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02-13-2020, 06:18 PM - 1 Like   #75646
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Good old Missouri weather.
5 F (-15 C) tomorrow night, then 48 F (8.9 C) Saturday.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Racer X 69 Quote
I just saw a statistic for the 2010 Super Bowl.

Total time in play, 12 minutes 38 seconds, for a total of 147 plays, and an average of 5 seconds per play.

What a rip off.

Man, when the green flag drops at the 2020 Daytona 500 this coming Sunday, 43 drivers will have at it, hammer and tong, for 4 or 5 hours, at 200 miles an hour.

Sure, there will be caution periods. Still, the drivers don't get to take off their helmet, and go sit on a bench and gulp Gatorade. No, they will remain strapped into a hot racecar, focused, and ready to make the next move. With their helmet on.

And several layers of Nomex fire retardant suit and undersuit.

And pit stops.

Of course, again, the driver remains strapped in, and the car heat soaks for the 10 to 13 seconds it takes his crew to change 4 tires and dump 22 gallons of fuel into the fuel cell.

If he wishes a crew member will thrust a drink bottle through the window net on the end of a stick, or offer a Ziploc bag of ice to cool him down.

Then it is back out on track, joining the other drivers, in their snarling beasts, all trying to be the first one to the checkered flag after 500 miles of driving 3 times the national speed limit.

So tell me, who is the real athlete here? Some overgrown brute of a man chasing a weird looking ball for a few seconds, or a man (or woman) wrestling a 3,600 pound stock car with 850 horsepower at 200 miles an hour bumper to bumper and door handle to door handle with 42 other drivers?

And this is Speedweeks, so these guys have been down in Florida getting after it since last week.

Tonight, the twin qualifying races.

If it ever stops raining.
My vote still goes to hockey players. Who strap sharp blades to their feet. Who pull out their own teeth. In the middle of a game. And then get right back in the play.
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QuoteOriginally posted by MikeyBugs95 Quote
My vote still goes to hockey players. Who strap sharp blades to their feet. Who pull out their own teeth. In the middle of a game. And then get right back in the play.
Hockey is awesome.

I can actually sit and watch a hockey game.
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Go to the fights and watch a hockey game break out!

(yeah I know - it’s an old old joke...)

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Go to the fights and watch a hockey game break out!

(yeah I know - it’s an old old joke...)
Once went to a Tampa Bay Lighting game vs some Canadian team. Within the first minute of the game the helmets were off and the fight was on! Apparently there was some bad blood from the previous game some months back.
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Bumper cam shots from the pickups at Daytona.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Racer X 69 Quote
^^^^^^ Ebesitsho, phumla ngoxolo. ^^^^^^
A fitting song for such an occasion - one of the hymns our choir performed on our latest visit to South Africa. This is not us, obviously, but I know the conductor



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But V'ger will be coming back... Someday.
Not sure there are too many trekkers in here
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Hah! I knew Macbooks could be of use!

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QuoteOriginally posted by savoche Quote
Not sure there are too many trekkers in here
Oh right right right star trek
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Oh right right right star trek
Umm, yeah, that's the one... or two. Sure.

Not nearly as good as the Red Dwarf series, though!

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QuoteOriginally posted by StiffLegged Quote
The pilot's maxim:– take-offs are optional, landings are mandatory.
A good flight is one where the number of take offs equals the number of landings....
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A good flight is one where the number of take offs equals the number of landings....
Define "landing".

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Define "landing".
A good landing is one you walk away from.
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Define "landing".
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
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