Steff

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 04:10 PM) Well, how about "not a jackass"? I'll go there.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 04:03 PM) It's cool. I told ya he was nice. Eh.. I wouldn't go quite that far. Extremely anti-social. Everyone said that about him.

QUOTE(farmteam @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 03:56 PM) Wait--was this flight entirely with Europe or did it originate out of the US? Sorry, I don't think so, but I'm just making sure--I have a friend who was flying last night, but he was flying to a Scandinavian country. It did not originate from the US. The only reason the US is involved is because the plane was made here.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050815/ap_on_...WtkBHNlYwM3MTg- Man Kills Wife, Self at Atlanta Hospital ATLANTA - A 71-year-old man fatally shot his ailing wife in her hospital room and then killed himself Monday morning, authorities said. Donald Shields walked into St. Joseph's Hospital at about 6 a.m. and shot his wife, Beverly, in her intensive care room before turning the gun on himself, said Fulton County Police spokesman Cpl. Gary Syblis. The shootings were confined to one room and no other injuries were reported, police said. Beverly Shields, 70, had suffered from a heart-related illness, Syblis said. He did not say what sort of treatment she had undergone, but said she had been in the hospital for several weeks and that her recovery was not going well. Syblis would not speculate about a motive and declined to say how the man got a gun into his wife's hospital room. A hospital spokeswoman declined to comment on the shooting, saying hospital officials were preparing a statement. St. Joseph's, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880, is Atlanta's oldest hospital. The 360-bed facility in north Atlanta specializes in cardiac care.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/northeast_storm...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ- Thousands Blacked Out Across Northeast BOSTON - Thousands of people across the Northeast had no electricity for alarm clocks and air conditioners Monday following waves of violent thunderstorms. Wind gusting to 80 mph knocked trees onto power lines, lightning started fires and torrential rain flooded streets in parts of eastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, southeastern New York, Connecticut and eastern Massachusetts on Sunday. "It's really testing our crews. It's pretty extensive," Connecticut Light & Power spokesman Mitch Gross said of the damage late Sunday. Boston's South Shore was hit particularly hard, with severe flooding in Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth and Brockton. "Half of the city is under water," Brockton police dispatcher Darrelyn Jordan said Sunday night. "We have reports of water going into basements all over the city. We've had people stuck in cars all over the city. We even had to tow a police cruiser out of there with water flowing over the hood." The mayor of Stamford, Conn., said the damage was the worst since an ice storm in 1973. "We've never seen anything like it," said Dannel Malloy. More than 50,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts and more than 80,000 in New Jersey lost power, though most had service restored by Monday morning. Thousands more were blacked out in the New York City suburbs. The severe weather also forced a suspension of final round play at the PGA Championship in Springfield, N.J., and caused a 90-minute interruption of the MLS soccer game between the MetroStars and the Columbus Crew at New Jersey's Meadowlands. However, the storms brought at least a little relief from a stifling heat wave that had driven temperatures above 100 degrees with high humidity. Before the storms, Consolidated Edison in New York had record demand for power during the weekend, said spokesman Chris Olert.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 03:23 PM) I was reading that earlier. At first I was hoping that they all died suddenly, but based on that text message (isn't it against the law to use a cell phone on an airplane?) it seems they knew they were doomed. to all the families. On the flight to Boston Friday someone's cell phone rang in flight. I always thought it messed with the flight equip, but apparently not. I can't imagine the horror they must have felt. According to the fighter pilots they saw 2 people trying to save the plane before it crashed.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 03:18 PM) I dunno, email me or AIM me. Heads.. I didn't mean to cut you off on AIM earlier.. something happened to the work connection. I did tell him to "cut the mop" when I saw him Friday night.. he just laughed. He did email me back though - which surprised me. We didn't need his help though. Jr took care of us. Thanks for your help.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8944885/ Updated: 11:51 a.m. ET Aug. 15, 2005 GRAMMATIKO, Greece - Most of the bodies recovered from the Cypriot plane that crashed into a mountain near Athens with 121 people on board were “frozen solid,” a Greek Defense Ministry source said on Monday. “Autopsy on passengers so far shows the bodies were frozen solid, including some whose skin was charred by flames from the crash,” the source, with access to the investigation, told Reuters. Early indications suggest the 115 passengers and six crew were dead or unconscious when the Helios Airways Boeing 737 plunged to earth on Sunday. There were no survivors. Rescue workers recovered the pilot’s body and said they had also found the plane’s two black-box flight recorders, including the one that records pilot conversations, crucial to determining the cause of the worst air disaster in Greece and the worst involving a Cypriot airline. The head of the Greek airline safety committee, Akrivos Tsolakis, said that the two black boxes would be sent to the French air safety investigators in Paris for further examination. The voice recorder, Tsolakis said, was badly damaged by the crash and ensuing fire. "It's in a bad state and, possibly, it won't give us the information we need," he said. "Both boxes will be sent to Paris where a French committee will help us and the foreign experts that are here to decode." He expressed confidence that his committee would be able to reach a conclusion "in a few days, a very few days." Tsolakis said Greek investigators were to be joined by U.S. experts following a request made by the American government because the