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QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 18, 2013 -> 08:02 AM) I get the reasoning, but common sense should indicate that you aren't purchasing the vehicle when leasing so your taxes shouldn't be the same as actually buying the vehicle. Tax a portion of it, I totally understand that, but full msrp for a 2-3 year lease is ridiculous imo. The company that you are leasing from buys the car from the dealer. So full price should be paid. What they charge the consumer is I guess negotiable. Remember the leasee is not "buying" the vehicle, the lease company is. The lease company is guaranteed the interest and wins if the residual value is greater than what was contracted and you turn it in to them. In simpler terms, if you agree to buy $12,000 of a $16,000 vehicle the lease company is hoping the car is worth more than $4,000 when you return it. The second tax payment should be based on what the car is worth at the time of the second purchase as is any used car. I'd be surprised if Illinois charges tax based on the new car price for a used car. That could mean that someone would buy a used car for $200 and owe $750 in taxes? Texas uses either the actual price if you buy from a dealer or fair market value (FMV) if it is a private party sale. Which sometimes sucks. The last truck I bought I paid a couple thousand less than the FMV but paid tax on the higher amount. Too many people will lie about the sale price.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Feb 18, 2013 -> 08:01 AM) True, while I do think that Frank is clean, can you imagine the firestorm if MLB took the award from Giambi and gave it to Frank, then Frank turned out to be dirty. If Frank turned up dirty, it would probably be about the worse day I could image as a Sox fan.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 17, 2013 -> 07:14 PM) Unfortunately Illinois sales tax laws blow when it comes to leasing cars and buying the car after the lease (you essentially pay full price sales tax twice). I was in Illinois when I did it. I was a few thousand dollars to the good, so it still made sense. I understood the reasoning, the leasing company paid the first tax and I paid the second. But common sense indicates that the consumer pays it twice. Once in the lease payment, then again if they buy it and resell it or keep it.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 04:39 PM) How the f*** does this happen to someone every spring? What an idiot. Wouldn't you try to have your visa issues ironed out say, a month or even a couple of weeks before you're expected at ST by the organization who pays your salary? I worked in Mexico for a few years and needed all that paperwork. Mexico was difficult, I hear the US is way worse. It sounds easier than it is. Usually the hiring company assists with all that stuff. Since his is a renewal, there may be a regulation on how far in advance he can even apply. Then, like happened with one of my professors, the US changed a form and didn't really publicize the change. A different form was needed along with notarized documentation . . . Yeah, it's a b****.

I am pretty excited, my local university is back with a Div 1 soccer program as part of joining the Western Athletic Conference. Sitting on the border, and being one of the top Hispanic universities in the US, I'm hoping we can pull in a few of the top players from Mexico.

We can't help you if you don't post pictures lol

/waiting to see who this really is. A very strange first post.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2013 -> 09:55 AM) Just keep the car in great condition and DON'T go over your mileage allotment. I knew someone who was so worried about going over the mileage he would rent a car for longer trips. When I asked what he paid per mile it was more than what his lease would have cost.

Hell Camry is a nice car. When you get about six months from the end of the lease check the current value versus the buyout. Sometimes you are sitting pretty especially if the mileage is low and the car is in excellent shape.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2013 -> 04:44 PM) He is an OK guard, but a great QB. Like I said, it came as a surprise. If he has pro aspirations, it probably ain't gonna happen from here. Interesting. I've always wondered how a kid winds up here. It is D1 so they don't suck.

Really? The only football we play here is spelled s-o-c-c-e-r and it starts in 2014. I'm interested in how recruiting will go starting next season. With the change to a conference with an automatic bid, conference games will actually matter. The Great West is a joke. Little more than an agreement to schedule games. The WAC isn't the best, but will force the team to get better or suffer.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2013 -> 01:45 PM) Michigan City's Rogers own Delray Brooks. One of three Mr Basketballs from MC. FWIW, this is the kid. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketba...cob-raspopovich Cool. I remembered seeing his name and was going to ask you about him. It's kind of weird but UTPA always seems to have a guy or two from Chicago and a German or two.

I always checked with the embroidery shop to see what they offered. Usually they had a great choice. It's their job.

Would you feel better if he said I'm a great manager and will only get better. In two years, when this contract runs out, I'm going to be a free agent and demand being the highest paid manager out there?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2013 -> 09:54 AM) UT-PA? A kid from NWI will be going down there for basketball next year. That be my school. In addition to the NAIA Title and a NIT bid in 1981 the other claim to fame is Lon Kruger got his coaching start here and Mr Indiana Basketball Delray Brooks torpedoed his coaching career here. We are set to merge the school with another smaller UT campus about 60 miles away and adding a medical school. The new university will be eligible for $$$$ through a state program for 'new' universities.

Last night was my local universities basketball homecoming game so the missus and I headed over there. It was the 50th anniversary of our NAIA National Tournament win so a lot of the guys from that team where there. They also finally retired Luke Jackson's jersey. The guy was the tourny MVP, 1st round pick by the Philly 76ers, NBA All-Star, NBA Champ, Olympic gold medalist. It only took about 40 extra years to honor the man. He seemed very gracious. This is also the last season before we jump to the Western Athletic Conference and a chance at a autobid to the NCAA tournament. Moving up.

BTW, Thank you Brian.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 12:56 PM) Jose Reyes talks about getting traded from the Marlins to the Blue Jays. Jeffrey Loria is quite a great guy This guy has got to be the worse owner of any sports franchise. If it wasn't for The Heat, I'd actually feel bad for Miami fans.

Here's a guy that could easily be thinking I only want to manage when I have the fire and desire to do so. I don't want to just be collecting a paycheck. We criticize guys for taking the cash, then criticize when they don't.

f*** Frank Thomas. If he cared about the fans and his teammates he would have juiced and who knows how many championships the Sox could have won. Selfish prick.

Someone has to tee it up and someone has to make it fly. This has been just a terrific thread.

I read that the last time an meteor that size hit Russia, the Cubs won the series.

While I am generally on the side of drafting high school kids, I don't think being forced to go to a top tier college and getting free everything is such a terrible thing. There are plenty of other athletes and entertainers who face the same kind of lifestyle issues and responsibilities at an early age and do just fine. And I do support some form of compenstation for ALL college athletes. But each one should receive the same whether they play soccer or football, track or basketball. I would hate to see a system that started sorting and shifting and paying different athletes different amounts.

A manager that isn't all about the money. I it pretty cool that we've gone from Robin!? WTF!! There are better candidates, we're throwing in the towel, etc to HE TURNED DOWN AN EXTENSION?!

This is a guy who by all accounts was happy at home, not really looking for a job. He isn't talking about an early retirement, he's living up to his contract and then thinking about the next one. A solid, ethical, path from a pretty solid, ethical guy. It would be easy to take the extension, then retire. But he seems to be a man of his word, and I have no doubt if he signed the extension he would have done everything to manage that year as well. Plus, physically he may be finding the grind to be too much. Is his ankle and leg holding up long term after surgery?