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My lovely bride took Amtrak from Chicago to Florida one year for Spring Break. She hated it. Are you comparing a sleeper berth or upgraded accomodations to airfare, or will you be riding the regular coaches? Be prepared for many stops, etc. It is kind of fun for the people you will meet. She said they went through all the areas she wanted to see at night and scummy cities during the day. That of course may be different. Bring some good books, earplugs, snacks, and have fun. It will be an adventure.

I guess getting all my Bears news and opinion from here isn't all that good.

Not enough kids swimming in it Hmm, that water sure is warm all of a sudden

Is that Bush in your avatar?

I'm not convinced that anything will happen. Political analysts have argued back and forth if a terrorist event will help the Bush or Kerry campaigns. Bush because we always rally around the President in times of war or strife. Kerry because we may think Bush's administration and policies have left us less safe. So if you are so inclined to influence the election in that way what do you do?

I am almost always pulling for the AL team, but this year, it will be hard to not pull for the Astros or Cards.

Bears. But it will be close.

That is one of the most misspelled words. I believe part of the problem is every May, Hallmark and others spell it that way on purpose for school graduations. Kind of how lite came into being.

The Yankee anouncing team was the best I listened to this year. I've even learned to enjoy Milo Hamilton once the whole Cubs nightmare voice thing went away. Of course Hawk is always #1

That is only partially true. They have the widest range of services available for rebuilding a country and supporting the military. However a consortium could have been put together with 3 or 4 companies and completed the task. For whatever reason we made speed a key issue and wrote a bid that only Halliburton could win. Remember the lottery terminal fiasco in Illinoi 15 years ago or so? Bally Gaming (IL) Gen Data, and one other had the capability and expertise in the area. Then Gov. Thompson had the specs written so that only Bally would be able to offer a competitive bid. The state was sued and I believe it was Data General who won. Bally used it as an excuse to move to Nevada where people liked them.

Halliburton is a worldwide player in the energy business. As such they are doing business with some not so ethical individuals in some not so ethical countries, and dealing with ethical norms that seem wrong by US standards. I am not so quick to condem the organization. Disclosure: They formerly were a very nice customer/client of mine.

Congrats on 1,000 posts. Winodj

Every once in a while I use a dial up connection and stop complaining that RoadRunner crippled the speed from the beginning. They placed artificial restrictions on the connection speed so we wouldn't notice the slow down when the pipe filled.

I would love to find out how many attorneys it takes to have a Presidential debate? That plsu hair stylist, image guys and gals, political analists, etc. etc, etc.

By the way Congratulations. Nice try, it was close.

I gotta agree wit dat. Except it seemed like we went from EF Hutton to EF Nuttin in a blink of the eye.

WHat an awesome game except for my &^^%# cable went out to start the bottom of the 9th. :fyou Time Warner. Came back in time to watch the next two strikeouts.

Of course this was after we had figured Fisk was washed up as well.

Oops, you wanted why. The Astros are about as close to a hometown team as I get. I've become a big Clemens fan, and love how they came back and played hard and won the wildcard. Cards because of Tony Larussa. Always liked him, wish he was still with the Sox. Red Sox have suffured long enough, and it would piss off the Yankees more than anyone else. Twins because it will destroy that team chemistry when the egos come out and management doesn't show the proper respect (money) and give us a chance. Negatives: Dodgers have won enough. Ditto the Yankees. Ditto the Braves. Neutral: Angels would be intersting. I'm nit certain how it would fall. I would probably cheer Colon, but honestly cannot work up anything else for them.

I'm down to three teams possibly four: NL, Astros or Cards AL, Red Sox or Twins I usually always pull for the AL team, but probably not this year.

Ain't it great. The only problem is, that's your new standard and when those same songs take :55 because of betwork bottlenecks, you'll be pissed. Trust me the speed honeymoon thing only last for a week or so, then you only notice the delays.

I didn't want to trash Jose in the 30th thread, but I would love to see him come back as a backup with a backup salary.

As I understand the rules around here, you're ok as long as none of the Eagles are members here It is aggravating when your team cannot catch a break.

No notes were allowed to be brought in

Congratulations Jose