Steff

I think you need to walk to other booths... The stand behind 108 has Frank and Shingo. And the one behind home plate has ALL of them.

Oye ve.. this is not helping my "let's go on a cruise, honey" argument.. http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/...epage-breaking2 BY TINA SUSMAN STAFF WRITER April 18, 2005 CHARLESTON, S.C. -- It was the first vacation in years that Caren Hogan had taken with her husband and two children, and she was looking forward to swimming with dolphins. Instead, the four found themselves trapped in monstrous weather, watching funnel clouds form in the sea, as the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship pushed through a storm and was slammed by a seven-story wave that injured four passengers. "It's been a nightmare," Hogan told her father, Mel Blanck, of Bushkill, Pa., in a phone message she left for him Saturday night after the liner docked in Charleston, S.C., for repairs caused by what Norwegian Cruise Lines called a "freak wave" off the coast of Virginia. According to the company, the 965-foot-long ship was caught in "extremely rough weather" late Friday as it headed back to New York following a weeklong cruise to the Bahamas. Windows in two cabins were smashed by the seven-story wave, said company spokeswoman Susan Robison. In addition, 62 cabins were flooded after water poured through those windows. About 125 passengers who had been in those cabins were flown home. Robison said the four injuries were not serious, the worst being a man who required some stitches. "The damage was really contained to two windows ... there was no damage to the hull," Robison said. "The ship is fine." The Norwegian Dawn was due back in New York City about noon today, and is scheduled to set sail again this evening for another Bahamas cruise. During last year's Republican National Convention in New York, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay considered chartering the vessel to house conventioneers in the Hudson. He dropped the idea after complaints from city officials, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, that the ship would deprive New York of big-spending Republicans. Despite being declared safe after having been inspected by Coast Guard officials before leaving Charleston, about 175 passengers -- in addition to those whose cabins were flooded -- opted to disembark in Charleston, causing a minor run on rental cars. Clerks at both Budget and Enterprise said they were sold out, unusual for a Sunday. They attributed it in part to people who did not want to return to the ship, which Hogan, 42, jokingly referred to as "the S.S. Poseidon" in the phone message that she left for her father. In the message, a calm-voiced Hogan, of Matawan, N.J., tells her parents: "We have been in swells for 24 hours. People have been hurt." Describing the wave, she says, "One 72-foot wave came crashing through the front of the ship and broke the windows." Blanck said he spoke to his daughter, who remained onboard with her family, once after that message and that she had explained the sudden fear that swept through the estimated 2,000 passengers after the wave hit at dawn. "The rocking motion was one thing," he said, describing the storm. "The wave that came through was something else." The water was high enough to flood cabins on the ninth and 10th decks of the 14-deck ship, Robison said, adding that the ship's captain was creeping along at 4 to 5 knots, instead of the usual 21 to 25 knots, at the time because of the choppy conditions. Maritime experts say so-called "rogue waves" are not that unusual, and several cruise liners have been hit by them in recent years. In fact, Robison said another Norwegian Cruise Lines ship, the Norwegian Majesty, was hit by a huge wave last year while traveling from Bermuda to Boston. A window was damaged, but nobody was injured, she said. Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 encountered a wave estimated at 95 feet high in February 1995 in the North Atlantic, but nobody was injured. Four years ago, waves of similar sizes hit two cruise ships, Hapag-Lloyd's Bremen and the Caledonian Star of Lindblad Expeditions, within one week in the South Atlantic, smashing windows. Studies done by the European Space Agency and based on satellite imagery say such waves are believed to have sunk many of the more than 200 supertankers and container ships lost in the past 20 years. But because such sinkings are not scrutinized the way, perhaps, airline crashes are, the incidents are generally attributed simply to "severe weather," scientists say. Researchers say such waves tend to form near strong currents such as the Gulf Stream off the eastern coast of the United States or the Agulhas Current off South Africa. In such places, smaller waves can roil into far larger ones, particularly during rough weather. However, others appear to come out of nowhere. The Norwegian Dawn, which began sailing in December 2002, boasts 10 restaurants, a staff of more than 1,100 and three swimming pools, and can carry 2,224 passengers when filled to capacity. Susman reported this story from Pismo Beach, Calif.

