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QUOTE(Reddy @ Apr 5, 2008 -> 12:03 AM) Did you have to pay extra for her to wear the pirate costume? Worth it!

The nail that sticks out gets hammered, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The mods and admins around here receive all sorts of suggestions on how this forum, and specifically, the heart and soul, Pale Hose Talk, should be managed. All of those suggestions are reviewed and discussed. But it seems that we only receive comments from a small group of posters, and perhaps not so surprisingly, they tend to complain about each other and how the other is "ruining the board". So please take a moment and either post here, or send a PM to any of the mods or admins, about what makes this place good for you. Is there ever too much positive sunshine or too much negative rain? What kinds of posts add to the site, and what kinds of posts subtract from the site. What makes you come, and as importantly, what makes you leave. It is the start of a season, and we'd like to be certain we are serving the greatest number of posters.

I always felt that the Sox were very close to Cleveland and about even with the Tigers. Everyone added and subtracted this past off season. Plus, the difference between missing the playoffs and winning the WS is not that big a gulf that hard work and a few breaks cannot make it up. It appears that we're going to win today, and that makes a pitchers duel win and a offensive win this season.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 4, 2008 -> 11:32 AM) Name the Patriot.... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ope...3,0,92000.story To be fair, that just shows a couple things that people change. who the military allows to serve.

Brantly just went up a couple notches in my book. I have never been a fan of his, but that is gold,

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 11:31 PM) havent had a thread like this in a while. post your pimpest picture. For the last time, Soxy isn't going to provide material for you, surf the web like everyone else . . .

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 03:57 PM) No I won't vote for him, but I think there are a ton of people decided and undecided who would like to hear the answers to those questions. If they take those questions seriously, they won't decide in his favor, so don't lose any sleep over it.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 02:18 PM) I'm sorry, but I don't believe it should be swept under the rug like you do. I'm sorry this is blowing your mind...and that you think it's a joke or that you think it's bulls***. A good start on what I would want done is for Obama to answer some of those questions. So that you will vote for him? Most of the people that give an credence to those questions, have already formed their answers, and it will not make a difference what he says.

Too many factors to ever "prove" who is best. But a damn good argument can be made for Favre, and that is what really matters. Just being in the top 10 of everyone who has played the position is amazing, when a case can be made for greatest ever, and you look at the other names mentioned, that's pretty cool.

Wonderful game today. Even "watching" from CBS sportsline was exciting.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 12:09 PM) Did you know that Adam and Eve were actually the very first computer programmers?? Yep, Eve had an apple and Adam had a wang. We should have seen this comng. A thread about being behind the times, and we're discussing Apple

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 11:50 AM) Bring in Ricky Henderson to leadoff and Canseco to DH instead. Now that would be a show. Pull together an all-steroid team and sell two million tickets before they all are suspended.

QUOTE(Vance Law @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 10:41 AM) In all seriousness, if Thome went down with a season-ending injury, would Kenny pick up Bonds? Depends on what is needed at the time. If the team is in contention (ok I'm laughing too) then I'm not certain Bonds is the best option, but worth considering. If the team is out of contention, a sideshow to sell tickets could be just what the ball park needs, and I could see a call to Bonds.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 2, 2008 -> 10:40 PM) Oh s***! Now Copacabana is playing in my head. Thanks a lot, pal. His name was Rico, he wore a diamond He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there . . .

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 11:30 AM) If my ex was a computer, she would be very reliable and sought after. Like a good computer, she never went down. Like a Mac . . .

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 11:21 AM) I wonder what I could get for my Lisa? That your ex-wife?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 11:17 AM) I disagree. That is certainly fair. Would you call them evil? For the most part they led decent, law abiding lives until then.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 11:05 AM) That truly is sad for your "family member." If you want, I can send you some laserdiscs to make up for it. Maybe and Apple IIe. Sweet! That will be a nice upgrade to the Commodore Vic-20 the same family member lost via the same avenue. A mint, still in the box, unused, Vic 20 that recently sold on a large auction site for many. many times, the original price.

QUOTE(Vance Law @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 10:42 AM) That's a $60 million rotation. That's what we had the past few years.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 10:29 AM) I would take 5 Garlands over what we have now. I wouldn't go that far, but I would take three or four Garlands. I think five Garlands get you pretty damn close to a playoff spot.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 3, 2008 -> 10:14 AM) The only way to really watch Deep Throat as it was truly intended is on the ol' Betamax, Baby. Up in an attic at my folks' place in Chicago I still have 8-track versions of Hendrix' Smash Hits, Led Zeppelin II, Zappa's Over-Nite Sensation, Deep Purple's Made in Europe live album, Three Dog Night's Greatest Friggin' Hits, and the Grease and Jesus Christ Superstar soundtracks. The Zappa tape is one of a handful of commercial titled actually released in quadraphonic stereo, so it represents the nexus between two DOA dinosaur technologies and so of course I'm very proud of it. Mind if I smoke while you eat? classic baby My family tells a tragic tale from way back in the early eighties, before I was born. Seems a certain family member had an extensive collection of classic rock on 8-track tapes, and some not so classic 8-tracks that were received as gifts by well meaning, but ultimately tasteless relatives. During a garage sale, the family member reached into the crap box and tried selling a couple dozen crap disco stuff for $2.00 each to the unsuspecting public. His ever helpful mother, when these are not selling, (duh) takes boxes of his 8-tracks and begins selling them for .25 or 5/$1. In the end, that music collection of several hundred titles, was reduced to a handful of dirty, tattered, dollar bills that served little comfort. He never recovered, and to this day, whenever some vintage Head East or Jeff Beck is played, you can see the tears well in his eyes.

Happy Birthday !!

If you only enjoy baseball when you're team is winning or a front runner, you might as well be a Yankess fan, and they only win the WS about 25% of the time, with the Sox you have less than a 1% chance. I love watching Thome hit a couple homeruns, his arm extension just looks awesome to me. I like the personalities on this team. I wish I was back in Chicago more for games. I can spend an afternoon watching my college team play and have a great time, win or lose. I'm hoping Crede plays well, and that Fields has a chance to play, I think he's going to be great. So no matter what happens, I'm happy. Those that have taken up sides, like Hatfield and McCoys will only be happy if "their guy" is starting.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Apr 2, 2008 -> 11:12 AM) He had zero strikeouts and he was facing a young, aggressive batting order. Baseball Prospectus had a really interesting line on him, saying that 25% of his outs last year were lineouts. He's a league average pitcher and I'd bet some money he doesn't perform well this year at all. League average?! That does suck, considering most staffs have 5 guys better then league average.