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1. Franklin-Christoph Original Model 02 Intrinsic Rollerball - used
Here's one we acquired back from a client's collection. It's been lightly used, and is in the old slightly thinner original sizing, with traditional threads. We'll include a gift box, and of course the lifetime warranty is following the pen. One black and one blue Piper 888 refill included. Looks good enough to gift, we just know it's used so are selling it that way at an attractive price here in SR1.
2. Franklin-Christoph pocket 40 Creme' / Blue Special Edition
We've just run a little batch of these for a Stock Room Special Edition. Nice looking solid blue on our traditional creme' body. See the pocket 40 page for more details. These all have no clips. Gfit box, lifetime warranty, sample cartridges all included.
3. Franklin-Christoph pocket 40 Fountain Pen in black with cherry ice Special Edition
We used the cherry ice acrylic normally seen on the Model 19 bands for the finials on about a dozen or so of these pocket 40s. There are a couple of examples of black and cherry pocket 40s in existence, as seen on the current Model 02, but these are slightly different with the cherry ice having "iced" parts that give the red a hint of orange flavor, though still very red. So this will not become a stock item and we'll just make it a special edition, saving one for the historical archives. First come first served, usual warranty, give box, and nib selection offered.
For more details about pocket 40s (they are small pens) view the Model pocket 40 page here.
For more details about pocket 40s (they are small pens) view the Model pocket 40 page here.
4. Franklin-Christoph Model 40 Pocket Smoke & Ice with clip
This one we may add to the regular line up before long, but we made an extra three in this batch to take a look. Expect this one to go fast so don't hesitate. Usual nibs available.
5. Piper Ocean 12 Blue Acrylic Ballpoint - pre-released used
This is a newer model Piper we are working with about to be released. This was from the first small run, used around the shop to test, but is just like the coming production piece. The filling in the laser engraved "Piper" on the cap has been ruffed up a bit, but other than that is in good shape. This little guy takes a Piper Ultra-Glide 1000 refill (parker style) or a short capless P8126 rollerball refill. This one has the Piper of course. Measurements are 12 cm (thus the Ocean 12 name) or 4 11/16" - is 1/2" at it's very widest point at the cap ring, and extends to 5.75" while posted.
6. Franklin-Christoph Checkbook Covers - solid colors
This item has moved to the regular checkbook cover page with all the options available. Checkbook Cover Page Here.
7. Parker Sonnet Black & Rhodium Ballpoint
Very lightly used Parker Sonnet with a smooth twist mechanism. No Box. An iconic American pen. Made in France.
Will accept a Piper Ultra-Glide 1000 refill.
Will accept a Piper Ultra-Glide 1000 refill.
8. Ferrari da Varese Savant Dark Red Pinstripe Sterling Ballpoint
Every now and then we pull something out of the vault from our old friends in Varese, and this is one of those. It's the Savant, a name Scott Franklin gave it back when it was being developed. These were done in two red forms, a dark burgundy, and this one, in more of a pure red. The barrel is sterling, and then lacquered and the pinstripes are lasered in revealing the sterling in stripe form. The top, clip, and bottom pieces are in rhodium plating. So it's built to last, to have intrinsic value, uses a high quality very smooth mechanism that twists from the top, and takes a Parker or Piper UG 1000 refill. We'll include a Ferrari burgundy gift box with it. Because it will never be produced again and is in mint condition (new and unused), we can't get crazy with the price, but we do like to offer value here in the Stock Room. $535 was the last MSRP.
9. Franklin-Christoph 07 Dara Special Edition Turquoise
From our fabled Dara model, and another from out of the vault, this edition was made years ago especially for a large catalog company. Like the Dara in traditional colors, this has sterling silver at the tall grip section and at the center band. The rest is turquoise lacquer with rhodium trim. Elegant and relatively thin - lifetime warranty, F-C gift box, Piper Ultra-Glide 1000 refill included. We actually have 4 of these we are releasing to SR1 for sale. FIrst come first served !
10. Franklin-Christoph 29 Shortstock BP - purple plum - second
Those of you who have been with us for a long time will remember this one. The first in the Model 29 range, called the Shortstock. It has an "easy twist" mechanism that is very light and meant for easily doing with one hand. Takes a mini refill (schmidt will work with a little tape - otherwise we have plenty of this refill on hand).
As you can see in the photo, something in the process burned across the bottom of the rhodium in the clip. Can't remember now, but was likely a laser machine gone wild. So this little guy is imperfect, but still looking for a good user home at a steal of a price.
As you can see in the photo, something in the process burned across the bottom of the rhodium in the clip. Can't remember now, but was likely a laser machine gone wild. So this little guy is imperfect, but still looking for a good user home at a steal of a price.


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Charge changes for Tenn. lawmaker accused of assaulting wife
Published On: May 02 2013 08:47:23 PM CDT
Updated On: May 02 2013 04:25:21 PM CDT
Updated On: May 02 2013 04:25:21 PM CDT
A charge against a Tennessee State Representative has been changed.
Representative David Hawk of Greeneville now faces an aggravated assault charge in connection with an incident back in March of 2012.
Hawk's wife, Crystal Hawk, testified that Hawk threw her out of bed, then struck her in the face.
Representative Hawk denies hitting his wife, instead claiming she pulled a gun on him and threatened to shoot him.
He now has until May 23 to enter a plea or a trial date will be set for September 16-18.
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Sesame Street's Numerosity: Baker Number 10
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can a ghost and a zombie come from the same person
#ghost shaking their head at their zombified body stumbling around like a dumbass
Is this a comic? This should be a comic.
"no stupid, oh my god. no just… just turn… fuck. don't wander over there, you're gonna fall down the… aaand there he goes………….. moron."
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do you ever just look at someone's interpretation of a character and want to gently put your hands on their shoulders, look them kindly in the eyes and say you got it all wrong
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When you ask your mom a simple question & she yells her response.
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There needs to be a phrase for "I acknowledge your apology and appreciate it but it does not make things better." instead of just saying "It's okay." all the time.
I recognize the council has made an apology, but given that it is a stupid ass apology, I have elected to ignore it.
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There's nothing like a bicycle ride in the crisp autumn air to brighten your spirits and your day.
Well, I take that back: a visit from the PCH Prize Patrol – with a Big Check worth thousands or millions of dollars — would give a giant lift to one's spirits, not to mention one's bank account.
But cycling is good for the body and good for the environment. I live in a place where a simple bike ride takes me to almost anything I want: the store, the library, community activities, various appointments. One of my sons takes biking more seriously, putting on wind-resistant day-glo apparel and logging scores of miles several times a week. He has been encouraged by a nephew of mine who heads Adventure Cycling, a national non-profit, headquartered in Montana.
So when you see the photo above of my Prize Patrol colleague Danielle Lam and me on a bike, remember, it's more than just a staged "photo op." We really enjoy bike-riding.
But we have yet to ride bikes to the door of a PCH Sweepstakes winner – with roses, balloons and a Big Check. Maybe we'll do that one of these days – if there are bikes nearby to rent and the terrain and/or weather is not too challenging.
In the meantime, just know that if you win we will deliver the prize somehow – with our trusty PCH Prize Patrol van, or dog sled – which we used in Alaska, or by foot as we've done when roads couldn't get us there, or via ferry when bridges didn't exist. Maybe we'll use a helicopter. A hot air balloon is another transportation mode we'd love to try.
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i have a 14 to daughter and her father, my husband passed july 2013. from a rare kidney disorder Liddles Syndrome. only 30 people worldwide have been reported having this disease .it has been horrible for us. we are hoping and praying for a miracle. he was only 53 and a 911 dispatcher. sad
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Autumn is in the air! And with that comes busy schedules, meals on the go and even more of a good reason to eat healthy. It's very challenging to find healthy, quick and easy options that satisfy all of the members of my family! Let's just say that each of us have individual opinions about [...]


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Dodds' comments a couple of weeks ago basically calling out the Rose Bowl alliance as preventing the playoff everyone wants were very calculated, and are a large part of what has accelerated the current "plus one" talk because it made the Big Ten and Pac Ten react:
Some of the current "plus ones" being discussed are very intriguing, especially the one that the commissioners basically plagiarized from Stuart Mandel.Originally Posted by DeLoss Dodds
(Edited -- I don't know how to remove the "Originally Posted By" on the Dodds quote, but we'll just pretend he posted here).
I do think the Athletic Directors (although *NOT* the boards of trustees/regents/jesters) truly worry about the non-revenue sports. It's their job. If you really want to dig into the whole A&M/SEC history, A&M's athletic director did not want to go, but he was effectively neutered by the board of regents.
Will ODU have a press confernece today as well ?
Is the CAA, "DEAD MAN WALKING" ?
IF ODU is gone, VCU and George Mason have to be giving the A-10 a HARD look ( Yes , these two are simi recent final four teams, the A 10 has none ).
James Madison ,of the CAA, is talking about the MAC.
App St and Ga Southern might be Sun Belt soon.
Will the SoCon push hard to replace App State with W&M of the CAA and Richmond for football / UNCW of the CAA for other sports.
If the CAA isn't dead, it's close It's traditional Va/midAtlantic core ( Madison, Mason, VCU, ODU UNCW ) would be completely wiped out - and instead become a northeastern conference like the old American East maybe ?
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Please, don't get carried away by internet rumors ...
For instance, there is ZERO chance that the ACC loses a team to the Big 12.
If the SEC came calling -- which is very unlikely -- there are a couple of ACC schools that would be interested. If the Big 10 came after Maryland (as many Terps dream), that financially strapped school would be very interested.
In both cases, it would make financial sense to make the jump to a more lucrative league. But the Big 12 is at almost the same financial level as the ACC -- it's worse actually, because revenues in that conference aren't split evenly (Texas in a monster with a far larger income than anybody else). Teams are looking to get OUT of the Big 12 (as Texas A&M and Missouri did) and not get in.
The ACC's next expansion depends entirely on Notre Dame. I suspect (but don't know) that the Big 10 is in the same situation. Until and unless the Irish make up theiy mind, the ACC will wait at 14. If Notre Dame comes, then they'll add one more Big East school to the mix (I'm guessing -- and that's all it is -- UConn or Rutgers). If Notre Dame chooses the Big 10, then the ACC will take two new teams, almost certainly from the Big East. If Notre Dame decides to stay an independent, then the ACC will stay at 14 for the forseeable future (there's no real advantage to going from 14 to 16 unless the new teams add real value).
And a couple of final points -- every summer, people post about the ACC going after Penn State. Ain't going to happen -- no team is going to leave the Big 10 for the ACC.
And somebody always suggests that the ACC should take Notre Dame as a non-football playing member. Again, that ain't going to happen. The ACC is absolutely committed to being an all=-sports conference. Besides, the best model we have for a major conference NOT being an all-sports conference is the disfunctional (and financially unrewarding) Big East. The ACC ain't copying their model.
But the new playoff system that is being bandied about, where the participants will earn more money for their conferences, is a real problem for the ACC. If you look back at the BCS era/error, if the systems currently being discussed were in place, the ACC would have placed exactly 4 teams in the Plus One playoff (not counting pre-expansion Miami and VaTech). 3 of those were FSU in the first 3 years. Now, the logic of FSU and Clemson leaving for these reasons is short-sighted, no doubt. But a similar stretch of the ACC not placing anyone in the new Plus-One system is going to be problematic for the conference.
I don't know about Clemson, but FSU's finances are shockingly in dire straits, much like A&M's were, relying on donations to run day to day operations. If Florida St. thinks it can borrow against the future by joining a more successful football conference, betting on more money in the long run, along with the freedom to develop their own third tier media, I get their logic. I think it is flawed and short-sighted, but it wouldn't be dissimilar to A&M's reasoning last summer.
So, I doubt any of this happens. I do think the next domino to fall is Louisville to the Big XII (gag) and Notre Dame deciding where to park its non-football sports. But if traditional football powers in the ACC get spooked by the new playoff system, I would not be shocked at all to see some movement out of that.
Big12: $250 million
ACC: $210 million
That's a difference of $4 million per year, which is chump change in the realignment conversation (but maybe not for FSU, especially as they try to keep pace with Florida.)
Here are the last 10 years, if you apply the playoff math backwards:
Big12: $375 million
ACC: $125 million
When the ACC made their move, they added two basketball schools (with decent football tradition), but won't get into any BCS/playoff games anytime soon. If you are FSU, you have to at least listen, right?
Also, fwiw, Louisville to the Big12 will not be the next domino. They have been begging for months, so the Big12 knows they can grab them at anytime. They just know that there might be bigger fish out there (FSU? Clemson? BYU? Notre Dame?)
As far as no schools looking to get into the Big12, you might want to tell Louisville and Cincinnati, and there are varying reports that BYU was almost a done deal.
Yes the CUSA MWC merger is on pause because CUSA wants the almost 25 million in exit fees from UCF, USF, SMU, and Houston. Then again I dont think it will happen at all as when the Big East becomes an epic fail those 4 teams plus Temple will probably be coming back to CUSA. CUSA is looking to go to 18-20 team conference. Those 5 plus the current 13 make 18. I could see Georgia State and MTSU added in same time frame to make 20. I could see ODU and/or possible App State in all this with UTEP and possibly another Texas team going to the Mountain west. I really dont see the need for a 36 team conference so the merger may not happen after all this happens.
I definitely see where all is is waiting on ND. Louisville is begging to get into the Big 12. My Pirates are begging to get in anywhere. I wish the Big 10/11/12 would add Maryland. Get those garbage fans out of the ACC. The fans from WV kept them out of the SEC. The ACC needs to also get rid of BC. They were a good add when they had Matt Ryan and a decent BBall team. Now they bring nothing to the conference.
