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After half the team was delayed in traffic and were given 9s on their first two holes (Texas Prep Max) my girls fought to a third place finish. They beat everyone that they should have. Our district tournament is in two weeks. We are one of the top three teams but only two advance. It should be fun.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 10:29 AM) This always seems to be made more complicated than it is. Do personalities matter in a clubhouse? Of course, they are human beings. Can "chemistry" effect a team? Also, of course. Can it be measured or predicted? Absoutely not. We should just pin this and direct any threads on chemistry to this quote. I believe a more subtle thing may be how free agents view coming to the Sox. No body wants to pick a crappy place to work.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) I meant to complaints from liberals when it was done to Bush. WhIle I can believe the 'horns' part can be a complete accident, given the logo, there have been many other times they have manipulated photos to appear one way or another. Darkening McCain with shadows to appear evil-like, making sure that the lights around Obama's head look like a halo, etc. Right, which is why I didn't think twice about the Time cover.

I hope he has cured his personal demons. Early in his career he was a really solid writer. He seemed to have several personal issues and he self destructed.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Mar 11, 2015 -> 01:43 PM) I was told that when it was checked with HR, that June starts are the cutoff date for bonuses with extensive apologies from the boss Consider if there are any non bonus issues that you could accept instead. I'm not certain about the details of your position but if the boss is apologizing, perhaps an extra week vacation? Better equipment, better working conditions, etc. Think what does he have authority to do that you would want him to do.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) How long does it take for an old debt that has been paid in full to fall off a credit report? A friend of mine wants to buy a car but they couldn’t approve her for a loan because her credit score is too low. Part of the reason it’s too low is an old student loan debt that was paid off a couple of weeks ago when they seized most of her tax return. So her plans to use the tax return and just pay cash for a car went out the window. My wife and I have been trying to help her out and one option we have discussed is co-signing a loan with her. But we know there are risks involved with that as well. We both have credit scores of 800+ and don’t want to ruin them if something happens and she can’t pay the loan anymore. The only other option we’ve come up with is going to a buy here/pay here (no credit, bad credit, no problem!) car lots. I just worry that she would end up with a POS that would need repairs every other week. She is borrowing a car from another friend for the moment but that is a very temporary solution. She needs to get something within the next week or two. She’s a single mom with a special needs daughter making just over minimum wage and she can’t seem to any kind of help or assistance at all. They told her that she makes too much to get food stamps. Instead of cosigning consider buying the car, keeping it in your name, and allow her to make payments until it is paid off. Depending on how good of a friend she is you could even make a few extra points interest in the deal. Charge some of the difference in rates she would wind up with at a "Buy Here - Pay Here" place. Credit card level interest is the norm at those car lots. But if you cosign, plan on being able to make the payments if she cannot. Anything less with damage your credit. It shows poor judgement to lenders that you are cosigning without plans to assume the debt at some point. You know how close to financial peril she is, perhaps even more IRS problems. All the same reasons banks are running away from here are why you could be left paying on the auto loan. Imagine something happens to her child, are you going to demand payment and cause the child to miss a doctor's visit?

Dying after watching that.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 11:41 AM) Yeah, no complaints when they did it to Bush, etc. Time released a statement showing where that effect happened to over 20 different people. http://news.yahoo.com/time-magazine-respon...-162415175.html This list includes former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, several popes, actor John Travolta, former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader. Actually I remember very well outrage at Bush's picture as well. Back then it was further proof about the media bias against conservatives.

When you attend a small Div 1 school getting close to an automatic bid gets exciting. Today at 3 on the women's side, my Alma Mater, UTPA is playing New Mexico State with an automatic bid on the line. I wasn't expecting that in my lifetime. If I wasn't familiar with the teams playing a #3 seed playing the #1 would mean anyone could win. With this I feel like it's David versus Goliath and the biggest challenge ever lol

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 08:23 AM) Yup, we need to focus on the bigger problems like rap music and video games. Those are the things that are really bringing society down. Definitely not dumb, hate-filled people, it's Call of Duty & Jay-Z that should be blamed here. I agree, dumb hate filled people are the problem. When they sing about dumb, hate filled things, or celebrate dumb, hate filled things, it's a problem. That was my point. These guys were singing a dumb hate filled song. There are other dumb hate filled songs out there. Listen to a few narco-corridos for example. Which is worse? Singing about murdering people or playing a game and murdering people? The people in the song are representations of real people, so to are the images on the screen. But if you don't believe that song lyrics are a problem, why worry about their song? No matter how they sang their song, put a rap beat behind it or a metal sound, it is bad. Now are those really the only song lyrics that are wrong in our society? People are disrespected all the time in our culture. We celebrate disrespecting people in our music, our movies, and our literature.

