Dan Gould

Why? I just clawed my eyes out watching that. Not even the Dodger thing made me do that. I think you may have a built in prejudice against the 86 Mets. For the life of me I can't figure out why. I was prejudiced against the Mets 17 years before that. Figure that out if you will.

Why? I just clawed my eyes out watching that. Not even the Dodger thing made me do that.

Being in LA, the Dodgers always attract celebrities. And in 1986, they didn't come any bigger than Ed Begley, Jr. Unless you're Judge Reinhold. Or maybe Gary Coleman. "Bigger" and "Gary Coleman" in the same post?? Those go together like grannie panties and low cut jeans. Whachoo talkin' bout Willis? In 1986 I was huge!

Being in LA, the Dodgers always attract celebrities. And in 1986, they didn't come any bigger than Ed Begley, Jr. Unless you're Judge Reinhold. Or maybe Gary Coleman.

I definitely understand if a long-suffering Phils fan is taking to heart his implied threats about walking away when he gets the chance. But assuming that the Phils come across with the $$ when the time comes, all will be forgotten. Plus, regardless of their history, its not like the Phils are the Rays, Marlins, or A's, always letting good young players walk when they reach free agency. They'd deserve all the abuse that Phils fans will give them if Hamels stays healthy and becomes the star that he should be and they don't do what is necessary to keep him. It is kind of sad though that he is bitching about this treatment. Just wait until he goes to arbitration next year, and because of the way its set up, the Phils have to act as if he's a terrible, terrible pitcher. There was a cute piece on ESPN about two weeks ago:

Yes, it's between 15% and 25%, which are the minimum and maximum rates fixed by the EU. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax It's interesting that, while in the EU countries try to harmonize VAT rates as much as possible (and there is the same rate in the whole country), in the US the indivdual counties are allowed to fix their own level of sales tax. Not 100% true - counties and cities are able to add fractions of percents to the state sales tax as they deem necessary. But they have to charge whatever state law calls for. Which makes me wonder what the largest bump a local or county government has approved. Has any county had the stones to bum the state tax up another 2%? Here in Florida there is no state income tax, and sales tax isn't ridiculous - 7.5% I think - but we get to fleece the tourists to make up for it.

Here's a Philly columnist who is right on the money on this "issue":

:bad: Finally, something that makes "The Superbowl Shuffle" tolerable. What the hell were they thinking? And by the way, they finished 73-89 in 1986. That deserves its own

I disagree, for several reasons: Wit the high cost of mediocrities with service time, teams should hold the line wherever they can. That means not signing mediocre free agents when cost-controlled players can provide the same level of performance, and that means holding the line to what you think is fair for guys with three or fewer years service time. There's always a risk of injury, especially to pitchers, and that is something that both a player and the ownership should never lose sight of ... which leads me to the third point: if and when the Phils decide to lock this kid up and give him a guaranteed salary that will make him a millionaire many times over and at the same time "buy out" one or two years of free agency, all of this will be forgotten, unless Hamels is a fool. If he wants to continue to hold their feet to the fire, he can go through arbitration every year, and continually run the risk of a 'bad' season hurting his salary, in addition to the risk of that career-altering injury. Much ado about nothing, in my opinion. Young star players gripe and moan and act like babies, yet they know the situation they signed up for. Three years at a far lower than average salary, then a rapid escalation in arbitration and if they are decent, a bigger jump at free agency or a contract that goes into their free agency years. If Hamels had any brains at all, he'd say "cool, I'm just going to go out and do my job and if I do it like I am capable of doing, I'll get paid what I'm worth here or somewhere else."

:party: Repeat after me: The Rangers will surprise some people this year. The Rangers will surprise some people this year. The Rangers will surprise some people this year. (Note that I did not indicate whether the surprise will be pleasant or unpleasant. )

Thanks, Claude!

Its not an issue with Goldwave, its the input on my soundcard. In Goldwave, Line in has no hum, but stereo aux does. I can't imagine it would be different with another recording device. Thanks Claude, I downloaded and it does what I want - but I can't understand why it works OK with you as the trial period version has a five minute limit per extraction. Doesn't help on a 10 minute song. Guess I better follow Shawn's advice or else I'll have to pay for the full version. I think I'll also use my wife's ears tonight to see if she feels that the difference between the goldwave version and the stripped version is big enough to justify it.

I completely disagree. And the last line is meant to signify that Buckley could never stop doing the things that filled his life, and its demonstrated by the fact that he died working at his desk.

Can anyone recommend a program that will take the audio layer of a DVD and save it? I've played DVDs and recorded the audio through Goldwave before but I am figuring there must be some better way. Someone mentioned Audiograbber but looking through the website I couldn't see any clear indication that it would do the job, and checking the Forums, in 2001 an admin person posted to the effect that the program does not recognize DVD audio layers. I am running XP. Any suggestions are appreciated - the real problem I have with Goldwave is that the 'stereo aux' channel is what monitors the sound but it has a background hum that I don't get on the other channels. So stripping out the audio layer would keep it sounding as good as it can. thanks in advance ...

Are you saying there were two Three Sounds CDs put out in South Africa that have material never released elsewhere? Details, please! And if anyone has these, who do you want to sell them to? Renier (who's a fine fellow, no doubt) or the original Gene Harris Fanatic? Hi Dan, It appears as though the albums Soul Symphony (CD BN(SA)8-31917-2) and Elegant Soul (CD BN(SA)8-31918-2) were released on CD in South Africa back in the day... as were two Big John Patton albums (Along Came John and The Way I Feel). I've never seen these South African CD's, and have never known anyone who has. I might be mistaken, but I don't think Soul Symphony or Elegant Soul have been released on CD anywhere else... so it would be nice to actually find these South African discs! Cheers, Shane Well that's a relief, Shane. I have both of those on vinyl - Soul Symphony actually has its moments, definitely better than Elegant Soul overall. Thanks for the explanation - I was afraid that for some weird reason, EMI South Africa got into the vaults and pulled out never-issued material.

