Middle Buffalo

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Nov 3, 2007 -> 09:07 AM) You'd get smoked. I agree. Diana Taurasi would school most guys who weren't really good basketball players. If you and your friends were really good HS players, you'd give them a game, but I seriously doubt you'd beat the WNBA champs. As for scoring on an NBA team, it would be very hard. Foul shots would be your best bet, but without a seriously good ball handler, you wouldn't have much of a chance of scoring a basket if the game were refereed with the NBA allowed amount of contact. Consider that guys like Steve Nash are 6'3" but appear small next to NBA players. Watch how much he gets bumped when he's moving with the ball. He can control his dribble. That's what separates the HS point guard from the college from the NBA. I doubt you or your friends would withstand that.

These hour long episodes have been painful. There's some funny, but not enough to stretch the episodes to an hour. I don't even like it when NBC supersizes episodes to 40 minutes. They're never as good. I hope they're finished with the hour longs.

I never missed an opportunity to draw a Sharpie mustache on my roommates when they passed out. It was always great to watch them wake up in the living room of our house in college and realize that they probably had a Hitler 'stache. That walk of shame to the bathroom to check their face for marks was priceless.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 07:51 PM) I never understood why it was "gay" for me to hang out with the girls in the kitchen at parties instead of with the guys in the garage. Duh. Only because you and the girls were talking about all the cute guys in the garage. Other than that, not gay.

I've also never broken a bone. Never saw "Animal House" or "Spinal Tap." I've seen bits and pieces of both. In my experience, when a movie has been built up so much, it's always failed to deliver for me. Never thought Dice Clay was funny.

I got this idea a while back when I was reading the Movie thread, and several people (myself included) said that they'd never seen the movie "The Goonies." What's something that you've never seen or done that would surprise people? I don't mean things like sky dive or anything "extreme," I mean things that virtually everyone your age did or saw, but for whatever reason you didn't. For instance, I'm 35 years old and a movie fan, but I never saw "Terminator ." I never saw Michael Jordan play in person. I've only been to one Bulls game - and it was the year Jordan broke his foot and missed most of the year. I've never been to a Blackhawks game or any NHL game. I don't even think I've watched one on tv.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 10:05 AM) Anyone hear of rubbing a cell phone battery to get a little more juice for one last call? I assume it's the higher temp that does it. Not sure about cell phone batteries, but I do know that if you tap the bottom of batteries (eg. AAA batteries) softly against one another when they are "dead," you'll get another few hours of use out of them. I used to do it with my headphones all the time.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Oct 2, 2007 -> 12:47 PM) No, our qb tries to throw to everyone, if you're open, he'll throw to you. These guys just don't like the fact that they didn't get the ball every play. My team was one play away from playing in Memorial Stadium in 1992. I threw what would have been a 5 yard td pass to one of our receivers, and it bounced off his hands into the hands of the defender. Game over. Dream dead.

1st survey: Kucinich (52) then Clinton, Obama, and Edwards (all 50). First Republican is Giuliani (36). 2nd survey: Gore (65%), Bloomberg (65%), Obama (64%), Kucinich(61), Clinton (60).

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 04:52 PM) Fortunately I have a penis. I laughed at that. Might make a good tattoo accross the small of your back.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 1, 2007 -> 12:29 PM) im going to get another one this week. I like tats as something that remind you about life transitions. I got one after college and after the end of a 5 year relationship. There are stages you go through in life and I like to make them lessons for me to improve myself and tats are a part of that for me. You should consider scrapbooking or writing a journal.

I had sympathy lactation when my wife was nursing our oldest. True story.

It's used to distinguish the perp as much as possible so other people with the same first and last names aren't implicated publicly. It happened a while back to Eddie Johnson of the Suns. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/11/...tr=HOME_1888001

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 06:23 AM) Don't we all . . . I have one on my butt that says Exit Only, in case I was ever passed out drunk . . . You might want to add "Salida" on the other cheek just in case, unless you secretly want to hear "no ingles" just before the act takes place.

I hate tattoos.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 26, 2007 -> 12:17 PM) The more I think about this, the better the teaching moment becomes. And I really like the blue shirt solution. Son, you do not have to cheer, but respect that they are enjoying winning, and don't piss on it. Their enjoyment doesn't mean you lose. Wow. If only a few religions, political parties, and other ideologs would understand that. I totally agree. Teach the kid to respect others. I, however, will be rooting for another Bartman-like collapse because my parents failed in this area.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Sep 26, 2007 -> 11:13 AM) I'd say its because you're a huge tool. I think you meant to call him an icon.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Sep 26, 2007 -> 09:40 AM) All I was merely trying to point out is that Carl Crawford is extremely overrated around here. People act as if he is some savior player, but there's a reason the Devil Rays haven't won even with him on the team all this time, and that's because he's not much more than a very good player (ie, he's not a star in the league other than with his name). I agree. I don't think the Red Sox and Yankees being in the same division and spending four times as much as the Devil Rays has anything to do with the DRays lack of success. It's Crawford's fault for sure.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Sep 21, 2007 -> 02:03 PM) Greg got mom, Marsha got Jan, and yet, Middle Buffalo got nothing! Peter's tell all would be Encyclopedia-thick. He's just too busy bangin' to put pen to paper.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Sep 19, 2007 -> 10:02 AM) You should be ashamed of yourself for taking advantage of one retarded girl let alone 2. SICKO!!! I made one....Let's just say it definitely wasn't one of my better angles or hers. After that viewing I quit the video biz. The chick did let me keep it to though...I tossed it, but still....she didn't know that. Tossed what? Was there a solo act? I'm very confused.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 02:35 PM) You haven't lived until you've see Kirk McCaskill in person. I'd like to watch Frank Thomas towel off after a game sometime. Not gay, just a big fan of towels.

