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QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 01:03 PM) I did it for one year as well. The people asking for double paper in plastic were the worst. Talk about a pain in the ass. Not as much as pushing carts thru the snow, but it still sucked. Speaking of pushing carts, I saw some automated s*** at Target last week. The kid just hooked the carts together and drove them in. What's up with that?? Every big box down here has them. Pushing carts in 104 degree temps is not healthy.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 12:57 PM) I'm finding it interesting how similar I find the arguments of the Loose Change guys to the arguments of the anti-evolution or anti-global warming folks. It's always the argument from Ignorance. There's no footage of this. There's no footage of that. There's no good images of this. Why can't we see the footage of this. That's a double edged sword. Science tells us if it can't be proven empirically, it isn't valid, no? So on one hand we have scientists telling us something must be replicable before we can trust it as true. So if there is a lack of objective evidence, we should consider it a theory until it can be proven or disproved. And then other the other hand, in evolution's case, we must accept it without firm evidence, And there is a leap of faith in evolution, or any theory of man's beginning, from nothing, comes something, close to approximating human.

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 12:41 PM) I worked as a bagger for 3 years in high school at dominick's. We sure wasted alot of plastic bags. But paper bags are a b****. That's the other bad thing about plastic, I noticed my local Walmart seems to put every item in plastic bag. I'll come home and have nine or ten, when three or four would have worked.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 12:40 PM) The last 10 seconds or so of that... The whole thing. The money was priceless.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 12:22 PM) I can see the firefighters on the roof from my office in the MERC office towers. I can't see a damn thing from over here. Frickin' Arkansas is in the way I hope everyone is safe.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 11:43 AM) Interesting note...a large majority of the wood pulp used in making most paper products in this country does not come from trees any more. Most of the paper goods you buy are made of some combination of recycled paper and scrap from cutting wood to make products out of lumber (furniture, homes, etc.). My point being, and please correct me if I am wrong, the total energy to make a paper bag is smaller than producing a plastic bag. It isn't a 100% gain of those oil resources.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 11:54 AM) Iran has aired footage of the prisoners on TV, which as I understand it is a violation of the Geneva Conventions. Seriously, is the Geneva Convention relevent today? I think it's time for a new set of rules.

Three Mile Island

I was thinking it was more a reference to our "small ball" and our propensity to get a lot out of one hit. But if the comment was Detroit might not be so high ebcause they might not even make the playoffs this year, I agree. I don't think they will make the playoffs, and if that happens they will be exactly like us.

It isn't a total gain, petroleum in used in the cutting down of trees and processing them into paper bags. I try and use reusable bags whenever possible, but some stores make it so damn impossible to bring your own bags in.

The difference between 9 and 19 is razor thin. It's an inexact guess. If it was easy to predict, we wouldn't play the games. I would have had them slightly higher, the Rangers much higher. But I know those teams better. Of course maybe they read the threads here and it soured them so much on this team that it influenced them to placing us that low.

Anyone care to remember the USS Pueblo and their capture by the Koreans in 1968? Separate comment, not linked to above. When these things happen, it always seems that one country is trying to provoke or expand the "line in the sand". If we go here and they didn't attack, tomorrow we will go here, and then here, and here. Many boundaries are established like that. I'm guessing there is some blame to go all the way around.

It's pretty standard to name everyone possible and sort it out later. It is almost impossible to add someone later. Been there in a suit. Hated adding some of the names, knowing they probably had nothing to do with it. Then discovered one did. Hated that worse.

Clearly state what you want from them in terms of compensation. Be reasonable. It is the best advice I can give you. Asking for free tickets is a nice sign to them that you are willing to fly United again, and that should be one of their goals in settling with you.

When we expand someone's rights, we also take away others. There is never gain without pain. We should always be vigilent on what we are giving up.

Great point Alpha. On the flip side, how do you protect innocent Americans who are accused of being middle eastern by every bigot on a plane? We are taking away protections from INNOCENT people who are being falsely accused and giving it to people who may or may not being truthful.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 09:11 AM) Now I know what you're going to do to me when I crack up and have to go to the old fogey's home... You can call President Bush, Jeb Bush

QUOTE(Soxy @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 03:30 PM) I went hiking for the first time this season, and about 2 miles into my 4 mile hike I noticed my foot started to hurt. By the time I got back to my car I have a blister (no joke) that is on the entire bottom of my heel (and is starting to get close to the arch of my foot). Anyone have any tips to make it go away or make it less painful? I was really hoping to get lots of hiking in this weekend, but that might not be possible. Help me please! Few things, first of all, figure out why you blistered in the first place and stop it. Two dissimilar socks really helps. A lighter synthetic sock first and a thicker natural fiber (wool or wool blend) on top will prevent a lot of these problems. Remember friction caused the blister. If the blister has not popped, do not pop it. You will want to relieve the pressure on the blister, cut out some mole foam slightly larger than the blister and secure in place. Time will heal. Popping the blister opens up a nice path for an infection. If it does pop, keep the area clean and covered. BTW the nest time, if there is a next time. Stop as soon as you feel a hot spot, stop and adjust your shoes, socks, etc. As part of your hiking essentials, carry some bandaids or duct tape. Put anything on the hot spot to prevents the blister.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 07:31 AM) Ya know...Orbison was not blind. It's a MIRACLE!!

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Mar 28, 2007 -> 07:33 AM) Kinda like campaign finance reform? That's still a pretty weak reason. In the history of our society we have never needed this law, doesn't that make you stop and wonder why we need it now?

In a strange ironic twist, items that they may have been trying to pass iin "the dark of the night" have a spotlight shone on by picking this bill. An educated public is our best defense against poor leadership.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 09:25 AM) No, actually, I'm jaded by my hatred of the man. There are plenty of guys on the Cubs I'd be happy to have on a team I rooted for. Zambrano though, is just one of those very hateable people that I couldn't ever root for. Bonds, Canseco and Sheffield are in the same category. Just my feeling on the matter.

In almost any other area you can be held liable if you accuse someone "knowing it is false". There was a recent article on I believe it was CNN where a neighbor kept reporting their neighbor for anything and everything, trying to get them to move. Every claim was proven false, from child endangerment because the kids were outside "naked" while dad washed the car to minor code violations. If there was no recourse, people could just keep harassing someone for looking a certain way. I'm for protecting someone who makes a report in good faith, but there should be some protections from racists who will report every middle Eastern on the plane every time they fly. Or, "hey look at those idiots in Iowa Hawkeye jerseys, f*** them, let's claim they were making terrorist threats, we can't be charged and they will get kicked off the plane." Like anything, there are always unintended side effects that have to be thought through.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 27, 2007 -> 02:31 PM) 1. If these are important, then they should have been passed in a bill (or bills) for funding agriculture and/or disaster relief. If they can stand on their own merit, then why the earmark? 2. Of the last 9 items (everything from the $1.2B for dairy farmers on down), I see about 4 that are even worth spending money on. The rest is garbage. The only reason I could think of regarding #1 is the time and effort to pass so many separate bills. Regarding #2, it's dangerous to look at a one line description and passing judgment. A couple look suspicious to me, like the sugar can coop, but the others seem reasonable. I know the Western State ranchers have been having problems with grasshoppers and Mormon crickets and it's a shared cost between them and the government with the government picking up the smaller chunk. IIRC it's like 75% rancher 25% US. I like helping more than pikcing up the entire tab kind of solutions.