Are you saying there were two Three Sounds CDs put out in South Africa that have material never released elsewhere? Details, please! And if anyone has these, who do you want to sell them to? Renier (who's a fine fellow, no doubt) or the original Gene Harris Fanatic?

For the life of me I can't understand the hatred of someone who would say this:

Don't you get it Dan? He's "The Rocket." He can travel through time. See, he doesn't need pharmaceutical help, as by traveling back & forth through time he knows what the batter will swing at and makes adjustments when he returns to the present. Or wait, is it the past for him? It gets awfully confusing when you have these powers and use, er, abuse them. He really had the whole thing down for his years in Toronto, but like Homer in that episode with the toaster, he swatted one too many mosquitos going back & forth and now his sense of time is completely shot. All of those retirements, and the examples you pointed out. It's really a shame. I'm convinced now that the Feds are going to go hard after Canseco as the "weak link" and the one they can leverage into 'fessing up. You've got his potentially false affidavit submitted to Congress, that gives him legal exposure. And he's right in the middle of a lot of important moments mentioned in both men's depositions. If he gave or sold steroids to Clemens, or arranged for him to get them, they are going to go hard at him to flip. I think that the two critical areas the Feds need are: fingerprints on the material McNamee turned over - Rusty may claim 'contamination' if it were DNA/steroids together but he'd have a much harder time explaining away fingerprints on those objects to nail down Clemens' supplier - the missing piece, and I am sure they'd feel they have a slam dunk case if they can show all the contradictory testimony, plus fingerprint/DNA evidence, plus a supplier. One thing's for sure - Rusty seems to act as if a criminal investigation is about as inconvenient as a trip to the Dentist. But Roger is going to find out that its going to be the rectal examination of a lifetime, when the Feds get their teeth in you and don't let go.

Allen, no bullet tumbles through space without having hit something in between the muzzle and what it hits. If you think that those pictures are too fuzzy to be probative, than you are simply blind to the truth. You don't need any enhancement to make out the rest of the President's head, or to see where the defect is, or anything else. Its all right there. I suspect that everyone who has read this thread agrees. Except you, and others who are lucky enough to know the truth. The proof of when Connolley was hit is in the video. Watch it. His movements, everything coincides with when Kennedy was hit in the throat. The jacket billows out. There is no question whatsoever. Your claim about the ability to make these shots is ludicrous as well. It is analagous to the video that is on that site in which a lame-brained conspiracy nut demonstrates what it takes to take a shot with Oswald's weapon then take another, declares that the minimum time is 2.5 seconds, yet in his demonstration he did it in like 1.8. Its laughable. Don't bother responding, I'm through Allen. Believe what you believe, and rest comfortably in the knowledge that the rest of the country and world are stupid enough to agree. But before I leave, I really would like you to explain the hidden motives of the History professor who debunks all of the Liberal Myths about Kennedy that you claimed. Is he a dupe? Probably a conservative, and you know how stupid they are. Or maybe he's a co-conspirator, 40 years after the fact?

Have to say there's one weird moment in Clemens' deposition that calls into question what he knew about Canseco's drug use and when he knew it: This is 1998 - why does Roger bring up Canseco's book that was 7 years in the future? He really has a problem with timelines when he makes up his stories. The whole thing about Deb's use of HGH being what he told Andy about - five years before it happened, and this, making reference to a book that is seven years after the conversation he's recounting. Weird.

I conspired with myself to annoy Goodie til he'd stop posting stupidities in the Baseball Steroid thread. And it worked! Now I just need to cover my tracks .... Hey, you three hobos - wanna make a coupla bucks?

You simply cannot possibly serious. Only the front? what the hell are you looking at? The first frame after his head explodes shows the entire defect to the right (FRONT) of his ear, and a completely normal head shape to the left (REAR). The second frame after, his head has turned to the left, showing even more of the back of his COMPLETELY INTACT head. The final two frames show even more of his INTACT REAR SCALP. Again, what the hell are you talking about? And if you've read through the man's site, you know that there is no question whatsoever among experts that the behavior of the President's head and torso was completely in keeping with shots fired from the rear. And don't get me started on the magic bullet. You are aware that the shot that hit Connoly could behave the way it did only if it went through the President's throat, right? Otherwise it won't be tumbling, it will be spinning like a normal unimpeded bullet and wouldn't create a wound the length of the bullet. And are you aware that one study duplicated every non-fatal injury with a single shot, and nearly the same exact condition of the bullet at the end? As to your challenge, Allen - I've read Best Evidence as well as Case Open, some moron's reply to Posner's book, and I am slowly slogging through Bugliosi's tome (for once that's a book that deserves the sobriquet "tome"). Going deep into every nut job conspiracy theory is hardly necessary when every significant question has been answered to your satisfaction.

Back to reality. Waxman asked his staff to prepare a memo regarding Clemens' credibility. Here's the summary of the evidence on Clemens' claim of receiving a "lidocaine" shot from McNamee in Toronto: The rest of the memorandum is a devastating compilation of things Clemens claimed that were explicitly contradicted by other sworn testimony and/or evidence. http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080227135441.pdf And I see now that some GOP members of the committee think its ludicrous to charge Clemens on, for example, lying about the lidocaine objection. Does he really want to set a precedent where lying to Congress should only be prosecuted if its about "the big stuff"?