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I was considering rental properties. I have a few friends that do pretty well with just a couple of places. The downside is the maintenance both in effort and in dollars. I'm a decent enough handyman, but not sure if I want to spend too much time on that sort of thing. Thanks for the response.

Alright, since everyone here seems to have have a variety of opinions, I'll present this question: If you had 100k cash to invest, how would you do it? CD Ladders? Real Estate? Money Market? Combo..?

Oh you are in HR huh? That explains a lot..

Sheesh... do you guys just assume you know everything when you decide to crap on someone's post? Synergy is anything but a 'BS' word. It's of Greek origin, so as much fun as everyone has had painting it as some recent corporate buzzword, the truth is, it has a much longer history. As far as it being a bunch of hooey, you are quite wrong there as well. Synergistic effects have been measured in toxins, drugs, and in other occurrences in science and nature. Now, does this necessarily apply to football? Maybe not, but the point he was trying to make was that marginal improvements at a few positions could have a greater effect on the offense in general. I don't think he discounted the importance of hard work and effort. Is it so hard to believe that a receiver's performance could improve from an improved QB? Wouldn't the RB possibly improve as well? Under several definitions of synergy, those types of reactions could apply. Oh wait... I forgot, I'm on the internet... here goes.... LOL Stooupid bilz will suck! oh, I bet if jevon keCurse played beter thaan other dfense all of eagle swill do all better than patriotrs! LOL my boss syays stupoid "low hang froot" all the time lolrlz!

Josh Reed. He gave me and a buddy a lift when we were stranded!

I don't disagree that height is a factor in what type of player a WR is or can be, but I guess I didn't think that particular stat really helped to solidify your point.

An inch difference?

10-6

I'd let myself be shot.

Why because Hitler was able to kill more people? Give me a break. Don't doubt for a second that Zarqawi would have have killed every single human being on this planet who didn't share his views if he had the chance. Just because he didn't have the means that Hitler had, doesn't keep him out of the same group of evil assh*les.

Arrghh! I DVR'd this on the HD channel last night, and all of the audio is clipped. Can only make out a few words here and there. Could someone provide me with a solid overview of the episode? I would really appreciate it!

I have one of the new Mustangs, and I have nothing but praise for it. I got it in January 05 when they first came out.

Just watch how many more accidents there are on the 33 E now, with that billboard of that super-hot lawyer.

It's their land as much as where you are sitting right now is probably Native American land. Where do you draw the line, i.e. how far back can you go? The answer is you can't otherwise these types of conflicts will never go away. The palestinians need to step up and recognize Israel, stop openly supporting terroroism, and Iran needs to stop it's dangerous rhetoric. And you are fooling yourself if you think there would be any conflict if Jews worshipped allah. It's all about the deities.

Well, looks like 2 were arrested with a possible 3rd on the way. Interestingly the defense claims that 2 of the 3 were not at the party when the dancer was present, and state they have records of commercial transactions to prove it. They were right about the DNA... Also, there are desciptions of the photos taken by one of the party-goers here: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4091290 Assuming those descriptions are accurate, it would seem that the accusers story seems a bit flimsy, especially when you combine that with the fact that she was spotted passed out in someone elses car, and then didn't claim rape when she was initially interviewed at the hospital. It's hard to imagine what case the DA thinks he might have against the guys. But I guess that doesn't matter. The local community seems to think that they are guilty, so I guess that's good enough for me. Stupid affluent white kids.

Gasp.... you mean the Jews wanted their land back??? If you think Islam is friendly towards Jews, I suggest you take a look at the Koran.

Heh... truest thing I've heard all week. 8 years in bar/rest business taught me that.

Beer doesn't go well with straws. That is really besides the point anyway. It shouldn't be about finding a way to look less akward. People just shouldn't act like a 6th grader when they see someone with a physical impairment.

Let me make sure I understand this, she acted inappropriately and unprofessionaly toward a paying customer in her place of employment. I let her know that I saw her, and somehow this brings me down to her level? I don't know how many times I need to state that I didn't lose my temper. For those of you who think I overreacted, fine, its your opinion. But replace my name with your mom's and see if you still think it's all that funny.

