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My best memory of an "off-season" tornado was March 8th, 2000 (March 8th also happens to be my birthday). It clipped Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee. I couldn't remember what year it was until I just looked it up, but I was thinking it was more like 5 or 6 years ago...not 13! Geez..time flies! At the time, it was the earliest tornado on record. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/document/tor/030800.php

Also, there was this graphic in the Journal/Sentinel this morning. Only month to not have a tornado (since 1954) has been February. http://media.jrn.com/images/TORNADOES18G.jpg

As usual, I'll disagree with a majority on this board. Baseball America's rankings are never perfect. There are usually 20 or so players in the top 100 who end up falling on their faces after cracking the top 100, but in general, I think they do a pretty good job with the rankings. My feeling is that the lack of Brewer prospects in the top 100 has little to do with any perceived bias by Baseball America and everything to do with the lack of talent in the Brewers farm system. In regards to Billy Hamilton...he was ranked in the top 50 after two seasons of above .400 OBP. I think it's very reasonable to rank a player who has two seasons with over 100 stolen bases and two seasons with .400+ OBP in the top 50. After last season, I think there is a decent chance that he will not be in the top 50 this year. However, should they completely discount his A and AA numbers because of one "off" season at AAA? If he can still steal 75 bases with a .308 obp, you have to wonder what he can do if he can get that up to .340 or .350? Lastly, you can't just compare raw numbers between all minor leaguers in every system. Some play in hitter's leagues. Some play in pitcher's leagues. Some play in hitter's parks...etc. edit: Also..Tyrone Taylor in the top 100? I'm not seeing it. 75 ABs with solid numbers at the rookie ball level followed by above average numbers, at best, at LoA is not exactly top 100 type stuff. The fact that he is ranked #2 in the Brewers org. is pretty sad and pretty telling about the state of the Brewer's minor league system. If he was an infielder with those numbers, maybe..but an OF? Meh.

I completely realize that most of these shows are not filmed without any direction or script. However, scripted or not, there are some that have believable situations. There are also reality shows like "Cops" or the hoarding shows where it's hard to imagine too much "acting" is going on (especially on cops). Maybe there is more acting than I'm aware of on the hoarding shows but whenever I have seen one of those shows, the emotion and the situation seemed pretty believable

Yeah, snowed downtown (not sure about elsewhere) for about 2 hours. No accumulation on the streets, but looks like maybe 1/2 inch on the grass, cars, rooftops.

I've watched 2 or 3 (I think I watched part of a 3rd) episodes of Duck Dynasty and I don't get why it has become so popular. In one of the episodes I saw, one of the guys bought a winery. It seemed very rehearsed and scripted.

Isn't O'Shea's downtown? I've never been downtown. Every time I go, I plan to go downtown, but never get around to it. Yeah..I wouldn't like the face-down thing or having to handle cards. I sat at a table like that once and had no idea what I was allowed and not allowed to do (in regards to when I could pick up the cards...etc). A guy I work with went to Vegas recently and said he was doubling down on blackjack at 6-5 tables and the dealer told him that it was not unusual for players to do that. I don't care what the odds are, I don't think I would ever risk giving away a certain win. I'm pretty sure "the book" states never to give away a good hand...like splitting 10's or facecards when the dealer has a bust card. I see players do this as well...and I don't get it. Seems overly greedy to me. Just take your win and be happy with it. Hooters is not that far from MGM and I saw the sign that said $3 blackjack. I was going to walk over there, but again, did not get around to it. Also, once I'm done at a table, I like to leave the casino and go to a different casino. Didn't want to walk all the way to Hooters and then end up having a session that only lasts 15 minutes. Unrelated to Blackjack....my wife and I went out Thursday (Halloween) and Friday night. Went to Mix at Mandalay Bay and Voodoo Lounge at Rio. Mix had no cover and I had to pay $30 to get in at VooDoo lounge (wife got in free). Drinks were about the same price they are everywhere in Vegas (expensive). My wife and I were probably 15-20 years older (or more!) than the average patron in each bar, but we had a blast people watching and the views of Las Vegas at both of these places are fantastic (Mix is on the 61st floor and Voodoo Lounge on the 52nd...or something like that). Both places have outdoor balconies...Voodoo lounge has a big outdoor area with a bar, dancing, and DJ. Ended up at a small bar in MGM at 4am on Saturday morning having political discussions with a group of very nice guys from Denmark. It was a great trip.

