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Quote from: PenFoe on July 01, 2009, 06:24:01 PM

Quote from: Slak on July 01, 2009, 06:21:38 PM

Quote from: PenFoe on July 01, 2009, 06:20:09 PM
That was fast.

The Pistons have reached agreement with free agent guard Ben Gordon on a five-year contract worth around $55 million, according to Yahoo! Sports.

You are fast, my friend. Wow this offense is going to suck.

That contract seems ridiculous.
I don't understand what the Pistons are doing at all.

If they sign Villanueva, I understand it even less.

Revenge for the horrible deal the Bulls gave Ben Wallace?

Quote from: Kermit, B. on January 06, 2009, 10:20:24 AM
I'd be remiss not to post one of the greatest fight scenes ever.

Awesome. I might have liked the sequel better, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWk6RgQbPVc

Banned Ikea commercials:

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=7a5w7mltfr

Those wacky Swedes.

Quote from: Kerm on November 25, 2008, 10:56:10 AM

Quote from: Eli on November 25, 2008, 10:37:27 AM

Quote from: Old Style Man on November 25, 2008, 10:33:15 AM
I've heard that the general rule of thumb is to offer close to 10% less than the asking price. The worst that can happen is you don't get a counter offer, in which case you can raise your offer if you decide to do so.

This.  It never (or rarely) hurts to make a lower offer.  A friend of mine just bought a house that was listed for $335,000.  He offered $300,000 just to start negotiations, and the people ended up taking it.  He was just hoping to get it down by a few thousand.

Yep.  We got $30,000 knocked off the purchase price of our house, too.  We started at $50,000 under.  If they're insulted, they're insulted.

The only caveat is to be prepared to walk away if the sellers aren't reasonable. Don't fall so in love with a place that you absolutely must have it. You'll eventually find another place that you might even like better than the first if you're rejected.

I'm in a different market than you, but you should offer quite a bit less than the asking price on the house. I just bought a house this summer and actually negotiated the price while I was at the Cubs home opener. We got the house for a few grand less than asking price even though the house hadn't been on the market for more than a month and even though there were two competing offers. My place is quite a bit less than what you're looking at because of the different market, but the same principle applies. I've heard that the general rule of thumb is to offer close to 10% less than the asking price. The worst that can happen is you don't get a counter offer, in which case you can raise your offer if you decide to do so.

I'd also recommend checking with the county recorder of deeds office to see when the owners bought the house and for how much. Many counties have that information online. If your county doesn't just go down there or call. The information is a public record, so it's easy to obtain. Do your research before you offer. The more you know, yada yada. Also check out Trulia.com for comparisons in the same area for houses already sold and for houses currently on the market.

Quote from: RoyHobbs on November 19, 2008, 09:22:13 AM
And something special for the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner.

Bacon wrapped Turducken, and these guys didn't skimp. They wrapped the chicken and duck in bacon before stuffing the bacon wrapped trukey.



http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/

I've got to tell you that as much as I love bacon, that looks disgusting. I thought I was in on this bacon trend before it was a trend, but it's become ridiculous. Although, if anybody ever gets a chance to eat at Michael Symon's Lola in Cleveland, you have to have his Berkshire Bacon appetizer and the 6am Special for desert, which has bacon ice cream. Fucking amazing.


Berkshire Bacon Appetizer


6am Special - French Toast with Bacon Ice Cream Desert

Blackbird in Chicago does bacon ice cream as well.


Blackbird's Mission Fig Beignet with Cara Cara Oranges, Butterscotch and Bacon Ice Cream

Quote from: Mike D on November 14, 2008, 03:28:02 PM
If this is true, then consider me a little bitch.

If it's true then there really shouldn't be anything preventing Wood from coming back. Hendry can still make it happen.

Quote from: Waco Kid on November 13, 2008, 03:35:50 PM

Quote from: Mike D on November 13, 2008, 03:26:47 PM

Quote from: IrishYeti on November 13, 2008, 03:08:05 PM

Quote from: *In a Nutsack on November 13, 2008, 03:06:02 PM
FUCK BALLS COCK DICK MEAT CURTAIN DONUT FUCK COCK I HATE THIS SHIT BALLS DICK COCK FUCK SHIT BITCH DOUCHE.

