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QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 02:14 PM) Again, we don't know if Sale even knew about pitching on the jersey day at that time. I wouldn't think he would have looked that far ahead to see the promotional day. this seems more like couple of days before he pitched, he told the team what jersey he wanted and the clubhouse guy said he couldn't have that due to the promotion. It's possible he knew earlier but I doubt it. He knew in spring training that he didn't want to pitch in that uniform. The team must have had the promotion set long before that. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together and figure out who was going to be pitching that day. It's just a horrible lack of communication and planning all around.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 02:11 PM) Yes. If they had set it already, and guys had already adjusted their workout routines (such as when they throw on the side, etc) around it, yes that effects all of the starters who would have had to have moved because Sale didn't like the jersey. They knew about his concerns in Spring training. I think that might have given them enough time to plan the rotation.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) That is almost as silly. The Sox should have had to juggle their starting rotation because Chris Sale didn't like a jersey? Yeah, no. Wear the jersey dude. Juggle the rotation? It was completely reset after the break. It would've been as simple as switching Sale and Q's first starts after the break and this entire situation would've never even come up.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:29 PM) It would be interesting to know the discussions prior to that day. We'll never know of course but it would be interesting. We know that Sale had said that he didn't want to wear those jerseys on his day. We also know that management stuck to the promotional day activities. What we don't know is if he was offered or even asked for a switch of pitching days. This seems to be the only solution that would have worked. Regardless, the response by sale was inexcusable and deserved the punishment. Agreed.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:28 PM) Wouldn't that be letting a player walk all over you? What would be interesting is to see how the uniform fit Sale. They were ridiculous last year. If they were the same, and he being about as skinny as they come, I could see where it could be a problem. But altering a rotation because of uniform selection isn't going to score you points with the rest of the team. Not really. It would've been a simple request that could've been easily accommodated. Unless there were some other reasons where a certain pitcher HAD to pitch on a certain day after the AS break. Of course we'll never know.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 12:41 PM) If your boss tells you to wear something to work, you wear it. Period. OR you could be a decent boss and listen to arguably your best and most valuable employee's grievances and make plans to avoid a conflict. There are 4 other people who could've and likely should've been on the mound pitching that day. Considering it was only about a week after the AS break, it would've been really easy to accomplish.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 10:52 AM) Welcome to pro union Chicagoland. It's always the fault of the boss and management! I haven't seen anyone agreeing with what Sale did. It seems to be pretty universally accepted that Chris was wrong. But management definitely shoulders some of the blame here as well.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:26 PM) What is the compromise? It was a long term planned give away day. Of course you are wearing the jersey that day. Sale is an idiot to think otherwise. The compromise could've been as simple as starting him one day sooner after the AS break. Then his start in the rotation wouldn't have fallen on that day and this whole mess could've been avoided. They've known about this promotion since ST and they've known about Sale's objections to wearing the uniform for just as long. Steps to prevent the situation could've and should've been taken. That's absolutely on the FO and Robin. Sale handled the situation poorly and I do not condone his actions but it should've never gotten to that point either.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 20, 2016 -> 02:39 PM) Who's Chips? A banned poster from WSI. Haven't heard from him in years.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 19, 2016 -> 09:15 AM) I'm not entirely sure why this needed to be remade. The original holds up just fine. Except for that ending. The book's ending was 100X better. The book does have a connection to the Dark Tower series. With both movies being made so close to each other, I'm interested to see if they keep the connection in the movie.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 19, 2016 -> 08:47 AM) the more i hear, the less excited i get. And none of that has to do with Elba I wasn’t really at first, but I think now I understand what they are doing and why. The first book is really dull and slow. So to get people hooked into the story, they had to incorporate some of the stuff from the later books. They have 8 books worth of source material to use, so why not introduce some things earlier than when they were introduced in the books? It should set things up nicely for the few movies assuming this one does well. Also, he has his horn this time around. If you finished the last book, you’ll know what that means and how it changes everything. You can look at the movies as more of a sequel rather than a direct interpretation.

Here's the other Stephen King movie I'm looking foward to. First Look at Pennywise the Clown And the kids he will be terrifiying:

EW is doing a bunch of articles on the upcoming Dark Tower movie. Here's part 1. I know it's not going to be an exact interpretation of the books, but I'm still looking forward to this.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 18, 2016 -> 12:32 PM) Home Depot seems to have a dumb rule that if your flooring doesn't go all the way under a dishwasher, they won't install a new one. Cute. I had some friends that bought a new dishwasher and didn't get it installed for years because they would've had to either tear up the kitchen floor or their counter tops to even get the old one out. It wouldn't fit over the edge of the tile flooring they had. Had they put the flooring all the way under, they wouldn't have had that problem.

There are a ton of factors that go into your credit score. Debt vs. available credit. Length of credit history, late payments and even how many different types of credit you have (loans, major credit cards, store credit cards...) When you close an account it raises your debt vs available credit so it will ding your credit a little but you should be able to build it back up over time.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jul 18, 2016 -> 09:07 AM) This morning while buying my coffee and guy in his 20's had an apple juice in his hand and asked the check out person how much the juice was. The guy told him it was $2.36 so the dude asked him if he can have it for 2 bucks because that was all that he had. The check out person told him , sorry no. He looked back to me and was like do you have it and I said dont worry about I will take care of it, its no big deal. He didnt thank me and he instead then began to ask the check out person how much some of the other junk at the counter was so he can buy it with the 2 bucks that he did have. I was kind of pissed but really not sure I should have been. How would you have reacted if this happened to you. The more I think about it it shouldnt have bothered me at all. I might not have a problem giving the dude 36 cents but I'm sure as hell not going to buy him an entire bottle of apple juice while he spends his money on other junk.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 02:44 PM) I think any white that makes a big deal out of this alleged privilege thing is troubled. There's no way in hell I'm going to be bullied into saying I have privilege. You're right that you shouldn't be bullied into it, but there's nothing wrong with admitting it. Which is what that kid was doing with his poem. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 02:44 PM) f*** you to approach me in a library and call me priviliged. You seem really hung up on this one incident that happened months ago. Let it go. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 02:44 PM) I'm suspecting in 100-200 years everybody will be the same below the ultra rich business owners. there will be the 1 percent wealthy and everybody else with the same wages and the same benefits and the same cars and houses. is that what the privelege people want??? That's the weirdest prediction of the future I've ever read. But you're still confusing being born wealthy vs poor with being born white vs non-white. White privilege has almost nothing to do with wealth. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 05:45 PM) It is a touchy subject because of situations involving people like my friend. I see what you are saying. Even though my friend got dumped on his grandparents who didn't make any money and abused him and made him work for his keep starting in high school, getting jobs, giving him nothing, making him pay for his own college, etc., he does have the innate white privileges. That is: More likely to get hired, especially in a state like Kansas with so many whites; isn't gonna get harassed by the police, etc. Yes there is innate white privilege; of course there is. I think you'd have to be a red-neck asshole to not agree with the protestors there is white privilege. Now you're starting to get it. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 05:45 PM) At the same time, to me, it's something I would never acknowledge to a mob that wants me to flunk my English exam cause they are in my face in the college library wanting me to trash myself by screaming out I am white privilege. To any of the protestors it to me is a great topic to discuss 1 on 1. But you get some mob trying to make me do something like declare white privilege, f*** them all. Let it go. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 05:45 PM) I read that article and it's a good one. Yes there is white privilege benefiting those like my friend and the guy who wrote the article despite their being poor. I mean I'll sign a document saying I recognize white privilege if that's what the protestors want. You won't be bullied into saying it, but you'll sign a document? QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 05:45 PM) But I'm not going to let them intimidate me like I've done something wrong in merely existing. Issues like this make me wonder if the races will ever truly co-exist. I guarantee you there are asshole rich white business owners who would never hire an African American over a white. There are cops who will always be mean to blacks. So what's the solution? Part of the solution is getting more people to at least realize that it exists. Which seems to be happening more and more. QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 05:45 PM) It's not going around as a mob knocking on doors demanding the residents admit their white privilege. Seriously, let it go.

