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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 13, 2013 -> 03:42 PM) ...or I could illegally download them for free and throw them on my tablet. I guess you could do that as well, I felt like rewarding Kirkman for promoting the compendium's though.

Read the graphic novels, the 2nd compendium is out now so it's cheap to read them. I don't miss the show at all because I got great entertainment out of the graphic novels.

Here's to hoping they accept!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 11:13 AM) You should have tried to leverage it into $20 or $50. EDIT: Oh, but not easier than the $10 I made last year. A's fan predicted Manny Ramirez would lead the league in doubles, knowing full well he was suspended. I gave him 10:1 odds at $10 that it wouldn't happen. If he wasn't my manager I would've tried that haha.

On a side not, I bet my manager that Bourn would make over $8m per year, easiest $5 I've ever made.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 10, 2013 -> 07:17 PM) Just get to 20 wins and its a lock. They could realistically finish 9-9 in BIG play, that would be huge.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 11:09 AM) DJ was making them all nervous. Yea you can see DJ calling for the ball there, and Indiana swarming him in that corner.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 09:34 AM) I was referring to Indiana's schedule Ha, did not read that correctly at all then. The shirtless guy that is the first on the floor is a good friend of mine, makes this gif hilarious to me.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 09:12 AM) Yeah, they were really front loaded with the crap games on the road, good games at home in the first half, and then the opposite the second half. We'll see how good they really are in the next few weeks. I think if Illinois can get to 6 wins, and win a game in the tournament they'd be in no question. Those 4 wins are huge, and they don't have a lot of "bad" losses. The committee chairman last night basically said conference record doesn't matter. Beat the lower tier teams and try to steal one of those other games and there's no question they're in. I don't think anyone expected Illinois to run that first part of the sched, but the Purdue and NW games were killer.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 08:47 AM) Illinois has four wins against the AP top 14. I wouldn't be surprised if they were the only team to have accomplished that this year. Also RPI of 32. They have @Minn, Pur, @NW, PSU, @Mich, Neb, @Iowa and @OSU. Win the five easy ones, lose the three tough ones and you are at 6-10 in Conference Play with a tournament-worthy RPI. 7-9 is a safe tourney team from the Big 10. 6-10 probably means a two-game run in the BTT is needed. Should be interested. No idea what to expect. Probably will lose at home to PSU and win at Michigan knowing them You're missing two games in each of those, they currently have 3 wins in BTC, so 5 more would be 8 wins.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 7, 2013 -> 08:18 PM) If they go 7-11 in the Big 10, do they make it? If they snag a win or two in the BTT I think they do, a first round loss in the BTT with only 7 conf wins won't be enough imo.

vs. Purdue @ NW vs. PSU vs. NEB @ Iowa Win those games and they should be in the tourney.

HOLY s***

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Feb 7, 2013 -> 06:49 PM) I never even thought of emailing dealerships for quotes, thanks for all the info and tips. Although I used to work inventory at carmax and have no desire to ever get a car from them and Mazda's just don't seem like a right fit except the rx7 or whatever which was discontinued . When emailing a dealership for a quote should I just plain ask for a price or should I say a friend got 3k off sticker price or something and asking if they could do better or match? Many times they have a request a quote option, I'd just do that. Also, as I mentioned earlier, if you know the car you want take advantage of carwoo.com's free trial, it contacts dealers on your behalf, and you can negotiate on their page, without the dealer ever getting your contact info. It's pretty sweet, I just wouldn't pay for it.

