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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 23:06:08 GMT
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Post by marsexplorer on Aug 5, 2018 0:14:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 0:21:33 GMT
That's not a shocker. hope your Vikes do well and you stick around this upcoming NCAA hoops season. not many NCAA hoops fans here....... this is definitely a definitive season for Cousins to prove he's elite. isn't the Vikes 'D' still 'top tier'? no excuses for Cousins now unless their O-Line is hurting and is Dalvin Cook ready? |
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Post by weststigersbob on Aug 5, 2018 1:21:58 GMT
August is a great month in Australia for sport. AFL and Rugby League are in the final month of regular season play Rugby Union Internationals start and all the summer sports are gearing up ready to go in October / November, so the anticipation starts about now... Gonna be down in Australia this month. Anything in particular I should make sure to watch while there? If you are in Melbourne go see a game of Aussie Rules at the MCG. It truly is the one sport that is much better to watch live at the stadium than on TV. If you are in Sydney or Brisbane there are a couple of interesting Rugby League games on, but the highlight in Sydney will be Australia v New Zealand Rugby Union Match on Aug 18.... |
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Post by marsexplorer on Aug 5, 2018 1:22:19 GMT
That's not a shocker. hope your Vikes do well and you stick around this upcoming NCAA hoops season. not many NCAA hoops fans here....... this is definitely a definitive season for Cousins to prove he's elite. isn't the Vikes 'D' still 'top tier'? no excuses for Cousins now unless their O-Line is hurting and is Dalvin Cook ready? I just ate Brat patties off the grill and locally grown sweet corn. Man that was good. Yeah, there are high expectations among Vikings fans this year. I think anything less than a Super Bowl will be a disappointment. Whether that's fair or not who knows, but that's the way it is. They signed all the defensive players whose contracts were up and added Sheldon Richardson, a damn good defensive tackle, so they should be among the best if not the best. Cousins is the wildcard. The O-Line has training camp injuries already and were expected to be their weakness to begin with. Dalvin Cook says he is 100% good to go and looks good in limited practice. He will be an awesome weapon along with the returning receivers if he remains healthy. How about your Eagles? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 1:33:11 GMT
hope your Vikes do well and you stick around this upcoming NCAA hoops season. not many NCAA hoops fans here....... this is definitely a definitive season for Cousins to prove he's elite. isn't the Vikes 'D' still 'top tier'? no excuses for Cousins now unless their O-Line is hurting and is Dalvin Cook ready? I just ate Brat patties off the grill and locally grown sweet corn. Man that was good. Yeah, there are high expectations among Vikings fans this year. I think anything less than a Super Bowl will be a disappointment. Whether that's fair or not who knows, but that's the way it is. They signed all the defensive players whose contracts were up and added Sheldon Richardson, a damn good defensive tackle, so they should be among the best if not the best. Cousins is the wildcard. The O-Line has training camp injuries already and were expected to be their weakness to begin with. Dalvin Cook says he is 100% good to go and looks good in limited practice. He will be an awesome weapon along with the returning receivers is he remains healthy. How about your Eagles? very excited. want to see if Hicks (LB) can finally stay healthy. intrigued by the rumors of switching Mills (CB) to safety. deep DE rotation. love the TE draft pick of Dallas (Philly) Goedert (I'm probably being a homer). of course curious to see what happens Game #1 - if Wentz does start - and they drama that may ensue - hated losing Blount to the Lions but maybe Ajayi and Clement can prove to be a force in the backfield. curious when Jeffery comes back - and if Agholor can become a top WR in the NFL. not to seem overconfident, cocky or arrogant as a fan - i think they'll win the division - but am hoping the cowboys, giants and skins give them a run for their money so we have an exciting year. it's amazing - Cowboys/Eagles - New Years Eve last year - i can't ever recall a more meaningless game between 2 hated rivals. it's why you want your rivals to be good. i'm sure you'd like nothing more than to knock off the Pack or Bears the final week of the season solidifying the division and knocking them out of playoff contention. |
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Post by marsexplorer on Aug 5, 2018 1:57:34 GMT
i'm sure you'd like nothing more than to knock off the Pack or Bears the final week of the season solidifying the division and knocking them out of playoff contention. There is no doubt about it. |
