RockRaines

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 09:17 AM) Oof, sorry man. What kind was it? Started out with some rare form a few years ago but then 18 months ago it moved into his bones after he thought he kicked it. 4 young kids, man I cannot imagine.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:09 PM) Does anyone have any experience in owning a home with private well and private septic sewer. I will be buying my first house with my soon to be wife in the upcoming months and so far the property we have liked the most is private well/sewer and neither of us have had any experience dealing with that. Some help on the plus/minuses would help, it's in the Chicagoland area and on a half acre lot for whatever that's worth. Yes, I have both in Michigan, although the township made us disconnect our septic 2 years ago to hook into the sewer. Wells can be great if they are properly dug, you will be able to tell by the smell. We filter it slightly for regular water and heavily through another filter and also the fridge for drinking water. Our newer well (less than 10 years old) is ALOT cleaner than our previous one and you cannot taste any difference between it and most tap water in other states (chicago obviously has the best tasting water ever). The biggest concern with wells IMO is the water used to wash clothes, if its extremely hard water and has a smell, your clothes will smell as well. The septic was another animal, you DO have to be a bit careful what you flush and if the water or toilets run. Keep a strict schedule of inspection and pumping or you can have a REAL s***ty situation.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 12:26 AM) Is it true most bartenders could pick up the hottest girls in the bar near closing time? No. Drunkest maybe. You still work an hour or two after closing so it's pretty hard to hook up after shift.

One of my good friends lost his battle with cancer last night. He was 34. I really really hate that disease. I'll vote for the first candidate that wants to carpet bomb cancer.

Two garbage goals. Not a great start.

Latos took less to play one year for the Sox, I expect if Desmond signs its a similar situation.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 03:25 PM) As the current college student, I'm in agreement here. I can easily see some of the crazier ones hitting like, 100. But if I had to guess the average would be between 4-7 Well yeah, obviously it was an exaggeration. As a college bartender I'd like to think we were in the higher numbers comparatively and thats crazy, but if you start factoring in life after college (a decade or so) its not that far out of range.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 11:05 AM) I'll stop with the topic then. Didn't know 400 partners was pretty average Only gay men sleep with that many people....

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 10:59 AM) s*** 400 is just college for some people. Yep, we've been sold a bill of goods about college

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 04:17 PM) I don't get what is so great about Chipotle. It isn't that good. There are so many dive type places I would rather go to that just blow it away. Give me a Taco Burrito King for starters. I dont go there for great mexican food, I go there for tasty healthy alternative to what I could eat for dinner. I get brown rice, black beans, protein, healthy fat and veggies for under 10 bucks. Its a great post workout fuel

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 01:57 AM) I think the gay life is a lot different in reality than we've been told on TV shows, etc. It sounds like a big orgy type situation. Whitesoxjr27 is telling us some wild stuff that gay life is more about sex sex sex than the stuff we've been sold about gay marriage, etc. How the hell would any males stay married with this desire for sex being the only factor in gay relationships according to whitesoxjr?? Has the public been sold a bill of goods thinking gay lifestyle is basically the same as hetero lifestyle? Same goals of marriage, raising kids, having a picket fence, etc?? Greg, are you seriously shocked that single people love to have sex with different partners?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 08:21 AM) My father-in-law was a commercial/industrial painter for over 30 years, so he's passed on some of his tricks. I'm kinda sloppy, but my wife's gotten good enough where she doesn't need tape to cut in lines (this is where good paint and a good brush are crucial). Still, it's crazy watching him paint a room. Perfectly cut lines at the ceiling and around trim with a flick of a wrist, whole rooms painted in 1/4 of the time it'd take us. My buddy is a pro and he does all of our stuff on the cheap off the books and its really amazing. I tried painting my condo the first time and that was the last time I painted. Its incredible the skill of a pro vs someone who just thinks its rolling on paint.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 08:56 PM) It's amazing. I'd love a psychologist to tell us why, but if Obama could run again and again, he'd win the next four elections hands down in landslides. I don't get the voting public. Obama was a disaster of a president and yet like you said, he'd win President for sure if he could run again this time and I stand by my statement he could win three more elections after that. We got Greg, thanks Obama

Talked to two trump supporters today whose main reason was he was going to "carpet bomb" those terrorists and let us protect ourselves with guns against terrorist attacks. I guess I don't understand why terrorism is so high on the priority list, it effects us in such minute amount compared to other things. It's crazy to me.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 02:54 PM) 1. Home Depot or Lowes are okay for paint. I prefer Ace generally, especially their semi-gloss trim/door white paint. Most paints are "paint and primer in one!" which just means they suck at both and go on thick with poor coverage. Oil-based paints are "better" but are kind of a pain in the ass and pretty much everyone uses latex unless you have a very specific reason not to. If you are trying to cover over some darker colors on the wall, prime it with Kilz first. Sherwin Williams is going to be a little bit more expensive, but will generally be better paint. Working with the nicer paints can make the job go a lot easier. Don't cheap out on the brushes, either. 2. Like Rock said, it's probably just normal contraction due to low humidity in the winter. Amazing paint advice. I pay a guy to paint now because frankly it really is a skill and knowledge is half the battle.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 02:12 PM) So probably stupid questions here but hey I'm new to this: 1. This spring I'm going to repaint a lot of my condo, where do you all prefer to get paint from? Bigger places like Lowes or more specialty places like Sherwin williams? Or other places? 2. I've got hardwood flooring in most of the condo, near the living room there is a small opening between two boards. It's not really that visible but I'm wondering what I could do to fix it. It's collecting some dust/dirt in it so I'm guessing the sooner I fix it the better to avoid further separation or anything. There isn't anything visible as to why it's happening. Anyone deal with this before? Go to one of those paint stores, like JC Licht or Sherwin, there were two in the west loop that were good. My friend had a contractor number that gave us a discount. My boards in my condo separated quite a bit more in the winter and then expanded to fill in during the summer.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 08:24 PM) Holy crap does it cost a lot to renovate an older home. Yep and my contractor specializes in making it look like the original architecture because anything I do to my house has to be approved by a board since i live in a historic district. Its crazy.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 06:58 AM) I know I didn't say it was a good metric. But it is technically unemployment too. Eh not really. If you arent looking for a job you cannot be part of that statistic.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 05:27 PM) Not killing innocent people is part of every religion. Unless you are an infidel that is.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 05:20 AM) That's not how unemployment works though. That's labor force participation. Right that's part of what I don't get. My father is retired and is in that group, I wouldn't consider him unemployed.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 10:16 PM) Technically true. Or around there. Based on?

Trump is drunk

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 08:35 PM) The key seems to be to have a defenseman ram the offensive player into the goalie so they will disallow the goal. Apparently that's a good way to help your team.

Lol the Hawks consistently get screwed on reviews.