Steff

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 02:29 PM) Based on this comment: I don't work for the Hyatt nor the Palmer House Hilton so I have no idea other than guessing at their capasity. Perhaps you could call them for a more accurate guess.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 02:21 PM) The guess of 5,000 includes hotel guests and single-day passes for the entire weekend. In 2005 there were about 12,000 people there the entire weekend. Last year there were about 25,000 people. This year, based on how small I keep hearing this place is, I'm guessing there will be about 5,000. I have no idea how you're making your guesses so I'm bowing out of the numbers talk.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 02:03 PM) I don't know either. You said that the place is 1/4 the size of the Hyatt. The Hyatt held about 15,000 comfortably throughout the weekend. 5,000 is a complete guess and could be way off but I keep hearing how tiny this place is. But all the guests at Soxfest were not hotel guests. Less than half I would bet.

I'm so bored today..

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 01:53 PM) So that means about 5,000 tickets sold for the weekend? I'm still trying to figure out the logic of moving this thing to a smaller venue. Then citing the smaller venue as the excuse for the higher prices. I have no idea how many tickets sold. And have no idea how you would know since each room can buy up to 4, and have not seen how many rooms were reserved for the event.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 01:34 PM) Anyone know how many rooms the hotel reserved? I'm curious to know if selling out that quick is a result of a lot of people wanting to get in or just not many rooms available because of the smaller venue. No clue, but a few friends who didn't get the package and are on a "wait list" in case of cancellations, that they have been told is close to 200 reservations. The place is 1/4 the size of they Hyatt.

I can't stop laughing at this...

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 12:23 PM) I'm hearing the rooms are already sold-out. Yep. Since about 11am. QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 12:29 PM) Wow. That really shocks me. I guess Soxtalk is the only place that is this bitter? I'm in. QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 12:35 PM) Maybe people just want the chance to yell at the team in person for such a crappy season? That's the line I'll be in.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 02:17 AM) You know what, I trust the Trib's Gonzalez more than Orel f***ing Hershiser. Give me a break on Orel Hershiser. Stupid f***. Gonzalez said in a Q and A the Sox didn't quit. I mean believe they quit if you want but I wouldn't trust some hoser like Orel Hershiser. I'm sure he got the scoop about all the Sox talking about offseason plans, etc. He's a dumbass. Well.. he didn't make up the stuff about personal item transport. Most of the players have confirmed car and a couple boat and motorcycle transports over the past 2 weeks. Though it's not a big deal considering the carrier REQUESTED they do so BEFORE the end of September. QUOTE(diegotony06 @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 01:07 AM) Tim Kurkjian also said he spoke to a source close to the Whitesox and said that they really miss Rowand because of the enthusiasm he brought to the clubhouse and also Carl Everett because last year he would come in the clubhouse and if the players were watching tv before the games, he would shut the tv's off and say "alright guys no tv, we have to concentrate and get ready to win a ballgame today". Maybe Carl was right at the beginning of the year when he said we have no vocal leader that will take charge in the clubhouse. Just something to think about. Mising Aaron and Carl and the two worst kept secrets I've heard in a long time.

QUOTE(Brian @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 09:17 AM) They paid money for their tickets. I think it is the club that is laughing. ^^ Morons.

Very cool. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060920/sc_nm/...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ- LONDON (Reuters) - A 3.3 million-year-old skeleton of the earliest child ever found shows the ancient ancestor of modern humans walked upright but may also have climbed trees, scientists said on Wednesday. They found the well-preserved remains of a three-year-old girl of the species Australopithecus afarensis -- which includes the fossil skeleton known as "Lucy" -- in the Dikika area of Ethiopia, 400 kms northeast of the capital Addis Ababa. "It represents the earliest and most complete partial skeleton of a child ever found in the history of paeleoanthropology," said Dr Zeresenay Alemseged, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. The skull, torso and upper and lower limbs, including the hand, show both human and ape-like features. The state of the ancient bones suggest she was buried in a flood which may also have caused her death. The remains provide the first evidence of what babies of early human ancestors looked like. The nearly complete skeleton will also provide information about the child's height and structure. "This child will help us understand a lot about the species to which it belongs," said Alemseged, leader of the international team of scientists who reported the findings in the journal Nature. "The lower part of the body, which includes the foot, the shin bone and the thigh bone clearly shows us that this species was an upright walking creature," he told Reuters. But some of the features from the upper part of the body, including the shoulder blade and arms are more ape-like. The fingers are long and curved which suggest she might have been able to swing through trees. "The finding is the most complete hominid skeleton ever found in the world," Zeresenay Alemseged, who is head of the Paleoanthropological Research Team, told a news conference in Addis Ababa. He said the fossil was older than the 3.2-million-year-old remains of "Lucy" discovered in 1974 and described by scientists as one of the world's greatest archaeological finds. "The new bones belong to a three-year-old girl who lived 3.3 million years ago, 150,000 years before Lucy," Zeresenay said. The fossil has been named "Selam," which means peace in Ethiopia's official Amharic language. JUVENILE "LUCY" Dr Simon Underdown of Oxford Brookes University in England described it as a massively exciting discovery of a juvenile "Lucy." "This tremendous fossil will make us challenge many of the ideas we have about how and why we came to walk on two feet," he said. An analysis of the sediment in which the remains were found enabled researchers to build a picture of the type of environment in which the child lived. It was a lush area with flowing water, forests and grassland which was also affected by volcanic eruptions. The range of habitats was suitable for hippos, crocodiles and relatives of the wildebeest. "We can see from the sediment that the region was very much characterized by a mosaic of environment that ranged from forests and woodlands near the rivers, to seasonally flooded grasslands to a flood plain that would have supported more open vegetation," said Dr Jonathan Wynn of the University of South Florida who dated the sediments surrounding the remains.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_en_..._star_supernova They will share "Supernova".

