Texsox

Y'all notice how many are in Kap's neck of the woods? It seems that the Greater Dallas area must be pretty awesome.

They lost today, I hate every f***ing one of them

Kind of reminds me of Jordan in a Washington Wizards uniform.

Somewhere William Clinton eating breakfast and hears they lifted the Presidential ban on offshore drilling . . . . . . honey now that the primary is over, the University invited me to take a cruise with their coeds, I think I'll go . . .

Election fodder. Zzzzzzzzzzzz

There are guys in the hall that were spectacular for 5 or 6 seasons. There are guys that were excellent for many, many years. I see him having a chance based on the mood of the hall voters and the fact he's a good guy to the media. They will, barring changes, be looking for reason to open the door. I also see him as being a veterans committee selection.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jul 16, 2008 -> 11:05 AM) $3.89 at the Valero Gas Station in Luling TX. $3.99 @ Hwy 183 and FM 812 in Austin, SE side. A friend of mine is the Methodist Pastor in Schulenberg, just up the road.

I paid $3.89 yesterday on South Padre Island, TX.

I think we are overlooking that Congressmen have staffs of very well qualified individuals who can help them to understand. Looking over the personal wealth of most of our elected officials, I believe they have the resources and intelligence to understand. We ask our officials to govern on *everything*. I am not saying they are the most approriate or not, I do not have the background to say, but I have worked with several Senators and Congressmen staffs and they hire the resources they need. I have not been to impressed with self regulation. Especially if the reason is the subject is just too complex for anyone outside of the group to understand. If they cannot explain it in a manner that intelligent college grads with economic degrees who work as staffers, and the officials we are very successful in their careers can understand, then the so called experts probably do not understand it either. Again, I'm not disagreeing that congress is or is not the best tool to use, I just happen to disagree with this reason. /carry on.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 16, 2008 -> 10:22 AM) Recognizing bad fundamentals and a failing business = predicting outcome of the Dow? I think both have their accurate point. Some of the biggest advances have come from what would have been considered, or where considered, bad fundementals. IIRC, when ISPs went to "all you can consume for $19.95, they were expected to fail, and fail quickly. They didn't. But it is true, I cannot recall a business model that involves taking on poor credit risks, and charging enough interest to cover the bad, that has worked (legally). When proper business tries to cut in on loan sharking, they do so without some of the benefits that the non regulation, neighborhood loan shark has. Your need for knee caps. As far as elected leaders speaking out. If they yell from the beginning, they are alarmists, trying to score political points, etc. When they wait too long, they are in the pockets of certain groups. This is not an exact science, and I cannot be too worried about his entire history of comments on this subject. It certainly seems as if his interest and rhetoric has matched the general populations. Whether or not he is setting the pace, or following, is unclear. But no doubt we have a problem. People living beyond their means, and not properly planning for the future has been a societal problem for decades. Dating back to at least Reagan. (and I use him as an historical yardstick). We had a terrible economy and people could not have the things that Madison Avenue was selling on TV. Once the economy improved, consumption felt good, we were raised to believe success was a Lincoln, a larger and larger home, bigger vacations, silver, gold, and platinum cards. It was never having enough saved for a comfortable retirement, a rainy day.

I guess this is where I am confused, if everyone knew about it, then what did he report that was so damaging? And if everyone didn't know, where is his greater responsibility? To the individual investors and voters who elected him, or the banks which contributed (assumption) to his campaign?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 14, 2008 -> 04:09 PM) Sure, after the press conference people will know who you are, but if you move a few states away, nooone will remember you. Unless you buy that $100 million mansion on the hill, etc. And there are ways to hide yourself legally that cost less than sharing $60 million with other people. As for the relatives, you set up the ones you want right away, and then disappear. I CAN say no, and WILL say no, if the opportunity ever arises. And I'll be there every step of the way to help make that happen for you, buddy.

7 3/8 Is it Christmas?

I'm not totally clear, if he had not blown the whistle so to speak, is it possible people would have continued to invest and possibly lost money? It would seem a Senator would have an ethical obligation to point this out. From only a couple articles I read, IndyMac was in serious trouble and if the Senator didn't say something, and it was known he knew and kept quiet, the same author would have slammed him for being in cahoots with IndyMac. I'd like to read a slightly less biased report.

Brave little girl. I wonder if she will ever be able to walk into that bedroom again.

