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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 08:11 AM) Because if they get it over with, the show will just move on to another plot device that you will whine about after every episode taking too long and cluttering up the show. Lori and Rick's relationship is a main element of the show, get over it. Spoiler for the graphic novel, related to this: So no matter what, Lori f***s with the story.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 04:42 PM) sarcastic

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 11:18 AM) Growler = something I can take home? I am near 3 Floyds Brewery. Very much so, it's just a larger bottle that is meant for parties and the such (typically around 64oz).

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 11:47 AM) Is it worth taking the train to Venice/Florence and back to Rome for the experience, or would that be like taking the Metra from Union Station to Schaumburg (i.e, boring). I didn't take the train in Italy, that was actually my high school trip and we took a bus. But I will say the countryside in Italy is gorgeous as well, so I imagine the train would be a good idea.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 10:45 AM) Made some $$ yesterday moving boxes at my moms work...do 40 oz of craft beers exist? I don't wanna spend too much but I wanna drink a little for the Bears game/Raw. For most liquor stores, no, but you should be able to find 24oz bottles of some local brews in the fridge section. That said, if you are near a local brewery you like, you can go there and get a growler.

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 10:24 AM) I always thought you couldn't make any trades before the World Series was over... Maybe it's just free agency I'm thinking of. The rules allow it, but MLB pretty much shuns it as it takes away attention from the WS/playoffs. They'd rather teams make trades afterwards so they can spread the publicity/excitement over the more slow times, rather in the middle of the biggest events.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 10:23 AM) Definitely watch out for fees if you fly Ryan Air. It's worse than flying a US airline, but man is it cheap. Don't fly RyanAir unless you absolutely have to. There are plenty of budget airlines that I had much better flights with, mainly EasyJet (Europe's Southwest essentially, though they charge for checked baggage). Also, 1 carry on per person, no matter the airline. So if you have a purse, that's your carryon, and they are VERY finicky about that no matter the airline (and it can be like $75 to carry on that extra purse plus luggage). Also, I know it's not really viable for most people, but if you can travel with one carry-on per person you'll save a ton of hassle/time/money. Just have your hostel/hotel wash youre clothes (most offer the service and it's typically cheap) when you need them washed. You won't waste your time checking/picking up luggage, it's easier to travel around the city without having to necessarily stop at the hotel first, and like I said, much cheaper. You can get a lot of flights for under 25 euro total, without checking baggage.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 10:05 AM) IPA's constitute most of my top favorite beers, I love a good Hefe here and there, but my favorite beer as of now has to be Ah, is it the weekend yet?? Great choice, my personal favorite style are those strong Belgian ales. I have a ton of recommendations for you if you like Westmalle, I was fortunate enough to live next to Belgium for a few months and I took full advantage of it.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 10:07 AM) My wife and I are debating this very same thing for next May - a few cities in Italy or a few in Spain. I'm leaning towards Italy to see the historical sites. You'll have to report back after your trip. You honestly can't go wrong with either trip. Also, feel free to checkout this site for cheap airtravel (watch out for baggage fees though): http://www.skyscanner.com/ I used it for every flight when booking my backpacking trip, gives you every airline essentially, with flex times and even shows you alternate times/routes for cheaper flights. If you decide to train it (which I recommend for the shorter travel), you most likely will have to buy tickets at the train station if it's just a domestic train. International train rides can be bought online typically, just fyi.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 21, 2012 -> 10:14 PM) All my beer snob buddies love IPA's, but the ones I've had are just okay for me. Very strong stuff IPAs are good, and can be excellent, but I honestly think they are overrated. That hop taste can be fantastic, but I also think beer snobs limit themselves on needing a crazy IBU to classify it as great. Most of my favorite beers have intense, but smoother flavors from ingredients other than hops.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 21, 2012 -> 10:15 PM) I REALLY want to go to Spain, especially now that I've rekindled my studies of the language. You would love it, seriously an amazing country, I wish I had more time to explore the countryside and smaller towns, but Barcelona was flat out amazing.

