when my family went to drop relatives off at the airport i would always find the lose carts and put them back and get $1 for each cart from the machine... one time i made $23

Now they're making money off their carts, you put in $2 and only get back $0.25... whats the point really...

I've been volunteering with various Roller Derby leagues in Toronto. I would say a couple years ago it was mostly popular with people that played or friends of and family. Then the Drew Barrymore directed movie Whip It came out in theaters. Drew and crew and the Toronto Roller Derby Girls put on a demo downtown. Every game since has been sell outs (400 ppl+). Roller Derby is an international sport. Pretty much any city has a League, smaller cities might have a couple teams that travel city to city playing. I've watched a few American bouts on YouTube where entire stadiums are packed with people. As for general mass popularity, no. But at least every other person I've talked to at least has heard of the Roller Derby. Skates usually have to be special ordered, cause they are hand made.

I've been asked to learn to Ref, which is basically the only position a male get in it. Unless you do Announcer, A/V tech, etc, or volunteer.

Hitting up good old trusty Active Surplus tomorrow. The power plug is some freak of low profile (5mm?). I can SEE what is wrong. But its so microscopic piss inducing to fix, I'm better off rummaging through bins of billions of parts to find something. Oh .. and I need a braid or solder sucker.

roller derby was big when I was a kid, my uncle used to take me to west philly to the arena and watch the philadelphia roller derby team play other cities. as a kid it was cool, now it's silly. same for wrestling, my uncle used to take me to the same arena and back then it was chief jay strongbow, the sheik, Captain Lou Albano, andre the giant, the funk brothers, Fred Blassie,and the Rock's father, and professor tanaka.

even though that was fake too it was good cause it wasn't expensive, and I got everyones autograph.

I would have gotten into roller derby back in the day, it just never was on TV much in my area. I don't think there were many derbys in the local venues.

Wrestling was different though, I remember it briefly before the whole "Hulkamania" thing caught on, it was very different after. Andre the Giant was amazing to see in person. I remember as a kid standing up on the edge of my seat and flipping off then-bad guy Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, he made eye contact right with me and motioned for me to get in the ring, lol.

Now it's all about Ultimate Fighting. A guy I work with holds the belt for the region, he's very polite and pleasant... you'd never know what he did on the side if people didn't show you the videos.

that sounds like bruno samartino, the original king of wrestling. I remember hulk hogan when he started, after that was when I stopped watching.except ladies wrestling, now I'll watch in hopes a nipple will pop out.*L*

Yeah, you never know when a boob might pop out. Always fun to watch.

I liked Bruno Samartino. He was a great wrestler and fun to watch before everything changed, I liked him when he did commentary too. He made some interesting comments in an interview after leaving the WWF, where he commented that Vince McMahon was a "basketcase" turned it into a "circus" and ruined the industry.

In the WWF's prime I remember watching Wendi Richter's boobage falling out during live television and her quickly adjusting it. How I was hoping everything would come off.

I do vaguely remember watching GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling) and just hoping they'd all get nekkid in some massive erotic Poo-say Royale.

ahh, I remember glow. those were good times.

If it always stays plugged in, put a permenant wire soldered to the mobo and put a generic female connector dangling a few inches from the laptop (or make a magnetic breakaway) -- then wire that shiz up. It's already ganked for that connector so make a new one.