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dzuunmod

Thursday land o' links list.

Apr 30, 2009 15:04

1. "Bud Selig may tout profits, but it’s now roughly the same price for a middle income family to go to a Yankees game as it would be to put down the initial payment for a 42-inch HDTV. Families will choose the latter option. Their kids will not be watching baseball."
Amen - sing it, brother!

2. According to CTV: "Tories court Bloc and NDP in bid ( Read more... )

stephen harper, canadian politics, public transit, baseball, ottawa

Comments 6

fifthbusiness April 30 2009, 23:01:24 UTC

my boss was telling me about the yankees tickets, and it's ridiculous. i think he used to have either full season tickets or the weekend tickets, and the yankees called him this year and said "you can either have the tuesday-wednesday-thursday package or nothing." so he told them nothing. i don't remember what the price increase was for him specifically, just that it was crazy.

dzuunmod May 1 2009, 01:09:05 UTC

The thing that gets me about it is that there are seats with obstructed views at the new stadium. Obstructed views! What is this, 1950? How do you build a stadium in 2009 with obstructed views???

fifthbusiness May 1 2009, 01:33:32 UTC

unused space = $$ that is not being made!

wildcherrygal May 1 2009, 07:15:24 UTC

THE SEPARATISTS ARE TAKING OVER THE COUNTRY! RUN!

You can look up the Question Periods from the coalition period for juicy quotes.

dzuunmod May 1 2009, 17:27:09 UTC

Oh, I remember the quotes and I remember exactly who said them. I was just being facetious. :p

wildcherrygal May 1 2009, 21:57:20 UTC

Well you have a better memory then me. Other then the standard stuff I only remember what me and my friends kept saying. THE SEPARATISTS WILL EAT YOUR BABIES! I'm sure there was much juicier (and realistic) stuff I can't remember.