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QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 29, 2013 -> 11:26 PM) A hitting coach who actually preaches OBP is fine with me. A hitting coach that looks at each player, recognizes their strengths and weaknesses, is fine with me. I can't believe Manto coached any differently than he said he would in the interviews. What I find interesting is they pulled the hook this soon. That hasn't been the approach before. It seemed as if you had a job for life with Reinsdorf unless you pulled at Doug Collins.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 28, 2013 -> 08:01 PM) So basically you just proved my whole point for me. Truckers drive dangerously because they can, and don't really give a s*** about anyone but themselves. Not even close to true.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 30, 2013 -> 12:40 PM) The economy may not have blinked but it certainly didn't accelerate the way many expected it to prior. But that's ok, 7.8% unemployment is acceptable. Record corporate profits didn't put companies on a hiring spree.

Is the current state of TV manufacturing super s***ty? Last week my father-in-laws top of the line Samsung crapped out in less than two years and my son's 3D Vizio died yesterday, it was 16 months old. I have a 5 year old Sony that is still humming and a small 19" Vizio monitor/TV that so far is perfect.

If Sale had 20 wins on a crappy team like this, how many of us would be pointing towards wins to build his case?

I don't remember this with the last one. A lot did, but not every single one.

Has every iPad app updated in the past three days?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 04:45 PM) Because if we keep them uninsured, they'll be smart enough not to get in fender-benders. Or at least we can pretend that they never have to leave the house, because otherwise, we'd be paying the much larger bill. After all, a $20,000 bill for a fender-bender is just what this hypothetical person needs to teach him or her the lesson that he or she shouldn't be poor. The lesson here is people earning less than $35,000 and working jobs without health insurance should not own cars or need health care.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) So he did a poor job of selling it? Didn't 'get the message out'? That is always the fallback when liberal ideas get rejected. The message DID get out, and it was rejected. As a political strategy Republicans could not allow for a major advancement in our society to be credited to the other party. The GOP has done a remarkable job of getting their message out. It may have been a fight for their survival. The idea hasn't been rejected, all the noise from the conservative press and "grass roots" misinformation campaigns has drowned it out. The GOP side, with all the money is far more effective at amplifying their message. And the party faithful know to ditto it to death ;-)

I wish we had these sorts of budget debates before say dropping bombs on Iraq. We always have monoey for weapons of mass destruction, but not for our own people.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 09:49 AM) I don't know who you are referring to here. The people that can't afford healthcare now go to doctors/clinics that still get paid by someone (medicaid/non-profits, etc.). So nothing changes there. And what business do you know of that will drop their prices when their demand goes up? The problem area are the working poor whose employers do not offer benefits. They do not qualify for medicaid, etc. They clog ERs and never pay. Their medical bills become so big they could never pay. Someone making $10 an hour, $20,00 or so annually can barely afford food, clothing, transportation, and shelter. A $6,000 medical bill, even if it is a co-pay never gets paid.

Stars or not, I always gravitate towards the catchers. It was "my" position, and it doesn't matter if it's Fisk or some rookie that may only play a season or two, I always like 'em.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 03:01 PM) Tony Graffanino He was a huge help during game 2 in 2005!

Carlos May, Kittle, Zisk, Wilbur Wood Hell there were years that everyone on the roster qualified as a "non-star".

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 02:55 PM) Hertz announces they are adding Tesla S cars to their fleet for rental. Interesting. I wonder at which price point. I suspect that Tesla may have cut them a sweet deal.

To observe banned book week I will be reading to my students http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Tango_Makes_Three

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 09:54 AM) I was going to say, do you have your windows open? I have a Ford with sync and it works pretty well 90% of the time. "Mom cell" definitely works well. Sometimes it gets similar names mixed up, but that's to be expected. The accuracy definitely drops if windows are open though. My major complaint with Sync, at least in my vehicle, is that the volume of the prompts and the volume of the calls do not match...at all. To hear someone clearly you have to turn the volume up, which means the Sync prompts are loud enough to hurt your ears. It's really annoying. Windows were up and I turned down the AC fan. The volume thing wasn't too bad, but I see what you mean. Also reading messages was a bit weird. When they spell out some stuff that seems like should be in their dictionary like instagram. I get I_N_S_T_A_G_R_A_M

Doesn't reducing the number of patients that never compensate the providers lower costs?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 08:00 AM) Ford's (and Microsoft's) Sync system has had problems since day 1, it has been a real issue for them. Its a shame because Ford has done a lot of nice work with their vehicles in the past 5-6 years or so, but thei reliability numbers aren't as good as they could be specifically because of Sync. It seems to be related to road noise. Althought this is the quietest truck I have driven. Stopped, the commands are recognized better than when moving.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 09:07 AM) I think that fact that you are calling Mom while driving drunk is about the absolute least manliest thing you could really do.

And coolest sight on my truck, watching the average MPG hover around 20-21 instead of 14. We'll still take my wife's four cylinder Honda CRV on longer trips when we aren't towing our camper, but getting 20 driving to work seems almost miserly now.

I have Sync with MyFord in my new truck and the voice control seems to have a problem recognizing what I say. I know I have to change some names in my address book, Marvilyn sounds too much like line-in. But something as simple as call mom cell doesn't register. I am the pronouncer for our school's spelling bee, and (before drinking) speak fairly clearly. Is the technology still evolving?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 02:19 PM) Good idea getting the cops in on it. They pointed out which guy to hit after seeing the wad he pulled out of his pocket to pay for parking.

Of the Rangers the past month.

Bevington fell all the way to independent ball. He rolls though my hometown everyone in a while. I've talked to him a time or two. Nice guy.