Texsox

Easy for me. The farther away from motors and engines, the better.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 10:37 AM) oh that is very true. I have said for a while some of the best research is done by motivated bloggers, but they are over shadowed by those that are two bit hacks or spammers that dont do any research. Which is a shame. I pretty much discount 99% of the blogs out there.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 10:33 AM) oh it's total BS, that's why I dont like her. But she'll get away with it. All she needs to do is keep secrets hidden until Feb 6th. Yes Feb 5th isnt everything, but it'll give her momentum. The media seems so afraid to actually do work. It's sad the some of the best research is done by bloggers and major media largely ignores it. It's also sad that bloggers are held to a lower standard than big media.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 10:31 AM) It doesn't work both way. She can claim experience for working on the good things in the White House, but not on the dirty underhanded stuff that was going on at the sametime. Its one way or the other. Either she was a part of what went on, or she wasn't. She doesn't get to pick and choose what benefits her. That's BS. Does it work the other way? Those that discount the good stuff and claim she had nothing to do with it, should those people then ignore the bad stuff and say it wasn't her?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 10:25 AM) Directly to SS2K's point, she wants it both ways. She was intimately involved in every good thing that happened in the Billy years, and WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY far away from everything bad. Now how the f*** does that work? And people still dig this woman. WTF is wrong with people? They shielded her from the bad stuff

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 10:09 AM) Her attacking ANYONE for who they do business with it has got to take the biggest set of balls on the planet. This is woman whose experience consists of her husband (which supposedly by association means she did too if you listen to her on the good stuff) being associated with insider trading, illegal fundraising, pardons for donations, etc. After she drags Antoin Rezko into this, we need to start hearing names like Mark Rich, Hsu, Wang Jun, James Blair, etc. Agreed. Side note and I'm trying to phrase this so it comes out properly. IMNSHO, she has a bigger set then any of the other candidates, from either party, and certainly more than her husband. Perhaps, in this climate, she may be a better choice then I've been giving her credit for.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 09:11 AM) Say all you want about Canseco, but he has been vindicated at just about every turn. Part of me is sad that Maggs was named, but I also see how he acted with his free agency, and it was apparent then that he would do whatever it takes, no matter what. That's an interesting take on it, linking contract negotiations (financial gain) with steroids. I'm wondering how many did it for the money and how many did it for the inflated stats, fame, and winning.

Tough call. It doesn't seem right not recognizing them, and it does cause most people to look around and ask who died. On the other hand, sadly, it may become routine enough that people do stop asking and it becomes "some soldier". I'd like to read more, but I lean more towards stopping the tradition with any law maker, reserve it for Presidents and maybe VPs, and that's about it. As we go the other way, with a widening circle, pretty soon the honor loses it's status.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 08:23 AM) Quit buying Chinese s***, and start paying twice as much to buy American. Problem solved. I am trying to remember when the Buy American stuff ended. I remember bumper stickers Hungry? Eat Your Foreign Car back in the 70s and into the 80s, but over all I think we've pretty much ended that campaign.

Two threads going. I'll merge.

Who knows, but looking at the last season, and assuming that he wouldn't be using in this climate, I doubt it.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jan 20, 2008 -> 12:57 PM) Fish suck. Have you tried them grilled on a cedar plank?

I was thinking about the "why was it traded" question. If it was traded that soon, and there were problems, it would have been under warranty, and it would be reported. Dealers are one of the better CarFax reporters.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 05:32 PM) The only power he has is having people notice them. It just makes me sick to think that anyone has changed their opinion and agreed with this moron.

Hated to hear that.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 03:07 PM) Really? I've never been there, but I had the impression that it was a broken down oil town that never really came back to life. reborn. SS is right, great coastal city.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 02:28 PM) Well, I'm sure you're right. How could Audi develop an engine that go 10k miles between oil changes that uses oil that does not exist? Why would they do so? I'm sure you're right, and I'm pretty sure it's the oil manufacturers/oil change people that are probably lying... It is an interesting topic. You have two totally different industries working together with potentially different agendas. I never really thought about how the consumer's needs would fit into this equation.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 03:30 PM) It was only a matter of time... I hate these people. I wish we could just ignore them and have them go away, far away.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) My response was "No, there isn't." Not at the moment. I keep wondering if after Clinton and Obama finish each other off that maybe he backs in. It seems to be slipping away, but this still could be very interesting.

QUOTE(almagest @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) Yeah, I think I was figuring that *all* cars have issues, but they are probably more serious in a new/restructured model than they are in something that's been around a while. I'll likely stay away from anything new or redesigned for 2008. Less true today than in the days of hand built models. Many of today's cars are reshuffling standard compenents, not new inventions. Still a lot of truth, but technology and better engineering and design reviews, via computer, is quickly narrowing the gap.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 01:19 PM) I have no idea. I guess I believed they were saying that the engine can run efficiently and without problems (I guess the word we are looking for is "normally") with oil changes only necessary every 10k miles. I think I finally figured out how to write what I was thinking. Logically the statement that Audi developed an engine that can go 10,000 ("A") but the oil manufactures do not have a 10,000 mile oil ("B" can not be true and has to be crap. For Audi's statement to be true, the oil has to last. So if A is true (that Audi developed a 10,000 mile engine), then B (the oil can't last) has to be false. There has to be an oil that lasts 10,000 miles. If B is true, (there is no such oil), then A has to be false. Audi has not developed an engine unless it runs on sludged up oil. So their statement is busted, from a formal logic point of view. I see no way that both A and B can be true, this the statement is always false. Anyone with more logic study comment?

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 01:10 PM) Well, Audi makes that claim all the time, as does BMW, Mercedes, and plenty of other auto manufacturers. I'm sure it's a basic guideline, but from what I have heard, the engines in these particular vehicles can more than back up the claim. When an engine manufacturer claims their vehicle can go 10,000 miles between changes, what exactly are they saying happens? Are they saying that the oil will sludge up and their engine will keep going or their engine will cause the oil to last longer?

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 12:44 PM) Could you elaborate a bit more? Who is "they"? The car manufacturer or the oil manufacturer? Both, but more on the oil change guys. Audi can not recommend a maintenance program that would result in an engine failure. They would have a massive recall on their hands and ruin themselves in the marketplace. They have to have some data to back that up. In part, what they are measuring is how fast oil breaks down in their engine. So Audi would not make an outlandish claim, and if they did, two guys in an oil change place will not be the guys that figure it out. Now I will also argue a bit on the other side. 10,000 in perfect driving conditions, with a perfectly running engine, with perfect oil, and a great filter, may be possible. But I would never take that chance.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 11:27 AM) They brought out a "certified" Audi tech to explain this catch-22 to me: The Audi engines are built to sustain 10k without an oil change- hell, you could probably even go more than that without problems. But there are no oils manufactured that can sustain 10k miles without getting thick and sludgy and clogging things up. So the car can handle it, but no current oil can. There are a couple problems with this statement. What their engine needs is proper lubrication at a minimum specification. The change interval is based, in part, on how fast the oil falls out of spec. There can't be two independent variables. They can't accurately say X miles without factoring in the oil breakdown.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 11:41 AM) Its the difference between campaigning for someone, or against someone. No, they completed a fast kill on McCain via his "illegitimate" black baby. After that there wasn't much to do but coast in.