Texsox

I think it is time to annoint him the Messiah . . .

I was just thinking, is Johnson looking at Dunn thinking he can get past him in the lineup? And, I wonder what promises they made to Johnson. I still believe AAA is his destination, but that quote has me intrigued. Maybe there will be something interesting during spring training this year. Besides the Ventura watch.

Of all the entertainment events going on all over the world, at what event are you more likely to get killed? Concert? Baseball game? Soccer game? Play? Church Revival? and where are you most likely to get killed? US? Europe? Africa? Asia? We (US) like our violence in smaller numbers and with guns. We don't need no stinking sports event to kill some people.

So how to have a positive conversation about the negative facts that the candidates are bringing up? I tried three things with my favorite candidate, to bring up his positives, try to explain the negatives, and ah, ah, I can't remember the third (is lasting legacy).

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 01:09 PM) Man, they're really setting up Charlotte for a title run. The Knights are gonna be loaded with AAAA talent. I wonder how bad Dunn wants a championship?

That guy needs a new agent if he thinks the White Sox are a good chance for him to make the opening day 25 man roster. I keep humming to myself The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round . . .

And the two conversations I had in the restaurant "Hey Dad, don't go in there, it is too nasty to use" "You are just like your mother, can't stand a little dirt" two seconds later dad emerges gagging . . . "Welcome to the family dad" I head to the counter . . . "excuse me, but the men's bathroom needs attention" "Thank you sir, we're sending someone" "No, thank you" Dad" Why didn't you tell them how bad it was?" "I wanted them to have the same f***ing surprise I got" Five minutes later Cough cough gag gag There wasn't a person in the place that made enough to clean that s*** up.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 08:45 PM) I laughed for almost a full minute at the second part. Dude, I could not figure out how the hell it got on some of those places. It was like someone held the guy in the air and flung him around. And damn, it must have happened like five minutes before I opened the door. It nearly ruined my Hunger Buster and Blizzard

Mine was at the Aragon Brawl Room. The lines during an AC/DC concert were so long that guys lined up to go behind a door with the pee running out from under the door and down the aisles. Legitimate. meant for bathroom was in a Dairy Queen. Someone had diarrhea all over the bathroom. Sink, walls, floor, you name it. Then threw paper towels over it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 11:02 AM) Well, yeah, there's a lot of stupid laws out there. An 18 year old can die for his country but can't drink alcohol in his country (mostly). We don't mind the 18 year old killing people in other countries, we do mind the 18 year old killing people in this country drunk driving.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 03:42 PM) If this thread were really about some honest discussion, I'd be fine with it. This thread has never been about an honest exchange of information, which as I have constantly said, defeats the purpose of this forum just as much, if not more. At this point it has come down to two candidate, both GOP standouts. Why don't we show the same level of honest discussion that the candidates are having? Seriously, I believe this forum is at least better than what the actual candidates are flinging. So if this forum merely discussed the crap that they are slinging, how will it ever be much better?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 01:29 PM) Wow, I've never even heard of 12" fast pitch softball for guys. Yep, we it is played down here. Wicked s***.

Those were the two that I was looking at. Both are marketed, it seems, as beginner SLRs, but I am failing to see where they lack for my use. Last summer when we were in Maine I was frustrated with our pictures. This summer we're heading up the Rockies and I want to be better equiped. I do miss my old Cannon film camera. I shoot about a roll a year just for old time sake.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 01:46 PM) Tex is probably more of a Joe Friday kind of guy. Must have been before my time.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 01:44 PM) Nash Bridges all the way. That's solid.

I love the off season. I actually spent a moment or two thinking about Don Johnson. Miami Vice was a decent, and entertaining show. The warm pastel colors and pink flamingos made me think of spring in a much nicer way than thinking about this team heading into spring. I'm just not feeling the excitement yet.

I am beginning my quest for a digital SLR. I will be shooting mostly landscapes and travel photos. Any recommendations? I have been really happy with Canon SLR, but my point and shoot is a Nikon and I may look closer at them.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 09:19 AM) They certainly aren't, and I know from experience as part of my job is checking ID's. However, when they "busted" me, I was stone cold sober, and they still treated me like trash. I wasn't too happy about that. No doubt some cops go into dick mode right away when they know they are checking IDs. I worked checking IDs in a Wisconsin border bar when the drinking age was 18 versus 21 in Illinois. We only saw the cops when they were pissed at us for something, or there had been another crash of drunk kids coming back into Illinois. But you know the attitude you get at the door, I couldn't imagine being a cop and wading into that.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 30, 2012 -> 08:48 PM) Expound? It may expound a teenage boy

QUOTE (gatnom @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 01:53 AM) Yeah, they usually come around every once and awhile after 9 when the bars are required to have only 19+ year olds inside. The cops are usually complete dicks about it too, as if they are pissed off that they have to waste their night busting a bunch of drunk college kids. It's not like we drive their economy or anything. The fines are getting kind of out of hand too. They were up to $320 when I had one last semester. They don't need to be dicks about it. I am certain all the drunk college kids are polite and respectful while they have their IDs checked.

Lonesome Dove got me hooked. I just finished Streets of Laredo. I decided to read them in the order of written, not the internal chronological order. So this novel completed the time line. It was the second written, but fourth in internal chronological order. I liked how he finished up the characters. Nothing too outlandish. I am still a little surprised I was sucked into a western novel. That's a first.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 31, 2012 -> 06:42 PM) That sounds like it's straight from an after-school special, or at least Lifetime. I happen to believe what I do makes a difference. As do all of the coaches I work with. Why else would we spend so many after school and weekend hours coaching? I don't believe the benefits of sports are only for the better athletes.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 31, 2012 -> 05:46 PM) And all of that useless, extra work could have been avoided with a few simple words. You're cut because you aren't good enough. Go train on your own and try again next year. It is only useless, extra work if you do not believe sports makes a positive influence on someone. If you believe participating in sports makes a positive impact on a young person, it isn't useless. Not even close.

Would switching from laws where (in a given state) that all sex between a 21 year old and a 17 year old was illegal to a law where it is only sometimes legal be an improvement? I just don't see how that would work. Having a jury decide what is, and isn't, consent, on an individual basis, is unworkable.

It probably isn't a good thing for teachers of any level of hotness having sex with students. I'd be interested in hearing the arguments for and against having the same age of consent for males and females. At first glance it seems wrong, but it makes sense when reading the comments in this thread. Would 15 for guys and 17 for women or some such thing be a better reflection of reality? And how to take hotness out of the equation? If she wasn't a hot cheerleader, how many opinions would change? But yeah, I have to agree with most here, at 17, and with her? Yeah, the only problem would be convincing my buddies we really did do it.