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QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 11:29 AM) By the way, what do you call a dog with wings? Linder?

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 07:28 AM) and how many of you, at one time or another, have sang the stupid lyricss listed?? :rolly GUILTY!! I'm guilty of really liking that Barenaked Ladies song you posted.

"There are some words that do not belong in a rock song." In "Jesse's Girl," by Rick Springfield, the word "moot" is used. "I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot." I think that is one of the all-time odd word choices in a song. Great song, though, I'm not ashamed to say. I also wish I had Jesse's Girl.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 08:42 AM) Who is they? Grammar police.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) The chip is usually implanted by the breader/pet store/adoption agency (humane society...) before you even get the pet. I know the humane societies around here all have it done before you get the pet. A lot of breeders are even requiring it because they want their animals to end up in good homes and not lost somewhere. Therefore you don't have to take the pet to the vet at all to have it done. It is already done for you in a lot of cases. It is becoming more and more common. In a few suburbs if your pet is lost and the animal control department finds it they will have a chip implanted as well. I don't know if you guys think this is some big procedure or something, but it is basically just a shot. It is not some surgical procedure. It is the size of a piece of uncooked rice. It is a permanent radio-frequency identification chip implanted under the dog's skin and read by a chip scanner or wand. Implantation is done with an injector that places the chip under the loose skin over the dog's shoulder. It is also not expensive, usually only 50-60 dollars. About the same or a little more than the cost of yearly shot visits, at least for me anyway. Steff, you can't make it out of a non-chewable substance for the ankle/leg brace? I find that hard to believe. I am sure it can be done. If not then put something on it that makes it unappealing for the animal to chew it. Bitter Apple has worked great for my dog, but I know other dogs will still chew it. There is a way to keep them from chewing it is my point and not unrealistic at all. I would never buy a collar with an implant because all of my pets have been able to lose their collar at one point or another. I want a break away collar for the reasons I stated earlier. I don't want them getting themselves hung on a tree or a fence or anything of that nature. I don't think a collar is worthwhile at all for a tracking device. Put bitter apple on your dog and it's me who'll be chewing on his ankle. Yum yum.

QUOTE(JimH @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 10:56 AM) Speaking of DJ, I hope the people in charge tell him to KEEP the "uh oh" call. It was so dorky off the get-go and then it became kind of like a cult classic. It seemed like he dropped it though. Son of Svengoolie is a "cult classic." Never compare DJ to Sven. Berwyn!

I saw a lady standing in the middle of a semi-busy street (two lanes each direction) holding a German Shepherd by its collar. On the sidewalk was a girl who looked to be 4 or 5 years old. After I drove past, the woman released the dog with, I'm guessing, the intention that it go to the kid on the sidewalk. The dog, of course, gets to the first lane and freezes. Now, I'm looking at this in my rearview mirror thinking something bad is going to happen. I can just picture the girl stepping off the curb to retrieve the dog and getting hit by a car (there was one coming). Instead, the lady moves toward the dog and it comes back to her in the middle of the street. How dumb is this lady? Couldn't she have just walked the dog over to the girl?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 11:10 AM) Both the Red Sox, and DM should look at Konerkos actions and compare it to theirs. Look in the mirror and wonder what kind of a person are they. Totally agree.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 08:05 PM) ...about The Mientekiwicz last-out ball and the issue of salary cap/relocation/retraction. I understand the significance of the last ball/curse being broken, etc. tied to this ball, but I don't really understand why someone would want to see it. It looks like every other ball that was used in the WS. It isn't mystical. What do you do, make a pilgrimage to see it, look at it for 10 seconds, and say "Wow!"? Then what?

I'm still trying to figure out how a guy who is basically a walking muscle plans to lose 40 lbs. Is he planning on dropping muscle? How?

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 08:40 PM) As I said above.. those were my exact thoughts as it all went down. I was thinking it before you said it.

I'm pretty sure that woman won't be too receptive to any parenting tips you might give her. More than likely you'd just make her angrier and she'd treat the kid worse when she gets home. Unless it gets physical, stay away. Pretty sad. Say a prayer for the girl - and her mom.

I don't know if I'm picking up some pesticide taste or something, but for some reason lettuce makes me gag now. I usually buy the pre-packaged type. It never had this effect in the past. In fact, for some time my wife and I used to make it and eat it all the time. Can't figure out what happened. It's not like I got tired of eating it, it just makes me ill now. I can't eat most seafood. The smell turns me off. Pakistani food (sight, smell, and taste) should not be eaten by anyone. I used to work at a hotel owned by Pakistanians, and they had banquets and served that stuff. Vile.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 09:21 AM) That should only last through the first trimester... All three times my wife was pregnant, it was me who felt sick. Not throwing up, but I would get these flashes of nausea (probably fear) when I smelled certain things. Thank God we're through (I think). I still like practicing, though. Not getting any better unfortunately. Congrats, CC.

The administration is just trying to keep the kids from sneaking in and out of class unseen. I can't say that I blame them.

