Rowand44 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (G&T @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 09:26 PM) Balls. I'd say sorry but I doubt that really covers it. Holy s***. What happened if you don't mind my asking? No one really knows what makes it so much better. From what I can gather, somehow someway one of our neighbors cars just exploded(ya I don't know) and caught our place on fire(we live in a townhouse). Sweet phone call to get at work. Pictures and crap are on nbcchicaco.com under local news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 S*** Row, glad you're ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Do you have a place to stay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Sorry, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 10:04 PM) So anybody hear about the fire in Wadsworth today? Ya that was my house, cats dead, stuff gone, house gone. Life blows I am so sorry to hear this. It's awful and all my thoughts are with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 09:04 PM) So anybody hear about the fire in Wadsworth today? Ya that was my house, cats dead, stuff gone, house gone. Life blows That's awful man, sorry to hear that. Best wishes to ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 09:33 PM) Do you have a place to stay? Place started on fire at 3, insurance got us into a hotel 15 minutes ago. Ill probably just stay here tonight cause my mom is a wreck and I don't want to leave her by herself then ill go stay with friends after tonight most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 s*** Row, I'm sorry man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 So sorry to hear that Row. Hope you and your family can get thru it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) No one really knows what makes it so much better. From what I can gather, somehow someway one of our neighbors cars just exploded(ya I don't know) and caught our place on fire(we live in a townhouse). Sweet phone call to get at work. Pictures and crap are on nbcchicaco.com under local news. Sounds like it was chewing on an electrical line. Ugh. Sorry to hear it man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Well it's appreciated guys. I'm obviously not happy and sad about my cats especially because of how they died. but I can deal with it decently enough. Just worried about my mom, those cats were her life and she obviously just lost her house and she's not handling it too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 07:04 PM) So anybody hear about the fire in Wadsworth today? Ya that was my house, cats dead, stuff gone, house gone. Life blows Holy crap Row. I'm so so sorry to hear that. Thoughts and prayers go to out to your family. That is absolutely terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 08:06 AM) Well it's appreciated guys. I'm obviously not happy and sad about my cats especially because of how they died. but I can deal with it decently enough. Just worried about my mom, those cats were her life and she obviously just lost her house and she's not handling it too well. Holy crap dude. Let me know if you need anything. Just crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 09:04 PM) So anybody hear about the fire in Wadsworth today? Ya that was my house, cats dead, stuff gone, house gone. Life blows Oh my God, that's awful. I am sorry to read this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Ugh...this is horrible, heartbreaking news. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help. I'm sure the Soxtalk community would be more than willing to help in any way possible. Don't hesitate to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Damn, went through a somewhat similar situation 4 years ago, it's tough to get through especially for the parents. Stuff is stuff but losing your home and your cats is just plain hard to deal with I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/17/news/econo...?source=igoogle WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- A nickel boost in the first-class stamp price to 50 cents is part of the U.S. Postal Service's latest plan to stop bleeding red ink. The Postal Service released the 5-year business plan to Congress late Thursday in part to push Congress to pass legislation to help them get through ongoing financial woes. Due in large part to declining first-class mail volume, the service recorded a $3.3 billion loss in the final three months of last year, which is usually a profitable period. The Postal Service says that, if nothing is done, it faces $18 billion in losses by 2015. Lawmakers have been working on different plans for months, but all of them have controversial aspects and are stalled. The U.S. Postal Service's plan would save about $20 billion over the next five years, although it needs Congress to act to achieve about $10 billion in savings. Nearly all the ideas in the five-year plan have been proposed before, except for the big first-class stamp boost. Raising the price of the stamp to 50 cents from 45 cents now could yield $1 billion a year in new revenue, according to the plan. Among previously offered proposals, home delivery would be cut to five days a week from six, and thousands of post offices and mail processing plants would be closed. The service would slow the delivery of first class mail by a day. The agency also proposes bypassing a