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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 03:38 PM) Moving out of Lakeview is the biggest step in saving money. Not just Lakeview, she's on LSD. Her door >> Park >> Lake yeah, she's saving.

That's the plan right now. The truck would be $2,000. I told her we're better off buying different stuff in Dallas. Anyone want to buy a 6 month old queen size bed, mattress, and box spring?

My daughter is moving from Chicago to Dallas in a week or so and I'm looking for ideas on saving money. She is living ina small studio apartment in Lakeview (sublease available), and about the only big furniture she has is a queen size bed and headboard. Renting a truck to move it doesn't really make sense. Full size vans are not available for one way rentals, only round trip. She is probably buying a car this weekend but won't be able to tow anything with it. I'm trying to avoid driving all the way back to Chicago (3,200 mile round trip). Also she is planning on using space bags to compress her clothes and stuff to fit more in her car. Other tips on cheap long distance moves?

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) The best reply in message board history is "who cares?" in a clearly titled thread. Who cares? You do. You read the title, opened the thread and took the time to reply. How about: I'm wondering if anyone cares so I click on the link and confirm that no one else cares?

And Bieber makes the news this morning.

He's trying to grow up?

Quite a dream, no?

Vacations are overrated.

Kansas' "Carry on my Wayward Son" is not on the DVD and the DVD is lesser for it.

Bryson maybe the most underrated, least appreciated writer alive.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 01:11 PM) Apostle Islands are beautiful. But if your plan is to put a canoe or kayak in the water there, just know you are getting into something big. Lake Superior can get big and angry real quick. I wouldn't advise going out there in a small craft unless you know what you are doing. That is where BWCA or Quetico are better options, perhaps. BWCA is great, Quetico (the Canadian side park) is even better. Love them both. We were looking at either kayaking, (and we are aware our Laguna Madre off the Gulf of Mexico is not perfect preparation) or taking a shuttle. We only had a day or so to explore the area the past summer and want to get back and take our time.

Yesterday while reading on the beach it got damn cold as the wind whipped around from the northwest. It was probably 60.

A couple ideas for middle school lever readers: #1 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. It offers a great look into the 1950's greaser society. The real advantage of this book is the reading level is lower but the subject matter has a more mature tone if read carefully. Teen pregnancy, gangs, alienation, the value of education, crime and punishment, etc. My second choices would be Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, or To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee although the reading level may be too advanced. The administration will approve of the "classic" standing if those titles and you should have some spirited debates in class. I'm not certain of your time frame but all could be completed in a 6 week time period with plenty of time for some pre-reading activities and a project at the end. Plus, if allowed, all have better than average film adaptations.

It's too bad that we will never know how good A-Rod and Bonds would have been playing "clean". Those two seem to me are the two guys that went from superstar to mega superstar with PEDs. Sosa, Mac, Palermo, and that crowd all went from very good to superstar. But Bonds and A-Rod started at pretty high levels before PEDs.

I'm wondering if a $25,000,000 personal fine is the largest ever in sports, or any other field. I know technically it isn't a fine, but it's what it is costing him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 30, 2013 -> 02:17 PM) That's part of it. I'd suggest it is a lot more than a mechanical or technique issue though. I think instinctively, most people don't want to kill other people, even if they feel justified in doing so. I wrote a couple papers that compared Revolutionary War to Civil War casualties. Conventional wisdom is that the Civil War weapons were more accurate resulting in greater kills. I offered a thesis that the reason deaths were so much higher during the Civil War wasn't accuracy to range of the weapons, (something most paper ignored) but that the long range accuracy made it possible to shoot someone without "seeing the whites of their eyes". Basically at the range that the Revolutionary War was fought the weapons of the day were as accurate as Civil War weapons for the range that war was fought at.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 11:52 AM) Are you doing the Wonderland trail? Or just a straight peak ascent? Upper Midwest? If you are looking for outdoor stuff, I'd have suggestions, depending on where you are going. For backpacking, Porcupine Mountains in the UP, or the Superior Trail in MN are both worthwhile. For canoeing or kayaking, Boundary Waters or Quetico. Thank you for the suggestions, I will check them out. Currently we are considering Apostle Islands but Boundary Waters is getting interesting. My Scout Troop will be there starting around the first of july for ten days. I also was just contacted tofay about running a Scout camp in Alaska. My entire summer may change.

Nice. I would love a player to alias chart. I also loved the comments. "Meanwhile across town the Cubs are using the alias Major League Baseball Team."

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 14, 2014 -> 07:47 PM) Considering he has fusion surgery in October and will need up to a year to recover, and hasn't pitched in a couple of years anyway, I don't think this is true. Possibly not. But, all those issues are known. We've had time bombs in camp we thought would be the bomb.

I just got back from Big Bend and will be back in March. This summer we will be travelling the upper Midwest, the itinerary hasn't been fully thrashed out.

X always slows this down.

We've had worse in camp.

Useless to argue.

Saturday was sad. My daughter finally got a flight back to Chicago. She was stuck here for an extra week.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 11, 2014 -> 11:21 PM) I think this girl is a little farther gone than just 'sick'. Who gets to decide when enough is enough? Who do you want making the decision about you? We've had any number of possibilities in these cases. Would you like your ex-wife and her new husband deciding? Your parents? Doctor? Insurance company? A judge? A mix of all in a "death panel"? It's a tough call.