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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 20, 2010 -> 06:33 PM) ...bonus check please come soon! Maybe you're getting a one-year membership to the jelly of the month club.

Quizno's because of those horrible singing rat-like things they had a few years ago. Whatever insurance company that "Flo" works for. She's incredibly annoying.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) Reinsdorf has a long and storied habit of presiding over some pretty terrible ad campaigns. I did like the AJ/Buehrle commercial last year though. That was a nice change of pace. And the original grinder rules was innovative. IIRC, the Grinder Rules were the idea of an advertising company that they no longer work with. Someone from the company (owner?) posted on WSI for a little while.

I missed the last 3 episodes of SOA and just figured I would catch them on the website. The site only has the first 3 episodes of the season.

I want to find a cure for the common cold.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) I have AT&T for my home phone (which I hardly ever use and not sure why I keep) and internet. I've had all sorts of trouble with my internet connection over the years but I'm not sure it's been their fault most of the time. We had a modem go out on us but I think it was in part to my cat chewing on the power cord. We got another modem but a few years later when we got a new computer with Windows 7 we had to get yet another modem. We were told that the one we had didn't play nice with Windows 7. Here lately we haven't been able to connect at all and the lights on the modem have been flashing like a damn Christmas tree. They sent a guy out to check out all the lines and everything and it turned out some setting on our computer somehow got changed. I'm wondering if we have something on our computer that is changing it. It wouldn't be the first time. We had a windows update screw up our connection before as well. When you call the help desk if you can get to the second level of tech support (the guys that are in this country and actually know what they are doing instead of the guy in India reading a script off a screen) they are actually pretty good. We would switch to Comcast but once their 12-month introductory offer expires, they'd be more expensive. Since I've posted this we've had an on again/off again connection the past week. We called customer service numerous times and their stock answer is "there's an outage". Funny that our phone still works though. They are finally sending someone out to look at it. Again.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 10:09 AM) I always thought it was a world-is-flat sort of belief in the scientific community that all life must be carbon-based. Just because that is what we know, that doesn't mean a damn thing about what other things could exist somewhere else. It may make those things probable, but to write off anything else entirely just seemed ignorant to me. So if we ever do find intelligent life it probably won't look like what we saw on old star-trek episodes then huh?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 09:25 AM) Yes, which is why there is still a good market for programmers in languages like that. You would think so. I kept my first job for as long as I did simply because I couldn't find another one. All the openings I saw were for newer programming languages. I got my current job through a word-of-mouth from one of my ex co-workers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 09:00 AM) I can't speak to Comcast...but I'd also add that AT&T thoroughly sucks as well. I have AT&T for my home phone (which I hardly ever use and not sure why I keep) and internet. I've had all sorts of trouble with my internet connection over the years but I'm not sure it's been their fault most of the time. We had a modem go out on us but I think it was in part to my cat chewing on the power cord. We got another modem but a few years later when we got a new computer with Windows 7 we had to get yet another modem. We were told that the one we had didn't play nice with Windows 7. Here lately we haven't been able to connect at all and the lights on the modem have been flashing like a damn Christmas tree. They sent a guy out to check out all the lines and everything and it turned out some setting on our computer somehow got changed. I'm wondering if we have something on our computer that is changing it. It wouldn't be the first time. We had a windows update screw up our connection before as well. When you call the help desk if you can get to the second level of tech support (the guys that are in this country and actually know what they are doing instead of the guy in India reading a script off a screen) they are actually pretty good. We would switch to Comcast but once their 12-month introductory offer expires, they'd be more expensive.

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 12:04 PM) I went last winter without a snowblower, and my back did not like that too much. Plus, I have a corner house with a drive way (although it's not too big, maybe 10-15 feet), so there is a little more to do now than I ever had to deal with when living with my parents. So, what do you guys recommend? I almost bought a Craftsman on Friday, but the reviews were iffy, so I passed. After asking around, looks like a lot of people really like Toro. Also, is it worth the extra money to get the Dual stage, or would a Single Stage suffice? I’ve got a single-stage Toro that I got for free because one of my parent’s neighbors was just going to throw it out. It works ok up to about 6 or 7 inches of snow on a smooth surface. Anything more than that it has trouble with. It doesn’t work real well on gravel either. If the snow is real heavy and wet it tends to clog up sometimes too. On the other hand, a 2-stage is going to probably cost at least double what a single-stage would. Plus it takes up more room for storage and is a little more difficult to maneuver.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 09:04 AM) So, we have a pre-lite tree that goes together in three parts.... the top third wont light up... D'OH!! We had a tree just like that. We finally ended up taking all the lights off of it. Having a pre-lit tree sounds nice at first...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 02:11 PM) Financial companies typically only move to fancier technology when it gives them a specific edge - they won't just employ new tech because its cool. If it works, especially for back and middle office systems where stability is key, they'll stick with it. The problem is that when all the programmers that actually know the older languages start retiring there aren't many younger programmers to take over because they don't teach the older languages much anymore. I got my current job because I'm only 33 and have been programming in Cobol for the last 12 years. I also know a little RPG and even assembler. I think I was one of the last group of people to actually take those classes in college.

