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I heard it in 78 in Oklahoma. It is slang truck stop talk for road kill.

Thats how "some" okies talk...was his dad a truck driver or something?

No his dad worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. in Bartlesville, OK... and executive or accountant or something like that. I met his parents one year when they were out here for spring training baseball... that was also when Tony Phillips played for the Oakland A's. Loy's parents were nice people... not the driven nut bag that their son turned into.

What we got, about four weeks until pitchers and catchers report?

btw, it hit 80 degrees at my house today! (not far from the Giants' spring training site)

No, I didn't see anyone, but I should have thought of it. I gave my last final the day that we left (again), and was mostly just thinking of getting everything in the suitcase! It was a nice time alone with Mr.niKa; we missed one another quite a bit during his Sabbatical last year.

Today I witnessed a car accident, and was one of two first responders. Not that I know anything about responding, but the pickings for responders were kind of slim at the moment. Nobody was seriously injured, but one man was hurt in his knees, and was badly shaken. He refused the ambulance, saying that he couldn't afford medical treatment. The accident was his fault, and I'm thinking that he might not have had any insurance, either.

It reminded me of two things: none of us is guaranteed tomorrow, and we should be thankful every day that we wake up. Next, we should always be thankful for the blessings that we have; if we have a roof, some food, and enough resources for things like wine and insurance and ice cream and books, that's really an over-the-top blessing.

Right on!

I doubt anyone's surprised that Rickey was elected on the first ballot... but how about Rice making it finally?

Oh, what a game! I only got to see the first half, in an airport bar in Honolulu, so the score was still 7 to 7, when we got on the plane. By the time we landed on another island, to learn that our flight to Los Angeles had been cancelled, we also learned the football score. Not my favorite evening, but the environment did help to smooth things out.

Well, I think that we just plain got outplayed in the second half. Florida did a great job, and they certainly deserve this year's title.

Honolulu? Did you get to visit with Roz or Lisa?

Cult leader jailed for sexual misconduct in New Mexico.

So the WC site's not heavily regulated? What's "heavily regulated" mean then, if you can't say anything that might be provocative? How 1984 can you get?

Compared with Richeson's homage site to Victor and Way Corps coven, Greasespot is pretty much laissez-faire and perfect.

Ye who were without Hope, she went that-away (adios back-atcha sweetheart, and give Vic's portrait a big kiss for us). Know ye that The Way Corps delusion lives on at a website near you (but you can't join it! - and don't wonder why, peons, they know what they are about, and they don't want to hear about it from you).

Don't like how we do it?

Start one yourself and show us how it SHOULD be done.

btw, s...001 we understand that you were in the WC... you ARE welcome to join (so you can bad mouth us/it for what it really is, not just for what you imagine it to be)... but you WILL have to use your real name. :)

Each reply thus far has had good, legitimate insight.

I also have been through this kind of situation but not as a part of anyone's involvement with twi.

I only married after I had left twi.

A good attorney is critical. Contact your local bar association for info on who is certified in family law matters then see about getting at least one initial consultation... those consultations are generally low cost or free.

Aside from a good attorney, THE most important thing you need is a good support system, emotional and otherwise. It can be family or close friends or coworkers... but it is THE most important thing you need. There are also social service agencies that can assist you in making any necessary transitions (like moving or obtaining work or child care, etc.)

And as Hap said, do NOT post at GSC anything that will reveal, directly or indirectly, your real identity.

I'm wondering (but not necessarily needing any reply) why anyone here even cares about this?

I'm selfish... I want it to stay open cuz I've made some good friends here... but I spoze that I'll still be able to find a way to keep in touch with them if it closes down...

...but if you're gonna lock it down, give us a couple of days notice so those of us who like to talk baseball can figure out a different place to meet please... :)

This is the first I've seen this thread... and only thought to look here after chatting with another gs'er.

I agree with all who have encouraged Pawtucket to do what's best for him.

Another suggestion for having contact, like Tom Strange mentioned (quoted above), is to join facebook.

I only joined it last week. I've found a couple dozen friends already... two I knew from my last year in high school and haven't had contact with in more than 35 years... Some I worked with and knew in Arizona politics but haven't had much contact with for the last couple of years... then also some people from TWI.

It has built in chat and closed groups can be established easily.

The only drawback is that you have to sign up with your real name...

Anyway, that's a suggestion for people who want to stay connected.

Omigod. They're damned if they do, and damned if they don't.

We can only hope. <_<

eo... Tex would've been a perfect fit in Boston as far as his abilities are concerned... could play first and/or third just like that bald guy with a beard who sweats profusely :)

Youk-alip-tis?

No reason to get upset Geisha.

