Steff

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 19, 2006 -> 11:41 AM) I'm kind of confused. Jimbo's is a cool place but they only have a few really small tv's. If I'm going to watch the superbowl I'm going to a place with a lot of real nice HDTV's. The description says it all. "This compact bar near Cell Field keeps Sox fans happy with uncomplicated brews and bites." Jim throws one hell of a SB party every year as well. The spread is unreal. It's like a family there J..

QUOTE(Brian @ Jan 19, 2006 -> 10:25 AM) Steff, when did you grow your hair out? You have me confused with Steff from Park Ridge.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 19, 2006 -> 10:03 AM) well... um... as far as keeping his job... well... he WAS just signed a couple days ago so um... i'd say thats probably a good indication that he is um... keeping his job LMAO.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/stfu.php Love the Chicago style STFU though.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.ad...117094509990001 By MICHAEL WILSON, The New York Times (Jan. 17) -- Alan Poster had been going through a rough time that winter. A Brooklyn native and a 26-year-old guitar salesman, he had just divorced and moved from Queens to a 21st Street studio in Chelsea. He bought himself a flashy treat that he could barely afford but could not resist: a blue Corvette. He had owned it for only two or three months when it was stolen from a parking garage on 23rd Street. It was Jan. 22, 1969. Years passed, and there were other cars, but he never forgot that 1968 Corvette. "Probably the only car I've ever really loved," Mr. Poster, now 63, said in an interview last week. "That car and my new life started together." The new life took him to California. Turns out, the car followed. Almost 37 years after the Corvette was stolen, Mr. Poster got a call last month that it had been recovered, just days before it was supposed to be shipped to a buyer in Sweden. It was flagged during a routine Customs Service check of the vehicle identification number, sending two New York City detectives on a long-shot search through thousands of crime reports to connect the car to its first owner. "We can call this a miracle," Mr. Poster said. "I stand in the shower going, 'Why me?' Has anything like this ever happened to you?" The car is to be returned to Mr. Poster today, at a news conference in Carson, Calif. It is silver now, with a red interior, and the engine was replaced at some point. Inexplicably, it has no transmission. "Up until this moment, I thought it was chopped up and shipped away," Mr. Poster said. "It's in great shape, I understand." He said he does not plan to drive it much. "I am going to be a collector of a Corvette." "Things don't happen by accident. Things come back to me. Maybe it all comes back to you at some point." -Alan Poster, 63, reflecting on the return of his car stolen 37 years ago The 1968 Corvette represented a breakthrough for Chevrolet, created in the so-called Mako Shark design and ushering in the third generation of Corvettes. There were 18,630 Corvette convertibles made that year. One of those convertibles, painted International Blue, rolled out of the factory and to a dealer in Great Neck on Long Island on July 16, 1968. Mr. Poster paid $6,000 for the car a few months later, he said. "I didn't have a lot of money," he said. "I went out on a limb to get this thing. It was an egocentric muscle car that just came out. Back then, Corvette was hot as heck. That was an absolute fantasy of mine." A 1968 Corvette in mint condition would be worth anywhere from $20,000 to $60,000 now, depending on the type of engine, according to Classic Corvettes and Convertibles in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Most of the 32 1968 Corvettes listed for sale yesterday on the Hemmings Motor News Web site were in that range, with some priced at more than $100,000. He liked, in no particular order, to drive fast with the top down and impress girls. "I was dating back then," he said. "I used to drive up the West Side Highway to Jersey. Trips like that. For the little time I had it, it was fun." On the night before the Corvette was stolen, Mr. Poster foiled an attempt to steal it from a curbside parking spot on the Upper West Side, he said. He was picking up a date and saw the car pulling away, but managed to pull the man out. "I let him go," he said, and he did not report