As mentioned, get a car loan offer from another bank just in case you don't get special rates from the dealer. Research online, alot. Find cars that fit your style and budget, don't have first looks at cars at a dealer's lot, there will be too much pressure. Look into things such as mechanical reliability, last thing you want to do is buy a cheaper car and pay more down the road. Once you've selected a car you really like, then request quotes online (you'll find the dealer that is actually willing to cut you a good deal easily that way), and if you have one model you love check out www.carwoo.com (your first vehicle search is free, and it's pretty awesome). Do your research on pricing from edmunds and kbb, know all the rebates available (including the ones the dealer may get). Check your company's partnerships as well, I found out that my company is part of perkspot, which offers deals with Ford (x-plan), VW ($500 below invoice on all models), Nissan/Infinity (Supplier pricing), GM, etc, all easy ways to save while cutting out a lot of the bargaining hassle. Also be aware that you may be able to get a used model cheaper, some brands have almost zero cash incentives (Honda, VW, etc) and you may be able to find a used model with the financing you received from a bank.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 05:42 PM) I wasn't defending it as better than Google maps, as a matter of fact, I outright said Google maps is better. What I did do, and still will do, is defend it against people saying its outright terrible, because it isn't. There are some things it does very well and some things it can do better, and will given time to expand it's data set. It's not as good as Google maps, but it's not nearly as bad as people were, and apparently still are, trying to say it was, and I maintain that stance. Also, I went with Chrome because I love Chrome/sharing tabs between my devices (and now I can use the nitro engine with it), and more or less, I'm using Google Maps out of spite at the moment. Not too mention, the previous version of google maps for the iphone was horrendous. The update app is pretty great now.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 05:01 PM) They have a lower administration % perhaps, but how is that money invested? Where does it go? Does it just sit in an account somewhere? Funny thing is, it's probably a lower return and higher fees than something like Vanguard's S&P 500 market fund (this is totally just a guess, Vanguard's fees are ridiculously low.).

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 01:02 PM) Breaking two girls hearts in a week. You can definitely say I've learned a valuble f***ing lesson. Lesson being don't cheat and expect to get a relationship out of it? Come on man, you knew what would happen going in.

QUOTE (juddling @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 04:33 AM) And the LA Angels are having their annual July/August meltdown......18-34 and counting. Went from 12 games over .500 to 4 under. Thankfully noone else in the division is doing any better..... The last place team in the AL East could be the 2nd place team in the AL West. I'm 17 games under .500 but only 5.5 games out of first.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 09:31 AM) I hit the point of no return last night. She invited me over and made a delicious dinner. We had dessert. We had wine. The rest is pretty self explanatory. I Dunn f***ed up now. You're now into territory of messing both up, how are you going to play it out?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 5, 2013 -> 01:59 PM) I'm not sure about that...it would take a hell of a lot of planned storage if that is the case. Wind and solar can literally stop at any second. If you've got a large percentage of your load served with an intermittent resource, you've got to be prepared to almost instantly replace that power with a conventional fuels resource. This means a modern natural gas plant, and it means a modern natural gas plant that is already online. A lot of work and money goes into keeping a modern natural gas plant running, even when it's at minimum capacity. Once you're already paying for the plant to be online, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to keep it at minimum loads and serve a significant percentage of your load with intermittent resources. There would be national security concerns with a vast dependence on solar as a primary energy source with that little of a backup (think the Matrix haha).

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 5, 2013 -> 11:23 AM) solar power is becoming a lot cheaper: http://blog.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/solar-...ot-cheaper-9232 That's great to see, how does that compare to other renewable sources and non-renewable resources?

I keep getting violation notices from IPASS, I've called in twice now to pay off the fees (I had some stupid error on my account, it was my fault so I paid it off). But even though I gave them the violation number, and paid off what their assistant on the phone said, they keep coming back with these larger fees. I have no idea what else to do, their website blows, and I can't seem to get a hold of somebody that can actually do something about this because I paid off what their system said I owed (which was like $30 in fines) but they keep mailing me fines of now $280.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 4, 2013 -> 10:41 AM) Depends on the kind of relationship you have with both...are you exclusive, or are you supposed to be exclusive? If not, date both...and say nothing to either. It sounded like it was exclusive. You are pretty much admitting to us and yourself that a new girl (that you don't even know that well) has shaken what you have with your current girlfriend. That should tell you a few things, such as how strong is that foundation to begin with. Now there's always going to be a few girls that catch your eye if your single, married, or whatever, but at the end of the day, are you happy with your current relationship and where it's going or not.