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QUOTE(SpringfieldFan @ Jan 8, 2007 -> 12:11 PM) You can call this the stupid post of the week, but I was just wondering...Instead of deals like 5/75 or 6/96, would Buehrle take...say...1yr/20 mil? Would the Sox offer it if he would? Perhaps it is ridiculous thinking, but what kind of one year contract would he accept? 1/20? 1/22? 1/25? *and now the trolley heads back for Mr. Rogers' living room* SFF While anything is possible, the smart money guess is Mark is looking at the total dollars on this contract. It will probably be half or more of what he'll make as a MLB pitcher. Some of the intangibles will be no trade clauses, the amount of differed money, etc. He's going to have to compare a 6/96 versus a 4/80 type of thing.

I was just reading a letter from a friend who had this happen when he was visiting his girlfriend's parents. He quietly told his girlfriend was was happening and she hollers across the house, "hey dad, the toilet is overflowing again, when will you fix that damn thing?". He about died from embarrassment as her dad defended the toilet. As I was reading I almost choked.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 8, 2007 -> 10:53 AM) Just to play devil's advocate for a moment...so why would people want to move into an area where there is no access to business? If you have to drive a half an hour to buy milk because every grocery store in the area has been looted, vacated, and collapsed, couldn't you have all of the gas, power, and phone service you want and still have people with no desire to move into an area? And why do people move into an area when the businesses are all gone if those businesses are a main source of employment? People have homesteaded far from conveniences before. Some do it for the solitude, some are attracted by lower costs. I grew up in Lake County, way before the housing boom. We were a ways from the nearest grocery store, etc. but very close to a lake. When people asked why I lived in Wildwood and drove to Schaumburg to work (an hour many days) I replied I drove an hour to live. I like the spaces. In this particular case, it would be lower housing costs. The higher costs would be closer to services, the cheapest the furthest away. Once the conveniences came, those homes would appreciate in value at a greater pace than the ones build closer in.

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QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2007 -> 08:24 AM) With today's market, 5/75 isn't even a starting point for a guy like Buehrle unless he has a terrible 07. We are talking about AT LEAST 6/96 if not more years and dollars. And trust me, someone will pay it. And IMNSHO, a good gamble at 6/100. I'd bet the rational is they would hold him to just under 200 innings a year. I look at the Braves dynasty and their starting rotation and damn it, Buerhle and Garland are a great start towards that. Those guys stayed together for more than the 4 year horizon the Sox work with. But how many bullets did we dodge by not offering up $$$$$ when $$$ worked as well?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2007 -> 09:38 AM) That is assuming they got real value on their insurance claims. If I had to guess the business claims were no different than the personal claimes, which means they most likely got screwed for the most part. A business will fail without customers. Using a McDs as an example, if the rooftops are gone, they could rebuild the greatest McDs ever, and it will close without customers ringing the cash register. Infrastructure in a sane, systematic, efficient manner > residents > businesses I don't see how you can take this out of order.

It's a loooooong offseason.

Voting has begun for the 2007 Chicago Music Awards. Deadline is January 10th. Pop Entertainer of the Year includes an amazingly talented friend of mine, Joan Hammel along with Jennifer Hudson, Kanye West, R. Kelly, and Ladi Lyke. The awards encompass a wide range of music, venues, and productions. As you can imagine, against some "names" Joan probably doesn't stand a chance, but to be nominated a couple years in a row is something to be proud of. We went to college together and she was my Feature Editor when I was Managing Editor of my college paper. I have had the pleasure of listening to her for the past couple of decades and hearing her voice mature and depth grow is really neat.

Just for PA, cool National Park in China

QUOTE(knightni @ Jan 8, 2007 -> 01:56 AM) Happy 2nd birthday CAAT! I can't believe we accumulated two years of stuff in here. I started a new for 2007 CAAT to help those whose computers take forever to load this monster. Great stuff to look through from the beginning.

The original Catch-All Anything Thread has become too big for some users to open. Get your last look before it moves to the archives.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 11:09 PM) Small minded huh? Read the Koran and see what it says about the treatment of women and what should be done with those who do not follow the prophet Mohammed. If you're going to make stupid comments like that I suggest you have your ducks in a row first. I have yet to see a religious text that couldn't be "translated" to fit the author's agenda. Nuke, you seem to be the Koran expert here, which language do you read the Koran in? There are dozens and dozens of translations of the Bible, are there as many with the Koran? Forgive my ignorance, I have never tried reading the Koran.