The Yankees have the lowest return on investment in MLB this century :)

1.8 Billion and nothing to show for it...Its a system that doesnt work and they persist in banging their heads against the wall playing that way---

In OTHER MLB news... the Big Unit signed with the Giants for $8 mil in his quest for 5 more victories.

My sarcasm wasn't showing, apparently.

No way is the union , or the players going to try to stop this cash cow, I'm afraid.

Next time I'll add a face <_<

No, it was showing...

geisha... please clarify which "money grubbing--title buying bastards" you're speaking of... the NYY or the BoSox!

...the nice thing is that there's always a Tampa Bay or Minnesota popping up and spoiling their party!

It WILL be good to see Tampa continue being a strong team in 2009.

Well......I'm about 99% sure that John is a grad of the 6th corps.

I'll up that to 100 percent.

John did graduate from the 6th corps.

^&%$#*---Yanks sign Tex --ESPN reporting

They'll be the team to beat --at least on paper

after 400 million on 3 free agents I wonder if they'll still be asking NYC for $ to finish the new stadium

$30M for ARod

$25M for Tex

$23M for CC

$22M for Jeter

$18M for Burnett

$118m for 5 guys :blink:

On the plus side Tex might be the kind of guy that I may really enjoy disliking for the next 8 years

One has to wonder if the Yankees are not destined to burn in hell. <_<

Then they turn around and start selling tickets to the first games in the new stadium for a QUARTER. No, NOT a quarter of a million dollars... just $.25. Of course, that's just for the preseason exhibitions...

One has to wonder if the Yankees are not destined to burn in hell. <_<

Then they turn around and start selling tickets to the first games in the new stadium for a QUARTER. No, NOT a quarter of a million dollars... just $.25. Of course, that's just for the preseason exhibitions...

I can tell you that the Dbacks are NOT doing for big free agent signings or big name trades...

and they are selling a holiday ticket package for 7 games in 2009 for $49/seat. (that's $7/game/seat). They're in the upper deck, but not bad seats, not too high up... I got some... so, I'll be going to more games then last year (only went to one game in 2008).

There's gotta be somewhere to report the therapist!

IF the therapist is licensed.

It's been a VERY long time, but I vaguely remember a place called CHUD's in Fremont, OH... might have been a restaurant/tavern, might have been a grocery/convenience type store... (I spent a year in that town about 27 years ago...)

it's probably (or might) not associated with you or anyone related to you, Michael... but it's just one of those things that I remembered... sort of. I did a google search and got nothing. I checked an online phone bood and got nothing (for a business called Chud's)... but I looked in a white pages director for Fremont and there are several Chudzinskis listed in Fremont... so I doubt it was just my imagination.

Anyway, Michael, welcome and pardon my ramblings...

I agree, leafy. I'd suggest evaluating him by what he's doing now, how he's doing it and what his ideas are, etc. I don't live in Maine so I'm not really that interested, although little rocks on the pond do carry, as we've seen over and over again in politics to be sure. But I doubt he's a serious threat to anyone based on what his career was 31 years ago. He got trounced around as badly as anyone I've ever seen by the Veepster in a back-stage meeting that year at the Rock. I was surprised he didn't flip VP off and leave, to be honest. Don't even remember what the brew-ha-ha was all about but it was a pantsing for sure. I'm sure he's grown up in the interim. While he seemed quite seriously sincere, he lacked (IMO) that sense of leadership and charisma that comes from great passion. He was passionate, yes, but not in a way that carried far as I recall.

I can agree with much of what you recall about Hayes... though I had no idea about Wierwille having chewed him out for anything... which I don't really care about anyway. I was the target of a couple of Wierwille's rantings while doing A/V at Emporia...

However, I do recall getting the impression that Hayes had some special insight on politics in general and the conspiracy things in particular. I specifically recall him speaking as if he knew that the US was being taken over by the CFR and Trilateral Commission by instituting a new branch of government that would not be accountable to the checks and balances of either the legislative or judicial branch. That new "branch" was "administrative" rather than the "executive" branch of government.

Years later, I worked as an accountant for a state government agency and after that for a newspaper that covers all of the state government, but the legislature in detail and provides a lot of routine information (rather than "news" stories) about the so called administrative branch.

What I learned from that experience is that Hayes didn't have a clue. What he called the administrative branch is really just a part of executive branch agencies (in both state and federal level governments).

Executive branch agencies exercise what is called "rule making." Rule making is subject to public disclosure and a process that depends on a somewhat extended time frame to allow for scrutiny.

And there ARE people in news and advocacy organizations that monitor rule making proposals and raise awareness when an agency tries to do things that might be questionable.

