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This made me chuckle. And also, I'd be impressed as well.

If we decided to go off the daily, I definitely have lost the bet. Monthly, I'm still in the game, but just barely, and probably won't be at the next close. 12 year lows in Crude prices. It was tickling ~$29.xx yesterday during trading. Freaking bonkers.

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Wasn't even aware he was ill. Sad news. The man was an innovator, to be certain.

Sorry to hear this, bro. :-(

I've obviously not worked in your industry, but the only places I know of that refuse to compensate you at all during your training period are typically the kinds of places you wouldn't want to work/end up being some type of MLM bullshit. You want the best employees, you have to treat them differently then other employers do. As Gump said, you treat folks fairly and with respect, and they won't want to leave.

That happens to teams when they have a bunch of talent.

I think a lot of it depends on what relationship, if any, you have with their current employer.

Someone go take advantage of this. At least I'll be buying some rounds for some Buckeye fans.

Doubtful. I just fulfill my bets, win or lose. Jive, I'll have that to you later tonight, dude.

Jive, pm me your PP address, bruh. Gots ta settle up.

Yep, looks like I might be owing jive 50 smackaroos. Like I said, embarrassed by the big tens performance in some of these games. Still, happy I'm not a big 12 homer.

Yeah, no joke. Also, has the big 12 won a single bowl game this year?

The PSU v. UGA game tomorrow is going to be hella interesting. I really think UGA is the better team, but who knows how they'll react to being coached by someone not named Richt. And also, I am embarrassed by MSU and Iowa. Both those teams should be made to ride the bus all the way back home, and the tv's should be locked to only play replays of the games they just got trounced in. Pitiful. UM (the fourth best team in the B1G), on the other hand, gets some love for completely handling the 2nd place team from the SEC.

So much for Oklahoma being this years OSU.

My condolences, brother. Everyone is broken, right? The only thing that keeps some of us together is our friends/family/others, squeezing us tight, not letting us fall to pieces. I'll be thinking of you, dude.

Yeah, that was made me want to post it. Shit had me like :lolguy:

CR never fails to disappoint.

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No, it isn't "over", but Ohio does look to be in for some more seasonal weather in the next couple weeks.

Where are you located, sir? Also, any chance you would be willing to ship (fat chance, I know)?

And I don't think we can count Nebraska as a B1G team for the purposes of this discussion.

That's crazy. I can give props where they are due, and Bama has been the model of success for quite some time now, and they deserve that respect. But, obviously, they are not unbeatable.

I know, right? :fuuuu: The market, apparently, was just waiting for me to make a wager before running against me. :lolguy: I think I'm bout to be out $50. If it keeps going like this, it won't be worth fighting for for much longer. Which might actually be a good thing.