I'm sure there are others much more qualified to speak on this topic than me but from what I've read and understand, the white privilege they are talking about isn't so much about how much money you had or how much you had to eat or who paid for you to go to school. It's things that are much more intangible. Things like being able to walk down the street without being stopped by the police. Being able to drive without being pulled over for no reason. Being able to walk down the street and not see the woman and her kid cross the street so they don't have to pass so close. This article kind of explains it.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 09:03 AM) Im actually surprised it took this long. That plug n play Sega Genesis emulator has been out for a long time. Balloon Fight™ BUBBLE BOBBLE Castlevania™ Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest™ Donkey Kong™ Donkey Kong Jr. ™ DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE Dr. Mario™ Excitebike™ FINAL FANTASY® Galaga™ GHOSTS’N GOBLINS® GRADIUS™ Ice Climber™ Kid Icarus™ Kirby’s Adventure™ Mario Bros. ™ MEGA MAN® 2 Metroid™ NINJA GAIDEN PAC-MAN™ Punch-Out!! ™ Featuring Mr. Dream StarTropics™ SUPER C™ Super Mario Bros.™ Super Mario Bros. ™ 2 Super Mario Bros. ™ 3 TECMO BOWL The Legend of Zelda™ Zelda II: The Adventure of Link™ Did that many people get rid of their old consoles? I still have half that list as original cartridges in a box in my basement. I also still have a working original NES and a working top-load NES.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 06:36 PM) So any parents in here want to inform about how their kids' friends have been raised. Anybody have any kids 20 to 30? What is coming out of their mouths in regard to college and the working world? Do they assume they are going to make big bucks? Do they care either way? And commitment that we've read about. I was in more than 10 weddings for sure between 22 and 30. Are kids getting married? Give me an insight into what you are seeing in your world about Millenials and Xers at home and work please. For all the generalizations you have in your head about kids today, they really aren't that much different than we were at the same age. They want to go to college. They want to get a good job. They want to have a house and kids someday. Sure there are going to be those that expect everything handed to them on a platter. There will be others that live at home until they are 30 and never really do a whole lot with their lives. I had friends that were like that when I was that age too. They really aren't as different as you'd like to believe.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 08:55 PM) Woah, that's pretty crazy to me. As bmags said, I was taking typing when I was in Middle School too. I had my first computer class in 9th grade learning BASIC programming on an Apple IIe computer. But I didn't have a formal typing/keyboarding class until either 10th or 11th grade and it was an elective.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 12:04 PM) eh, from what my wife's seen teaching middle school for a little while now, these kids know how to "use" computers to go on facebook or play games or whatever, but they're not exactly tech-savvy. They can barely use word processors or even google, have a hard time negotiating basic computer functions, etc. It's not like in the 90's where you might have to spend a day or two messing around with buried config settings, physical hardware dip switches or jumpers etc. to get your favorite game to work right. I've noticed this as well. It seems like every other kid I talk to or hear about wants to "get into IT" but they have no idea what it actually entails. Many don't even realize there are different fields within IT. Hardware, software, programming, networking, systems analysis, mobile app development, web development, etc... My oldest is taking IT classes in college and I told her to try as many as she can and see what she likes the most. They are all different.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 11:10 AM) It kinda depends. My parents are def Baby Boomers and they're both over 65 but my brother and me are at the beginning of the Millennial scale. There's definitely some overlap depending on how you define the dates for each generation and when your parents, you and your kids were born. But it's not entirely wrong to say Gen X raised this current generation. Even the youngest of the Gen X'rs are pushing 40 now. A whole lot of us had kids in the 80's and 90's who are coming of age now.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) Parents boomers, I'm Gen X, but my kids are both 5 and under, so they're beyond Z or something. I think Gen Z is defined as being born in the mid 90's to mid late 2000's...as both my kids were born after 2010, I'm not sure they have a generational definition yet. Gen Z. Of course... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z#..._range_defining

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 12, 2016 -> 08:11 PM) He should be pulled then. This game still has merit. It would make more sense to change the game back to an exhibition like it was originally meant to be.