If the ACC dumped BC and MD, they would never get ND.
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Best Thai....Please tell me the very best....
- jonkyo Apr 5, 2014 01:15 PM
I have determined the Best Thai venue in all the Outer Boroughs barring Staten Island.
These are out of major stand outs, my visiting them, and the results of which based on taste of food.
I would like to simply see the 'best' that others have concluded, without divulging my 'best'.
And also perhaps as to why or what determined the conclusion.
Thank you.
"I have determined the Best Thai venue in all the Outer Boroughs barring Staten Island."
Please tell us what it is.
Zabb Elee Queens.
No, wait! scratch that...
I will show you mine if you show me yours!
re: diprey11
I will go to Zebb...and see. I had determined this, before visiting Zebb...
Wait....Thais that I know don't eat there.
The most inviting aspect of eating in an ethnic venue, is seeing the seating dominated by people of that ethnic group.
In London, when entering the South African bar, one is greeted with South Africans customers. In Sistas' Place, one is greeted with African Americans.
I found the exact opposite in Ayada Thai. It was filled with these poseur types, the kind that sprawl on beaching in Phuket, in the current manifestation of commodified colonialism, or what most people call tourism.
re: jonkyo
1) there are thai people you don't know. and some of them eat at Zabb
2) any time i've been to Ayada -- a dozen or so times in the past two years -- there's been a sizeable Thai presence.
3) since you are, in essence, a tourist, and, to all outward appearances, a colonialist, you're simply adding to the problem to speak of.
re: debinqueens
Where do Thais that you know eat? perhaps you should direct this question to them.
re: tex.s.toast
They eat at home.....and go to some places in Jackson Heights.
re: tex.s.toast
Every Thai place I have been, in NYC, the waitresses would never eat there, at least from the menu they give non thais that frequent the places.
These waitresses of Thai origins, always discourage me from eating the food at the places they work at, due to my asking "is it authentic here"
They tell me where to go for authentic food....in and around Jackson Heights.
I finally went to the places.
I never heard Ayada mentioned.
re: jonkyo
What have you tried, for chrissake? I'd agree that, in order to avoid fusion food (not that it's bad!), you might want to skip restaurants where native culture carriers--such as waiters--won't go; provided you realize that they tend to prefer cheaper places.
But the problem is: how are you qualified to judge??? Especially if you have never heard of Ayada. (They used to run a board of household jobs for new Thai immigrants.)
re: diprey11
I am judging just on taste.
That is all.
Ayada just seemed cultish in its followers, on line, that is, and that is where I found it.
Most restaurants I find with feet and eyes....and public transport as well.
Some others are from vocalizations that form words, that emanate from an individual human source who is live, in front of me, or to the side, of seated near me.
I rarely use the internet as a source, ever, for years, to find things that are in the build human environment.
I do succumb to paper publications though.
Your suggestion is keen, I think.
Thank you for sharing that.
re: jonkyo
And what are the names of the places in Jackson Heights to which you were sent by the waitresses who work in Thai restaurants that they do not eat at?
re: wewwew
re: jonkyo
So what did you order? What's good there?
re: Miss Needle
curry, the hottest...
then flat wide noodle to a friend who dined too.
re: jonkyo
Playground is next door to Zabb, a waitress there told me they had the same owner. The place is very authentic Isaan/Lao and is seriously good **if** you order right, yet it's somewhat underrated. (A great choice, and the same sentiment applies to The Thailand Center Point: if you are not intimately familiar with the cuisine please talk to your waitress and listen carefully.)
They have quite a few dishes that reflect a folksy coastal Chinese view on what the Thai food is supposed to be like, let alone obligatory seafood noodles--not bad actually! but anything with roast meat is horrible! I am sad that most non-Thai people who come there would ask for crunchy-fried grasshoppers, red ant larvae, or other exotics. They also have a great karaoke room downstairs. Yes, that business is a keeper.
But do try the place next door and see if you can spot any difference in the quality of cooking. :-)
re: diprey11
I shall.
Thank you.
re: diprey11
I spotted the red ant larvae, but was after curry.
re: diprey11
Ah hah! I had a good feeling about this place, but felt like it could go both ways -- awful, or awesome. Now I'm intrigued.
re: tex.s.toast
Both Zabb and Ayada have a very significant presence of younger Thai couples. (Sri--not that much.) See if you can trust me on my word. :-)
re: debinqueens
I will take your word for it.
If Zabb is on par with other treasured thai places, I shall be happy.
I need my head to be on fire, and my face with sweat pouring off of it.
With no sugar used in the dishes.
That tends to be a big problem with some of the pseudo Thai places.
Thanks for the recommend.
re: jonkyo
What do ya mean, no sugar added? Ever heard of Thai palm sugar and how it is used to balance food hotness?
Do you have any experience with Thai food at all? (China/TW experience doesn't count)
re: diprey11
I never had a dish (barring dessert, which I rarely eat...in Thailand never), in Thailand that had sugar in it.
Sugar sensitivity comes through even with the most minute portions even from honey.
It is a corruption of the food.
My point is clear I hope.
But if you have no problem with sugar, by all means hunt out Thai restaurants to fortify their dishes with minute to extreme portions of sugar.
If that is so I could recommend some, for sure.
It is not needed in any food, for awesome flavor. I am told at nice places, what ever the type......"there is only salt, other spices, no sugar added."
So, this is just my qualification. No sugar. It is very bad, for taste and the body. It ruins food and makes ones teeth griddy.
You may have others, such as the inclusion of sugar.
In the photo here, one can see a plastic bottle that says "no high fructose" But if one looks at the ingredients, one can see 'sugar' is a prominent feature.
This is very fatuous, to exclude 'high fructose' and make the point to promote that fact, yet add sugar to the item.
I hope my point is clear.
But if you like sugar in your dishes, I can recommend Thai places that fortify their dishes with sugar.
re: jonkyo
I hate griddy teeth.
but i love thai foods.
if one looks at this link, you will see an inauthentic product of the nation of thailand comprised of sweet palms, but, to paraphrase the sugar-nazi: "No sugar for you" or your thailands foods:
re: jonkyo
I would disagree with you, however... sugar is used sparely, more as a condiment. Let the Thai people on this board be the judge
re: diprey11
In other places, people love sugar, even in popular Italian restaurants that add it to sauces for pasta.
I have lived in Asia as well as Europe. Aside from the rich chocolate brownies at Starbucks, when extended hours of wake are in demand, there is nothing that could make me feel that sugar in dinner or lunch or breakfast dishes is anything of a virtue.
The sugar history, with cane, is very old in Asia and other places. So, the processing of wheat flour and rice, to color of white. That does nothing but show that processing can lead to ill health.
