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No one ever pays me in stars.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2010 -> 08:29 PM) Interesting reappearance of the reprogramming room. Going back to Jin's time with Dharma is definitely interesting, as they are bringing back the electromagneticism aspect.

QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Mar 30, 2010 -> 04:12 PM) Russ, our insurance company has been on board so far and have not been a problem...they just sent an advance on the house to get the construction company some money to get started...the hardest thing is to remember everything you had, and place it on a list...Then you have to set ages and prices to EVERYTHING on that list...the insurance co will go through that list item by item and keep a running total...They depreciate that total by age and cut you some money eventually...Then when you start to re-purchase items for your new house, they will re-pay you up to the initial value..EXAMPLE our couch was bought for 1,000 7 years ago...after claiming it, the insurance co may say its worth 300 now, so they give you the 300 now, and the 700 when you buy something new...if you buy something worth 2000 now, you only get it covered to 1000 so you would still only get the 700...upgrades on anything are your responsibility Problem was, it was the insurance company covering the move, not our family insurance company, and they werent as willing to help out as much. I am very happy to hear though that they seem to be treating your family with respect, because mine wasnt shown any and it really made the situation worse.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 30, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) White Sox, first class. How did your house burn down? What do you do when something like that happens? Where do you go? How do the kids go to school, etc? Do people step to the plate to help big time? How do you rebuild a wardrobe in a week? Good luck to you. Those are all questions you have to answer, and theyre tough, especially in my situation. We were moving back to Chicago from Ann Arbor, MI and we had my dad's company pay for a relocation company. They packed it up the day prior to moving it down (why I have no idea, maybe timing issues) so they had to keep the truck somewhere, and the driver decides that he could leave it in an open mall parking lot a few blocks from his house in Detroit. Yea, it got broken into and the burglars decided to torch it to hide evidence. In terms of people stepping up, the insurance companies were incredibly stingent and didnt want to give up anything for it initially except for the per pound insurance (the standard insurance on any move). We had to get an attorney to haggle with them and thought about threatening to sue but the attorney suggested against it (he said he would gladly take the case, but Michigan laws and judges were historically unfavorable to out situation, and its really hard to place value on something that has been used for years and their lawyers wouldve fought everything and wouldve taken years) so we finally settled for about $75,000 less than what was thought to be in the truck. This all after taking over a year to sell our house, which ended up selling for almost $200,000 less than we bought it for, not even including all the upgrades we put it. Fortunately, my dad was given a severance package that is paying for my college education and got a job soon enough after getting let go so they didnt lose much money there. I couldnt even imagine having small kids still in the household and trying to take care of them in a hotel room or something like that.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Mar 30, 2010 -> 03:45 PM) Quick poll, Kouzmanoff or Teahen? Kouz, only because you know your getting great defense at 3b. Both have similar OPS, so I go with the better D.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 05:43 PM) Wow, sorry about your loss, I've lost all of my possessions in a fire before and I know how devastating it can be. Would you be interested in the Buehrle perfect game poster that the Sox sent me? I too have lost everything in a fire. It sucks and I hope that your family can move on from the event over time. As much as those things are just "things," they are still important to you and are life changing to not have anymore. Its crazy to think of all the stuff you lose, original high school diploma, parents wedding albums, my baseball trophies, your favorite stuffed animal from when you were a kid, etc. I lost my parade edition White Sox World Series jacket in that fire too, totally sucked. My best wishes go out to your family, and I am continually impressed by the White Sox organization and their class.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) Why would it be surprising to anyone that it tastes great? I've never had it, but that's the first thing I thought when I first heard of it. I think theres no actual bacon meat in there, so I was concerned over what the flavor would be like.

I actually told my dad about this awhile ago and he said it sounds delicious, so it was a joke gift for him as part of Christmas last year. Ive tried it since and it was great to my surprise.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 07:13 PM) I say try and save another 500 if possible and put it in a CD. At about 1, 2k then I think mutual funds are a good bet. I'm trying to diversify right now. I chatted with 2K5 a few days ago and he suggested I get some metals (e.g. gold) and my other friend says gold has peaked and he's trying to short the euro, but I'm not trying to make fast money (although if I can do that it might be worth a try). I'm basically learning all this s*** as I go. Does anyone here own any gold? Hmm, I could probably do that, Ill have to check around online and see who has the best rates, Im taking from this thread that mint.com is a good source so when I am closer to having that extra money Ill look into it.