My travel buddy went to Prague, I'll ask him for recommendations, but I went to Vienna. Great city, definitely want to check out the palace that is there (large mansion with a huge garden area right in the city), and also get a walking tour. We had a great one that was advertised in our hostel. Also, make a day trip out to the vineyards just outside the city. My brother and I took a train out there for a few hours and saw one of the neighboring towns that was famous for it's wine, it was pretty damn good and the train ride out there was beautiful. They also had a large outdoor market with a bunch of food sellers among other things, and we had a fantastic lunch there while eating outside drinking beer. The public train system there is pretty nice, and some of the lines were elevated and went through some really nice parts of the city, I can't remember the specifics on that but I would honestly spend an hour or two sightseeing like that again.

And seriously, you have the same freakin talking points as Greg, there is way to much similarity between the two for it to not be A. Greg or Greg related person (family, friend) B. Some terrible prank by another poster, lurker

QUOTE (ron883 @ Oct 21, 2012 -> 03:01 PM) I don't know why I'm considered a troll. I'm not trying to be. I just think the amount of bad rep Ozzie gets on here is a bit much. Robin did well, but not that much better than how Ozzie did. Robin took a less talented team, with more rookies, and turned them into competitors. It's night and day in the differences between Ozzie's performance in 2011 and Robin's in 2012.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 20, 2012 -> 10:26 PM) John Farrell, new Red Sox manager. Pretty odd to see, Red Sox get Lind and Farrel, Blue Jays get Mike Avila.

Two Brothers' Oktoberfest is delish as well, I love that a local Costco carries their 24 bottle variety boxes for $24. If anyone is in southwest Michigan (Sawyer, IL, right off 94), there is Greenbush brewery. Stopped by there on my way up to see my brother (who is somewhat of a regular there) and it was fantastic.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 19, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) I'm sticking with it, but i don't know why. The first two episodes have been them re-hashing old ideas (but it's funny because they reference it so much!!), which means they're clearly out of ideas. The League, however, pulled no punches and was hilarious. "Yes, I can believe she just had a baby. Because I put it there. With my penis." Masturbating giant Andre penis was hilarious. Also, Taco picking everything up off the waiver wire. I have actually been annoyed the past few seasons with them rehashing old jokes, but this one was done brilliantly as it fit the original personalities of the characters, at least better than they have done in a longggg time.

Last night was one of my favorite Always Sunny episodes ever.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 19, 2012 -> 11:38 AM) I drank like mad and also abused X quite a few times in those days, too (though that was a monthly thing, I always kept things like that in check)...and after pulling all nighters I was fine after an hour or two of sleep and going into work the next morning -- only to rinse/repeat that same thing a few more times that week. It was more of a joke, but yea I've had a few extremely rough days after drinking when in college. Mostly because of what I was drinking (splitting a bag of Franzia with a friend while having shots of cheap Canadian whiskey, margerita flippy cup, and irish car bombs, and after party absinthe in one night - Around the world apartment crawl) would not agree with my head the next day.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 19, 2012 -> 10:52 AM) Hahah, yes, I remember those types of days... Since turning 35 (now 37), I don't drink like that anymore. I've learned how to turn it into a very casual 'hold the line' without getting drunk experience these days. I can have a few drinks and stop and that's it. Back in the day I never stopped ... and paid the next day. Remember your early 20's? When you could do that and there was no pay back the next day regardless? heh I don't know how you drank in your early 20's, there's still payback after I get rowdy.

