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Shamrock

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  1. 12 hours ago, Utah John said:

    I love Melbourne.  I've been there twice.  On one occasion I actually made a proper right hand turn in Melbourne traffic, but it was more blind luck than skill.  Could you perhaps explain the procedure for turning right in Melbourne?  (For other readers, this is a real thing.  There's a strange traffic rule there, or at least there was the last time I was there which was about 15 years ago.)

    Tennis players are real athletes. The women's game seems to reward power, leading to leading women players with thick, strong bodies like Serena Williams.  The men's game is really different, where the men have to get power without a lot of bulk so they can be so quick.  

    In the city only, it’s called a “Hook Turn”. 
     

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  2. 11 hours ago, Just Jack said:


    That’s why I asked if  ‘anyone know any more details’ after googling and the clubs statement.

    don’t forget substantial time difference between NY and Melbourne when posted too. 
     

    15 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

    Didn't the AFL fold before they finished their season?

    Season ended, but he’d gone over to US for private preseason training. Was a high draft pick with contract season 2022 & at age 25, he’s seen as potential but hoping to realise it. There was lots of club talk, as usual, talking it up.

    Not the first or last player to throw it away. Mind you, he’s been trying awhile now.

  3. On 10/23/2021 at 12:11 PM, T&C said:

    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show.

     

    The assistant director did not know the prop gun was loaded with live rounds, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court.

     

    https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/entertainment/2021/10/22/crewmembers-walked-off-baldwin-film-to-protest-working-conditions-prior-to-fatal-firearm-incident

    Wouldn’t and shouldn’t the armourer be responsible for handing it over? Surely they’re in charge of weapons on set at ALL times? 

  4. 10 hours ago, Beast said:

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.saturdaydownsouth.com/nfl/kyler-murray-involved-in-the-nfls-latest-joke-of-a-roughing-the-passer-penalty/amp/

     

    I get wanting to protect QB's but calls like this bring questions to the games integrity, IMO.

     

    Any 15 yard plus penalty should be reviewed. Let the ref throw the flag but someone outside of the crew should make the final determination. I hate seeing games get held up any longer than they need to be but is that worse than some of these ticky-tack calls on the QB as well as some PI calls?

     

    I'm sure this debate will go on forever but that call yesterday was ridiculous. Imagine that occuring during the last drive of a playoff game? Yikes.

    I know in Australia, AFL umps are assessed, they have their own Umpire Dept. & umpire Coaches. Team Coaches will direct calls to them for clarity. It ends up that the better umpires coach finals as reward. I can’t recall an umpire being ‘dropped’, would have to look that up.

  5. We have a visiting magpie and Kookaburra family. Butcher birds, variety of large and small parrots, white and black cockatoo, cockatiel, tawny frogmouth nest Autumn/ winter. Do Flying Fox count 😇 night time there’s plenty. 

  6. On 9/18/2021 at 4:55 PM, Bad Things said:

    C'mon.  You don't understand how the average person can get lost in the wilderness?

     

    I've met a lot of clueless people throughout my life, haven't you?  If you also factor in a high emotional state anything could happen.  Add a simple injury like a sprained/broken ankle or hypothermia and all bets are off.

     

     

    We have a small park at back of house. Path on either side of creek. Steep walls. Playground at 1 end, car park the other. Approx. 2.5km length. So my wife calls one day as went to playground with kids for picnic with friend and was lost… How?

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  7. 13 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

    My old weightlifting coach would ask why a world champion gets up in the morning and trains when they’re already the best. Mind you, we had guys like Stefan Botev, Nicu Vlad and Blagoi Blagoev in the gym as examples. Why Vasily Alexeev didn’t just retire after his 1st world record. Why Pyros Dimas went for 4 Olympic Gold, having won 3. Why Hafthor lifted just that bit more. Why David Rigert bombed in 1972, starting his lifts once everyone had finished, when he could have played it safer and totalled.

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  8. Was at Slayer in 2019, at a festival. Kerry King and Tommy Araya at the end of their set just walked back and forth from side to side, stopping and taking in the adulation. Chanting of “Slayer… Slayer…” Araya commented that this was their last trip and will miss it. With the crowd cheering for ages, well past the set. Was the last band. (Priest and Anthrax were also there). Seemed like it was a decent amount of time. Hoping it wasn’t. Seen them every trip to Australia.

  9. I work in a High Risk Foot Clinic; if you were in Australia I’d say get a great Diabetes Nurse Educator. They help with things you may need; Endocrinologist, optometrist, phlebotomist, pharmacist, joining NDIS, podiatrist, dietitian, exercise physiologist... psychologist/ counsellor (it’s stressful, have someone you can talk about/ with honestly). Dot your I’s and cross your ‘t’s’ and work at it. 

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