Which comes first, a population that needs a McDonalds, or the McDonalds? That one I have to side with Corporate America on. But which comes first, a population that needs electricity or electricity and that one has to fall on the government. But having said that, does the government (local, state, or national) have a responsibility to bring services to wherever someone wants to rebuild? I don't think so. A plan to offer utilities in a sequential order works for me. One person building a mile from the nearest working grid, shouldn't happen and slows down the rebuilding efforts. We probably need to buy some people out, a hopscotch pattern of rebuilding and providing utilities is wasteful.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 02:54 PM) I was surprised that Paulie's HR numbers were down a little last year, because he had a great year with the bat. Very, very consistent, and I think he'll avoid any prolongued slumps and do that again, and get a little luckier with the power #'s. .314, 40 HR's, 121 RBI. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what he said.

The Sox already have made their starting pitchers the highest salaries on the team behind Kong. 2-6 were the starting rotation. How much more can they go? I don't know. I guess I would rather have 5 Garlands than a Buerhle, Garland, and 3 AAAA. No matter what happens, I think Mark, for a four or five year stretch has been one of the best pitchers I have seen in a Sox uniform. Perfect record in the playoffs and a bonus All-Star win to boot. I've always liked the enthusiasm he brings to the game and his work ethic. Every year you could pencil him in for a 16-8 season and probably be correct. A generation ago, he'd have been a Sox player for life. I thought Frank was going to be the last HoF player to remain with one team for his entire career, so I guess anything could happen.

QUOTE(soxwon @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 05:36 PM) Im not sure if this is the forum to post this: When i record mp3's off the internet- they go into my documents and settings- then my shared folder in the c drive i then transfer them to my E drive (external harddrive) Where i store them. Afterwards i transfer them from E drive to my musicmatch jukebox in my c drive. meanwhile allways storing them in E. ok now the problem, when i want to play them thru the Jukebox, alot of them say Broken Link. Why does this happen? Should i start transfering them from my Shared folder directly to the Jukebox? I dont want anymore broken links. Please Help __________________ I think I am tracking this with you. Step One" Download to C: drive (Limewire for example defaults to the shared folder) you take them from there and move them to your external drive. Again, nice idea. It's the next step where I think the problem occurs. I don't think the files are actually being transfered back to your C: drive. Plus I'm not certain why you would want to have two copies. If you want two copies, you could just keep one in your shared and backup to the external. Or move the file to My Documents and backup everything to the external. I don't have Jukebox loaded or I could check the settings. I'd consider just pointing Jukebox to the e drive if you normally keep it installed.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 10:20 PM) 25 is dead on for me. Center but leaning right. I don't think the religious right is ruining america, but robertson is an extremist. Same here. Actually both were in my book, but Pat gets more press.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 02:19 PM) let's get him, he can be our 9th starter. (Spewing on monitor) Yankees should offer him a long term deal as part of their "youth movement"

Greedy Bastard. I'm thinking Timo and Maggs will combine for 25 HRs and 106 RBIs.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 07:59 PM) But, at least in California for example, the prisons out here are so overcrowded that its impossible to keep anyone except the worst offenders in jail for the duration of their terms, and the overcrowding itself tends to harden people (like 6 people to a cell or something like that, you can imagine how effective that is for rehabilitation). So you have a system where people get put into conditions bad enough to promoke riots, and then get back onto the street well before their terms are over. I hadn't considered that, good points.

18. A couple of the questions sucked. For example the Which will do more to reduce crime? Prisons help after a crime is committed, not before.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jan 6, 2007 -> 04:42 PM) once again a poster inaccurately reads a criticism of democrats as supporting everything republicans do. oh, and you don't think pork helps lead to national debt? do you even really have a point with your previous post? Perhaps you should actually read the post I responded to.

Once again capital punishment working so well . . . leaving him in a hole would have been so much better.

But if the Cardinals offered me $0.000001 more, hello St. Louis People all love their employers and believe they will stay forever, but like in every line of work, people switch companies. Frank Thomas took less, a couple of times, and was later discarded. Fisk was released without a farewell. I'll cheer for whomever is in the uniform. If Mark got a better deal tomorrow and left, it would not change what he did in Chicago and I would always enjoy those games he pitched and wish him luck. No hard feelings, it's just the business side of the game.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 6, 2007 -> 09:38 AM) I'll pipe up here on the bag... If you want a backpack type bag, I got one a while back that is just about the coolest pack ever (of the non-camping variety). Check out bags with the brand name Swiss Gear. I don't know what model this is, but can hold even large laptops, has every kind of pocket you need, comfy straps, useful compartments, and can hold a butt-load of stuff. Plus its tough as hell. I saw the synergy bag and it does look great, but near as I can tell it will only accomodate up to a 15.4" display. Their website sucks for tech specs.