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Post by questa on Jan 25, 2018 13:19:32 GMT
** Having a fit of the giggles** Don't forget that for every convict America or Australia received, over a hundred stayed in UK. Maybe that is why so many crime v. detective series on TV are made about their descendants. Where would you be without Barnaby 1 and 2, Frost, Morse 1 and 2, Linley, Vera, Banks and their ilk.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 25, 2018 13:49:10 GMT
My son in law has an antique pocket watch with a name inscribed on it. We were able to trace the person and found he was deported to Australia for stealing potatoes.
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Post by questa on Jan 27, 2018 10:29:01 GMT
Oh Mick...what happened to the team yesterday?? 5 wickets for 8 runs at one stage...and all the little ducks! Still, they did a brave job of gaining some respectability and we had our own problems. What a difference a wicket makes.
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Post by questa on Jan 30, 2018 1:23:33 GMT
Well, well, well. Congratulations to the Poms for beating the Aussies 4-1 in the One Day series. What a funny old game this is! So many times sudden collapses followed by heroic comebacks have kept us entertained and the last match had such a close finish. Now for the triangular series. I see that the brand new WACA ground has had its first streaker.
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Feb 17, 2018 16:57:58 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 17, 2018 16:57:58 GMT
Great T20 game Oz chasing 244 to win!
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Post by questa on Feb 17, 2018 22:17:06 GMT
Your cricket season must be starting soon...Have your grandsons been selected for any good teams? I hope they are both fit again. Australian teams awash with injuries...have to rely on women's team again.
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Feb 18, 2018 10:30:30 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 18, 2018 10:30:30 GMT
A good couple of months to go yet. George has been training at Lords for the last 3 weeks and looking very good.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 17, 2018 20:18:03 GMT
Look ~ Bixa contributed to the cricket thread!
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Post by questa on Mar 17, 2018 23:50:47 GMT
Which came first? the early cricket player who looked at a patch of flat dirt and thought, "Ay, that's about the length I need to bowl a ball... *measures length* ...it's 22 yards....mmm... easy to forget odd numbers so I'll call it one chain." *writes in large book* OR
Australian Patrol Boat runs aground on a desert island in a storm. Next morning... Captain:- "Lillee, Thomson -you go and find fresh water...the rest come with me to find a piece of ground exactly one chain long. Then we shall slash around it and level it and have a hit of cricket." *writes in boat's Log...Day one*
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 18, 2018 9:33:58 GMT
Have we converted you then bixa?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 18, 2018 16:09:37 GMT
I am mystified by and apparently resistant to all sports.
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Post by mossie on Mar 19, 2018 19:35:33 GMT
Back to the measurement.
That chain is "Gunter's Chain", made of 100 links each 8 inches long. Going back to chanting out tables at school. "12 inches , 1 foot; 3 feet 1 yard; 22 yards, one chain; 10 chains, One furlong; 8 furlongs, one mile. So you see distance measurement is simple, no need to make mistakes with decimal places.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 19, 2018 19:41:35 GMT
That's great, Mossie ~ thanks! Now when I read those terms in novels, I'll actually have a sense of what they mean.
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Post by questa on Mar 20, 2018 0:14:53 GMT
The State of South Australia was settled by businessmen, farmers, miners etc. The first thing they did was survey fertile ground, get it on maps and sell it. The common subdivision was called a "Hundred". I can't find here how big this was, but between each hundred was a strip of land which was 3 chains wide.
These strips soon became roads, then as proper roads were built, they became derelict. Now they are the playground of the budding rally drivers.They are simply called 3 chainers and the surface is usually long grass, mud holes, rocks and dry scrub to get around.
If you are thrashing a Mini through the dry grass and bunch of it gets caught under the car, right where the external petrol line runs beside the battery line which is chipped and sparks at times...Yup! spark caught grass but by the time the vapor started flaring we had an extinguisher on it
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Mar 22, 2018 13:28:49 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 22, 2018 13:28:49 GMT
My son sent me this -
The testicular guard (box) was first used in 1874 but the helmet did not appear until 1974.
It took men 100 years to realise the brain is also important.
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Post by questa on Mar 25, 2018 4:17:51 GMT
Australian Team has brought shame to the game. The "Leadership Group" i.e. the more senior players have given instructions to a young bowler to cheat with his bowling.
The rule is called "tampering with the ball" and bad sports try to make the ball 'slippery' on one side and roughened on the other. This gives them an advantage as the ball is more tricky for the batsman to hit.In the past bowlers have used fingernails, bottletops, and sand in the pocket to roughen the ball, and hair oil and sunscreen to polish it.