http://www.livescience.com/othernews/ap_05...dest_thing.html By Ryan J. Foley Associated Press posted: 09 April 2005 10:01 am ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A tiny speck of zircon crystal that is barely visible to the eye is believed to be the oldest known piece of Earth at about 4.4 billion years old. For the first time ever, the public will have a chance to see the particle Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where researchers in 2001 made the breakthrough discovery that the early Earth was much cooler than previously believed based on analysis of the crystal. To create buzz about an otherwise arcane subject, the university is planning a daylong celebration of the ancient stone -- capped with "The Rock Concert'' by jazz musicians who composed music to try to answer the question: What does 4.4 billion years old sound like? "This is it -- the oldest thing ever. One day only,'' said Joe Skulan, director of the UW-Madison Geology Museum, where the object will be displayed -- under police guard -- from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. "The idea of having a big celebration of something that's so tiny -- we're playing with the obvious absurdity of it.'' Did You Know ? 101 Amazing Earth Facts With the aid of a microscope, anyone will be able to check out the tiny grain, which measures less than two human hairs in diameter. A concert by Jazz Passengers, a six-piece group from New York hired to compose music for the event, will follow on Saturday evening. In posters hanging on campus, the concert is advertised as "a loving musical tribute to the oldest known object on Earth.'' Composer Roy Nathanson said the concert will mix humor, jazz music, computer-generated beats, and the occasional rocks being banged together to "follow the geological history of how this zircon came about.'' "It's an amazing story. The whole thing is something that captures your imagination,'' said Nathanson, 53, a saxophonist who spent one year composing the performance. Analysis of the object in 2001 by John Valley, a UW-Madison professor of geology and geophysics, startled researchers around the world by concluding that the early Earth, instead of being a roiling ocean of magma, was cool enough to have oceans and continents -- key conditions for life. "It's not very much to look at because it's so very small. But to me, the miraculous thing about the crystal is that we've been able to make such wide-ranging inferences about the early Earth,'' Valley said. "This is our first glimpse into the earliest history of the Earth.'' Valley found that the planet had cooled to about 100-degrees Centigrade less than 200 million years after it was formed. Before the research, the oldest evidence for liquid water on the planet was from a rock estimated to be much younger -- 3.8 billion years old. As part of Saturday's event, Valley will display a brand new, $3 million ion microprobe that he and other researchers will use to analyze tiny samples such as the zircon crystal. The hand-built instrument weighs 11 tons and takes up an entire laboratory. Valley, who has tried to obtain the equipment for 22 years, had to travel to Scotland and Australia while he analyzed the zircon to use equipment there. A federal grant is paying for most of the new instrument. After the festivities the object will return to its native Australia with Simon Wilde, professor at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia, who made its discovery in 1984. The sample will eventually be put on display at a natural history museum in that country.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:42 AM) Some people think it is O.K. to give themselves a haircut at all??? Flowbee baby!!!

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:45 AM) do you think Willie needs any more distractions? LOL.. I'm not Willie's type..

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:51 AM) Hmmmm...Are your seats near the visitors dugout? As a matter of fact they are...

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:38 AM) Wow sweet, take the tour of Fenway Park, you'll like it a lot. I did that when I went for the All Star game.. this will be Jim's first trip though. he's estatic...

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:35 AM) If she was at the game in that custome, the last thing on my mind would be the intros. Hmmm.. maybe I should wear it there..

QUOTE(Be Good @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:35 AM) I didn't mean it like that, I meant even more impressive stats for Mark No harm no foul.. just eye being a smarty pants..

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:11 AM) Nice You can thank me later ROTFLMAO...

QUOTE(3E8 @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:31 AM) She doesn't sound like a lipstick lesbian. That she aint... Hot... ummm.. no. And surprisingly.. she is not avaliable. Her girlfriend is a little plump.

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 08:19 AM) Did you use real fruit? LOL.. no. The fruit is already on the hat. It's pretty cool.. but hot as hell. And I had glitter in places I didn't know glitter could go for a good month afterwards..

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 07:34 AM) I can see it now (Thanks to Steff): Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl. With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there... That was my Halloween costume last year..

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 07:29 AM) So they would play the same if they came out to Copacabana? Only if they're wearing this..

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 07:27 AM) Ha ha, Steff. I came up with one "even more impressive" than you. It came from BeGood...

Two antennas meet on a roof, fall in love and get married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive." A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "All right, I'll serve you, but don't start anything." A sandwich walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve food here." A dyslexic man walks into a bra. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says, "A beer please and one for the road." Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other, "Does this taste funny to you?" Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home'." Doc says, "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" "It's Not Unusual." Two cows standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," said Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaimed Daisy. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at, either. I went to buy some camouflage pants the other day but I couldn't find any. I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a mussel. Two termites walk into a bar. One asks, "Is the bar tender here?"

Sometimes we need to remember WHAT the Rules of Life really are. 1. Never give yourself a haircut after three alcoholic beverages of any kind. 2. You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use the duct tape. 3. The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship are "I apologize" and "You are right." 4.. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them. 5. When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm. 6. The only really good advice that your mother ever gave you was: "Go! You might meet somebody!" 7. If he/she says that you are too good for him/her - believe them. 8.. Learn to pick your battles. Ask yourself, "Will this matter one year from now? How about one month? One week? One day?" 9. Never pass up an opportunity to pee. 10. If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance! 11. Living well really is the best revenge. Being miserable because of a bad or former relationship just might mean that the other person was right about you. 12. Work is good, but it's not that important.. 13. And finally; Be really nice to your friends and family. You never know when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan.

Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher: Do you have an address? Caller: No, I'm wearing a blouse and slacks, why? Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich. Dispatcher: Excuse me? Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher: Was anything else taken? Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it Dispatcher: 9-1-1 Fire or emergency? Caller: Fire, I guess. Dispatcher: How can I help you sir? Caller: I was wondering.....does the Fire Dept. put snow chains on their trucks? Dispatcher: Yes sir, do you have an emergency? Caller: Well, I've spent the last 4 hours trying to put these chains on my tires and... well.. do you think the Fire Dept. could come over and help me? Dispatcher: Help you what? Caller: Help me get these chains on my car! Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency? Caller: I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it. Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid. Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What's the nature of your emergency? Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart. Dispatcher: Is this her first child? Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband! And the winner is.......... Dispatcher: 9-1-1 Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath. Darn....I think I'm going to pass out. Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from? Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster. Damn...... Dispatcher: Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? Caller: No Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing? Caller: Running from the Police.

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/B73883/ Man Held Without Bail In Killing Of Police Detective PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A man who allegedly shot a detective to death inside police headquarters was ordered held without bail Monday on a murder charge. Esteban Carpio, 26, did not enter a plea in Providence District Court to a charge that he killed Det. James Allen Sunday inside police headquarters as Allen interviewed him about his possible involvement in the stabbing of an 84-year-old woman. Police said Carpio, who was not handcuffed, got hold of Allen's gun, shot him, broke a third floor window and jumped out. He was captured after a struggle a few blocks away, police said. Carpio, his face badly swollen and disfigured from bruises, appeared in court on Monday wearing a white mask that obscured the bottom half of his face. Authorities said Carpio had injured his leg, arm and head in the fall from the third-floor window, and had violently struggled as police took him into custody. As he was brought into the courtroom, hands and legs shackled and held by several officers, his mother and another woman began wailing. One yelled, "Oh my God, look what they did to him." Sherrifs wrestled both women from the seats and out of the courtroom as they screamed about a coverup and police brutality. A third woman remained in the courtroom, hands over her mouth, rocking in her seat. After the arraignment she yelled, "I love you, baby," at Carpio. Carpio nodded his head to respond to questions during his arraignment, but did not speak, except to say "I love you, Mom," as he was led out of the courtroom. The single charge of murder carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole because it involves the alleged killing of an on-duty police officer, according to Providence police. The case will now go to a grand jury. Police Chief Dean Esserman on Sunday would not say how Carpio managed to get Allen's weapon, and would not discuss other details leading up to the shooting. He also would not discuss the protocols for carrying weapons inside police headquarters or for interviewing potential suspects, and would not say if there were witnesses. Police planned a news conference Monday afternoon to discuss the case. Carpio had recently been experiencing mental problems, family said outside court on Monday. "He needed help and we couldn't get it and we tried and tried," said Dolores Irish, who identified herself as Carpio's aunt. "He didn't deserve this. He's a victim just as much as anybody else in this." A man who identified himself as Carpio's uncle but would not give his name said the family had tried to get Carpio psychiatric help. The uncle said Carpio recently had been admitted to then released from several facilities. The uncle said the family was sorry for what had happened, and also said it was clear from Carpio's injuries Monday that he had "obviously been beaten very badly." Allen, 50, of Johnston, was married and had two daughters, and had been a police officer for 27 years. "Jimmy Allen passed in the noblest way possible. He gave his life trying to make our lives safer," said Mayor David Cicilline. "He died a hero." Deputy Police Chief Paul Kennedy said Allen was an experienced investigator and one of the department's longest-serving detectives. His father is retired Providence police Capt. Lloyd Allen.

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 07:15 AM) Steff, no, I haven't heard that, but I'll bet it's hilarious! The voice is serious and so matter of fact.. I was LMAO..

QUOTE(The Critic @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 07:10 AM) Maybe, but the guys around him all seemed to be wearing Cub gear. Either way, throwing a souvenir back is one stuuuuuuuuuuupid "tradition". I agree. Did anyone hear the radio commercial about this (it being stupid to throw balls back)...? It was sometime last week when Jim and I were driving home from work.. I haven't heard it since - but I haven't been listening to the radio.. anyone else hear it?

That over the past 5 years.. Mark leads the AL in innings pitched... He's getting some serious love on Mike & Mike this morning..

Just got a package delivered with 2 plane tickets to Boston August 12th.. and Sox tickets..

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 07:03 AM) Didn't see this posted. If it was...sorry. Did you see that damned Cub fan throw back Everett's first homer last night? I wonder if that guy received a pummeling.? People at the game said it was a Twins fan..??

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 19, 2005 -> 06:52 AM) Lines heard at the next Ms. USA pageant: Good morning, Ms. California. How can we assist you with your STD treatment today? I'm too old to participate in that.