Ka-ching. How much will this cost every taxpayer in America. Savings and Loans Part 2.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 11:18 AM) Virtual drinks? Oh hell no! ... You'd be flying me into South Padre Island and ahowing me a damn good time. At least, you better! Hell no, sky box at Yankee stadium and we all moon Steinbrenner. Bail and the lawyers are on me Seriously there would be a Soxtalk party involved somewhere. It would be a real party with inflatable chicks and everything

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 12, 2008 -> 10:34 AM) No way I'd want to win 300M. Life = ruined. I'd honestly rather win 1 million. You could do that and move on with life, and it would be a good life. What is funny or ironic I guess, is basically it would allow me to retire, and at my age retirement would be hiking every long trail in the US and perhaps living aboard a sailboat. So winning lotto would allow me to lower my living expenses to a backpack, some boot, ramen noodles and a packet of tuna. I'm guessing you would be in the minority that could win that big and still stay grounded.

First off, no way to keep it private for very long. So you just have to deal with that. I'd make certain my parents and kids were taken care of. I'd buy a round of virtual drinks for my virtual friends A 45' ish sailboat, something I could single hand or made easier with one other Crew member. Adios for a couple years.

I've been noticing lately that a lot of people around my age die. RIP

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 11:11 AM) Pickle was a classic game. I used to PWN NOOBs at that all day long. Do you mean monkey in the middle or running bases?

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 09:42 AM) I think the expression was supposed to be "All-eee All-eee All in free" ... but it got corrupted to Ocean free and Oxen free where I grew up because kids just said things like that when they weren't sure what to say. Smarty pants. QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 11:07 AM) That was a pain because the ball would richochet all over the place when it hit the corners of the steps. We played a game where we bounced a big playground ball off the steps and ran the bases. My house was on a hill and the ball could go a long way. Running the bases was a challenge with the hill. We had a line where the ball had to go past on the fly.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 11, 2008 -> 09:08 AM) We had a kid on the block who either got stuck being It and we'd all pretend to hide but would really just leave and let him keep looking, or if he was a hider, we'd all pretend to be hiding or seeking but would just take off and let him keep hiding to think he had a really sweet spot. To the kid's credit, he would hole up and hide for a good hour or so before popping his head out. "Guys. . . hey, Guys. . . ?" Wow, were we a-holes or what? That's basically how I babysat as a teenager. Let's play hide and don't seek, I'll start counting 1 . . . 2 . . . 3

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 10, 2008 -> 11:49 PM) Wow, that is it's own thread right there. I have had debates with adults who grew up all over the country about how certain games were played and what the different game details were. It's amazing how many state and even neighborhood variants there were for games like Ghost in the Graveyard and Kick the Can. The name of the safe spot is one example. Was it base, home, home base, goal?? for whatever reason, in my little corner of the south side, it was pronounced "gool" or "ghoul". I never had to think about how to spell it, but that's what it was. Then the details of being safe on gool. Could you stay there forever or was there some sort of limit? Our limit was the "It" person reciting the ever-popular "one, two three, get off my father's apple tree." My cracker-ass Florida wife thinks I just make this up, but I thell her that's how you play the game. Sometimes if you couldn't get all the way to gool, but someone was already there you could still be safe by grabbing to them, 'cuz, you know, "electricity!" And the biggest controversy of all - when the "It" person gives up on finding everybody or it was time to go in fo the night. . . Cracker Wife says sou had to call out "all the all the oxen free!" While I admit that makes more sense, she's flat out wrong. You called out "Oly Oly Ocean Free," which is meaningless gibberish, but I'm sorry that's the way it's done. Sometimes to add a little flourish, you could also go with "Oly Oly Ocean Free Free Freee. . . last one out is a P - I - G!!" Yeah, 10-15 kids all up and down the block playing kick the can, lightning bugs flickering here and there, was awesome. We absolutely lived for summer growing up. I love black and white memories of a long ago time great story. And of course, your wife is right, because, well, because wives are always right, even when they are soooo wrong.

My fav capture the flag moment. The kids in my troop were playing against another group. A couple of our guys found their hiding spot and saw the one kid who was guarding the flag. One of the kids starting running down the trail screaming bees! bees!. Their guy took off running, we grabbed the flag, and won. The playing field was a large Scout camp and finding the flag took almost two hours.