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Melvin "Mel" Cook, age 82 of rural Comfrey, died at his home Friday, June 28, 2013.
Melvin "Mel" Cook, age 82, of rural Comfrey, died on June 28, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be on Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. and will continue on Tuesday from 7:30 until 10 a.m. at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs, Leavenworth. Service will be held at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs, Leavenworth, on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at the Japanese Martyrs Catholic Cemetery, Leavenworth. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye. On line condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com
Mel was born on September 13, 1930 in Mulligan Township the son of George and Barbara (Nowak) Cook. He farmed on the home farm his entire life. He was a skilled carpenter and built most of the buildings on the farm site. Mel married Marie A. Windschitl on April 16, 1956 at Japanese Martyrs Church in Leavenworth. He was an active member of the Japanese Martyrs Church where he served on numerous boards. Mel was a member of the Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame inducted in 1987. He also was a member of the Board of Directors for Stark Farmers Mutual Insurance and an agent for 42 years, active member of Leavenworth Baseball Assoc, as a player, coach and board member since 1944. Mel played Western Minny Baseball out of Sleepy Eye from 1950-1958. He enjoyed traveling, sporting events, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and morning coffee at Hardee's.
He is survived by his children, Dawn (Dave) Nazarenus of New Richland, Denise (Jerry) Osborn of Madelia, Dora of rural Comfrey, Greg (Stacie) of North Mankato, Darla (Steve) Remus of Sleepy Eye, Danelle "Nellie" Wersal (special friend, Steve) of Clements, Rick (Laurie) of Springfield, Douglas (Melanie) of Springfield, Deanna "Annie" (Darren) Huisman of Rochester, Jason (Michelle) of Granite Falls; grandchildren and spouses, Kelly and Erik Rubottom, Tyler (Kayla) Nazarenus, Deidra "Dede" Osborn, John Osborn and special friend, Amanda Beto, Joshua, Shayla and Nicholas Cook, Sam (Jennifer) Remus, Vanessa Remus, Sydney and Karrah Remus, Kristen (Dominic) Facile, Dusten (Breana) Wersal, Ryan (Brittany) Cook, Alex, Taylor and Carter Cook, Jennifer and MaKenna Cook, Tessa and Anna Huisman and Sebastian Cook; great-grandchildren; Sonia and Fiona Rubottom, Alaina Beto and Tryis Korbin Osborn, Jackson and Maxwell Remus, Daveon, Kaylynn and Taliah Facile and Leah Wersal; brother, Donald "Duke" Cook of rural Comfrey; sister-in-laws, Marlene Windschitl of Sleepy Eye and Bernetta Windschitl of Cold Spring; brother-in-law, Pete (Lois) Windschitl of Comfrey; and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Marie in 2008; and sister, Della in 2000.


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This is the Tactic TTX650 2.4GHz 6-Channel Computer Transmitter.
**This is a transmitter only, receiver and servos are not included.**
This transmitter includes all features needed for
sport and intermediate level pilots to fly almost any airplane or helicopter.
FEATURES: Uses true frequency hopping Secure Link Technology making it
compatible with most Tactic SLT receivers and Tx-R (transmitter
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Pushbutton programming controls and menus are intuitive and
Eight preprogrammed mixes and four programmable mixes
Twenty model memory
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Helicopter programming with adjustable 6-point throttle and pitch
Digital trims for aileron, elevator, throttle and rudder with slow/
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Ball bearing gimbals and adjustable stick lengths
Up/Down and battery timers
Charge jack for optional NiCd/NiMH packs (not included)
Low voltage alarm
Firmware upgrade jack
Wireless trainer system with selectable channels, compatible with the
Tactic TTX600 and the TTX404 as the student or trainer radios
External antenna rotates and folds for easy storage
Ball bearing gimbals and ergonomic case
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REQUIRES: SLT receiver and servos of modeler's choice
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Protocol: Tactic SLT
Modulation: FHSS spread spectrum
Input Power: 3.40-7.00V DC, four 1.5V alkaline or 1.2V NiCd/NiMH
"AA" single cells, jack included for connecting optional 4.8V NiCd
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Low Voltage Alarm: 3.20-5.60V adjustable
Memories: 20 with copy function
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To charge these packs through the input jack on the radio while
battery is connected use (TACP0101) adapter. Use charger with
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MADRID (AP) — Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their cherished national health service.
The march is part of a series of such demonstrations, described as a "white tide" because of the color of the medical scrubs many protesters wear. Participants on Monday walked behind a large banner saying, "Health care is not to be sold, it's to be defended."
Monica Garcia, spokeswoman for the Association of Medical Specialists of Madrid, which initiated the march, said her organization would continue to protest "the loss of our public health care, a national heritage that belongs to us and not to the government."
She said the regional government was trying "to obtain economic benefit" from a system it had not invested in.
Health care and education are currently administered by Spain's 17 semi-autonomous regions rather than the central government.
Many regions are struggling financially as Spain's economy has fallen back into recession, having never recovered from a real estate crash in 2008. Some regions overspent in the good times but are now unable to borrow on financial markets to repay their huge debts, forcing them to make savings and even request rescue aid from the central government.
The region of Madrid proposes selling the management of six of 20 large public hospitals in its territory and 27 of 268 health centers. It argues that's needed to fix the region's finances and secure health services.
Doctor Agustin Reverte, 31, said privatizations would lead to less diagnostic tests on patients who will be attended by fewer medical staff, reducing the overall quality of the service.
"Those in government have money, so they don't care if they have to pay for health care," said Aurora Rojas, a 55-year-old nurse. "But the rest of us who just have a regular salary will not be able to afford decent treatment," she said.


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Thread: 1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
Just announced on SKY that the first Wembley game is the 49ers hosting the Broncos. 49ers have a big fan base here.
The interview concluded with talk about the 'second' game, which came as only a 'possibility' and that negtotiations are 'still underway'. From this we should conclude that it involves a playoff team (eg US !!!) but it's not a done deal.
I think the chance of a Wembley home is for the Ravens is linked to our Superbowl Run.
I'm not sure which way it would go - but showcasing the current Superbowl Champions would go a long way to selling tickets over here.
Comments"We ain't stinking Redskins fans in this Town sonny!"
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Re: 1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
Would be so great if we get the second game. If we beat the Colts and make the AFC Champ game I'd say we'll be in with a very solid chance.
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Re: 1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
Surprised at this news to be honest, thought it was definitely going to be the Eagles @ 49ers!
As for the 2nd game...I think it's obvious that we're in with a shout, I'm not sure how much the Colts game will affect it however - it's probably been agreed already, but they're just waiting for the chosen side to bow out of the playoffs one way or another - fingers crossed though! :)
Re: 1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
Ignore my e-mail summising a load of rubbish, I've been in Dunstable all week doing some work and didn't realise it was 49ers vs Broncos, thought it was 49ers & Broncos as home teams.
It would appear I'm an idiot.
Re: 1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
The point I was making about the play-off factor works both ways:
a) Play-off calibre / Superbowl team hosting = big ticket seller.
b)A Play-off+ team gets prime-time TV slots next season. The Wembley game is not Prime Time (1pm ko), and may have little interest in the US - if that is the market you are really after.
The Denver / 49ers game is for two teams who did not make the play-offs and would not get these slots.
The Ravens therefore have a legitimate reason for saying that they did NOT want to host.
It is likely that negotiation started when we looking anything other than a play-off team."We ain't stinking Redskins fans in this Town sonny!"
Re: 1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
If the criteria for a home match are NOT a division game and NOT a game against a team that has already played at Wembley in can only be Buffalo:grbac:
So it's not us, unless we are the away team :ww: ?"We ain't stinking Redskins fans in this Town sonny!"
Re: 1st Wembley Game Denver @ 49ers
Falcons, Panthers, Jets & Texans away ???
All good match-ups?
Will the Jets want to leave their new stadium?
Texans owe the NFL for existing !
Panthers would like more fans, so would the Falcons.
Just wondering?"We ain't stinking Redskins fans in this Town sonny!"