It's not a perfect process, but it's still subject to public accountability to a degree.

So, I believe Hayes is probably harmless, as Socks said, for the most part, and likely does/will appeal to the same crowd that liked Caribou Barbie.

This struck me as funny. (edited to add: In the late 70s, Hayes Gahagan, a PFAL grad, was highly touted by VPW as a political hero to God's people (us wayfers). TWI sent Political WOWs (PowWOWS) to surreptitiously campaign for him, if I recall correctly)

I didn't know he has an award named after him:

http://www.yorkindependent.net/news/2008/2...S_AD_diamon.cfm

From the article:

POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES

Scars and souvenirs

By Al Diamon November 07, 2008

"The campaign is over. Now for the fun stuff.

No, not the results. The results are boring.

(Unless they aren't. I'm writing this before any votes have been counted, so if John Frary happens to be a congressman-elect or Tom Allen is preparing to enter the U.S. Senate or Republicans are about to assume control of the Legislature, I deny I ever said anything about boring results. And next time, I'll use this space to reveal the insights that allowed me to anticipate such unexpected outcomes before anyone else.)

What I meant is it's time for the Gaggie Awards. These coveted trophies honor those who have campaigned in the grand tradition of the Gaggies' namesake: Hayes Gahagan.

In 1978, Gahagan, an independent U.S. Senate candidate with ties to a religious cult, announced that persons unknown had altered his campaign photos by inserting subliminal pictures of reproductive organs in his hairline.

It was a moment like no other in Maine political history, and to preserve its memory, we recognize politicians with similar styles for their, uh, endowments.

The envelope, please."

(end quote)

Gahagan won his own namesake award this year:

hahahahaahahaaaaaaaa! hairline problem

The Boston Herald is reporting that the Red Sox offered an 8 year deal to Teixeira.

It said he is seeking $21 Million a year-- aren't we all?

I dunno... I could do a lot of good works with just ONE million dollars/year.

would i be wrong to say i'm glad he's dead

Of course not.

i can't really use the word "glad" -- but for his parents -- i hope there is some kind of something

i don't understand what kind of monsters can exist

his dad -

I saw a little bit of what John Walsh had to say today... he said it's not about "closure" but about justice. After 27 or so years of being composed in front of cameras, Walsh showed a bit more emotion this time... rightfully so. It's clear now that if the perpetrator of Adam's murder was still living, he would indeed be tried and convicted for this crime.

I admire his resolve and how he turned his anger and hurt into very effective action.

John Walsh took tragedy and CHANGED America, mostly for the good.

Whoa, Nelly. It's cold here. Rocky, Simon, KarmicDebt, and Fellowshipper, I'm geographically jealous of you.

:ph34r:

Well... it's been raining and is cold today. Weather peeps say we won't see the sun until Friday.

But I'm still happy... this is the rain we need in order for the spring wildflowers to sprout and come out in all of their wonderful glory! I'll be taking pics of them again by March. :)

Just think, if you lived HERE, you wouldn't be looking forward to a national championship football game!

Well, now that they've got Mike Mussina, Jason Giambi, A-Rod, The Big Unit, Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu, Carl Pavano, Pudge Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, the Yankees will surely win themselves a World Series!

That was pretty much my point when I suggested it was silly to continue doing the same thing yet expect different results...!

Who knows...This time of the year is just as much of a chess match as during the regular season. Maybe Theo is waiting for the Yanks to do another signing. (Lowe(?, Sheets? Pettite?..I dunno)

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No Team can sign more than 3 Type A Free Agents--The Yanks have signed 2 in 2 days, if they do sign someone else, it may drive down the price of other Type A's ( ie Texeira) as the Yanks will be out of the bidding war. theo may be doing a tortoise and the hare type thing...there is still plenty of time left...

I dont know if Pettite would sign with the Sox anymore than Schilling would sign with the Yanks , maybe but unlikely. I'd think Pettite may want to go be with Joe Torre if the Dodgers have an interest.

Ive been working long hours and havent been keeping up, as far as an older guy if John Smoltz is still available-thats a guy I'd love to have for a year as starter insurance--He may be able to be signed to a low base salary with lots of incentives--like Bartolo Colon was last year--Theo always seems to make some deal like that.

Manny must be feeling lonely out there--I havent seen his name mentioned hardly at all...

maybe after what he did to the Sox last year he is scaring some teams off?

Schilling's as opinionated as any ballplayer has ever been... he went to the RedSox (partly) because he hated the Yanks. At THIS point, I can't imagine the Yankees wanting him, but he's got all the money he needs anyway, so I think there's only two chances of ol' Curt wearing the PinStripes... and Slim's out of town.