Texsox

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2008 -> 07:09 AM) I'd like make an honorable mention for my favorite, Icehouse! Icehouse= worse beer hangover ever. I can't even look at the label

QUOTE (NUKE @ Apr 23, 2008 -> 07:21 AM) What if the blind person WAS one of the idiots talking on his cell phone? Toss in a Starbucks double expresso and "driving" his dog with his knee, and he should get hit.

Both have got to stay in until mathematically eliminated. But even then, pledged is not the same as legally bound, if I understand it correctly. I think I have been saying for six months is goes to the convention. Which I am really looking forward to. This convention will be the most watched in history.

QUOTE (NUKE @ Apr 23, 2008 -> 08:03 AM) I don't have research to back me up on this but I will bet you my last nickel that blind people get hit by vehicles far less than idiots on cell phones or people who just never learned to look both ways before they cross the street. The theory is, with quiet hybrids, then blind people could be hit as often as those idiots talking on their cell phones.

I have to share this story involving a buddy of mine. He lives in a rural part of Texas on a ten acre ranch. Nice home, well constructed. A gentleman ranch if you will. Room for a couple horses that sort of thing. A couple nights ago his wife and daughter fell asleep in his bed and not wanting to wake them he decided to sleep in the spare room. As he flipped on the light he noticed a stuffed animal on a file cabinet they keep in that room. Half asleep, he starts to wonder when his wife bought a stuffed snake for their daughter. As his eyes adjusted to the light, the realization that he had a live, honest to goodness, tool of the devil, serpent, coiled at "belt buckle" level in his spare room. Further making this interesting was the lovely diamond pattern of the snake. Rattlesnakes are common in south Texas ranch land, just not inside a nice home. Somewhere there is some snake loving herpetologist who would just have gone to sleep and let the snake show itself out the door. If you are one of those people, stop reading now, the rest will make you cry. At this point in the story I paused my friend and asked "what was in the file cabinet?" He asked "why the hell would you care?" I replied "well I want to know what was going to be destroyed by the shotgun blast!" Anyhow, not being a snake loving herpetologist with herpetologist tools, he was poorly equipped to deal with this issue, so he headed to the kitchen for a weapon. Now I should digress for a moment. He is not a native Texan, but looks the part. In fact, this Canadian looks more the Texas cowboy than most Texas cowboys. He did have presence of mind to grab his camera while getting an 8" chef's knife. If he was a true, dyed in the wool, Texas, he would have also grabbed a beer. And living on the border, if he was true Texican, he would also also fired up the BBQ for that snake. But, back to the story. As he reenters the room, he is thinking, 8" knife, three foot long snake. I'm going to have to get closer than I want. But lucky for him, the snake decided to get down and get closer. Acting quickly before the snake maneuvered into an impossible to get at corner, he took a couple quick steps and plunged the blade behind the snakes head, cleanly killing it with one cut. That's when the glass breakage sensors on his security system kicked in and started the sirens. That's when blood began gushing from the snake as the snake continued death reflexes pumping blood everywhere. Rushing to the security system pad to silence the alarm, he was met by his wife who was very interested in her husband holding a bloody chef's knife, with the security system blaring. "What the hell is happening?" "I just killed something!" "What?" "I just killed something!" "What???" (women can be sooo slow) "In the spare room" As they reenter the spare room, the now headless snake is still wiggling, blood is pooling up, and thoughts begin to occur like "where are the other snakes" and "will they come after us" and of course, "who is going to clean up this mess" So he begins the process of cleaning the room while she tries to fall back asleep with their now awake daughter who wonders why she cannot be in the room with mom and dad. As he's cleaning the room, and carefully scanning the entire house looking for other snakes he notices that this one does not have rattles and was probably harmless enough. He cleans the blood, puts back the knife and goes to bed. Gets up, grabs knife, places it on nightstand. Feels something under covers, leaps out of bed, throws off comforter Remember hiding place overlooked, checks that Feels something under covers, leaps out of bed, throws off comforter Realizes, if they can reach the file cabinet, can reach the bed Feels something under covers, leaps out of bed, throws off comforter Cancels Snakes On A Plane from Netflix queue Gets about three hours sleep and begins to search for entry point Searching the outside of his home, he discovers his dryer vent is stuck open. Peering inside he learns the hose connecting the dryer to the vent is disconnected. So he reconnects, using much larger screws, getting it extra tight. Now I'm thinking about the snake coming in the dryer vent. What happens if that hose did not fall off, would it stay in the dryer? Would a snake appear as I am removing the lint screen!!!! Damn him, I'm having someone else do my laundry.

