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QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 11:24 AM) Now im pretty sure Borchard gets the last spot who I was rooting for anyways over Gload. I think Gload will get it. Think about it. If Thome is DHing and Konerko is playing first, who's the late inning defensive replacement at first base if needed? Gload > Mackowiak.

They've obviously been watching Dateline lately...

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 04:08 PM) We may have to hold a mini soxtalk getogether in tribute to our british sig wizard's first sox game I was just thinking that. I'm doubting he'll be bringing a cooler full of beer and food and a grill with him...

QUOTE(The Critic @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 10:15 AM) My check engine light went on twice in two months last year. It was a faulty gas cap and a sensor. Thank goodness. Check engine light typically means something electronic is wrong. Most of the time it's some sort of sensor. It's when something mechanical is wrong that you start to have big problems.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 08:45 AM) My check engine light went on in my 2002 PT Cruiser. So I drive it to the dealer to get it checked to see what it could be. They tell me it will be an hour wait for my check, and that it will cost me $90!!! Shouldn't that be something they just do for owners of their vehicles, especially when my car doesn't even have 65,000 miles on it yet??? Man, dealers and so many mechanics are just out to f*** you over any way they can. I swear, the f***ing Mafia is run with more respect for people that those f***ing assholes. You'd get the same thing at any repair shop. That's just the cost to hook it up to their diagnostic machine to tell them what the problem is. Here's a hint: You can buy your own code reader at the local AutoZone for a few bucks. In all the cars I've owned I can just take a piece of wire and stick it into the DLC connector under the drivers side of the dash. Here's an interesting website I found that explains how to get the codes from your car. Your problem is probably something simple like a $10 sensor.

Kingdom Hospital

QUOTE(zach61 @ Feb 28, 2006 -> 03:10 PM) Kinda hard to see, but is it from the shining? Yes it is. That was probably the most frightening scene in the whole movie just because they go from two innocent little girls standing there to flashing that for a few seconds. redrum... redrum...

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 28, 2006 -> 11:13 AM) That's what I thought. I think the shows she watches (cause I do occasionally also) are on Discovery and CourtTV. They are investigations of real crimes and the details of how they found the evidence and how it was linked to the crimes. Some of them they take years. It's pretty amazing. Yea, those are the ones.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Feb 28, 2006 -> 11:09 AM) Never saw Reservoir Dogs? Nope.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 28, 2006 -> 09:14 AM) Apparently it did. It was nominated for 7 Oscars. Am I the only one that can watch the Oscars and not recognize a single movie nominated? That just happened to me during the last awards show. I'd barely even heard of half the movies much less seen them. The only thing I know Chris Penn from is Best of the Best and Footloose.

My wife watches those forensic(sp?) shows all the time and is amazed at what they can find to solve some of the murder cases. I always say "Yea, but that's just the ones they solved." Just think, had this woman never confessed, they may have never figured out what happened to the murdered couple.

I thought Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the only place you could use a cell phone as a gun...

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 04:30 PM) Well, the Little Caesars just down the road from my house is $5 large, one topping, all the time. So it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what pizza joint gets the majority of my business. There's a Little Caesars right down the street from my house. I always laugh when I see the person standing on the corner holding a large sign that says "Hot and ready". They couldn't pay me enough to do that. I've gotten their pizza when we need something fast and cheap. Mostly I just stop for the crazy bread though. I like Papa John's but they're pretty expensive. Pizza Hut is ok but usually better after it's been in the fridge for a day. My favorite is a local place called Napoli's. We can get a family size for $12 bucks and it feeds 7 people.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 06:28 PM) If you want cheap AND good, pick up a frozen Home Run Inn pizza. Thawing it is the key. Put it in the fridge for a day, then leave it out for 3 hours before baking. MMMMMM. You can get 2 larges for like $10.00 at Jewel. $10 for 2 frozen pizzas? I can get totino's for a buck a pizza...

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 10:19 PM) www.B-O-L-O-G-N-A.com Also known as http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp I actually got in trouble when I replied to a company-wide email that said that we should put our cell phone #'s on that list. I responded with the info from that website. That being said, I've never heard of receiving text messages from an unknown company that causes you to get charged for something when you merely read the message. I have received text messages from my cell-phone provider telling me to "keep and eye out for great savings at their website". I'm thinking that the do-not call list wouldn't be much help for things like that anyway.

There's a local restaurant that's only in the Rockford area that serves the best french fries I've ever had. It's called Beef-A-Roo. Their burgers are pretty tasty too.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 07:28 PM) I would love to see a ghost but have yet to. I have however seen a UFO before. Seeing something out of the ordinary like this is just incredible and something I'll never forget. I've seen lots of UFOs. I'm pretty sure most of them were from this planet though...

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 11:46 AM) ...meh, I was debating mentioning this or not, but, if anyone has any interest talking extraterrestial or UFO pheonomea, I have a few stories to share...two of which I expierenced first hand. All kidding aside, I'm a total believer. They were weather balloons. Oh and the crop circles were already proven to be made by humans.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 11:42 AM) Bunch of people from my high school (barrington) have went there. One of the stories i heard involves a black SUV chasing them out of there and following them for a long time. Kinda scary. That seems to be a common theme with a few of these places.

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 11:41 AM) According to Yahoo, it's Loves Park. I guess that means we shouldn't trust Yahoo maps. 61109 is a Rockford zip code. Loves Park is 61111. I prefer mapquest or google maps.

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 11:38 AM) Mitchell Drive http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=Mit...ew=1&name=&qty= But farrr, farrr from 173 Yea, that's the south side of Rockford. Loves Park is north of Rockford. I can't even think of any "rest areas" anywhere around here.

I totally forgot all about this place. I've never been there but it was a big thing when I was in high school. There is a campgrounds that we go to all the time during the summer that's just a few miles north. I'll have to remember that next time we go... There was some old farm house somewhere near Caledonia that a handful of my friends visited one time. Another friend of mine and I were sitting at a Denny's when they walked in and started telling us about all these strange things that happened to them while they were there. So we all loaded up and went back out there. When we drove past the house they kept saying "Can you feel that? Something doesn't feel right" My friend and I were both sittin in the back seat. We just kinda looked at each other and shrugged our shoulders. I guess if you don't really believe in this stuff you don't "see" or "feel" anything. At least I never have...

This intersection doesn't even exist! There is no Mitchell Rd. in Loves Park, much less one that intersects 173...

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 10:05 AM) Amber alert: Amber alert Issued for 4 Year Old Illinois Girl Sangamon County Illinois--The Sangamon County Sheriff's Department and the Illinois State Police issued the Amber alert after the child was reportedly abducted from 3050 Green Valley Road in Springfield on February 21, 2006 at 2pm. Cassandra M Mcnear, a white female, 4 years old, 3 feet, 42 pounds with brown hair, and brown eyes. She was wearing pink/red top with heart in middle, pink pants, white Nike tennis shoes, and pink coat with cat pictures. Cassandra was taken by her father Adam L.McNear who is driving a 2003 Silver Mitsubishi Galant with Illinois License Plates 728-7963. He may be en route to Highland,California. Anyone with information on this abduction should call 9-1-1 or (217)753-6600 http://www.projectsafekids.org/alert.html for her safe return. I've always been fuzzy on how a kid can be "kidnapped" by his/her own parents...

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 09:51 AM) Tonight at 8:00 PM central time on TLC. A documentary on a roid monster. http://tlc.discovery.com/tvlistings/episod...d=0&channel=TLC I saw this advertised last week as well but I missed it. I definitely want to check it out. The dudes arms are almost 88 inches around!!!