Everything posted by Texsox
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Guillen, Williams almost come to blows during shouting match
QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 11, 2010 -> 11:01 AM) This is what happens when you trade away every prospect you have. Every player, on every roster, is your prospect if you are willing to pay the price to get that player.
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Toughest trophy to win in sports
Great points. The randomness and all the factors off the field (computer ranking, votes), plus being played by younger athletes who also have full time jobs (going to class) outside of their sport, makes the BCS #1 to me.
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Official 2010-2011 NCAA Football Thread
college kids sleep until noon, and begin thinking about going out at 10pm. I'm not certain it is that big of a deal competitively.
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Anybody Scoot?
I sold my Kawasaki Vulcan when I moved to Texas. With my new job which makes commuting on one doable, I will be back in the market soon.
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Guillen, Williams almost come to blows during shouting match
The real argument was probably two very competitive people pissed that the team that put together/manage is sucking. They are both on edge and started arguing. The topic at hand was probably meaningless. It could have been over a lunch tab, color of a shirt, or their kids.
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Official 2010-2011 NCAA Football Thread
Where is it all heading? My guess is at least one national conference with 12 of the top 20 football teams. Maybe not this time around, but soon enough. I could even see a really stunning realignment with conferences developed strictly for football, basketball, and the olympic sports. National scope for the two major revenue sports and regional for the non revenue sports. It would take a major rethinking of what a conference is, but it would make the most money, save the most money, and money is what it is all about.
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Arizona requires you to carry your papers
After he moves from Arizona, I wonder who will be taking his job and if the nursery owner will think it imporved his business.
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You throw rocks, We shoot to kill . . .
It all adds up. A few years back a teenager was killed on the US side while tending to his family's goats. QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 11, 2010 -> 12:19 AM) What about the frustration of Mexican troops aiming weapons at our law enforcement agents. Its one thing when you have to deal with the illegal immigrants, but its another issue when you involve the neighbors and their troops.
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DID YOU KNOW?!?!
US paper money is exactly 6" and manufactured to a tighter tolerance than a .99 WalMart 6" ruler.
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Arizona requires you to carry your papers
QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:30 AM) GMAFB. Working and raising a family.
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You throw rocks, We shoot to kill . . .
There is a lot of frustration for US law enforcement on the border. People running back across the border and taunting insults. People up north thinking you are doing a s***ty job. Most Americans along the border have relatives and friends south of the border.
- The "Is it over or not?" thread
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You throw rocks, We shoot to kill . . .
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/08/texas.bor...?eref=rss_crime The kid was on the Mexico side, the agent on the US side. There is no proof if the kid was throwing rocks, although kids around him were.
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How often do you... *ahem*
QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) I'm glad I am not in Texas with the eye candy you have down there. And I spend my summers on the South Padre beach . . .
- Happy Birthday knightni!
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How often do you... *ahem*
QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 05:26 PM) Alright, we are all guys here, so here goes... I have been "going at it" the past few weeks like I am 15. I'm talking daily or once every other day. I have been doing my thing once a week at the most when I wasn't getting laid. I get "warmed up" at the slightest things it seems recently. What the hell is wrong with me? Awesome bump.
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In the name of 'social justice' this is just wrong
How about the rules where each player has to play?
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Ken Griffey, Jr Retires
One of the good guys.
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Natchez Trace Parkway
Cool, thanks QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 1, 2010 -> 08:48 AM) When I was a kid my family loaded up the RV and went from Central Illinois down to Natchez. I'm pretty sure we hit up that parkway. Also stopped in Vicksburg. As a 14-15 year old, Vicksburg was awesome, especially in the summer. Buy the drive along CD and you can get the history of the battle with the convenience of the AC. And you can get out to look at anything you find interesting (there's quite a bit to see). Natchez was ok if you're into looking at really old (but cool) plantation mansions. A lot of them have "actors" playing the roles of the original owners/slaves/workmen, to give you a little more history.
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In the name of 'social justice' this is just wrong
The Boy Scout Soccer and Scouting program is planned, organized, and understood to be a non competitive, development program. They do not keep score, the emphasis is on sportsmanship and learning how to be better soccer players. It runs through the age of 12. Some kids jump into a more competitive league as they get older, some go to the travelling, hypercompetitive programs. Bottom line there is room for all kinds. I'm not going to fault a league if they are wishing to be less competitive. I was president of the men's golf association at my last country club. We had a group of guys that played hard with money always on the line.Is there something wrong with the guys that just wanted to play for a little excercise and to see how well they can do?
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HAWKS WIN! HAWKS WIN THE STANLEY CUP!!
It will be interesting to see how the penalty minutes shake out tonight. I expect a more physical game tonight.
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The environment thread
QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 31, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) They forgot to superimpose George W. Bush looking down from the heavens onto both pictures - while photoshopping in the devil horns. Each President has a chance to make a difference. They can't solve everything, all they can do is make small changes. Those changes will make it slightly better or slightly worse. In the end Presidents receive too much credit and too much blame.
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The environment thread
QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 25, 2010 -> 01:43 PM) If we are paying billions of dollars for something, yes, unlike the Democrats apparently, I expect something for it. I assume the government would have to sub contract this to someone, I doubt we have a underwater well plugging up crew" so all we would be doing is contracting with BP or someone like BP. Sucks
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HAWKS WIN! HAWKS WIN THE STANLEY CUP!!
QUOTE (The Critic @ May 31, 2010 -> 09:24 AM) It's not like he should be a super-confident guy anyway. Career minor-leaguer, waived 5 times, looked like a frightened deer in the biggest game of his career. If the Toews/Kane/Byfuglien line shows up at all tonight, we should see Boucher replace Leighton again. He was flying pretty high for a couple weeks and probably should have been. This probably dropped him down to earth. I am a little surprised he's getting the start tonight. I suspect if he gives up three in the first, he would be done. And you are correct they have to show up tonight. I thought the Hawk depth was doing to be the difference, I am suprised that the top line was shut down so completely.
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R-wing fanatics trying to get traction
QUOTE (lostfan @ May 31, 2010 -> 10:33 AM) I mean, they are making it sound like he blew off Memorial Day entirely. yep, silly isn't it?