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 22, 2006 -> 07:16 AM) Was it this year that Garland's no-trade was evoked? Or was that next year? This year.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 10:16 AM) The short answer is: away. Not because anything talked about on this thread was a problem, but because a few moderators - including myself - felt that the picture is inappropriate for this website. In my opinion, that shot is child exploitation when its published and toes the line on legality. Feel free to continue talking about the picture, but don't post it. Thanks. Why not just remove the picture, post an edit, and leave the thread alone? Not that it matters. Can't really discuss a picture when it can't be viewed.

QUOTE(mreye @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 10:02 AM) Boy oh boy. I just opened this on page 7. It looks like I missed some good stuff on 1-6. Maybe I'll go back. I have to agree with SS2K5,6 (whatever it is now). The "lows" don't get to me as much anymore. Does that mean I can't enjoy the highs? Hell no! The lows are easy to look over because there will be another day. Another season. Another team. This isn't a low like a family member dying, of which there is no "another." It's what it is - an unsuccessful season. We expected more, and rightly so. But, I'm not "sick to my stomach" as some have described themselves. It's not worth it to get myself upset and act like an ass around my friends, family and coworkers. Act...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 09:49 AM) Wow, bad day? Apparently..

snap, snap, snap, snap....

Me.. I would not have my child in a pose like this. And what's with the tat..? This child is 5 years old. (Picture removed of Cindy Crawford's five year old daughter posing semi-nude to model a swimsuit with a fake tattoo on the small of her back.)

Viewing party. http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServe...d=1158082408511 Here’s your chance for you and your dumb little buddy to watch a screening of Jackass Number 2 at Castle Bam! (Bam Margera’s house) We will fly you and you guest to West Chester, PA, set you up with 2-nights hotel and round trip transportation from the hotel to the screening at Bam’s house. Fill out your information below for your chance to win…Jackass! I dunno.. might be safer to pay to see it.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 08:14 PM) You cant. Its basically one of the most overperscibed drugs in the world. We just give them away to bad children in hopes its ADD. ^^. It's a diagnosis made when the doctor is late for his tee time.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 07:29 PM) Steff, you can argue semantics with me all you want. I'm sure you'll reply to this post by saying I somehow misunderstood you, or the true meaning behind your reply. I'd like to believe after 16 years of education I'm capable of comprehending the meaning of a simple sentence. You misunderstood nothing. Calling out someone for keeping the faith is assinine. Comprehend that how you choose. It doesn't change the ignorance behind the comments.

QUOTE(salty99 @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 03:32 PM) there are different pics but everybody's is different depending on what plan you have. You should get in there fine. Most of the time they never look. My friend gets into club level all the time with upperdeck tickets. The pictures are the same. But I agree you'll likely get in. They've become a bit more relaxed the last 2 homestands.

50/50. Sometimes they check, sometimes they don't. Good luck.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) Since you were indirectly talking to me, I'll say this: if anyone is willing to say --without reason-- we're going to win-out and do something this club hasn't done in god knows how long, they deserve criticism. How many times has this issue been brought up? Not about blind optimism, but "leaving people alone" when our thoughts done match theirs. How would debate exist on this website if such a belief were honored? Am I supposed to leave posters in their fantasy world when I see something which obviously defies logic? I say "Buehrle sucks and should be traded," I expect a response. Some in support, some opposed. I suggest -- in April -- "our team is underrated," I expect a response. This thread is no different, and shouldn't be given any sort of special treatment. Who the hell is saying they ARE going to win...? No one. They are stating simple possibilities and I have seen time and time again them being told they are on crack, high, drunk, stupid, or living in a fantasy world - which is an attack if I recall someone was suspended for telling someone something along the same lines just a couple weeks ago. If you say Mark sucks, yes you should get a response and it should get a response because it's a debatable comment. If I say I think they can pull it out and win because I have faith that's my opinion, you get a big FU if you choose to s*** on me for it. How's that for special treatment.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 02:33 PM) Neither of those are 10 games. No s*** sherlock. How about if you choose not to be optimistic and not give up you leave those who choose otherwise the f*** alone? Not specific to you kalapse.. but for anyone who simply can't help themselves and s*** on others who remain hopeful.