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nope, all the people I brought over are idiots. Besides i need the hundred bucks to fix my car.
I'm not familiar with agora.com, I thought that was a big newsletter publisher. thanks for the reply.
How come I don't see either of you playing the MDC game? It was fun torturing joemonkey and a few others while playing along, plus it looks like i'm going to get me $100 USD.
Why is he posting? I don't know, why?
All otc stocks are worthless. I consider it gambling not investing. Investing is buying art, coins, antiques, etc.
i'm staying up watching the final minutes of the MDC. I am place in the money right now and I figure there will be some last minute jockeying there.
sometimes I do trade stocks naked though? does that count?
nah, its all a myth. Most of us are too poor to afford the equity requirements. Besides that they provide little returns on big risk unless you can find one that will go terminal for serious negaitve reasons.
it is true. We are sneaky like that, slowly taking over ihub. Myself, imakemoney, and churak all in the top 10 MDC.
I'm in Alberta, Canada.
nope, but we are 2 of the 4 people on ihub right now so I thought I'd interupt you
hi bullN
g'night. its only 8:30 here so I got many hours left ot sit here by myself, ha ha ha
It must be some kind of Dr. Seuss thing, ha ha ha.
Looks like I might just come in 6th tonight and win $100. I can use that towards the purchase of a new door and quarter panel, ha ha ha.
Got it now. That site is still very slow and lagging though. Almost wish I couldn't get it open, ha ha ha.
Every time I look at the board title, I see 'Chants' instead of chat. 'Rat and Chant'?
Bob, when I click on the 'consultant' feature, it doesn't stick to the color theme I am using on Ihub, it defaults back to the white/blue.
I think it is the stock consultant? I never seen that before.
2 hours left in the MDC, lucky I signed up. I think you owe me a case of whiskey when you get home. I might just go raid your liquor cabinet while your gone, ha ha ha.
Bob, would it be possible to have a list of inmates available on the jail board? It would be interesting to see how large the population is and how many are being rehabilitated/how many get the axe.
The jail is deserted! Did someone leave the front door open?
Well I took my 1984 toyota van to the car auction tonight, didn't see anything there worth dragging home to play with. Hope I get $500 from that good old beast.
wow is the RANTS board? The conversation is getting steamy and I don't hear anyone ranting about it, ha ha ha.
How come I cannot find any information regarding Mr. Reeves owning and operating 3 remax offices? None of my friends at remax have ever heard of him. I'm going to check into it because it seems strange that they wouldn't have at least heard his name.
I still can't get the pinksheets to work. Has anyone been able to access it today or is it my computer?
NHL All-Star Game Notebook for Friday, January 31
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By Daren Smith SportsTicker Hockey Editor SUNRISE, Florida (Ticker) - Offensive-minded defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh just isn't meant to represent the home team at the All-Star Game.
Ozolinsh was traded late Thursday from the Florida Panthers with defenseman-left wing Lance Ward to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for defenseman Pavel Trnka, center Matt Cullen and a draft pick.
The 30-year-old Latvian was a member of the Colorado Avalanche for five years. But he was traded in June 2000, eight months before the Avalanche hosted the All-Star Game. He returned to the Pepsi Center as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes and played for the World All-Stars.
Ozolinsh started his career with the San Jose Sharks and was an All-Star in 1997, the year the team hosted the midseason gala.
But the Sharks traded him the previous season to Colorado.
Thursday's trade will not affect the rosters for Sunday's All-Star Game, with the NHL announcing that Ozolinsh will remain on the Eastern Conference squad.
There is precedent for the decision. In 1990, center Bernie Nicholls was named to the Campbell Conference All-Stars. But he was traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the New York Rangers the day before the All-Star Game.
While the Rangers played in the Prince of Wales Conference, Nicholls remained with the Campbell Conference team.
The trade of Ozolinsh leaves center Olli Jokinen as the Panthers' lone All-Star representative. The 23-year-old Finn was added to the Eastern Conference team as a replacement for Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu. ...
The Stanley Cup has been found. Well, not that Stanley Cup.
One of two replicas of hockey's famed trophy built by LEGO Systems Inc. was found Thursday, a week after it apparently was stolen from a trade show in Las Vegas.
