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So, SATHER plus the number 1 is not in the running? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif I really like the look of Carlos Villanueva's autograph. The image I found is a bit large, so I'll link to it instead. So I advocate going for Villa, then having him sign it. And if I might add (though this won't help the Stairmaster's case), Matt Stairs has always reminded me of one of my uncles.
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Oh yeah, the only song I've ever heard with "ShopKo" in the lyrics. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Note that they aren't playing it on WOLX. That would cut into their valuable Andy Williams/Josh Groban/Amy Grant/Christmas Shoes time. -
Speaking for a moment as a forum participant and not as an administrator, I agree wholeheartedly with the quoted part of JJHardy7's post above. As if you all couldn't tell from my blue kool-aid avatar, I personally try to stay on the optimistic side of things (actually, I prefer to consider myself "hopeful"). I'll admit that I tend to tire pretty rapidly of gripes and sky-is-falling comments. But not all "negative" posts are like that. RockCoCougars, in his 1992-1993 thread, expresses concern about the 2009 Brewers, as many of us have done recently, but in a way that is thought-provoking and, for me, just a lot more interesting than brief comments like "they're punting for 2009" or "my worst fears are realized." (I'm not looking to call anyone out, just paraphrasing the kind of stuff I've noticed in the last week.) So it's not that there's no room at Brewerfan for negative thoughts. I personally would rather read well-thought-out messages, positive or negative, than anyone's negative splatter on the screen. There are multiple sites on the internet where people can go to just react with a keyboard about the Brewers. I'd prefer (again, speaking as a member) that Brewerfan be different from other sports message boards in that regard. I think other staff feel the same way, and I hope some other members do too. I agree with DougJones43 that the bigger problem may be uber-repetition by a subset of posters, and that should not necessarily preclude having a vent thread. I also appreciate that you realize the difficulty of the balance that staff try to maintain on the site.
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Seriously, if the Brewers could find a market willing to buy Reaching For The Top, they will surely market the 2008 highlights on DVD.
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Reading this part of your question makes me think of a product-of-the month club type thing. They're available for all kinds of food and beverages (even if he literally doesn't need anything, he presumably still eats), and for some you don't have to do a full year's worth of months if you don't want to. I just googled the phrase "of the month club" and got over a million hits. Just as an example, we got a fruit of the month club for my mom one year (the "maverick" fruits from Harry and David; they have cosmetic blemishes but the food quality is the same)and she enjoyed it. It's not like she couldn't buy her own fruit, but she said it was fun to get something every month. The potentially neat thing is, if you hit upon a good "month club" idea, you can keep it up as many years as you'd like. Future gift giving woah solvdd!
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Well, go slowly. Better to arrive late and in one piece.
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Today (December 15) was the first day that fans with vouchers for a free copy could redeem the vouchers. Vouchers were distributed at the October 4 NLDS game (the one the Brewers won), and are also available to fans who spend $100 in the Fan Zone during December, or at the clubhouse sale the weekend before last. So far I've seen no indication that the DVD will be sold, but it seems like an utter no-brainer to sell them, at some point (maybe after December, to give eager fans more incentive to spend $$$ in the fan zone).
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According to the Cap Times, yes.
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Or leave the second "e" off the end of Wookiee, or leave the third "c" out of Chewbacca. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif (I want to point out for the record here that I am NOT a Star Wars freak. I will admit to being a spelling and language use freak.)
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That'd be Dan Fogelberg: Same Old Lang Syne. It's considered Christmasy because "the snow was falling Christmas Eve" when he bumped into his old lover in the grocery store.And WOLX plays that a heck of a lot too. For those of us who enjoy Christmas music (which I know does not include burniebrewer and others here), it's disappointing that they resolutely maintain such a wee tiny and small playlist.
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Can anyone explain what the big deal is about Josh Groban? The Madison Christmas station plays songs by him like every hour.
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Brewerfan.net is based in Wisconsin.There's an example. And of course, when I say "modest," I mean relative to his new salary.
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It would be nice if CC made a modest donation to something based in Milwaukee/Wisconsin, maybe even for a few years, in recognition of the Brewers' role in increasing his new salary.
