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I have a pest problem. At first it was not a problem. When I first moved in it was actually kinda cool. Now it's a damned nuisance. Now it's an infestation. It's not bugs or mice. It's coyotes. Yep, honest to God coyotes right here in West Tennessee. The northern edge of my property borders the Hatchie Management Area and the coyotes have taken a special interest in my garbage cans and now my grill. At first they would knock the cans over so I started chaining them. They still try to get in though. Then Friday night they actually came up on my porch and knocked my grill over. It made a hell of a ruckus, woke me up. I thought someone was breaking in, the dogs were going nuts. I ran outside with a ****ed and loaded .45 in my hands only to see two coyotes high-tailing it across my yard. Then last night they came back, but there were more of them. They started yiping and howling near the shed, the dogs went nuts, they were barking at the coyotes, coyotes were yipping at the dogs. Jeez, I don't want to shoot these critters (although it is perfectly legal to do so) but I do want them gone. Does anyone know of a coyote repellent? I wonder if the sporting goods store sells shotgun shells with rock salt?

Now reading Haunted Baseball. It's an entertaining little book about curses, eerie coincidences and just plain unexplainable happenings around the majors and minors of the years. It's a fun read.

I remember reading an interview with Warren Sapp after he retired, he said Al Davis would script plays and send them to Lane Kiffin with the names of players that had not been on the team for years. He was once found in the head coaches office looking for Art, he couldn't find Art. Apparently he was looking for Art Schell whom he fired back in the 90s. Davis is like a west coast George Steinbrenner without smart sons and staffers to keep him out of trouble.

You never know what Rays team is going to show up every night. After that seires agains the Sox you would not know they were even in the playoff hunt. Just miserable.

Agreed. I'm pretty sure Garcia will be starting for the Raiders by week 5. They're not giving up on Russel aready are they?

ouch... you're right, that is strange. and by eery coincidence, that was the year i got married. what really puzzles me, however, is that it has only been 10 years for me (our 10th anniversary is in septemer). your time and my time are passing differently! sorry, couldn't resist... taks Time passes much... much slower when you're married. But it was 10, Sheba just turned 11. You know, since I got divorced no one has since yelled at me or cussed me out in public.

Out of the Park Baseball 8 is now available for free. I've been absolutely hooked on this title since #8 came out. They are up to 10 now. If you like baseball, or like sports sims give this one a look. It don't cost nothin. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/joomla/

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8...mp;confirm=true Bucs fire their offensive coordiantor just a week before the season. I'm really trying to buy into what Coach Morris is doing here, the problem is I have no idea what that might be. And worse still, I think neither does he. I do know that after watching Leftwich's passes sail over his recievers heads all preseason any argument against him being the starter should not be dismissed by firing someone.

Well, I've got a story that is not supernatural but it is certainly unexplained. In fact twelve years later I'm still scratching my head. In 1999 I was still married and we lived in a small house in Fort Lauderdale. We had two dogs, a four year old Lab named Kramer (from Seinfeld) and a six month old yellow lab pup named Sheba (from the .38 Special song Little Sheba). Anyway, I got home from school at 10 pm, my wife was out with her friend so it was just me and the dogs in the house. Kramer had run of the house but Sheba was not house broken yet so we kept her in a crate in our bedroom when she could not be supervised. Anyway, my wife had only been gone a few hours so I figured Kramer could wait so I walked Sheba first. She did her thing and we went back inside and I put her back in her crate and I latched the crate door, then took Kramer. We walked all the way around the block, roughly 1/2 a mile and were gone about 20 min. When we got home I heard Sheba barking... from inside the garage. I opened the door and sure enough she was in there. I looked at her crate and it was still latched shut! I looked that whole thing over and could not for the life of me figure out how she got out. Which raised and even bigger question, how did she get in the garage? The door had a round doorknob, there is no way she could have opened it. My wife got home two hours later, she did not believe me. Heck, I'm still wondering how that happened. The only one who knows can't tell me.

