The electronic wickets are a definite improvement over the matches I watched around Oxford in the 1960s when there was an obvious hit but nothing fell [a sticky wicket, I presume]. Yeah, T20 might be worth watching, but not the version requiring meal breaks that lasts days.
Well, sandpapering the ball wasn’t the best idea anyone ever had. Especially when you do it on camera.
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The Aussie Women’s team have won 4 International matches. The men… don’t ask!
Australia win record 4th ICC Womenβs World T20 beating England by 8 wickets
Yep! Sam Kerr is an awesome striker too! I’d love to see a game with Sam & Ada. I’d almost pity the misogynist moron that tries to treat either of them like nothing! They’d never be able to breathe after getting their balls kicked out their ears… Though, that would be a good thing IMNSHO! ππ
]]>Well, there is a bit of acting in top level fussball/football/soccer, but that is usually in the prestige leagues. If you try it in the lower level the fans will bury you under a mountain of whatever they can find to throw. I find the Women’s World Cup to be a better class of play than the Men’s. Your Sam Kerr is always fun to watch.
Cricket is definitely an acquired taste. Like baseball, it takes to long.
I saw the Ballon d’Or video and wondered if she was going to kick over the net. She would have been justified.
Yep, I have been watching the heat wave build. My temperatures have moderated a bit.
]]>This shake was something I enjoyed @ Xmas with Mom. So, I continue it as my only *tradition*, in memory. It was her favorite drink I created for her many years ago. π
Grandad had a good scotch every night before bed, it helped him sleep. Only alcohol he ever drank. He lost a lung in WW1 & a leg in WW2. He always said excess & stress kills most people quicker than anything else. He was right. And he smoked his pipe once a day, with pure tobacco. He said cigarette’s were just poison in a paper tube. Seems he was right about that too.
There are few *real* sports nowadays worth watching. Most are just excessively paid actors & pretenders. Though, I have been enjoying the Women’s cricket, Aussie rules football & soccer the past year! They play for real! It’s good to see true athletes play their heart’s out!
It was great to see Ada Hegerberg, a winning striker for the Division 1 FΓ©minine club Olympique Lyonnais, win the inaugural women’s Ballon d’Or. Though, the ceremony was marred by a stupid “joke” by host Martin Solveig. Typical.
Glad you have some peace & quiet, and yes, that is certainly good! π
Oh! Seems we officially have a heatwave! Yayy.
Australia extreme heatwave forecast to break weather records through to new year
]]>There was a time …. but I gave up booze because I was starting to like it a little too much as well as using it for self-medication. Now I have cats.
Things are quiet, and that is good.
I’m glad your day went well, now can get immersed in Boxing Day sports π
]]>I truly hope you enjoy your day, however you plan to spend it. Thanks for being here Bryan! You’ve saved my sanity often. Be well, be safe, be happy my friend.π€
]]>My genes are mostly from the Baltic and the sun was something they saw occasionally. I burn under 100-watt light bulbs.
A lot of the tenants are off bothering their families, so I expect things to be quiet locally, but Dog knows what foolishness the Federal government is going to get up to. π
]]>Luckily, I have mostly Mediterranean genes! Med-dark skin. I tan easily, never been sunburned even though Aus. has a higher UV rating than most of the USA. I have had frostbite during winter survival training! It wasn’t fun. Almost lost a couple fingers, I was lucky.
Anyway, you take care and take it easy for a bit at least. You’re not a spring chook any more! π π
]]>And a Happy Hogswatch, Christmas, and Boxing day {known as Sales & Returns Day in the US} Don’t get sunburned if you make it to a beach. It is still odd to me that you might get sunburned on the same day I could get frostbitten again. Instead of a sleigh and reindeer, you could get a surf board towed by wombats, or something… π
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