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Post by You_Got_A_Stew_Goin_Baby on Aug 5, 2018 20:22:08 GMT
Mineral exploration. I enjoy hiking around remote parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada looking for interesting minerals. Found some gold, fluorite, lapiz lazuli, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, amazonite, and realgar. Have you ever been to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum? They have multiple rooms dedicated to minerals and gems with some amazing specimens. After going through it, I realized I didn't know much about them. I haven’t been the LA Natural History Museum since I was a little kid. I’ll have hit it up next time I’m in LA. I majored in geology at school and briefly worked as an exploration geologist for a gold company in Nevada. Nowadays I’m a geo-engineer working on construction projects. It’s good work, but it lacks emphasis on mineralogy that disciplines of geology possess. Nothing quite like finding a cool crystal/gemstone from the ground. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 20:48:38 GMT
Have you ever been to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum? They have multiple rooms dedicated to minerals and gems with some amazing specimens. After going through it, I realized I didn't know much about them. I haven’t been the LA Natural History Museum since I was a little kid. I’ll have hit it up next time I’m in LA. I majored in geology at school and briefly worked as an exploration geologist for a gold company in Nevada. Nowadays I’m a geo-engineer working on construction projects. It’s good work, but it lacks emphasis on mineralogy that disciplines of geology possess. Nothing quite like finding a cool crystal/gemstone from the ground.  soooo...........in layman's terms you're the 'helper' digging trenches outside of the excavator - the guy with the shovel in the yellow hard hat and fluorescent vest. Dig here!  |
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Post by You_Got_A_Stew_Goin_Baby on Aug 5, 2018 20:52:39 GMT
I haven’t been the LA Natural History Museum since I was a little kid. I’ll have hit it up next time I’m in LA. I majored in geology at school and briefly worked as an exploration geologist for a gold company in Nevada. Nowadays I’m a geo-engineer working on construction projects. It’s good work, but it lacks emphasis on mineralogy that disciplines of geology possess. Nothing quite like finding a cool crystal/gemstone from the ground. soooo...........in layman's terms you're the 'helper' digging trenches outside of the excavator - the guy with the shovel in the yellow hard hat and fluorescent vest. Dig here! Close. I’m the guy who watches the guys who actually dig. If I were the guy digging, the work would never get finished. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 6, 2018 13:57:23 GMT
Gonna be down in Australia this month. Anything in particular I should make sure to watch while there? If you are in Melbourne go see a game of Aussie Rules at the MCG. It truly is the one sport that is much better to watch live at the stadium than on TV. If you are in Sydney or Brisbane there are a couple of interesting Rugby League games on, but the highlight in Sydney will be Australia v New Zealand Rugby Union Match on Aug 18.... I'll be moving around a little bit, but I will indeed be in Sydney on the 18th. My guess is that I'll be unlikely to get tickets to that, and I'm not sure I'll have the time, but it's good to know that there's a big event to check out. If I can't go what is the best environment to watch? And any other general advice of stuff to see and do in Cairns, Ayers Rock, or Sydney? |
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Post by weststigersbob on Aug 6, 2018 14:53:35 GMT
If you are in Melbourne go see a game of Aussie Rules at the MCG. It truly is the one sport that is much better to watch live at the stadium than on TV. If you are in Sydney or Brisbane there are a couple of interesting Rugby League games on, but the highlight in Sydney will be Australia v New Zealand Rugby Union Match on Aug 18.... I'll be moving around a little bit, but I will indeed be in Sydney on the 18th. My guess is that I'll be unlikely to get tickets to that, and I'm not sure I'll have the time, but it's good to know that there's a big event to check out. If I can't go what is the best environment to watch? And any other general advice of stuff to see and do in Cairns, Ayers Rock, or Sydney? Never been to Cairns, Ayers Rock (which is called Uluru now) is pretty isolated and Alice Springs is the only ‘town’ within several hundred miles of the place. Even then, it’s a country town with not much going on. Sydney is a truly beautiful city, and the only bad thing about being in Sydney in August is that it’s quite cool by Australian standards so the beach is off limits. The best thing to do in Sydney is catch a ferry around the harbour. The best views of the Bridge, Opera House and everything else is on a ferry. I could just walk around the city all day, and find interesting things from convict history right through to modern Australia. The majority of people are friendly and are happy to help. As for the football, head to a pub. Anywhere. You’ll find what you are after. But, don’t give up hope of securing a ticket if nose bleed seats don’t bother you. The stadium holds 80,000+ and it rarely sells out fully. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 6, 2018 16:05:22 GMT
