Texsox

For the money you have a nice set up and spending a bunch more probably wouldn't be noticable to your ears. Honestly, and since he will never read this, I have a friend who is a major audiophile. He has spent $$$$ on his computer sound system for gaming and entertainment. I can not tell the difference between his set up and what you have. I think he's crazy, but then again, he thinks my backpacking gear is crazy.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews....xml&src=rss LONDON (Reuters) - Surgeons in China who said they performed the first successful penis transplant had to remove the donated organ because of the severe psychological problems it caused to the recipient and his wife. Dr Weilie Hu and surgeons at Guangzhou General Hospital in China performed the complex 15-hour surgery on a 44-year old man whose penis had been damaged in a traumatic accident. The microsurgery to attach the penis, which had been donated by the parents of a 22-year-old brain-dead man, was successful but Hu and his team removed it two weeks later. "Because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife, the transplanted penis regretfully had to be cut off," Hu said in a report published online by the peer reviewed journal European Urology, without elaborating. "This is the first reported case of penile transplantation in a human," Hu added. Both the man and his wife had requested the surgery. He had been unable to have intercourse or urinate properly since the accident that occurred 8 months before the surgery was performed. Ten days after the operation, which had been approved by the hospital's medical ethical committee, the recipient had been able to urinate. There had been no signs of the 10-centimetre (4-inch) organ being rejected by the recipient's body. But Hu said more cases and longer observation are needed to determine whether sexual sensation and function can be restored. "The patient finally decided to give up the treatment because of the wife's psychological rejection, as well as the swollen shape of the transplanted penis" Hu added. Continued...

QUOTE(Soxy @ Sep 19, 2006 -> 04:14 PM) My point was more that I can't imagine that ever happening. And that is the challenge. With manufacturing fleeing the country, and other careers that lead to solid middle class lives disappearing, that leaves these low end jobs for the masses. As a society we need to figure out a way to regain momentum in the middle class.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Sep 19, 2006 -> 03:20 PM) Tex: Someone will always have to have these jobs. There will always be the poor, heck if everyone in the country had a BA it would just mean that someone with a college degree is going to be bagging groceries. I'm not trying to down play the importance of education but not everyone should be in college. Not everyone is capable or receiving a college degree. Should those people be relegated to the the role of societal minions? When there aren't 1,000 applicants for 150 jobs, then Walmart will have to raise wages to attract the candidates they need.

I believe what makes this country strong is that Walmart is free to take those actions. What is ironic is that Walmart does the best job at matching their employees to government programs that are available for the working poor. Those programs are generally the pet projects of the Dems and not the GOP. I also applaud Walmart in their ability to compete and win. That is what a free market can bring. People will take the convienence and low prices of a Walmart and allow their local merchants to perish. The Dems are short sighted in trying to prop up an aging and innefficient system against the efficiencies of Walmart. There are some downsides to a Walmart economy. They do employ a lot of people, usually as part time and at the low end of the wage scale. Society is picking up some of that tab in the way of government support services to those working poor. The Dems seem to believe they can fix that by forcing Walmart to higher wages. That will not work. What will work is a better educated work force that is not forced into those jobs, combined with government incentives that distinguishes the quality of the jobs, not just the number.

If I was on a deserted island, and could only have one band, I'd take the Who

^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'll shuffle with Big Ed anyday

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 18, 2006 -> 11:02 AM) To beef up my adult easy listening offerings I now know not to raid Tex's collection for fear of inducing a coma. Maybe Tex's grandma's collection might have some more zip to it. That said, I scared myself a week or so in the car when a Bee Gees song came on the radio and I didn't immediately flip the channel like I have been conditioned to do. So this is what middle-age looks like, huh Tex? I was trying to stay as far away from Rock as I could. I would have added tunes like Tangled Up In Blue, but then some would claim that as rock.

We have our rock lists, but what about those pop tunes that aren't exactly rock? Abraham, Martin, and John - Dion Yesterday - Beatles Chicago My Kind of Town - Sinatra Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles What's Going On - Gaye Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot Please Come to Boston - Harry Chapin Sentimental Lady - Fleetwood Mac This list is actually more difficult for me. Buffet should be there somewhere.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 18, 2006 -> 07:11 AM) Oh that is too funny on so many levels And so many of those levels would lead to a suspension. BTW, this has come up before, people b**** when party is mentioned, people b**** when it isn't. So some conservative reporter and copy editor declined to give credit to a Dem cadidate for doing the right thing and firing the staffer. I don't think the Dem party should get credit for doing the right thing. So I could start a blog, write a bunch of b.s. and have it represent all of BSA because I am a "junior staffer"? Come on Evil, certainly you aren't making a big deal about someone who was hired, and then dismissed when this was discovered? I can't see throwing a parade for the congressman.

