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i have to give a slow clap of appreciation to last nights daily show opening skit. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 11:08 1
- yep. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 11:09
Another strip club on the docket -- nm - Bacon on a Droid Jun 8, 11:04
So ST clearly wants another Biggest Loser. Now we just need to rope in a sucker to manage the numbers. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 8, 11:02 2
- supposedly meg volunteered. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 11:03 1
  - not suposedly - she replied to my original post about it today that she would -- nm - JenBro Jun 8, 11:17
OMG. OMGOMGOMG. Epic. -- nm - nubby Jun 8, 11:02 1
- Reverse cowgirl. The ultimate in multi-tasking. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 8, 11:03
oh loooooosssssiiiiii - ty97 Jun 8, 10:57 7
- I didn't, but my co-workers did. They weren't on lockdown but security was present. - loosilu Jun 8, 11:06 2
  - the places my co-workers reported as the highest crime were: Nigeria, South Africa, Cairo. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 11:08 1
    - This semi-surprises me, because I think you said the Nigeria trip would be to Abuja? - Roger More Jun 8, 11:13
- Well, if you have red hair and freckles...yes. -- nm - loosi si #7 Jun 8, 10:59
- This post can only be good news -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 10:58 2
  - (I think she went to Algeria and Rwanda, but not Nigeria in the end) -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 10:58 1
    - Correct, at one point it was goign to be either Nigeria or Rwanda ... I got lucky by far. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 11:06
fwiw - for STBL - I'd be good with starting whenver Meg can set us up - I didn't play last year though - do we all contribute 10$ or something? - JenBro Jun 8, 10:56 3
- Many of us committed to a pot for the winner, but - I suspect - the winner declined the winnings. - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 8, 11:04 2
  - maybe Meg would let us send to her pay pal and agree to be the holder of the pot? -- nm - JenBro Jun 8, 11:09 1
    - I think money is a huge motivator -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 12:01
This kitten really loves his puppy. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 8, 10:52 1
- Our cat LOVES our dog. She gives him baths all the time. When we come home and they've been alone... - Jim Jun 8, 10:57
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- 0.6% -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 10:57
- 11.3% -- nm - nubby Jun 8, 10:57 1
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- 3.8% -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 10:53
Quick update: phase 1 is complete, tumor and surrounding area is out, no complications. - TFox Jun 8, 10:48 21
- Nice!! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 12:02
- Awesome news. -- nm - kelly Jun 8, 11:22
- Glad to hear. Best to you and yours. (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 11:15
- No fair, she is getting a big head start on ST Biggest Loser!! - con_carne Jun 8, 11:09
- go shefox, go!!! -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 11:08
- good news! -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 11:07
- *continued good thoughts* -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 11:04
- excellent news. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 11:04
- good. -- nm - lileve Jun 8, 11:03
- good. -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 11:00
- Woo hoo! I hope she has a speedy recovery. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 10:54
- That's great news. Contunued best wishes -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 10:53
- ^5 go Shefox! - JenBro Jun 8, 10:51
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- (oh, and they found the baby.) - TFox Jun 8, 10:50 1
  - *shakes fist* -- nm - nubby Jun 8, 10:54
- cool....nm - x Jun 8, 10:49
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- yahtzee -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 10:48
- Woooohooooo! - Will Hunting Jun 8, 10:48
- Huzzah! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 8, 10:48
ten year us bonds under 3%. the signal that the bond market is sending is that the prospects for the upcoming economy are pretty dang poor....nm - x Jun 8, 10:45 1
- Until Congress stops dicking around with the debt ceiling I'd be pretty bearish, too. - TWuG Jun 8, 11:00
Congrats to Mel & Diva on the new condo! -- nm - Stephen Jun 8, 10:45 4
- New Condo? Sweet - boring insurance advice inside - JenBro Jun 8, 11:02 3
  - Cool, thanks! -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 8, 11:09
  - thx for the advice! -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 11:08 1
    - this is to both of you - but you are very welcome :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 8, 11:10
UPS chick liiiiiiiikes me. -- nm - David Jun 8, 10:45 1
- Don't make me repeat jokes. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:45
I think I might weigh less now than I ever have in my adult life. The summer commute diet is *rough.* -- nm - amanda in motion Jun 8, 10:43
that BP energy report has coal as the fastest growing fossil fuel in terms of consumption at +7.6% for the year...nm - x Jun 8, 10:41 4
- Nice. I hear we're "the Saudi Arabia of coal", yes? - Dr.Vermin Jun 8, 10:53 3
  - bye bye, Appalachians, it was nice knowing you. -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 10:58 1
    - /chugs -- nm - Mags Jun 8, 11:02
  - Australia and Indonesia are the largest coal exporters by a long way - Roger More Jun 8, 10:55
Feeling nostalgic and grateful. I'd just like to say I'm glad to "know" all of you. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 8, 10:41 1
- Just to let you know, I need cataract surgery too... - BAD Jun 8, 11:00
Last year, in July, I was down to 245 pounds. Enter job loss, and a bulging disc in the back - groiny Jun 8, 10:40 1
- Congrats on sticktoitedness :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:44
Jim, it's a Canadian hockey thing. Everytime a Canadian team makes the final, Edmonton (03), Calgary (04), Ottawa (07)... The coverage assumes that... - Name Withheld By Request Jun 8, 10:40 8
- I'm very much on board the "Canada's Team" wagon. I don't harbour a grudge against any canadian team. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:42 7
  - I'm with you. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 8, 11:05
  - Whereas the list of teams I refuse to support (Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto) is longer* than the list of those I will Montreal or Vancouver.**) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 8, 10:47 2
    - What's weird to me about it all is that I'm a Blues fan. When they're out...I don't all of a sudden adopt another team. That is silly. - Jim Jun 8, 10:55 1
      - I have a heirarchy. I've had to develop it over the years, since the Canucks so rarely get this far. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:59
  - I only harbour a grudge against the Leafs, so that doesn't factor -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 10:47 2
    - true fact: I actually didn't think of them when I made my statement. "Vancouver, edmonton, calgary, montreal ... all good." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:49 1
      - I wonder if there's a correlation between a Canadian's hockey fandom and the # of teams they won't support -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 10:52
The Game Cube is the only system with Eternal Darkness; ergo, it's a phenomenal system. - David Jun 8, 10:38 11
- Hmmm, does Nintendo offer Eternal Darkness for download on the wii? (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 10:42 2
  - I think you can play the Gamecube discs on the Wii. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 8, 11:14
  - I'm not sure (I don't know of a site that lists available downloads) but if they do, it's money well spent. -- nm - David Jun 8, 10:43
- cant the wii play game cube games? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 10:39
- it's my favorite system (you know this, but no one else does) - Kim Pine Jun 8, 10:39 6
  - boo!...nm - x Jun 8, 10:43 5
    - I do love the dreamcast, too. - Kim Pine Jun 8, 10:45
    - Crazy Taxi! Soul Calibur! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:44 3
      - seaman!....nm - x Jun 8, 10:46 2
        
        !! I love this game!!! (I need a dreamcast!) sega swirl!! -- nm - amanda in motion Jun 8, 11:05 1
        
        Have you seen this expensive portable Dreamcast? -- (link) - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 8, 11:10
Since y'all are talking about weight loss, I'd like to pat myself on the back a little bit. - musubi Jun 8, 10:36 6
- ^5 - good for you! good luck too ... those are tough -- nm - JenBro Jun 8, 11:04
- very good!! good luck with the mini marathon -- nm - Epiphany Jun 8, 10:43 1
  - Thanks. (it's a triathlon-not maraton) (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 10:57
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- excellent. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 10:37
- nice!! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:37
OK, I'm calling it. Truman wins (by guessing my goal weight) ... I'm at 174.6 right now -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 10:36
here is a good one, the Yankee starting infield makes 31 times what the Royals starting infield make. - groiny Jun 8, 10:35 75
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  - a little bit of both, yes. - groiny Jun 8, 10:45 1
    - Also, you try convincing one of the top free agents to play for the Royals. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 8, 11:00
- If the Royals made more money this wouldn't be a problem. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 10:42 28
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    - How much do you think they get from revenue sharing? - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 8, 11:06
    - The only way to truly compete for small teams is thru crapshoot draft picks. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 10:46
    - That's totally not correct. KC's problem hasn't been not spending (at least not recently), it's been spending it extremely poorly. (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 10:46 2
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        the top 3 or 4 teams in payroll, make a living pillaging the bottom 10 teams. - groiny Jun 8, 10:51
  - no doubt there. - groiny Jun 8, 10:43 21
    - I don't expect them to win, I expect them to be a AAAA team. It's a shame that baseball is in this situtation. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 10:46
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      - come on Jack, you said on last board, you can't watch the Oakland team because they embarass themselves. - groiny Jun 8, 10:47 18
        
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        the revenue sharing and luxury tax, goes for more than just player salaries. - groiny Jun 8, 10:54 8
        
        Exactly. Neal Huntington has been great about explaining that they can't use all their revenue sharing on player salaries, or it's self destructive. - musubi Jun 8, 11:01 7
        
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        They are greatly improved from where they were before Huntington took over. - musubi Jun 8, 11:08
        
        The Pirates...they changed directions about 3 years ago and since then, yes... they are much improved. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:05 3
        
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        Not at all. This started as a (Oakland sucks!) thread which is easily explainable if you watch baseball. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:12 1
        
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        when was the last time the Yankees had to trade a player because they could not afford him? - groiny Jun 8, 11:04
        
        Using Oakland in this really is a bad example. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 10:53 5
        
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        Outside of the Marlins, I think you're wrong. - musubi Jun 8, 11:03
        
        NO ONE here likes Jeffrey Loria. You picked Oakland; you overlooked reasons for why Oakland isn't top-notch - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:03
        
        have you seen the attendance at a Marlins home game recently? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 10:59 1
        
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        No team is going to pay 1 player 20% of their budget. The Cardinals aren't for Pujols and the Mauer thing is going to be albatross to prove why you - Will Hunting Jun 8, 10:51
- ARod and CC make more than the entire Royals 25 man active roster. (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 10:37 42
  - Even better ARod and Robby Cano (one of their "cheaper" players) make more than the entire Royals 25 man. (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 10:40 38
    - Roy Halladay and Ryan Howard or Chase Utley or Roy Oswalt make more than the Royals. - Krusty Jun 8, 10:45 36
      - The Yanks are the only team when you can combine almost any of their top 15 paid players to get more than the Royals. The Bosox are close to that too. - musubi Jun 8, 10:48
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        I just don't like it when everyone points fingers at the Yankees when they're not the only team spending a fortune on talent. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 10:47 33
        
        Oh come on, noone, not even the Red Sox spend like the Yankees. Sayin "other teams spend too" doesn't really work. - musubi Jun 8, 10:51 23
        
        The top three teams spend just about the same amount. The Yankees aren't out there outspending teams like they did in previous seasons. - Krusty Jun 8, 10:54 22
        
        For one, the Phillies traded and extended some of their guys - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:01 16
        
        There might be some differences and I can argue your points but either way you get there both teams are spending a ton of money and only one of those - Krusty Jun 8, 11:09 3
        
        Other teams that overpay (again, BoSox notwithstanding) have to pay a consecquence for overpaying. The Yanks deep pockets don't. - musubi Jun 8, 11:13
        
        keep in mind, the Phils had to let Werth walk to be able to afford Lee. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 11:10
        
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        I love that you still think the critique of the Yankees is some kind of unfair bias. (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 11:10 1
        
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        here is an example. White Sox need to dump salary, trade Swisher (9 million) to the Yanks - groiny Jun 8, 11:09
        
        Last time, I laughed at the yankees for making bad baseball decisions. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:07 7
        
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        Not at all. I'm talking like an informed baseball fan. You should try it instead of getting a persecution complex. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:14 5
        
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        Not more than everyone else. More than you. - musubi Jun 8, 11:17 1
        
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        Well, it took you less than half a board to turn this into "Pity my dumb but rich team or admit you hate success!" - Will Hunting Jun 8, 11:17 1
        
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        AFAICT, there's almost $50M between the Yanks payroll and second place. That's not almost the same. - musubi Jun 8, 10:55 3
        
        $24 million according to ESPN. When both teams are nearly spending $200 million it's not a lot of difference. It's one and half players on each team - Krusty Jun 8, 10:59 1
        
        Cot's Contracts, which I find is way more reliable than ESPN for this stuff, has the Yanks at 207M, Phils at 166M, Red Sox 164M. - musubi Jun 8, 11:05
        
        or more than the entire royals payroll -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 10:58
        
        talk to me at the trading deadline. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 10:55
        
        but they do have the highest payroll in baseball, so the finger naturally goes there. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 8, 10:48 8
        
        Sure but not by much these days. They spend 24 million more than the Phillies and no one talks about them buying a title opportunity. The Sox spend - Krusty Jun 8, 10:50 7
        
        I dunno, I've said that the Phils will be in a world of hurt in a few years the way they're spending money. - musubi Jun 8, 10:54 6
        
        and they had to let a player go to another team, because they could not sign him. - groiny Jun 8, 10:56
        
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        You are the one complaining that other teams are "embarrassing". It's BS to say we're being unfair to the poor Yanks. (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 10:58 2
        
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        "How dare the Yankees continue to be so profittable!!" Yeah, that's arguing I'm wrong. (nm) - musubi Jun 8, 11:02
        
        you went there comparing talent........ - groiny Jun 8, 10:57
    - For the most part, I don't mind the idea of Jeter, Rivera, Cano...you draft em and pay em...fine. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 10:44
  - what percentage of that amount does the royals get in profit sharing? like the royals get 50% of arods salary from the league. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 8, 10:39 2
    - The Royals get a lot of revenue money. The Marlins iirc had their entire payroll covered in revenue sharing money - Will Hunting Jun 8, 10:40 1
      - AFAICT, the Marlins are the outlier though. Most teams actually use their revenue sharing for reinvestment into the team. - musubi Jun 8, 10:44
Breaking! Mel and Diva close on a condo! Congrats! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 8, 10:34

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