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Back to the days where the Sox filled in the time between the Bulls/Hawks and the Bears

I want to wake up and discover it is April 1st and this is all a f***ing nightmare.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 12:09 PM) Anybody ever travel abroad by themselves? Is it recommended? I say this because I am most likely going to study abroad in Hong Kong Spring 2011, and I really want to explore Asia, possibly other places before the semester begins (it starts late, on Feb 1st so I would have about 3 weeks to travel, depending on how much I want to spend). I would go with someone but I most likely will not know anyone traveling there at the same time, and none of my friends will have the time or cash to do it too. I do have friends from Taiwan and other places offering to let me know where to go, and I have no problem traveling alone, just dont really know the whole international traveling alone thing. Go for it. It may be risky, maybe foolhardy, but live life. You will always regret more the things you don't do than the things you do.

They remotely deactivated key features, which means they could have tracked it and recovered it much quicker. Why would they even allow it out of the lab? As secret as they are, this time they allowed someone to walk around in public with a new version of the iPhone? Sorry, this smells of a marketing ploy. And kudos to them for it. It is unlike them to do it, which is necessary for the ploy to work. Brilliant

QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 12:49 PM) How many did you rummage through until you found the right one for the right price? Sorry brother. Shows how much you know, they're all too expensive

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 09:22 AM) Apparently she doesn't mind guys who haven't showered in a week. I'm a lucky man. I will always remember laying in a tent, a storm howling outside, the tent bending to almost breaking, collapsing down on us, and she is laughing .

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/20/leaked....dex.html?hpt=T2 Seems like a fake deal that the gullible and Apple fans will grab onto.

Our kids are friends and we volunteered with the same group.

Amazing to me, I was never banned there even after posting that George was being dumb in a proclamation. Basically in 2005 as the team was cratering, a few people got out of hand about the team will not make the playoffs. He responded by threatening to ban them if the team made the playoffs. I told him he had it backwards, that they should be banned if the team did miss the playoffs, who wants their "I told you so" at that moment. About 6 or 7 people jumped in wondering how fast until I was banned. lol. It has been about 4 years since I've even looked at their site.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 12:56 PM) Then they suck. Sub equal parts Pussers and Appleton V/X. Or, give Kraken Spiced Rum a try. I have yet to try Kraken but I'm dying to. Lots of rum folks who eschew commercial brand spiced rums on principle have raved about the Kraken. Just keep your eyes peeled for the El Dorado 5 year, or for Lemon Hart 80 if you get it by you (I don't). Even if the stores you stopped in at don't stock it I bet someone near you does. I literally have to go to about a half-dozen stores to find the whole range of what makes it into the area. Just called four more, there isn't any El Dorado available near me. I recall seeing the Kraken Spiced Rum. I should put together a master list and just hit the stores and mix to what is available. I also just realized they may be more available in Mexico. Maybe I will take a run across the border. Are there any Cuban rums of note? Ones that would be unavialable in the US.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 12:54 PM) I can completely understand it. He's an afterthought in that lineup with very little pressure. Here, they asked him to use his high OBP and be a leadoff hitter. He couldn't handle it. In NY, surrounded by that lineup, he could hit .150 and nobody would care. While I generally agree, in NY, they care about everyone. NY fans needs something to b**** about.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 12:46 PM) its interesting how Uribe's avg goes up 40pts as soon as he leaves Chicago. QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) and how Swishers goes up 30 pts I doubt they are on Walker's resume

QUOTE (Ranger @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 12:32 PM) Uh, yeah, we're back to that. You know, where every other baseball team in the world is: the expectation that guys will produce at their norms. Nobody said that regression wouldn't be expected, but the difference between the .277 Konerko hit last year and the .214 he's currently hitting, wouldn't be classified as "regression". That's severe dropoff. Pierre is about 80 points off, AJ is over 100 off. Those guys shouldn't be "if's". They should be considered constants with the likelihood of slight regression. If all of them were batting at least .260 (totally reasonable, and actually, somewhat conservative), the dynamic would be completely different right now. To continue, with those guys it is reasonable to expect them to finish somewhere close to last year's stats. So a few hot streaks can and should be expected.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 08:11 AM) Yes, 100%, absolutely.....he and Jose Valentin have been two of the most underrated and underappreciated White Sox players in my lifetime. I would agree they were underappraciated for their baseball abilities, but that 'stash was very much appreciated.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) Your ladyfriend will think you are a cocktail rockstar after she tastes your Tahitian Sunset. I couldn't find the El Dorado at two liquor stores near me.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 07:28 AM) Good man. When it arrives I'll give you a heads-up on some recipe tweaks in the new version that I think Jeff messed up ingredient ratios on, but it is nevertheless a stellar compendium of recipes. I went straight to the back of the book to try all of the new recipes that Jeff compiled from the best of what the modern cocktail has to offer. last night, I spun up a Cuzco Fizz with muddled green grapes, Chilean Pisco Capel, lime juice, and St. Germaine elderflower liqueur that was very tasty and refreshing. Tonight will be the recipe you sent a couple days ago. I need to make a liquor store stop on the way home.

QUOTE (SteveB23 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 11:31 AM) I have been a lifelong Democrat, but because I didn't trust Obama with re. Israel, I couldn't vote for BO in good conscience. Unfortunately, it seems that my fears were (are) reality. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0410/tobin041910.php3 Welcome back. You tipped your identity pretty quickly.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 18, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) The Twins won the WS in 1987 and 1991. How long do the White Sox get to live off of 2005 before it doesn't count at all? QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 01:34 AM) I guess we just have different versions of "success" 2000-2009 Twins- 5 postseason appearances, 6 PS wins, 1 DS win 'Hose- 3 postseason appearances, 11 PS wins, 1 DS win, 1 pennant, 1 ring I know, I know, 2005 doesn't count anymore. But really, 2 more appearances and 1/2 the number of wins is "success"? I've always viewed success as winning championships, not divisional crowns in a s*** division. And lets also remember that they will have at least 25% of their payroll dedicated to one player (yes he's a top 3 in the game) and unless they plan on being in the 9 figure range for the next 8 years, that's quite a big risk for them. Thanks. Saved me some typing.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 31, 2010 -> 09:38 PM) Beachbum Berry's Remixed has finally shipped, Placing an order . . .

Let me be the first to say, great post. Let me also be the first to point out the huge difference in number of World Series wins this century versus most of the teams you mentioned.

The fun will begin when all the bats turn on at the same time for a couple week stretch. I feel a 9-1 stretch coming.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 09:45 AM) Before commenting, let's all take a moment to re-read the Hardball times piece from a few years ago giving the average ERA of each starting position throughout the league. Very interesting read. Thanks for posting and for the MBINAA crowd, I love this quote How about for a career?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 09:01 PM) It needs to stop. It sure does. IMHO it will stop when citizens stop throwing rocks at the "other party" and start holding their own party accountable. I'm not certain what it will take for that to happen.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 11:42 AM) The dog?!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 15, 2010 -> 07:33 PM) There's spending, and then there's abuse. Exactly. And we both know there is a fine line between abuse and justified spending and that line gets drawn differently if it is your team or the other team. To borrow your line "they all do it"™