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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2016 -> 09:44 PM) I have driven my FIL's F150 and I absolutely hated it. It is like driving a tank. It loud and bulky, and not user friendly. I'm not certain why it would be loud. Mine is quieter inside and out than most tinny compacts. They are large and take some getting use to. It helps that here there are so many being driven that parking lots are basically designed to allow bigger vehicles. I usually will back into most parking spots so the back up camera is a big help. And user friendly? Mine has nice big controls so driving with gloves on is easy. Voice activated most everything works nice. Lots of steering wheel controls, etc. Are you certain it wasn't just driving a strange vehicle for the first time?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2016 -> 09:33 PM) Sounds like someone is feeling the Bern. ??

I love my F150. Great towing. Room for five full size adults without them sitting in each other's laps or knocking knees. No worries about hauling something home from the nursery or Lowes, I can see over traffic, smooth and quiet on the highway . . .

I'm certain most people wouldn't mind a 3 or 4% pay cut in their net pay. Hey. instead of a raise, how about we cut your salary for 2017! YEAH! Come on no one wants their take home pay cut. It doesn't matter what you earn. And those of us that fully contributed to SS enjoy receiving less than half of our SS because we are on a pension.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 7, 2016 -> 09:01 PM) Good story from Ogrin. It was exciting back then when he would occasionally contend. Big Cubs fan. But still a nice guy. He's a damn good student of the game and from what I can tell a solid instructor. I don't do much teaching when I am there, I find myself watching what he is doing and picking up some nice tips.

Funny story. I was at Top Golf with my team for practice this afternoon. I asked David Ogrin (former PGA tour player from Waukegan) and their Director of Instruction if he had played Augusta. I knew he won the Texas Open and must have qualified for at least one Masters. "David, did you play the Masters?" "Yes, three times" "What's your favorite Master's memory?" Without any hesitation "1984 I made the cut and played with Jack on Saturday." That wins most any golf story, told in most any bar, anywhere I've been. He went on to tell about he and Jack both hitting over the green on 5 and ending up in some bushes. He mentions they are walking back there and he does a dead on imitation of Jack "I didn't know there were these bushes back here."

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 7, 2016 -> 01:27 PM) Rickie Fowler (+7) Well there goes most of my action LittleHurt I am BigHurt on that performance.

So I have my girl's team in 3rd place after day 1 of the district tournament. The back half of the team just did not come through. My #1 tied her tournament best and my #2 had her best tournament round. In horrible winds, drizzle, and fading light. My #1 is in 2nd place overall. The boy's really struggled. Our best player couldn't play. Our #3 had to take a job and hasn't practiced in a month. We are in 5th of 11th and going nowhere. Hoping for a top 10 from my #2 player.

Stone would have moved over to PxP in my scenario.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 24, 2016 -> 05:44 PM) (and than Bush Jr decided he wanted to go spend crazy). You really need to go back to Reagan. Reagan taught Washington that you can cut taxes and have social programs. Make everyone happy while running up the debt. We've been in that mode since.

I've hoped that Hawk would have slid over to color and allowed someone else to handle the PxP.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 24, 2016 -> 05:44 PM) Especially not when the south and heavy religious states tend to drive the early primaries and thus the early momentum. I realize my social liberal approach will probably not be the republican parties approach for another 10 or 15 years (as I have to think anyone that is young and eventually converts over to the republican party as they age would have similarly more liberal positions on social issues), but it really is time for a third party. It wasn't that long ago that I felt most of my values relatively aligned with the republican party (and than Bush Jr decided he wanted to go spend crazy). Interesting prediction. I'm a socially liberal, fiscal and law and order conservative. I wind up valuing the social over the others.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Mar 24, 2016 -> 05:24 PM) I just dont think its right for the republicans to pick whatever candidate they want if the votes say otherwise. That's the entire reason for a primary, to help Republicans pick a candidate. By picking a ballot you are now part of that party. By definition you are a Republican when you select that ballot and you voted. Later how your party uses that information in making the selection is a different battle. I think people forget that the primary process is something the political parties developed. It isn't something the framers of the Constitution created. They cold just have a meeting and pick someone. The process is a way to develop interest and hopefully support for the party and the party's nomination. Or in some cases an abomination of a nomination.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 12:38 PM) He seems to have a few issues he really cares about I think he cares about getting elected as they all do. I don't think he really cares about any issue enough to take position if he thinks it will lose him more votes than he gains.

