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Does anyone make a habit of exchanging coins at a Jewel or Dominicks for money in those coin-star machines? I did yesterday and was honestly ashamed of myself. It's just the whole experience of entering a crowded store with a tin can full of coins. Not to mention they rape you 9 cents for every dollar put in. When I pressed the button to begin the coin-star machine had its volume at maximum (or so it seemed), so everyone in the store could probably hear me going through this. Then the machine began counting the coins, which seemed to be even louder than the speakers guiding me. All the while I'm standing there guiding coins from a tray into this slit in the machine. It was a bit demoralizing haha. I almost expected everyone I know to be in Dominicks that day.

-People who act like idiots when they're around people of the same nationality. For example, there's an Irish bar in Chicago Ridge called Jack Desmonds that I sometimes go to for adult beverages. EVERY TIME I've been in there I've had to deal with drunken micks who act obnoxious, loud, and seem to think because they're parents are off the boat it gives them an excuse to act belligerent. If you're asking yourself, "how do you know who's Irish," that's easy -- they're usually wearing some rugby or soccer jersey from a foreign team, singing a song from the Emerald Isle, and they can't be above 5'9. They're like leprechauns. I'm half Irish and all, but these are the idiots that make me want to vomit with rage. I know SouthSideIrish71 despises these people as well, and if he says it about his own kind then that's all I need to hear. -Anyone using a variation of "should have put a ring on it" to describe someone breaking up. -People who obsess over Boondock Saints, Natural Born Killers, or Scarface (usually the same type of person). All of these movies, in my opinion, appeal to the casual moviegoer seeking flashy action sequences, senseless violence, and "hip" dialogue that you can repeat to your friends. -People who don't know when to stop arguing. I've worked numerous large concerts at Toyota Park and Soldier Field and it's honestly a humbling experience. I understand people pay a large sum of money to enjoy themselves at these events, but arguing with me about the lack of port-o-johns on the bottom floor or the lack of access ramps is useless. I'm not a damn engineer or involved with guest services. And it's usually the same complaints, the same arguments for the entire duration of the concert. I honestly believe when people enter these type of events they feel privileged, and as such, everything must be given to them. They came to have a good time, drink, get in a fight, and no one --especially a lowly security guard -- will stop them. Although, if there's one benefit to working in this environment for three years it's the ability I've developed to deal with difficult people. -Leaving voicemail messages. People have caller Ids and the ability to receive text messages. If it's important I'll call back again or leave a text. -When people go through this whole act of not accepting gifts by suggesting "No I can't accept this," which is replied with, "Yes, I insist." It goes back and forth between gift giver and receiver. Idiot, if the person offered it they want you to have it. Quit trying to act as if you're above receiving something for free.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 02:18 PM) -The guy in McDonalds who stares at the menu board like he has never been in a McD's before. Yeah, if we're talking about the McDonalds at Union Station I'm usually that guy because they continue raising the damn price on food. I swear every time I walk in there the price of meals rise fifty cents.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jan 15, 2009 -> 07:41 PM) Saying anything about the twins is ignorant. Glad it got taken care of, use some sort of a statistic to determine it, not what is the 10th tiebreaker in pony league tournament standings. ......... lolAZ at the Twins1!! One year too late! Their tears sustain me.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jan 14, 2009 -> 04:34 PM) Nothing like bringing back familiar names to the team. Get Garland for cheap too. I'm convinced if you've been with the White Sox before and had experienced any resemblance of success, you'll be rumored to return at some point before retiring. Maybe Ncorg will come out of the shadows and serenade us with "Tub of Goo" comments.

I'm loving the Starz series, Crash. A lot of interesting subplots with intermingling characters, similar (obviously) to the movie.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 29, 2008 -> 02:44 PM) this was really interesting to me... Anyone know more about the solar winds? Unfortunately, yes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTSR6bu0Nq0...feature=related

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

Jesus, the amount of black ice around the south suburbs is the worst I've ever experienced. Here in Palos, literally, my whole entire subdivision is black ice. I stepped out of my buddies car fifteen minutes ago and immediately slipped on my back. And then when I thought about jumping in the snow to avoid the driveway I slipped on the sheet of ice covering that too. The morning commute is going to be horrendous if these conditions hold up.

LOLacaust at the bottom of the GRIT list for 2008. That's how you know this metric is valuable.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 24, 2008 -> 02:17 AM) I came in this thread just to see if anyone had posted about this show. A few buddies and I watched some of the episodes tonight, and laughed our asses off. Jonah(the student) is hysterical. "f*** off miss, or you'll regret it". I love Jonah. The episode where he's mentoring the year seven students was hysterical. "Look at them.......they look gay ass." This show isn't afraid to cross any boundary, it seems. The most recent episode I watched was where the gay performing arts teacher was forced into allowing "special needs" kids to fill several roles, and his suggested to his sidekick they buy extra masks to hide their faces. Of course, you can't forget this:

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 13, 2008 -> 03:54 PM) As soon as they make a car that would actually interest me, I will. Assuming they don't go bankrupt and push us all in to depression that is. And I believe the launch date for the first car from these companies that will actually interest me is what, 2010? Which concept car is this, the Camaro?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 22, 2008 -> 11:19 AM) In the next few years? No one. Consumer spending is crashing, and the firms in this business are going to be killed. Sometimes I wonder what the hell ARE consumers spending their money on? Everyone just isn't keeping it under a mattress. There has to be some companies thriving, because I sure as hell see alot of cars on the road and they're all going somewhere.