It should be branded, then sent to Cooperstown. I'd love to see if they'd display the ball with an asterisk on it.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 17, 2007 -> 06:50 AM) Oh, and he along with A-Rod, Griffey, and Frank (well and soon to be Manny Ramirez, probably in 2008) are the CLEAN guys to hit 500 plus home runs in the era of the cheats. Unfortunately, we don't really know that about any of these guys. I'm not accusing any of them, but the reality is that all MLB players are guilty by association.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 16, 2007 -> 11:57 PM) yeah but HR's and RBI's are really big stats to look at when people make an MVP vote.... i think if they all had the same season this year Dawson would still win out. Now if your asking which player id personally vote for, prob davis. Approaching 50 HRs was a key, too. It hadn't been done since 1977 (George Foster). Still not crazy about a guy winning on a last place team, but Dawson's season was really great. I don't think he's a HOF player either, though. Year National League HR American League HR 2007 (NL AL) Prince Fielder* (MIL) 46 Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 52 2006 (NL AL) Ryan Howard* (PHI) 58 David Ortiz* (BOS) 54 2005 (NL AL) Andruw Jones (ATL) 51 Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 48 2004 (NL AL) Adrian Beltre (LAD) 48 Manny Ramirez (BOS) 43 2003 (NL AL) Jim Thome* (PHI) 47 Alex Rodriguez (TEX) 47 2002 (NL AL) Sammy Sosa (CHC) 49 Alex Rodriguez (TEX) 57 2001 (NL AL) Barry Bonds* (SFG) 73 Alex Rodriguez (TEX) 52 2000 (NL AL) Sammy Sosa (CHC) 50 Troy Glaus (ANA) 47 1999 (NL AL) Mark McGwire (STL) 65 Ken Griffey* (SEA) 48 1998 (NL AL) Mark McGwire (STL) 70 Ken Griffey* (SEA) 56 1997 (NL AL) Larry Walker* (COL) 49 Ken Griffey* (SEA) 56 1996 (NL AL) Andres Galarraga (COL) 47 Mark McGwire (OAK) 52 1995 (NL AL) Dante Bichette (COL) 40 Albert Belle (CLE) 50 1994 (NL AL) Matt Williams (SFG) 43 Ken Griffey* (SEA) 40 1993 (NL AL) Barry Bonds* (SFG) 46 Juan Gonzalez (TEX) 46 1992 (NL AL) Fred McGriff* (SDP) 35 Juan Gonzalez (TEX) 43 1991 (NL AL) Howard Johnson# (NYM) 38 Jose Canseco (OAK) Cecil Fielder (DET) 44 1990 (NL AL) Ryne Sandberg+ (CHC) 40 Cecil Fielder (DET) 51 1989 (NL AL) Kevin Mitchell (SFG) 47 Fred McGriff* (TOR) 36 1988 (NL AL) Darryl Strawberry* (NYM) 39 Jose Canseco (OAK) 42 1987 (NL AL) Andre Dawson (CHC) 49 Mark McGwire (OAK) 49 1986 (NL AL) Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) 37 Jesse Barfield (TOR) 40 1985 (NL AL) Dale Murphy (ATL) 37 Darrell Evans* (DET) 40 1984 (NL AL) Dale Murphy (ATL) Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) 36 Tony Armas (BOS) 43 1983 (NL AL) Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) 40 Jim Rice (BOS) 39 1982 (NL AL) Dave Kingman (NYM) 37 Reggie Jackson*+ (CAL) Gorman Thomas (MIL) 39 1981 (NL AL) Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) 31 Tony Armas (OAK) Dwight Evans (BOS) Bobby Grich (CAL) Eddie Murray#+ (BAL) 22 1980 (NL AL) Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) 48 Reggie Jackson*+ (NYY) Ben Oglivie* (MIL) 41 1979 (NL AL) Dave Kingman (CHC) 48 Gorman Thomas (MIL) 45 1978 (NL AL) George Foster (CIN) 40 Jim Rice (BOS) 46 1977 (NL AL) George Foster (CIN) 52 Jim Rice (BOS) 39

I like how so many people only point to the negatives of illegal immigrants, and how they seem to believe that there would be little impact in removing them from our economy. As has been pointed out, many illegals have valid SS numbers. It may not be theirs, but they are employed, and they do, in fact, pay into SS and the other taxes that we all pay. Unfortunately for them, they won't see the benefits when the time comes to draw the money out. For those illegals who work "off the books," how is it any different from the countless Americans who do the same? Or do American citizens honestly report all of their income to the government? I think we all know people who do "side jobs" for cash. Illegals buy goods (cars, gas, clothing, food, etc) here in the US for personal consumption. Remove them, and how do some of these smaller businesses survive. Illegals rent properties (houses and apts). Remove them, and how do landlords survive? Why should US business owners pay the price because the government failed to secure the borders and control the flow of immigration? Also, it's a bit short-sighted to point out that native Spanish speakers place a strain on the education system because we have to hire teachers to teach them How do we know they are illegal? Many illegals have children born here in the US, and according to the laws of our land, these children are US citizens. They have valid birth certificates and social security numbers. Do we deny these legal US citizens their Constitutional rights? Sure illegals in some ways place a strain on the economy, healthcare, and educational systems, but they also create value. I don't think solutions like massive deportation or building a wall are viable options. In fact, if we do build a wall, it's only as effective as the people we entrust with the job of guarding who comes and goes - and it's a little naive to think that guards can't be bought off by coyotes. It happens every day. Not everyone who entered this country illegally did so by wading accross a river or trekking through a desert or underground through sewer lines.