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WC spoils - Loyoliano Jun 26, 13:59 2
- spoils.. - x Jun 26, 14:06 1
  - I predicted 2-1 in the yahoo score comp. Russian jersey is cool. Probably their away one. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 14:09
and there it is. just loaded up espnwatch. what's on the primary feed? cricket!....nm - x Jun 26, 13:59 3
- Since the matches take days, that's a lot of program to fill time. - spamlet Jun 26, 14:00 2
  - there is that...nm - x Jun 26, 14:03
  - also ODIs. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 14:02
"Is there an alternate universe that has a Pawn Shop channel that only airs shows about history?" -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 13:51
I think I would be awesome at ice hockey. If only I could skate. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 13:49 8
- I used to be pretty damn good at Roller Hockey. - groiny Jun 26, 14:09 1
  - *nods* -- nm - Bobby Orr Jun 26, 14:13
- this is what street hockey is for!....nm - x Jun 26, 14:00 2
  - always fun. "CAR!" -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 14:04 1
    - yep. either that, or someone comes to boot you off the tennis courts....nm - x Jun 26, 14:07
- I can go forward. I can make wide turns. I stop by running into walls or falling down. -- nm - Wawa Jun 26, 13:59 2
  - You're like Olympic standard compared to me. I kept skating with my fists clenched because I was thinking when I fall again, someone is going to run - Loyoliano Jun 26, 14:07
  - that's as good as some of the goons that have been in the NHL -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 14:05
psyched to catch up with a college friend tonight - he plays in the band The Verve Pipe - playing here tonight - I'm on"the guest list" woo! - JenBro Jun 26, 13:42 14
- Nice! Pics! -- nm - Jaxón Jun 26, 14:04
- Think they had a lot of rotating membership, so that might not even be one he was around for? -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:45 3
  - he played off and on with them - has been steady the past few years ... back in the 1990's I was living near Boyne Highlands and the band - JenBro Jun 26, 13:49
  - heh. Wikipedia has a timeline chart -- (link) - oblique Jun 26, 13:46 [Image] 1
    - it's not quite accurate ... Randy Sly is my friend and he played back in the 90's with them too -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:51
- The Freshman is a song I adore. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:43 5
  - Ack!!! Photograph was a really good song as well, then. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:44 4
    - a VERY long time ago - my friend was also part of a great bar reggae band called Bop Harvey - but I seriously doubt any of you have heard of them -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:46 3
      - I've totally heard of *them*! - oblique Jun 26, 13:46 2
        
