The Dean

No issue for me. Seems to work fine but it is different than the old board. You can post in Customer Service and Fearless Leader or one of the mods can help you: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/forum/11-customer-service/

I don't know either way, but I think he may be telling the truth. He was a very good poster, IMO and seemed reasonable and stable. Based on the posts of his I read, it seems a bit out of character for him to claim to be a former player. I suppose it is possible that he blew a gasket and decided to go out with some flash, but I wouldn't be all that sure about it. Also, he may have obscured his career a bit to remain a tad anonymous. (Maybe he was in the NFL those years and with the Bills for two or three of them. Or perhaps is was on the taxi squad one of those years, etc.) Whether or not Die Hard actually played for the Bills is irrelevant to me. He was a valuable contributor. I'd trade a good number of posters here for one of him. You shouldn't have to tip toe around because somebody might be here reading your post. But maybe posters shouldn't be as disparaging of players as they are because it is simply the wrong thing to do. The crap that gets posted is sometimes completely offensive, and I say that as a guy who has been known to trade in insults. I guess what I'm saying is, while you shouldn't have to tip toe around, you don't always have to post like a total douchebag. I don't necessarily mean you specifically, I'm not all that familiar with your posts. But some don't think before they post and go out of their way to be insulting/accusatory/negative when referring to certain players (or it least it seems that way).

This is the reason many of those ads say something like, "Those who switched from Company X saved an average of $350." Obviously people who wouldn't save don't switch and many don't switch unless the savings is considerable. It could be the company is more expensive than the competition for 80% of us, but those who switch save an average of $350. Ad speak. I am now with Geico because it saved my money from my last insurance company. They seem fine. Their rep is fine. I think it's crazy to spend $400 more to stay with a company that doesn't want to give you a break.

If you are referring to the punt return change, I agree. Roscoe didn't do himself any favors by whining about his role/asking for a trade/etc and then making a couple of what you correctly called "boneheaded plays". I'm talking about far more than that. Roscoe hasn't been used properly in the offense for years. Neither was Josh Reed. For example, this preseason I have seen more quick slants than the past three years combined.

Yes, it's completely stupid. But almost nobody is doing it, so why make a fuss. If he want's to put + and - let him. To tell the truth, I didn't even notice it was there.

This is just another reason why the trucks need to labeled in English and Spanish!

Before the limitations of liquid, I would fill a couple of water bottles up with booze for the flight. Now that is too big to take through security. I didn't use them in a bar or restaurant. But I might buy an OJ or something at the airport and spike it with vodka. On the airplane all bets were off. A couple glasses of ice and a bottle of water will do the trick most of the time.

I think the real problem was flat out incompetence from the offensive braintrust. They had a weapon and didn't bother to find ways to use it. Lack of a good OL and QB played a part, I'm sure. But those limitations put a higher value on creativity. There has been none of that for the past few years.

Toodles. Hope you find your way back. EDIT: I see Bill Miller (former WR) about once or twice a week. If you want me to say hello for you, send me a PM.

Then clearly the Raiders are discussing a trade for Leinart.

I missed this. i have a ton of Norton experience it, little of it good. Norton was a terrific program a long time ago, but has been a major pain in the ass for many years. Now it is true that Norton 2010 seems to be a bit better (in terms of speed) but it is still a resource hog, install a number of startups and services (nothing compared to McAfee and AVG though). Its main program CCAPP is know for hanging and stalling machines. http://www.google.com/search?q=ccapp+not+responding&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

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http://www.glorifythepast.com/forums/index.php?/topic/19824-jersey101com-is-now-tarajerseycom/ excerpt: http://www.tarajersey.com/en/index.asp

Please. The policy is clear as a bell, and has its own pinned thread: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/forum-1/announcement-10-copyright-violations/

A thing of simplistic beauty. Of course, if this staff is anything like the last, they will never call t his play again.

Were the crowds sparse? Were games blacked out? Just curious really. When I was in Boston in the early 80s Pats fans were hard to find, but Boston is really a baseball/hockey/basketball town, IMO...especially baseball. Tickets to a game were VERY easy to get a hold of. I can't recall if there were blackouts, though. In my experience there are Cowboys fans all over the country, and I think this was true in the 80s, too. Win or lose. Dallas has to be a football town first, no?

Well, it's true much of the 80s is a bit of a blur for me, but take me to school. What happened in the 80s for you to label Cowboys fans "fair weather"?

Say what you will about the Cowboys, but I never considered their fans "fair weather".

Me too. But how does this relate in any way to Leinart?

OK, I didn't go through all the responses, but I got the flavor of what is going on here. First of all, Ad-Aware and Malwarebytes are NOT Antivirus programs and aren't sufficient if you don't have a real AV. Malwarebytes is a good addition to AV, but it is actually declining in detection ability. (I believe they will catch up once again, though.) Ad-Aware was once a very good addition, but is woefully inadequate now. Comodo makes a good firewall, but the suite is not very good. The AV isn't up to snuff and it slows down many computers. Comodo also has some questionable business practices but they seem to be reforming a bit. Kaspersky is good, if a tad overrated. Eset Nod32 is a top of the class AV, and even it isn't what it used to be. Still it is a good choice. Bitdefeder is also pretty good. Recently, GData seems to do the best in testing. It is relatively new, and I have yet to use it. I'd wait to see if they can consistently get these ratings over time. In the last results I saw they slipped a bit. VIPRE gets pretty good reviews, but isn't supplied to the top testing outfits. That bothers me a bit. But Sunbelt software (the makers of VIPRE) is a good company and I think that might be a good option. It is known for being fairly light on system resources. I like both Avast and Avira quite a bit. They both rank high, test after test, year after year. Avira probably has the best detection rates over time. It is very light on system resources. The free version is tremendous but lacks some the bells and whistles of the paid version. One thing to note is, Avira only supplies the old version of the software for testing (Version 9, the new product is Version 10) and they still get top rankings. That's pretty impressive, IMO. I'd start with the free version of Avast or Avira and see if you like it. Then perhaps upgrade to the paid version. Oh, one more thing. Microsoft's new product is testing fairly well, for the first time. That may be a good option, but I'd stick with Avast or Avira until Microsoft proves they can keep up. In the past their stuff was worse than terrible. Feel free to PM me with any questions.

I'd be in more trouble than eball!

Nope you're right! My bad. Hell for $10 you could use it as a rag.

Yes that $10 savings represents quite the opportunity. Seriously, I wrote Simpson off earlier in the preseason (liked him but too much competition). but he sure looked good against the Bangles.

????? That made less sense than "I'll Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin". But to be clear, I really don't give a rat's ass if you or anyone subscribes to porn. I just find it hard to believe that anyone pays for porn anymore. There is an abundance of free porn today. $29/month seems a bit stiff, er expensive.