Its as bad as oil.
re: jonkyo
I took a thai cooking class with a woman from thailand that owns a restaurant here in the U.S. She said curry was a balance of hot, sour and sweet and when those ingredients balance, the taste of the curry will, to use her word, pop. I've since made the dish 100s of time and I've tried to cut the sugar but found she was right, there's is a point (reached by trial and error) where the taste pops.
It's entirely possible she taught us an americanized version of the dish, I have her email and can ask. Just to be clear, are you saying that in your travels in thailand, you ate curry and there was no trace of sugar?
re: vinouspleasure
He orders his curry with Splenda.
Sugar is essential to Thai cuisine. Palm and coconut sugar are used in dishes to achieve the balance you mentioned and to make the fresh herbs pop and to cut the astringency of bitter items. And Thais use white sugar as a tableside condiment to tweak dishes. I've lived in Asia, been to Thailand many times, several different regions, eaten on the street often, etc. It's a part of their cooking. Thais probably have a bigger sweet tooth than Americans.
re: Silverjay
your experience certainly aligns with her recipe. Actually, I found it shocking how much sugar is in the dish. It doesn't taste sweet, but it's an awful lot of sugar.
re: vinouspleasure
It's an interesting cuisine because even somtum and yam dishes, items we usually call salads, use sugar- although they are prepared to order so you can ask them to make without. If you go to Somtum Der in the East Village, their "on display" somtum making operation has a jar of palm sugar cakes next to the limes and peanuts and dried shrimp etc. It's meant to be a sort of glorified version of a street operation from Thailand....If you want to avoid sugar when you eat Thai, you pretty much have to know what you are doing. Not sure I would consider ordering curry at an Isan/Lao place in Queens a sign of that.
re: Silverjay
yeah, I recall sugar in the papaya salad recipe too though I haven't made it in a while as I'm missing the tool to shred papaya.
re: vinouspleasure
Oh just swap cucumbers for papaya. They are easy to find and u can just peel and cut them up. I make the dressing at home all the time..i've taken a Lao cooking class which covered somtum. For Thai stuff i have some cookbooks and watch cooking vids on YT.
re: Silverjay
never tried it with cucumbers, interesting idea. I've never made somtum, I do have a killer recipe for tom yum but it's a lot of work and some of the ingredients are hard to find in my neck of the woods.
re: debinqueens
"any time i've been to Ayada -- a dozen or so times in the past two years -- there's been a sizeable Thai presence."
That's been my experience too. We were there 3 weeks ago and half the clientele was Thai.
re: Bob Martinez
Oh well, then there are those Thai that I have not met, who would recommend this venue.
I and another who accompanied me to this establishment, who spent sizable chunks of time, in Thailand, did not like the place.
But that is not important. If you like it, that is good. Competition is needed.
re: jonkyo
It's been 3 days since you promised to reveal the "best Thai in the outer boroughs." In the interim people have listed their favorites.
Now it's time for you to reveal your winner.
re: Bob Martinez
the winner is what the woman stated who waiting tables at a Soho Thai place, where I would partake of their $2 Chang Beer bottles and always forgo food. Playground. She stated this is where to get the Thai food that Thai people eat.
re: debinqueens
essence: "the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features" -dictionary
I am not a tourist, but can become a colonist in due time.
I will colonize the Thai venue with my entourage of European Gypsies and vanity filled failed celebrity types.
We will dine and if the food does not come to par with what we desire, we will leave, unsatisfied and lodge complaints on social media.
re: jonkyo
Bob - clearly he doesnt have a place
re: Lau
Actually, he does. Mixed Yelp reviews FWIW.
They have karaoke too.
re: Bob Martinez
haha wow, he actually named a place for once
re: diprey11
haha im totally willing to try it...looks interesting actually
the stream of consciousness, anti america, judging a place by everything but the food gets old quickly, but thats a separate issue
re: Lau
food is the main point.
When the food does not please, it is easy to notice other phenomena. When the food is so so good, then rapture takes hold, and even a gangsta' shootout might not be noticed.
...stream of consciousness, anti america....
I googled that, and what came up but references to 'Ulysses' and 'John Steinbeck'.
You may be right, I don't like american style pancakes, Steinbeck, hollywood, pop tarts....
But, wait, I love.....well..... polish ham.....
Boars Head ruined the market for cold cut meats, here in the USA.
At least we can find good contestants for "Best Thai".
Stream of consciousness????
Are you doing one of those 'infomercials'?
I am headed to Staten Island to canvass for the best Thai restaurant...
re: jonkyo
good talk
re: diprey11
I'd cut slack, except it's part of the zabb group that he diismisses, and has caucasian clientele, a real deal breaker :)
re: debinqueens
Guys, I hear you--and sometimes I do feel upset about some statements made. But when he's right he's right.
As per the Zabb clientele. There is, for instance, a very charming African-American couple who visit regularly. They are certainly not Thai, I am quite sure of that :-) but they do enjoy eating out and they know and love the place, and I am perfectly happy to ask them for recommendations. Do we really have to be Thai-born in order to understand and enjoy their ethnic food?
On the other hand, does knowledge count at all? given that everyone has got their own opinion on everything under the sun... You can't really argue about tastes either, not even when they get generalized into a maxim. Sometimes an assertion gets backed up by a sheer number of opinions from Yelp, which is just a site for popular votes (there can be no review there without giving a grade). So I was wondering if the majority argument can be used to prove every claim.
re: diprey11
im all for coming up with your own opinion and you are totally in the right to judge a restaurants food yourself, just bc its popular on yelp or chowhound doesnt mean you have to like it. however this is different, this is judging places by factors completely separate from the food and then saying it a matter of fact manner claiming that you or mysterious professors etc are experts in the matter. For people like you diprey11, you'll be able to discern on your own, but for someone new to the board or just casually searching they maybe like oh XYZ restaurant sounds like it sucks, which i think is generally a disservice
re: Bob Martinez
My favorite line from the yelp piece (which actually sums up quite a bit about this joint): "It's totally worth a diarrhea the next day." This guy was not joking.
re: jonkyo
Zabb Elee is in fact dominated by younger Thai couples: make no mistake about it, check out late in the evening.
Ayada, too. But Ayada has a very different food style: the Thai cuisine is fiercely regional. So, you'll have to either state your preferences--or just go eat at Olive Garden.
Now, @debinqueens asked a very relevant question: how are you different from any tourist as far as the real Thai food is concerned? Speak any Thai?
re: Ziggy41
Thai in Staten Island is not as easily reached, as Thai in Queens, or Manhattan.
If there is a community of Thai there, like the community of of people from sri lanka, then locating the venue where people from that community eat, would assure a good competitor for one to judge in this.
re: Ziggy41
@Ziggy, it's not worth it. :-) Think he's ever been to SI?
re: diprey11
I canvassed for NYPIRG in Staten Island, in the late 1980s.
