Miscellaneous Discussion Thread
August 8th, 2016 at 1:11:01 PM
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Quote: RSThe AxelWolf defense, I see.
That's funny
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
August 14th, 2016 at 2:13:59 AM
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Some very smart person hoisted a Confederate flag at a Trump rally in Florida and it got taken down by the police and campaign workers. That poor good ole boy who brought that flag to the rally must have gone home just terribly disappointed. Oh, well. At least he can go to a biker bar with a confederate patch on his jacket and feel really big.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/us/politics/confederate-flag-trump-rally.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/us/politics/confederate-flag-trump-rally.html
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August 14th, 2016 at 6:17:21 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsTIT-enBtQ
The story is set in Las Vegas. I couldn't stop listening.
The story is set in Las Vegas. I couldn't stop listening.
Born in Texas and lived in Texas my whole life.
August 15th, 2016 at 1:06:31 AM
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If you haven't already seen it this Nat'l Geo special on Vegas Hustlers is a blast. Cheats, con men, armed robbers and "trick rollers" (hooker thieves.)
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/underworld-inc/videos/las-vegas-hustle/
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/underworld-inc/videos/las-vegas-hustle/
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August 15th, 2016 at 5:41:22 AM
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Could have made for one very expensive "memory" chip from a casino.''Quote: GWAEThere was a time thay I still don't rmemeber. I may have been sleeping for about a mile.scared the hell out of me.
I do not favor these "If its Tuesday, this must be Belgium" tours. Most people want to savor a casino. The atmosphere, the spa, the pool, the various eateries, the exotic coffee breaks, the top shelf bar breaks, the people watching (Hooker Guessing), and above all people like to savor their winning sessions at the tables.
We can all eat at Denny's but few want to do it on a gambling vacation.
Visiting "umpteen" casinos on a marathon drive means visiting just about the same number of gas stations as casinos. Not much of a vacation.
Whether comped or not, why have a room that is barely slept in?
August 15th, 2016 at 9:11:38 AM
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In the Casino Chip of the Day thread, there were a couple of recent posts about travel experiences while collecting chips and some adventures using GPS. It reminded me of a question that arose during my recent trip, and I thought I would address it in this thread, rather than missing input from folks who do not follow the CCotD thread.
I have used several GPS apps on my phone and/or PDA over the years, and for the past year and a half or more, I have been using the GoogleMaps app with its navigation feature. I had avoided that app for quite a while because the female (?) voice that it used was so irritating – quite nasal in its sound. I am not sure whether it was fully computer-generated.
A few updates ago, the voice became much more pleasant – still female but much more natural, with good conversational inflections. That change, plus some bad guidance from my previous GPS app, convinced me to switch to Google.
On this recent trip, almost immediately after we passed through the tunnel from Detroit, MI to Windsor, ON, I started getting the old, nasal voice again. Then, the voice began switching back and forth between the old and new versions, perhaps randomly. It would have been very funny if I didn’t detest the old voice. (No, it did not change voice within one instruction but frequently changed from one instruction to the next.)
After we crossed the bridge from Canada into New York at the northern end of I-81, we were exclusively back to the new, pleasant voice. I think (not certain) that I got one (and only one) instruction in the old voice several days later after we were back in North Carolina.
Does anyone have any idea why the GoogleMaps navigation feature would change back and forth between voices? What about that could be related to crossing into Canada? (And no, I’m not trying to start some across-the-border sarcasm.)
I have used several GPS apps on my phone and/or PDA over the years, and for the past year and a half or more, I have been using the GoogleMaps app with its navigation feature. I had avoided that app for quite a while because the female (?) voice that it used was so irritating – quite nasal in its sound. I am not sure whether it was fully computer-generated.
A few updates ago, the voice became much more pleasant – still female but much more natural, with good conversational inflections. That change, plus some bad guidance from my previous GPS app, convinced me to switch to Google.
On this recent trip, almost immediately after we passed through the tunnel from Detroit, MI to Windsor, ON, I started getting the old, nasal voice again. Then, the voice began switching back and forth between the old and new versions, perhaps randomly. It would have been very funny if I didn’t detest the old voice. (No, it did not change voice within one instruction but frequently changed from one instruction to the next.)
After we crossed the bridge from Canada into New York at the northern end of I-81, we were exclusively back to the new, pleasant voice. I think (not certain) that I got one (and only one) instruction in the old voice several days later after we were back in North Carolina.