It seems that the bowler yesterday was bowling with tape on the ball.I just can't believe the story. It would be the most stupid and obvious thing, zero chance of getting away with it.There has been some bad blood between the S African crowds and the Oz players last couple of weeks...makes me wonder if the Oz team were making a contemptuous gesture. Meanwhile Oz followers are left to don sackcloth and ashes until the full tale emerges. What is SA like atm re this, Tod?
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Mar 25, 2018 8:15:00 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 25, 2018 8:15:00 GMT
Good account questa.
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Post by questa on Mar 25, 2018 10:39:28 GMT
The team captain and vice captain have 'stood aside' until the finish of the current match. I was saddened to see that 2 of the other 3 who knew about it are favourites of mine.
The bowler had in his pocket a strip of strong sticky tape which had been pressed into sand, which made it like flexible sandpaper. He was using this to roughen the ball.
It was the lead story in Oz news tonight. Anger, shame and sadness...men choked up and in tears.Replays of the shame of the underarm bowling scandal in 1981. Reporters tripping over each other getting street interviews...all from devastated cricket followers who seemed to be in shock.
I can imagine the mood when the game resumes...UGLY.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 25, 2018 14:06:26 GMT
Oh Questa, as we say here "Wat en gedoenta" meaning of course 'What a happening'! I wish I could have blazened through the screen and hit the culprit over the head with his own bat. For pity's sake man...are you crazy? With the whole world scrutinizing every move you decide to play "the magician" and loose. I am so disappointed for the whole game of cricket. Where does the saying come from "Eh, that's not cricket fella" From the HONESTY of the game!!
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Mar 25, 2018 16:30:09 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 25, 2018 16:30:09 GMT
Pathetic action so far. A 1 match ban and Test fee withheld. Seems cheating is not so terrible after all.
Would not be sorry to see Lehmann go. He has no class.
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Post by questa on Mar 25, 2018 22:54:59 GMT
Two investigating officials are flying to S Africa to make a full inquiry before penalties are decided.
Suggestions from cricketing media that "Everyone is doing it now" and reminders that S A got caught at the beginning of the season...
and to top it off, a dismal result in the game itself.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 29, 2018 17:23:30 GMT
Well, its off our news now. All I can say is the suspicion something was not right by our Fane de Villiers led to him tipping off the cameramen around the field and Lo and behold! What did they capture...the crook redhanded. I was watching the match live on TV and the camera swung onto the culprit I sat up and exclaimed "WTF"!!! I don't think Fanie thought it was going to be so simple to see. Well what do we do now? We start again. We pick up the pieces and let cricket live!
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 29, 2018 17:39:53 GMT
I saw that big nasty news was the lead story on the BBC News website this afternoon. It isn't the top story anymore, but it is still there: www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/43584435
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 30, 2018 12:59:45 GMT
What idiots. They have totally shot themselves in the foot for future earnings.
Can't help but think others knew about it. Pleased that Lehmann has gone-no class.
Be nice to see Oz get back to the Gilchrist era of playing.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 30, 2018 13:35:28 GMT
Been stuck in front of the telly almost all day. Of course we were so happy when Markram got his 100
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Post by mossie on Mar 30, 2018 15:02:27 GMT
Not nice to see an Australian captain crying like a spoilt child who has had his toys taken away, where is the old 'stiff upper lip'?
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 30, 2018 19:23:18 GMT
Australians do not need to be manly men. Only the British are still trapped in that psychotic fraud.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 30, 2018 20:15:19 GMT
That's a very old myth.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 30, 2018 21:56:49 GMT
During the war, I'm sure it was a nice myth, but those times have definitely passed.
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Post by questa on Mar 30, 2018 22:57:33 GMT
Australian men will cry when overcome by grief.Remember Prime Minister Hawke's reaction to the Tienanmen Square massacre when he announced that all Chinese students in Australia could stay here. His description of events in the square had many Australians in tears also.
Now the cricket. If you watch Smith's interview you can see the peaks in his grief, and they come when he is talking about his country and his team. Most of all was the overwhelming burst of tears when he almost suddenly remembered his grandfather, and how he had let him down as well.This was too much so the interview stopped.
As for Lehmann...His style may not be at home in the Long Room at Lord's and he has come from the outer suburbs where you have to be tough to get on. He was a very good batsman at a time when Oz had a plethora of good batsmen. He was a good coach but his easygoing manner worried some of the oldtimers in the sport. He has decided to resign as well, not from feelings of guilt but to show unity with his men.
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