federal law that requires that it to prefund retiree health care. It would also create a new health care plan for employees to be run by the Postal Service. Postal Service pleads for help as losses continue The plan would also reduce the number of employees by 155,000 by 2016, mostly through pushing some of the 283,000 eligible to retire. "The plan we have developed requires a combination of aggressive cost reduction, rethinking the way we manage our healthcare costs, and comprehensive legislation to reform the business model of the Postal Service," said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. However, most of the cost-cutting measures the Postal Service is pushing for are controversial, and have opponents in Congress and among employee unions. The National Association of Letter Carriers vowed to study the new business plan but decried moves to cut Saturday delivery, downsize networks and slow delivery. "Charging more for reduced service is not a rational plan for any business, including the U.S. Postal Service," said Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. The union also noted that almost all of the $3.3 billion in red ink the Postal Service recorded in the quarter resulted from the $3.1 billion owed to pre-fund future retiree health benefits. The union wants Congress to dispense with the 2006 mandate that required prefunding those benefits. In December, the Postal Service announced a plan to shut up to 250 mail processing plants and cut 28,000 jobs nationwide, but later delayed the closures until May 15. The plan released Friday makes clear the Postal Service intends to push forward with proposed cuts if Congress doesn't act. Postal Service policy consultant Alan Robinson noted that the new business plan includes an "aggressive schedule" for cutting employees and services, in his blog the Courier Express and Postal Observer. The plan to cut mail facilities soon after the May 15 moratorium "represents a clear example of the Postal Service taking an action that will generate substantial political heat that in previous years it would have deferred," Robinson wrote. As for when Congress might act, experts say they don't expect progress until March at the earliest. "This is a dire situation, but it is not hopeless," said Sen. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat who runs the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service. "We can save the Postal Service for future generations -- and without further burdening taxpayers -- if we act decisively and strategically." The Postal Service is chartered as a government enterprise and its business model is supposed to be self-sufficient. But it has borrowed several billion from Treasury in recent years to stave off cash crunches. To top of page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 12:04 PM) Ugh...this is horrible, heartbreaking news. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help. I'm sure the Soxtalk community would be more than willing to help in any way possible. Don't hesitate to ask. I can't from here in Columbia, but I will if I'm ever home and you need help Row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev211 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) I just recently learned how to solve a rubik's cube. I felt that you guys should know this. Edit: also rowand im sorry to hear about that, let us know if you need anything Edited February 18, 2012 by kev211 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 A frog goes into the bank and asks the teller for a loan. The teller tells the frog to see Mr. Paddywack, the loan officer. Mr. Paddywack looks at the frog and says, "What do you have for collateral?" The frog pulls out of his pocket a solid silver elephant. Mr. Paddywack looks at the elephant and says, "I don't know. I'm going to have to ask Mr. Larson, the bank manager to approve this." He goes into Mr. Larson's office and comes back. Two minutes later, Mr. Larson comes out with the elephant and says, "It's a knick-knack Paddywack, give the frog a loan!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 *rmishot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Preface: Row, if you need any support at all, let everybody know here...of course, through PM Most IMPORTANTLY: the game suck it players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Once again, really appreciated everyone. I'm not the emotional or talk about it type so that's why I like to be able to vent on here to at least get it out of my system. Anyways, I have some really awesome friends that actually took up a collection for me and 10 of my high school friends gave me 500 bucks to buy clothes and what not. I'm actually very excited to get back to work and get back to working out and just get back to my life tomorrow. Thanks again, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I hate to hear this about a good person and friend. Echo everyone's statements here bro. I got you. Don't be afraid to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I can't sleep. Saturday night I got real drunk and slept til about 2 PM on Sunday. That being said, I've been laying in bed since 2 AM and cannot sleep. I've got my alarm set for noon. I have to be up by 6:30 AM on Tuesday because I have a doctor's appointment. This sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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