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Brian beat me to the punch in this case. Bring Back the Stein, I enjoy many of your posts, and the one above especially. Reading through the experiences shared in this thread - which, by the way, has been a great antidote to the relatively dour mood around the board this week - I'm struck by how many of us had our Brewers interest sparked by the team's (relatively few) past successful seasons, or one or more talented players. Some of us got lured in simply because the Brewers happened to win the first game we saw. For at least one poster here, it was little more than the luck of the draw for baseball cards and stickers. Imagine how many more fans there could have been with a little more success, or a little less Sal Bando, or any of a series of random incidents going a different way. Along these lines, I think it's more exciting to imagine how many young fans entered the fold recently because of the 2008 wild card berth, seeing the Brewers on TBS, the final-week heroics, the brief Sabathia era, maybe even the fans' final vote to get Corey into the all-star game. Or just a random first game a kid attended this year that the Brewers happened to win, or that had a cool giveaway item.
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Don't forget that the wacky, nutty winter of 2007-2008 also featured tornadoes on one day.This was personally remarkable for me because the S.O.'s family all lives in Kenosha, and our gift for each name we drew was a weather radio. On December 24, I was glibly saying to them, "let's hope you don't have to use the weather alert part anytime soon." Exactly two weeks later...tornado warnings. Perhaps this was a lesson to me to not be glib.
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OK, I've stated before on this site that overall, I like the four seasons (even after last winter). But check out the forecast over the next few days for Madison (per the National Weather Service - Milwaukee/Sullivan website): Friday afternoon: Mostly sunny with a high near 13. Friday night: Mostly cloudy with temperatures rising to around 18. Saturday: A slight chance of rain or snow. Areas of fog. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Saturday night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy with a low around 32. Sunday: Rain likely, with a high near 42. (On a separate part of their website, the NWS warns of the possibility of flooding due to rapid snow melt.) Sunday night: Periods of rain before midnight, then periods of rain, freezing rain, and sleet between midnight and 3 AM, then periods of snow after 3 AM. Low around 15. Monday: A 40 percent chance of snow before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 17. Monday night: Partly cloudy, with a low near 1. Single digits/teens to 30s/40s back to single digits/teens within the space of a long weekend. I think Mother Nature is trying to kill us.
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I know. He was a gonna be the future...hopefullly.
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The Anywhere But Wisconsin Winter Weather Thread 08-09 version
hawing replied to pitchleague's topic in Off-Topic Forum
But did it at least feel a little more like Christmas-time? -
My unsubstantiated hunch is that WIBA would prefer to keep Brewers games in the Clear Channel family, which would mean they'd remain on 1070. But yeah, even at our house in the city of Madison, we don't get 1070 in as well as 1310, and presumably 100.5 would be an improvement in signal strength.
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Yeah, something seems profoundly wrong about that, or it seems like it should to anyone outside the "have" teams. There was little if any reason to really believe CC would be back, and valid reasons why it's just as well he won't be back; but the compensation thing is like being the 98-pound weakling on the beach and watching the big ripped bully walk off with the girl you like, then kick sand in your face just because he can. I could have rooted for CC as a Dodger, Giant or Angel (though obviously not vs. Milwaukee). Not now.
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Make it a chili cheese dog and you might be on to something. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
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The S.O. and I were just pondering on Friday (on the way back from the clubhouse sale) whether Bill was really going to have the Lasik as he'd stated during the 2008 season. Now we know. It seemed to serve Jason Kendall well enough...
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I heard about this a few days ago. What seemed interesting to me is from the releases I've seen, it's hard to tell whose decision this was - ESPN's or Clear Channel/1070's.
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I'd dress casually, and just off the top of my head I can think of two reasons why: 1. It's Madison. How many settings in Madison require really high-end outfits? 2. Unless you're sitting next to the stage (I don't know how this show is laid out), the lights are going to be down during the performance, so who would notice your clothing? If you're really worried, wear Dockers or their equivalent.
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I'm mildly surprised that Madison called things off, with 3 inches on the ground at present. Still, that means I shouldn't have to stand on the bus. We'll see how that goes...