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*********************************************************************** 1st Call For Papers 4th International Workshop on Automated Specification and Verification of Web Systems (WWV'08) Siena, Italy, July 4, 2008 http://wwv08.dimi.uniud.it/ co-located with WFLP'08 http://wflp08.dimi.uniud.it/ *********************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission April 20, 2008 Full Paper Submission April 27, 2008 Acceptance Notification May 27, 2008 Camera Ready June 11, 2008 Workshop July 4, 2008 SCOPE The increased complexity of Web sites and the explosive growth of Web-based applications has turned their design and construction into a challenging problem. Nowadays, many companies have diverted their Web sites into interactive, completely-automated, Web-based applications (such as Amazon, on-line banking, or travel agencies) with a high complexity that requires appropriate specification and verification techniques and tools. Systematic, formal approaches to the analysis and verification can address the problems of this particular domain with automated and reliable tools that also incorporate semantic aspects. We solicit original papers on formal methods and techniques applied to Web sites, Web services or Web-based applications, such as: * rule-based approaches to Web site analysis, certification, specification, verification, and optimization * formal models for describing and reasoning about Web sites * model-checking, synthesis and debugging of Web sites * abstract interpretation and program transformation applied to the semantic Web * intelligent tutoring and advisory systems for Web specifications authoring * Web quality and Web metrics * Web usability and accessibility * Testing and evaluation of Web systems and applications The WWV series provides a forum for researchers from the communities of Rule-based programming, Automated Software Engineering, and Web-oriented research to facilitate the cross-fertilization and the advancement of hybrid methods that combine the three areas. The previous WWV editions were: WWV'07 (Venice, Italy), WWV'06 (Paphos, Cyprus), and WWV'05 (Valencia, Spain). LOCATION WWV'08 will be held in July in the convention centre of the University of Siena, Italy: http://www.unisi.it/santachiara/ The workshop will be co-located with WFLP'08: http://wflp08.dimi.uniud.it/ WORKSHOP VENUE Siena is one of the nicest city in Italy. The historical centre is situated on top of a hill and is made of beautiful medieval buildings and churches, all surrounded by ancient walls. The countryside of Siena is worldwide famous for its beauty. The Palio of Siena is probably the most famous historical fair in Italy. The most important event of it is a horse race of medieval origins, which is held in the afternoon of July 2nd in 'Piazza del Campo' in the centre of Siena. For more information, please visit http://www.comune.siena.it/ SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Submissions must be received by April 27, 2008. In addition, an ASCII version of the title and abstract must have been submitted by April 20, 2008. Submitted papers should be at most 15 pages in the Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS) style, and should include an abstract and the author's information. See the author's instructions of ENTCS style at http://www.entcs.org. Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission site http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wwv08 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in a preliminary proceedings volume, which will be available during the workshop. After the workshop, the final proceedings are going to be published in the Elsevier series Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS). PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Demis Ballis University of Udine, Italy Santiago Escobar Technical University of Valencia, Spain WORKSHOP CHAIR Michele Baggi University of Siena, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE Maria Alpuente Technical University of Valencia, Spain Demis Ballis University of Udine, Italy Gilles Barthe INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France Wlodzimierz Drabent IDA, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden IPI PAN, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Santiago Escobar Technical University of Valencia, Spain Moreno Falaschi University of Siena, Italy Mario Florido University of Porto, Portugal Thomas A. Henzinger EPFL, Switzerland Maria Jose Hidalgo University of Sevilla, Spain Temur Kutsia RISC, Linz, Austria Massimo Marchiori University of Padova, Italy Catherine Meadows Naval Research Laboratory, USA Antonio Vallecillo University of Malaga, Spain


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*"The Signamancers claimed that all Stuff was Foolamancy. Our bodies and all the things we see and touch were supposed to only be Signs: symbols of their true nature. Vinny didn't know about all that, but a person's appearance was definitely a Sign. It told you how they think about themselves. And how others see them."
*"The Signamancers claimed that all Stuff was Foolamancy. Our bodies and all the things we see and touch were supposed to only be Signs: symbols of their true nature. Vinny didn't know about all that, but a person's appearance was definitely a Sign. It told you how they think about themselves. And how others see them."
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Quotes. Citations. Everything.
Quoted statements about the various forms and branches of magic.
Next quote to be pulled from: LIAB 35
note to self: Pull quotes from TBFGK 38a later; basics of magic, classes &c.
- 1 General
- 2 Elements
- 3 Classes
- 3.1 Hocus Pocus
- 3.2 Spookism
- 3.3 Stuffamancy
- 3.4 Eyemancy
- 3.5 Hippiemancy
- 3.6 Naughtymancy
- 3.7 Stagemancy
- 3.8 Clevermancy
- 4 Axes
- "Casters can also spend juice, doing most things casters do: make scrolls, items, golems, uncroak, turn Schmuckers to gems (or vice versa but that doesn't cost juice), upgrade units, etc."
- Parson Gotti, on off-turn actions, LIAB 33a
Hocus Pocus
- "Mathamancy is what, again? Analyzing probabilities... predicting outcomes?
Yes, and the raw calculations of that work."
- Parson & Sizemore, TBFGK 54
- "CharlsNChrg: Tell me the odds that learning what happened to my Archons right now will be worth giving up those calculations in the future.
- LordHamster: ...
- LordHamster: I don't know if this thing can even DO a calculation like that. Predicting the future?
- CharlsNChrg: Try it.
- LordHamster: Fine.
- LordHamster: I'll be damned.
- LordHamster: It says there's all of a 4% chance it's worth taking my deal, even after spending this calculation.
- [...]
- [...]
- LordHamster: Teaching me that my bracer can make sophisticated predictions about the future? Priceless."
- Charlie & Parson, First Intermission 39
- "Having a Turnamancer reduced the production of an heir by twenty turns, and with funds coming in from Transylvito, Vanna was able to boost Otoh and Kibo's production drastically."
- Jillian, First Intermission 49
- "That level 6 Jitterati warlord, Duncan Scone, was now her best fighter. Vanna had done some good work to turn him, but the dungeon didn't much interest Jillian. Vanna didn't really know how to play right."
- Jillian, First Intermission 49
- "You okay?
- Yes. That was just like, whoa. Intense. You know?
- Yes. That was just like, whoa. Intense. You know?
- How's your juice?
- Low. That spell cost two turns' worth, basically.
- Jillian & Vanna, on KingWorld, LIAB 22
- Low. That spell cost two turns' worth, basically.
- "Can't move to other hexes (because of zero move, exceptions possible using Turnamancy)."
- Parson Gotti, LIAB 33a
- "Tell me about that. Where do changes of clothes come from?" [...]
- "Well, it's Dollamancy, Lord," said Maggie, looking up at him. [...] "This particular 'outfit'... I would call it 'raiment'... came from the Magic Kingdom. The helm was made by one of our new Twolls.
- "Well, it's Dollamancy, Lord," said Maggie, looking up at him. [...] "This particular 'outfit'... I would call it 'raiment'... came from the Magic Kingdom. The helm was made by one of our new Twolls.
- "Yeah, how do Twolls do that? Bogroll made my armor, and he put the sword together. This new guy Zhopa just made me a picnic basket." [...]
- "Twolls have the 'fabrication' special, which is a form of natural Dollamancy. Units with that ability can make small nonmagical items, usually armor and equipment. I understand that the next Twoll we pop will be assigned to the stables as a smith and saddlemaker."
- "Twolls have the 'fabrication' special, which is a form of natural Dollamancy. Units with that ability can make small nonmagical items, usually armor and equipment. I understand that the next Twoll we pop will be assigned to the stables as a smith and saddlemaker."
- Parson nodded. "But the rest of the clothes were from an actual Dollamancer?"
- "Yes, his name is Ken."
- Parson & Maggie, First Intermission 25
- "Yes, his name is Ken."
- "What about these symbols?" Parson slapped his chest plate. "My Hamstard crest and Wanda's skull emblem, and the Stanley posters. That's all Dollamancy, too?"
"The emblems are called 'livery,' Lord. And yes, that is a common form of natural Dollamancy. New units pop bearing the livery their Ruler desires. Twolls can fabricate items which bear their master's livery. And when a caster creates another unit, as in golem-making or uncroaking, the caster sets the livery and other features of the unit's appearance."
- Parson & Maggie, First Intermission 25
- "With a Dollamancer to heal the Cloth Golems and a Healomancer for the rest..."
- Ossomer, LIAB 4
- "There are different applications of Dollamancy. Lady Shortcake was fond of fashioning cloth golems. She was very imaginative.
- Precious, puffy-looking animals. The hit of the parade. And when she wasn't doing that, she was always designing new raiment for the changing fashions at court!"
- Cubbins & Ace, LIAB Text 30
- "Look, there's a lot you can do in Dollamancy. It's fabrication with a motion element, right? If we want."
- Ace Hardware, LIAB Text 30
- "Dollamancy is Fate magic, so I know something about that."
- Ace Hardware, LIAB Text 30
- "Weirdomancers can cancel a flyer's special to make it fall (or make a non-flyer fly, then dispel it and cause a fall)."
- Parson Gotti, LIAB 33b
- "How would you make a magic blanket?" Parson asked, gnawing on a heel of the rye loaf. "If you wanted one?"
- Sizemore looked at Maggie, who was nibbling cheese, and spoke up. "That's Stuffamancy. Really versatile magic. Weapons, armor, tools... Stuffamancers just imagine it and conjure it."
- Sizemore looked at Maggie, who was nibbling cheese, and spoke up. "That's Stuffamancy. Really versatile magic. Weapons, armor, tools... Stuffamancers just imagine it and conjure it."
- "Conjure as in make it?" Parson said with his mouth full. "Create it? Or summon it from somewhere?"
- Sizemore leaned forward excitedly, rocking a little as he spoke. "That's a great question, Warlord. There's a big debate about that, getting right down to the level of 'what is magic?' and 'what is stuff?' Some Casters think they're the same thing, and that Stuffamancy proves it. But even the Stuffamancers don't agree about that."
- Parson & Sizemore, First Intermission 28
- Sizemore leaned forward excitedly, rocking a little as he spoke. "That's a great question, Warlord. There's a big debate about that, getting right down to the level of 'what is magic?' and 'what is stuff?' Some Casters think they're the same thing, and that Stuffamancy proves it. But even the Stuffamancers don't agree about that."
- "... Sizemore can dig through solid rock, it's cool to watch."
- Parson Gotti, TBFGK 77a
- "Hav- Having a Dirtamancer in your city when you upgrade it reduces the cost by a lot," he began.
