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There might be one player that I would willingly overpay for in an Auction League. - groiny Mar 3, 08:16 9
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  - that is worth 5 dollars alone. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:23
- here is my team in this league tru is in, and the salary info to keep players. nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:22 4
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    - notice no 40 dollar players? -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:25
  - You keeping....Andrus...Cain, Vasquez..., Utley ... Swisher? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:23 1
    - can keep 7. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:23
- spamlet got him last year for 16, i doubt he wont keep him -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 08:18
- Mussina -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 08:16
and.... there's a wedding cake ad on the left. :) -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 08:15
aw crap, having the parent over for dinner tonight and I have no idea what to make. I might go fish. Some buddies caught some cod yesterday...hmm -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:13 7
- Boston Market -- nm - oblique Mar 3, 08:19
- chili -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:17
- hmmm...now if you decide on the cod, how wouldst thou prepare it? -- nm - Diva Mar 3, 08:16 2
  - fish tacos! tacos tacos tacos, tacos all night long -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:18 1
    - fish tacos! fish tacos! fish tacos at lunch!! -- nm - Diva Mar 3, 08:20
- A large vanilla frosting cake should suffice and please all parties -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 3, 08:13
- Pie. -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:13
ST Mac/PC gurus; My wife's Aunt created a cookbook of family recipes about 10 years ago with InDesign on a Mac. Is there a way to take the file and - landbeck Mar 3, 08:12 5
- InDesign doesn't have very many useful export/save as formats. Sadly, she's probably stuck -- nm - oblique Mar 3, 08:18
- If you have a pdf, there are ways of converting that into a word document (could lose some formatting though). -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:13 3
  - True, but I was wondering if there were a more direct way to get it from the original file into something I could edit. Adobe files are handy, but so - landbeck Mar 3, 08:14 2
    - You can download a trial copy of InDesign from Adobe but that's not going to help with the file format (see above) - oblique Mar 3, 08:18
    - assuming you have a printout, a scanner may do the trick (via an OCR) depending on the settings you use. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:15
Hmm ... just googled it on a hunch, and yes: there is a such thing as "wedding brownies" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:09 7
- I think we had wedding cheesecake -- nm - landbeck Mar 3, 08:13
- plus, nobody sing sthat stupid effin song ~the bride cuts the cake, the bride cuts the cake, hi ho the dairy-o the bride cuts the cake~ -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:11 5
  - I've heard it (but not often). maybe a regional thing? -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:13
  - *If weddings were held at a daycare facility* -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 3, 08:13
  - i have never heard of such a thing -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 08:12
  - *steps away from CQ* WTF? -- nm - oblique Mar 3, 08:11 1
    - hee -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:13
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- Hmm. Never heard of it either. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:07
*keeps an eye out for the latest NHL news on trade deadline day* I was not allowing myself to hitch my wagon to this star but now I am starting to - HdnAgnda Mar 3, 08:02
btw, who doesn't like cake? - Andie Mar 3, 08:01 31
- I love cake. -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:14
- somewhere, amanda is feeling the urge to get on the internet to ST right now but she is not sure why. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 3, 08:14
- I Have a Cake Problem. - Mel Profit Mar 3, 08:12 7
  - "I have a cake problem." - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:14
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    - that is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard of. Tell me you didn't syrup it -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:17 3
      - that would make it a McGriddle. -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:17 2
        
        oh oh oh, I meant to tell you I got a Frosty last weekend. Skipped the burger, but got the Frosty. So.damn.good. -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:20 1
        
        no fries to dip in it? -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:21
- I like it okay, but I don't really love it or anything. Like there's a cake sitting over a couple of desks from me... - Callisto Mar 3, 08:10
- I like cake, but I do feel like the gap between a good cake and a bad cake is much larger than between a good pie and a bad pie. - Ender Mar 3, 08:09 1
  - this is true, dry cake, or cake with bad icing, is just plain bleh,. but *good* cake? mmmmmmm -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 08:15
- Cake, pie, cookies. It's all good. And now I have a desire for some kind of cake with cream cheese frosting. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 3, 08:06 1
  - Mmm... cheese cake. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:06
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  - mincemeat pie for everyone! -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:06
  - Unfortunately, you've been with herpes pie a few too many times. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:04
- ~/ Loooooooooooong Jacket! /~ -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:03
- I often find cake too sweet for my taste, but I wouldn't say I dislike cake. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:02 6
  - Interesting considering some past posts about brownies (mmmmm) in the morning hours. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 3, 08:05 5
    - Yeah, though I still find cakes - especially wedding or celebration cakes sweeter. All that frosting and fancy stuff that's basically pure sugar. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:06 4
      - Yes, certain types of way to heavy frosting can make or break a cake for me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 3, 08:07 3
        
