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but then they can do the shorter ride? or ride another event? surely not every event has to cater for the "masses"? prime example for me is the Fine Breede MTB: that is PROPER mountainbiking, last year i passed a guy who was spending his energy complaining on how "unfairly tough" the event was and he will never do it again bla bla bla - this on a bike far more capable than my HT donkey. I don't get it: we organise "extreme" events and then average Joe complains when he can't complete it. This event is now called "The MTB CHALLENGE". Challenge people, not Fun Ride, Challenge. Challenge yourself.

hahaha... that's how i feel when i sit on the IDT in winter

ARRANGE THE PICKUP!!!! Come boys, one at a time, we can make them disappear, the ocean is vast and fish are hungry.

haha...

I can assist, if need be.

Dimensions in modelspace ????????????????????

Well that was a good chase. I guess stats are only that, stats. Well batted Temba and QdK!

haha... ja....

apparently 14/42 teams have won batting second at Newlands...

we finally won a toss, not so sure about bowling first though? traditionally at Newlands the ball swings more at night, I cant help feeling that was a defensive decision. let's see how we go...

Proper cricket. That was an epic Ashes series.

Looks like the chokers tag has been handed over to NZ... they’re not doing well in superovers [emoji85]

[emoji1787] neither really...

Hang in there! It seems as if you are, so just keep doing what you're doing! BTech you say, what field? 3D printer... I must get your number in case... maybe we must do a ride sometime, drop me a PM? In fact, why don't we have a divorcee ride once in a while, anyone else keen?

Thanks Patensie! And congrats on making progress! As for it being bittersweet, now you can buy that coffee machine and make it the way you like it

Here's hoping everyone survived silly season, ie the festive season and for those separated parents, the start of the school year. Let's get some positive vibes going, I feel a bit nostalgic, maybe its the wisdom of another year on this planet being celebrated today that is inspiring me to pen some thoughts to my brothers in arms... I'm 41 today and have never been happier, well except 2 years ago when my fixed term contract ended prematurely and I was paid out the balance, thus leaving me sitting at home being paid for a while to do nothing... (false sense of happiness I know, but I'm sure you guys get what I mean) Anyways, been about 3 years since the last relationship, and I'm not sorry 1 day for being single. Alone maybe, but definitely not lonely. Bumped into my ex MIL on the weekend, first time I saw her since the divorce in 2013. I was close to my in-laws, they were never in favor of the divorce. My ex FIL and I had a great relationship, likewise MIL, but I never could justify to myself to stay in contact. I guess out of respect for my ex wife, and also in order to try and make a clean break and try and move on with my life. But I have missed them, specially my FIL. My own dad was not really a good example of a man, not that I didn't love him for who he was. He passed away 2 weeks after my divorce was enacted, I doubt he knew, the 2 of us were not in contact during that time, he was a selfish man, my FIL is very much a self-less man. "Be that as it may"... the ex remarried about 2/3 years ago, had a kid and is living the good life. I bump into her once a year, we have a polite conversation and then go our merry way. Nothing more than that. Sometimes that part of my life seems like a movie I once watched, surreal I guess. But that's the way the cookie crumbles, so they say. I'm very thankful for my 2 sisters and my mom. Specially my middle sister, we are very close, and I am enjoying the fact that I became an uncle for the first time on 28 Feb 2019. I try and be as involved as time permits with my BIL and my niece. My sister and I speak almost daily. Anyhow, I was looking for a message, saw my conversation with Chainsaw and reread his kind words and felt inspired to write something. Peace my bretheren, keep the rubber side down!

He was schooled at St Josephs Marist College, which is hardly the most prominent school in Rondebosch, and by the time he went to Bishops his parents were working multiple jobs to afford his schooling, for which he had to commute all the way from Bergvliet. That to me doesn't like your typical Bishops scholar, so no, I refute your comment. The point being argued is that of the statement made and then endorsed by Hash, which is that schooling makes the difference in the development of batters. History will prove that there are large numbers of world class batsmen who never attended big sporting schools. The one common denominator in nearly all of these cases is that these youngsters played backyard cricket, all day, every day, and not their scholastic connections. I stand by this viewpoint.