- Parson tried to see where this was going. "Okayyyy..."
- "But it means the Dirtamancer sets the appearance, the shape of things... and the livery."
- Sizemore & Parson, First Intermission 25
- "At the end of the pavement, he frowned at a spot where the squares were sinking into the softer ground. Drawing his index finger over the pathway's edge, he spent a little juice to fix it."
- Sizemore Rockwell, LIAB Text 1
- "Dirtamancy was among the most rare and useful disciplines [in the Magic Kingdom]. Everyone needed a wall built, a garden tilled, a well dug, a foundation excavated. There were no city sites; construction was a manual industry."
- Sizemore Rockwell, LIAB Text 1
- "Touching the spade to the grass of Portal Park put Sizemore directly in touch with Erfworld. He sensed the physical world in deep, primal ways which he found difficult to convey to other casters. Even Changemancers and Dittomancers would stare at him blankly when he described it, though they too practiced forms of Stuffamancy."
- Sizemore Rockwell, LIAB Text 45
- "He could feel the ground feeling him, pulling him down, pushing up on the soles of his feet as he lifted each leg to walk. In the soil below, rocks sat immersed in the cold mud. Their whole surface touched it, in all dimensions at once. Sizemore could feel this contact as if the pebbles were his own toes and fingers"
- Sizemore Rockwell, LIAB Text 45
- "Sizemore's mind slid away, down below his feet, to his other self. The strata, the stresses, the peace of land at rest, he understood them that way: as if they were parts of his own body. The ground could be comfortable and sedate, like a tired person feels when lying on onsic a soft mattress. Or it could be awkward, unsustainable, like a man trying to lean on a jagged stump, or sleep upside down on a stone staircase. The land in the Magic Kingdom was deeply, permanently at rest."
- Sizemore Rockwell, LIAB Text 45
- "This body analogy described something he had always intuited about the land. But only since his link with the Lady Firebaugh did he think of it consciously. His entire mental frame for visualizing his discipline had been reworked on that day. A hundred turns later, he was still reconsidering the fundamentals of his craft. [...] Between the volcano link-up and his three recent levels (two from traps and combat, one from all of the city rebuilding), Sizemore was now a greater Dirtamancer than he ever imagined he could become. He had not actually crossed the threshold to Master class, but that could happen any time a caster gained powerful new insight into his discipline or major class. The body analogy wasn't quite enough to push him past that mark; he was still missing something. But for the first time in his life, he felt pretty sure that he would get there."
- Sizemore Rockwell, LIAB Text 45
- "Yes, and a Dittomancer doubling leadership and specials... duplicating surviving units... I see."
- Ansom, LIAB 4
- "And double those arrows, Caster.
- Double 'em? Double 'em! I'll quadruple 'em."
- Jetstone Warlord & Lloyd, LIAB 8
- "This item works on "Eyemancy." Which covers "Lookamancy", "Thinkamancy", and "Foolamancy." And it uses all three of those."
- Parson Gotti, TBFGK 35
- "The Eyemancers may be our single most valuable asset, above even the Arkenhammer. Ordering them linked was... the shrewdest thing I've ever known Stanley to do. They created the Eyebooks. They give us unmatched communications and intelliegence. When Stanley sees you have tampered with their functioning..."
- Wanda Firebaugh, TBFGK 47
- "Spells are trickier. Most can't be cast unless there are enemy units in the same hex/city, but some like Lookamancy and Thinkagrams can be cast anytime."
- Parson Gotti, on off-turn actions, LIAB 33a
- "Well, yes! I mean for a unit that is... that is moving, time passes normally, but not relative to units in other hexes. A Lookamancer tracking the movement of that unit may see it move much faster in their time. The time in their hex."
- Sizemore Rockwell, First Intermission 29
- "Not entirely unwitting. Nor entirely controlled. It's... complex."
- Wanda Firebaugh, TBFGK 41
- "We control her, though. So just make her write the message. Right?
The control is subtle, Warlord. Suggestions, perceptions, emotions... not commands."
- Parson & Wanda, TBFGK 41
- "What is this link up?
- *sigh* It's a trick that only Thinkamancers can perform. A caster's will is subsumed into a... kind of psychological alloy with the Thinkamancer. The joint mind they form can cast spells no single caster can even comprehend.
- *sigh* It's a trick that only Thinkamancers can perform. A caster's will is subsumed into a... kind of psychological alloy with the Thinkamancer. The joint mind they form can cast spells no single caster can even comprehend.
- The downside being that the casters lose their will...
- Their sanity... their individuality... It's a risky and fragile spell, especially with three. Four can't even be done. Talking to them as individuals can break that spell, Parson. That may croak the casters. Or leave them useless. Or, have no effect."
- Parson & Sizemore, TBFGK 54
- Their sanity... their individuality... It's a risky and fragile spell, especially with three. Four can't even be done. Talking to them as individuals can break that spell, Parson. That may croak the casters. Or leave them useless. Or, have no effect."
- "These kinds of spells rely on the subject. Suggestions can make her inclined to do things... such as lead recklessly, disobey orders. She provides her own reasons for these choices.
- Which she is doing!
- Which she is doing!
- Yes. But those are things she is inclined to do anyway."
- Sizemore & Wanda, TBFGK 64
- "Suggestions like 'turn sides' or 'ignore enemy forces' may be too hard for her to rationalize, and cause her to break the spell."
- Sizemore Rockwell, TBFGK 64
- "There are things she will not do.
- Okay, but... like what?
- Okay, but... like what?
- *sigh* She won't fight for someone she hates. Nor harm someone she loves."
- Wanda & Parson, TBFGK 66
- "The spell compells [sic] you to seek a reason."
- Jaclyn, TBFGK 67
- "But when such a spell breaks, there is a kind of backlash. A cord which snaps. A good Thinkamancer can protect herself from damage. Had I been the caster, the object of the spell would have borne the brunt of it. This would likely have croaked the unit or left it incapacitated."
- Maggie, TBFGK 84
- "Incredibly useful, incredibly scary magic. We got into spells, communications, suggestions... and then she mentions "Natural Thinkamancy." Innate magic. Like how some units fly and some dig... that's "Natural Magic." When scouting units send back intel, that's Natural Thinkamancy. But apparently so is following the Tool's orders. All units are subject to Natural Thinkamancies: Obedience, Loyalty, Duty, and others."
- Parson Gotti, TBFGK 84a
- "The Arkendish affords him a command of Thinkamancy I cannot match."
- Maggie, TBFGK 88
- "There is a feeling. You may no longer notice it. But think of the first spell you ever cast. When you cast within your disclipline, there is a sense of warmth, comfort, familiarity. I want you to relax, and recall that feeling. Find the feel of your discipline, and step inside it. Lose yourself to it. Become your function."
- Maggie, on forming a link-up, TBFGK 135
- "All right, I'll need a master-class Thinkamancer to unravel this link. More than one, preferably."
- Janis Atlantis, on breaking a link-up, TBFGK 140
- "[The veil] worked because Bogroll already resembled you in most important aspects. Thinkamancy works similarly, on the mind to which it is applied. The changes it makes are remarkably small and subtle. It cannot turn a dullard into a genius, or a mouse into a maniac.
- Or a hamster into a pit bull... Right, so if I thought of this. If I did this...
- Or a hamster into a pit bull... Right, so if I thought of this. If I did this...
- Then some very great part of you wanted to. The spell only nudged it forward."
- Maggie & Parson, TBFGK 148
- "It's utterly fascinating, casting from a link. I just... understand the spell so clearly." According to Maggie, a two-caster linkup was a less risky and drastic thing than three, especially when done voluntarily. In it, the Thinkamancer's function was something like "cognitive copilot," managing the other caster's mental functions, focusing his attention and boosting his energy to achieve better results than the caster could alone. And it had worked. Their side got a better capital out of it than if Sizemore had upgraded the city by himself. The link was easily broken afterward, and neither of them seemed to suffer any harm."
- Sizemore & Maggie, on linking, First Intermission 26
- "And it was very little risk. In our earlier link, we discovered a strong rapport. Such mutual trust can make the process a great deal easier."
- Maggie, on linking, First Intermission 26
- "Speaking or shouting the command will work, Lord," said Maggie, lurching a bit as she rounded the remains of the picnic and walked up beside him. Though he was not completely steady himself, he offered his right elbow and she grabbed it gratefully. "Not be- because they understand Language, but because it hhhelps you frame the intent in your mind. You see. Experienced-" she swallowed hard, or possibly hiccupped. "Excuse me. Experienced commanders can command stacks with few or no words. When you understand your command, the unit will. Yet another fo-horm of natural Thinkamancy, Lord."
- Maggie, First Intermission 32
- "Jack, do you remember what you did... to project the battle table... when you were linked up?
- I remember doing it, Lord. But I don't remember how. If that makes sense."
- Parson & Jack, First Intermission 38
- "As she soared over the rushes, she felt the tickle of an incoming Thinkagram."
