Having a knee that wakes me up 10 times a night due to pain.
I woke up in the morning just under 2 weeks ago and stretched and pop, my knee just goes out, same one I had reconstructive surgery on 10 years ago. It really grinds my gears that I hurt myself without even getting out of bed for the day.
This doesn't grind my gears though, got a doctors referral for an MRI on Thursday, they called today and booked me for Friday morning. I love people that cancel appointments!
Very large vet bills. I guessed what it was going to be and it was around that figure. I don't like when that happens. Some girls blow paychecks on shopping sprees, I spend mine on vet bills.
Hearing ####ty parents or grandparents lose their temper and then swear or yell at their younger children in the grocery store. I heard an older women frak out and yell at two little girls who wanted ice cream, and the. Went to self check out and swore because she was too stupid to figure it out.
I bet those kids, unfortunately will end you like her, growing up in that environment.
I feel like "the alberta advantage" is having the pleasure of watching a usually overweight, mid twenties women, with tattoos, and most likely no higher education, yell and be unable to control her kids at Walmart, on a weekly basis.
I feel like "the alberta advantage" is having the pleasure of watching a usually overweight, mid twenties women, with tattoos, and most likely no higher education, yell and be unable to control her kids at Walmart, on a weekly basis.
You can avoid this by going back to where you came from.
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Yay we can all make sports sound completely ridiculous!
Being good at soccer takes no more or less dedication or effort than being good at anything. From building bridges to drawing cartoons. And if there's any easy sport in the world to just pick up and play it is 100% most definitely baseball. Funnily enough it also gets the award for the slowest, the most boring, and the overall stupidest. But hey, teams get more than a couple points per side usually so it must be more interesting, right?
You seem pretty low on baseball... As far as picking something up and being able to play it, I would love to see you in the box against a guy throwing mid 90's fastballs at you. I'm going to go ahead and assume you wouldn't be able to play that game...... Or who knows, I mean it's boring , slow, and stupid so it must be really easy.
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if you can't reach them just send a text or email.
*rant is not directed at you, just my dislike of voice mail.
Yup I agree. My voicemail greeting specifically says you can contact me via text for a quicker response.
I'd say only about 10% of callers bother to text me though.
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I don't mind so much that I am here, as they are paying me, but I have other things to do this morning that don't rotate on whenever they decide to get out of bed.
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fortis power was really grinding my gears last night
at about 5pm last night our power went out for 2-4 seconds... just long enough to get 'flashing 12:00s' on every clock in the house. whatever, we're just getting ready for dinner and with the bbq going outside and cooking up some stuff on the gas stove inside it didn't really effect us too much. the gear grinder is that we kept losing power about every 5 minutes until 7pm, at which time a fortis truck was seen in the neighbourhood. then the power outages occurred about every 20 minutes and were still happening when i left for the rink at 9pm.
i'm not looking forward to later this week when kelowna is supposed to get hit with a heat wave. it wasn't even that hot yesterday, mid 30s tops
(apparently the outages were due to too much power being used... mostly from a/c units i would assume)
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You seem pretty low on baseball... As far as picking something up and being able to play it, I would love to see you in the box against a guy throwing mid 90's fastballs at you. I'm going to go ahead and assume you wouldn't be able to play that game...... Or who knows, I mean it's boring , slow, and stupid so it must be really easy.
I am very low on baseball as a sport to watch. I love playing baseball in the park with friends and beers, and yes it is relatively easy to pick up and play. We had a baseball game in the park a few weeks ago where 3 girls who have never played baseball in their lives operated just fine. Obviously there's no 90 mph fast balls, but UCB seemed to allude to playing pick-up, not being a professional. As far as that goes, being a professional athlete in any sport is absoultely not easy, no matter which one it is.
A random collection of people can put together a decent baseball game and it would go much smoother than a soccer game IMO, mostly because soccer involves running for longer than 30 feet while controlling a ball with your feet. Can you hold a beer while playing relatively competitive game of soccer? I know I've had plenty of baseball games sipping on a beer in the outfield while the play goes on.
But as far as watching, I don't see how someone could say that baseball is not the slowest sport. Enjoyment of it is, of course, subjective.
But before we start this again I will just let you know that you will never convince me that baseball is exciting. I tried sitting through the final game where the Red Sox had the chance to win their first championship since the Babe Ruth trade, and about 15 minutes in I started watching hockey highlights I'd already seen.
I have loads of respect for individual abilities of pro-athletes in any sport (throwing a ball 100 mph, curving a ball dramatically only using your feet, picking a puck-sized corner, etc...), but when I see CC Sabathia on the mound all I can think is "that guy is a pro athlete? How?". It's obviously because it requires different skill sets and CC doesnt need to move really at all, but you make sickening money to stand on a hill and throw a ball (incredibly fast). When you're not doing that, how about a sit up.
Christiano Rinaldo does 1000 crunches a day, along with incredible endurance training. Does CC throw a few pitches at practice then go crush a bucket of KFC or something?