        LOL -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:49 1
        
        here's a clip of Bop Harvey playing on Conan's show ... Randy's on keyboard -- (link) - JenBro Jun 26, 14:02 [youtube]
- Admit it, you were The Freshman in question, weren't you? -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:43 1
  - heh heh ... nope ... kinda cool they are still rocking it you know? that there's still an audience for alternative rock -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:44
- never heard of them - oblique Jun 26, 13:43
As a gesture of ST unity, I would like someone to please link to the Brazilian woman Mel was talking about - con_carne Jun 26, 13:40 [Backboard] 3
- If you can't find her that means she doesn't love you. Only me. -- nm - Mel si Jun 26, 13:55
- She was *awesome*. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:41 1
  - not helping -- nm - Pippé Jun 26, 13:53
I've been keeping my ex informed as to the premiere of "Girl Meets World". It's tonight, folks! - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 26, 13:33 5
- Can we talk about how the last Penny Dreadful almost put me to sleep last night? a filler episode - BUT I do have a new found respect for Josh Hartnet - Pippé Jun 26, 13:57
- Why are more people not talking about last night's premiere of Young and Hungry??? - David Jun 26, 13:35 3
  - Because the promos look like garbaggio. -- nm - Wawa Jun 26, 13:39 1
    - She's a ho-ho acting like a ding-dong! -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:42
  - ... never heard of it. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:38
The hammer for Cnet's review ofo the TiVo Roamio is "Best over-the-air DVR if you're willing to pay" - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 26, 13:26 [youtube]
woman sends a photo of herself to 40 photoshop retouchers around the world...the results will blow your mind -- (link) - zuitgusto Jun 26, 13:15 4
- Garbage. This is more a testament to the quality (or lack thereof) of Photoshop retouchers than it is a case against retouching as a whole. - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 26, 13:21 2
  - TBF, the linked page picked some of the worst results. The full list has at least a few decent examples. -- (link) - Ender Jun 26, 13:27
  - agreed, I'm guessing it was posted on a photoshop forum and various results came in -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 26, 13:23
- Just Say No To Clickbait Headlines -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:16
Ask the WWE Fantasy Booker -- (link) - Beaker Jun 26, 13:14
"I was thanking you for something" ... heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 13:13
ST Poll: How much will Transformers make this weekend? -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 13:09 10
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- frigging Robot Dinosaurs means they'll get my $$$. - Mel Profit Jun 26, 13:34 2
  - The free Lego build at TRU this Sat is Optimus on the dinobot! -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:39
  - *nods* That is the main reason I am going -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 13:36
- 94M -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 13:16
- 312.50! It'll get good WOM. Better than 2&3. July 4th weekend. -- nm - Budicio Prime Jun 26, 13:13
- $93m -- nm - Max Jun 26, 13:12
- 102m -- nm - Hunta Jun 26, 13:12
- a gazillion dollars -- nm - decline Jun 26, 13:11
- More than it deserves. -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:10
The Million Dollar Man will be at my local minor-league park tomorrow night.... - Hunta Jun 26, 13:05 5
- get a photot of you and th e belt -- nm - Remlikindle Jun 26, 13:22
- Everyone has a price... -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 13:10
- Damn. At first I was thinking that said The Six Million Dollar Man and was going to make a sasquatch joke - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:09 1
  - heh, me too -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:12
- Casinos on the moon! -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:06
There's an off-chance Maleficent is the box office champ of the summer. - Inigo Jun 26, 12:50
I just got good news. My car was leaking oil, I was expecting a major bill in the 500 and above - amoxy Jun 26, 12:44 4
- who changed the oil the last time? was it the can leaking or it just wasn't screwed in tight enough the first time -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 26, 13:14
- Yay! ^5 -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 13:07
- "I always take my car to Duct Tape Express" -- nm - oblique Jun 26, 12:50
- ... extra, if you want the car to still run. -- nm - repair guy Jun 26, 12:45
I am not certain, but I think this might be photoshopped -- (link) - Tyego97 Jun 26, 12:42
also, I've read a lot of hockey history books and have never, ever once heard soccer mentioned as an influence - Reagen Jun 26, 12:38 33
- I don't see how anyone with a working set of eyes can not see the similarities between soccer and hockey. - groiny Jun 26, 12:54 27
  - I think I just invented Hoccer and Sockey on board 2. -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:27 2
    - There is field hockey. - Reagen Jun 26, 13:36 1
      - or as most of the world calls it ... hockey -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 14:07
  - not to mention polo (horse and water) whatever that weird version they play in afghanistan with the dead goat, field hockey -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 26, 13:22
  - Agreed. Goalies, nets and a lot of time wasted in the area between. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:15 2
    - Look who you're agreeing with, groiny! -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:17 1
      - although, Hockey is much less boring, because the field is smaller, and you can hit people. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 14:05
  - field size, net size, padding, interference, body checking/fighting, sticks, 3 vs. unlimited substitutions, fixed line offsides vs. moving, hand passe - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:11 11
    - at it's core, it is players, shooting a ball or puck at a net, that is guarded by a solo player to score points. - groiny Jun 26, 14:04
    - "If you take away all the things that are the same, they're completely different!!!" -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:14
    - grass/ice, skates/cleats -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:13 8
      - One has an 'H' in its name! -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:14 7
        
        One's in the summer olympics, one's in the winter... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:15 6
        
        The leagues have completely different names... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:17 5
        
        One is completely corrupt, the other is only incompetently run... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:21
        
        they're both games where you shoot things at a net! -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 13:19 3
        
        baseball and hockey both use gloves! -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:19 2
        
        and they both wear things on their heads! -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:20 1
        
        and they all spit -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:20
  - *body checks you* -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:07
  - "If you take away all the things that are different, they're exactly the same" -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 12:56 6
    - All kidding aside, that's really true in a lot of ways. -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:26 5
      - baseball and cricket are really the only two team sports that don't really fit the larger pattern. - Reagen Jun 26, 13:31 4
        
        I suspect that it is like the ill-fated clock decision. Some people see it clearly while others do not and there is not a lot of gray area. - David Jun 26, 13:34 3
        