My only meal there was being invited into an Italian family home, and having demands to join them for dinner.
The terrain of Staten Island I know is purely residential, and two decades old in my memory.
re: Pulpio
This thread IS Chowhound performance art.
re: foodiemom10583
And I guess I might be the only(?) honky client at Ayada at any given point of time. I don't look or speak Thai, FWIW.
re: foodiemom10583
Performative of course, though art....maybe it is craft.
"expression that serves to effect a transaction or that constitutes the performance of the specified act by virtue of its utterance"
acts of eating......and drinking of course.
re: jonkyo
re: AubWah
You guys should talk to each other. :-))))
re: Pulpio
I did not like it because of the flavor coming from my order, and what I expect Thai curry to taste like.
re: Peter Cuce
Well, she was more forthright than the Mexican waitress at this Mexican bar I used to frequent.....an all mexicans frequented venue, basically....who stated "authentic mexican well....Mama Mexico "
Never went to Mama Mexico. That is mostly white people, or others assimilated to middle class white people culture.
I have heard from several waitresses this 'playground'....but the first voice to state it still echos in my head.
The Mex bar on 2 just below 7th Street, is now closed. It is a homogenized white people ...need I say hipster place. So much for diversity in East Side Tompkin Sq Park area.
So, I love playground due to the flavor.
It is authentic, without the sugar.
I am wondering the Thai counter-part to Mama Mexico.
The short list for Thai in NYC, as far as I'm concerned, is as follows. Full disclosure: I'm partial to Esan-style Thai and Lao food.
#1 Larb Ubol (in Manhattan)
#2 A tie: Ayada and Sripraphai
These are great, but I'm not going to bother ranking them, as I don't have strong opinions: Chao Thai, Arunee, Zabb Elee (both locations, one Queens and one Manhattan).
re: guanubian
not sure if it wasn't on your list because you did not like it or havent been, but had a recent very good meal at Somtum Der. definitely worth checking out if your partial to esarn style foods.
re: tex.s.toast
I went once and really liked it. I didn't feel moved to admit it to the little club represented on my short list, but I think you're right that it's very much worth trying.
re: guanubian
really, larb ubol? I've been 3-4 times and liked it but don't have it on the same level as ayada, sri or zabb. what have you liked there?
re: vinouspleasure
Absolutely and without hesitation. I have liked everything I've had: various larbs, naem sod, salads. I guess, as with anything, it has off days, but I think it wins. (Again, I'm partial to Esan style.)
I thought the same about Poodam's last restaurant, her eponymous LIC establishment.
re: guanubian
I like Chao Thai as much as any of your top 3. I never go to Sri anymore because it's too crowded and I don't find it as good as it used to be.
re: Peter Cuce
The food suffers at SPP when they get crowded. The restaurant space grew over the years. I'm not sure the kitchen did. Anyway, I go either early for lunch or early for dinner and they don't have as many consistency issues. There are often large tables of Thai families during these times as well...I consider them to be the best all around restaurant of the group because they can do a good job at a wide variety of dishes- curries, Isan stuff, fried foods, street foods, etc. None of these other places really have their repertoire. If you go with a small group, you can put together a pretty interesting pan-Thai mini banquet.
I like Chao Thai as well. What are your favorites there?
re: Silverjay
One thing to point out. Overall SPP trends salty while CT trends citrusy, something I've come to prefer. Will post faves when I get a chance - have been to CT probably 30 times but this is nowhere near my lifetime SPP total, which spans 15 years now.
re: Peter Cuce
sounds like people here are eating Thai food in these Thai restaurants weekly. Maybe there is a good market for a Ceasers Pizza-esque Thai franchise company, to litter the urban and suburban terrain with revenue gaining Thai establishments.
I do think that for me I have some problem with gravity. There is no pull from any of the Thai places, unless I care for a nice ambiance to sit and drink leaf tea, and have some Chang beer after my long and lingering reads.
I love them for that.
re: jonkyo
How about karaoke? Dippy likes it.
re: Peter Cuce
Chao is great, sure. Actually I've moved close-ish recently and will probably go much more often than before. Looking forward to that.
I was in Cobble Hill just Thursday, and stopped by a Thai place for a Stella.
It was well before dinner, so the server and I chatted much. She stated that she goes to Playground if she wants authentic food the likes found in her country, Thailand. The only other place she recommended was Chao Thai, in Elmhurst.
I will be visiting this when I get the chance.
Review of earlier chowhound post linked below.
"Unfortunately for my friends and me, they are written in Thai, which, regardless of how neat the script is, can be daunting to a nonspeaker."-nyt article August 16, 2006
Chao Thai
85-03 Whitney Ave.


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Its extremely drying out even if you have oily skin. It doesn't help breakouts at all.
Would not recommend
I have very oily, sensitive, and acne prone skin. This works like a charm for my skin! It's so gentle, has a great foaming consistency, makes my skin glow, and is just a perfect cleanser for anyone with sensitive skin (whether you have dry, normal, combination, or oily skin). This is my go to and I'm also already on my 2nd bottle of this!
This is one of my favorite facial cleansers that I've ever tried. And being acne prone I've tried everything there is to try. I feel like it thoroughly cleanses my skin really deep down and leaves it really soft and glowing. It is for oily-normal skin, but I'm not sure if recommend this to someone with normal skin considering I have oily skin band it can leave me a tad dry sometimes. (Nothing my moisturizer won't fix though) anyways, I think I've finally found my go-to cleanser after trying out everything on the market it seems like. This is an especially good cleanser when paired with the clarisonic also
I don't think I would buy this product again. I love the smell and how my skin feels immediately after using it, but it really dries out my skin. My cheeks feel very tight a few minutes after use. I think this cleanser would be okay for occasional use, but not daily.
This stuff made my face super dry! And it left patches of red, painful, super sensitive blotches around my cheeks. It almost looked as if I was burned! Definitely do not recommend for people with sensitive skin.
This face wash has been a staple for me during the last 2 years. It has helped my skin clear up acne as well as old acne scars. It does dry out the face but nothing a night moisturizer can't solve. It's great at removing make up and the smell is minimal. I have always had extremely sensitive skin and never found this product to break me out. I like the pump packaging but hate it for travelling. The bottle itself has cracked on me multiple times and leaves a gross mess and the pump is easily pressed, had to pump some in to a travel bottle. Overall though. I've never had a problem with it, it's done great things for my skin.
I used this product for years at my mom's urging and found it did nothing for me. I honestly thought I was using it wrong or something, because my mom swore by it. But then I had to think of when I've ever seen my mom with acne and I couldn't remember when she'd ever had any.
This soap burns if it gets into your eyes, and I didn't find it made my skin any cleaner than the cheap dollar store brand, or even plain soap. It didn't make my acne better, and caused my skin to become even drier than usual. After years of throwing away money on this facial cleanser I decided to give my face a break from it to see if it was actually doing me any favours, and it wasn't. My skin is as it was when I was still using the cleanser. The bottom line is that it doesn't work for me.