Fuck.  This sucks.  On a sentimental level, this is a kick in the fuckin' sperm flagella.

I haven't been this upset about a Cub leaving. Ever. Shit!

If you're too young to remember Greg Maddux walking away in his prime, then I forgive you.

Otherwise, you're a dope.

I still hate Larry Himes with the fury of thousands of white hot suns. Fuck him with said rusty fucking chainsaw.

Himes sucks, but Don Grenesko, a Cubs VP, was truly the evil piece of shit that lost Maddux. He's the one that pulled the offer that Maddux was going to accept.

Quote from: Mike D on November 13, 2008, 03:14:32 PM
Meh.

I'm not nearly as upset about this as I thought I would be.

Some of y'all are little bitches.

I'm not all that upset either. I'll miss Kerry. Dude has huge balls and has been a favorite of mine since he came up. I'll always remember taking time out from studying for a Constitutional Law final to watch his 20k masterpiece. Of course he's had some other good to great years and performances, but has never achieved what most of us thought he would do to various injuries and through no fault of his own. However, it's time to part ways if he can get a long term deal. More power to him, but it's way too risky to give him anything beyond 2 years and an option, especially at the price it's going to cost. I wish him luck and hope he doesn't get injured again with one caveat. If he goes to the Mets or Cardinals I hope he never throws another pitch.

Quote from: Weebs on October 01, 2008, 08:15:10 AM

Quote from: RV on October 01, 2008, 08:13:05 AM

Quote from: Weebs on October 01, 2008, 07:32:58 AM

Quote from: Mike D on September 30, 2008, 11:00:05 PM
I don't understand this question by Weebs at all and we must not let him murder this glorious, 3+ year old thread.  That said, the last part--why do you expect Pam to come back to Dunder Mufflin?  Her program in NYC is only 3 months, sure, but she quit her job, no?

What I meant was it seems like they were going to keep Ryan in the office as the receptionist while Pam was gone for 3 months.  However, they covered 8 weeks of that time in just the first episode, because they normally don't actually have an episode for what happens in the summer.  It's usually just a recap they do through commercials.  So what I meant was if Pam is back in only 4 weeks (or right away, assuming that's when the next episode picks up), does that mean she's going to have a different job and Ryan will stay at reception, or will Ryan be gone right away when she gets back?

I haven't seen this much overanalysis since we discussed you not seeing the Dark Knight. At least that was funny.

How is that overanalysis?  It's barely even analysis.  I'm just wondering what they are going to do with Ryan/Pam if one of them as the other's job.

I know they're doing an Office spin off. I don't know anything about it other than that, but my thought was that it will involve Jim and Pam in New York. I'm not exactly on the edge of my seat waiting to find out, though.

And it wasn't even on tv here in Peoria. Fuck. Good news is the magic # is 7, and hopefully I get to see them clinch against the Satanic Fowl next weekend.

Quote from: The Paul Popovich Experience on May 20, 2008, 11:32:22 AM
Comedy gold, Jerry--Gold! Okay Andy, what kind of shit can you roil up on the former 4-letter? I hate those fucking nitwits.

That's too easy. Just post that Adam Dunn sucks, or at least isn't very good at baseball. Gets 'em every time.

Quote from: PenFoe on February 28, 2008, 05:24:14 PM
The only thing that would make that Bacon Cup better is if it was filled with Bacon Fries.

And bacon ice cream.

Quote from: Kwyjibo on February 12, 2008, 01:19:35 PM

Quote from: Old Style Man on February 12, 2008, 01:16:54 PM
Nice video. I may have to get me some Smoque when I'm up there this weekend.

http://www.chicagogluttons.com/smoque-bbq/

go to Smoque, and a winner is most certainly you.

Oh, I've been there. It's great, but it isn't easy to decide to go there v. Hot Doug's. I haven't been to Doug's since the baseball season, so I've been fiending. We're going to try the Old Town Brasserie Saturday night, so I'll do some serious eating this weekend.

Nice video. I may have to get me some Smoque when I'm up there this weekend.

http://www.chicagogluttons.com/smoque-bbq/