the incident. The next night, a garage attendant went to get the Corvette, but returned and said it was gone. Mr. Poster did not have insurance against theft because he could not afford it, he said. He went years without owning another car. "It was a wake-up call," he said. "It made me believe you can't fall in love with things. It was kind of an interesting awakening." NYPD / New York TimesIn late 1968, Alan Poster paid $6,000 for this Corvette convertible at a dealership in Great Neck, NY. It was painted International Blue at the time. The car was stolen in January 1969. Since then, it has been painted silver and had its engine replaced. A mint '68 'Vette can fetch between $20,000 to $60,000 on the open market. If you're interested, caveat emptor: For reasons no one knows, Mr. Poster's car does not have a transmission. Source: NYTimes.com The police report, dated Jan. 22, 1969, offered little hope that Mr. Poster was ever going to see his Corvette again. It stated, in full: "Comp reports that at the t/p/o his car below was taken from the above premises in some unknown manner." If it seemed - full as it was with police abbreviation - that the officer was in a hurry, there was good reason: With 1969 just 22 days old, Mr. Poster's was the 6,620th car reported stolen in New York City so far that year, and one of more than 78,000 by year's end. On average, about 215 vehicles were stolen in the city every day - more than four times the current rate. He eventually left New York for California, founding the Ace Products Group, a company that makes cases for cameras and guitars, drums and other musical instruments. He settled in Petaluma, north of San Francisco. He is a single father with a 17-year-old daughter. He drives a Mercedes. The National Insurance Crime Bureau keeps a database of stolen vehicles, a database that is routinely checked before a vehicle is exported. On Dec. 7 last year, Customs checked three cars being sold by a collector in Long Beach, Calif. One of them had been reported stolen in New York City on Jan. 22, 1969. No further information was available. No name of the owner, no address, not even a police precinct or borough. The case was given to two detectives in the auto crimes division in Queens, Cliff Bieder, 44, and William Heiser, 41. They went to police headquarters in Lower Manhattan, and to Room 300, the daunting records room, to search on microfilm. If they had not found the report by Jan. 1, the car would have been shipped to Sweden, they said. "It was the equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack, that report," Detective Heiser said. "One of the guys bet us a steak dinner we wouldn't find it." With 44 years' experience between them, the detectives spent four days in Room 300, squinting at fine print - "Our eyes were hurting," Detective Bieder said - when Detective Heiser found the report on Dec. 23. He told his partner. "I thought he was going to pass out," he said. Finding Mr. Poster was easier. The detectives tracked him through the buyer of his last house in the New York metropolitan region, who said he lived in California. Mr. Poster said Detective Bieder called him at his office. "He said, 'You had a car stolen in '69? A Corvette? What color was it?'" Mr. Poster recalled. "I said, 'Blue.' He said, 'We have your car.' " Less is known about what happened to the Corvette over the past 36 years than what did not happen to it: apparently no one ever tried to register or insure it, the detectives said, or the same flag from the database would have surfaced. "It's almost like it was just put somewhere and then pulled out a year ago and put up for sale," he said. The man who was selling the car to the buyer in Sweden is not suspected of any wrongdoing, the detectives said. The detectives are trying to trace the car's history backward. "It could have been through so many hands already," Detective Bieder said. "It's hard to find who's culpable." Auto thefts in New York have dropped sharply, to 17,875 last year, the police said. The detectives have been gloating over their success since the day they found the report. "We came back and said after the new year, we'd be eating steak dinner," Detective Heiser said. "Somewhere nice. Not Sizzler." The whole affair put Mr. Poster in a reflective mood. "Things don't happen by accident," he said. "Things come back to me. I have no idea why. Maybe it all comes back to you at some point."

