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Plus no benefits, such as 401(k), medical insurance, etc. Blech, that would suck. CW

The DirecTV/Katrina page might be useful for you: http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=29526 Maybe some of the people you know have posted there. CW

Welcome back! Glad you and yours are safe! I, too, would love to hear your story. CW

The Raiders made that look easy. Are the Pats done for this season? (hopefully) Or are the Raiders going to be that good? (hopefully not) CW

Yes. I guess I assumed it was a concert, but maybe it's not... CW

Exactly! Then you could strike and not get paid anything. CW

I didn't know that - very cool! They have another concert DVD out, but I havn't seen it yet... CW

No, that's not quite right. The coin toss winner gets to decide whether they want to select direction (which goal to defend) OR possession (kick/receive). The loser gets to decide one of those in the second half. What has happened before is that the winner chooses "possession" in the first half and decides to kickoff. Then in the second half, the toss loser chooses "possession" and elects to receive. Then the announcers get confused because they don't understand the rules at all. The rule is the same as it was when I officiated highschool football games. EDIT: Unless you were just making an example in your post, in which case it's correct. Just wanted to clarify that the toss winner doesn't HAVE to decide which goal to defend. CW

Funny story: My wife and I flew into Buffalo last month to see the Bills/Packers game. We were in the Minneapolis airport, about to walk through the metal detector, when the woman said, "We recommend that you take your shoes off." My wife said, "Only recommend? Good," and walked through anyway. The woman looked incredulous - we must've been the first people to pick up on the word "recommend." CW

Yes - it tickled me. Are we going to see her and Vinny compete in the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition? She might not be the Bills QB, but maybe she could replace Lindell? CW

Exactly, and everyone wants to see Losman! They wanted to see Stojan's grandma play QB to see if she was really better than Bledsoe, but we'll take the second best thing. CW

That joke was already done earlier. CW

That's AWESOME! I've never seen ANYTHING like it before! BB.com rocks!!! CW

I'll probably just start a new thread CW

I like how fans think our preseason doesn't mean anything ("It's only preseason, it's not real!!!"), but preseason exposes weaknesses in other teams. CW

They're both the "real" TSO. They have two troups. It's just like Blue Man Group or Cirque De Soleil. CW

Just one quick bump to let people know TSO is on the way.

No offense to you -- I've just had a lot of people reading a LOT more into things I've said than they should be. Touched a nerve. CW

I've noticed that people have been having a hard time reading and comprehending lately. CW

Tell that to Brian Griese. CW

Which is a handful more than JPL has Just stirring the pot. Why the hell would anyone want KH to start?! Maybe if we're 0-8 I'd consider it, but even then it'd be doubtful. CW

All, I know I hype this band every year, but they're THAT good -- and lots of other people on TSW have gone to see the shows and have also loved them. Tour dates were recently announced - be sure to buy your tickets when they go on sale: http://www.trans-siberian.com/ontour/ They put on a GREAT show, usually donate a portion of ticket sales to local charity, and did I mention that they put on a GREAT show? It's a wonderful holiday tradition - this will be our third year in a row to see the concern during the holidays. CW

This is apparantly an NFL-wide thing... http://www.startribune.com/stories/510/5600144.html Kinda lame... CW

http://www.wgr550.com/fullstory.php?id=1068

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writ...orts/index.html