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Awesome PTR! Of course, any PTR is awesome, when it's read at work.... Seriously, who comes out and tells you not to take pictures?

Um yeah, that one closed after about a year. I went twice, the first time it was packed, 6 months later it was empty....on a Saturday afternoon in the middle of winter.

Not what did Mr. Wayne do to you? There's no need to fly into him.....

If you're looking for an good investment (which cars never are). Go with Toyota or Honda, they retain their value much better. I sold my '04 CRV for just under $2000 than what I paid for it. Of course, with the exceptions mentioned earlier, I had it's oil changed every 3000 miles and all the preventative maintenance done on it as scheduled. Now feast your eyes on my new toy: 2006 Rav4 Sport V6. 269 HP, 0-60 in 6.3. Faster than the BMW X3!

I played drums from 3rd grade through high school and, then sporadically after that. Oddly enough, I may be the drum instructor for my high school's marching band this fall. I better bone up on my paradiddles.

Maybe you should have waited on the iPod then But then he wouldn't be in this incredible mess!!!

(EBL) I'm pretty sure we got a lemon. We bought it because two of our friends had one and, they have had no difficulties. Our experiences with the dealership didn't make matters better. Originally I had wanted the Mazda 6s but, the wife was dead set on the CRV. With this Rav, I think we got the best of both. I can honestly say, that I look forward to driving this vehicle. That being said I took a long look at the Caliber at the Auto Show. It was nice but, I have long legs which tend to hit the underside of dashboards. Otherwise, it would of been in consideration. Every Dodge my family has had (2 Caravans and 1 Neon), the transmission die on them around 80K miles.

I just traded in my 2004 CRV- EX. It was a POS. Five brake jobs in two years, then they decided it was defective rear hubs. They're notorius for pulling to the right after 2-3 years which mine also began to do. My dealer told me both my front tires were under inflated by 60 lbs......um, wouldn't that still make th car pull the right???? Not to mention the tires only hold 35 PSI. I'm extremely disappointed in Honda. So I just brought home a 2006 Rav4 Sport V6. Mmmm, 0-60 in 6.3!

I fear that once again my Cubbies will suffer through another lack luster year. What's more irritating is all the morons that keep buying tickets to support the ownership. Why put a competitive team on the field when you keep breaking your own ticket records each year? I'm actully going to Cleveland and Phoenix to see them play. At least those teams made the world series in the past two decades.

Hey Crispy, my drive on my XBOX crapped out on me too. I can't play a thing without getting the disc reading error. What drive did you use to replace it?

Go when you must, Elissa. I was hoping to actually hand over my DVD of EPCOT footage from years past to Robb. Of course, that would entail me actually working on it.....

If you live in Indiana, by July 1st you will no longer to file suit against anyone having to do with food. This includes manufacturing, preparing, selling, etc. They actually made a lway stating obese people cannot sue these entities. Have we gotten this crazy????

My wife and I are going October 8th through 14th. She's running in the Disney 10K, I'm drinking beer and wine at EPCOT. I've got my priorities straight! Hopefully the TPR meet will somewhere within the same week.

As I handle liablity claims for airports, this topic can't go untouched. Now, I am probably a bit biased but, I'll give you my two cents anyway. Basically, you have your people that don't ever feel that they're responsible for their own actions. Their own ineptness at being an intelligent human that is congnicant of their surroundings is the root of the problem. They trip over their own feet and, hey, it must be the property owners fault....right?! I mean how could they be so clumsy to fall over their own feet?! That's the first group, clumsy, unintelligent, uneduacated people that don't believe they bare any responsibility for themselves. The second biggest group, is what we call "professional claimants." They basically make their living off of filing claims against entities so, they don't have to work. Trust me, when you file a liability claim (or any claim) we have the tools to check on you night and day, background checks, police records, claims history, in some cases, we even have the claimants on surveillance. It amazes me how many people think that we don't have any clue. Both of the groups cause YOUR premiums to go up. It's not the big bad insurance companies trying to screw with you. We have to pay out fraudulant claims, exageratted claims, etc. because even when we take a defendable claim to court, moronic juries are still awarding huge sums. The judicial system is a mockery here. OK, I'm off my soapbox.

I just went out and picked up this.....need I say more???? @ $2.99 for 22 oz. I should've bought more.....

If you're really nice, I might be willing to part with a bottle of Fat Tire. I'm buying a case or two of the "Chicago Inaugural" this weekend. 22 ounces of delicious yumminess, in a collector bottle.....is it 5 yet?

I'm running on an ATI Radeon 256MB card. It runs fairly well most of the time. I have the random crashes that everyone does. Just save often.

Those pictures of Santa's Village made me sad. I haven't been there since I was about 6 or 7. It's in pretty bad shape.

My alma mater, UW-Milwaukee won the Horizon tourney. Yippee!!! When I went there we won 8 games in 4 years.....what a change. We also have the oldest starting line up in the NCAA, four starters are 23!

I've got a friend with Sirius. He's had nothing but problems with his radio and, the customer service. They wanted him to uninstall the entire unit from his car to return....who requests that?

How did you find plans for Space Mountain? I'm having a heck of a time finding good photos.

Well, it finally happened....I've been waiting for months and, now it's here. I don't have to travel West of the Mississippi River any longer to enjoy one of these fine brews! [/img] Woo Hoo the Inaugural run!!!

That was definitely footage from Spawn. A good attempt though.

Hmmm, this made me think. I'm not a huge wrestling fan but, my buddy is so, I go with him to meet wrestlers at a local restaurant when they're in town. Lita Stacy Keibler Jazz Matt Hardy Christian Chavo Guerrero Eddie Guerrero Test (does not like to be bothered) Batista Randy Orton (really cool) I met one TV star, albeit C-list: Tony Danza Sports figures, that's where I've got some good stories: Mike Singletary Chris Collins (former Duke player and now asst coach) Mickey Morandini (multiple times) Jud Buechler Bill Wennington (he's hilarious) Bill Cartwright Horace Grant Phil Jackson Scottie Pippen (went to his home) Michael Jordan (actually played basketball with him when I was in Jr. High)

Actually, that's the Old Courthouse. I just spent a week in there defending a insurance claim. Charming on the outside, not so much on the inside. I love how Phoenix is always so empty, a nice change then here in Chicago....and usually much warmer! Nice TPR!