Michael Hopcroft Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Plague of Mice in Australia Overruns Farms, Shops and Bedrooms Mickey! Minnie! Cut it out! Clearly he needs a vasectomy. Old Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 Egan Bernal wins the Giro D'Italia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/57272624 After a disappointing year after his 2019 Tour de France win this proved he is a star to watch for the future. He won two stages which he had not done in a Grand Tour before and this meant a lot to him. He also is a welcome distraction for Columbia. It also means that Ineos have defended the Giro that they won last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 "Red tourism" is on the rise in China RIP Gavin MacLeod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 31, 2021 Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 How do you know you're bigger than "superstar"? Roland Garros, the facility where the French Open is played, unveiled a statue of Rafael Nadal last week. He's not simply still playing, he's the favorite to win it...again. No one gets a statue at a major venue while their career is going reasonably strongly. He's slipped *some*...he lost in Monte Carlo and Madrid in the quarters, which is like...whoa, that never happened on clay before...but he's still the betting favorite at the French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted May 31, 2021 Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 Sinead O'Connor--The Night She Tore Up That Picture unclevlad, Ternaugh and Old Man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Oh man..... Jon Rahm is an excellent pro golfer; currently ranked #3 in the world. He's playing at the Memorial, the tournament where Jack Nicklaus was the long-time host, and one of the biggest non-majors on the calendar. As the 3rd round ends, he has a 6 shot lead. 6 shots is HUGE, even with a round to play. Then...and on camera, mind, as he's walking off...Tour officials come up and tell him that he's tested positive for Covid. Both primary and secondary. And he's got to withdraw. Just like that. I wasn't watching the coverage; I'm sure it would've been totally bizarre, as the CBS guys had no idea what was going on for a while. Still...the guy was set to win the tournament...and, gee, over $1.6 MILLION. POOF! The timing had to be gut-wrenching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Memorial to British troops who fought in France on D-Day and thereafter unveiled. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57373932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Richie Porte wins Criterium de Dauphine with Geraint Thomas third https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/57376413 Both are part of the Ineos Grenadiers team and were also part of Team Sky when Wiggins and Froome won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Here's the latest news from the French Open: Roger Federer withdraws from the tournament. Ironically, he had just won his latest match before withdrawing. Elena Rybakina beats Serena Williams in straight sets. This was their first meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 3 hours ago, tkdguy said: Here's the latest news from the French Open: Roger Federer withdraws from the tournament. Ironically, he had just won his latest match before withdrawing. Elena Rybakina beats Serena Williams in straight sets. This was their first meeting. I officially don't recognize any of the names of the women in that article besides Serena. I wonder if that's a sign of advanced age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, Old Man said: I wonder if that's a sign of advanced age. Serena isn't THAT old Old Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 23 hours ago, unclevlad said: Oh man..... Jon Rahm is an excellent pro golfer; currently ranked #3 in the world. He's playing at the Memorial, the tournament where Jack Nicklaus was the long-time host, and one of the biggest non-majors on the calendar. As the 3rd round ends, he has a 6 shot lead. 6 shots is HUGE, even with a round to play. Then...and on camera, mind, as he's walking off...Tour officials come up and tell him that he's tested positive for Covid. Both primary and secondary. And he's got to withdraw. Just like that. I wasn't watching the coverage; I'm sure it would've been totally bizarre, as the CBS guys had no idea what was going on for a while. Still...the guy was set to win the tournament...and, gee, over $1.6 MILLION. POOF! The timing had to be gut-wrenching. For context, Rahm had every opportunity to take the vaccine and refused. Further discussion on this point should probably move to the Political Thread. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Old Man said: I officially don't recognize any of the names of the women in that article besides Serena. I wonder if that's a sign of advanced age. Probably not. I often put Tennis Channel on, as tennis is often the only daytime sports available, and I don't recognize many of the women players. Part of it is, the women have been MUCH!!!! more prone to surprise upsets, so there are more less-known players in later stages. That's been VERY common for the last couple years; a semi-final lineup might be 3 double-digit seeds and an unseeded, it's happened, IIRC. 7 of the top 17 seeds lost in the first or second round...which means to unseeded players, as the seeds are scheduled to start playing each other in the 3rd round. 4 more lost in the 3rd round, when they should've been favorites. And, no, I'm not counting Osaka; she withdrew. The round of 16 is in progress, with 2 matches finished, so there are 12 players left. Only 2 are in the top 15 in the overall womens' rankings; 3 are ranked in the 60's. And this really hasn't been unusual. Now, this year, the mens' draw's been hammered, especially in the middle of the seeds. 4, 7, and 10 seeds fell 1st or 2nd round; so did the players ranked 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, and 26. That's happened more often since the restart, and IIRC even somewhat in 2019. Serena has, I think, lost a step, and lost some pop. Venus has just been holding on for a while; she had 1 decent event, I think, in 2019, but she's lost far more often in the first round of even nominally secondary events. Her rankings's outside the top 100 at this point. Serena is still competitive, but by and large, a serious long shot to win another Grand Slam. Roger is similar. The level's still high but it's not at the top any more. And then, his body's showing that his 40th is in August. Tennis (singles, anyway) is predominately a young-ish man's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Jeff Bezos to be shot into space next month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Aww, it's in a rocket. You really got my hopes up there for a second. Matt the Bruins and Pariah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Old Man said: Jeff Bezos to be shot into space next month Is he trying to gain superpowers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Is he trying to gain superpowers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 5/31/2021 at 3:20 AM, wcw43921 said: Sinead O'Connor--The Night She Tore Up That Picture Folks never gave her enough credit, because it wasn't too terribly long after that incident that people began to pay more attention to the accusations, and more and more things came to light. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 https://www.thegamer.com/atlanta-truck-dice-spill-d-and-d/amp/ Truck Spills Dice, Deals 216,000d6 Bludgeoning Damage to Atlanta Freeway Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 That reminds me of an Andy Capp comic from many years ago. A coal truck overturned in the street and all the housewives in the neighborhood were rushing out scoop up some free coal. I imagine the same thing would have happened if these dice had been spilled in front of a crowd of gamers--only more frenzied. "YAA-HOO! "I'm cuckoo for dice! Cuckoo for dice! Cuckoo for dice! Cuckoo for dice! Cuckoo for dice! Cuckoo for dice! Cuckoo for dice! Cuckoo for dice!" Yeah--something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 They didn't realize that the attack dealt normal, non-magical damage, and the highway needed a +2 or better magical weapon to do damage. So things keep getting worse. Gas shortage from the shut-down pipelines, then beef shortage from a ransomware attack on beef processors, and now this...we face a d6 shortage!!! We'll be overwhelmed by monsters because we can't hit them!!!! Lawnmower Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 It must have been exhausting having to yell Yahtzee! 5000 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Logan.1179 said: That's heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 On 6/7/2021 at 11:29 PM, unclevlad said: They didn't realize that the attack dealt normal, non-magical damage, and the highway needed a +2 or better magical weapon to do damage. So things keep getting worse. Gas shortage from the shut-down pipelines, then beef shortage from a ransomware attack on beef processors, and now this...we face a d6 shortage!!! We'll be overwhelmed by monsters because we can't hit them!!!! If the pipelines stayed shut down, then the price for plastics made from petroleum would rise. Eventually this would cause a rise in prices for things made from plastic. Including dice. At what Mad Max level point would insane gamers (redundant) start killing off other humans in order to carve dice from the bones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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