LEGO spokeswoman Melinda Siemionko told SportsTicker the full-scale replica was turned in to police in Tucson, Arizona by a man who said he purchased it in Las Vegas for $50. As a reward, the unidentified man received two tickets to a Phoenix Coyotes' game of his choice and an assortment of LEGO hockey products as soon as they are released.
The replica Stanley Cups, made from 6,000 LEGO blocks and weighing the same as the real trophy, were built to promote the company's new line of NHL-licensed hockey sets. One was presented to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and the other was to tour the country, with Las Vegas its first stop.
Once the theft was reported, Bettman provided the league's LEGO Stanley Cup for display at NHL Block Party, which continues through Sunday's 53rd All-Star Game.
"It's mysterious that with the mystique the real Cup has, ours was the one that was stolen," Siemionko said.
On Friday, LEGO unveiled an agreement with the NHL Players Association which will enable the Connecticut-based company to use the likenesses of NHL players in packaging and promotional materials.
Dallas Stars All-Star goaltender Marty Turco was on hand for the announcement. ...
Carolina Hurricanes left wing Erik Cole will miss the second annual YoungStars Game on Saturday after suffering a broken bone in his left leg in Thursday night's 3-1 loss at Tampa Bay.
The injury is expected to keep 24-year-old New York native sidelined for two months.
The NHL has yet to make an announcement on a possible replacement for the Eastern Conference team, which would be down to eight forwards.
In a related development, the Calgary Flames took care of a key housekeeping matter Friday, recalling rookie defenseman Jordan Leopold from Saint John of the American Hockey League.
Leopold is one of five defensemen selected to play for the Western Conference in the YoungStars Game. ...
The All-Star Game will feature four first-time officials as the NHL selected referees Dennis LaRue and Dan O'Halloran and linesmen Jean Morin and Tim Nowak to work Sunday's matinee.
LaRue, 43, has officiated the 1986 World Junior Championships, the 1987 World Championships, the 1991 Canada Cup and the 1988 and 2002 Winter Olympics.
O'Halloran, 38, worked All-Star Games in the International and American Hockey Leagues before joining the NHL in 1992.
Morin, 39, is coming off a busy 2001-02 season in which he worked both the Salt Lake City Olympics and the Stanley Cup Finals.
Nowak, a 35-year-old Buffalo native, joined the NHL in 1993 after stints in the AHL and the East Coast Hockey League.
Panthers reassign Biron, agree to let him play for Team Canada
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Panthers sent defenseman Mathieu Biron to San Antonio of the AHL on Friday and agreed to let him play for Team Canada in the upcoming Sweden Games.
The Sweden Games will take place Feb. 4-9 in Stockholm.
Biron was called up Wednesday but did not appear in any games. He has three goals, eight assists and 58 penalty minutes in 43 games with San Antonio.
All-Star Game Preview
GAME: Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference.
SITE: Office Depot Center, Sunrise, Fla.
TIME: Sunday, 2:30 p.m. EST.
With the NHL All-Star game back in an East vs. West format, attention is surprisingly focused on the North.
The teams are loaded with players from Ottawa and Vancouver -- small-market clubs holding top positions in their conferences.
The bankrupt Senators have landed three players on the East team: forward Marian Hossa, defenseman Zdeno Chara, and goalie Patrick Lalime. Their coach Jacques Martin will lead these stars based on the Senators' position atop the Eastern Conference.
It didn't matter that these players had to wait extra weeks to get their first paychecks of the new year; they knew the money was coming eventually. As long as they focused on the games, everything would be all right.
Ottawa entered the break with a 32-13-3-4 mark and 71 points.
The Canucks were atop the Western Conference on Jan. 8, the cutoff for picking who would coach the teams. Not bad for two of the remaining six Canadian teams.
"It's a great honor for our organization, and I'm the one that gets the benefit from the play of the team," Canucks coach Marc Crawford said. "I certainly have to give them the credit because they're the guys that go out and play."
Vancouver put together the best turnaround over the first 41 games, compared with last season. They finished 2002 with the NHL's best record for the calendar year.
Three Vancouver players will be on Crawford's bench Sunday. Markus Naslund, the league leader with 35 goals, is joined by forward Todd Bertuzzi and defenseman Ed Jovanovski. All three were chosen as reserves.
"I think it's fun to hook up with star players around the league that you didn't get to see every day, and just watch them closely," Naslund said. "I think for a lot of guys, we've had heroes growing up, there are still some of those guys around that you get a chance to maybe play with."