Does anyone have any idea why the GoogleMaps navigation feature would change back and forth between voices? What about that could be related to crossing into Canada? (And no, I’m not trying to start some across-the-border sarcasm.)
August 15th, 2016 at 11:03:51 AM
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I can't answer your question but my favorite gps app is Waze. It warns you of police ahead.Google now owns waze.
The mountain is tall but grass grows on top of the mountain.
August 15th, 2016 at 1:31:53 PM
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Waze is 100000x better then google maps
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August 15th, 2016 at 2:35:12 PM
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Quote: HunterhillI can't answer your question but my favorite gps app is Waze. It warns you of police ahead.Google now owns waze.
Is it accurate with the police? How does it know? Maybe it sees cars hitting brakes then speeding back up? Or maybe crowd sourcing?
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August 15th, 2016 at 3:58:48 PM
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Crowd sourcing primarily
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August 15th, 2016 at 4:46:20 PM
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It is a slow day in the Emerald City so I created this video. Enjoy.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
August 15th, 2016 at 5:10:53 PM
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Quote: WizardIt is a slow day in the Emerald City so I created this video. Enjoy.
Heather Ferris seems to like you!
August 15th, 2016 at 5:17:25 PM
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Quote: SOOPOOHeather Ferris seems to like you!
She probably felt pity for me and gave the video the solo thumbs up.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
August 15th, 2016 at 6:52:24 PM
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Crowd sourcing. It's also very good about giving you detours to avoid traffic jams.
The mountain is tall but grass grows on top of the mountain.
August 15th, 2016 at 6:57:07 PM
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I just don't trust those though. Driving in remote places it probably wouldnt be very useful. If driving the turnpike it would probably be ok.
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August 15th, 2016 at 7:15:29 PM
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Even if there are no other users near you it still gives accurate directions.I have ysed it in some pretty isolated places.Of course if you don't have cell phone connection then it doesn't work too well.
The mountain is tall but grass grows on top of the mountain.
August 15th, 2016 at 7:19:42 PM
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Quote: HunterhillEven if there are no other users near you it still gives accurate directions.I have ysed it in some pretty isolated places.Of course if you don't have cell phone connection then it doesn't work too well.
That part would be fine. I am just wary of the police detector. Only takes it missing 1 cop to cost ya a ton.
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August 15th, 2016 at 7:30:19 PM
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Quote: GWAEThat part would be fine. I am just wary of the police detector. Only takes it missing 1 cop to cost ya a ton.
Yes if no one else has reported the police they will get you.
The mountain is tall but grass grows on top of the mountain.
August 16th, 2016 at 1:17:10 AM
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I think GPS mapping & directions are best consumed as an appetizer or side dish, not as the main & only course. Living in the desert, in this part of the country I think I hear about people getting saved (or sometimes not) from an acute case of GPS Worship Syndrome by local search & rescue crews in the Mohave (or Mojave) Desert at least once a month or so. And that includes some people intending to simply go by the most convenient route from a well populated place to an even more populated place, not necessarily out to be nature freaks. A plain old fashioned MAP is still a useful thing to pack, along with any techno whiz-bang ABC-XYZ gizmos. So is water, a pair of eyeballs, and some sense, IMO.
'Death by GPS' in desert
Sheriff’s search crew finds lost woman after GPS mapping fails her
GPS Navigation Systems May Get You Killed
'Death by GPS' in desert
Sheriff’s search crew finds lost woman after GPS mapping fails her
GPS Navigation Systems May Get You Killed
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August 16th, 2016 at 2:39:11 AM
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I have found driving with a GPS takes some practice. In particular, if it seems like the GPS is making a mistake, trust your instincts.
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 16th, 2016 at 3:08:40 AM
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We thought we were going to.be death by gps once. About 6 years ago we were in atlantic city. We wanted to go try the cheese steaks at geno and pats. I pulled out my garmin and put in the address. Problem is, I didn't change the state from New Jersey to PA. Well the same address for Genos puts you in Camden in a back alley. Luckily it was around 1pm so we survived.
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August 16th, 2016 at 6:57:31 AM
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USE waze and you can just type the name of the place
ISSUE SOLVED
ISSUE SOLVED
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August 16th, 2016 at 7:59:26 AM
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Quote: WizardofnothingUSE waze and you can just type the name of the place
ISSUE SOLVED
well yeah thats how it is now. when this happened I don't think I even had a phone that could do that. My only option was garmin. Now I basically just use my cars navigation system.