aircraft was manufactured in the United States. Days of mourning Relatives of some victims, many already enraged by delays in Helios Airways releasing details of passengers on board, were on their way from Cyprus to the crash site near Athens to start the grim task of trying to identify loved ones. At Larnaca airport in Cyprus, from where the doomed plane took off on Sunday, crew and passengers on Monday refused to board an aircraft belonging to Helios Airways, the state-run Cyprus News Agency reported. About 100 passengers due to fly from Larnaca to Sofia demanded to travel on planes of other airlines. “First the crew refused to board, then the passengers,” it said. The Mediterranean island of Cyprus started three days of mourning with flags at half staff in a long weekend holiday that is the busiest of the summer for Greeks and Cypriots. Sunday’s crash perplexed aviation experts astounded by what appeared to have been a catastrophic failure of cabin pressure or oxygen supply at 35,000 feet — higher than Mount Everest. Many questions remained, including how the plane appeared to fly for nearly an hour with the pilot and co-pilot already unconscious or dead. Media speculated the plane may have been on auto pilot before its approach to Athens airport. There was also mystery over the last minutes of the flight which was declared “renegade” when it entered Greek air space and failed to make radio contact, causing two F-16 air force jets to scramble to investigate. Terrorism ruled out Cypriot Transport Minister Haris Thrassou strongly denied some media reports that there were 48 children among the dead. “There were between 15 and 20 young people below the age of 20 on board the crashed plane,” he told Reuters, adding they were all travelling with their families. Slide show • Airliner crashes A Cypriot airliner crashes near the town of Grammatiko in Greece, killing all 121 people on board. The plane was on a flight from Larnaca to Prague with a stop in Athens when it came down 25 miles north of the Greek capital. Greek authorities ruled out hijacking or terrorism links to the crash. Greek Defense Ministry officials said 90 minutes elapsed between the alert being raised at 10:30 a.m. and the plane crashing at 12:03 p.m. Greek government spokesman Theodore Roussopoulos said F-16 pilots sent to investigate reported that with the pilots out of action there may have been a last-gasp effort by others on the plane to bring it back under control. “The F-16s saw two individuals in the cockpit seemingly trying to regain control of the airplane,” Roussopoulos told reporters. It was not known if they were passengers or other crew. “The F-16s also saw oxygen masks down when they got close to the aircraft. The aircraft was making continuous right-hand turns to show it had lost radio contact.” A passenger on the doomed plane said in an SMS text to his cousin in Athens: “The pilot has turned blue. Cousin farewell, we’re freezing.” The Defense Ministry said it suspected the plane’s oxygen supply or pressurization system may have malfunctioned, which could have led to death within seconds for all on board. Loss of cabin pressure was identified as the probable cause of two similar but smaller-scale air crashes in recent years. Golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet aircraft crashed in the United States in 1999 after flying for more than four hours without radio contact. In 2000 a plane crashed in Australia after flying for more than an hour from 25,000 feet up with no sign of life on board. Greek media speculated toxic gas from possible faulty air-conditioning could have incapacitated the two pilots.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 01:24 PM) really, I heard different. I also heard that once he got to the field it was 6 inches lower after he renovated it. Maybe he was just a consultant on the project then. I dont know why every team doesnt hire Roger. His field is clearly superior and his drainage system is dominant. What's different...? He made improvements. It is lower. Didn't help too much though.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 01:07 PM) From what I remember, Fenway is in MUCH, MUCH better shape then Wrigley. I haven't been there in like 5 years, so maybe it's gone to crap, but considering it's age, it's in OK shape. There isn't concrete falling from the UD... but I would say it's very close to a tie. It's worse than it was when I was there for the All Star game in '99.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 12:46 PM) These s***head Cub fans are everywhere. I was at Miller Park saturday night and saw quite a few Cub fans. I was a little tipsy and talked some s*** to one of them. So to summarize steff, Fenway is 'Urinal #2'? From what we saw.. I agree with that description. I know there were "good" fans there.. but the idiots were definitely making sure their voices were heard both days. One thing that bothered me... the ticket selling out side the park.. specifically over by the bowling alley.. those were ST holders (or claiming to be) and at least a dozen times Jim and I heard several of them trying to get upwards of $500 over face for their tickets. I was really shocked by that. And even after the game started they were still trying to get a lot for them. The street that's next to the park during games is considered part of the park and during the rain delay yesterday we went out there and right by the entrance they were still hawking tickets. I'm so glad we had a connection. Otherwise we would have just watched from a bar.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) Steff, Fenway is bossard's field though. Wonder why the drainage system didnt quite work like at the Cell. From what I remember he completely re-did the field and installed his drainage system. Because they had dumped 15 truckloads of sand on the field for the upcomming Stones concert there. Also Bossard did not install "his system" there. he made improvements to their existing system. To install his that field would have to be tore up completely. From what some fans around us said it's better than it used to be. But the rain came so fast, so maybe that was part of the problem. All I know is they were dumbfounded. Using portable pumps to get the water off the warning track and from behind the plate.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 12:37 PM) I like Fenway and I had no problems with Red Sox fans. They are very, very curious about everything Chicago. Sorry it sucked for you. Not all of them. Some of them.