        I put individual sports in a different category - Reagen Jun 26, 13:38 2
        
        I would imagine that there was a lot of arguing about the rules during the early days of curling. -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:44 1
        
        well, duh. it was invented by the scottish!...nm - x Jun 26, 13:55
- (Although I'm reading now that that story is aprocryphal) - Reagen Jun 26, 12:48
- I thought lacrosse influenced hockey since the Canadians needed a sport in winter time. -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 12:41 3
  - lacrosse is fun to watch. they beat the ever loving shit out of each other -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:08
  - There's definitely some cross polination there - Reagen Jun 26, 12:43 1
    - As a kid, I recall hearing about the lacrosse influence but then ... - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:07
David, if I record a football game for later, the 30 second skip almost gets me exactly to the start of the next play. - Reagen Jun 26, 12:36 14
- As I said to mafic, I want to look at their metrics. - David Jun 26, 12:43 13
  - Running plays don't last 4 seconds on average - Hunta Jun 26, 12:44 12
    - A player's burst is between 1.7 and 2.2 seconds per 10 yards, not counting time to drop back and hand off. - David Jun 26, 12:57 11
      - so here, average 65 plays per team per game, average 5.3 yards per play. -- (link) - mafaça Jun 26, 13:14 3
        
        That would be a play every 27.7 seconds, meaning that 23.7 seconds of nothing happens per 4 second play. - David Jun 26, 13:37 2
        
        sounds right, plus all that freakin' time that the clock is not running while the refs adjust the ball, measure for first down, call penalties, etc. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 14:04 1
        
        That wouldn't impact anything. I did calcs based on 60 minutes of action, not anything when the clock is stopped. -- nm - David Jun 26, 14:29
      - screen plays can be over in one to two seconds. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:05
      - (That should be initial 10 yards.) - David Jun 26, 13:01 5
        
        in the CFL, there is unlimited backfield motion so the backs time their forward motion to just a moment after the snap. - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:17 4
        
        That is one reason I mentioned Malzahn. He is revolutionizing the game with his attack offense. - David Jun 26, 13:25
        
        Every play in the CFL looks offside. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:20 2
        
        without the 1 yard buffer in the NFL, I find it the other way - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:22 1
        
        yes. I expect that if it were watched more closely, a lot more plays would get whistled dead - Reagen Jun 26, 13:24
I am dead last in the ST WC Pool. Holla. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 12:32 5
- The fact that I'm 1st (in the Yahoo one) and 298th in the world shows it's just the luck of picking. -- nm - Jaxón Jun 26, 12:35 3
  - *sigh* -- nm - Mrs. Jax Jun 26, 13:22
  - Can I touch* you? - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:36 1
    - No -- nm - Jaxón Jun 26, 12:46
- You are so Priti? -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:35
speaking of football, whoever tol me to choose Japan over Costa Rica in the pool is fired - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:31 1
- it wasn't me. i have always touted the strength of concacaf.....nm - x Jun 26, 12:32
i've been loading espnwatch a lot lately for the cup, and y'know they show a *lot* of cricket... - x Jun 26, 12:31 17
- A former BOP writer runs a cricket site. I tried reading it once and did not understand a word on the page. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:36 9
  - "It was caught at silly mid on" -- nm - Meg Jun 26, 13:09
  - "Most balls faced for a duck in test cricket" - Inigo Jun 26, 12:39 5
    - basically most pitches for no runs scored in an international game. more or less. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:44 4
      - *nods knowingly* - Hunta Jun 26, 12:45 3
        
        the bases are always loaded in cricket. think of it as the longest at bat that ended in a strikeout. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:48 2
        
        So, who did well here? The pitcher for finally getting the out, or the batter that kept fouling things off? -- nm - Hunta Jun 26, 12:50 1
        
        the pitcher (or the bowler, in cricket terms). the goal as a batter (batsman) is always to score runs. out for no runs is embarrassing. - mafaça Jun 26, 12:57
  - he has a strong leg break, but a weak googly. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:38 1
    - GreatGooglyMoogly.com - Max Jun 26, 12:38
- it's kind of like baseball without foul territory. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 12:33 2
  - that's probably why i don't get it....nm - x Jun 26, 12:35
  - and you only get one strike. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:34
- I wish I understood it. Plus it looks like it'd be *awesome* to play. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 12:31 3
  - I would love to sit with a person who knows what's going on and just walk me through it all. - Hunta Jun 26, 12:35 2
    - I watched it with Wikipedia open to grasp the basic rules. I was able to get 95% of what was going on. - spamlet Jun 26, 14:02
    - exactly. i'm just totally lost when it's on...nm - x Jun 26, 12:41
an infographic time spent in an nfl telecast. -- (link) - mafaça Jun 26, 12:30
Blow the whistle! -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 12:29 2
- euphemism? -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 26, 12:30 1
  - It's all fun and games until groiny shows up at our house dressed as a giant whistle. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 13:05

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