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QUOTE (soxman352000 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 07:05 PM) The "processing time" wasn't the only thing she said. She did go on to say that she does like me and she was flattered. She got out of a relationship about a half a year ago. According to mutual friends of ours, she called me "a puss" for not making a move, which is why I finally decided to lay it all out on the line, completely sober might I add. I'm going to see her on Thursday and possibly she what she says then. Until then, I guess I'm going to just let her think about it and see how she feels. I've done my soul searching, guess its time for her to do some. How old are you and this lady friend? How long have you known one another?

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 05:54 PM) and where are we going to get the money to pay off every single student loan out there? also, is this an endless forgiving of loans? why should certain people get a pass while everyone before and after has to pay? That's not what Obama is suggesting. He's saying loan payments should be limited to 10% of wages over a 20 year period, and a 10 year period if you go into public service. You're also assuming that our Universities are 1) run efficiently; and 2) not gouging the ever-living s*** out of all of us. My guess is costs could be pared down quite a bit without a big effect on salaries.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 06:32 PM) So you think I should be able to rack up $250k + of educational costs and have everyone else pay for it because I should just get as much education as possible? There becomes a point where you need to decide the cost and benefit of additional education. Not to mention that you can take AP classes to offset a lot of the costs (I started as a second semester soph, could have started as a junior if I had taken French and received retro-credits), When you are on track for ivy league or elite education, you understand the costs. Some kids who were smart did not go to the top schools because they could not afford it, some chose to go there despite that risk. Why should the kid who passed up the chance now be stuck with the bill because they were responsible? I have spent over $200k on education, that was graduating with my first degree in 3.5 years, 2 degrees in 4 years and a law degree in 3 years. I am not even including the cost of apartments, food etc, that is just tuition. My numbers are not even that high compared to many people who made different choices about the schools they went to after High School. I just dont see why people should get a double benefit. First they get the more valuable education, second they dont have to pay for it? That makes no sense. You are going to the absolute extreme other end of the argument. I'm not trying to argue that education should be free, neither am I trying to argue that the taxpayers should bear the brunt of yours and my law degrees. I am saying the system has failed. It cannot possibly cost Depaul university $18k a year to educate a student in the part time legal program. It just cannot possibly cost that much. Probably more like $5k a year. You are taking a free market capitalist approach to education, and I simply think the risks are too great for it to be that way. Now let's get this straight. I went to SIU and pounded out 61 credit hours in a year and a half so I could do it as inexpensively as possible (I had gone to a private school previously, wherein my tuition was free because my father had taught there. I absolutely hated it, and the education sucked. And a clergyman tried to molest me on top of it all). Next, I went to Depaul. And I worked full-time for the last 3 years of the 4 years I was there. I busted my ass, working 8-5 every day then going to class from 5:50 - 8:30 four nights a week. I didn't take private loans so I could sit on my ass and do nothing all day or live in some high rise apartment down in the City. I busted my freaking ass. Now I don't have an issue with paying off my loans, but it's getting to the point where it is simply ridiculous. Your student loan payment should not rival your mortgage payment in size, just because you wanted an advanced degree. I just cannot accept that. Especially since the workplace we busted our ass to step into has completely collapsed. If you think the system is still fair and efficient, than so be it. But I cannot believe a system wherein I am trying to be a productive member by educating myself actually comes back to harm me more than had I never chose to educate myself at all is one that is working.

His deep crossing routes take a loooooong time to develop.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 04:53 PM) Chest and back for me today, had a vball game yesterday which is a nice substitution for plyo. I would welcome volleyball right now... keep it up, rock.

Damn, plyo still kicking my ass. what a freaking workout though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 05:17 PM) Wanna see Favre's ankle? Damn, I had to look at that a few times to see which part was his foot...

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 03:16 PM) This is so true. I graduated in December 08 with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration and there is nothing out there. I've applied for many jobs but always lose out with people with expierience, which is understandable. My degree means absolutely nothing currently. I work at a lumber yard and have the highest level in terms of education, but I make the least amount of money, making $9.50 an hour. And high school kids are starting to realize what happened to you, and say "Why the hell would I want to go to college? I can get a job out of high school and by the time the college student finishes his degree, I will be his manager." Do we really want this to be the case?

QUOTE (The Beast @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 03:11 PM) And then there were the guys that had to stop because the woman that they love or used to love wants a restraining order or calls him a stalker all of the time... Well, the key is to be reasonable enough to stop before you get the cease and desist order put on you...

I am absolutely dedicated to the notion of paying for my own loans. I am not asking for anyone else to do that for me. However, I do believe the system needs to be re-examined (just as the healthcare and many other systems need to be) and re-designed to make it work better for the people it is designed to serve. In my mind, we should be able to educate ourselves as much as possible without fear of paying for it. The purpose of education is to PREPARE you to succeed, not to drive you down into debt and prevent you from succeeding. Do you guys really think it's a good thing for this country when kids have to think twice about furthering their education because it costs too much?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 02:37 PM) You don't need to go to a school that costs 30K per year. I went to a state school, paid under 1000 a semester (now prices have been raised and it is now about 2000 a semester), but that is a far cry from 30K a year and it is an affordable amount. Even if you go to a University, you wouldn't be more than 15K a year in tuition I'd imagine. Now there are living costs, but that is an entirely separate issue. I know Jason, but why shouldn't you be able to go to the best school you can get into? California has some killer schools. Not all states have schools like that. You think Kentucky has the quality of state schools that California does? You know what it would cost for me to go to UC Berkely? Being from out of state? $33k/year. I went to a state school for my undergraduate degree, which I have about $15k in debt for. Then I went to law school. It was $17k per year or something, for 4 years (I went part time, night program). That's about $85k in debt I have. For educating myself. Are you going to stand there and tell me it should cost me EIGHTY FIVE f***ING GRAND to educate myself properly?

