southsider2k5

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 02:29 PM) I'd say a balance between the 2 if possible. What about Dugan's? Dugans is a great place. Used to drink out there when I worked in Greektown.

Just don't let the two things mix.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) Actually I was worried you would all attack me. Mike, any ideas of Loop bars? Depends on what we are looking for honestly. Cheap or environment?

Heck, I am going back to pet my chicken

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:57 PM) I'd like to go to this, but I don't really know any of you in RL -- does everyone else know each other? I just don't want to go there to get attacked by BigSqwert because he hates me. Some people know each other, some don't. BS is a cool dude in real life... Nothing like his douchey on-line personality.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 02:08 PM) Ive only met 1 person from this board and it was a random encounter where that person recognized me by my email on an evite. Id also prefer something that is located off of public transportation (preferably red line, but brown line isnt the worst). The problem with the West Side is unless you live there, you are taking a bus or cab, and getting a cab back home can be tricky. Thats my issue. If it is something downtown, I could probably make it. Otherwise I am out.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) Why not? Sox don't need a 300/30/100 guy in RF anymore. They've got enough offense. Now they need PLUS RF defense and offense at replacement level. I wouldn't call Teahen even replacement level defensively at any position. Andruw can play D out there, but Mark is awful.

Aha, that's where I have you. I pet my chicken often.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:46 PM) Teahen/Jones rotation wouldn't work? It would work in my weightloss because I wouldn't keep meals down watching that regularly.

Wanting Chicken is a healthy pursuit.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:35 PM) Really, no you couldn't. Jones can't handle being an every day player. He's proven that the last 2 years; you play him every day and within a week something will get sprained or start acting up. Exactly. You could get away with the lack of offense in theory, but the reality is that you would be playing someone from Charlotte for half of the season because Jones would breakdown.

QUIET!

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:27 PM) loooooooong overdue. I just dont understand why they havent gone this route earlier, it makes no sense whatsoever. The upkeep on field turf has to be minimal compared to the amount of times they have had to replace the sod at soldier field since it opened. And we are only considering football games here, dont they still play soccer on soldier field? And they also have concerts which ruin the field. And lets not even talk about injuries caused by the crappy turf. and the embarrassment of the tv announcers constantly ripping on the turf I wasn't a field turf believer before, but we got it at our local HS a few years back, and the stuff is a dream. We had problems like Soldier Field with the turf getting ripped to shreds. It has been great.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:28 PM) I think it is important to note that Kevin Correia's brother was killed in a hiking accident in May, which effectively ended any hopes of a good season for Correia. He is a good pitcher and up to last season, was deserving of the contract he received. Take away 2010 (which I think he wishes could happen) and he's a solid 4/5 guy in the NL. Nice screen name! Welcome to the site.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:25 PM) Of course...there is a difference between "Taking money away" from the people who do most of the hiring and "having the people who do most of the hiring earn less". And they wouldn't earn anything if they didn't have a job.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:24 PM) And Miami and Oakland are baseball stadiums as well...so we are probably among the worst with Pittsburgh. Most of this has to do with the weather. Part of it has to do with the insistence to allow hs football games to take place the same week as Bears games. Time for field turf. If that is the case why are places like Green Bay and New England ahead of us? Somebody call Roger Bossard and fix this the right way.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:15 PM) Side note, I love how we talk about a pitcher's arm like it's a separate entity. It's kind of like how I talk about my wing-wang. So are you saying you are still developing your wing-wang?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 01:07 PM) If that's the case, why wouldn't a tax increase then be acceptable for people in that tax bracket, because they're getting a break on those bonds? The answer is, because it does stimulate the economy. Both of them do, at an equal rate, because the money is going to the same spenders. At worst the argument goes to "not letting things get worse" which is exactly what would happen if you took lots of money away from the group of people in this country who do most of the hiring.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 09:46 AM) Anyone else check out Decoded on History? Great episode last night on the death of Merriweather Lewis. This show is pretty stellar for the two episodes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 12:26 PM) The Federal reserve and the Chinese need tax breaks? Seriously...we're at near record low interest rates on US Treasury bonds and have been for well over 2 years now. That suggests that the global market has yet to satiate its appetite for that particular safe investment. The bond market wants more US treasuries out there. So what. Demand for bonds is immaterial to its stimulative abilities. The point is, this can't be considered "stimulus" while tax cuts aren't, because it is money going to the exact same tax bracket.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) For a while there I thought he was essentially auditioning for a radio gig, because he's sarcastic as all get-out, and because of how comfortable he is with the sound of his own voice. But then I remembered that he comes across as too smug for even the most embittered and cynical audiences to listen to for extended blocks of time. Maybe he needs to start writing for the LA Times. I was thinking NY Times, but same idea.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 11:57 AM) What is preventing corporations from hiring right now is a lack of customers. The business community is sitting on an enormous amount of assets in dollars right now, with no reason to invest it because it's not losing value (no inflation) and there's no gain if they do (already have more capacity than necessary). The more money people spend, the more we bring that excess capacity in the economy back on line to produce goods for people to buy. The more money the government puts out right now, if it goes into the hands of people who are going to spend it, the more it brings that capacity online. That's where the jobs boost comes from. The Federal reserve is printing another $800 billion in interest free dollars, handing it to the Treasury dept., saying "find a way to give that to people". The problem is, who are the bond holders in this country? The same people who we keep getting told don't need the tax breaks.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 12:21 PM) Assuming this report is accurate for a moment...this also tells me that Manroid is in a condition right now where he's regularly playing through so many injuries that he can't even tell when something serious has happened. That is a mighty big assumption that rests on Scott Borass telling the truth.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 10, 2010 -> 12:21 PM) My slow computer costs 900$. My fast computer costs 2000$. ONCE. Not 20,000,000 per year for 7 years. Contracts are out of control considering the current state of the economy. The numbers are all relative. To someone working in a sweatshop in China, you just spent years worth of money on a slow computer.

QUOTE (quickman @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 04:32 PM) one year 1.5 million Any chance at it being with us?