Really, life has constant surprises and merriments. I had to laugh a couple of weeks ago when someone said I looked like I was 50- that is now a compliment! We were discussing a sudden death of a squeaky clean liver/person whereas I have been through hell and high water at times and you would not have bet a pence on me at various times. It must have something to do with spirit or the will to survive.
On Aug 2, 12:37 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed the good old days. > > On Aug 2, 3:51 pm, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2012 Allan :) > > > On Aug 2, 7:51 am, allan deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I will be glad when I get to a cricket game with my friend.. then maybe I > > > will be able to understand what you said.. but it sounds great. > > > Allan > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:41 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sometimes it really did seem that lethal Para - the ten wickets fell > > > > for 7 runs. The following year, again in the last game of the season, > > > > needing to tie to win the championship we were 120 for none chasing > > > > 130 with me due to bat at 4. I was on nights so asked the skipper if > > > > I could shower and get ready to leave early. He gave me the nod. > > > > Wickets started to fall quicker than trousers in a brothel and I had > > > > to pad up again. I got in at the 7th wicket down with us needing one > > > > to win, smashed my first ball just wide of cover. He ran out the > > > > other guy, leaving me off strike. My best mate came in, walloped his > > > > first ball and was caught at long on. We crossed, so I had strike on > > > > what was now the last ball. The scores were tied, leaving me either > > > > to score one to win or get out so it was a tie and not a draw. The > > > > bowler had taken four wickets in the last over, plus the run out. I > > > > charged the ball and swear the non-striker was passing me as I screwed > > > > up the slog and dropped the bat on the ball and sprinted to the > > > > bowler's end. I think I made it anyway, but the ball missed the > > > > stumps. The rain, which had held off all day unleashed and I was > > > > soaking by the time I got back in the pavilion. You got the back foot > > > > raider right - for most of my scoring shots - I'd have been your bunny > > > > with that in-ducker. I bowled 13 consecutive maidens in the first > > > > game mentioned before taking the first wicket - a pre-arranged quick > > > > one with the keeper down the leg-side for a stumping. My execution > > > > was dismal, the ball a foot wide of off, taking a bottom edge and > > > > resulting in the best keeper's catch I've ever seen. I was bowling > > > > off-breaks by then. The last ball of that game is recorded as leg > > > > before, though the batsman would disagree as he thought he'd glanced > > > > it for four. We offered to rescind our appeal after the match, but > > > > their skipper declined on the grounds the other team that would have > > > > won the title were a bunch of slimy toads. > > > > > On Aug 1, 9:20 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wow Archytas, that must have been one heck of a strip...10 wickets in > > > > > 8 balls...amazing. > > > > > > I used to be a pace opener, with a late outswing starting at middle, > > > > > seaming just short of a length, four slips, a deep gully/point, and a > > > > > short square leg; my party trick was the shade slower, fuller, 1 late > > > > > inswinger of the over, just the trick for back foot raiders like > > > > > yourself :) Great days indeed...takes me back to a time when i was > > > > > just 12st or under :) > > > > > > On Jul 31, 10:06 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I played at a 'tidal club' Para - as far from the sea as you can get > > > > > > in England, but tidal nonetheless. Very hard to describe the > > > > > > 'tidal' > > > > > > conditions, but it would all start with the kind of rip-snorter > > > > > > Swanny > > > > > > got in the current Test. When I was still young enough to bowl chin > > > > > > music we'd have the other side's batsmen remembering urgent > > > > > > appointments and driving off without taking their turn. The trick > > > > > > at > > > > > > these times was to bowl slower and just let the pitch spit the ball > > > > > > at > > > > > > the poor sod batting. When batting you had to give up playing > > > > > > forward > > > > > > and only play square of the wicket to get runs - the game was turned > > > > > > upsidedown. We beat a few county sides on that track thanks to the > > > > > > 'tide'. The tide seemed to be inspired by using the heavy roller at > > > > > > tea. Great days. We won a championship on the last day on a tide > > > > > > pitch after the opposition were 72 for none chasing 80 to win. > > > > > > > On Jul 31, 9:06 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sold! I'll take them all! Lol. > > > > > > > > On Jul 31, 8:35 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > There's a lingerie football league and beach volley ball, etc. > > > > > > > > Seriously, sports are often a ballet of form and extraordinary > > > > display > > > > > > > > of what the body/mind is capable of. It's real- versus > > > > > > > > paintings or > > > > > > > > statues of nudes at a museum. And the horses! :-) > > > > > > > > > On Jul 30, 7:31 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Err, yeah...might depend on the sport in my case, rigsy :) > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 30, 8:31 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Also football uniforms. Well, we are admiring bodies and > > > > physiques in > > > > > > > > > > sports, aren't we? :-) > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 29, 2:39 pm, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I've always thought that baseball players have an > > > > > > > > > > > interesting > > > > sense of > > > > > > > > > > > dress style, rigsy; somewhat "hugging"? :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 29, 2:21 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > We have baseball. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 28, 4:42 am, paradox <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lol. Yeah, i've seen some innovation in rugby, for > > > > > > > > > > > > > sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, cricket is one sport that i am passionate about > > > > > > > > > > > > > (at > > > > least as far > > > > > > > > > > > > > as i can be passionate about sport). It's at once a > > > > > > > > > > > > > game > > > > of supreme > > > > > > > > > > > > > patience and incredible reaction speed. You have the > > > > batsman who, with > > > > > > > > > > > > > the right "guard" and standing perfectly motionless, > > > > > > > > > > > > > is > > > > practically > > > > > > > > > > > > > impenetrable, against a bowler and 10 strategically > > > > placed teammates > > > > > > > > > > > > > who patiently and cleverly induce the batsman to make > > > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > "false" stroke > > > > > > > > > > > > > with ever so subtle changes in the speed, flight, > > > > movement, trajectory > > > > > > > > > > > > > and/or spin of the ball. When it happens, it can be a > > > > beautiful > > > > > > > > > > > > > thing :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 28, 7:23 am, Allan Heretic > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Until I came to Europe I never was a fan of any > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sport, > > > > since I have become a fan of rugby ,, ever since I watched a man fall > > > > on the > > > > ball with the other team piled on top. But his legs were sticking out > > > > of > > > > the pile. So his mates (6) grabbed his legs and used him like a wheel > > > > barrow. As for cricket,, I have never gotten it wrapped around my mind. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 27 jul. 2011, at 17:42, paradox < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought that Relativity was pretty > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > revolutionary, > > > > actually; less > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "fundamental" than perhaps String Theory, but > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > frame > > > > shifting for sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, you're a rugby man, eh? I'm more cricketer > > > > myself; all that > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > physical contact would have strained my control > > > > beyond breaking > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > point :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Btw, your ballet's not at all lacking :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 5:35 pm, archytas <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> The point, Para, is not that Einstein is bull, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> but > > > > that interpreting > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Relativity as 'new physics' always was. I did my > > > > dancing on the rugby > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> field so you can expect my ballet to be clumsy! > > > > Chemistry is more my > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> line, but Ludwig and Snell satisfy me that the > > > > 'paradigm' stuff is > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> wonky. I suspect we are collectively very dumb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> as > > > > an alternative to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> enlightenment concepts - most people don't learn > > > > much. Thus they > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> remain prey to the Old One. Indeed, it's the > > > > propaganda of the Old > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> One that prevents enlightened society, aimed as > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> it > > > > is at the dumb. I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> believe this may be what leaves us with only the > > > > worst of democracy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> There has been no enlightenment,only some space > > > > developed away from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> the old Idols. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Jul 26, 1:01 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> Not sure of what you mean. Do you want e-books > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> to > > > > be controlled in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> content? Take history, for a long time it was > > > > written by the winners/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> colonists, etc. until the "losers" started > > > > publishing their stories/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> recollections. A good example is "Bury My Heart > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> at > > > > Wounded Knee". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> There are countless books/ personal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> confessionals > > > > (St. Augustine, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> Newman, C.S. Lewis, etc.) that have inspired > > > > others- perhaps readied > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> them for a personal journey of their own. The > > > > "enlightenment" is not > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> always religious/spiritual- there are the arts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> of > > > > man/women which also > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> inspire an individual/society. There is also > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
