[tim60]

In other news, it seems that a few colleges in Texas have figured out a way to liven up the game of baseball. It seems that the batter made some comments to the pitcher after rounding second base. The one umpire starts pointing at the runner and you can see the runner's head turned towards the pitcher. Pitcher obviously took offense.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i7DWj7yebM

The tribunal will be busy a couple of days after the game dealing with whichever of the two they decide to accuse of childishness.

[CharLac]

I sure needed a laugh. If you do too, here ya go

You Tube

You Tube

[MarkJerling]

I would think so. I've never seen a cow or a deer swell up from water leaking in through the skin when it rains.

They swell up plenty once they've been dead in a paddock for a week or two. Water or no water.

[MarkJerling]

In other news, it seems that a few colleges in Texas have figured out a way to liven up the game of baseball. It seems that the batter made some comments to the pitcher after rounding second base. The one umpire starts pointing at the runner and you can see the runner's head turned towards the pitcher. Pitcher obviously took offense.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i7DWj7yebM

Maybe these guys thought they were on an ice hockey rink.

[rod_grant]

I've never seen a cow or a deer swell up from water leaking in through the skin when it rains.

Can't argue with that.
Sometimes Mr P, your wisdom (?) excels.

[rod_grant]

They swell up plenty once they've been dead in a paddock for a week or two. Water or no water.

Can't argue with that either.

The swelling is hard on the eyes.
There are other factors that are exceedingly hard on the nose.

[Parallax]

They swell up plenty once they've been dead in a paddock

I watched McLeod's Daughters so I know that paddock is Australzealandese for pasture.

[MarkJerling]

I watched McLeod's Daughters so I know that paddock is Australzealandese for pasture.

I'm reminded of my cousin telling the story of him barreling down a long hill in his fully laden International Harvester truck, he said:
"I saw the cow come out of the pasture and then I saw the pasture come out of the cow."

[MarkJerling]

Come to think of it, maybe I'm remembering it wrong. I'm not sure it's pasture he said that came out of the cow when the truck hit it.

[tim60]

Here recently I have seen a few deer and badgers lying on the road , becoming larger and exuding odour. Unlike in Australia no one, not even one of the trucks or vans with ‘highway maintenance’ written on the bank stop when they find one to take it away. Australia is much more civilised in this.

There are so many vans and trucks called‘highway maintenance’ that if each stopped at the first problem they found when driving out of their depot and fixed it every road in the country would be perfect.

[StiffLegged]

I saw this yesterday, Mark, and thought of you …

[slartibartfast01]

Here recently I have seen a few deer and badgers lying on the road , becoming larger and exuding odour. Unlike in Australia no one, not even one of the trucks or vans with ‘highway maintenance’ written on the bank stop when they find one to take it away. Australia is much more civilised in this.



There are so many vans and trucks called‘highway maintenance’ that if each stopped at the first problem they found when driving out of their depot and fixed it every road in the country would be perfect.

You can report dead animals to your local council.
https://www.gov.uk/report-dead-animal

[savoche]

Well, I am betting huge on global warming. Temps have been below normal here for awhile, but yesterday I decided to wake up our camper/caravan from it's winter sleep. Flushed the antifreeze out of the plumbing, checked for any leaks and fired up a few systems to insure that they were working properly. Hopefully snow will finally be over when we take it out the first week in May. Over the next 10 days, we are expecting three days of above normal temps, 6 days below the norm and one bullseye temperature. The nights will all remain above freezing.

Here it's been way above average the last couple of weeks, expecting highs around 20°C this afternoon (still dipping below zero at night, though). We've also hade the driest March/April ever with about half an inch the last two months.

In honor of Bob, I cleaned our Weber Q1200 grill and cooked some pork chops for dinner yesterday. That is handy little thing to have around now that we are retired empty nesters.

A proper tribute! You surely need more than one Weber, though...

Also got two Face Time calls from our 10 year old grandson. One from Sword and one from Omaha Beach at Normandy. He wanted to bring us there too.

That's very nice of him Walking along the beaches trying to imagine how it must have been landing there under heavy fire is quite a special experience.

The Canadian muesum on Juno beach is well worth a visit. It's geared more towards the younger generations than some of the other museums, and they have done a great job of it, I think.

[savoche]

In other news, it seems that a few colleges in Texas have figured out a way to liven up the game of baseball. It seems that the batter made some comments to the pitcher after rounding second base. The one umpire starts pointing at the runner and you can see the runner's head turned towards the pitcher. Pitcher obviously took offense.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i7DWj7yebM

Maybe they've finally realised why people watch hockey...

[savoche]

Maybe these guys thought they were on an ice hockey rink.

Oh, I'm 8 hours late, aren't I...