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John Lee Pettimore

Further south than you
May 18, 2021
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Missus' mum is due to arrive in a few minutes, and the entire back half of the house has just been rendered uninhabitable due to the spicy Indian food I ate last night. I am in the doghouse right now for sure. :smile:

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Rambo John J

Eats things that would make a Billy Goat Puke
First 100
Jan 17, 2015
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I would add that you can see certain things in a scope much better than in binoculars.
The ring nebula for example.
In a 13" scope it's a ghost donut.

I don't know that you'd be able to get much of a look at it beyond
... okay, that's it I think...

And having a motor to keep an object centered is important imo
you talking spotting scope?

Motor tracking object sounds interesting.
 

Rambo John J

Eats things that would make a Billy Goat Puke
First 100
Jan 17, 2015
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Missus' mum is due to arrive in a few minutes, and the entire back half of the house has just been rendered uninhabitable due to the spicy Indian food I ate last night. I am in the doghouse right now for sure. :smile:

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can't you run a fan out a window and open up a window on other side of house for some fresh flow?
 

John Lee Pettimore

Further south than you
May 18, 2021
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The bouncing thing is gonna take me a thousand "pitches" to get used to
I can't get over that yet

Looks fun actually
The bouncing adds so much. Cricket fast bowlers aren't quite as quick as a MLB fastball (the bounce contributes a lot to that) but there's a lot more variation. 100mph fastballs exist in cricket, but they are very rare.

That guy obviously wasn't trying to get anyone with speed. He was all about deceiving you with spin off the ground and the flight of the ball through the air. Basically every ball that guy ever bowled was your equivalent of a knuckleball, but with a lot more ability to deliberately add all sorts of deceptive variations to it. ?

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Rambo John J

Eats things that would make a Billy Goat Puke
First 100
Jan 17, 2015
71,541
71,465
The bouncing adds so much. Cricket fast bowlers aren't quite as quick as a MLB fastball (the bounce contributes a lot to that) but there's a lot more variation. 100mph fastballs exist in cricket, but they are very rare.

That guy obviously wasn't trying to get anyone with speed. He was all about deceiving you with spin off the ground and the flight of the ball through the air. Basically every ball that guy ever bowled was your equivalent of a knuckleball, but with a lot more ability to deliberately add all sorts of deceptive variations to it. ?

??
Yep
I can tell

Lotta variables in that equation already, and then you add deception
 
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kaladin stormblessed

Nala fanboy
Apr 24, 2017
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Anyone ever gotten the flu?

I think I got it around 24 hours ago. At first, i had weird chills. When I put my hands to my forehead, there was a temperature differential that felt cool. Almost made a thread on it

But within a couple hours, I could barely sit up or stand, let alone post something. Holy shit. It kicked my ass

It's about 24 hours later, and theres light at the end of the tunnel

But whoa. Assuming this was the flu, it was no joke.
 

Dick Niaz

Yearning for TMMAC days gone by
Jan 14, 2018
12,279
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Anyone ever gotten the flu?

I think I got it around 24 hours ago. At first, i had weird chills. When I put my hands to my forehead, there was a temperature differential that felt cool. Almost made a thread on it

But within a couple hours, I could barely sit up or stand, let alone post something. Holy shit. It kicked my ass

It's about 24 hours later, and theres light at the end of the tunnel

But whoa. Assuming this was the flu, it was no joke.
Influenza isn’t a 24hr bug. Depending on the strain you would likely have symptoms anywhere from at least a few days to several weeks in extreme cases. It is likely something else - probably vaginitis. You should get to your gyno right away.
Seriously though, I hope you feel better soon!
 

kaladin stormblessed

Nala fanboy
Apr 24, 2017
17,627
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Influenza isn’t a 24hr bug. Depending on the strain you would likely have symptoms anywhere from at least a few days to several weeks in extreme cases. It is likely something else - probably vaginitis. You should get to your gyno right away.
Seriously though, I hope you feel better soon!
Lol yeh I read that flu is 2 to 10 days. So im wondering if this was the flu or not

I guess I'm only at like 60% tho. But 60% feels like heaven in comparison. :)))
 

Shinkicker

For what it's worth
Jan 30, 2016
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Anyone ever gotten the flu?

I think I got it around 24 hours ago. At first, i had weird chills. When I put my hands to my forehead, there was a temperature differential that felt cool. Almost made a thread on it

But within a couple hours, I could barely sit up or stand, let alone post something. Holy shit. It kicked my ass

It's about 24 hours later, and theres light at the end of the tunnel

But whoa. Assuming this was the flu, it was no joke.
BeardOfKnowledge @BeardOfKnowledge

We are sending good vibes, K!!
 

Dick Niaz

Yearning for TMMAC days gone by
Jan 14, 2018
12,279
25,547
What a strange period we are going through here with regular posters:
- Big Dummy @Big Dummy comes back from break
- Jdog93 @Jdog93 makes his triumphant return
- Thuglife13 @Thuglife13 has either rage quit or gone on extended leave
- jason73 @jason73 has only been around sporadically
- Miesha's Taint @Miesha's Taint is MIA
- @conormcgregornuthugger gets banned

WTF is up with this community lately?!? The mods better plan a team building event or BBQ soon to lift morale.
 

Qat

QoQ
Nov 3, 2015
16,385
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What a strange period we are going through here with regular posters:
- Big Dummy @Big Dummy comes back from break
- Jdog93 @Jdog93 makes his triumphant return
- Thuglife13 @Thuglife13 has either rage quit or gone on extended leave
- jason73 @jason73 has only been around sporadically
- Miesha's Taint @Miesha's Taint is MIA
- @conormcgregornuthugger gets banned

WTF is up with this community lately?!? The mods better plan a team building event or BBQ soon to lift morale.
Don't forget TheFifthScallop @TheFifthScallop's coming out.

It was an important event for our babe.
 

Speaker to Animals

encephalopathetic
May 16, 2021
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"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

I fucking hate this "quote" so many seem to love.

1. HE NEVER SAID IT

2. It doesn't make any damned sense anyways.

You can hit a baseball twenty times and get twenty different results. I could gamble all night in Vegas and get wildly varying results. Etc
 
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NotBanjaxo

Formerly someone other than Banjaxo
Nov 16, 2019
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"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

I fucking hate this "quote" so many seem to love.

1. HE NEVER SAID IT

2. It doesn't make any damned sense anyways.

You can hit a baseball twenty times and get twenty different results. I could gamble all night in Vegas and get wildly varying results. Etc
Who never said it?

You sound like an angry old man yelling at a cloud here :)

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