        By the way, have you seen that special brownie baking pan that allows all parts of the brownie to have an edge? The designer did some studies and - HdnAgnda Mar 3, 08:09 2
        
        we discussed both pans in detail here, I think it was last week. -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:16
        
        Heh. Yeah, I've seen those before. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:09
- Well...she's diabetic and I'm not a fan of highly sugary things :) -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:02 1
  - fair enough (and i say have the dessert you like.) - Andie Mar 3, 08:03
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- I like cake, but given a choice will choose pie over it every time -- nm - decline Mar 3, 08:02
- heathens -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 3, 08:02
John Daly referred to Florida Times-Union golf writer Garry Smits as a "jerk" and tweeted the writer's personal cell phone number. -- nm - David Mar 3, 08:00
Nominate April books by 10pm ET today -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 07:59
Wedding question: If you walked into a wedding and there was no wedding cake but is an alternative, what would your impressions be? - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:57 31
- Talk to kare - she's planning cheesecake. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 3, 08:27
- "om nom nom nom nom" -- nm - mara Mar 3, 08:16 1
  - *likes this* -- nm - Diva Mar 3, 08:18
- As long as there will be lobster, who cares? heh-heh. j/k heh-heh - not really...heh. -- nm - Will's Aunt si Mar 3, 08:16
- We're going brownie cake for ours. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 3, 08:14
- Who cares? The wedding isn't about cakes or flowers or food or DJs or any of that shit. - Jim Mar 3, 08:12
- I've been to a wedding that have a tiny little cake (a token basically) and then a huge dessert table with lots of different things - decline Mar 3, 08:04 1
  - have had this as well. Also, at a couple of weddings, we were each given individual cakes, which were awesome. -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:06
- I would love wedding pie. Have been to weddings with cake alternatives and people ate happily. -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:03 1
  - butterscotch krimpets!! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:03
- Pie is yummy. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:01 1
  - just had a thought though - pie is much harder and messier to cut. just keep that in mind. -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 08:02
- how abot cupcakes? -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:01 3
  - we didn't have a wedding cake at all, but Jess got a birthday ice cream cake because my birthday was the day before -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:02 2
    - I would have eaten that entire cake. Me and Krusty. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 3, 08:04 1
      - I've said this before, but the key is extra crunchies -- nm - CQ Mar 3, 08:05
- We are consdering the same thing....maybe a fake cake just for appearances and the cutting photo. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 3, 08:00
- meh, i couldnt even eat my own wedding cake. - tRuMaN Mar 3, 07:58
- only if it all ends with a pie fight -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 3, 07:58 1
  - *rescinds hotkiss' invite* - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:59
- It lacks spectacle. What do you both think of cheesecake? Or profiteroles? -- nm - Roger More Mar 3, 07:58 6
  - (not meaning to sound critical - no spectacle may be exactly what you want) -- nm - Roger More Mar 3, 07:59 1
    - I googled "wedding pies" and found some really fancy looking ones. -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 08:06
  - they could do a great display - cake stands, varying heights, etc etc -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 07:59 3
    - The photo of them shoving pie into each others faces would be classic too -- nm - Roger More Mar 3, 08:02 2
      - *opens wide and contains the damage* - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:03
      - :) -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 08:02
- i would dig it. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 3, 07:58
- i've been to weddings with no wedding cake. Didn't think anything of it at all. -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 07:57 1
  - (so, yes, have the pies.) -- nm - Andie Mar 3, 07:58
- We did cupcakes, it was all good. -- nm - Subversive Mar 3, 07:57
Anyone follow TiVo on FB? Their S4 announcement is taking a beating right now. -- nm - David Mar 3, 07:50 1
- I do but haven't checked. What was the announcement? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:02
happy birthday to znu! -- nm - loosilu Mar 3, 07:45 1
- Happy Birthday and happy vacation, znu !! -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 3, 08:26
Can you do auto draft in an auction league? I can't make the dingers league draft. - Subversive Mar 3, 07:45 8
- Yeah, it'll auto-draft for you. I saw it done last week when I did a practice draft. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:47 3
  - Can you set individual player caps, like you can rank players? If you can, then that's pretty simple. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:47 2
    - I dunno, since I was actively participating (other than the inability of Yahoo to let me nominate players) -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:48
    - Yeah, if this is possible then it would be fine. -- nm - Subversive Mar 3, 07:48
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- When is it? I might be able to do it for you as a proxy, if you tell me who you want. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:46 2
  - The auctionis Saturday the 20th at 11am pacific time. -- nm - Subversive Mar 3, 07:47 1
    - Nope, no chance. :) Sorry. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:48
Dingers league.....this should be entertaining. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:42 12
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  - My rough estimation (I'm a newb)....if you don't get a prime guy, make up for it in bulk when others have exhausted money. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:59 2
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      - You start with $260 to fill out your roster. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:05
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    - I actually agree with this principle. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 08:08
  - Get good players for the least $$$ possible. :) -- nm - Subversive Mar 3, 07:57
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- that's a lot easier this year. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:43 3
  - Oh that's right...you ducked out after you lost to be me and ML last year. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:44 2
    - I'm already in the doghouse for scheduling five drafts this month... :) -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:46 1
      - Just tell her it's for me; she'll understand. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:47
Groiny, if he's going to gamble, I say gamble on Niemann.....he was solid for the Rays last year and is still young enough to take a leap. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:41
I would never keep a player whose salary is that close to 50 bucks. - groiny Mar 3, 07:40 23
- I tend to agree. -- nm - Subversive Mar 3, 07:45 17
  - see i aint following the advice of people in the same league. - tRuMaN Mar 3, 07:51 16
    - Of course, I'd love him. All I'm saying is you might get him again at auction for less than $49. -- nm - Subversive Mar 3, 07:52 15
      - the year before he was on your team I think for $41, I got him for $44, which is about the same as the contract price for $45 if you kept him. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 07:56 1
        