I applaud the Sox for these changes, they literally are spot on with them. Lowered Parking Threw away dynamic pricing Lowered seat prices that weren't selling Kept seat prices that were selling relatively the same This sets them up to minimize risk (losing profits on already popular seats), while maximizing revenue out of seats that aren't in demand and getting people to the park to spend money on concessions, apparel, and parking. All while making themselves look like they are taking a hit and are complying to fan needs. Pure brilliance.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 17, 2012 -> 05:35 PM) So, tomorrow I have a phone interview for a job at Walt Disney World Good luck!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 18, 2012 -> 10:18 AM) Russ...the trio's of cities is exactly what I'm looking for. I'm leaning towards Rome/Venice/Florence (with a potential day trip or two somewhere in there) or Barcelona, Madrid, and Lisbon. Might come down to weather at either place during that time of year. How many days/nights would you recommend in each city? I recommend 3 nights per city to truly get to enjoy it, but since your trip is going to be 7 nights I'd recommend 3 Rome/2 Florence/2 Venice. Or 3 Barcelona/2 Madrid/2 Lisbon, I stayed in Barcelona and Lisbon 3 nights each and Barcelona is definitely better but Lisbon has some really nice sites as well (check out the castle overlooking the city, beautiful), and my buddy on my trip went to Madrid prior and said he liked Barcelona a lot more. Barcelona was maybe my favorite city, amazing nightlife, beautiful beaches, stunning architecture, it just had it all including a good vibe to it. If your good with walking, many cities have walking tours that will show you the most popular sites along with some lesser known places, and they are usually quite cheap. Wherever you go, I suggest looking up New Europe walking tours, they were the best, most consistent ones I went on.

Where to begin!! Between a high school trip to Italy and studying abroad in college, I've been to over 20 cities in Europe. These are my favorite (won't count Ireland or UK cities in this list for you): Barcelona Berlin Bruges Krakow Zurich Rome Venice It really depends on what youre looking for in this vacation, some of these locations have better history (Berlin, Krakow, Rome), while others are more breathtaking (Barcelona, Zurich - for the Alps), and then there are the romantic places (Bruges, Venice). For travel reasons, I would choose 3 cities in a somewhat close area and go from there (Bruges, Brussels, Amsterdam) (Rome, Venice, Florence) (Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon).

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 16, 2012 -> 11:07 PM) <!--quoteo(post=2716655:date=Oct 16, 2012 -> 12:20 PM:name=2nd_city_saint787)-->QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 16, 2012 -> 12:20 PM) <!--quotec-->Yes, being a security guard is what I wanna be. I don't have the money to go to college to be a sports journalist, I don't have the money to start my own restaurant, and right now I don't have the money to train to be a pro wrestler. Security, and potentially pro wrestling might be it for me and I'd be happy with that. I'm joining boxing classes, who knows maybe I have some potential there and can do security and box. Maybe next season I can get scouted for rugby, I was told I had potential by a guy who was indeed scouted and now is getting paid to play overseas. Like I said earlier, money doesnt buy me happiness. I've been poor all my life, so I've learned to be happy without all the finer things in life. I am what I am. If I can save enough money to start my own restaurant or food truck then great, thatd be awesome! If not I'm fine with that. And as far as p90x goes, you knew ahead of time I wasnt really interested, I just spur of the moment agreed. I wanna do some heavy lifting and get stacked like that rugby player i sent you. The boxing club I'm joining has a gym inside so I can do that, and use the boxing as my cardio. I'm a physical guy, boxing is something that will keep me into it. When I was working I still went bowling, I went to sox games, I did it all, was it still tainted? yes. but I still did it. I never said I wasn't, I just said it was tainted and would bring back memories. Once I start working and find someone to replace that hole, those feelings will be washed away....In the 2 years I haven't had that girl to fill that hole. I didn't quit coaching, I didnt have the money to continue. I don't have anyone helping me, anything I do I do it myself. you just proved my point. I said that people in your position tend to convince themselves they're happy with mediocre, even though - if they COULD - they'd rather be doing something else. Like opening a restaurant or a food truck. the "i don't have money" excuse is THE biggest excuse people make - that and "i don't have time" but guess what? it's still an excuse. Here's an example. Few years down the road, you've got a kid. That kid gets sick. Doctor says there's a cure, but it will cost you $4,000. If you don't get this cure, your kid's gonna die. So you're left with a choice: will you throw up your arms and say "oh well?" or will you do EVERYTHING YOU CAN to scrape together the money? Will you ask your family? Will you ask your friends? Will you hold a fundraiser? The answer is obvious. Of COURSE you'd do anything to get that $4,000. See? Money's an excuse. If you want something badly enough, there's a way to get it. Take a listen: That video has made me hate my body ever since I first saw it awhile ago