- Jillian, First Intermission 41
- "What did the Arkendish do? Many things, most of them connected to Thinkamancy. Charlie could handle an unlimited number of Thinkagrams, and extend some of his abilities to his personal Archons in the tower. Any commander in the world could get those Archons' attention by concentrating hard enough, for long enough. This could take hours or even days, but Charlescomm would establish contact eventually. This allowed him to hire out to any side or barbarian in the world, and probably provided him more revenue than mercenary work. He was the telecom giant of Erfworld. This was the main thing he used the Arkendish for, but guessing its other powers was a favorite topic for the Archons."
- Parson Gotti, First Intermission 46
- "Natural Allies know the will of their tribe's Chief or Chiefs by Natural Thinkamancy, even from other hexes."
- Vurp, LIAB Text 4
- "Doombats typically had a range of twenty hexes or so for scouting, but a Thinkamancer extended that range indefinitely."
- Don King, LIAB Text 5
- "For the juice cost of a Thinkagram, Bunny could link him to one of their views, just like he was in the area himself."
- Don King, on Doombats, LIAB Text 5
- "Among these were over eight thousand speaking units, any one of whom could request Maggie's attention via intense concentration. Similarly, she could reach out to these units herself, to relay orders or request status."
- Maggie, LIAB Text 13
- "Some (mercifully subconscious) part of Maggie's mind was always sorting and prioritizing the incoming and outgoing messages, making little decisions which added up to bigger ones. That was at the quietest of times. Before and during a major battle, it was more than she could fully process, more than she had the juice for. However structured and competent her mind might be, she was still only an Adept class Thinkamancer. Even a Mastermind would be taxed under these conditions."
- Maggie, LIAB Text 13
- "She spent a tiny bit of juice to confirm the existence and status of the major units there, but did not open a Thinkagram."
- Maggie, LIAB Text 13
- "Jillian thought maybe the Thinkagram connection was broken, but she hadn't felt the usual little pop."
- Jillian, LIAB Text 17
- "So, what? You can just mind-control your Ruler whenever he makes a decision you don't like?
- No. Only when I am certain he is wrong. And, in fact, it involves great personal risk..."
- Parson & Maggie, LIAB 33
- "Bunny, when the battle starts I want you to send that bat's view to everybody in here."
- King Don, LIAB 34
- Grandiocosmic Strings (pull quotes later)
- Maggie, LIAB Text 38; Isaac, LIAB Text 40
- "Waitwaitwait. Time out. We can veil our troops?"
- Parson Gotti, TBFGK 61
- "There is absolutely no way to pull this 'veiling' thing, right?
- No, you need a Foolamancer in–
- No, you need a Foolamancer in–
- ... in the stack you're veiling, right.
- Yes, and–
- Yes, and–
- And we can't do it with the Eyemancers linked up. And we can't cast on the enemy's turn."
- Parson & Sizemore, TBFGK 64
- "We got eleven pairs of warlord eyes here, and he's got thirty or so units. So there's like 300 chances to blow the veil, if he's got one."
- Vinny Doombats, TBFGK 107
- " Lord, recall the Foolamancy veil I cast on your lackey. That would not have worked on a gobwin. It worked because Bogroll already resembled you in most important aspects."
- Maggie, TBFGK 148
- "Above the fountain of sparks there appeared a huge, glowing apparition of Stanley the Tool's face, surrounded by bright rays of red and gold, just as he appeared on his new emblem. But these rays were like arrows pulsing outward, outward... go that way, scatter! Whether the archons took the direction literally or not, they knew the big giant head projection was beyond any of their natural Foolamancy abilities, and it certainly had not been part of the rehearsal."
- The narrator, First Intermission 7
- "You must conserve your remaining juice. What can you do cheaply? A simple displacement?
- If we use a flash to cover the casting, it ought to do."
- Wanda & Jack, LIAB 6
- "Form a flash mob over the bridge.
- [...]
- [...]
- You are free to cast. The enemy can see nothing else in this hex."
- Wanda Firebaugh, LIAB 6
- "But [Charlie] had still gone to great risk to give her cover along the way, using veiled Archons to scout out safe routes. These were probably detectable only by a Foolamancer, another Archon, or a lucky/smart Warlord."
- Jillian, LIAB Text 6
- "Foolamancy is Eyemancy. By habit and trade, a Foolamancer must look. At all times, the Foolamancer must observe the nouns around him in finest detail and broadest stroke, in a way that other minds do not. Other minds take shortcuts. Other minds construct, telling themselves stories about what they see, rather than seeing. Foolamancy is therefore only a narrative. To tell a mind it sees something, the Foolamancer must both see the world as it is, and also as it is seen.
Staring into the void of that discrepancy is what drives one mad, really."
- Jack, LIAB Text 10
- "Hilary and her partner Avril took up a risky blind, directly over the heads of Prince Sammy's leadership stack. They kept the rising sun at their backs, relative to the warlords, and spent most of their juice to shine out their shadows. It was tricky, but worth it."
- Narration, LIAB Text 18
- "Habitually, he sought out the lines and dots of the scenery, the little hooks that other minds used to build their idea of the world around them."
- Jack, LIAB Text 21
- "Phoebe was made of brick. She was covered in soot. Black and red and gray, matching the colors of her raiment. All in a column, matching her general body size and opacity. She was a chimney on a rooftop, one of many dozens. It was a really good veil. Maybe her best ever. Gold star! The enemy's minds would not have to reconcile very much with their eyes, and that was the name of the game."
- Phoebe, LIAB Text 56
- "Among other things, Hippiemancy is the magic of relationships: detecting and altering the forces of opposition and attraction which bind people or units."
- Duncan Scone, LIAB Text 11
Flower Power
- "But in the presence of so much Flower Power, time perception sort of crumbles. The Hippiemancers call it–
'Flaking.' I know."
- Sizemore & Wanda, TBFGK 11
- "Even a Grand Abbie couldn't hope to quiet the coming battle."
- Wanda Firebaugh, TBFGK 13
- "The Signamancers claimed that all Stuff was Foolamancy. Our bodies and all the things we see and touch were supposed to only be Signs: symbols of their true nature. Vinny didn't know about all that, but a person's appearance was definitely a Sign. It told you how they think about themselves. And how others see them."
- Vinny Doombats, reflecting on what he's been told about Signamancy, First Intermission 37
- "Signamancy was a terrible curse. The Titans knew his true nature. No unipegataur-riding warrior king was he, no towering leader and orator. Over the three-thousand or so turns he had ruled, he had only once seen battle, and that from a well-guarded turret. And so he had shrunk. Gone white and fat."
- King Slately Jetsone, LIAB Text 33
- "Date-a-mancy is the oddest branch of Hippiemancy, in that it follows the Numbers which underlie all action. Date-a-mancy tries to quantify the intangible, things like leadership and compatibility and morale and Loyalty and Duty and even love, by means of match-ups."
- Duncan Scone, LIAB Text 11
- "Their Shockmancer was here, a couple turns back. Gone now. He spelled up that tower hard, Bunny. "
- Caesar Borgata, First Intermission 47
- "It's natural Shockmancy. When you fall, one of three things happens: you are injured (possibly only slightly), you are incapacitated (you croak in one turn if not given Healomancy), or you just croak. Height of the fall does seem to have some bearing on that, but it's essentially random."
- Parson Gotti, LIAB 33b
- "Uncroaked casters just function as infantry..."
- Parson Gotti, TBFGK 77a
- "She explained it this way. 'Croakamancy comes from the mind.' The more time and attention the caster spends uncroaking the unit, the closer it will be to its original strength and abilities when it was alive. And the more turns it lasts before degrading. So a good croakamancer can mass-animate every fallen unit in a hex, or city zone. But they'll be the weakest kind, and only last a few turns."
- Parson Gotti, TBFGK 116
- "These are Uncroaked. They require a simple, specific order of battle."
- Maggie, TBFGK 123
- "Uncroaked infantry, led by a master-class Croakamancer... can."
- Parson Gotti, on dance-fighting, TBFGK 127
- "I can decrypt many unit types which had been impossible to uncroak before."
- Wanda Firebaugh, on using the Arkenpliers, TBFGK 146
- "From what I can tell, they're like the dwagons are with Stanley. They're loyal to the 'pliers, and therefore to Cruella herself. For all I know, she can see through their eyes and hear what they hear. But if not, they'll prob'ly just tell her anything interesting when they can."
- Parson Gotti, on Decrypted, First Intermission 44
- "And what Lady Firebaugh was doing with hers was causing real alarm. The theoretical consensus was that she was extending Croakamancy to the Life axis."
- Sizemore Rockwell, LIAB Text 1
- "A big one being, "we don't know if he'd still be able to cast or not."
- Parson Gotti, on decrypting a caster, LIAB 11
- "Tool, we don't even know if they keep existing without her."
- Parson Gotti, on Decrypted, LIAB 22
Hat Magic
- "Is it dual use?
Abjuration only. Report any engagements and observations at the end of your move."
- Jillian & Ansom, TBFGK 9
- "The sun was setting, as a tired woman with raw red eyes waved a wand over an upturned silk hat, and saw the letter inside vanish."
- Queen Bea, First Intermission 43
- "You know, I can do some small object conjuration for you. You just have to tell me what you need."
- Cubbins, LIAB Text 30
- "It had been as ridiculous as everything else in Erfworld, rebuilding the city. The Overlord ordered it, the treasury was debited, and the city was instantly recreated. It was only Moneymancy. When it happened, Parson was standing in the ruins of the courtyard. There was a sound like a wind chime, with a whoosh of orchestral cymbals. Enormous, blinding magical sparkles filled the sky and the ground. And then the city was simply standing again, fully intact. There was no more rubble, not even a wisp of settling dust."
- Parson Gotti, First Intermission 1


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CHICAGO � The crux of Gov. Pat Quinn�s plan to prevent big budget cuts is making permanent an income tax increase, which he acknowledges isn�t palatable for many Illinoisans. And the move is even riskier in an election year as his Republican challenger, Bruce Rauner, has blasted the idea in hopes of appealing to tax-weary voters.
Quinn�s proposal to extend the 2011 tax hike, which is scheduled to roll back in January and create a $1.6 billion revenue hole, has become a focal point of the November contest and comes as Illinois already is grappling with billions of dollars in unpaid bills, the lowest credit rating nationwide and uncertainty over a plan to deal with pension debt. However, there are signs the trade-off � a tax extension to ward off cuts to schools and services � could work in Quinn�s favor. Top Democrats back him, unions like the proposal, and the payoff from an ancillary plan tied to property tax refunds could soften the blow just in time.
�You need to lay out a specific and concrete and responsible and honest plan. That�s what I did ...,� Quinn said while visiting a Chicago elementary school Thursday, the day after he proposed the extension in his budget speech. �That�s the only way to go, to tell the people of Illinois what we all need to know.�
The Chicago Democrat, seeking a second full term, says maintaining the tax increase will ensure school funding. His proposed $36.8 billion spending plan includes about $100 million more for early education.
But the idea of more spending and Quinn�s proposal angers Republican lawmakers and many voters.
Retiree Gary Ledford, of southern Illinois� Godfrey, doesn�t want the tax increase to be extended. A Republican, Ledford voted for state Sen. Kirk Dillard in last week�s gubernatorial primary but said he likes Rauner�s opposition to Quinn�s tax plan.
�I don�t believe they should do it,� he said of the tax hike extension. �The more they get, the more they spend.�
Union influence
Cutting spending has been one of Rauner�s key themes, along with ending the tenure of career politicians and curbing the influence of �government union bosses.� His campaign quickly released ads blasting Quinn�s plan as a broken promise, since the roughly 67 percent tax increase lawmakers approved three years ago was billed as temporary. A Rauner campaign staffer wearing a long fake nose and calling himself �Quinnocchio� even picketed outside Quinn�s school stop Thursday.
Still, Quinn immediately won strong support of top Democrats, who control the House and Senate. House Speaker Michael Madigan praised Quinn for showing �political courage.�
The governor could also see a boost from unions, which back the tax hike extension and have vowed to keep Rauner from winning office.
Service Employees International Union in Illinois, which represents roughly 170,000 health care, janitorial and other industry workers, endorsed Quinn earlier this week saying he represented concerns of working people.
George White, who works at a Chicago nursing home�s kitchen, said he doesn�t want to see cuts to schools or care for the elderly. The 59-year-old public employee sits on the board of SEIU and said extending the tax increase would mean better equipment at his job and a brighter future for his family.
�I�ve got grandkids and I�ve got a great-grandkid in school,� he said. �They will be tremendously helped.�
Campaigning on a tax extension � and winning � is not unprecedented.
Edgar precedent
Though the circumstances were different, former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar pushed to extend a temporary increase in the early 1990s and won over then-Illinois Attorney General Neil Hartigan, a Democrat who ran an anti-tax campaign. Quinn even praised Edgar in his budget speech for a later tax plan.
Edgar said it could work in Quinn�s favor to be up front with voters ahead of November about the tax, instead of approving an extension after the election. Still, Quinn will have to demonstrate he�s willing to be fiscally responsible in other areas, Edgar said.
�Governmentally, it�s the right thing,� Edgar said. �Politically, it will be a tough sell. You�ve got to show that you�ll be tight with the buck as you can.�
Quinn may have another edge before the election. His budget proposal includes giving each Illinois homeowner a $500 annual refund, regardless of home value. If the idea is implemented as planned, state officials say, the checks could arrive ahead of the election.
Either way, it will be a challenge for Quinn as the tax issue might be a deciding factor for some voters.
A poll this week by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University showed more than half of Illinois voters prefer cutting existing spending over approving new revenue, though about 28 percent said it should be a combination of the two. The survey interviewed 1,001 registered voters by phone from Feb. 12-25. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
�It�s always difficult to move public opinion in mass,� said Jonathan Jackson, who helped direct the SIU poll. �The governor has a real fight on his hands to move public opinion at least somewhat in his direction.�


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Chevy Suburban Oil Usage
haye1869 Posts: 7Hey Stever...aka CKNSLS off of the GMTC forum....thanks for the words of advice.
How long have you worked for GM?0
Not me; I grew up with Buicks 50 years ago but never owned a GM or worked for them. I get to drive my mother-in-law's '05 LeSabre now and then. Of course, if I worked for GM, I wouldn't be suggesting people go talk to a lemon lawyer, or their state's office of consumer protection either I don't suppose. (The "lemon" being a catch-all; the real help would be a warranty of fitness kind of claim but lemon lawyers do those too).
Most people don't want to make the effort though; they post on forums and hope someone will take the lead and get a class action going.
It's really quite easy to dial up a lemon lawyer or just a regular lawyer in your town and ask them to evaluate your problem. Usually they'll have a paralegal take your info and let you know where you stand, and often it's free. Even if there's not enough money involved for the lawyer to pursue it, they may tell you what your chances are if you just go to small claims. Some AG offices have researchers who focus on car problems as well, and sometimes they'll go to bat for you.
I just don't get too excited about posts wanting people to file class actions - I see them all the time and very, very few of them get anywhere, and those that do take years. And then the owners still get squat.0
gmcustsvc Posts: 4,252haye1869,
Glad to hear! Well, if you'd like for us to reach out to your dealership as well to get a few more details or start a case for you within our system please let us know. Otherwise, please let us all know how the appointment goes next week.
Amber N.
GM Customer Care0
jasongal Posts: 2Honda has agreed to settle a class action for the same issue with their V6's with variable cylinder management.
As part of the settlement, Honda will extend the powertrain warranty on these models for eight years (from time of purchase or lease) with no mileage limitation, and it will also reimburse customers who had to pay out-of-pocket expenses for related repairs such as spark plugs, pistons or, in some cases, apparently, an entirely new engine. (Of course, the repairs had to be related to certain trouble codes.) Lawyers will get no more than $800,000 from Honda and the guy who originally started the case, Vince Eagen, will get $1,000 for his "time and effort."
I've battled 2 different dealerships with this issue for 4 years with my 07 Suburban and got every excuse in the book but no solutions.0
wwinn Posts: 2so has anyone started a lawsuit against GM yet for this issue?0
Probably, but you don't read about small claims cases very much and if a lawyer is involved, usually a settlement includes a gag order. And sometimes it just takes a call from a consumer protection agency or lawyer to get a recurring problem fixed and you don't often hear about those situations either.0
klh9884 Posts: 1I have never had a vehicle consume as much oil as my 2008 Suburban started doing this summer. At first I blamed the quick oil change location assuming they did not put enough oil in at that time. I almost blew my truck up at approx 4000 miles after that change. My employer at that time had an in house mechanic that changed it and it seemed to be fine when I checked it regularly for awhile afterwards. Then this past weekend (approx 3000 miles after oil change) I could tell it was knocking so I checked the oil and it was severely low and had to add more oil until I could get it changed today. Oil change/rotation today; clean tomorrow; for sale sign on it the next day. Sad thing is, I love my truck! After researching this issue it seems no one can provide a recommendation to solve it. Not even Chevrolet/GM.0
Ok guys this may work for you-- I had the same issues with oil consumption on my 2005 5.3 a couple years ago. Two quarts every oil change if not more was the norm. They all recommended a consumption test too. I looked for the PVC to replace it Guess what??? didn't have one. Well that didn't make any sense to season guy like me (or did it) Long story short, I had 155,000 on her then--- now she has 189,000 and NO OIL CONSUMPTION. Look and follow where your PVC tube from the top cover of the engine to the valve cover. Take your drivers side valve cover off. It takes only a few minutes. You will find inside there is a sheet metal covered area that houses some type of a oil filtering system where the tube entered the valve cover"it's clogged" the ole girl needs to breath. I placed it in my cleaner and even used carburetor cleaner. That my friends could be your problem too. The dip sticks stays on the full till my next change. [email protected]0
Read my Nov 4, 2013 post on oil consumption on the 5.3 it may help your readers. # 10 socket and a little elbow grease keeps the ole lawyers out of the shop. Read on my friend----)0
Read my Nov 4, 2013 post
Hm, you posted this on November 2, 2013.
So we get to wait two days? Is this a lawyer's trick or what? DST falling back must really be messing with my clock.
(yeah, I get that you mean post #76. Not everyone has the tools or aptitude to wrench though).0
OMG This must be the week for comics; honest mistake my friend.0
jdvoigt Posts: 4Attn: gmcustsvc,
I was also informed by my Chevy dealer that I have the oil consumption issue. I would like to know if GM is doing anything to assist customers financially with this issue. My dealer told me the only way to permanently fix this is to either rebuild the engine ($5700) or replace the engine ($6500). As this is a known issue, I feel GM should cover most of the cost of this issue. Please reply with what steps I should take to get a proper response from GM.0
z71suburban08 Posts: 1
I see that Sarah or ? representing GM Customer Service replies quite often on here, requesting information. I'm wondering, has anyone had any success with that? There are a lot of unfortunate stories posted here that GM should take full responsibility for. Putting people through what they are and leaving folks high and dry is completely unacceptable. Anticipating the arrival of our 3rd girl in February of 2008, we purchased a brand new Suburban 5.3L, loaded Z71. We take our safety and investments very seriously. I was delighted and intimidated to have such an expensive, yet brand new car. I'd say a little over a year into it, I started talking to the service department about noise. They had it in a couple of times and said they failed to recreate the noise. Finally once I video taped it and emailed it to them, they replaced 8 lifters & gaskets. About 5 months ago, I suddenly experienced a rough idle. I took it immediately to my GM service folks, and they replaced the #1 spark plug and wire telling me at the time it had fowled out for some "unknown" reason. Clearly they knew what was going on at the time, but they were content to patch it up, charge me (out of standard warranty period by 4 months) and send me on my way, a ticking time bomb, just waiting to break down in possibly a remote place
with my kids in the car. Then about 2 oil changes ago or less @ around 105,000 miles, I noticed a knocking, but no oil light. So I checked the oil. NONE on the dipstick. We added 4 quarts and watched it closely. I initially thought that perhaps something was goofy with the plug when they did the last oil change. Then I had the oil changed. When I mentioned the incident to the technician at the GM Dealership, they said NOTHING about this issue. So we're still clueless as to what is going on. Then one dark night, December 21st, 2013 to be exact. I glanced over to the oil pressure gauge on the dash while my husband was driving on a lonely back road and mentioned that it looked maybe a little low and to check it when we arrived. Sure enough, at our family Christmas celebration, we find out that my car is again over 3 quarts low on oil. Still no oil light on the dash came on. Obviously we fill it up and begin investigating. Then it happened, the stabilitrak lights went on, the engine light went on, and the engine begins to run rough......while I am in the mountains with 2 little kids. I bring it to a certified mechanic, where it currently sits. Compression test confirms cylinder #4 is dead, down to 125 psi in the #2. Thousands of blogs on multiple sites confirm everything else. GM has a FAILED product, and I have NO car & 3 kids, plus a car payment and insurance I'm responsible for. This product was doomed for failure the moment it left the car lot. It was just a matter of time. We have poured thousands of dollars into maintaining this rig for the long haul, you couldn't find a better car owner, plus we've replaced 2 left hubs and a fuel pump. After not being able to get a hold of the dealership by phone (common problem, calls are routed to a 3rd party answering service), my husband went, with file in hand. The Service Manager was not phased in the least by my husbands findings and told him that the "best case" scenario would be that GM would split the band aid fix 50/50, which would cost us 2k. WHAT? GM's "fix" is simply kicking the can down the road 25k miles, hoping to get out the liability and in the meantime, putting families like me on the streets. What am I supposed to do now GM with a car that's worthless to me and a life in which I'm responsible for transporting 3 people around? When Monday morning rolls around, I have to get my kids to school. How's that going to happen GM? Will I need to
seek an attorney, use the lemon law, post on every single blog and GM/Chevrolet facebook page known to man kind to get your attention?1
buddy77 Posts: 3
Read my post from July 2013. GM issued a bulletin about the oil consumption. ALL of these should have been recalled to fix the issue that they knew about.0
chevytrue Posts: 1
Having similar oil consumption issue with our 2012 Suburban. Our '01 and '06 Suburbans didn't have this issue.
2012 Suburban - last year, our local GM dealer did oil consumption test and did a "carbon cleaning" to fix issue of burning 1-2 quarts of oil. Said we should be good to go. Most recent check (3 wks ago), we burned 3.5 quarts since last oil change. Dealer wants to again do an "oil check".
Our 2012 Suburban is our "good" car we use for family (4 kids) vacations on long road trips. It's the car we "trust" in the family to be designed/engineered well.
When you spend $60k on a new Suburban, you trust it to work.
This our 3rd Suburban we've bought new (also '01 and '06). Still have '01 Suburban with >100k miles and it doesn't burn oil. Love '01 but left wondering if best of GM is in the past?
Seems GM not wanting to deal or pay for fix. Suggesting it's "okay" to be burning this much oil. Really?
We first brought this to GM dealer within 3yr/36k warranty. Now within 5yr/100k engine and powertrain warranty. Still getting run around. GM wasting our time and money.
Looking for a good solution to above. Or means to get local GM dealer to solve problem once and for all. Want to buy GM/American but this just non-sense.
We'll again buy a family SUV in ~2 yrs. Given all above, not sure next one will be a Suburban or other brand.
What happened to that solid trust worthy GM Suburban Brand?0
cincoseis87 Posts: 1
Your story is so spot on with mine that it's scary! I want to keep my 2008 Z71 Suburban because its the ultimate family trip vehicle but the neverending saga of oil comsumption issues and all of the issues that are appearing now that are related are going to put me in the poor house! My issues started at 50k miles now i have 127K and have given up. Towed it to the original dealership today along with my pile of documentation from Chevy Dealer after Chevy Dealer trying to "fix" this unfixable problem. I have a new work car now and lake season doesnt start for a month. Got my case number from Chevy Assistance today from a lady by the name of ...ready for this one......I'm craping you not....."Sarah". LOL I'll let you know how this turns out.0
medic04 Posts: 1I have a 2008 Suburban LTZ. I got my oil changed on 2/24/14. My family and I drove to Florida from Minnesota. We are on our way back by St. Louis today and the check engine light comes on and when we slow down we here a semi-loud ticking found. Let it sit for about 25 minutes and checked the oil. The dipstick was bone dry, we have driven about 3300 miles since that last oil change, and am planning on getting one when we return to Minnesota. Added two quarts of oil and when I started the engine the ticking is now gone and sounds normal, however the check engine light is still on. Why do these vehicles have so many problems with oil usage? I've had to add oil in the past, but something like this has never happened. This is obviously not a reliable vehicle. GM needs to figure it out now!! I will never buy, nor recommend a Chevrolet again. Feeling stuck in St. Louis!! Hopefully I don't get stranded with my wife and three kids. This is an ongoing issue that GM seems to be ignoring!0
I have a 2007 that has been nothing but a bug piece of crap. We have had oil consumption tests, repairs, and still the #1 and 7 plugs get fouled so bad the car throws codes. Local Chevrolet dealer is not trustworthy. They did a repair in December to replace those two plugs but wouldn't tell us why it's happening. This weekend the truck threw the same codes again so I pulled the two plugs and one is completed crusted with burnt oil, the other covered in fresh oil. I've called Chevy customer service and their reps are horrible! They must be trained in making people angry. I have a 1999 that's perfect, I was considering getting a newer model but these reports don't make me confident in the product. I'm about to perform a full social media blitz on this to prevent others from this gross negligence by Chevy.0
So Chevrolet is sending me to a different dealer but they still haven't acknowledged there is a problem and won't agree to pay for anything yet. The new dealer was supposed to call me yesterday but I've heard nothing yet. The #1 plug is so fouled it looks packed with tar and Chevy changed it in December of last year. The #7 was coated in wet oil. The other plugs look fine. Could it be valve seals? Rings? Something worse? Who knows but the problem started BEFORE my warranty ran out so I expect this to be covered.0
derteeberd Posts: 1
I thought I would add my experince with my 2007 Suburban. I purchased mine certified with 45k miles on it. I started have oil consumptions issues right away and was told by the dealer they weren't aware of issues. We started a consumtion test thatlasted forever but indicated about 1qt every 500 milez of hiway driving. They finally offered to pull valve covers and install a deflector. That didn't work and oil consumtion remained the same. Then after undergoing more consumption tests we finally started talking "lemon law" and they replaced the engine at about 60k. Around 100k we were having the same issues again we started doing consumption tests and indeed was losing quite a bit of oil that would fall under the replacement plan. We set up a date for the repair and when I dropped it off was told that on the second enine the warranty is not extended and you only get the balance. The mileage was 103k. The regional chev manager (so I was told) offered me a trad4e in plus $2500. However the trade plus the cash had to be used on a NEW vehicle! Good luck making that work when these things are $45k new for same vehicle.
So I am pretty much screwed and disappointed with Chev. I am still losing about 1qt every 500 miles and keep 3 qts in the truck.
Thanks Chevrolet.0
zackp18 Posts: 1
To all who are experiencing oil consumption on 07-14 vehicles, does your vehicle have the active fuel management or cylinder deactivation feature? If so I would highly recommend you consider this to possibly be the issue. I own a 2008 GMC Yukon with this engine destroying feature, it greatly saddens me that GM puts this feature on their new engines which would other wise be just as reliable as Gm trucks of the past. But today it's not about reliability, it's about getting owners to pay in the service department and making money. This is only costing them loyal buyers in the long run. Either way DISABLE OR TURN THIS FUEL SAVING FEATURE OFF, it definitely was the cause of oil consumption on my vehicle, which I'm sure now has some permanent damage because of running on zero oil multiple times. Now the vehicle is v8 all of the time and the engine feels much more healthier instead of constantly having to shut off and reactivate cylinders every 15 seconds. I bought a device that plugs into the OBD port underneath the steering wheel called the Range V8 and can be unplugged when you need to service your vehicle so no warranties are voided. I hope I've helped someone in typing this, and good luck to all fellow owners.0
ryan468 Posts: 1
Well I apparently am in the same boat as every other suburban owner. I just bought an 07 with 130k on it. The truck is in great shape and I really like it. I have had it about a week now with no trouble. My father in law has had an 08 for a few months and noticed on start up and downhill with his foot off the gas that his would smoke. I just thought it was a fluke and was isolated to his truck. Mine had been fine until lastnight. Leaving his house started it up and was surrounded by a giant cloud of smoke. It was dark so not sure what color it was. I only knew of him and me that have a suburban and thought that 2 out 2 do the same thing. Those aren't good odds. Well after doing some looking this morning I guess it doesn't matter about mileage year style... Nothing makes a difference. They all have the same junk motor design. I know I have no warranty anymore but is Chevy fixing this problem for people like they should be?! Since they should have fixed the problem before they even released the first one from the plant. I could probably replace the valve guide seals on my own but it is a lot of work and time that frankly I don't want to spend when this is their problem and responsibility that should have been taken care of 7 years ago. I paid 13 k for the truck and really thought for that money it would have been a reliable truck with minor problems not major issues. Maybe I should kept my hemi Ram.0
photog3 Posts: 1Tragedy on this cold winter day! The beloved 2007 Suburban, or "Red Sparkle" (named by my 3 kids) has taken ill.
Several years ago, it started going through the oil like mad, and a failure to report low oil on filter changes (or high consumption) at the dealership maintenance bay left me in the position of having exactly 100,600 miles on it before they (dealership) informed me of the excessive oil consumption for the engines in these vehicles. GM would then not stand behind Red Sparkle, as it was 600 miles past warranty. 600... about one tank of gas too many...how convenient...
Fast forward 2 more years, I, a Single mom to 3 children- AND the beloved Red Sparkle... Red Sparkle is the workhorse of the family- my ex and I agreeing I should keep it years before, as it was (or supposed to be) the more reliable of our two vehicles... as Custodian, Red Sparkle would be primarily responsible for hauling my children, back-packs, groceries, a cello, and my photography business/studio gear... sometimes all at once! RS is definitely needed and used in this family.
Now that RS has 134K miles, I am putting 1 quart per tank of gas...or 8-10 quarts between "oil changes" Thought: is it really a "change" when all of the oil from the previous change is gone?? like the old saying "fill up the oil and check the gas"
Buying oil by the case, and always having a spare in the Suburban have become commonplace, as are new spark plugs... since GM changed acceptable consumption standards, refused to stand by Red Sparkle as the nearly 40,000 SUV they sold me, and I am at a loss now...
Yesterday, my oil pressure dropped to zero suddenly, the check engine light came on, and I called the tow truck as my 3 kids, dog, and I waited on the side of the bitterly cold Washington Highway.
Today, the service manager at the dealership told me I need a new engine. The total cost of this would be $8,040.00
The "band-aid" fix would be over $3,000.00 and he could not guarantee Red Sparkle would not quit on me next week...
by the end of the day, the dealership had a sales representative calling me, offering me between 9,000-10,000 for the Suburban, of course, was also wanting to show me some fantastic SUV models to replace RS... Seems fishy-
The part which went bad was my oil sender... it is a $116 part.
My engine IS on it's way out-
My pistons ARE letting oil blow past them...to the tune of 8-10 quarts every 6,000 miles...
He told me my engine was too high in mileage (134K) to warrant fixing the pistons, and a new engine was the way to go...
SO- this Single mama, who owned what was supposed to be a reliable family workhorse now, and for years to come- now owns a very expensive Boat Anchor-
Shame on you GM for selling a faulty product and ripping off vulnerable consumers in the process- You could have just altered the trajectory of my families future with your poor customer service, bad engine, and forcing me to become financially destitute at the most critical hour of putting my life back together and raising my children by myself.
heartbroken, disconcerted, dissatisfied American consumer
jam1210 Posts: 1I too have a 2007 Suburban. 60000 miles. It has been using 2 1/2 quarts every 3000 for awhile now. All the mechanics have said this is acceptable. My 97 chevy truck with just at 100000 miles doesn't use a drop. Come on GM, this should have been dealt with. We have paid hard earned money for these things.0
gls2008 Posts: 12008 Suburban bought new, had nothing but trouble since new, first 3 years it was at the dealer waiting to be repaired or being repaired for a total of about 4 months all told, after tearing the car apart numerous times, replacing the battery numerous time they finally brought in a GM specialist and decided it was the body control module. As the car approached 100,000 mile warranty the engine started ticking, took to the dealer they said it was bad gas, then started running low on oil, more than two quarts in 3,000 miles, dealer said 2 quarts was normal oil usage, after warranty was up car started running very rough, dealer said it needed a new cam and lifters, after we complained that we had been bringing it in since before the warranty was up the dealer said they would give us a discount on the repairs, next the engine started fouling the #1 cylinder spark plug, we still had to keep a close eye on the oil so it wouldn't run out, nursed it along until about 160,000 miles then there was no oil pressure the engine had to be replaced. Installed brand new (not rebuilt) engine from GM, at first 3,000 mile oil change the people at the service shop said the oil was a quart and a half low. Our disgust and ill feeling toward the dealer and GM cannot be expressed I would not recommend this dealer or GM to anyone and will tell everyone I can about the poor service and products.0
3kidsanddog Posts: 2I seem to be having all the exact same problems as the rest of you. 2008 Suburban with 116,000 miles on it. I regularly do the maintenance (only at my dealership) on it, which has been easy, since it has been in the shop regularly the past 4 years for engine problems. I have been experiencing the Stabilitrak and Traction Control messages on my dash for years. I just blew my engine and am without a car until I decide if I go for the $8,000 new engine or if we can find a used one to put in, but I fear that I will end up experiencing the same issues with the oil consumption. And just paying to fix that. The dealer told me that my car is worth $10,000 right now, replacing it with a used engine for $5,000, it will be worth $15,000...replacing it with a new engine for $8,000 it will be worth $15,000. I paid over $60,000 and expected it to last much longer than it has. I am extremely disappointed with GM and their lack of acknowledgement of an obvious widespread problem.
If there is a lawsuit, I would like to be informed and included. This car is at half its life. GM needs to stand behind their product.0
poedgmcustomer Posts: 1No more GM for this household. 2007 Suburban with multiple problems addressed above. And they marvel that Toyota is breaking their truck market. Stand behind behind your product or prepare to lose the most profitable market that you have. GM's response has been quite repulsive.0
moetaha Posts: 1I have 2013 chevy suburban 1500 have close to 50k miles , I do always change the oil every 4000 miles because i don't like driving more than 5000 miles with V8 engine and I do my own oil change since I have lack of trust with some mechanics. I use mobile 1 fully synthetic with new oil filter for every change. But I start noticing every time I change the oil the output is 4qt instead close to 6qrt. contacted the dealer and said that's normal but I know for sure that's not normal. I guess they trying to avoid my concern til my truck out of warranty. Anybody have any idea how to approach these suckers and get the issue resolved?0
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How about treat them the way you expect to be treated, that would be a start.moetaha said:
......I do my own oil change since I have lack of trust with some mechanics........ Anybody have any idea how to approach these suckers and get the issue resolved?
On second thought. Get yourself a J2534 approved tool. Register for and then pay for a subscription to GM's TIS to web. Then you can call and see if GM will assign a VCI for your vehicle that disables the displacement on demand system which will cost another $50 and then if applicable perform the update. All told that will cost you around $2500 and anything that goes wrong would be nobody's fault but yours. It would be easier for you if there were techs to do this, but the job doesn't pay enough to make dealing with the above kind of abuse justifiable.
mike1242 Posts: 1Exact same problem here. 2008 Suburban, just under 100,000 miles, owned since new. Consuming 1 quart every 1500 miles or so. I am getting lots of engine misfire codes. Shop says problem is on cylinders 1 and 4. On startup, I occasionally get massive clouds of smoke. Very disappointing.0


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Title: Shift (Strange Chemistry)
Author: Kim Curran
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When your average, 16-year old loser, Scott Tyler, meets the beautiful and mysterious Aubrey Jones, he learns he's not so average after all. He's a 'Shifter'. And that means he has the power to undo any decision he's ever made. At first, he thinks the power to shift is pretty cool. But as his world starts to unravel around him he realises that each time he uses his power, it has consequences; terrible unforeseen consequences. Shifting is going to get him killed. In a world where everything can change with a thought, Scott has to decide where he stands.
When I discovered that Angry Robot Books would be launching a YA imprint, I was excited to check out the Strange Chemistry line. Every book under this imprint looks good. I don't think there can ever be enough books released with fantasy or sci-fi elements, so I was eager to start digging into the launch titles for Strange Chemistry. First up for me is Shift; I found this one intriguing because protagonist Scott learns that he is a Shifter, and that he can undo decisions he's made if they turn out to be bad ones. It's like having a non-expiring do-over card, except for those occasional unpleasant consequences. Yes, you knew there would be consequences for using a power that cool, and after seeing the heartbreaking handiwork of one of his Shifts, he decides that maybe it's not such a great ability after all.