Dust in the Wind is playing and it's time to see what the shuffle will bring Oh What a Night - Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons She Just Started Liking Cheating Songs - John Anderson Already Gone - Eagles A Place for My Stuff - George Carlin (perhaps those three are telling me something?) So Young - Corrs Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles Fur Elise - Beethoven Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall Whoomp There it is! - Jock Jams Bonus Track Operator - Jim Croce

QUOTE(shipps @ Sep 17, 2006 -> 09:55 AM) But how could you ever really tell if someone truly has A.D.D.?It seems like its something a player can easliy fake. 1. That's what Doctors are trained to look out for. 2. Players can always find a Doctor willing to "help". 3.

There is potential for abuse when the league starts allowing medical exemptions for banned drugs. But it's difficult, when confronted by a player presenting a legitimate medical condition, to now allow treatment. Especially if that treatment basically brings him back up to level with everyone else. The banned substance program should prevent someone from having an unfair advantage, not preventing someone from getting to level fair.

\ QUOTE(shipps @ Sep 17, 2006 -> 09:45 AM) I just finished watching ESPN Outside the lines,and they did a story about Adam LaRoche.He has been given permission by MLB to take a banned stimulant because he has A.D.D.He was hitting like crap for the first couple months of the season,but when allowed to take the stimulant in June he has hit in the .330 range with 17 hrs.I think this could open the doors for alot players to find even more loopholes to take performance enhancing drugs and give the opportunity to come up with new excuses. Popular on the PGA tour are betablockers for high blood pressure. Amazing how many golfers have high blood pressure.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 17, 2006 -> 09:32 AM) And you're from Chicago? All things Detroit = SUCKS. I know. But I think it's better when this division gets some respect around the country and that comes with winning. The AL East never produces a team to cheer for? Yankees? Red Sox? The West coast about the same, plus how many seasons have died, in part, to the west coast swings? And to be totally blasphemas, I'll be cheering for Maggs, if they make it.

Just a reminder that the won/loss record of the team does not change posting rules and etiquette around here. No personal attacks, no death wishes, etc. will be tolerated.

Go Frank. I usually cheer for the AL Central team, then the AL team. This year it will be a toss between Detroit and Oakland. I am hapy to see Detroit having a great season. They have a nice franchise, great history.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 16, 2006 -> 10:28 AM) iPods can sense if they are being forced to interface with any of that cheap iron wintel hardware, and then they give up and die. If you were using a Mac the iPod would be happy and wouldn't commit iSuicide. That is know in scholarly circles as the "Misery Love Company Theory". And if it works for you, it is evidence that two wrongs do make a right, although, in city driving, three lefts will make a right.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 16, 2006 -> 11:01 PM) I'd agree to Day In The Life before I agree to anything by Marvin Gaye. Marvin Gaye is not Classic Rock. Marvin Gaye = just about perfection. You just like the name

QUOTE(longshot7 @ Sep 15, 2006 -> 01:03 PM) It looks like I'm in the minority, but so what? Unless the US is being directly threatened in this conflict, we should not be involved. Same goes for Iraq. We are not the World's Policeman. How about the human race going to help other humans who are being slaughtered? When humans sit idly by and watch other defenseless humans being slaughtered, that is the beginning of the end. One thing that elevates humans past animals is empathy. Most humans have the ability to separate right from wrong. This is not a civil war, this is most analogous to cattle being slaughtered.

He hit the "I don't care, I'm throwing it out anyway, I want to take it apart and see what is inside" stage and just pried apart the case. All of a sudden it would boot again.

lol

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 16, 2006 -> 04:37 AM) I've always thought Norm is one of the most underated comics. Yes, I think you are correct. He always seems to make me laugh.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 16, 2006 -> 09:47 AM) Ah, it was bound to happen. iPod won't power on or anything. The screen is on, but nobody is home. I played a video, the video ended, and the screen stayed on, but blank. Nothing works. Plugging into the computer doesn't do a dang thing, nothing. $400 isn't a bad price for a paperweight, is it? My son's iPod started working again after he took it apart. He didn't do anything, but all of a sudden it started working again. That trick has worked three or four times with him. Personally, I think iPods suck for quality.

The Soviet Union never had this problem. The government would just tell everyone the stories and then TAAS would report the news. No free press was needed, the government voluntarily disclosed that stuff. Too bad we couldn't be more like that. Newspapers wouldn't need confidential sources when the government starts telling us what the news really is. Once the government eliminates judges and newspapers that hinder their abilities to rule absolutely, we'll be so much happier. It worked so well in other countries. Sounds to me like they are trying to protect their sources. Sounds to me that if a whistleblower wants to come forward the newspaper will go to the wall to protect them.