So TIME creates a cover that will get people to notice their magazine. Will this help or hurt Hillary?

I was happy to see the punishment was swift. I do have some empathy for what Rock hinted at earlier. The innocent guys who were not involved that were thrown out of their house and are labeled as racist for belonging to that fraternity. Maybe it is deserved, but I never have supported a blanket condemnation of everyone and punishing innocent people. Expel all the people you catch singing, investigate and nail every one of the morons you can, but the innocent people shouldn't be punished. People should be judged by their actions. I also wish we could eliminate n***** from our vocabularies. I especially dislike the current culture that n***er is bad but somehow n***a is ok for some people to say. Many of us older people still hear that as a ugly and violent word of hatred, no matter how you try and hide it. We also have a culture where we cheerfully accept violence when we are watching tv and movies, singing songs, or playing video games. Singing about murdering people by hanging = bad. Cheering as you murder people by shooting in a game = acceptable. There are way more than a dozen people singing narco-corridos which depict the same kinds of acts, and they are tolerated and even celebrated. Gansta rap basically falls into the same line as narco corridos. Violence against people. But if there is big money to be earned or entertainment value for the masses it is accepted. Instead we stop at rooting out a small group of people in Oklahoma and think we've actually done something important to stop this. The problem is bigger and needs to be addressed.

My team shot 84-88-88-94 tossing out the 97. Middle of the pack on a rough day. We'll never catch the top teams that have line ups of 5 guys that all break 80, but we're respectable.

Golf tournament today Two hour frost / freeze delay? Check Thermal underwear? Check Insulting layer? Check Gortex Shell and storm pants? Check Heavy socks? Check Gloves? Check Beanie? Check Cover and heater for golf cart? Noooooooooooooo! I almost, almost, wish I was heading to my classroom.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 10:52 PM) I guess we know who is the official White Sox whipping boy for the year. Seriously all this Beckham hate for a utility dude who didn't become what we all wanted him to be is a bit overboard. He's just another failed prospect in a long line of failed prospects. He'll either find his niche or be out of baseball soon enough. If he had tried and failed in another organization it would be so much different. But we all have memories or the rise and fall. It's hard to dismiss that. But yeah, treating him as anything more than a utility player and role model is probably too much.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) what's the ID #? 17032

What's the story on her name? Is it a family name?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 12:05 PM) It depends on what you're cooking and how important temp control is. The temp control is very solid on the new electrics. Where gas has it beat is when you need to raise or lower the temp in a hurry. The old coils were not very good at that. The newer technology is better, but still not the same as gas. But for consistent, one temp cooking over time, electric has been fine.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 02:32 PM) Congratulations! Agree on pictures, also to add, you can never spend too much time holding/snuggling that baby. I always loved the middle of the night feedings. The house was quiet, just my baby and me, rocking and feeding. Plus, you are the greatest husband for getting up and letting your wife sleep. Congratulations dad.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) I've never played fantasy golf but I'd be up for trying. Go to http://fantasy.golfchannel.com/ sign up for a free account and look for the league soxtalk password is 2005champs (yeah I know original) The basic idea is each week you will be presented with four groupings of players. You pick one player in each group that you believe will do the best at that weeks tournament. Points are awarded based on the prize money that player has earned.

Pro tournaments are a lot of fun. Fans kind of settle into a couple routines. Pick a spot and stay. You get to see everyone, see how each do on a certain hole, and if the location is great you will have food, drink, and bathrooms close by. Par 3s are popular for that. Next is the pick a player or group and follow them for 18 holes. Watching how they approach the game, etc. is a great learning experience. When I volunteer at tournaments I always ask to be a scorer's assistant (standard bearer) Walking 18 inside the ropes with the players is a lot of fun. A buddy and I use to walk hole #1 with a group, wait and follow the next group on #2, etc.

At Doral my Golf Channel fantasy picks are Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan, and Webb Simpson At the Puerto Rico Open Jerry Kelly, Zac Blair, Jeff Maggert, and Rocco Mediate Honestly I picked Maggert and Mediate more for sentimental reasons. Would there be any interest in setting up a soxtalk fantasy golf league on the Golf Channel? No cash, all bragging rights.

We have a thread that has been somewhat dedicated to our games, to keep some focus, I thought I'd start a tour thread and see where it goes.

I'm always happy when the choices are not between bad and really bad. This is between two decent choices. FWIW, I am leaning towards Micah. A not so bold prediction, no one will start more than 100 games at 2nd. I see whomever starts the season giving way at some point for a stretch. With viable options Robin will not need to be patient with the starter coming out of spring training. As spring leads to summer the position will finally settle in. I'd also not dismiss Beckham so easily. Baseball always seems to find it easier to give a guy a third, fourth, fifth chance before someone gets an extended 1st chance.