I thought the pacing for Shift was great. I powered quickly through this book, and once I got a few chapters in, I didn't want to put it down. I wanted to learn more about Scott's ability and the world he lived in. This is a great blend of super-hero comic with equal parts futuristic thriller and murder mystery tossed in for good measure. There were even a few pages that completely freaked me out and got my heart pounding in fear as Scott got himself into some horrific and scary situations. For a kid who has no idea what he's doing, he sure manages to get himself into so much trouble! Life-threatening trouble, too! I still can't believe that he made it to the last page relatively unscathed. That just proves that luck is just as important as mondo-powerful supernatural abilities.
Scott discovers that he has the power to undo decisions he's made quite by accident. He is showing off in front of a bunch of his classmates, and his uncharacteristic flash of bravado is just about to get him killed. Until he wishes with everything he has that he hadn't decided to act like a moron. He's never been cool, and he never will be cool, even if he completes the dare, so he wonders why he even bothered. Being a pancake after falling from a utility pole just doesn't seem worth it. He regrets that he wanted to impress a pretty girl he's never seen before, and now it looks like it's going to be the death of him.
I loved Scott. He's self-depreciating, and once he started getting over himself, he is a fun character. Thrown into circumstances far beyond his control, he finally starts coming into his own. As he begins to understand the consequences of both doing and un-doing his decisions, he begins to accept some the less favorable choices he's made. He can no longer blame others for his poor judgment, and that helps to give him the kick in the pants he needs to start growing up. People can live or die by his actions, and there is no blaming anyone else when he messes up. Instead, he has to put on his big-boy pants and fix the chaos he's caused. He needs to risk himself to save his friends from the harm he has caused them, and this time, a simple shift isn't going to cut it. For a big nerd, Scott's take charge attitude impressed me, and his determined charge to the end of the book kept me completely engaged in the story.
I had some quibbles with Shift, but they weren't enough to ruin the book for me. Many of the secondary characters are one-dimensional and yawn inducing stereotypes. I would have liked more depth to all of the secondary characters. Overall, though, this is a fun read, and it got me geeked to read more releases from Strange Chemistry.
Grade: B/B+
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PARIS (AP) — A French citizen has been kidnapped in southwest Mali, far from the northern zone controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants that African countries are preparing to oust in a possible military intervention, officials said Wednesday.
The Tuesday evening kidnapping brings to seven the number of French citizens being held in the west African nation that is effectively divided into two, with Islamic militants controlling the vast northern desert region that the West fears could become a new base for jihad training.
The latest kidnapping made clear that no part of Mali is safe, and that the extremists are expanding their reach.
The extremist group MUJAO, one of the groups controlling northern Mali, is holding the hostage, according to an Islamist website in neighboring Mauritania. MUJAO has claimed responsibility for kidnappings before. Another group, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, has said it is holding four of the six other French hostages.
French President Francois Hollande suggested that the kidnapping could be a pressure tactic to try to thwart the planned military intervention to take back the North.
"I confirm that there was a kidnapping of a French citizen in southwest Mali ... not in the part where there is the most danger," Hollande said at a news conference, without elaborating. "To capture a hostage is a means to put pressure, a means that won't work."
Northern Mali fell to Islamist extremists in April, after coup leaders toppled the government in Bamako, Mali's capital. France has been a driving force behind an initiative for a potential military intervention by Mali's army, bolstered by other African troops, to drive the Islamists from power.
AQIM has thrived on millions of dollars in ransom money obtained for the release of kidnapped Westerners. Experts say that drug and other trafficking also fills the coffers of Islamist radicals.
Mauritania's Nouakchott Information Agency said the man kidnapped on Tuesday is Jules Berto Rodriguez Leal, a 61-year-old Portuguese-born Frenchman who left Mauritania on Tuesday around 11 a.m.
There was some confusion over the exact location of the kidnapping. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it took place in Nioro, a town just across the border from Mauritania, but a Malian police official said armed men kidnapped the Frenchman in the town of Diema, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) to the south, on the way to Bamako.
The police official said the victim was captured during a stop at a cafe on the road between Mali and Mauritania and on to Senegal. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
"This was the safest road in Mali, but unfortunately today no place in Mali is safe," the official said.
Fabius reiterated a warning to French people not to travel to the region and said their country is doing its utmost, along with Bamako, to free the latest hostage.
Four of the French hostages were kidnapped in Niger in September 2010 while working with Areva and Vinci on uranium projects. Three were released.
The two other French were kidnapped in November 2011 in Mali.
Other Europeans and North Africans have also been kidnapped in the region. Several have been executed, including 78-year-old French aid worker Michel Germaneau, killed in 2010.
Baba Ahmed in Bamako, Mali contributed to this report.


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Get ready for a massive crude oil supply build! There is nothing like a crude build to start the New Year! Well at least the first full trading week of the New Year. Last week traders were shocked at the Energy Information Agency when they reported that U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 11.1 million barrels from the previous week. Now normally a drawdown in supply of that magnitude would cause a major price spike but this time it was different. The main reason is because the bulk of the drawdown was in the Gulf Coast and it was the report that reflected the last week of the year. In other words, we should see supply rebound big time this week.
Even with the drop in supply, U.S. crude stocks stand at 359.9 million barrels, which is well above the five year average and near record supply in Cushing, Oklahoma, yet the price of oil continues to be strong. As the market prepares for the reversal of the Seaway Pipeline, the WTI will start to once again matter in the global marketplace. The great unwind between the WTI and Brent contract has begun!
At the same time the oil market continues to get a boost from the strong stock market. Global financial stimulus has made oil more valuable. This week good earnings could be a major factor adding to oil momentum. Of course the opposite is true if the earnings fail to inspire.
At the same time, U.S. refiners are working overtime to 90.4% of capacity. U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged more than 15.3 million barrels per day during the week ending Dec. 28, 13 thousand barrels per day above the previous week's average. Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 2.6 million barrels last week and are well above the upper limit of the average range. And distillate fuel inventories increased by 4.6 million barrels last week but remained below the lower limit of the average range for this time of year.
This week look for crude supply to rebound by 5 million-barrels, look for refinery runs to drop by 0.5, and gas and distillate supply to rise by 2 million barrels.
Total products supplied over the last four-week period have averaged more than 19.1 million barrels per day, up by 3.1% from the same period last year. Over the last four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied has averaged about 8.6 million barrels per day, down by 2.3% from the same period last year. Distillate fuel product supplied has averaged just under 3.7 million barrels per day over the last four weeks, down by 6.4% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied is 2.7% higher over the last four weeks compared to the same four-week period last year.


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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Very pale bubbles
Oh, psssh, this blog hasn't flatlined, what are you talking about?*
Mysteriously, no post has appeared in two months. It could be that they do not sprout, like mushrooms after a rain, but rather must be hewn from the living blogosphere, like so many sculpted soaps.
The wine-writing bug is still jumping about in me, wearing a little sombrero—but like the fable of the grasshopper and the ant, I've been chilling with the cicadas in Avignon, rather than following those little Formicidae down a dampened Parisian street to, say, Spring wine bar, sipping something and running back to type.
I have things I want to talk about. Things I have only known since my last post here. Like 1996 Pascal Doquet Le Mesnil! 1970 López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva! And so much more! (All for only $29.99! Yours! With this free tea cosy!)
I am back. Fall's fallen. It's wet and the windows are closed, and I am here to sip, and to write.
*Though thanks to TWG for the clarion-clear reminder of just how many days it'd been. Noah and a half!
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- October 6, 2010 at 3:18 AM
- TWG said...
Thank god. I was being forced to subsist on Monkey postings alone.
That's not the CRB rose is it?
- October 6, 2010 at 3:19 AM
- Wine said...
Welcome back, bringing the good news ha? Each one of them is $29.99?
- October 15, 2010 at 12:07 AM
- Wine said...
Ok, I'm guessing each one is 29,90, by the way, what wine is that in the picture?
- October 18, 2010 at 3:04 AM
- Sharon said...
All of the wines mentioned in this blog combined, for only $29.99, dear reader. Alas, since they're all at this point made only of words, having been drunk down quite some time ago, I'm not really sure if the bang for your buck will be as explosive as all that....
The wine in the pic is NV Jean Vesselle Œil de Perdrix.
- October 21, 2010 at 11:08 AM
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Manager: Mike Scioscia (15th season, 1,233-1,035)
He's here: LHP Tyler Skaggs, LHP Hector Santiago, 3B David Freese, DH Raul Ibanez, RHP Fernando Salas, RHP Joe Smith, SS John McDonald.
He's outta here: 1B Mark Trumbo, 3B Alberto Callaspo, OF Peter Bourjos, RHP Joe Blanton, RHP Tommy Hanson, LHP Scott Downs, RHP J.C. Gutierrez, SS Brendan Harris, RHP Robert Coello, RHP Mark Lowe.
Hot spots: In just the third year of a 10-year, $254 million contract, there is plenty of speculation that Albert Pujols has devolved into a hitter worth half that much, a major injury risk or both. The first baseman limped through last season with plantar fasciitis and a knee injury that eventually forced him to end his season August 19, but at 34 years old he could certainly have plenty left in the tank. Even if Pujols can return to his 2012 form of 30 home runs and 105 RBIs, it would be something of a relief for the Angels.


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