I'll be moving around a little bit, but I will indeed be in Sydney on the 18th. My guess is that I'll be unlikely to get tickets to that, and I'm not sure I'll have the time, but it's good to know that there's a big event to check out. If I can't go what is the best environment to watch? And any other general advice of stuff to see and do in Cairns, Ayers Rock, or Sydney? Never been to Cairns, Ayers Rock (which is called Uluru now) is pretty isolated and Alice Springs is the only ‘town’ within several hundred miles of the place. Even then, it’s a country town with not much going on. Sydney is a truly beautiful city, and the only bad thing about being in Sydney in August is that it’s quite cool by Australian standards so the beach is off limits. The best thing to do in Sydney is catch a ferry around the harbour. The best views of the Bridge, Opera House and everything else is on a ferry. I could just walk around the city all day, and find interesting things from convict history right through to modern Australia. The majority of people are friendly and are happy to help. As for the football, head to a pub. Anywhere. You’ll find what you are after. But, don’t give up hope of securing a ticket if nose bleed seats don’t bother you. The stadium holds 80,000+ and it rarely sells out fully. Cool, thanks for the info. I'm gonna be hopping around, but the most of the down time will be in Sydney, and if I have some time and can convince the wife I'll totally be looking into tickets for that game. Tickets as of now seem to be really reasonable, actually. We are taking a long bus tour in Sydney the first day which I hope will give us a sense of the layout and inform us what we wanna see again in the following days, that also includes an opera house tour, and then a wildlife tour at the 'Blue Mountains.' And I'll definitely be looking into a ferry tour too, that sounds great. If you know anything about Aukland I'll listen to you on that as well. And I love just walking around a new city and exploring on my own. I love finding some restaurant or pub just walking down the street. Really looking forward to it. That said, if you have any food recommendations, I'm all ears. Also, I hear you guys have a great coffee culture down there, which I'm anticipating. What about boozin? Other than Fosters we don't get much in the way of Aussie beer up here, but I'm sure there's a ton of good stuff. And I understand there's a somewhat newer whiskey industry emerging too. Anyway, thanks for the advice. I'll definitely be looking into to some of that stuff. |
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Post by WullieFort on Aug 6, 2018 16:33:16 GMT
I enjoy removing hairs from my nose and ears.
I buy trainers. I have around 17 pairs. I favour Airwalk and also socks (have about 50 pair, half of them white/whitish
Coffee and a muffin at Cafe Nerro. I only drink their coffee at home.
Good red wine. Favourites = Rioja, Malbec, Merlot and Chianti. Not easy to get the latter in local non-Italian restaurants (Canterbury). Similar in a way to Paris, where French restaurants will only sell French wine.
European history up to the end of the Renaissance and the introduction of gunpowder which signalled the end of "chivalry"
The novels of Jon Connolly and Robert Wilson
I collect Cafetieres (A New hobby)
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Post by weststigersbob on Aug 7, 2018 5:22:17 GMT
masterofallgoonsCoffee Culture : Extremely good coffee is EVERYWHERE in Sydney and Melbourne. So much so, that Starbucks hasn’t been able to crack the market because many locals view their products as inferior. In the ‘trendier’ areas of suburban Sydney and Melbourne there are now specialty Greek and Turkish coffee shops compared to simply just Italian style espresso. Bus Tours - the general gist I get from these is that they tend to not tell you anything about anything. The Blue Mountains are a good 2 hours from the CBD. Some of the lanscapes are simply stunning. If that’s your thing, Sydney is truly blessed. The city is ringed on 3 sides by national parks and bush walking/hiking of all types and standards are everywhere. Beer - Australia is very similar to the USA when it comes to beer. The plebs drink swill. But there is plenty of craft stuff around everywhere which is fantastic. If you can find Fosters, you are doing well. No locals drink it....
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