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 19, 2006 -> 07:47 AM) Idonno why people say its bad when there is a lot of people there.... I dont go to a lot of games but the few i have have been 30,000 plus and we came maybe right when the 1st inning was starting and found parking fine no problem at all. I have never had an issue with parking. Even when I gave my folks the pass for a Cubs game and Krush and I had to park in G and walk a bit. Got right in and out no problem.

I just don't understand the asking of these things... Of the 4 (5?) females here I can't imagine any one of us would be capable of giving an honest answer unless we had to put that shoe on. And asking a man to put himself in that position...? No offense to you W&O.

QUOTE(spiderman @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 06:41 PM) Looking to buy a townhome/duplex in the SW Chicago subuubs, and need some help! This is my first place, and I don't want to bite off more than I can chew from a financial standpoint. Anyone know of any affordable areas in the SW burbs that are also good neighborhoods, affordable taxes, etc ? ? ? I'll be on and off, so let me know if you need more info! Thanks for any help in advance as well! Talk about putting the carriage before the horse.. Affordable to me - or others-, might not be affordable to you. Call a lender, get pre-qualified, know what you can handle with the finances you have to work with, then look for a place. Good luck.

QUOTE(Damen @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 11:42 PM) When I'd come in from the western burbs for a game, I'd just park around the State/Roosevelt/Wabash area and jump on the redline. Street parking is pretty easy to come by that time of day and you're paying $3.50 or $4.00 as opposed to 17 - and you don't have to worry about the parking attendants sending you on a route to nowhere on big crowd nights (which looks like it will be often.) As a season ticket holder I have parking and I know my way around the park so parking there is not an issue.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) I don't put IMO anymore in my posts because I was scolded by someone for using it. Apparently, the IMO is assumed when replying in a thread, who knew? The voices...

I bought all of them at one point or another since August and the Starmate is the best. Easiest to use, and not one problem with reception - I had some minor issues with the others. And save yourself some $$ and continue not to get it. It's a $350 iPod. But it looks cool. They did say a true portable receiver would be out soon though.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/6192818/detail.html# POSTED: 7:37 pm EST January 17, 2006 CENTERTON, Ind. -- A sheriff's deputy who found a diabetic man who had collapsed in a cornfield says the man's dogs are a major reason why he survived. Morgan County sheriff's Deputy Steve Hoffman said he had just finished with a traffic stop on a rural road in Centerton on a recent night when he noticed something odd coming from a cornfield. "I noticed what appeared to be an illumination or a light that was flickering and facing my direction," Hoffman told RTV6's Ben Morriston. Hoffman said he went toward the light, where he found an unconscious Bill Burns and Burns' two dogs. The light was coming from a flashlight, which one of the dogs was holding in its mouth. The other dog was lying on Burns as if to keep him warm, Hoffman said. Hoffman said he saw on Burns a bracelet that indicated he was a diabetic. Burns was taken to a hospital, where he spent four days before being released. Burns had been walking with the dogs when he collapsed. He said he doesn't remember the ordeal, but he believes that Hoffman seeing Burns' flashlight in the mouth of one of the dogs is remarkable. "It's got to be just fate or faith, one or the other," Burns said. Hoffman said the dogs "definitely are the heroes in the story." "Had he not had the dogs with him that evening, I think the outcome would have been a lot worse," Hoffman said.

Finally got to listen today. Henry Hill is one solid guest. BTW.. I had bought the Starmate and was using it since back in November, but I went and got the S50 - which is supposedly portable unit - eh.. it aint. It's like an iPod. You record content to it for play at a later date. Waste of $$.

QUOTE(SnB @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 03:14 PM) no. Troublemaker.

QUOTE(DukeNukeEm @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 03:12 PM) Uhh.. to each one his own? That's what "IMO" means.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 01:19 PM) You're right. I apologize. I meant - Mega b****. Apology accepted. Don't let it happen again.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 01:11 PM) I wouldn't say that. Just because someone can find some obscure quote or stat, that doesn't mean they have a clue what they are talking about. I'd guess that the judges will bear in mind that a string of HTML tags does not a good argument make. You can say that again...

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) b****! Uhh.. excuse me... personal attack here...??

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 01:06 PM) I'm not shocked. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. I didn't post it to stereotype other NASCAR fans. Just repeating what they claimed. He stated he doesn't even like baseball, finds it boring, and the only reason he went was because the ticket and beer was free - remember.. he was supervising his youngest childs birthday party that his estranged wifes parents had paid for.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 01:01 PM) William Ligue is the Cub fan who attacked the umpire with his kid. Ligue isn't a baseball fan at all. He's a NASCAR fan. Him, his wife, girlfriend, sister, son, and parole officer all said so.

They did a goof competition during the WSOP. I imagine this is a follow up. If not... these folks need to be taken out back and shot.

Ooo.. I love acronyms.. WFDA.

QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) Oh geez, we're getting called out by a chick in a bee suit wearing a crown on her head. Soxtalk has reached a new low.... Don't make me sting you W&O.....

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 18, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) I guess Steff is in If "because I said so" is an acceptable reply... then yes I'm in.

Nerds.