It's an interesting idea. If the Rangers pitchers are behind it then why not? Either they'll have a mediocre five man rotation......or a mediocre four man rotation. And think of the financial incentive for the pitcher who goes over 300IP with even halfway decent peripherals. If Texas has success (which for them is limiting the injuries of starters, not finishing with 100+ losses) it could really start a push towards going back to the four man rotation. You just need one guinea pig team to show progress before others take the plunge. Thereafter, if teams begin adopting the four-man, then every level below (minors, college, high school) will change their philosophies towards pitching; which is ultimately where the idea of a fourman rotation should begin, but you can't expect them to change unless the MLB does first.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Dec 22, 2008 -> 10:05 AM) He has tried the oscar grab a few times. Ali, 6 degrees of seperation, Happyness, 7 lbs, thats nothing new to WS. Arnold, Sly, Van Damme all kill WS in the action movie categories. Arnold was just handed goldmine after goldmine script, his run in the 80's was amazing. I like to give Sly a little more credit because he actually wrote a good portion of the movies he starred in, which to me is pretty impressive. Van Damme was just fun to watch, although the splits trick got old Haha, yeah. Or Van Damme doing a roundhouse kick in slow motion while yelling AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh. Christian Bale is probably the one who can match Arnold. Especially if the new Terminator movie is any good.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Dec 21, 2008 -> 08:09 PM) cloverfield viral marketing >>>>>> cloverfield Anyways, I just saw Conan the Barbarian for the first time. It was entertaining... It's amazing to me when I look at Arnold's movie catalog and compare him to his modern day equilavent, Will Smith. Arnold annihilates him. There probably won't be another person like Arnold, whom was involved with so many quality (IMO) action films. On the issue of financial draw of course Smith wins; but look through his IMDB page. Even with ID, MIB, Enemy of the State (movies I enjoyed him in) his career seems to be overstated. Whoever said it earlier in this thread was right, he hasn't done anything worth a damn in awhile. He's obviously trying to grab himself an oscar before it's all said and done.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 09:36 PM) Let the Right One In looks awesome. Has anyone been to a pre-screening I knew I remembered someone on Soxtalk talking about this movie. I haven't seen it but the reviews from screenings across America have been overwhelmingly positive. I know this isn't always an accurate guage of a movie's quality, but IMDB already has it listed as one of their Top 250 movies. Unfortunately for us casual moviegoers, unless you have a DVD player capable of reading Region 2 DVDs you'll have to wait unitl its US release on March 10th. Until then I'm probably going to drive to Borders and pick up a copy of the book sometime this week. Another excellent foreign horror film is [rec]. I don't know when it's being released in America, though.

Soxtalk has disappointed me yet again. Bad Santa at #12? Are all you GOOFY?!

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 04:15 PM) I have it on my video I-Pod. So anytime i'm bored i can switch it on. It's probably in my top ten of all movies, and i can't see myself getting sick of it. There's something about the movie that almost makes you wish you were there to experience it. Even with all the death and destruction.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 02:52 PM) I very much disagree, but i'm not suprised. It's very much a love it or hate it kind of film I loved it as well. I enjoyed the first hand perspective of the attack, even through all the moments of queasiness. It's one of those movies I can envision myself watching over and over again when it's on TNT Saturday night someday.

I'd almost rather have 8-10 inches of snow than the 3-4 inches of ice that the South suburbs received. Like Southsidedon, I spent about 20 minutes chiseling ice off my car early this morning. I didn't even bother shoveling the driveway because that'd mean I'd have to break apart the ice to get into the ground, then labor from one end of the driveway to the other for a few hours. Snowblowers are useless too.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 08:32 PM) http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/1335...-121708.article It has her picture and name on the Sun-Times. Her dad, is understandably, livid. This girl is a definite step down from pre-corpse Stacy Peterson.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 04:35 PM) it is tough to keep characters straight, and to actually figure out exactly who the characters are (it doesn't help that many of them look very similar with mustache's and whatnot), but I watched it from start to finish and by the end you get a bit of a better feel for it....it also doesn't help that his nephews are named saddam and hussein, leads to unnecessary confusion...i actually missed the first 25 min of it, and by the end you'll be able to figure most of it out Just finished all four parts. Great synopsis of Saddam's life from the moment he forced his way into office until his death. However, having done research afterwards it would seem the filmmakers left out quite a bit. HBO REALLY underplayed Qasay's brutality. It's true he wasn't as psychotic as Uday, but he wasn't the saint the series portrayed him as. Even Uday himself was portrayed less harshly than he could have been, this includes: forced rapings, torture of Olympic athletes who didn't perform well, and shooting an officer whom didn't salute him; among other atrocities. He also survived an assassination attempt on his life and from it walked with a limp. Still, you can't cover everything and the series did well covering the main events.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 12:47 PM) Those winter colds are coming back to fruition, seems like almost everyone on my floor is either coughing or sneezing. Still when I saw it was 26 in Chicago today, wasn't exactly complaining about the weather over here today. Explain several things to me, since I notice you're living in America and had not been notified. I have never heard this discussion if it happened, which I'm sure it did but I ignored since it was probably in a thread with a boring title; and everyone knows I only respond to threads with catchy slogans or puns. Two questions: 1. Why are you in the US? 2. Why of all places are you in Newport NJ? It just seems like an extremely random place for someone halfway across the world to travel to.

I have a good feeling about Bad Santa. I was in the womens big and tall section and heard, "OOOHHHH, that's right. You're not going to.............S-H-I-T right for a week."