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 03:10 PM) Exactly, I've heard of some of this and am pretty annoyed that I've been working hard and responsibly paying off my loans. Why should my taxes go to pay off someone else's loan who is not being responsible? It's not just about being responsible. The costs are insane at this point. $30k a year for school? That's insane. I'm sorry, but going to college should not cost you a similar amount to buying a home. The Obama's do have a personal history with this issue. I have heard him say for a very long time, their student loan payments were far greater than their mortgage payments. That simply shouldn't be the case. These universities should not be entitled to build up annuities in the hundreds of millions or even billions while charging students outrageous tuitions to try and contribute to the economy and have a successful career. It's reaching the point where it is backfiring. Students are recognizing the market doesn't favor college grads enough to incur the debt and are choosing to enter lower-level jobs and work their way up through experience rather than academic merit. And while there is nothing wrong with that, we need to be educating our workforce more, not less.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) The girl might also be incredibly shy, etc. My fiance was a bit intimidated by me when I first made my advances (thinking in her head that we'd never work). But I'd call the relationship we got ideal and she's always shocked how it ended up working out, haha. And I should point out, I had known her for about a year and a half prior to making any advances as I was going out with another girl at the time and my current fiance was just a friend. I agree. The love at first sight thing may work when you're 17, but when real life happens, around the age of 25 or so, things tend to get a bit more complicated, with bills to pay, serious careers, parents putting pressure on you, etc. I don't think there is anything wrong with letting her process things. And she may even say no at first. But if you talk to married couples, much like some people have already said here, the stories are quite often about a guy who kept pursuing a woman until he ultimately convinced her to marry him. And those are some of the strongest couples around.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 12:23 PM) Outside of Vernon Davis (who was raw and unproven), Martz has never had an above average Tight end. Now that he does, I assume like any really good offensive mind, he'll find ways to utilize it. Agreed. In the article Murcie posted, Martz clearly says the key is to work with the strengths of the personnel you have. He isn't going to try and force our personnel into the Rams version of "The Greatest Show on Turf," he's going to create "The Even Greater Show on s***ty Soldier Field Sod" with our personnel. He spoke about having an underweight Isaac Bruce, a tiny guy in Az Hakim, and a "slow white guy" in Ricky Proehl in St. Louis. He designed his offense around the one key strength they had - speed - apparently an undervalued asset at the time in the NFL. I think Martz will design an offense around our key strengths, which, in his mind, are Forte, Olsen, Knox, Aromashadu, and Hester (with obviously Cutler throwing to them). I have faith that he will design a system which utilizes those strengths far better than Ron Turner ever did or ever could. The key, as a few posters have said, will be to find a way to protect Cutler, as well as a way to stay fast on our crappy field (unless we get field turf, which we absolutely should). I think signing another offensive tackle would go farther than signing a #1 WR. Honestly, I don't really feel we need another wr.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 01:44 AM) Depends on how long have you known her. Have you been friendzoned already? Have your intentions been clear since the beginning? The best advice I could give is keep living your life and don't put all your hope in this one girl. Hah, give him a chance to explain!

Watched the movie Spread tonight with Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche, and a little hottie named Margarita Leveiva. Interesting if not a bit disturbing...

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 06:55 PM) Saw lots of good ideas here so I won't offer up any more. It is nice to see so many people weigh in with some thoughtful advice, though. Good luck and, to all the posters/helpers in this thread, . To think it all started with a common love of baseball. Right on PR.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) Ready to take the dive with Smith after '10 campaign. I like the hire, but I still see the deficiency of the offensive line being a problem. The fact that Cutler doesn't have all of the time in the world doesn't bode well for this team. I'm curious to see what personnel changes occur on offense as a result of Martz's presence. Does it mean that Kruetz is gone (because Angelo is a b****)? Do the Bears make a move to up the offense again? The hiring of Martz is interesting although I don't think that he alone can save this team. What do you all think? (And who will be their defensive coordinator?!) Not that this does not deserve its own thread, but there is commentary in the NFL catch-all thread if you're interested.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) Considering the other QBs Martz has had to use during his past couple stops - Jon Kitna/whoever, Alex Smith/JT O'Sullivan/Shaun Hill - I'd say that having a QB of Cutler's talent will make his job quite a bit easier. I dunno if it is bs or not, but he's claiming Cutler will be the most talented QB he will have ever worked with.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 05:01 PM) They could have hired Martz a month ago. Obviously they struck out on every other option. I think they were trying to appease Jay a bit, then looking at some guys Angelo wanted to. I don't necessarily disagree that they may have struck out, but it seems wise to interview other candidates if you know Martz isn't going anywhere. I think, despite the hits they have taken on the process, the two hires so far have been good ones.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 04:07 PM) You can get it at any grocery store in the chip aisle. It comes in a little tin can its like Fritos Mild Cheddar cheese sauce. They also have Jalapeno Chedder. I just used it last night. It's awesome. I think he is claiming that product is not the same. The salsa con queso you're referring to is thicker, in my estimation.

As much as I will hate to see him so much over the next 10 years, this is good for baseball.

Here you go. Here is your cheese: Nacho Cheese

Don, Judging by some of the comments in this thread, my guess would be maybe trying to order it directly from the distributor. You might have to order it in bulk, but you could probably find it that way.

Woo, Chest and Back is a b****...still getting better, but now I think I am done with that one for several weeks.