I would not buy this product again.
I loved using this product. Im 20 years old. Anyway I used this product for about a month and my skin was flawless and radiant... My acne cleared up and it took most of my make up off. Just wished it was just a pinch more better with the deep clean for my makeup.
But over all it is something i would want people to try because it works. I saw a difference in my skin and its texture.
i actually like this cleanser. this cleanser is the one i always go back to after trying some other cleansers. This cleanser does not clog my pores. It also gives me a clean feeling after washing, although it is slightly drying sometimes if you do not moisturize afterwards. i have repurchase this many times. would continue to use it unless i have found something better.
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You mentioned earlier that A Wanted Man is the first of your books in a long time not to top the New York times Best Seller list, coming in at number four, behind the Fifty Shades books. How difficult do you think it is for new authors to find an audience when readers can visit Amazon and other online retailers and choose from thousands of books that cost almost nothing to buy, yet take potentially thousands of hours of work to produce?
That was the question I got to ask Lee Child last night at a combined Q&A / Meet & Greet / Book signing event, put together in association with his publishers, Waterstones, and Birmingham Central Libraries. It was the penultimate [official] question of the evening, and one that saw Child discuss his background prior to becoming an author, how he decides to write a Reacher book in first or third person perspective, slapping down anti-americanism whilst lambasting people who'll be voting for Romney in November.
And of course, the Tom Cruise question. More on that later.
Prior to the event starting I got to chat to some pretty hardcore Reacher fans about their thoughts on a variety of topics. And of course, being me, I bought up the dreaded eReader topic, only to be met with the usual backlash, including a look of horror from one lady in particular.
Fortunately I had a comrade in arms - the Waterstones rep who was at the event.
Which was a refreshing change. Ended up talking to him about the behind the scenes work involved in prepping the stores for the devices, when Amazon start selling them, and a little "shop talk" about why the negotiations with Barnes & Noble broke down. All in all, a very interesting talk.
But onto the event itself. Rather than a traditional book reading, Lee briefly introduced himself to the audience [as if he needed any introduction.] before opening the floor for questions, which he answered for around 80 minutes.
I can't remember all of 'em, but they included [and I'm paraphrasing slightly]:
In regards to the "Tom Cruise question" - anyone who dared venture onto either Childs' Facebook page, his website, or any Reacher messageboards knew this would be raised. The hardcore fans [which I'm not] really, reallydon't like the idea of Cruise playing the role, with many threatening to boycott the film altogether.
My guess was that it would be the third question asked during the evening. It was the second. As for Childs' answer?
I thought he was refreshingly honest. As he said, the decision ultimately washis - he opted to sell the film rights. And while the deal included no official veto, he was clear that he knew he could refuse the choice of actor, but he declined.
His argument is that a $60M [which is actually relatively cheap, by Hollywood standards] R-Rated film that isn't part of a franchise, needs an "A List" actor, in order to deliver a big enough box office return. According to Child, he and the producers decided the following actors matched the criteria:
Depp was discounted immediately, and then they started working through the list. Cruise was the first actor approached, and he agreed to take on the role.
The main thrust of Childs' argument was two fold: Firstly, actors aren't as tall as you think, with the exception of Michael Clarke Duncan and John Wayne, and secondly, the film presents one interpretation of Reacher, the books another one.
Unfortunately the lady who asked the question wasn't impressed, and made it quite clear that she wouldn't be watching the film, which was met with applause from some people.
Which to me was a little bitchy. Telling [an admittedly extremely popular and wealthy] author that you won't see the first film to be made from one of his books, in what was effectively his home town book event? Way to stay classy.
After all the questions were answered it was onto the meet and greet part, which included photos and books being signed. I hung around until the end and got to ask a few other questions, after getting my books signed.
All in all it was an entertaining evening. While I'm not a huge fan - he reminds me a lot of Michael Bay, in that his earlier books are a bit like The Rock, Armageddon & Bad Boys, where as his last few have been Transformers-esque - I'm definitely glad I went along.
If he comes back next year, I'll try and snag an invite again, hopefully to see him talk about how the film naysayers were wrong to judge the film before having seen it.


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last time I went to the doctors they said his heartbeat dropped to 40 now I have to go see aon specialist the 18 has this happened to u what does it mean?
Idk but good luck. How far along are you?
I would imagine if your baby's heartbeat was 40 they'd have rushed you to the hospital.
My son was in the NICU and I flipped through books of premies one day and there were babies born as early as 22 weeks that survived. The reason for me telling you this is because if your babies heartbeat was honestly 40bpm, they would have rushed you to the hospital and monitored you. If there was no change, quickly, you would be getting an emergency c-section. Maybe they are just concerned that your baby's heartbeat dropped from over 160 to 140 in just a matter of weeks. They are probably just wanting to send you to a specialist to insure your baby doesn't have a VSD or ASD.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but if you are really worried about it, got to the ER and say you are having tummy pains or something. They will check the baby's heartbeat and admit you if it's too low. Also, give your OB a call in the morning and get the facts straight from them. No need to worry when you can easily find out. Good luck!
If it was 40 they would have done a emergency c section on you , thats ridiculous


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All about AYP
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- Posted January 13, 2012
Kaneland works on more budget cuts
Kaneland—Kaneland School Board members on Monday discussed the development of a budget for the 2013 fiscal year, which is intended to reduce expenditures as a means to compensate for a reduction in revenue.
- Posted January 13, 2012
Growth coming to Sugar Grove
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- Posted December 16, 2011
School Board approves 2011 tax levy
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- Posted December 16, 2011
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- Posted December 9, 2011
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SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce and Industry was on the move earlier this week.
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KANELAND—The Kaneland School District in December 2010 reached an 11th-hour deal with the village of Sugar Grove to enter into a one-year Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) requiring village developers to pay 60 percent of the capital-impact and transition...
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SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove Library District residents may need to be prepared for more change in the future: a new library referendum may be coming, as well as the beginning of a search for a new library director.
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ELBURN—Wayne White left his hometown of Tennessee, Ill., in 1943, to go overseas and fly bombing missions as a B24 photographer for the 454th Bombardment Group, U.S. 15th Air Force during World War II.
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KANE COUNTY—Do you have any unused prescription medication in your home? If so, there's something you can do with that medication instead of flushing it down the toilet or letting it sit idly on the counter.
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SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove Village Trustees on Tuesday voted 6-0 in favor of four resolutions pertaining to proposed improvements and an extension of the drainage system in the Mallard Point and Rolling Oaks subdivisions.
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KANELAND—Kaneland High School will implement a student athlete injury policy for concussions.