When the All-Stars hit the ice, there won't be any teammates playing against each other as there were in the five previous midseason exhibitions. Gone is the North America against the World format that was launched to maximize interest in NHL players taking part in the past two Winter Olympics.
"I think it's good. You need to change it once in a while," said Western forward Peter Forsberg, one of three Colorado representatives.
Naslund also favored the switch.
"I think you shouldn't have to go against a teammate," he said. "I think it's a better format."
Former Penguins linemates Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr will miss a chance for an All-Star reunion for the second straight year since Jagr was dealt to Washington in 2001.
They were unable to play together last year because of the All-Star format. This year, a groin injury forced Lemieux to withdraw, leaving Jagr with another former Pittsburgh teammate, Alexei Kovalev, on the starting forward line for the East.
But two former high-scoring teammates will get together, as San Jose's Teemu Selanne will probably be on a line with former Anaheim partner Paul Kariya.
"Every time I play with Paul, it is very special for me," Selanne said. "We had a great relationship, great chemistry on the ice, and I really miss Paul.
"What a great player he is, and it is always great to play with him."
Goalie Ed Belfour declined the opportunity to be on the East squad, now that he has left Dallas for Toronto. Needed rest for his back will keep him away from Florida.
Saku Koivu was chosen to be an All-Star a year after cancer kept him off the ice for nearly the entire regular season. The Montreal forward will not play because of a prescheduled medical checkup.
Sandis Ozolinsh will be able to start on defense for the East, despite his trade from the host Florida Panthers to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on Thursday night. The NHL, citing a precedent from 1990, announced that Ozolinsh won't become a Westerner until after Sunday's game.
Bernie Nicholls was dealt from Los Angeles to the New York Rangers 13 years ago on the eve of the All-Star game, but didn't switch sides for that exhibition.
The Dallas Stars took advantage of great home attendance and a fine first half to land three players on the West squad -- including Bill Guerin and Mike Modano, the first Dallas players elected to the starting lineup.
Modano, in his fifth All-Star appearance, was chosen as the West captain. Stars teammate Marty Turco will be one of the backup goalies to starter Patrick Roy.
New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens will be the East captain. Stevens will play in his 13th All-Star game, the most among this year's crop of players.
The Senators' bankrupt brethren, the Buffalo Sabres, have struggled badly but did manage to place one player on the team. Forward Miroslav Satan was chosen with Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier this week to replace Lemieux and Toronto's Mats Sundin.
The New York Rangers' Brian Leetch was elected as a starting defenseman, but an ankle injury that has limited him to 28 games will also keep him out of the All-Star contest. He was replaced by New York teammate Tom Poti, who leads the Rangers in scoring.
STARTING LINEUP: West - F Guerin, Dallas; F Selanne, San Jose; C Modano, Dallas; D Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit; D Rob Blake, Colorado. East - F Jagr, Pittsburgh; F Kovalev, Pittsburgh; C Joe Thornton, Boston; D Ozolinsh; D Scott Stevens, New Jersey.
GOALTENDERS: West - Roy, Colorado (15-11-11, 2 SO, 2.42 GAA); Curtis Joseph, Detroit (19-13-5, 3, 2.60). East - Nikolai Khabibulin, Tampa Bay (18-19-6, 2, 2.78); Martin Brodeur, New Jersey (28-14-3, 6, 1.91).
TEAM LEADERS: West - Naslund, 35 goals and 65 points; Doug Weight, 44 assists. East - Hossa, 33 goals; Thornton, 38 assists and 62 points.
LAST YEAR'S GAME: Feb. 2, 2002; World 8, North America 5. At Los Angeles, the Blackhawks' Eric Daze had two goals and an assist to earn MVP honors, and Naslund also had two goals and an assist for the World team.