So..just got back from Vegas. I think it was the 5th time I have been there. My first time was over 20 years ago...so much has changed there over that time period (especially in regards to BJ tables). This post could also fit in the "What's bugging me" thread, but since it's blackjack related I'll put it here. Here are my rants: - Over the years it has gotten harder and harder to find $5 minimum tables. Pretty much now, if you are going to play at one of the major casino's on the strip, you better be prepared to play $10 minimum and at some peak times, even those are hard to find. - NY, NY always has 2 tables open, but they are always full. I also found several $5 tables at Excalibur, but they only paid 6-5 for blackjack. - Speaking of 6-5 blackjack, that seems to be a trend, at least for 1 or 2 deck tables (which there seemed to be a lot more of than I remember before). Unless you are trying to count cards, 1 or 2 decks does not give you any advantage over a 6 deck shoot, so why would you take 6-5 BJ payoff instead of 3-2? I refused to play at a table that only offered 6-5, so there were times where I did a lot of searching. - Blackjack tables in Vegas, in general, are decreasing in numbers and being replaced by alternate card games like Pai Gow, blackjack "switch", some "mini-form" of Texas hold em, and others. None of which I have any interest in. - Some casinos in general were just useless if you wanted to play $10 minimum and get 3-2 payoff for blackjack. On a Friday afternoon I could find no such options at Cesar's Palace, Paris, Mandalay Bay or Planet Hollywood. On the plus size...casino's I really liked and where I could find the tables I like were the Tropicana (love how bright it is in that casino!), Excalibur, and Luxor. We stayed at MGM. Usually I could find tables I liked there...but not always. I ended up with net winnings $175 mainly because of following the "Oscar's grind" betting strategy I mentioned in an earlier post (I'm sure I lost more hands than I won..but I still came out ahead). Also because every time I sat at a table I had an winning and losing amount threshold in my head. I feel that most people that sit down at tables, don't have this and end up staying at tables way longer than they should. My feeling is that you have to be willing to risk 2X what you what to win at any session. So, if you want to win $50, then you have to be willing to lose $100. Lastly, this isn't a rant or rave, just an observation...but I didn't notice any "training" tables. It seems like every casino use to have these several years ago.

Hate to start a new topic just for this, but I'm hoping for a quick response since we are going to be taking care of this tonight. My wife and I did a will and we need three witness signatures. I just noticed that the signature lines are listed as: ______________ of ________________________ Does anyone know how they sign that? Does their address (or just city they live in) go on the second line? Thanks for any help anyone can provide. (Perhaps we should just have a thread called "Misc. questions for Brewerfan members")

Thanks Baldkin! I'll keep that in mind when I'm doing laundry.

Depends on who is doing the wash. I usually don't, but I think my wife does. Are you saying that we should or should not do that?

Really?? http://flicksided.com/2013/10/21/parks-recreation-next-three-episodes-will-preempted-voice-snl/

So, I keep getting these mysterious spots on my dress shirts. This is the third dress shirt this has happened with and these are the facts that each has in common: - It happens during the wash process - No other clothes in the wash are affected (and no pens or anything like that are found in the wash) - Always happens on one of the sleeves of the shirts - This one (the picture below) is black spots, but the other two were blue spots. This is the worst one. The other shirts have one or two blue spots. - Doesn't happen the first time the shirt is washed (the shirt below has gone through the wash at least 10 times now). Very frustrating. Anyone have any idea what may be causing this!!

