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So you are in favor of giving a break to the on-line companies to preserve the pricing advantage. That brick and mortar stores should pay sales tax but on-line should not. With more and more sales going on-line, how should states make up that revenue?

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QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Mar 17, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) Jake sent home today with a stomach virus that may knock him off his schedule. http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=6228463 Undoubtedly the most runs he's had all Spring. well played sir

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 03:43 PM) But this is Ozzie. Where the obvious is never apparent. I wonder if it is just urban legend that Ozzie sucks at managing he bull pen, or truth?

oh wow, Balta posted at 11:11

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 17, 2011 -> 05:01 PM) They aren't. It's about the same ratio as people who aren't in one. Yep, it just gives them a bigger platform and bigger mouth and confirms a stereotype.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 09:44 AM) I don't entirely agree with the use tax anyway. If I go to another state and buy a souvenir while I'm there (say like a shirt or a hat with the name of the place I'm at) I'm expected to report and pay Illinois tax on that if the place I bought it happens to charge less sales tax? Only if you had the item shipped to you. If you bought it, and paid the sales tax, you would not need to pay a second sales tax.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 10:19 AM) This advantage is crowed about, but is a total non-advantage. Online retailers have to ship and buy shipping insurance, something the local retailers do not have to do, but they neglect to talk about it...because it upends their gripe. Also, keep in mind that when you buy something online, you have to wait for it, whereas at a regular store, you not only get to see what you are buying before you buy it, and play with it, but you get instant gratification of leaving the store with the item, without having to wait to use it. This also makes returns and exchanges much easier, another advantage they forget they have when they discuss online vs brick and mortar. This cannot be dismissed as a non-advantage...there are plenty of things I buy online, but I wouldn't bother if I knew I could drive to the local retailer and get it immediately...unless of course we are talking a cost savings of hundreds here, which we aren't. There are advantages to both and disadvantages to both, let's not pretend otherwise. QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 10:24 AM) This does happen, but only when online purchases save them hundreds of dollars, say on a television set. In those cases, it's not taxes holding the brick and mortar back, it's the fact that they're charging 2000$ for a TV that can be purchased online for 1500$. Taxes be damned in a situation like this. So people are using on-line purchases to save hundreds of dollars *and* avoiding sales tax. Seems like there are some very nice cost savings being an on-line retailer. Brick and morter stores have to get their product shipped to them, and pay shipping and insurance. Either as a separate line item or built into the price. Whether the difference in sales tax is 5% or 7% or 0% or 5 there is still a difference, and the economic impact will follow.

Pick one, give him a chance to be successful and don't be afraid to make a switch. This is one of those situations where a manager earns his pay, and where Ozzie hs room to improve. I believe Thorton has the better chance to be successful based on experience, but it would be sweet if Sale worked out.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 02:40 AM) Yeah I'm in hawaii right now, right on the coast. yay? Edit: with tsunami warnings in effect and sirens blaring Yikes. Hope there are special markdowns on tsunami gear like surf boards and pfds

Wow, we trust an injury over team management in deciding what is best for a player.

Yeah f***

As far as the seeds what would a March Madness spoof be without a few upsets? And it has been a while since he was on the radio here, but doesn't he talk about "Old Guy R&R"?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 9, 2011 -> 10:53 AM) I can't stand Pink Floyd, but I know a lot of people who can't. They're a very polarizing band. A lot of people who like, and don't like, Pink Floyd based it on what was played on the radio.

There are several bands in the tourny I do not care for, but I can respect that they are on the list. I'm not much of a metal fan, but understand Metallica being on the list. And as far as searching for "expert opinion" to back up opinions of musical taste, Jethro Tull won the first Grammy for Heavy Metal. A flute is heavy metal I guess. Was Tull anywhere on the list?

Rocks has been redifened so often, it's hard to exclude almost anything in my mind. Is rock Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley? It was in their day. But how do you place them alongside the Sex Pistols and Guns n Roses?

Buried in the article . . . I'm wondering what the goal is and why that goal wouldn't coincide with breaking with the team.

QUOTE (T R U @ Mar 8, 2011 -> 02:42 AM) Yeah you do, Led Zepplin is trash.. and how is Metallica not a 1 seed? Secondly, ide like to know who thinks the Allman Brothers "rock".. this tournament is a sham If not rock, what would you consider Allman Brothers? Blues?

I'd like a $1M buyout Nicely done team.

Just waking up after a really nice evening with friends from Boy Scouts. There is something special about those volunteers and my life has been so enriched by their friendships.

Must be time to allow this thread to die a quiet death so no one sees

Cool article.

I watched the Miracle on Ice while working at Foot Locker and by the end of the game we had a crowd around our TV. Mike and Don were the other two guys working that day. When you can remember details like that, it's more than a game.

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