Scooter made batting against Brett Lee look like a stroll in the park (Lee was clocking 150kph regularly at that stage of his career!). Cullinan was talented, but Gibbs took it to another level. Ive never seen a guy hit a six off the front foot over extra cover with such ease, it was just ridiculous. Ill tell you what he also broke, was many guys spirits, when he walked into La Med on a Sunday afternoon, because any chance you had of scoring with a chick went out the door the minute Scooter walked in...

I bow to your knowledge! Whatta player... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqfjBKjO5A4

Shebeen, bonus points if you can guess the sportsman I'm talking about.

Shebeen as always I respect the fact that we might not quite agree on a particular point. All I can really draw on is my own observations and draw conclusions from that. When I think of probably the most talented sportsman I have seen ever produced in this country, he certainly does not come from a "traditional" background. Yes he went to Bishops and played provincial rugby and cricket and god knows what else, but he grew up playing the game in the streets. By the time he went to high school he was already playing sport beyond his age group. and let me tell you in the 90's school teams were not coached like nowadays, you simply had a teacher organising nets and transport to and from cricket matches. so no, on that basis, if we look at the stars produced from that era, I cannot agree with that sentiment. sadly i cannot speak for the hundreds of coloured and black cricketers, but I am sure there were many of them who were very talented and it was not because of their schooling. (i apologise unreservedly for my lack of knowledge on the cricketers of the former South African Cricket Board)

yes, the penalties need to be harsher, and maybe as suggested, calculated at the end of each session and effected immediately as a matter of penalty runs being added to the batting side's score. Something has to be done. The big 3 will always get away with sandpaper, unless it is caught on tv. (funny how Supersport was criticized for being invasive when that happened, yet i recall players putting sugar in their trouser pockets during a tea break, dirt in the pocket of one England captain, etc etc)

im not so sure I agree with that sentiment. going to a good school wont magically give you good hand-eye coordination. what will make a difference is if kids are playing cricket in the streets from 3/4/5 year old. now for me the only reason they arent doing that is because it is not being encouraged at home. yes we harp on about development and basic infrastructure and and and, but look at the squalor Indian kids grow up in and then tell me poverty is an excuse. It may be that cricket is still attached to the many other historical injustices of our country, whether by accident or design. I live in a traditionally very conservative afrikaans neighbourhood in Cape Town's northern suburbs. In my 10 years living at the end of the cul-de-sac, the first time I have seen kids play cricket in front of my house is when 2 african families moved in to 2 of the residences. I give them tennis balls, I have shown them how to tape a tennis ball in order to swing it like Wasim, tbh I still owe them a set of wickets I promised them for Christmas. THAT is where it starts, not with me, but with the kids playing the game in the streets. and by us as a community getting involved. Yes my dogs go crazy because there's kids in the front yard and they are not used to them etc etc etc, but I put the dogs inside and let the kids have their fun. Or i take the rotties for a walk, but that is besides the point. And let me tell you one thing, there is a youngster there that can bat. I see he already has WP U/13 colours, I will be following his progress closely. GET THE COMMUNITIES involved and stop making it a political thing. Just let the kids play...

Shebeen, I feel you. But you will always read "after the umpires made due allowance for stoppages..." in there somewhere. DRS and all these bloody water breaks and glove changes basically make it impossible to achieve 15/hour, and that is also something that needs to be looked at and addressed.

https://m.wheels24.co.za/FormulaOne/max-verstappen-causes-snag-in-hamilton-mercedes-contract-negotiations-20200128 No need to comment. He just unloaded into his own foot, the f.,!$:ing retard. And im not referring to Toto or Crashtestdummy.