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Community aids KUMC after theft
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Britain's Prince Charles turned his back on author Salman Rushdie during the fatwa over publication of 'The Satanic Verses' as he believed the book was offensive to Muslims, a novelist has revealed.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, author Martin Amis has claimed that the Prince's views caused a row at a dinner party after Rushdie was issued with the death sentence by Islamic clerics in 1989.
Amis claims that Charles told him that he would not offer support "if someone insults someone else's deepest convictions", the Independent reported Tuesday.
Though Amis tried to remonstrate with him, the Prince offered little beyond insisting he would "take it on board".
Rushdie went into hiding for a decade after Iran's late spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for the author's assassination.
The Iranian government distanced itself from the fatwa a decade later, declaring that it would not support the edict, but could not rescind it either.
The Vanity Fair article features Rushdie's friends and literary colleagues and tells the inside story of the controversy. "I had an argument with Prince Charles at a small dinner party," Amis said.
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I figured I would write about this since I have received a good number of messages since this video was posted on Laci's channel. (Video here)
I worded things very very poorly although I think some people understood what I meant. And even some of those who did still did not like my answer which is fair.
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1. Laci didn't "spring uncomfortable questions on me". She asked if I didn't want to answer anything specific and I said, "No and don't brief me first. I like my answers to be candid and real". Shes not "the bad guy".
2. What I said can be understood differently based on the way the video jumped around the previous topic and my own fault of not fleshing out the point I was trying to make properly. We were talking about porn stars and I was failing to properly say that for a while I would look at these women not as women but as sexual objects. The same goes for the men in those videos. They are imagery, an idea, a situation, and ultimately just sex.
3. Women I don't know ARE real women, but my ape/lizard brain recognizes a woman's physical features before anything else is processed. Usually lips, eyes, nose, and then on to the curves. Without a conversation with that woman all I will ever know her as are those physical features. Same thing with men.
4. Women were not put here on earth to objects of my pleasure or lust. Nice leap there ;)
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"It was a monumental effort on the part of a few community members. John Lohrke was kind of the guts of the team. Trying to shoestring it together, it was a battle." - Mike Gillespie, Head Coach at USC
"The Panners took their cleats off and got into their vans. We go, 'Wait a minute.' We poured some gasoline on the field and lit it. We scorched that field. We just had a bonfire for twenty minutes. We dried it out. We had to rake it like crazy. It wasn't pretty, but it was playable. They had to put their cleats on and we ended up beating them." - Lohrke
1985 - "It was an outstanding team. That team played defense anybody would have been proud of. That was a fun group to work with." - Mike Gillespie
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"I never saw Andy (Stankewicz) walk anywhere. He would run up to the plate. He would run back to the dugout. I thought, 'This kid is going to make it somewhere." - Lowell Purcell
"I housed players (Loring Davies, Greg Baker, Bernie Forbes), served on the Nicks Board of Directors, worked the press box and booster booth and had a great time with the whole thing." - Linda Douglass
"(Steve Finley is) a great kid. He loved living with the family he had, he was leading us in hitting. And then he got a call from the national team to play for them. He said, 'I can't pass it up.'" - John Lorhke
"It was definantly a good baseball experience for me." - Todd Zeile
"All the rain water drained to the infield. The fences were like a half mile out there. I think they built the mound out of sand. The had a Little League Backstop." - Dave Forman
"I just remember driving out there in the middle of nowhere and there was this field in a forest of trees." - Steve McFarland
"Of all the players I saw during that time, many worked very, very hard. None worked harder than Eric Karros. On the Alaska team he was probably the third or fourth best player (Luis Gonzalez was considered the best) at the start of the season. By the end of the season, Karros had come farther than anybody - in bat speed, strike zone judgment... In watching him work, every time you saw him step into the batting cage, you always thought Eric was going to come out a better hitter, that he was going to learn something new or that he had reinforced a basic fundamental that would help him the next time he was up there for real." - Clay Morgan, Announcer
The best baseball players in America take North Pole? You bet. The North Pole Nicks ballclub (named after St. Nick, of course) had many highs, including reaching the national championship game of 1985.
A closer look at this campy clubhouse of characters reveals the power of a united drive to excel. Forging bonds of brotherhood through common adversity enabled each ballplayer to rise to inspiring levels of personal and team excellence.
For a decade, the Nicks' organization successfully carved a 'field of dreams' in the wilds of Alaska. Shortly after the last pitch, though, the wilderness reclaimed Wright Field's right field. Even so, the team's legacy of excellence lives on. In fact, a fraternity of Nicks continues to thrive in major league baseball.
Starting from scratch and reaching the national championship game was a remarkable achievement. Having done so from the home of Santa Claus was even more unlikely.
Five of the Arizona Diamondbacks starting lineup in the World Series on Saturday had an Alaska connection, including three former North Pole Nicks. Center fielder Steve Finley, first baseman Mark Grace and left fielder Luis Gonzalez all played for the Nicks, a now-defunct team that was part of the Alaska League from 1980-87, while second baseman Craig Counsell played for the Mat-Su Miners and starting pitcher Curt Schilling was born in Anchorage. more...
North Pole, Alaska is located 14 miles south of Fairbanks on the Richardson Highway. The City of North Pole was incorporated in 1953. Though the city was founded in an attempt to attract toy manufacturers, its grew into community serving local military bases. Starting in 1975, oil refining fueled the local economy. The introduction of the oil industry brought a period of rapid population growth in the area, making North Pole a noticeable sister city to Fairbanks and a logical home for an expansion ballclub in the Alaska Baseball League. more...
The North Pole Nicks were suited up for play in the 1980 Alaska Baseball League season. Though forced to play a very difficult schedule, including against the national champion Fairbanks club, the Nicks played well enough to solidify local support. In the coming years, the Nicks fielded highly competitive teams filled with future major leaguers.
During that heyday, the organization moved from Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks to Wright Field at Newby Park in North Pole. Those involved with the organization continued to rally support among the North Pole community, who responded with vociferous support at all home games.
The crowning moment of the Nicks ballclub came in 1986, when it captured the Alaska Baseball League championship -- ousting rival Fairbanks, who had won eight titles in a row. The 2001 MLB World Series was another highlight for the Nicks, as three former players anchored the eventual champion Arizona club -- including Luis Gonzales, who hit the series-winning hit for the D-backs.
Of the 20+ players from the Nicks to reach the major leagues, many are still great producers. Steve Finley, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was named National League Player of the Week in 2004.
Check back at this location for exhibit additions, as well as for continuing coverage of alums' careers in and out of baseball. If you have an anecdote to add, or a picture to share, please feel free to email todd @ alaskan-legacies.com.