We cut down our tree on Sunday and it's standing in our living room but it's not decorated yet. We may be putting 1 or 2 other trees up as well. One will be a small black tree with all my Sox ornaments on it.

Dear Illinois winters, I hate you and I would leave you if I could. Sincerely, Counting the days until spring.

Dear idiot driving 5MPH under the speed limit in the left lane, MOVE THE HELL OVER! Sincerely, the 20 drivers that were forced to pass you on the right.

QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 26, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) I dislike Chase. I have my savings there but my wife and I checking account is with Bank of America. Now those guys I love. There ATM's are more advanced IMO and way more freindly staff. Plus we opened a "keep the change" savings account there. Every time we use our debit, if there is any change left over til the next dollar it goes directly into the savings account and they match it for the first three months. And then they match 5% after that. But its money we dont miss and it accumulates really quickly. We just recently opened a Chase account simply because they have branches in both Rockford and Chicago. We love their ATMs because we've never had one that we could deposit checks into before. I've never had to pay any fees for anything either.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Nov 27, 2010 -> 01:55 PM) I think part of the problem is that she is a first time dog owner and got a massively expensive pug puppy (which, frankly, pisses me off as the owner of two rescues). She did basically no research into the breed (and if she had she would find that they are impossible to train, difficult to housebreak and a walking health problem). And, judging from the dogs behavior, she does no training with it. Ugh. I feel so dumb for saying I would do this. But I think, generally, when you ask someone a favor like this it is implicit that the dog is housebroken and knows basic manners. I am not saying my dogs are perfect--but they are housebroken and understand house rules. I just feel so bad for my poor monster dogs. The big dumb lab mix is absolutely traumatized. I am just hoping that the reason the dog is eating its business ISN'T because it has worms. Because if it gives my girls worms I am going to have someone's head. Lack of training and house-breaking is usually on the owner, not the dog. Pugs are actually pretty smart.

Looks like it touched down in Caledonia. They just had a tornado go through a few years ago that destroyed Edward's Apple Orchard.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 22, 2010 -> 12:57 PM) Thats pretty much a calendar function on any smart phone. I don't even have a smart phone and mine can do what he's describing as well.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 05:04 PM) I know alot of people are saying Schaumburg, but you would have to put a new stadium in Naperville, its the second largest city in the state. You could put it off of Rt 59 somewhere. Actually it's 4th behind Rockford and Aurora. Might even be behind Joliet too.

From a 2008 interview

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 03:39 PM) Doesn't matter, the Sox don't own the stadium. ISFA does, a state agency. I know this has been discussed either here or at WSI but I think JR is on record as saying that he would not let the Cubs play at USCF. Also, I believe the Sox own the parking lots.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 01:49 PM) They would have to play their games at the Cell most likely. They'd have to convince JR first.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 01:25 PM) Check out two trailers for Family Guy's Return Of The Jedi parody, It's A Trap! I've got all the seasons on DVD but I hope they release this as a 3-pack with the other two. I've held off buying them while waiting for this last one to finally come out.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 08:03 AM) I've only been to Wrigley 4 or 5 times, including for the Winter Classic. I can say, however, that the park is a dump. It has a ton of history, and the location is great, but I agree that a new modren park could be built there and it would be fine. I'm not a Cubs fan, so I'm not going to pretend to know how they would react. But imagine a ballpark like PNC Park on that site. A beautiful, fan-friendly park would win over most baseball fans. You'd still have the neighborhood and you'd have a nice ballpark in which to watch a game. That's the problem with the Cubs though. If the stadium was just filled with baseball fans, they'd probably only average 20,000 a game. They fill up the rest of the stadium with "Wrigley" fans and busloads of people from Iowa.