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Having slept on it last night, I know that my comments were inappropriate because I misunderstood some of the comments on the old guy vs young guy thread. I got slapped around by 3 very respected members and got my feelings hurt. I have, by nature, a short fuse and when I feel insulted I either want to fight back, or walk away. I'll get over it. I usually do. This will teach me to keep my thoughts to myself. :-X

Well, I apologize again for misinterpreting this thread. I have modified my original post, and I will not subject you all to my ignorance again. Thanks to all for setting me straight.

Well Mike, I'm on here checking posts at least 3 or 4 times everyday, although I have chosen recently not to post as often because I don't feel like I have much to add. I guess now I remember why. I apologize for interfering in your fun, and I was exactly sure how all the posts were intended because honestly they aren't completely clear considering the tone that other recent threads (i.e. the grammer and spelling threads). I do however want to thank you for calling me ignorant professor. Please continue without my further interjections.

**Post removed due to my apparent ignorance.**

Hey Muddy I didn't know that you had pictures of Russ in a suit and tie?

Black mail?

I hope you enjoyed your big win while you still could. It's probably pretty embarrassing to lose to 6 scholarship players and 3 guys who might not get court time in a pickup game at the rec center. Now it's on to Monday night to knock off the Jayhawks with our Fab Five.

The best coffee I've ever tasted is from The Roasterie right here in Kansas City. Then again I'm partial to local businesses, but you should give it a try sometime. I doubt you'll be disappointed. http://www.theroasterie.com/ P.S. The best beer made in the state of Missouri is also located on the Kansas City side. Those of us here drink quality Boulevard beer, and then pee in the river so it flows down to St. Louis, so they can use that water to flavor their beer.

I've heard nothing but good things about Opus X. My taste isn't refined enough yet for me to justify a cigar that good. In time I will. I've heard that if you are a fan of the Opus X, to try the Fuente God of Fire. They are only about $25 per stick.

I have a Punch Punch currently sitting in my humidor. It got a little dry so I'm trying to save it.

No, I'm not talking about Swisher Sweets or White Owls. This is a hobby that I'm really kinda getting into. I really enjoy a nice mild to medium cigar, something along the lines of a 5 Vegas Gold and/or a Cusano 18 Double Connecticut. Just wondering if any one else was into quality rolled cigars, and if so what do you like so I know what to sample.

I would like to throw in here, that I have no problem with knock offs, or similar style baits. I don't buy just senkos (usually only when they are in the clearance bin), but there are many times when I feel an original bait outperforms those that follow. I just don't get the constant need by some people to push or bash another product at every turn. In this case LBH just happened to be my breaking point. It could have just as easily been the "shimano posse" or the "Loomis gang"

nope, HAS TO BE a basstrix,lol. The paddle tails work much better when you pay way too much for them. The knock off tail won't be as good because it doesn't cost as much. It's a well known phenomenon called "Yamasenoism" Yeah, really. Why would you pay a little extra for the original when you can just buy the knockoffs that somebody made cheaper because they didn't have to do any leg work on research and development. LBH-Seriously man we all know that you worship at the alter of ***. I'm sure they are fine products, but you don't have to throw out your insults at the "original" bait companies everytime the topic comes up. It's old and played out. We get it that you're a cheap bass-turd, that doesn't mind settling for the knockoffs.

Okay, then please explain to me in exactly which situation is it acceptable to take your own life and leave your 2 year old daughter to grow up not having her father around.

Flechero, you took the words right out of my mouth.

And to think, we consider LBH one of us. :-X

Personally I'm a huge baseball fan, so I've always been fond of these bags. http://www.beverlyhillsluggage.com/2cofrpococa.html

My experience has been that for the money I prefer Fenwick. I think they are as light and sensitive as any rod I've used, and when you factor in their price (even with the recent price increase) they are hard to beat.

That under/over 110K thing is crap. My wife and I pay taxes, and are taxed at a higher right, and now we're being excluded from the rebate. Garbage.