NHL All-Star Game Results
2002--World 8, North America 5
2001--North America 14, World 12
2000--World 9, North America 4
1999--North America 8, World 6
1998--North America 8, World 7
1997--Eastern 11, Western 7
1996--Eastern 5, Western 4
1995--No Game
1994--Eastern 9, Western 8
1993--Wales 16, Campbell 6
1992--Campbell 10, Wales 6
1991--Campbell 11, Wales 5
1990--Wales 12, Campbell 7
1989--Campbell 9, Wales 5
1988--Wales 6, Campbell 5, OT
1987--No Game
1986--Wales 4, Campbell 3, OT
1985--Wales 6, Campbell 4
1984--Wales 7, Campbell 6
1983--Campbell 9, Wales 3
1982--Wales 4, Campbell 2
1981--Campbell 4, Wales 1
1980--Wales 6, Campbell 3
1979--No Game
1978--Wales 3, Campbell 2
1977--Wales 4, Campbell 3
1976--Wales 7, Campbell 5
1975--Wales 7, Campbell 1
1974--West 6, East 4
1973--East 5, West 4
1972--East 3, West 2
1971--West 2, East 1
1970--East 4, West 1
1969--East 3, West 3, tie
1968--Toronto 4, All-Stars 3
1967--Montreal 3, All-Stars 0
1966--No Game
1965--All-Stars 5, Montreal 2
1964--All-Stars 3, Toronto 2
1963--All-Stars 3, Toronto 3, tie
1962--Toronto 4, All-Stars 1
1961--All-Stars 3, Chicago 1
1960--All-Stars 2, Montreal 1
1959--Montreal 6, All-Stars 1
1958--Montreal 6, All-Stars 3
1957--All-Stars 5, Montreal 3
1956--All-Stars 1, Montreal 1, tie
1955--Detroit 3, All-Stars 1
1954--All-Stars 2, Detroit 2, tie
1953--All-Stars 3, Montreal 1
1952--1st Team 1, 2nd Team 1, tie
1951--1st Team 2, 2nd Team 2, tie
1950--Detroit 7, All-Stars 1
1949--All-Stars 3, Toronto 1
1948--All-Stars 3, Toronto 1
1947--All-Stars 4, Toronto 3
NOTE--There was no game in 1966 since the game was moved from the start of the season to midseason, and there was no game in 1979 because the Challenge Cup series between the Soviet Union and Team NHL was held instead. There was no game in 1987 because Rendez-Vous 87, a two-game series between Team NHL and the Soviet Union, replaced the All-Star Game. There was no game in 1995 due to the owners' lockout.
Unpublished Children's Books
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Unpublished Children's Books
You Were an Accident
Strangers Have the Best Candy
The Little Sissy Who Snitched
Some Kittens Can Fly
Getting More Chocolate on Your Face
Where Would You Like to Be Buried?
Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her
All Dogs Go to Hell
The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking
When Mommy and Daddy Don't Know the Answer They Say God Did It
Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia
What Is That Dog Doing to That Other Dog?
Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?
Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
Mister Policeman Eats His Service Revolver
You Are Different and That's Bad
Pop Goes The Hamster, And Other Great Microwave Games
The Hardy Boys, the Barbie Twins, and the Vice Squad
The Tickling Babysitter
Babar Meets the Taxidermist
Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence
The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables
Start a Real-Estate Empire With the Change From Your Mommy's Purse
The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy
Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will
The Care Bears Maul Some Campers and are Shot Dead
How to Become The Dominant Military Power In Your Elementary School
Controlling the playground: Respect through Fear
Barney: The Prison Years
DNA Good News and Bad News
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"I have good news and bad news," a defense attorney told his client.
"First the bad news: The blood test came back, and your DNA is an exact match with the sample found on the victim's dress."
"Oh, no - I'm ruined!" cried the client. "What's the good news?"
"Your cholesterol is down to 140!"
The Masterpiece
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Some time ago, there was this artist, who worked from a studio in his home. He specialized in nudes, and had been working on what he thought would be a masterpiece for several months now.
As usual, his model reported, and after exchanging the usual greetings and small talk, she began to undress for the day's work.
He told her not to bother, that he felt pretty bad with a cold he had been fighting. He added that he would pay her for the day, but that she could just go home; he just wanted some hot tea and then, off to bed.
The model said "Oh, please, let me fix it for you. It's the least I can do."
He agreed and told her to fix herself a cup too. They were sitting in the living room just exchanging small talk and enjoying their tea, when he heard the front door open and
close, then some familiar footsteps. "Oh my God !!!" he whispered loudly, "It's my wife ! Quick !!! Take all your clothes off."
Strange
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A lawyer named Strange died, and his friend asked the tombstone maker to inscribe on his tombstone, "Here lies Strange, an honest man, and a lawyer."
