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Milwaukee County Stadium during an Indians/Brewers double-header. I fell asleep in the 7th inning of game 1 and woke up in the 7th inning of game 2.

I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.

Is it still working? I bet it is, and probably sounding great.

 

Tough stuff on the others.

 

I have a rather ancient system of my own, but nothing anywhere as cool or good as what you and AA mentioned:

 

JVC receiver (c. 1992)

Pioneer 25-disc CD changer (c. 1996)

Marantz tape deck (no date listed, but est. 1981/82)

Jensen speakers (c. 1987)

 

Nothing special, but it does the trick. My Jensen speakers still rock hard.

I currently have as set of Jensen speakers that sound as good as my old DQ-10's did. Another thing that has improved over vintage systems is speaker design. The old Bose 901s are not the king of the hill like they used to be. They're still a great speaker, though.

(I should point out that before becoming a computer geek, I spent the first 15 years of my career as an electronics technician. I can still work my way around a circuit with an oscilloscope and DVM some.)

A Hillbilly that didn't have gas money to get all the way to Michigan.

"I Could Be Good For You" - 707

New Jersey sends only 8 teams to the playoffs except for the Group I non-public and only 3 teams make with the #1 seed with an bye. Also there is only about 20 schools in each group. And there is over 400 high schools in the state. http://www.njsiaa.org/SPORTS/Football.aspx

 

Massachusetts is like California they have no statewide Champion but one Champion for the Eastern part of the state(Boston) and then have the Central Champs play the Western Champions to determine the other Champion. http://miaa.ezstream.net/index.cfm?itemid=1871

 

California has only 3 State Champs for over 18,000 high schools. :scared: http://www.cifstate.org/sports/state/football/index.html

My Christmas tradition is to do my best to make sure the people of TECO stay employed for another year. :irked:

I am all over the board. I can't decide. A year ago, I told BGP I could swallow hard and vote for Giuliani. Now, his alleged buisness dealings have scared me off. Then, I was the BGPer calling for Thompson to get in. Now he appears as about exciting as dryer lint (though his policies still have appeal). A year ago, I told BGP that I would rather slice myself with a razor than vote for McCain. Now, I'm taking another look. 6 months ago, I told BGP that Huckabee was appealing on social issues but could never win. Now he can, but his tax record scares the heck out of me. Mitt Romney is the most 'true' conservative of the bunch, but I wish he would just answer the doggone question. I'm leaning Romney at this point, but some young kids came around to the office yesterday all fresh-faced and perky and trying to get me to pull for Ron Paul. Where in the heck did he find all these supporters?

 

For the first time in my history, I will probably be 'Undecided' right up to the day of the primary.

If I had to vote tomorrow, it would be Ron Paul. However, there are certain issues that I align more closely to McCain than anybody else. Right now, you can call me undecided.

I agree! When I was a student the paddle was used when needed, and our school had a reputation as one of the most orderly schools in the area. Today the paddle is seldom used in the same school (the student and parents both have to agree, and sign a document to that effect).

As a student in the 1960s and early 1970s if a teacher threatened to take you to the office, that was usually all that was needed to correct misbehavior. We feared the office and the consequences. Today, if a teacher threatens to take a student to the office, many of them will laugh or grin all the way down the hall.

Kids do not need best friends. They need parents.

The source of the SI.com story.

Among the factors that can be considered are "whether the same team will be playing in the same bowl game for two consecutive years" (Oklahoma played Boise State in last year's Fiesta Bowl) and "whether alternative pairings may have greater or lesser appeal to college football fans."

 

SI.com reported late Monday night that Oklahoma athletic director Joseph Castiglione contacted Fiesta Bowl officials after the Sooners won the Big 12 title on Dec. 1 about the possibility of using that clause to get OU matched up against the highest-ranked team available.

 

"If we weren't going to be in the 1 vs. 2 game, we wanted to know if there was a possibility to play the highest-ranked team out there," Castiglione told SI.com. "At that point, we didn't know which team that would be."

Hey, hey, hey, we're the Buccaneers

Ho, ho, ho, we're the Buccaneers

Offense, defense, now we're here to say

Make the Bengals walk the plank

And throw 'em in Tampa Bay,

Hey!

:banana:

Oh, yeah! The other sports...

NHL - Lightning

MLB - The team formerly known as the Devil Rays.