I agree that those in Washington, or any political arena are going to deny the word recesssion for as long as possible, and in my opinion for good reason. It's like anything else, if Greenspan(or any one else that people respect) starts talking recession it sends out a widespread panic that makes the situation worse than it needs to be. For a large percentage of people, by the time they really realize we are in a recessive state, then we've already start the climb back out of it. I don't think there is much we can do to stave off a recession if it comes because the majority of the public is ignorantly unaware of anything outside of their little sphere. Economies, and markets are always going to go through negative corrections, it's just the "nature of the beast" so to speak. As long as people don't panic, and make a few changes in their spending habits it can be weathered pretty easily. To put this in fishing terms, instead of dropping $300 on a new Loomis GLX, spend $200 on a new Fenwick Techna AV, and instead of a buying a Stella settle for a Symetre and you will hardly notice the financial crunch on your wallet.

Muddy- Here are some thoughts from some of the world's leading economic experts. I'm not saying you're wrong, and I'm not saying that a recession is not possible, but as someone who works in financial services industry, I think we are "crying wolf" just a little bit to early on this one. We are going through some economic downturns, but we're not in a recession just yet. When you go through a period of all time high economic growths, new home sells, etc, eventually you only have one direction you can go. "Wachovia's chief economist John Silvia says many of the indicators out just today point to a contrary conclusion: JOHN SILVIA:"Personal income is growing around 7 percent. Consumer spending up around 5 percent. You're looking at factory orders, shipments, all growing at 8 to 10 percent growth. I mean, that's not the scenario where you have recession." Silvia says he's not ruling out a recession, but wouldn't put the odds at any more than 1-in-20 in the coming six months." "Greenspan, who has become a Federal Reserve chairman emeritus of sorts, might be more objective now that he is out of his federal role. He told the Wall Street Journal yesterday that he thought the probability of a recession is "slightly more than a third." "You're right; we're not in an official recession, which occurs when GPD growth is negative for two or more quarters in a row. In a period of slowing economic growth, dynamics may occur to make us feel like we're in a recession business growth is sluggish, businesses stop expanding, unemployment goes up and employment goes down, and housing prices decline. Does this sound familiar? Depending on where you live in the county, you may be experiencing all or many of these things, but it doesn't mean we've entered a recession. Recessions don't just happen overnight; generally, a recession is preceded by several quarters of slowing growth."

So they don't really know what files are missing? They have backup copies of everything important? The only thing missing were Coach Rod's copies of the files and any notes he may have taken himself? Oh, I see. So maybe someone from WVU blew this all out of proportion to make Coach Rod look bad? SHOCKING!

First of all, Michigan fan here. Okay, now I have a couple of questions. 1. The only personal files on the players were hardcopies in coach Rod's office? Don't y'all have them there computer machines in West Virginia. Seriously, there should have been multiple copies of those files in the atheltic department. No one was checking up on the players other than coach Rod? 2. After he resigned, why was he allowed back in his office unsupervised. If you had someone quit at your place of work, would you let them back in whenever they wanted, unsupervised? 3. People saw him shredding the documents, and no one stopped to ask him what he was doing? HUH??????? I agree it's kinda of an underhanded thing to do, but if I was facing a $4 million dollar lawsuit from my previous employer, I would be destroying any files they have on me or my program. Now, just how stupid are the athletic administrators at WVU to allow this to happen. The day he resigned they should have taken his keys, locked down his files, and told him he was no longer welcome around the office. No wonder you guys can't keep us from stealing all of your good coaches.

Sarah asks why they had to jump since she missed out on 7 years that she could have used to prepare herself and John for the futures events, and the good T tells her that she wouldn't have had that much time because she died in 2005. She doesn't say of what. One part I really liked is when the good Term. said she takes orders from future John, and not current John, and Sarah says "aren't they the same person", and the T answers "No, not completely." Good forshadowing to events in the future. This show is bringing out my inner geek, and I like it.

Okay, I have to throw this out there. Are we now pretending that T3 never happened? In T3(and that movie even screwed up the timeline a lot)it shows taht Sarah Conner died in 1997 due to lukemia. However the tv show starts in 1999, and last night the good terminator tells her she dies in 2005. So she dies twice? I know it's a tv show, and so far a pretty darn good one, but can it at least try to follow the time line a little? I'm not a great stickler for details in movies/shows, because I know they are entertainment, but this show is catering to Terminator fans, and they are all going to know the important details to the movies.