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August 16th, 2016 at 8:29:29 AM
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I blindly trust Siri.
August 16th, 2016 at 8:35:38 AM
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I keep telling siri to use waze for directions but she doesn't listen - stupid batch
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August 16th, 2016 at 8:50:27 AM
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Using GoogleMaps, I generally search in the app for a destination by name -- hotel, casino, restaurant, city/town, name of a person in my address book, whatever -- and it works just fine, so long as the map is correct. The maps at GoogleMaps seem to be getting quite good.
I have never tried Waze, so I don't know how they compare. The police-presence info is not of particular interest to me. I think I did once get a "speed trap" warning with GoogleMaps.
My only real annoyance with GoogleMaps is that it persistently underestimates the driving time. Probably, that is because I don't regularly drive down the highway at 85, like the folks they apparently use to establish their travel rates. I've frequently noticed that I can begin a trip with an "estimated arrival time" and set the car on cruise control just a little above the speed limit and watch the estimated arrival progressively get later and later.
Over in the CCotD thread, wezvidz recently commented about a bad GPS experience, including:
A year ago, I ran up my phone bill a bit by using roaming data while in Canada. Planned a little better this year. While in a motel, I used their wifi to plot a route, then I saved to my phone the maps of the area surrounding that route. Then I turned off data service and got the GoogleMaps navigation help without using any of my data plan.
Since I had saved the whole area map and not just the original route, I could let the app make route adjustments along the way. The only things that appeared to be lacking were (1) updated info on traffic conditions and (2) the ability to search the web for a new location/destination, such as a restaurant that wasn't stored as part of the downloaded map.
Does that approach (save the maps and not use data) work on Waze?
I have never tried Waze, so I don't know how they compare. The police-presence info is not of particular interest to me. I think I did once get a "speed trap" warning with GoogleMaps.
My only real annoyance with GoogleMaps is that it persistently underestimates the driving time. Probably, that is because I don't regularly drive down the highway at 85, like the folks they apparently use to establish their travel rates. I've frequently noticed that I can begin a trip with an "estimated arrival time" and set the car on cruise control just a little above the speed limit and watch the estimated arrival progressively get later and later.
Over in the CCotD thread, wezvidz recently commented about a bad GPS experience, including:
Quote: wezvidzSo now it's like 8pm and I cross into Canada and forget Waze won't work because I don't have an international data plan on my phone to navigate.
A year ago, I ran up my phone bill a bit by using roaming data while in Canada. Planned a little better this year. While in a motel, I used their wifi to plot a route, then I saved to my phone the maps of the area surrounding that route. Then I turned off data service and got the GoogleMaps navigation help without using any of my data plan.
Since I had saved the whole area map and not just the original route, I could let the app make route adjustments along the way. The only things that appeared to be lacking were (1) updated info on traffic conditions and (2) the ability to search the web for a new location/destination, such as a restaurant that wasn't stored as part of the downloaded map.
Does that approach (save the maps and not use data) work on Waze?
August 16th, 2016 at 8:55:20 AM
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People are missing the fact that waze will route you on the fly around traffic and for accidents and objects in road- one you use it you will
Never use anything else agin
Never use anything else agin
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August 16th, 2016 at 9:05:58 AM
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Quote: Wizardofnothing... waze will route you on the fly around traffic and for accidents and objects in road....
Well, GoogleMaps plans an initial route and then, if it detects that traffic conditions have changed so that another route should be quicker, it tells me about the event/change, tells me how much time difference it will make, and asks me whether I want to take the new route or stick with the old one.
What do you mean about "objects in the road"? Like a wreck or a construction traffic cone or like a piece of debris in your lane that you need to watch out for?
August 16th, 2016 at 9:35:07 AM
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Yes it tells you if there is junk in the road or huge potholes or accidents.Just last week there was a couch in the road.
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August 16th, 2016 at 11:33:21 AM
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Does this "couch in the road" info come from other Waze users who post it? Does this suggest that the app encourages people to text while driving?
If so, I'd rather dodge the couch than have someone run into my car while texting/uploading the report about the couch. Maybe I don't understand the process.
If so, I'd rather dodge the couch than have someone run into my car while texting/uploading the report about the couch. Maybe I don't understand the process.
August 16th, 2016 at 11:52:34 AM
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Yes other users post it.Of course you're not supposed to text while driving and I'm sure many do.I Almost always travel with a partner so i have them enter any info.
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August 16th, 2016 at 11:53:24 AM
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Is - edited---your partner?
Wasn't funny
Wasn't funny
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August 16th, 2016 at 12:08:34 PM
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???Quote: WizardofnothingIs - edited---your partner?
Wasn't funny
I don't get it
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August 17th, 2016 at 5:56:19 AM
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Haven't tried Waze, not exactly techno savvy ;-)
I need an App that warns me about police ahead AND police behind ;-!
Federal or State agents would be a nice bonus.
I try to pretty much know where I'm going and how to get there, but still plans change.
Been relying on Siri when necessary.
Warning! She thinks it's funny to send you five miles down a dusty dirt road to save a mile or two.
Once she told me; "Feathers, you should park now and proceed to your destination by foot".
OK, I had asked directions to a waterfall, but I still spit beer on my car laughing.
Once or twice in odd areas in Alabama where there are lots of turns on back roads on the way to the beach you can just follow the cars with surfboards and such attached and assume THEY know where they are going. Worked fine so far ;-)
I need an App that warns me about police ahead AND police behind ;-!
Federal or State agents would be a nice bonus.
I try to pretty much know where I'm going and how to get there, but still plans change.
Been relying on Siri when necessary.
Warning! She thinks it's funny to send you five miles down a dusty dirt road to save a mile or two.
Once she told me; "Feathers, you should park now and proceed to your destination by foot".
OK, I had asked directions to a waterfall, but I still spit beer on my car laughing.
Once or twice in odd areas in Alabama where there are lots of turns on back roads on the way to the beach you can just follow the cars with surfboards and such attached and assume THEY know where they are going. Worked fine so far ;-)
Youuuuuu MIGHT be a 'rascal' if.......(nevermind ;-)...2F
August 17th, 2016 at 7:07:35 AM
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to mess with Siri ask "what did you just say?"
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
August 17th, 2016 at 7:54:49 AM
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I tired asking Siri who the greatest advantage player was and it was a toss up between don Johnson and Freddy?????
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August 17th, 2016 at 8:01:03 AM
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Its DEEP texting that you do not understand.Quote: DocI'd rather dodge the couch than have someone run into my car while texting/uploading the report about the couch. Maybe I don't understand the process.
Texting is using the phone while driving.
Deep Texting is using the phone while driving in such a furtive manner that your attention is distracted for an inordinately long time.
Texting while driving laws force drivers to resort to deep texting to avoid detection.
Get REAL:
If you pass a Red Light Camera law, your accident rate goes UP, not Down.
If you pass a Texting While Driving Law, your accident rate goes UP, not Down.
If you pass a Death to Kiddiefiddlers Law, Deaths go UP, not Down.
If you pass an Aggressive Registration Law for Perverts, police time is squandered on useless paperwork, not public safety since virtually all perverts that are caught are not on the lists that engulf police time.
Laws have to be SENSIBLE in order to make things SAFE. Draconian measures do not make anyone safe, ever.
August 17th, 2016 at 8:12:04 AM
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Quote: TwoFeathersATLI need an App that warns me about police ahead AND police behind ;-!
Federal or State agents would be a nice bonus.
That is simple: Learn the frequencies and listen for antenna leakage from those frequencies and from 174 Hz up or down harmonics because their radios are regenerative. Also if you are tagged with a tracking beacon so police cars can stay about a mile back and still track you, you can get an arduino based 8.98 'squeeler' that detects the bumper beacon they put on you. If the cops got really cute and a gps delayed logger on your car, there is an app for that also, but its more expensive.
You can also create an over the horizon radar receiver using Raman Scattering Patterns to receive speeding radar signals from several miles away and every leaky microwave oven within four hundred yards.
August 17th, 2016 at 6:10:59 PM
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Frontier has $20 fare sale for Aug and part of swprember. It is a 1 day sale ending tonight.
I can fly round trip to vegas for $38
Now just gotta figure out if I need to make a weekend trip.
I can fly round trip to vegas for $38
Now just gotta figure out if I need to make a weekend trip.
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August 17th, 2016 at 6:15:16 PM
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From
Where?
Where?
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August 17th, 2016 at 6:15:47 PM
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Quote: WizardofnothingFrom
Where?
I just looked from pittsburgh
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August 17th, 2016 at 7:59:03 PM
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What are the worst fouls in sport?
I heard in water polo, players sometimes grab another player's testicles and drag him underwater.
Ever notice they look angry?
