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  1. whizkid
    Do you think there's an empty void under the surface dirt? If so you'd want to fill that in but I'm skeptical that would be the case. I think the water getting down there would compact the dirt. But you could dig down a few feet and see what it looks like around the well. A landscaper can dump a pile of dirt in your driveway. You need to measure the length, width and height of dirt you think you need and they can help you calculate the cubic yards. You need to tamp the dirt down a little at a time after you put it down. After a few rains you may need to add more. I think you want the dirt to slope at least 3/4" per foot away from the house so the water will run down the surface. More slope is better. A landscaper could do the work for you but it would cost, you'd have to get some estimates. If you think the basement walls are damaged from this then you'd have to look into the need for excavating/waterproofing. You should be able to call some places and get some advice/free estimates. What quality of dirt/soil you need/want depends on what's planted there or what you want to plant there. If you need to bury any plantings too much deeper than they are, they might not survive either. What is the distance now between the dirt and the siding. You don't want the dirt to be closer than about 8" to the siding after you re-grade. There are other things that can be done like French Drains but without seeing the actual situation and I'm not an expert anyway, it's hard to say much more. There is a lot of info and instructions that can be found on the internet via Google.
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    Yes, grading away from the house is the most important thing. You can do it yourself, order a load of dirt and then a shovel and wheelbarrow are your friend. Do you have window well covers? Is this a gable roof with no overhang and gutter on that side?
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    I think there's a lot of 1 in it. The Cards blew away the record for hitting with RISP last year that's not repeatable. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/30/risp-cardinals-shattered-the-all-time-clutch-hitting-record/
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    Hurt himself on the diving catch of Gomez's drive.
  5. whizkid
    Just saw on MLB Network, MLB is going back to the previous ball transfer interpretations starting with tonight's games. The new interpretations were a disaster.
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    http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torrejo01.shtml Eddie Mathews was the only player to play in all 3 cities. Aaron's first season was 1954.
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    Frank Torre has had a lot of health problems and I really thought he had passed so didn't look it up. Joe's first season in MLB, 2 PAs, was 1960.
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    Torre was from the '60s. Del Crandall is still with us. While not 'big' names, Gene Conley, Felix Mantilla and Don McMahon are still around too.
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    Weekday games, especially during the school year don't have high viewership. There is a marginal expense to each game broadcast. Kelly tweaked his hammy running out his bunt.
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    That's why the infield fly rule was created, to stop infielders from deliberately dropping balls, getting a double play and making a mockery of the game. They call the infield fly rule even when the ball is in the outfield and a defender is camped under the ball, though usually it's still an infielder. We've seen that call be controversial. Now there needs to be an outfield fly rule? I think the fly ball interpretation of this rule is nuts. I also don't like the ruling change on the transfer such as with a double play but that's not as nuts.
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    Both of those big leads happened with one out in the top half of the inning. Someone else was already warming up. Last night the next 2 outs happened quickly and Henderson was probably somewhat rushed warming up once Frankie sat down. It could have happened that way the game before too. Wang isn't used to that, there's no rushing in spring training and he's been a starter. I don't think it sets him up for success to be rushed warming up before his first appearance.
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    Her movies were staples on TV in the 50s and 60s, particularly on Sunday afternoons. I'm sure I saw every one at some point. Remember there were only 3-5 channels depending on where you lived. Because of that she was probably still considered as big a star then as when the movies first played in the theatres.
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    JB, I don't know how you recall the dates of those games, it's impressive, not just in this thread but in other posts you've made. I didn't know the date of the game I posted, or even what year. I had tried in the past to google the game I remembered but never turned up any articles about it. It must have been before 2012 when I last tried. This birthday thing prompted me to try again. I remembered that the Braves were down 3 in the bottom of the 9th and had scored a run before Hank came up. Didn't remember it had been Tommie Aaron homering though. Remembered it was against the cards at night, the walkoff GS and they had won by 2 runs. I remember my HR trot around the house best though. I was 13 at the time. I can't remember the year of the 1st game I was ever at, I'm guessing it was 1956. I had an uncle who worked at Schlitz and could get free tickets and he got them more than a few times a year. I didn't like those tickets though. They were behind home plate near where the wives sat. But they were under the net and I wanted to catch foul balls dammit. And btw dlk, having programmed/systems programmed on mainframes starting in the 70s it was easy to pick up PC skills when they first came along, wiseguy.
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    One of my boyhood heroes from the 50s and 60s. Many memories. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mil/mike-bauman-happy-birthday-hank-aaron-and-thank-you?ymd=20140205&content_id=67467008&vkey=news_mil I recall being at this game. When we got home I trotted around the house in Hank's nonchalant way, my elbows pumping high behind me. http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-live/50th-anniversary-hank-aarons-walk-off-grand-slam/
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    Not mentioned in this thread but Dave Madden, Laugh-In and Partridge Family, passed today also at 82.
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    Speaking of Alan Young(94) (Mr. Ed), here's an interview with him primarily about knowing Marilyn Monroe before she was famous. He looks great for 94. http://celebrity.yahoo.com/video/yo-marilyn-monroes-mister-ed-003454063.html
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    Three worthy guys. Best part is no Morris.
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    One of my favorite shows ever was St. Elsewhere in the '80s. Norman Lloyd(99) played Dr. Auschlander, one of the 3 "elder statesmen" doctors on the show. He was something of a protégé of Alfred Hitchcock appearing in a number of his movies, appearing in a number of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes and directing and producing many of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes.
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    Might as well do it early. Cold is a lot easier to forecast than where snow will hit and the amount a particular area will get.
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    I remember the -26 in Milwaukee in Jan '82. The dashboard on my car cracked with about a 1/4" gap. That was part of "cold sunday". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Sunday
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    It's a Wall of Honor, not a Wall of Fame. Maybe the semantics don't matter much but I don't have any problem with it. There are maybe 3 guys I have a little problem with, no big deal. It's not a strict participation award, it's a longevity participation award. Generally you have had to be at least good for a while to be kept around long enough to qualify. I probably wouldn't have included the guys on the Walk of Fame though, make it more like an honorable mention section.
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    Charlotte Rae was born in Milwaukee and graduated from Shorewood HS. Al Molinaro was born in Kenosha and lived there into his 30s.
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    Is this the update you did? Seems you are not alone. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-samsung-galaxy-s4/329874-galaxy-s4-strange-security-message-since-4-3-update.html I got other hits too when googling the issue.
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    Steinbrenner bought the Yankees at the advent of free agency. He spent the money the big market enabled him to. That's how he revived the franchise . The franchise was down partly due to the amateur draft that started in 1965. From then to free agency was the only time the Yankees competed on a more or less level playing field. Prior to the amateur draft the Yankees could afford more scouts and the added travel to comb the countryside, pay bigger signing bonues and higher salaries due to market size.
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    And how reliable do you think those studies are? Some of the employment agency studies are from self-reported salary surveys, not randomly generated. Beer is taxed so there is probably data on how much is sold in a state and you could divided by the adult population. The calorie study must be some kind of survey. How reliable is that? How do you propose someone get the individual income for a study? I would think if it were that easy, you would see more studies using individual income.
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