This comment really fascinates me because it highlights how different people have different standards for what is going to upset them, and what they consider despicable conduct. Although it is on a much less public stage, I would guess that a lot of us who have worked in large corporations or attended competitive schools have witnessed first hand what people will do to advance themselves, including pointing fingers at others or stepping over them, or doing whatever else it might take to advance or protect their careers. Essentially that's what athletes do when they take PEDs to gain a competitive advantage. I guess we all have to decide for ourselves what conduct we find more reprehensible, but cheating on the people closest to us and hurting them deeply and personally ranks pretty high on my list. I think you kind of answered your own question (if there was a question?). When I watch a sport I want to believe that each player is playing under and following the same set of rules. I want to know that player A is better than player B only because of his work ethic and natural abilities, not because of something he is doing that is not within the rules of the game. While I agree with you that cheating on a spouse and hurting a loved one is a serious lapse in moral judgement, so is cheating in sports and generally an athlete does not cheat on their spouse in order to gain a professional edge. In your examples regarding the corporate world, people step on others and sometime may even cheat on their spouses in order to get ahead or an unfair advantage over their colleges. In many ways it's the equivalent to taking PED's in sports.

No, I'm not going to be personally upset if he doesn't call me and, as usual, you missed the point of my post.

Did you (or others) actually expect him to call every single iteration of season ticketholder? I assumed he would only be calling full-season ticketholders or the bigger spenders out of full-season ticketholders. That's what I originally expected as well, but then I heard reports of 20 game season ticket holders being called as well (some who posted on this site) and "unofficial" confirmation that he was calling all season ticket holders of 20 games or more. I'm sure if I felt like digging around on the site, I could find posts and links to articles that talk about this.

I really hate that the Cardinals won, and worse yet, that I now have to root for the Dodgers. However, in that article, I sense a little bit of sulky east coast Yankees fan who hates the "pious midwest" and believes that there could never be anything good that could possibly come from this vast wasteland.

Yeah, the difference with Tiger Woods is that his "scandal" involved all personal matters and had nothing to do with breaking the rules of golf (although some have accused him of bending the rules a few times this year ) Edit: Oh...and he also didn't hold a press conference where he vehemently denied everything. What I think some people fail to see is that there is a difference between issuing a small statement denying accusations and holding a press conference where you lie and throw people under the bus after you were lucky enough to beat the system on a technicality (and yes...it was a technicality). Also...as a long term 20 game season ticket holder, I'm still waiting for my call from Braun. I'm beginning to wonder how many calls he made and if he called just enough people in order to get the story out there.

That's awesome...thanks for posting that!

Yeah...Imagine if an NFL team rewarded their players for "head hunting"?...oh wait

Listening to the A's/Tigers game yesterday, the Detroit announcer stated that Oakland was 1-10 (now 1-11 after yesterday's game) in playoff games where they had a chance to eliminate their opponent (since the introduction of the wild card). Ouch. Also, how did CB Bucknor get selected for umpire duty for the playoffs!?!

Are there going to be any teams left that Brewer fans don't refer to as the "keepers of classiness"? Let's see, Cardinals, Arizona, San Francisco, now Atlanta. Are there any other teams that get on the nerves of other teams as much as the Brewers have done in recent years?

Well actually, not to repeat myself, but if you just follow the link in my previous post (post #12), the producer and main writer of the show (Vince Gilligan) pretty much explains Walts original intentions about killing Jesse. Pretty sure he would know

Need help with Google Calendar. I loaded a calendar from my son's school on my google calendar. I did this by adding it to "other calendars" through URL. There are several items that don't really apply to my son, for example "MAPS testing for freshmen" (my son is a Sophomore). I can't find anywhere in google calendar to delete seperate items (perhaps you can't do this for calendars downloaded through URL?). Thanks for any help with this!

I understand that, but if you watch the scene, Jesse is standing there with the gun pointed at Walt. Then they cut to a close up of Walt's gun shot wound (as if Jesse just notices that Walt took a shot). After that, Jesse drops the gun.