I really haven't hated any of them. The most disappointed and frustrated I was with any played was Billy Botch. But his off the field ;performance made him "likable".

Who else supports a candidate is meaningless to me.

My daughter and I went to the Rangers - Royals spring training game in San Antonio's Alamodome. Crazy watching a baseball game played in an arena that is better suited for basketball. The dimensions were 350 down the left field line, 410 to center, 275 down the right field line. San Antonio supported the games. Both games were basically sold out with only scattered single seats available. Over 16,000 tickets were sold (8,000 per game) at $10 - $200 per seat. That seems pretty good for an "out of market" spring training game. There were a lot of Ranger fans of course but the Royals were well represented. I asked their fans a lot of questions ranging from politics, to baseball, to the Sox, in case I needed those comments later.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Mar 18, 2016 -> 03:32 PM) I don't see how the kid is deserving of any blame. If Dad told him to stay out of the way per the request, and he was on the mound and not "dialing it back".

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 20, 2016 -> 08:18 AM) Ventura gave LaRoche his word that he could bring Drake with him all year long. I must have missed this. I keep reading that the front office gave permission. Am I wrong?

There is a chance that the only person on the Sox planet that had a problem with the kid being around all the time was KW and that KW took this entirely on his own to address the issue. But that seems highly unlikely to me. Why go looking for problems? There is no benefit for KW. I am 100% convinced someone in the club house, probably players, complained to Robin. Robin says hey, what can I do, I didn't make the agreement. Robin or some players then take it up the chain. Was it 100% among the players, of course not. But how many players would it take before the situation needs to be addressed? One? Five? 24? Then Kenny figures this is easy, Adam said if there ever was a problem he would address it. Again, from KW's perspective it should have been no big deal. To keep things easy in the clubhouse KW doesn't want to name players or coaches so he keeps it vague. You would think the problem would be solved at this point. Adam lives up to his word, the kid hangs back, it blows over a little bit, and life is good. Instead, the kid doesn't change his behavior. Either Adam didn't tell him to, or he ignored his dad, or as we all know can happen at 14, he "forgot" about the new rules. Then Kenny starts yelling about his kid and Adam reacts like a lot of parents and protects his kid from the criticism. Nobody is suddenly a horrible human beings. No one is suddenly incapable of doing their jobs. But spring training is boring and anything unusual makes for great discussions. So we have one of the longest threads in Soxtalk history. All because of timing, the universal feelings of parents, and the worker versus management dichotomy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 03:57 PM) If Robin Ventura can't establish rules in his own locker room then that says worse things about this manager than I would ever have dreamed of writing. A manager would not be a part of the contract negotiations. It would have been better if Robin was consulted before agreeing to allowing the kid in the club house but I haven't read anywhere that Robin was ever consulted prior to the agreement. Once management made the agreement it places Robin in a position where he really can't address the issue. Imagine in your world that a University president offered you a special consideration but later your department chair said it was going to be modified. Wouldn't you immediately go back to the president who originally agreed? The same thing would apply here. Robin tells Adam to "dial it back", Adam goes directly to Hahn or Williams. The person who made the agreement should be the one to address any changes. What puzzles me is by all accounts Drake is a great kid. Yet, he's on the mound as if nothing changed. It sounds like Adam either didn't counsel him about hanging back or the kid ignored the new rules. I still have a hard time imagining a team agreeing to this. What happens when three or four other players want their kids hanging out? If they want to add a day care fine, but move it away from the rest of the employees.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 11, 2016 -> 01:01 PM) Its a pretty cool place. Its a big party on the lakes, and pretty close to Minocqua which is also a really cool town We also enjoy heading up to Bayfield on Lake Superior a couple hours north. We've explored the Apostle Islands by kayak.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 11, 2016 -> 09:42 AM) We used to stay at Elberts Resort on Little St Germain We were there a couple times, but on Little St. Germain it was Island View most of the time. Great beach. The past 15 years or so we're staying at Faths on Big St. They have a bar and restaurant on the premises.

The weekend series between the Rangers and the Royals here in San Antonio is close to a sell out at the Alamodome. I'm interested in just how crappy my $10 seats are.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 16, 2016 -> 02:41 PM) Gay's should be killed. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-163704042.html At least there wasn't a big chance he would be bringing his kid around to the games.