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QUOTE(daa84 @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 10:11 PM) if im the owner i have to make money first....thats why i invest in a team....as a fan i dotn see any of that 25 mil...so obviously winning....but if im an owner i try to win and make a profit because as was stated winning makes more profit... If you were truly interested in profits, you wouldn't be investing in a pro sports team. Most have underperformed the market. Most owners went into it as a very expensive hobby after amassing a fortune in their "first career".

QUOTE(qwerty @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 10:00 PM) Winning= profity so i really do not understand this poll. It is all the discussions regarding contracts and player values. It seems as if Sox fans would rather the team keep within some pre-defined spending limit than over spend for a player who would help the team. And it isn't always within the context of a team's budget. A typical response will be "I'd take him for $6 mil but not $7". So if your team makes a million less next season that would bother you?

QUOTE(farmteam @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 09:53 PM) Not necessarily. When a fan looks at those numbers, he doesn't see a profit--he sees how much can be spent while staying maintaining the budget. So, the fan is looking to see how they can improve the team, and thus help them win more. They are using numbers set aside by the management, who have deduced that number with profits in mind. Should fans just assume that the team budget is correct? If the team has $25 mil in profit built in, isn't trying to stay within the team's budget pulling for the profit?

QUOTE(farmteam @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 09:46 PM) Tex, I do believe you've gone off your rocker. As a fan, winning is far superior. Yet, I read posters claiming they don't want this player at X dollars, not anything about his on field play. If we write, I'd take player X at $5 mil but not $7 then aren't we concerned about the team profits?

As we get to the point in the year when money is everything, I'm wondering which is more important to Sox fans, the team making money or winning another championship.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 09:36 PM) Classic. NO! I HAVE to have the last word. NO! I have to HAVE the last word. NO! I have to have the LAST word. NO! I have to have the last WORD! (this to no one in particular, just quite humorous... carry on!) LOL stalker

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 06:15 PM) WTF! I got totally skunked in the UP for 5 days. I only saw 1 doe and never got a shot at her. The most action I got all weekend (Wed-Sun) was when I almost got taken down by a wolf. Bastard was less than 10 yards away from me but was running at me full-speed. I almost s*** my pant....then I realized I had a .270 Win in my hands and started laughing my ass off. Are you certain it was a wolf and not another canine? IIRC, that is very unusual for a wolf. Coyote would seem more likely. Do you think it was still too early in the season? Since I've so far south, I have a hard time remembering what the weather should be like up north. I do know I'd be winterizing the boat and hoping for first ice about now.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 05:16 PM) That's no longer a grilled cheese. It's a quesadilla. PA used Whole Wheat, I just changed to a flat bread.

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QUOTE(spiderman @ Nov 26, 2005 -> 08:46 PM) Bush only cut taxes on those who were paying taxes - I don't think most homeless people are actually paying federal taxes. Why should people too poor to pay federal taxes get a tax refund ? Why should he cut taxes while *increasing* expenses? You do realize we are borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars, and somehow some people think that other people will magically arrive to pay the debt. If it isn't the taxpayers with the most resources, who will be paying all this back *plus* interest?

You guys do understand this is classic guy humor and maybe 1 in a 100 females would find it funny? I'm starting to think y'all are clueless.

I was just reading in a quasi-Psychology magazine, unscientific, that women are more likely to introduce new words and pronunciations into a language. Are there any scientific studies to back that up that you are aware of?

If we don't sign Paulie, we swapped a 29-year old, heading into his prime, for a pair of midthirty-year olds coming off injuries and surgeries and earning less money. Thome + Thomas If they both are healthy and return to anything close to historic levels, we are ahead of the game and may not need to do anything.

I hope that boy gets some help coping. He has got to feel terrible. I couldn't imagine that. One of my Scouts and his mom have allergies to Penicillin and aspirin. I am always reminding the other adults in charge if anything happens to them, remind the Doctors. We also keep medical treatment forms available with abbreviated histories and notes.

