data is still minimal on concussions and the link to CTE let alone the cumulative trauma without symptoms. But that's life.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 04:55 PM) Quick improvement. Remember, I'm old and slow.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 03:21 PM) I guess part of this though is predicting where the research will lead. Take someone making a decision about smoking in the 1950s. There wasn't enough data. I believe we are at the same point with concussions and football. I don't see it leading to a conclusion that getting hit repeatedly in the head is a good thing. Not necessarily. Repeated micro trauma to muscles make the muscles stronger. We don't know that micro trauma to the brain causes problems.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 08:58 AM) I consider junior high past the "kid age." I was playing year round sports starting at age 7. It was too early. Most defintely.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 04:36 PM) No, you may not. OK, I apologized and didn't screw it up this time.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 04:38 PM) I heard he is a pretty good guy outside of the ring when you get to know him An outstanding individual. We had alot of fun in the clinic. He actually bought lunch for the entire clinic (pizzas) after his discharge.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:53 AM) He's come and gone more times than the Undertaker. After awhile, I just stopped caring. I helped him with one of his "comebacks". I helped him after a knee surgery.

QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 08:00 PM) Peavy was much more of a groundball pitcher pre-White Sox. His sinker really quit sinking post-surgery. I hadn't noticed this. Was it this or did he stop throwing it?