Back in the day it was Stroh's Pounders in the returnable bottles. Now, Red Neck, White Sox, and Blue Ribbon Actually I have noticed I am drinking less, but higher quality. I probably spend the same but I'm not hung over nearly as often. I now fear the hangover. I also have a hangover, but let's keep my gut out of this.

QUOTE (KipWellsFan @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 09:26 PM) That would be bulls***. The frontrunner should not finish 10 points behind. Reagan lost a state or two in the general. Of course he was moer like the "only runner", not just a front runner.

QUOTE (NUKE @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 06:18 PM) I think people need to quit being so damned hypersensitive. When people whine and cry about someone getting a little fun poked at them it makes whoever is doing the whining look like a big pussy. It depends on the environment. If you are trying to attract customers, you may not want to offend your customer base.

QUOTE (Steff @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 10:13 PM) http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb Great article. I can't believe they do not do that in house.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 02:42 PM) unfortunately some people dont read the fine print But when they go in to vote, they will see a real ballot with all the choices. These sample ballots are always printed up by candidates.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 02:31 PM) Are you referring to this? Look at the bottom. This is someone's campaign piece. Instructions to vote yes on the questions etc. The Paid for on the bottom. This is not the official ballot. People are confused.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 02:27 PM) Just read the comments, the claim is garbage. This claim arose around noon Eastern, but no photos of bad ballots have yet to surface, only photos of campaign literature that looks like a ballot and instructs people how to vote for particular candidates. It's nothing. It's nothing, unless a campaign can make it something. How many nothings, become somethings, with the right group spinning away? /damn, where is my lapel pin

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 03:19 PM) I just want to know what genius thought having both teams in Chicago this many times in April was a good idea. Because so much of the fan base overlaps It is stupid, but I have to laugh. The Cubs could be playing on the northside of Racine for all the Southside cares

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 03:20 PM) At this point, I certainly don't see any reason why we should panic about this. It's an election, it's a complicated thing, especially for the companies building the voting machines. It'd be nice if it was error-free, but there were bound to be a few that cropped up here or there. Show me something that suggests a few tens of thousands of people might have had their votes screwed with, or don't bother. "Some voters" doesn't cut it. Actually it is amazing we get it right as much as we do. Imagine even a .5% error rate would number in the tens of thousands, and it never gets that bad. But I am certain it was Clinton and her people.

QUOTE (DBAH0 @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 09:19 AM) I'll one up you. Happy Birthday Jason!!! excellent!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 02:47 PM) they would have to register before hand, 30 days before the election I believe. you can't just walk in and be like "I'm a Democrat now!" on the day of the election in Penn. Thank you. I believe it more states did this, a better case could be made to eliminate the so called super delegates.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 01:27 PM) i'm sure that 1/20th of 1% of the primary voters, who are Republicans and went to the trouble of registering Dem just to vote for Hillary Clinton, is going to make the difference. I wonder what system they have to "register" if it is "trouble". IN Illinois and Texas, it is a matter of announcing which ballot you want. Same effort all around. Do you have to fill something out in advance, or take another step in Penn?

QUOTE (max power @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 07:43 AM) He might say he is, but it appears his agent is saying not to bother. Since joe employs his agent too handle that specific matter, what is the difference? I don't see how you can say your open, then have your agent say you are not. So yes, if he continues to employ boras, he is full of s***. PS, that sentence doesn't qualify as a double negative. "Misconception" could be replaced with "wrong idea". OK, they are open to talks with every team in baseball except maybe one.

Linked Here And it actually makes sense after you know why.

Damn, I forgot Pt&A it should have been on my list. Hell I only mentioned like 7

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology....html?series=53

It's going to the convention.

I'd post om soxtalk . . . and hope SS wasn't in the show.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 12:18 PM) Again...only one ranking matters. Last...team...standing.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 11:09 AM) No, you're completely right. Rbi and runs are completely independent of what your teammates do, it really isolates a player's contribution. It's like how wins are the best stat to go by when judging pitchers, because the point of playing is to win games. Totally. Fixed that for the sarcasm impaired