The inscriber insisted that such an inscription would be confusing, for passersby would tend to think that three men were buried under the stone.
However he suggested an alternative: He would inscribe, "Here lies a man who was both honest and a lawyer." That way, whenever anyone walked by the tombstone and read it, they would be certain to remark:
"That's Strange!"
Stop on the Weekends
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A salesman was testifying in his divorce proceedings against his wife.
"Please describe," said his attorney, "the incident that first caused you to entertain suspicions as to your wife's infidelity."
"Well, I'm pretty much on the road all week," the man testified. "So naturally when I am home, I'm attentive to the wife." "One Sunday morning," he continued, "we were in the midst of some pretty heavy love-making when the old lady in the apartment next door pounded on the wall and yelled,
'Can't you at least stop all that racket on the weekends?'"
What is Sex?
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An 8-year-old girl went to her dad, who was working in the yard and asked him, "Daddy, what is sex?"
The father was surprised that she would ask such a question, but decided that if she's old enough to know to ask the question, then she's old enough to get a straight answer. Steeling himself to leave nothing out, he proceeded to tell her all about human reproduction and the joys and responsibilities of intercourse. When he finished explaining, the little girl was looking at him with her mouth hanging open, eyes wide in amazement.
Seeing the look on her face, the father asked her, "Why did you ask this question, honey?"
The little girl replied, "Mom says that dinner will be ready in just a couple of sex."
Leaving Early
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There were these three guys, a Polish guy, an Italian guy, and a Jewish guy. They all worked together at a factory. Everyday they noticed that their boss leaves work a little early. So one day they meet together and say that today when the boss leaves, they'll all leave early too.
The boss leaves and so did they. The Jewish guy goes home and goes to rest so he can get an early start the next morning. The Italian guy goes home and cooks dinner. The Polish guy goes home and walks to his bedroom. He opens the door slowly and sees his wife in bed with his boss, so he shuts the door and leaves.
The next day the Italian and Jewish guys are talking about going home early again. They ask the Polish guy if he wants to leave early again and he says, "No." They ask him why not and he says, "Because yesterday I almost got caught!"
Stiff Neck
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A man was walking down the street when he noticed his grandpa sitting on the porch, in the rocking chair, with nothing on from the waist down. "Grandpa, what are you doing?" he exclaimed.
The old man looked off in the distance and did not answer him. "Grandpa, what are you doing sitting out here with nothing on below the waist?" he asked again.
The old man slyly looked at him and said, "Well, last week I sat out here with no shirt on, and I got a stiff neck. This was your Grandma's idea!"
Dr. Seuss' Lost Tongue Twister
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See if you can do this:
Read each line aloud:
This is this cat
This is is cat
This is how cat
This is to cat
This is keep cat
This is a cat
This is dumbass cat
This is busy cat
This is for cat
This is forty cat
This is seconds cat
Now go back and read the THIRD word in each line from the top... I bet you can't resist passing it on!
Never Judge a Book by it's Author
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Never Judge a Book by it's Author
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Is O. J. Guilty?..............Howard I. Know
Animal Illnesses............. Ann Thrax
French Overpopulation.........Francis Crowded
Fallen Underwear .............Lucy Lastic
Downpour! ....................Wayne Dwops
Cloning ......................Ima Dubble
Irish Flooring ...............Lynn O'Leum
I Lived in Detroit ...........Helen Earth
Inflammation, Please .........Arthur Itis
Handel's Messiah .............Ollie Luyah
House Construction ...........Bill Jerome Home
Unemployed ...................Anita Job
Off to Market ................Tobias A. Pigg
Holmes Does it Again .........Scott Linyard
Home Alone IV ................Eddie Buddyhome
Lewis Carroll ................Alison Wonderland
Leo Tolstoy ..................Warren Peace
The L. A. Lakers Breakfast ...Kareem O' Wheat
Neither a Borrower ...........Nora Lender Bee
The French Chef ..............Sue Flay
Tight Situation ..............Leah Tard
The Scent of a Man ...........Jim Nasium
Why Cars Stop ................M. T. Tank
Wind in the Willows ..........Russell Ingleaves
Look Younger .................Fay Slift
Mountain Climbing ............Andover Hand
It's Springtime! .............Theresa Green
No! ..........................Kurt Reply
And Shut Up! .................Sid Downe