:jump:

Swamp and Panther, what about love for me? I said the same thing you bolded 10 posts earlier.:lol:

I say we begin the "conspiracy theory" as a new angle to beat this dead horse into a pile of horse dust. Here it is. Tubby and Billy get together and Billy agrees to engineer a miserable first year so that the damage done to Tubby's reputation will be repaired when people start thinking "gee Tubby wasn't so bad after all". Then, in year 2, with Tubby's name restored to respectability, and with Billy's 2nd recruiting class in place, things start to turn around and now people will say "Hey, we just needed to give him a little time". People are now focused on the positives of BCG and are no longer focusing on Tubby since they changed their perspective on him the previous year. Everyone wins, the fans, Tubby, and BCG.

 

Does money change hands during this conspiracy? Perhaps. Perhaps not.

Personally, I don't believe there is such a thing as "the proper method of discipline". Different punishments vary in effectiveness depending on the child involved. When I was disciplined as a child, it was almost always by spanking and I can tell you that method was VERY effective with me. Before I had children, I figured that spanking would be the primary form of punishment I would employ someday on my kids. However, in my particular case, I have found other forms of punishment to be more effective. I firmly believe that spanking is a proper form of discipline when applied properly. It's just that in my case, other forms work better. For my son, taking away video games/computer use/phone use seems to be most effective. For my daughter (who is an A type personality with a capital A), making her sit in her room alone for a period of time which varies depending on the violation, is quite effective.

My nephew, who we had custody of, only responded to time outs, though. He was/is ADHD with violent tendancies. Spanking did no good. He didn't respect his toys so he didn't miss them when they were gone. The most effective punishment was to set him in front of an egg timer and make him watch his time out go by. 5 minutes is an eternity to a seven year old, especially if they have to watch it tick past. If he talked, we started over. If he got up, we started over. If he threw a temper tantrum, the time was extended and we started over. We'd sit at the kitchen table all night, in the beginning. He got to the point where he dreaded that egg timer so bad, that one minute would settle him right out. The threat of further time at the table kept him in line.

Can't leave out my favorite band....

1. Kansas

2. The Alan Parsons Project

3. Pink Floyd

4. Styx

5. Creed

6. Metallica

7. Lynyrd Skynard

8. Heart

9. Queen

10. Jethro Tull

:thumb: One of the greatest albums ever.

Neither. Mrs. S has some kind of pointy thing on top of the tree.

I like it when teams change up their uni's every now and then. I wouldnt mind to see some throw-back jerseys next season.

While I agree with your statement in general about social medicine, I really don't think the incremental number of children covered under this bill would drive a material decrease in the overall revenue generated in the U.S. medical system. In fact, this program would in all likelihood increase the funding flowing into the U.S. medical system because I would be willing to bet that the majority of these kids are not currently covered by insurance of any kind and therefore don't interact with the medical system at all.

 

Another point I wanted to make was in reference to your comment that with a drop in doctor's fees, there will be less incentive for people to enter the field of medicine. To that I say let more doctors trained to appropriate standards in other countries emigrate to the U.S. and fill that supply gap. Many other professions are fully exposed to the winds of foreign competition--it's about time unnecessary protectionist policies be removed from shielding the medical profession as well.

It's too bad nurses aren't emigrating at the same clip. We need them worse. The fact that nurses aren't coming here in droves, despite the demand, kind of disproves your theory about doctors anyway. Salary matters.

This bill is about expanding the program, not creating a program. It's already in place.

This thread has ventured way off topic. If you want to discuss what you believe about abortion then open a NEW thread about that. Do not discuss it here unless it pertains to, and is in context with, the original topic.

gt, have fun in Birmingham.

El Paso for me??? The low end package from the alumni association is $1600. High end is $2600. I love college football, but not that much.

The cheapest I could find would be $600 with air fare, room, and tickets. That's sharing a room with 3 other guys and having to leave on Friday for a Monday game coming back on News Years day.

Sounds good, but...

1. Getting Friday off would be a problem.

2. I'm to old and too used to sleeping with Mrs. S to share a bed with another guy. I don't do floors, either.

3. El Paso ain't that big. What do you do for the two and a half days before the game other than eat?

4. Speaking of which, the feature cuisine of the city is Mexican ... we're back to the other 3 guys and the single room again. :scared:

I'm afraid New Years Eve will be spent in Tampa for me. I may be going to the Outback, though. Seems a client from Milwaukee is sponsoring a hospitality tent. I haven't decided to take the ticket, yet. Mrs. S wants to go see the grandkid, but she's not sure if she wants to do it New Years Day or not.

Such is life.

No win situation? He goes .500 and he is a hero in Minnetonka or where ever he is. Thats his situation, I think it is definetley a good one for him. God will we never hear the end of Tubby Smith. We might as well dredge up Fast Eddie Sutton. Now there was a coach that left a program in shambles!

I am thinking normal cycles of changes in the weather.