I am very low on baseball as a sport to watch. I love playing baseball in the park with friends and beers, and yes it is relatively easy to pick up and play. We had a baseball game in the park a few weeks ago where 3 girls who have never played baseball in their lives operated just fine. Obviously there's no 90 mph fast balls, but UCB seemed to allude to playing pick-up, not being a professional. As far as that goes, being a professional athlete in any sport is absoultely not easy, no matter which one it is.
A random collection of people can put together a decent baseball game and it would go much smoother than a soccer game IMO, mostly because soccer involves running for longer than 30 feet while controlling a ball with your feet. Can you hold a beer while playing relatively competitive game of soccer? I know I've had plenty of baseball games sipping on a beer in the outfield while the play goes on.
But as far as watching, I don't see how someone could say that baseball is not the slowest sport. Enjoyment of it is, of course, subjective.
But before we start this again I will just let you know that you will never convince me that baseball is exciting. I tried sitting through the final game where the Red Sox had the chance to win their first championship since the Babe Ruth trade, and about 15 minutes in I started watching hockey highlights I'd already seen.
I have loads of respect for individual abilities of pro-athletes in any sport (throwing a ball 100 mph, curving a ball dramatically only using your feet, picking a puck-sized corner, etc...), but when I see CC Sabathia on the mound all I can think is "that guy is a pro athlete? How?". It's obviously because it requires different skill sets and CC doesnt need to move really at all, but you make sickening money to stand on a hill and throw a ball (incredibly fast). When you're not doing that, how about a sit up.
Christiano Rinaldo does 1000 crunches a day, along with incredible endurance training. Does CC throw a few pitches at practice then go crush a bucket of KFC or something?
Christiano Ronaldo, should hit the weight room......
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Christiano Ronaldo, should hit the weight room......
I'm sure he hits the weights plenty. I hate the guy more than most probably, but you can't deny the dude is in incredible shape, like all soccer players. They have to be. Just like hockey players. Even the big football linemen can generally run a 40 faster than most people.
I just don't see that type of need in some baseball positions. Has Ortiz ever stood on 1st base? Designated hitters who either go yard or are out are the worst of it. A hit that will net a regular guy a double or triple and these guys can't make it to first. I lose a lot of respect for the game watching stuff like that.
But you hate baseball too so we can be friends. If I ex-communicated anyone who hates soccer, I would have about 5 friends.
I am very low on baseball as a sport to watch. I love playing baseball in the park with friends and beers, and yes it is relatively easy to pick up and play. We had a baseball game in the park a few weeks ago where 3 girls who have never played baseball in their lives operated just fine. Obviously there's no 90 mph fast balls, but UCB seemed to allude to playing pick-up, not being a professional. As far as that goes, being a professional athlete in any sport is absoultely not easy, no matter which one it is.
A random collection of people can put together a decent baseball game and it would go much smoother than a soccer game IMO, mostly because soccer involves running for longer than 30 feet while controlling a ball with your feet. Can you hold a beer while playing relatively competitive game of soccer? I know I've had plenty of baseball games sipping on a beer in the outfield while the play goes on.
But as far as watching, I don't see how someone could say that baseball is not the slowest sport. Enjoyment of it is, of course, subjective.
Saying baseball is relatively easy to pick up, and play at a relatively competitive level is very subjective on what you call competitive. If you consider it "competitive" when as you allude too, standing in the field drinking a beer, playing with people who have never played before, that is far from what I would call competitive.
I grew up playing baseball, which is where I made a lot of my friends, so when we get together to have a fun game of ball in the park, we play to our skill set. I assure you, someone who has never played the game before, could not just jump in, and keep our game running smoothly.
As for soccer, I never played on a team as a child, but many of my friends did, and at very high levels, yet, I can jump on the field with them for fun, and keep the game running very smoothly. Being able to run for more than 30 feet, and have coordination is much easier than being able to track a fly ball, or hit a curve ball, or be quick enough to field a ground ball, and make a 115' throw across the infield to get a runner out.
I do agree, watching baseball on TV can be very slow, and boring, even for a true baseball fan, because the enjoyment of baseball comes with the constant adrenaline rush of every pitch thrown, or crack of the bat. In my opinion, Soccer is no more entertaining for the most part. Watching people run back and forth passing a ball around for an hour and a half, ending in very low scores is also very slow and boring.
As for soccer, I never played on a team as a child, but many of my friends did, and at very high levels, yet, I can jump on the field with them for fun, and keep the game running very smoothly. Being able to run for more than 30 feet, and have coordination is much easier than being able to track a fly ball, or hit a curve ball, or be quick enough to field a ground ball, and make a 115' throw across the infield to get a runner out.
These are all developed baseball skills. When you step on the soccer pitch can you curve the ball? Drop in a proper corner? Head the ball and direct it? Pick the corner of the net from 50 feet out? take and control a pass while running full speed?
As I said I respect the individual skills of all sports. You and your friends are not a random collection of players, you are trained baseball players. If you have a bunch of Jr A hockey players playing a scrimmage, and you throw in one or two players on each team that can barely skate, the game will still move along fine. But if you have a random collection of talent, not so much. A random collection of talent can put together a cohesive baseball game, follow the rules, and anyone who's relatively athletic can usually contribute somewhat. The score would be high becauseof a lack of defensive abilities, but the most someone can adversely affect the pace of the play is by not being able to hit the ball, and that's solved rather quickly with 3 strikes.
A full random collection of people playing soccer is more likely to turn into a herd of people following the ball around with a few people picking their noses on the outside because they don't know what to do, and one or two people that actually move the ball along properly.
I can definitely see why someone would find soccer boring. I used to. I still do sometimes, but there's also boring hockey games. I just get irked when people call it slow, boring, low scoring, and then turn around and watch baseball or football all day and claim them to be "better". The more I watched soccer, the more I realized that the flow of the game (ie how the game actually moves, the rules, the positions) is very similar to hockey, just slower with more people. In fact I'm pretty sure hockey itself was originally conceived as essentially soccer on ice by settling Euros.
I am very low on baseball as a sport to watch. I love playing baseball in the park with friends and beers, and yes it is relatively easy to pick up and play. We had a baseball game in the park a few weeks ago where 3 girls who have never played baseball in their lives operated just fine. Obviously there's no 90 mph fast balls, but UCB seemed to allude to playing pick-up, not being a professional. As far as that goes, being a professional athlete in any sport is absoultely not easy, no matter which one it is.
A random collection of people can put together a decent baseball game and it would go much smoother than a soccer game IMO, mostly because soccer involves running for longer than 30 feet while controlling a ball with your feet. Can you hold a beer while playing relatively competitive game of soccer? I know I've had plenty of baseball games sipping on a beer in the outfield while the play goes on.
But as far as watching, I don't see how someone could say that baseball is not the slowest sport. Enjoyment of it is, of course, subjective.
But before we start this again I will just let you know that you will never convince me that baseball is exciting. I tried sitting through the final game where the Red Sox had the chance to win their first championship since the Babe Ruth trade, and about 15 minutes in I started watching hockey highlights I'd already seen.
I have loads of respect for individual abilities of pro-athletes in any sport (throwing a ball 100 mph, curving a ball dramatically only using your feet, picking a puck-sized corner, etc...), but when I see CC Sabathia on the mound all I can think is "that guy is a pro athlete? How?". It's obviously because it requires different skill sets and CC doesnt need to move really at all, but you make sickening money to stand on a hill and throw a ball (incredibly fast). When you're not doing that, how about a sit up.
Christiano Rinaldo does 1000 crunches a day, along with incredible endurance training. Does CC throw a few pitches at practice then go crush a bucket of KFC or something?
Here's one of the best linemen on the NFL, Vince Wilfork:
No he doesn't look like Ronaldo, but he is one of the most important athletes on one of the best NFL teams. Should he mix in a sit up? Being big, doesn't mean you aren't a good athlete. In baseball, for every Prince Fielder and CC Sabathia, there are 100 guys like Derek Jeter, Hunter Pence, Troy Tulowitzki, Alfonso Soriano, and/or Ichiro Suzkuki (In terms of fitness, not skill level). This isn't the 70s anymore, and the theory that every ball player is fat no longer holds true.
Speaking of Ronaldo, the other Ronaldo wasn't in that great of shape:
Baseball is a lot more than just standing there and hitting a ball every now and then. When the ball is put in play, every fielder has a responsibility of where to go and what to do. This amplifies when there are men on base. Just because it's hit to the right fielder, doesn't mean everyone else should just stand and wait for the next pitch. Obviously it's not as intense as each hockey shift, but to judge the sport by one guy is ridiculous. It's obvious you don't get a lot of the things about baseball. Yes, Ortiz is a DH, but he also plays 1B. Saying his running ability is the difference between a triple and not making it to first is either ignorant or a really bad hyperbolic statement. I wish the DH wasn't in baseball, but it is the highest paid position (by salary's average) in all of MLB. It's not going away anytime soon. Watching baseball on TV isn't boring, if you understand the sport. If you don't watch it often, you miss a whole lot of things.
I'd argue that it is way easier to start a soccer game with random people than baseball. Soccer: Half of you on that side, half on the other side. Only one person on each team can use their hands. The rest go chase this ball and kick it around the rectangle. Just setting up the baseball field and explaining the rules will take longer to random people. Any sport can be done while drinking a beer, but that doesn't mean you are playing a sport at a high level.
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Soccer: Half of you on that side, half on the other side. Only one person on each team can use their hands. The rest go chase this ball and kick it around the rectangle.
Baseball: Half of you stand out there and try to catch the ball, half of you try to hit the ball. One guy has to throw the ball at the batter, if he hits the ball, try to catch it or try to tag him with it while he runs around the bases.
Hockey: Split into two teams. Put on skates and try to put the puck in the net using these sticks. One of you can stand at each net and try to block it.
Football: Split into two teams. One guy tries to pass the ball to the others while they run up field and the other team tries to block them. Do this until you get to the end zone, then switch.
Basketball. Split into two teams. Try to put the ball in the other net. You have to bounce the ball while you move.
Anything can be made to sound super simple if that's what you're trying to do. At a base level, every popular team sport is "pick up and play".
