Superthread LXXI - Honouring Phil Hughes. 63*

[Bazal]

:lol:

El Diablo deleted my lost that said "more of a potato."

How precious can you get, what guidelines is that breaking?

Fantastic stuff, 10/10, would laugh again.

 

[muzby]

:lol:

El Diablo deleted my post that said "more of a potato."

How precious can you get, what guidelines is that breaking?

the no advertising rule.

you've now inadvertently boosted sales & profits of the ****** farmers by 20%.

in future, best you use 'non-specific variant of the tuber family of vegetables' when referring to ********

 

[butchmcdick]

The vegetable that dare not speak it's name

 

[Drew-Sta]

Gilchrist wasn't 36. Gilchrist was also, generally speaking, not as good a keeper as Haddin. And I remember very few as good as that grab yesterday from Gilly. He had some great takes, but the one Haddin took yesterday was ridiculous.

If Gilchrist wasn't a freakish striker of a cricket ball he would likely have been pushed out by Haddin much earlier. But he was too valuable a batsman to lose and his keeping improved by the end of his career

1m mark has two that look similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wu8GzQZO6A

There were heaps but YouTube is letting me down here.

 

[Drew-Sta]

1:17 too. Not a mirror, but very close to Haddin's catch.

 

[whall15]

Is Cricket over yet?

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

 

[Twizzle]

that was a brain explosion and a half

 

[thorson1987]

hahahahaha.

 

[muzby]

 

[Drew-Sta]

:lol: They're great.

 

[muzby]

so it's amazing how a simple change can make things more enjoyable..

mrs muzby shifted the couch recently - switched the focal point when sitting on the couch from the tv to the parkland across the road.

found myself reading more, the kids are more active and we play a lot more, and i am happy to just sit and relax by looking out the window..


of course, now i notice more of those pesky neighbourhood kids walking past..


think i now need me a rocking chair and a walking (shaking) stick for me to sit on the front deck..

 

[Twizzle]

The Big No Show just keeps on giving.

He no doubt has some talent but unfortunately nothing between the ears.

 

[kia ora storm]

Is the cricket over yet ?...yawn.

 

[Twizzle]

no, but I wish the commentary team would foad

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Even after that riveting talk about pizza for a few overs?

 

[muzby]

it's always enjoyable being on LU and seeing a pop-up notice telling you that a new private message has arrived..

but annoying when that message turns out to be just another 'post deletion notification'..

i'd be over 30,000 posts now if it wasn't for those things...

 

[muzby]

so the mother in law-had-her phone stolen..

i thought as a good son-in-law i'd surprise her with a replacement for christmas.

thought i'd been able to get her exactly the same model as what she had..

but alas, it was different and a little harder to use..

so said i'd get her another one..

needed the phone to be unopened to be able to return it, however she'd opened it and had taken a couple of photos at christmas..

so was in the process of making it look 'unopened' to get my cash back on the phone and get another one..

but then remembered the photos on the phone needed to be deleted..

so turned it on, said it needed a sim card to work..

so i took the sim out of my phone and inserted it..

forgetting that my sim was a small one..

and this phone had a slot for a large one..

as i watch my sim card disappear into the phone i say 'fiddle dee dee, that is annoying'..

any attempt by my fat fingers, or even a pair of tweezers to remove the sim prove fruitless, only helping to further entrench my sim in this god forsaken phone..

i try unscrewing it, but didn't have a micro-screwdriver small enough..

so i was left with three decisions, each with their own opportunity cost..

- decision 1 - take phone to phone repair shop and get them to remove it. opportunity cost of what they would charge me, plus time away from work today on a busy day..

- decision 2 - just push that card as far as possible in the phone, continue 'operation re-box' and just return the phone, then ring and ask for a new sim for myself. opportunity cost of not having my own phone working for NYE, plus a potential charge for a new sim..

- decision 3 - open the phone by any means possible and retrieve my sim. opportunity cost of potentially not being able to return the phone at all, foregoing the money i paid for the phone..


so i made my decision.


and i stand by it.

Spoiler: my decision

got a phone for sale if anyone wants it.. only slight cosmetic damage...

 

[Drew-Sta]

So... what your saying is your 'sim' was not big enough for your mother in laws 'phone'...

:sarcasm: