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Celebrate the man on his 28th birthday.

What are you getting on your money market at the moment? Is there a minimum investment for the one you use?

I do investments and insurance for a living. Currently, I have an insurance policy that is tied to mutual funds. I use American Funds for my funds in that policy. The AF Growth fund has averaged 14.65% since its inception, which was Feb. 1984. That gves you a fairly broad range of ups and downs, which shows it is a pretty good balanced fund. I also am investing in a Roth 401(k) at the moment. In 2006, my first year at MetLife, my Roth did 15.0%. Last year, I pulled 20.2%. As of Thursday, this year has been an abortion (-7.36%). That doesn't bother me though, because I am keeping the same percentage of my paychecks going into the Roth each week. When you do that, you are basically getting mare shares for your money. That way, when the market goes back up, you make more money. I am viewing both of these as long term investments. If you don't know much about Roth (401(k) or IRA), you pay no taxes when you take the money out later. Pretty good system if it is right for you. I recommend checking out American Funds if you are ever looking for a good mutual fund company. They have 529 plans (college planning), IRA's, and plain mutual fund investments. Their plan is to never use money for advertisements, etc. Instead, they get a higher rate of return because they are not using client money for advertising. They rely on word of mouth from investors, and so far it is working great for them.

Congrats. Where will you be going? I have a friend that is thinking of going to a law school north of Lexington, but I don't remember the name of the school. It wouldn't be Northern Kentucky, would it?

I'll vote for all of them through each of my gimmick accounts.

I never saw that. Either way, their QB situation is not the best.

What if he isn't wearing a tie? Should he just start removing the stitches?

Are you flaming in General Chat?

Are you talking about the SWF?

If the winner of this thing gets banned, we should do one a week for a couple of months.

Yes, Miami has many, many needs. What I am thinking with taking Flacco is giving Beck control for the next year or two while Flacco develops. You have time to try to get a solid offensive line by that time. If Beck flops or goes down, Flacco may be able to come in. Right now, the back up is Cleo Lemon. Also, none of the moves I am making are trying to make the Dolphins a SuperBowl contender right away, but building for the future. I simply could not pass on Flacco, but I knew other posters wouldn't have taken him so I wanted to get some feedback. I am also not saying I am right or anything, just my thoughts on it.

Sandpaper.

Well, if you're worried about being cruel, we could always send out a mass message that says, "All those posters that are still registered members at this forum, please stand up. Not so fast, Truthiness."

Anyone have any feedback on my last selection? I was tempted to go a different route because I figured Flacco would still be there a few picks later at the start of the third round. In the end, I went with him and figured my next pixk would be there as well. Thoughts?

I think what they mean, Luke is that you would have the problem of when to air the show if it were live. If you have it at the customary time here, it would be in the middle of the night over there. It's a double-edged sword. You wouldn't be able to draw a good live crowd, or you wouldn't be able to draw as many buys. If they had it at a normal time over there, it would invariably need to be tape-delayed for optimum buys over here, and the results would be posted as soon as the live show was finished. However, they could put Wrestlemania on a bit earlier over here. If they had it in London at 8PM, it would be 4PM EST. I guess they could get buy with that. Edit---No, I was off an hour. London is 5 hours difference.

Oh my god, it's Crono!

Mecca truthiness - Mecca has been more incognito, and The Truthiness has been rampant in teh suck lately. Chazz - Being horrible on a messageboard; Anyone here ever done it? edgehead69 MVP - Both are terrible at life, but this guy shared more about his life outside of this board. Single-handedly made lawmakers consider extending legal abortions to 7 years of age. jericholic82 dustinbeaverton - vanhalen is rarely here people, let's think of killing two birds with one ban. Vanhalen Enigma - major has posted once since 2/12. Enigma brings the pain consistently every day. Shit, this should have been a bolded headline. majormayhem1 EHME/Simon Brigante Kawalimus - This guy is legit, which is so sad. Marvinisalunatic - This guy is legit, which is so sad. Flairfan MOD BRACKET/FINALS! Cena's Healed Pec Mole - Sleeper pick to get banned.

My old 53" Panasonic has been amazing for the past 6-7 years.

Have you tried holding down the shift and alt buttons?

Dolphins select Joe Flacco/QB/Delaware.

After eating lunch at Shoney's today with a co-worker, I have to add to this thread. For those not familiar with Shoney's they have candy for sale at the register. I saw three things today that reminded me of this thread. I only remembered two of them by the time I got home: -Bit O Honey -Candy necklace -Other horrible candy to hopefully be remembered later, or else I will call Shoney's and ask what horrible candy they have for sale. Edit---It was those little wax(?) soda bottles that had the liquid in them.

Yeah, I doubt al has ever put himself in a situation where he got hit with a half gallon bottle of liquor. You have him beat all around.

Bad for the environment?

Heh. What a typo!

We need an "If They Mated" of Al Davis and random chick.