Then Down and Derby would have brought back some memories. I've grown to really dislike the Pinewood Derby. Too many dads trying to live a second childhood and thinking they win when *their* car finishes first, not winning when their son has a great childhood memory. More than once I've been running a weigh in and did would lift the car carefully from the box and his son would say "Gee dad, is that *our* car?" :headshake I prefer the Raingutter Regatta. The kids have to propel the boats via air power and there isn't any shaping allowed, so the kids can paint, sticker, etc. and race their boat.

Remember when you could have fun on an airplane?

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I collect Boy Scout memorabilia, patches, uniforms, books, merit badge sashes, neckerchiefs, pocket knives, equipment, etc. If anyone has something buried in their basements and would like to turn them into cash, PM me.

When I was living in Illinois, I was 2 blocks from Gages Lake. That was my after work, for a couple hours spot. It was also easy to trailer my boat to the Chain and fish the channels for bass and heading up to the northern lakes for walleye. I also started doing some musky fishing on the chain when that started heating up. The spring is a great time to grab some small minnows and fish the southern facing, protected, bays for crappie to fill the freezer. I also enjoyed wading the Fox River for small mouth near Geneva. Ultralight tackle and Rapalas or spinners worked very nice. It's funny to see people dining at a couple of the restaurants and people walking the rails along the river, while catching fish. Use very light line and the west bank. The fish are pretty wary with all the people afraid to get in the water and pounding the east bank. Vacations were up in Hayward/Minoqua/Eagle River area. We would make at least three trips. One in the spring for the opening of walleye season with a few guys from work. A week in the summer with my extended family, and again late in the season for the last of the open water musky fishing with anyone hardy and foolish enough. This end of the season trip was brutal weather wise. A few times we would be fishing with snow flurries all around us. We would have to rent aluminum boats because of skim ice forming near shore. It was worth it, most years we would land at least one over 20 pounds on live suckers. My largest was just under 33 pounds. BTW, we fished the Lac Vieux Desert for hybrids one fall. Fast action, 2-3 per day, but never much size to them. The warm water discharge at Zion Nuclear Plant is also a great time with spawn sacks for trout and salmon. I use to write for Midwest Outdoors News Magazine.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 08:34 AM) I ain't travelin' to goddamn TEXAS for a cheese sammich!!! Pepper Jack cheese with bacon makes a scrumptrulescent cheese sandwich!!! I sooo need to get away. I was going to head up to Hill Country this weekend, but couldn't find anyone to go. My family isn't very supportive of me doing solo backpacking anymore. I guess old and feeble and being miles away from help doesn't mix.

Happy Birthday!!!

Substitute tortillas for bread because they travel better. Grab your backpack and a tent, sleeping bag, pad, Whisperlite camp stove and fuel, small fry pan, brick of cheddar, clarified butter. Hike to the top of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend. Unpack and fire up the whiperlite. Heat up water for your Ramen noodles, pour water into insulated mug and add SweetSue pouch chicken. Spread a little of the clarified butter onto tortilla and begin heating. Slice cheese onto tortilla. Butter second tortilla, and flip when bottom tortilla begins to brown. When second tortilla is brown and cheese has melted, remove from pan. Enjoy your grilled cheese while 6 miles from the closest road and enjoying a 100 mile view into Mexico. Deer will wander through your campsite, so keep a clean camp. Don't be alarmed that suddenly there are a billion more stars then you are use to seeing. Without any light for hundreds of miles, and no major sources of pollution, you can see so many more stars. While sitting back leaning against a bolder, add some water to the instant pudding you brought, mix thoroughly, add crumbled graham crackers and some marshmallows for a portable smore delight. While finishing up the smores, heat some water. After finishing your mug of smores, add hot water to the mug and a coffee single pouch. Swirl around and clean the sides of the mug making a cafe mocha. Use the remainder of the hot water to finish any cleaning your mug may need. Decide the weather is too nice to stay in a tent and drag your pad and sleeping bad outside and drift off to sleep under the coolest blanket of stars imaginable.