Not to derail this thread but it seems terminally ill terrorists are sent home to a hero's welcome and terminally ill citizens are "put to sleep". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthne...on-the-NHS.html

I'm grilling a steak and drinking a beer. The Rays-Red Sox game is on and TB is winning. All in all a very good night!

Thats not it at all. Some key player losses and some key injuries disrupted the teams chemistry from lat year. If you are taking the Kasmir trade as indication they are giving up then you are dead wrong. Besides, they are hardly out of the mix and they just hung four runs on the Sox tonight including two homers in the first two innings.

The Marlins Braves game just got going after a 3 hour rain delay. They estimate there are less than 500 people in the stadium watching. This is a huge game for the Fish. That city does not deserve that team.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but in the NHL is it true that only the team Captain can speak/argue with the referees?

Was I misreading this line? Yeah, that was a little out of context from the rest of what I was trying to say. More like an after thought. But it is true that the justice systems in Europe are usually pretty lenient compared to others.

I can't believe the Marlins lost two of three to the g*****n Padres! What the hell? They STINK! (Sorry Kelverin but it's true). Well, they are in real trouble now because the Rokies and Giants are running away with this wildcard race. The Fish are only 4 games back now but based on the remaining schedule they might have a better chance of catching the Phillies than SF or the Rocks. The do have six more games against Philly coming up.

I did not say it was a bad thing, I just said it was true. And it is. As for it being right or wrong, I really do not care. The British and Scottish governments owe nothing to anyone but themselves. If they need to use an asset in their posession to barter a better deal then that is their business. I doubt Libya would have passed on the deal if the release was refused, they would have asked for something else. As it stands this was a probably a pretty small price to pay. Allowing Khadafi to have his "hero" and his moment of PR costs nothing but some bad PR for them and the anger of people who don't get to vote in their elections anyway.

Now reading A False Spring by Pat Jordan. Great book! I actually read it some years ago but it's well worth another trip through. Also re-reading The 5000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen. I have absolutely no doubt that Obama would love to have this book banned.

I found the article to be completely factual. What I don't get is why this surprises anyone. Gorgon is right to a point. Khadafi is not "on our team" they wanted something from him, he demanded something from them. Simple quid pro quo. He was released for oil contracts, simple as that. I'm sure there was an element of "compassion" involved because the poor helpless little terrrorist dear had cancer. Boo hoo. I am always amazed at how squishy and soft many european politicians seem to be when it comes to punishing evil doers.

Which bourbon? Woodford Reserve. I sat in the rocking chair on my porch and drank almost the whole bottle. One highball at a time, with just ice and a spash of ginger ale. It was a cool night, no bugs, stars as far as the eye could see. Perfect time to sit and think about your whole life. That is until I passed out in the chair and woke up hung over and sore.

I don't know anything about anarchy huh? I was in Somalia in 1993. I've seen anarchy first fu*****g hand and it is something you will never be able to wrap your narrow little mind around jack. Anarchy might work fine when it is practiced among a small group of civilized people, until a stronger group of uncivilized people comes along. Anarchy is might makes right and your life and liberty are subject to the whim of the first enemy you cannot defeat. There is a good reason the era of European History following the collapse of the Western Empire is called the Dark Ages. I thought you might be just a troll or even a provocateur looking to stir up interesting conversation but it is plain as day to me you do not know the first thing about how the world really works. I was wrong about you flies, it was the former not the latter.

The new Wheel of Time book comes out in the US on 10/27. Whaddya know?

I see. So on one hand you favor a dominating state that utterly subjugates it's citizens and personal liberty is non existent and on the other hand you favor no government at all where personal liberty is maximized so long as you have enough guns to ward off someone bent on taking whatever you have. You are either an idiot or you are just talking out of you @$$. I tend to think it might be the latter. But if I had to chose between the two I'd take anarchy because I am well armed.

Hey Hurlshot, hows this for a stat: The Giants are 34-18 in games started by either Cain or Lincecum, 35-40 in all other games. Talk about value from those two.