QUOTE (CubsSuck1 @ Mar 27, 2010 -> 05:45 PM) Where are you interning? Grainger in Lake Forest, Ill be working in their IT department.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 07:44 AM) Nice. I've gradually come to embrace Up Up and Away and Man on the Moon as my favorite songs on his last album. I cant wait for this concert tonight. $20 and a whole group of my Spring Break friends are going. Should be a lot of fun.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 23, 2010 -> 03:06 PM) Its relevant because you said we overpaid. You think that Getz and Fields was overpaying for Teahen? I would agree if he meant the contract extension given to Teahen was overpaying.

NOLA b****es

Going to a Kid Cudi concert on Wednesday down here in NOLA, cant wait.

Officially spring break, officially drunk. Leaving for NOLA tomorrow mornning, hope i cann wake up in time. Byt the way, bourbon/whiskey and coke is awesome, and even better when your with a hott ass girl.

QUOTE (Felix @ Mar 18, 2010 -> 09:13 PM) f*** you, Georgetown! Thanks for nothin Georgetown.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 18, 2010 -> 09:04 AM) Did you watch him on camera after OSU wont eh B10 tourney? They had to walk in another camera just to get him out of the frame. HIlarious. Haha yea the wink, stare, creepy look thing was hilarious.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 08:53 AM) Fighter of the night man? Beat ya to it if you watch my link

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 04:53 PM) Apparently OSU is so worried about Titus's injury that Pryor is going to replace him on the roster. Titus: "Calm the Michigan down." LOL I shouldve followed this guy more, every time I go read his blog it cracks me up.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 10:10 AM) You know, I tell people this all the time. For YEARS I hated Apple and everything about them. I grew up a Commodore kid, and eventually used the Amiga 500, 1200, 3000, etc...talk about a multitasking machine before anyone else knew what REAL multitasking was. In the mid 00's, I got fed up with Microsoft and their trash operating system and started looking for alternatives, Linux, etc...I finally bit the bullet when my friend who works at Apple got me an iMAC for 25% off (he still does this for me when I want stuff), and I have to say, OSX or Windows -- it's the BEST PC I've ever owned. And I'd venture to say I've owned more PC's and alternatives to PC's than almost anyone on this board. There is a chance that some of you actually helped pay for a few of them, too... Agreed in the sense in going from PC only to Mac. The only problem I have with Mac is playing games on them, most of them dont have the right type of hardware for them or I believe they arent compatible (I could totally be wrong on this, but I dont own a Mac computer). I used to think all Mac owners had to much money and had little computer knowledge so they bought into the fad of Macs. Wrong. They have such great software that overpowers PCs anyday of the week. My next computer/laptop will most likely be Mac.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 09:24 PM) The intro of Alive would be great as would the intro of Why Go. Dayman would be my #1 choice however. Day Man

Georgetown, West Virginia, Syracuse, Baylor. West Virginia, Syracuse. Syracuse. The South is so hard to choose because I dont like any team coming out of there, and the Midwest is hard because I like the top 3 teams there.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 15, 2010 -> 09:16 PM) Quite frankly, who cares what color their name implies. The black tops are sharp and have a nice modern look, the pinstripes are almost throw backs to '59 (minus the red trim, add names), and the grey's are pretty sweet looking too. And red or blue is a stupid idea, because of the 30 MLB teams, 23 have red or blue as one of their main colors. The remaining 7: White Sox (Black, White, Silver) Tigers (Black, White, Orange) Orioles (Black, White Orange) Giants (Black, White, Orange) Colorado Rockies (Black, White, Purple) Pirates (Black, White, Yellow) Athletics (Green, Yellow, White) So the Tigers, Orioles, and Giants all share the same color scheme... That leaves around 4 fairly unique color schemes, the Sox, Rockies, Pirates, Athletics. Leave it the way it is, I hate when all the teams colors begin to just be varying shades of a color. Yankees? When do they wear a color besides white, black, and gray? I know they have color in their yankee hat logo, but they dont use it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2010 -> 06:44 PM) Yeah I switched topics when I saw the price wasn't much more than a netbook. Seems like a decent deal, I am just wary of Compaq/HP. They are really bad with customer service, my gf has a HP laptop and it started having problems with what seemed like the OS (I wasnt there to help but thats what I gathered from it). Well, her uncle who works for HP tried to help her (hes not a tech guy per say, but used his connections to help). It still took a good few months to get the problem solved, and it took so long that she switched laptops with her Uncle so that she had a working one while he messed with the company to get it fixed.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2010 -> 06:31 PM) That's what bestbuy was for a similar Gateway this past weekend. Thats a notebook, essentially a laptop (~15 in screen). netbooks tend to max out at 10.1 in screens. Big difference in performance, usability, size, and price.