Something I don't understand about contracts. Why don't teams front-load contracts? For instance, the Sox offer PK 5/60mil. Pay him 16-14-12-10-8. That way, at the end, when other players are up for contracts, the Sox have more to offer to maintain their budget.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 28, 2005 -> 07:17 PM) I like the square toe, that's in, right? It's damn near a requirement if you have square feet. I can just about picture you dancing in them.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 09:06 AM) Mapping software, 5 states. Talk about a full time job. I like guys that put a little effort into the deal. Think the boys in cell block L will enjoy playing Leg-O with him? They'll play "Legs Up" with him if he's pretty.

"Get him a bodybag!!!" RIP Pat Morita Karate Kid, 20 years later, is still a movie that I have a hard time not watching when I stumble upon it on tv. That and anything with Burt Reynolds.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 10:21 PM) might rival Big Papi/Ramirez I can hear it now, "That's just Thome being Thome." Unfortunately, I hear Mike North saying it to Ed Farmer.

Is gas $1.40/gallon again?

Michael Plentyhorse. What a name.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Nov 21, 2005 -> 07:34 AM) First things first, I forgot one: Last Great Day - Hardcore Superstar. No other song was written with so many hooks, or meant to be played REAL loud in the summer, while driving down the road with your windows open or the top down. Easily one of the 5 greatest songs ever. I dare you to play it and NOT get your foot tapping. Now to this. No, I don't listen to U2, especially nowdays. Pompous, arrogant, and full of bulls*** anymore, and leading me to believe that they always were. If I had to pick songs from them though, I would have to go with "I Will Follow" or their first, Boy, but even that is just a good song. For my overly preachy rock band songs, I will rank "Read About It" by Midnight Oil much, much, much higher than anything U2 ever did. And from their own country, I will take The Alarm from the first EP and their first two albums Declaration and Strength long before I would take U2. But that is just me. I'm not trying to be a snooty kind of guy, and if you look at my list you will realize that. IMO, the people that pepper their lists with either the old standards such as Hendrix, Zep, Beatles, etc. are the "annoying" ones to a degree. When I see lists such as those, and you see nothing "obscure", it tells me that the people really haven't given very many bands a chance unless they first heard them in the car on their way to work, or at a college/high school party. There is so much music out there that to believe that anything you hear on the radio is the "greatest" is crazy. To believe that the songs I have listed are "the greatest" is silly. I have thousands of CD's/tapes/records/MP3 files around my house, so you better believe I will find something better than friggin' "Help!", which I do love, BTW. The other thing about that list I have there, is that not always is a favorite song done by a favorite band. Heck, some of the bands I love the most (The Damned, The Replacements, Hanoi Rocks, The Lords Of The New Church, Dead Boys, to name a few) are not on that list. If I were to add them I would have to go: Noise, Noise, Noise, Sick Of Being Sick (from The Peel Sessions), There Ain't No Sanity Clause, Rabid (Over You), Video Nasty (single edition), Is It A Dream?, I Think I'm Wonderful, plus many more... - The Damned And each band would end up like that. It's hard to pick a fave. It's all personal preferance, there truely is no "Greatest Song Ever". If you believe that U2 has the greatest songs ever, then they do. If you believe that The Rolling Stones were (you can't count them anymore) the greatest RnR band ever, then they were. Part of my reason for participating in these lists is so that somebody like you might see a song title, a band name, read that description I gave, and actually go "hmmm, Hardcore Superstar eh? That sounds interesting..." and then maybe take the time to track something down of theirs. Do I think the song I list of theirs smokes everything The Beatles did? You betcha. Doesn't mean you will, but you might. Also, not all of the bands on my list do I think are "Gods". Yes, many of them. But I also believe The Clash are one of the most overrated bands in the history of music. I like them, but think they turned out a ton of crap. Plus, the album my song from them appears on, London Calling is, IMO, one of the (if not THE) most overrated albums in music. But again, this is all my opinion. No, I'm not arguing with you. But you do have a "discussion" now, which I think is the intended purpose of this thread. Perfect reply to my post. Thanks for taking it the way I intended it to be read.

I accidently chugged Buttermilk one time (thinking it was a carton of Egg Nog). Ever since then, I've some troubles with it. I do like it though. I just make sure to check the label several times before I indulge.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 20, 2005 -> 09:21 PM) Genesis, T-Rex, Clash, Smokey, Faces (Rod and Ron), all seem pretty mainstream to an old guy. Well, some of those aren't exactly the songs you'll typically hear on the radio from these artists. I will say, though, that I probably know some of these songs and don't recognize the song title. (Think "Teenage Wasteland" vs. "Baba O'Reilly"). Again, my point was NOT to criticize KG's post. I'm a top 40 kind of guy, anyway, so my list of favorite songs would be pretty embarrassing. Full of early '80s British synth-pop like ABC. They play a re-mix of "In the Air Tonight" by Genesis here in Phoenix that is truly awful, though.