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I figured I was the only one that didn't understand the whole rule 5 thing. I'm thinking it is giving Grilli an extra edge in his fight to be #5. Or maybe it is giving him a disadvantage. Could the Sox already be talking with the Marlins to see what they will lose if they pick him?

Don't hate google for its agression in the search engine wars. Remember the good old days when everybody Yahoood?

So this could get interesting. OK we want him on the 25 man and cannot agree to a compensation pick, does it go to arbitration? This is fascinating. Thank you for being the resident expert.

acoustic metal? Isn't that an oxy-moron?

But it only worked for 1. They were at each other's throats the other seasons. Some would blame the lack of a 2nd Championship on the infighting.

Next to catchers, I would think DH would have the best handle on strategy. Isn't it always the bench warmers that really study the game and make the better coaches and managers?

It is a tough balance that values based groups have to walk. With almost 3 million members, there isn't a single value that is shared by all. Birth control, I am certain, is one. I also doubt the program was directed at 7 year olds. More than likely it was a Studio 2B program aimed at older Girl Scouts. I have issues with several Boy Scout membership requirements, but on balance have not seen a better program. It is difficult to reconcile my personal beliefs on those issues with the organizations teachings. I've also seen the reality of the situation. Girl Scouts USA is also different than the Boy Scouts in that GSUSA owns all of their local units. Boy Scouts "franchise" a program to Churches, schools, and other non profit groups.

So he wouldn't necessarily go directly to the Marlins if we drop him, another team could sign him, if they put him on their 25-man? But his only minor league assignment would be with the Marlins. So we cut him, then every other MLB team has a chance, then he goes to the Marlins? And what compensation to we have to offer? And do we have any rule 5ers out there tyhat could be returning?

I don't remember Oklahoma City. I remember where I was when the Bulls won the title in 1992 At the Stadium Miracle on Ice, I was working at Foot Locker in Lakehurst Mall and I posted the final result on our scoreboard above the register.

Queen keeps getting better with age. but hey, I'm just a poor boy, from a poor family I may be wrong.

Do any of the search engines track your searches and try to guess the relevance? For example if I search 1. Vintage Dodge 2. Shelby 3. Chrysler then 4. Car Dealers Rio Grande Valley Would they bump up all the Chrysler dealers over Ford or Chevy?

I merged the two threads (I started one) then looked at SS'ers list and was amazed that contained the same items.

I remember being upstairs at my raquetclub when I saw the news report that Reagan had been shot. I was at a girlfriends when I heard Lennon had been killed. At work for the shuttle disaster part 1 home for shuttle disaster part 2 Walking out the door for work when the first reports of 9/11 came on. Huddled around a radio at work for the OJ verdict and watching a co worker claim those f*ckers in California can't confict anyone. I was at my wife's side for both my kids I was outside playing baseball when I heard the Vietnam "Police Action" had ended. During operation Desert Storm I was watching the TV in my downstairs den, rivited to CNN and a telemarketer called. We're at war and you want to sell me new windows!

There are only a handfull of events where I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when they happened. John's murder was one of them. I had been putting off buying Double Fantasy until I was at the mall, I didn't think it warrented a special trip. I went out that day and picked up a copy.

I am more interested in how google rates the pages. Is it by requests, frequency of mentiones, numbers of pages overall, etc. I was wondering if Google somehow tracked my earlier searches and tried to predict what I wanted. For example, if my last three searches had mentioned Canada, would I have received a page of links showing foreign aid to Canada? No wonder we aren't better liked in Arab countries. We probably spend as much there as well, and not get enarly the credit.

With the way Disco died, under it's own self importance and excess, it is hard to take the music seriously. I wonder if there could have been a truly great disco sound. If it is possible, who better than the Beatles to define it?

But slow cooking cow lips in the oven makes them too tough for my taste? How do you cok them

So basically it gives a guy who is stuck in one organization to get unstuck with another. Great thing if you happen to be a shortstop or 3rd baseman in the Yankee farm system

beep - Too cold beep - Too cold beep - Luke warm beep - burned my bleeping lip

I wonder how much the US is doing in Africa. I tried a couple searches and came up empty. Type in US Foreign Aid into your favorite search engine and tell me which country pops up the most. I am not certain how every search engine rates the topics, but I was surprised.

Palestinians have no state. I would offer them as an example. As has been noted before, the 9/11 terrorists used US flight schools, should we be bombed? We have supported many people and groups who have become terrorists in the world's eyes. It is a small step, that many people around the world have made, to brand the US as the largest supporter of terrorists around. If you factor in "hate money" that is raised from US sources it may be even more true. We are the techology leaders in coming up with ways to kill and maim. I really wish we would stop producing lethal land mines and deploying them around the world. There are US mercenaries, ex US military trained hired soldiers around the world. Do I want to be judged by their actions? Are they US supported? Just because we trained them, doesn't make them ours. There are no clear cut battlefields anymore. When the difficult decision is made to go to war, we are sentencing innocents to die. No way around it.

Oops, I used resources in two different ways. I first meant the discresionary time and money we have to fight a problem. We have X number of dollars for financial aid, X number of people, etc. Where do we send those? With an endless supply of time and money, we would try and remake the world to look like the US.

Well use your holier than thou powers

So if, for example, he has an injury and we want to send him down for rehap, we would lose him? It's either Major League of Marlin's system? I like the rule, it helps those guys who are on the make or break point of their careers.