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QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 01:30 PM) Only in today's America could the forced purchase of an item in order to avoid a random doubling of a price for the same service be considered a "volume discount". iPass buyers recieve no discount whatsoever, except when compared to the penalty a non-iPass buyer suffers. I don't think it was random. Perhaps they should have doubled the rate for everyone, then offered a discount for IPass. Despite the path they took, there should be a discount for IPass. The convienence is nice, but sharing the cost savings of IPass is best for consumers.

Another guy on the bubble. One issue is how much value to place on being a "complete" player. Could be he judged just in his offense and the defense be icing on the cake? This becomes more interesting when you try to evaluate a DH.

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QUOTE (beck72 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 08:27 PM) I was checking the O's site for some Vazquez info. I think they have the cash, the need and could part with a few players to get him. Yet one thing got me thinking. The whole "Vaz will only go to an east coast team" thing. It probably has to do with Vaz and his family traveling back and forth to PR. Well, I checked on some flights and there was about a 20-30 minute difference between flights to Baltimore [bwi] and Chicago [ORD] from San Juan PR. While Chi. isn't on the east coast it's a decent plane flight away. So that excuse is out the window. Beck, did you factor in the time zone shift? I think you need to add an hour to those flight times. Comparing fastest to fastest there is a one hour difference. Three hours vs. four. I would assume the family would call the time zone differene a draw. They will "gain" and hour coming to Chicago and "lose" an hour heading back home. American is the dominate carrier into San Juan airport and has direct flights to BWI or ORD.

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QUOTE (YASNY @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 02:32 AM) Management is covering their asses with spin? I see it like this. They are identifying what went wrong last year and trying to go out and change some of the things that faltered. Which is the correct thing to do. Unfortunatly we do not have a pile of money to go fix things. We have to sell some assets. Power was what we have a surplus of.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 02:47 AM) <!--QuoteBegin-CaliSoxFanViaSWside+Jan 1, 2005 -> 11:14 PM--> QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 11:14 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> Thanks for the welcomes but i got those in August . I'm more of a lurker since i read this thing religiously. But once in a while i have the urge to post a smartass comment. I like it here in the Peanut Gallery. Smartass remarks are the life's blood of Soxtalk. That's why my computer defaults to green. BTW, I think ANthrax is a better writer than Mariotti. Anthrax gets to the meat in 0.2 seconds, instead of 10 minutes like Mariotti.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 09:09 PM) Back to back fantastic games on ABC. Now the Bulls are looking good thus far through a quarter and the Utah-Pitt game should be a fun game to watch. I tuned into the final minute of the Iowa game looking for the Rose Bowl pre-game. Amazing bit of football.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 11:20 PM) <!--QuoteBegin-Man Of Steel+Jan 1, 2005 -> 07:46 PM--> QUOTE (Man Of Steel @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 07:46 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> He might be a better runner than Vick though, he gets out of so many tackles.. Oh wow, listen to yourself! That's hilarious! Vick was way better in college and led his team to the national title game as a freshman. That's probably the most ridiculous thing you have said. I think Vince is a better *runner* also. There of course is more to being a QB than running.

As the top spokesperson for the United States, part of his responsibilities is PR. Perhaps we are unappreciated because our Presidents have not taken that role seriously enough through the years. When people protest against the United Stares what are the top three images they use? US Flag Picture/Likeness of the President Picture/Likeness of Uncle Sam. I don't think the President needs to immediately fly to the disaster scene, in fact I think that is sometimes the worst thing to do. I don't even think he needs to go to Washington. But he does need to address the world and show the world what the US is feeling. If he goes skiing or grabs a quickie with an intern, that is what the rest of the world thinks the US feels about the problem. If he cancels his schedule and retreats inside to watch CNN or reruns of Dallas, the world just knows he is mourning and staying abreast of the situation. He does not have the same freedoms in that regard as we do. Symbolically at least, he represents what all of us are feeling. Perhaps unfair, but let's face it, POTUS isn't a fair position. When my brother died, the nest day I was golfing with a buddy. If I was President, that would have been wrong. For me it was a way to cope. There is a lot that goes into being the POTUS. Not every President has the PR skills of Reagan or Clinton. This one clearly lags a bit behind, but that is part of is charm.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 02:10 AM) well, this totally screws me over, i'm not on the tollway every day, however, on my trips to my dads house and to dekalb, which to dekalb will now cost 2.20 to go there and back. I can't afford to put down a 40 dollar down payment even if it does just go back to the tolls. It screws me personally. Yes it does, the drivers who use the tollroad everyday and will invest in an IPass will receive a volume discout for using the tollway everyday. Casual users will pay more. The same way you are screwed at the Cell when you pay full price for a ticket and season ticket holders pay less.

CMT had the original movie on tonight. Damn I love that flick. I was reading up a little on what killed P{ic and it turns out that is almost 100% curable if detected as early as they found it in Pic. Combine that with current knee surgery techniques that would have had Sayers back 100% and I just shake my head at what could have been.

Now for a little Sooner love on Tuesday and it's a Big 12 kind of year.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 09:39 PM) Vincent Young>Drew Tate >>> Bret Meyer I'm actually kind of hoping that Auburn and Utah get beat so we have an undisputed Nat'l Champion. Texas

WOW!! Hook em Horns!

WOW!!!!! Back to back the two best football games of the season. Cal --Lost UT -- Won Who belonged in the BCS??

QUOTE (ChiSox282 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 07:38 PM) phew, didnt want the 1st day i come here to be knocked off Welcome to Soxtalk.

UT seems to be stuck on that 10-1 mark. Damn Red River Rivalry

When I saw the blood soaking through Shilling's sock, it reminded me of what he pitched through to get that WS ring.

Anyone using any of the VOIP services? I downloaded glophone and it seems ok. I was even thinking of switching to Time-Warner's phone service. They have my cable and internet service currently.

Great game so far, damn Mich won't go away.

Un-f***ing-believable What a final minute of the game

Whenever Hawk talks about GM issues, I just remember what a great GM he was Stay in the broadcast booth big guy.

QUOTE (JimH @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 03:10 PM) Something I learned in high school about the White Sox ... If you park in Lot E at U.S. Cellular which is basically behind right field, look directly east and you'll see Wentworth Gardens housing development, which is low income subsidized housing. Wentworth Gardens is the former site of 39th Street Grounds, which was the predecessor of original Comiskey Park. The White Sox played there from 1900 to 1910, and it is there where the Sox defeated the Cubs in the 1906 World Series. 37th Street dead ends at Wentworth Gardens, in between Parking Lot E and F. Where 37th St. dead ends is roughly the site of where 3rd base used to be. After the Sox moved to Comiskey Park in 1910, South Side Grounds was used for Negro League games and various other school and independent leagues. I'm told there was a fire there which damaged part of the park in 1948 or so, and it was torn down at that time for Wentworth Gardens. Just in case anyone cares about history stuff like that. Thank you. I was stumbled across an article on the history of ballparks in Chicago. It was really interesting, especially the Negro League fields.

QUOTE (SAVVY18 @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 02:11 PM) I'm with you critic. The original deal said the tolls would go away when the road was paid for. When it was, the lawyers found some wording and exploited the loophole into the HUGE scam the tollway association is now. And as you said, the roads do SUCK. And the I-Pass isn't going to help congestion one bit. The problem is where the roads go out to 10 lanes and shrink back to 3 and also have another road merging in at the same time. The only thing that will happen are the I-Pass lanes are going to be longer. How would taking money away from the tollway make it better? The tolls only go towards the tollway, not other roads. Seems like tolls are a fair method of having the users pay for what they use.