Like I mentioned with the spitting thing (which I know was a joke) I wasn't looking to demean the waitress. I didn't lose my temper (visibly anyway). I just felt the managment should know that their wait staff was doing such things. I'm not sure if the yahoo article on treatment of wait staff was for my benefit, but this was hardly akin to having sorbet spilled on a dress. One is an accident, the other is unprofessional conduct, aimed at a paying customer. In a sense the article has no bearing on this particular situation.

I'm gonna miss the chicken wing soup. Maybe that can be my revenge, I'll get the secret recipe!

I was using fat people as an example of sorts, not trying to imply that it was ok. I just figured that everyone at some point in time could relate to that because most people have probably had a laugh at an overweight persons expense. Most people would not do it right in front of that person though, as it is pretty rude. Having worked in a number of restaurants, I've heard plent of jokes about the fat lady who orders everything on the menu and then gets a diet coke. Not a nice thing to say, but I also never heard the jokes made in the dining room or within earshot of said customer. I'm sure the manager blew me off for a few reasons. First, admitting that your staff did something wrong might require him to take some sort of action (comp'd meal or chastising the waitress). Secondly it would mean that he had to take the word of an irate customer over his staff, which is not always a good thing. I would never spit on the waitress or do anything that would bring me down to the same level, so I did the only thing I could. I would like to give credit where crdit is due though. After leaving Danny's we went to Adam's Rib. When we got there they said we would have to wait for a while for a table, which was no big deal. But the owner saw me in a brace, came up and said he was in one for a while, and understood what a pain (in the neck? ) they are to deal with. He did everything he could to get me seated immediately. The food and service were impecable, and the owner came by the table twice to make sure I was comfortable. Now, I wasn't asking for any special treatment, but this guy went out of his way to ensure my comfort and a good dining experience, so I figured I should give Adam's Rib props for a job well done.

H could be talking about an internal splint. I had a similar surgery two years ago to remove a tumor in my sinus as well as repair a badly deviated septum. The splints were like 2 little (actually they were f'n huge. When he removed them it reminded me of total recall) plastic surfboards that came out about a week after the doctor removed the packing. Once they came out everything felt fine. I can't say just how close what you are having was to my surgery, but I had it on a friday, and was at a Bills preseason game on sunday. Good luck!

I had a cervical disk fusion operation a few weeks ago which requires that I wear a hard cervical collar for a few weeks. About 2 weeks after I had the surgery, I was mobile enough to go out to dinner with my parents. We went to Danny's and asked for a table, and told the wait was about 20 minutes, so we elected to wait at the bar. While I was having my first beer, I noticed a couple of waitresses chuckling as one was putting on a display that was clearly mocking the way I had to drink. She was pretending to hold a drink to her face and tilt her whole uppoer body back, whie not bending her neck, which was exactly what I had been doing. I was a little put off, but figured I could have misinterpreted what she was doing, and just hoped I didn't get her as a waitress in the fear I'd be tempted to leave her a bad tip undeservingly. As I got my second drink, I spotted the same waitress again, this time with a new crowd at the waitress station, making the same motion and carrying on, but this time she went so far as to point directly at me (I suppose it could have been the Quick Draw screen behind me, but I have never seen a video keno machine with a bad neck and a drink). In otherwords, what she was doing was unmistakeable. I got pretty pissed this time. I abruptly told my family that we were leaving (their backs had been to the waitress station) and on my way out I walked up to the waitress and said "What, do you think I'm blind too?" and judging from her sheepesh reaction she knew exactly to what I was refering. On my way out, I decided that I'd go back in and explain to the manager or owner why his establishment was losing my business. He brushed me off saying none of his professional staff would do such a thing and I was clearly some kind of twit. This made me begin to wonder if it had been an older person or someone with a real disabilty, would this lady still have acted the same? Was I overreacting or are this waitress and her cohorts just a bunch of insensitive jackasses? Have any of you ever made fun of a fat person whie you were at work? Would you do it in plain sight of your target?

Oh, I just wanted to bump this to say I told you so. Now I'll tell you how I knew. Milloy (as well as Willis and Joe Burns) is on my Xbox Live friends list. Around January, Lawyer changed his logo from the Bills logo to a standard NFL logo. Burn and Willis kept theirs the same. I would presume that Levy and co. probably gave him advance warning that he was off the team.