OT: 109th Obsequious Banter Thread: In the Driver's Seat

[Tripod]

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

You forgot to @Striiker

 

[Tripod]

I thought of him when i saw it but he doesn't respond to me anymore so didn’t @ him.

You forgot to @Striiker

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@Captain Dave Poulin

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Captain Dave Poulin

I wonder if she sells her own Mad Libs books at the merch table.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

This winter up here has been stupid. Mid 60s days, below zero cold, snow, ice. Sometimes we have those swings in less than 24 hours.

 

[DayoftheGreek]

We had a tornado yesterday. In Jersey. Its February.

 

[Appleyard]

Last I checked the weather at Bay Oval, it seems like a draw would be hard to avoid.

That seems like a great day to hang out and spend a day.

The weather seems like an Anderson 5-for and a draw for sure aha.

Humid, wet, rain showers and ~20 degrees?

Jimmy Clouderson's favourite weather aha.

Though England have made 5 day tests 3 day events this last year so who knows!

 

[trostol]

Bay Oval

it is on my bucket list to hit

 

[Appleyard]

it is on my bucket list to hit

For me:

Bay Oval
Galle International Stadium
Newlands
Adelaide Oval
Arnos Vale

would be my five... combining history, locations and beauty.

Already been to basically the historic English grounds apart from the Oval. (Lords, Trent Bridge, Edgebaston, Headingly and Old Trafford)

 

[Embiid]

So last Thurs I stopped at the Target in NE Philly not far from the old Nabisco site and I felt like I walked into an old style PA liquor store where the bottles were behind the counter. Large areas of the store had stock under lock and key. I had to ask a roving employee to get items for me locked behind plexiglass shelves. Must be a store they are piloting anti-theft with. I am not going back to that store and hopefully they do not incorporate that concept with other Target locations...

 

[Lord Defect]

New conspiracy theory just dropped!!!

 

[trostol]

So last Thurs I stopped at the Target in NE Philly not far from the old Nabisco site and I felt like I walked into an old style PA liquor store where the bottles were behind the counter. Large areas of the store had stock under lock and key. I had to ask a roving employee to get items for me locked behind plexiglass shelves. Must be a store they are piloting anti-theft with. I am not going back to that store and hopefully they do not incorporate that concept with other Target locations...

not shocked..we keep trying to get that into our store for things like tide pods..general merchandise ...theft is a huge problem..last week i stopped a dude that tried to snag 200 worth of beef..came back an hour later thinking he could fool us by changing his hoodie and tried to steal 150 worth of salmon and this is a store in a nice neighborhood of the city

 

[Beef Invictus]

The weather seems like an Anderson 5-for and a draw for sure aha.

Humid, wet, rain showers and ~20 degrees?

Jimmy Clouderson's favourite weather aha.

Though England have made 5 day tests 3 day events this last year so who knows!

First time I checked, it was only supposed to rain the first 1.5 days. And England had positive odds, so I happily dumped five bucks on them to win because 3.5 days is more than enough for them. Checked again a day later and it was ~50% rain for days. I sadly cashed out at a slight loss.

If their fielding wasn't such a surprising debacle in the first innings against NZ they might have finished that test in 2ish days, but there's a solid chance they don't get even that kind of time.

 

[Lord Defect]

 

[Embiid]

not shocked..we keep trying to get that into our store for things like tide pods..general merchandise ...theft is a huge problem..last week i stopped a dude that tried to snag 200 worth of beef..came back an hour later thinking he could fool us by changing his hoodie and tried to steal 150 worth of salmon and this is a store in a nice neighborhood of the city

Salmon theft? Jeesh..

This is an interesting approach

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nypost.com

 

[Appleyard]

First time I checked, it was only supposed to rain the first 1.5 days. And England had positive odds, so I happily dumped five bucks on them to win because 3.5 days is more than enough for them. Checked again a day later and it was ~50% rain for days. I sadly cashed out at a slight loss.

If their fielding wasn't such a surprising debacle in the first innings against NZ they might have finished that test in 2ish days, but there's a solid chance they don't get even that kind of time.

Bad toss to lose... swinging round corners and seaming too.

If England make it to 250 that would be great.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Bad toss to lose... swinging round corners and seaming too.

If England make it to 250 that would be great.

So long as they don't try to force things to try and beat the weather they should, I imagine

 

[Beef Invictus]

@Appleyard


Root and Brook have the situation under control.

 

[Asnito]

How Russia's 35-mile armoured convoy ended in failure

How Russia's plan to overthrow Ukraine's government ended in embarrassing failure.

www.bbc.com

 

[Appleyard]

@Appleyard


Root and Brook have the situation under control.

Yeh... dug them out of a bit of a hole did the Yorkies there!

I was sat watched Lancs vs Yorks last year with Root and Brook batting together (before Brook made England debut) and this old, grumpy, stereotypical Yorkshireman was just complaining about him and heckling him.

Stuff like "he might have talent, but he'll never make it for England if he does not learn that this is a first class game and not a T20... needs to reign in that aggression."

Me and my brother chuckled. Aha.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yeh... dug them out of a bit of a hole did the Yorkies there!

I was sat watched Lancs vs Yorks last year with Root and Brook batting together (before Brook made England debut) and this old, grumpy, stereotypical Yorkshireman was just complaining about him and heckling him.

Stuff like "he might have talent, but he'll never make it for England if he does not learn that this is a first class game and not a T20... needs to reign in that aggression."

Me and my brother chuckled. Aha.

These two are seeing to it that Wagner will have shellshock by the end of the series.

I saw the odds for England shoot up a bit after NZ hit the 3 fast wickets and I had to ignore weather and bet on them again.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Brook is so powerful he could swallow an entire ham to refuel. He's a machine that converts ham into runs.

 

[trostol]

good lord..NZ getting destroyed again

 

[trostol]

Yeh... dug them out of a bit of a hole did the Yorkies there!

I was sat watched Lancs vs Yorks last year with Root and Brook batting together (before Brook made England debut) and this old, grumpy, stereotypical Yorkshireman was just complaining about him and heckling him.

Stuff like "he might have talent, but he'll never make it for England if he does not learn that this is a first class game and not a T20... needs to reign in that aggression."

Me and my brother chuckled. Aha.

sounds like 2 of NZ players..Finn Allen and Glenn Phillips