        ok, it wasnt your team, but the numbers stand. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 07:57
      - You might. You might not. It's a situation where you'd want to be comfortable with the league's bidding history. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:54 9
        
        (I guarantee he won't go for substantially less than $45, so the savings opportunity is minimal.) -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:55 8
        
        The goal of an auction league is to find players to outperform their price tag. At $49, even Pujols has nearly no ability to do so. -- nm - Subversive Mar 3, 07:59 7
        
        This is true, but their price tag alters once people release their keepers. He can outperform that number in draft day price. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 08:07 5
        
        50 bucks is still 50 bucks, regardless of when you spend it. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:09 4
        
        Not true, actually. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 08:09 3
        
        no one keeps 40+ dollar players in an auction league.... - groiny Mar 3, 08:11 2
        
        Again, this isn't true in the leagues I play. But if it's true in this league, then its a different consideration. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 08:13 1
        
        I need to play in your leagues. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:14
        
        yup, Pujols has to win the triple crown to be worth 50 bucks. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 3, 08:01
      - And you might wind up paying $10 more. Take the bird in the hand and ignore the people trying to game you, tru. -- nm - David Mar 3, 07:54 2
        
        I think the highest price any player has gone for in the history of the auction is $50 or $51. - Subversive Mar 3, 07:56 1
        
        that could be said for every year i have been in this league, sadly. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 07:58
- Pujols' -worst- season was an OPS of .955. -- nm - David Mar 3, 07:44 2
  - And this just in...his elbow is pain free for the first time since like 2003. Just sayin'. -- nm - Jim Mar 3, 07:48 1
    - May 1st, Pujols out for season with shoulder injury. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:48
- In keepers? It's extremely common IME. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 07:42
- your only saying that cause you are in the same league... - tRuMaN Mar 3, 07:41
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