American football players talk about some nasty stuff that happens when they are piled on each other. Bending back joints and other stuff.
Golf sounds pretty safe.
I heard in water polo, players sometimes grab another player's testicles and drag him underwater.
Ever notice they look angry?
American football players talk about some nasty stuff that happens when they are piled on each other. Bending back joints and other stuff.
Golf sounds pretty safe.
There's no secret. Just know what you're talking about before you open your mouth.
August 17th, 2016 at 8:01:35 PM
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Or tennis
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August 17th, 2016 at 8:16:26 PM
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Quote: rxwineGolf sounds pretty safe.
Tell that to Tiger Woods and his ex wife.
DUHHIIIIIIIII HEARD THAT!
August 17th, 2016 at 9:00:05 PM
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Quote: rxwineWhat are the worst fouls in sport?
I heard in water polo, players sometimes grab another player's testicles and drag him underwater.
Ever notice they look angry?
American football players talk about some nasty stuff that happens when they are piled on each other. Bending back joints and other stuff.
Golf sounds pretty safe.
Basketball. Gouged eyes, ripped ears, elbows thrown everywhere, feet into testicles while rebounding or defending, thrown to the floor without pads several times a game. It's the only close contact sport with no protection. Even Polo players wear caps to keep their ears safer.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
August 17th, 2016 at 9:14:29 PM
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I Googled the question, and the result was a reminder that the term "worst" has different meanings. Lots of Youtubes of soccer players collapsing in screams of agony, after apparently having their legs kicked by a ghost or getting viciously elbowed in the face by an invisible fruit fly.
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August 17th, 2016 at 11:34:38 PM
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Quote: beachbumbabsBasketball. Gouged eyes, ripped ears, elbows thrown everywhere, feet into testicles while rebounding or defending, thrown to the floor without pads several times a game. It's the only close contact sport with no protection. Even Polo players wear caps to keep their ears safer.
Basketball isn't a "contact sport".
In wrestling, I've seen someone stick their tongue in someone else's ear. If that doesn't surprise the hell out of the other guy, I don't know what would. Also seen (many times) someone essentially stick their fingers in the other guy's butt. Not too uncommon actually. Plenty of worse "fouls" I guess. One coach I knew basically told his wrestlers if the other guy has a broken nose, he's not gonna be able to wrestle too well...might cost you a point, but can be well worth it. Oh, and lest not forget, in certain positions if you're pinning the other guy, not uncommon to.....how do you put this delicately.....put your balls on the other guy's face.
One of my favorites, grabbing the other guy's chin, your hand slips a bit and your forearm goes into the other guy's throat. Woopsies!
August 18th, 2016 at 7:50:45 PM
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Wouldn't recommend the procedure for organized sports, but when things get dicey up close and personal;
Pluck the opponents right eyeball out and point it at the opponent's left eyeball, they always freeze.
Then you can do pretty much whatever you want to them ;-)
Pluck the opponents right eyeball out and point it at the opponent's left eyeball, they always freeze.
Then you can do pretty much whatever you want to them ;-)
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August 20th, 2016 at 8:21:15 AM
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Fyi, igore this thread if you don't want to hear complaining. I started digging my 4 foot deep footers for my deck today. I need to dig 10 12 inch by 12 inch 4ft deep holes. Yes living in a frost part of course try sucks. I bet in vegas you can just lay slab for a deck.
I also officially started my diet today. I figured if I am busting my ass digging then I might as well officially eat right and stop the pop.
I started digging this morning at 6am and in 5 hours I have 2 done and cement poured. I am going to take a break and cut the grass now then dig 1 or 2 more holes.
I also officially started my diet today. I figured if I am busting my ass digging then I might as well officially eat right and stop the pop.
I started digging this morning at 6am and in 5 hours I have 2 done and cement poured. I am going to take a break and cut the grass now then dig 1 or 2 more holes.
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August 20th, 2016 at 9:55:32 AM
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What is this 'deck' thing you speak of, and what is it for? Ten small stiffs that need to disappear?Quote: GWAEI bet in vegas you can just lay slab for a deck.
Oh yeah, I think I get it. Around here my neighbors do indeed pour slabs. Then stop, declare it good & done, wheel out the mini-bar, name it a "patio" and call it a day, week, month, and year for that dusty sweaty stuff.
But hard honest toil that brings sweat to the brow is healthy, noble, and strengthens character, I'm told, so kudos to you. 'Course I was told that by a neighbor sipping cocktails on his patio.
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