By the way.. Boston sucked. That park is worse than I remembered. The fans we encountered were rude, rude, rude. Yesterday we had a Cub fan sitting behind us who did nothing but talk all about the Sox.. the Sox players, the park, the owner, etc, etc... Finally, after he was giving the Red Sox fan next to him some bad info, I turned around and corrected him, and he tried to argue with me.. :rolly to which I responded with "why if you're a Cubs fan are you spending the day talking about the White Sox.. isn't your team playing today..?" The Red Sox fan laughed.. never heard another peep from the Cub fan. Saw a lot of Cub fans out there which made absoultely no sense to me. Even less sense was the amount of $$ people pay for tickets there. On our way in both Saturday and yesterday we heard people buying SRO tickets for over $150 each. SRO is at the top of the steps, and with the roof overhang you can not see anything hit in the air. And it's cramped, stuffy, and no air circulation, concessions are shoved together - and the food is icky, bathrooms suck and are not adequate. A lot of people passed out both days. Overall Jim is glad he got to see the park. One more reason to be thankful when writing our ST check in February. Probably will never go back there though.

Cockers are nippers and easy peeers, but extremely loyal and "fun". You'll have a good time with it. Just be prepared and expect to have to clean up some "accidents" They chew everything also so be sure to have a good supply of raw hide and chew ropes.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 11:06 AM) Silly Putty! Pick up sticks is a blast. I also like the "old-fashioned" metal slinkies. That's it.. silly putty. The metal slinkies are the best. The plastic ones didn't have enough weight to go down the stairs properly. We also killed a lot of time with that barrel of monkey's game. The one where you have to pick up the plastic monkey's by their arms. Etch-a-sketch was another solid time killer.

QUOTE(SnB @ Aug 14, 2005 -> 11:00 PM) haha, i thought the same. "When we were kids we played with sticks and were happy with it!" LMAO.. not quite. While I did have lincoln logs and pick up sticks , my brother is 4 years younger and my sister 6 so I did get to play with a lot of the "cool" toys from your/their childhoods. I have Barbie's from '73 ish to somewhere around '85 never opened. I also had what seemed to be a lifetime supply of that grey putty like stuff that you would squish out over the Sunday comics and when you lifted it the comic would transfer to it. It came in egg like containers.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 15, 2005 -> 02:00 AM) At 7:00, there's no doubt in my mind that the field was unplayable. There was a large gap prior to then without any rainfall, however. Now I've heard that there was lots of lightening in the area during that time, and I can't speak for that, nor could I describe the field conditions at that time, but I suspect that if the Red Sox were leading they would have found a way to get those final outs in before the heavy stuff hit. At 4:30 the field was unplayable. I question if it was playable at 2:15. That rain came down fast and hard. There was a lake in center field. The grounds crew there are extremely slow and appear to not have any clue what they are doing - although I'm sure I'm spoiled by Bossard and crew and might be being a bit over critical. And you heard right about the lightening. The storms were so bad that flights were cancelled and delayed all night. We didn't get home until 3:30 this morning.

QUOTE(thelatinoheat_30 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 10:32 PM) good for you, no one cares Yet you responded... :rolly The jealoucy ooozes.

Well.. I'm off to Boston. Try not to kill eachother if we lose one. Have a nice weekend everyone.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 08:20 AM) Cameron broke his nose and fractured bones in both cheeks. 3E8.. did you miss Yas's post up there...?

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 10:37 PM) She might be a talented writer and she may be a die hard fan but sometimes she goes to far with some of the things she says. This is rich... like bazillionare rich.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 08:13 AM) Oh please....cry me a river Eh.. Justin Timberlake ref....

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 12:22 AM) I wish Steff was here. No way I could top your "I'll see your :banghead and raise you...."

QUOTE(Benson&Rexage @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 12:27 AM) So do I . Her and I went to a Billy Ocean show in 86 it rocked we had an excellent time. We had some soda and licorice and partied to the sun went down. In your dreams. Since you appear to have a illness for s*** music.. why don't you hit up a Boyz2Men concert... from what I hear they are soooooo hot right now.