I have many fond memories of the Nicks. I treasure my 1987 team signed ball. This is a great site. Mark Holley
Hello, Just wanted to say hello to Lowell Purcell,little Steve Zannazo and his buddy Mike who helped keep the sanity and fun in the game. At that time Steve and Mike were 7 or 8 and lived at the ball park with us. I have several pictures from 1984 in which we finished in 2nd place this season. Coaches Gillispie, Sanchez and Len Mohney, great GUYS AND COACHES. Thanks also to My host Family the Bonjour's Randy, Susan, Joe, Jake and Katie. Thanks also to Everyone in Fairbanks to BJ, field maint., Marjie the beer girl, and John Lorhke for brining me to Alsaka. Thanks Again Mark Honnor 1984 email@example.com
Clay Mitchell 1985 "I gotta piss like a race horse."
To John Sweeney at Wright Field late in the early innings, "Here's your burger you horses ass." anon.
I was just watching ESPN tonight, and they were doing their 50 states in 50 days, focusing on Alaska in today's show. They had a short clip on the midnight game in Fairbanks, and I found myself thinking of all the good times I had while stationed at Eielson AFB from 1989-1991. I met some great guys up there; Mike Aihers (sp?), and Steve, both from North Pole and the leaders of our team. We were sponsored by Lou's T.V. and played a lot of our games at Wright Field. Heck, I even got a chance to play against the Goldpanners a couple of times. The three best years of my life!
I was surfing the web and found this site. Just wanted to say hi to all the North Pole Nicks of 84. What a summer. Hope all of you are doing great. Dan Larsen
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This is more of providing information on the development of the team for the years between 1980 and 1984. Mr C V Johnson, who was with the reacreation and sports department at Eielson Air Force Base and had helped the team during the above years, has many fond memories, along with some great photographs of the team members at work and play during this time. He always talked highly of those days and had many stories to tell. A couple of the players stayed at their home, one, was Mike Schooler. We have lost contact with all of the people and would enjoy being re-united, even if it was on the internet. My e-mail address is: firstname.lastname@example.com. Anyone with these memories, I'd love to hear from. Sad news is that C V has passed-away a couple of years ago from cancer. We moved from Alaska after he lost his sight and re-located to Las Vegas, where I (we) live today. I'm Linda, his wife. I look forward to hearing from any of you. Linda Johnson
I have three baseballs that were signed by the players and given to my father. Some of the signatures are hard to make out but L Gonzalez' is legible as well as others. One is dated 1980 and two have Luis G. signatures (#16) .....no date. I have had offers for them but how can I know what is reasonable? gredunzle @ yahoo.com
I discovered this website by accident by am so happy I found it. I have many fond memories of playing for the 1984 Nicks. Jeff Hainline email@example.com
The "Second Phase" of North Pole Nicks history came after the re-organization of the team for the 1989-1991 seasons. The biggest star from that period was Twins starting pitcher Brad Radke.
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In a town known for kitschy family-oriented resorts, the Waldorf stands out as one of the only true luxury hotels in Orlando (with the Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grand Lakes as perhaps its only real competition). The building is new as of 2009, but great pains were taken to make the design posh and classic, if perhaps with a Florida twist. Everything is top notch: The staff is extremely gracious, there's a beautiful 18-hole golf course just steps from the front door (one of the hotel's main draws), and the breakfast buffet at Oscar's is not to be missed -- to name just a few impressive details. Although families abound and the hotel is just minutes from Epcot, you won't find any traces of Mickey or Minnie here, so those seeking more Disney-centric luxury should consider Walt Disney World's Swan and Dolphin hotels.
Located about 15 minutes from both Disney and Universal Studios on the beautiful (and massive) Grande Lakes resort grounds, the Ritz-Carlton is one of the best luxury hotels in Orlando -- swanky rooms, great pools, and a giant spa. But, since it shares all its features with the virtually identical JW Marriott, it's worth comparing rates.
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Located next to the Orange County Convention Center, the Peabody's impressive array of services, beautiful interiors, and top-notch restaurants make it one of Orlando's classiest hotels. The hotel added a 32-story tower, a revamped pool complex, and a huge spa and fitness center as part of a massive expansion completed in 2010.
This affordable, 1,218-room convention hotel a five-minute drive from the Walt Disney World theme parks is a great value for families on a budget. The overall decor is a little dowdy, but guests who don't need high-design get large suites, good dining variety, and features like an enormous pool and a two-story fitness center.
This 1,000-room Hilton is an oasis of adult calm amid frenetic child-centric Disney World -- literally, as it's actually within the gates of Disney. The ample rooms and facilities are modern, sleek, and in great condition, while features and services cater to both business and leisure needs; plus, guests get free access to all facilities at the neighboring Waldorf Astoria.
It's the world's largest Marriott -- 2,000 rooms; a huge free-form pool and waterslide; extensive convention space; a great gym and spa; a golf course; seven restaurants. Though largely a business hotel, its location (a 5-minute shuttle from Disney) and large, very comfortable rooms, make it a solid option for families as well.
Catering primarily to business travelers, this 315-room Westin has spacious and well-appointed rooms with kitchenettes, a superb pool, and a small, but well-equipped gym. Located across from the Orange County Convention Center and 10 minutes from SeaWorld, this hotel stands out in an area mostly dominated by enormous, bland hotels.
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VALPARAISO | A Valparaiso man is accused of having sex on two occasions with a young relative as part of a fabricated story about protecting her from being blackmailed for an earlier sexual encounter with a boy.
Jeffrey Zbyrowski, 41, faces two Class B felony counts of rape, two Class C felony counts of incest and two Class D felony counts of criminal confinement, according to Valparaiso police.
The girl told police that after Zbyrowski discovered she had sex with a boy in November 2012, he claimed on June 1 he received a telephone call from an unknown male claiming to have a video recording of the encounter, according to the charging information.
Zbyrowski claimed the caller was threatening to release the video recording to pornographic websites unless the girl agreed to have sex with a virgin, police said. While the girl did not believe her sexual encounter was recorded, she insisted the caller be allowed to release the alleged video rather than comply with his demands.
Zbyrowski, claiming to be interested in protecting the girl's reputation, arranged for the encounter, police said. He allegedly blindfolded the girl, bound her wrists to her mattress using zip ties and claimed to leave the house to allow the stranger to have sex with her.
The girl said a man entered the room, had sex with her and remained silent when she asked, "Why are you doing this," according to police. When the man left, she ran to the window, but saw nothing before calling Zbyrowski to return home.
Zbyrowski then claimed a month later on July 1 the man called again and felt bad the girl was shaking during the first encounter and wanted to make it up to her by offering money this time, police said. A second encounter was allegedly arranged by Zbyrowski and carried out with $50 being left behind.
The girl told her friend in August about the encounters and after another relative of the girl learned about what happened, police were notified.
Police said Zbyrowski initially denied knowing anything about the encounters, but then admitted to setting them up to, "teach (the girl) a lesson about making bad decisions regarding having sex with boys." He said no one actually entered the house and had sex with the girl.
After undergoing a voice stress analysis test, Zbyrowski admitted he was the person sexually assaulting the girl, police said.
The case has been assigned to Porter Superior Court Judge Bill Alexa, and an initial hearing is expected next week.