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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The EV thread
"Dont forget to like and subscribe" is about the most annoying phrase i've ever heard, and i hear it dozens of times a week courtesy of my kids watching youtube non-stop.
Krudd - can't blame the government for this. Parents are also responsible for education and what kids do during spare time.  Certainly not having a go at you or your parenting!
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Just expected to win, mucked around and got the according result.  The team is comfortable and no one is willling to change it to make it fresher by bringing in new players - even the touted openers have all had a crack at it and been found wanting.  Test cricket shouldn't be a retirement fund.

S Joseph, however, was amazing. It was really easy to barrack for him and the Windies. A few others did their bit really well.

Smith - If you need a challenge by moving to opener time you retired. Bowlers have worked you out.
Labuschange - concentrate on batting and not the rubbish that you do.
Green - ??? No confidence.  He gets pumped up, but don't see it.
Marsh - back to his old ways. If Pakistan could catch we would be asking why he is in the team
Head - take the good with the bad - gets a lot of Goldens.

Bowlers - don't bounce the tail enders - hit the top of off.  Don't complain about the pink ball and surface just because it is a little harder to get a wicket - concentrate on bowling properly and getting them out.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Absolutely annoys me the narcissm in cricket and footy.

LP - from the book of faces - 1991 one day comp.  NSW 9 Aus players, WA- 8 Aus players and 1 who ended up playing for the English.

NSW made 193.  Rolled WA for 130.

NSW       WA
Taylor      Marsh
S Small    Moody
Waugh    Lavender
Waugh    Zoehrer
Bevan     Martyn
Bayliss    Andrews W
Mathews Wood
Emery     MacLeay
Lawson   Julian
Whitney McCague
Holdsworth Reid
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Certainly no going back.  Getting a balance of office and home is hard.  Certainly office space is - what space is needed for one/two days a week when everyone is in and 50-75% the rest of the time.
 
A big employee advantage you can have an appointment more easily eg see a doctor at anytime,  rather than stressing to get the first appointment before commuting ie the flexibility.

The worst is information sharing decreases - I won't bother that person for this one thing,  not worth it,  even though it affects my ability to do my job.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Yes, there are benefits of working from home.  There are also negatives.  It is dependent on size, purpose of org and management.

 - General productivity and communication is dropping as people get comfortable with it.
 - There are more taking the P!ss with it again.
 - Lose the water cooler idea sharing/venting
 - Lose relationship with teams

Yes, local business benefit (by the time I think about lunch, get organised to get it, then eat it takes longer than at an office - so is the extra time made up?), but those that invested in their retail/hospitality business in CBD or other centres lose out.




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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
I think the crowd sizes are pretty good.
 - workers are flat out leading up to Christmas and the holidays - couldn't imagine taking a day off to watch cricket during a work day atm
 - not all schools are out
 -Getting sorted for Christmas is a higher priority.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
It's a difficulty with Covid - so many different symptoms and so many that are the same as other illnesses.

I know heaps with Covid now for the mulitple time - some are getting it tough and some mildly.

My wife has had a cough for weeks that she can't get rid of - not Covid, not Whooping and it is really annoying, particularly at night where coughing fits wake us up several times.
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Blah-Blah Bar / RIP Shane McGowan
Amazing that he lasted so long, but while The Pogues had issues, what a great band!

I remember seeing someone wearing a Pogues t shirt in the late 80s.  Judging the person, I assumed Pogues were punk.

I was introduced to their music some years later (early 90s) and me and my mate laughed at how wrong I was - and how good some of their tunes are.

Dirty Old Town, Fiesta, Pari of Brown Eyes and of course (which we will hear heaps of now if it isn't cancelled) Fairy Tale of New York.

His last few years didn't look like fun - he took ownership and knew it was his fault.

He certainly had an impact on me, in my impressionable youth (early 20s!)
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Depends where you're looking and what you pay attention to - I saw plenty of coverage.

 The only reason I knew about the AFL drafts was because of this forum,  but  I can only tell you #1 pick outside the Blues. I don't really care or pay attention to it.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
What a stupid piece of scheduling - a World cup that goes for ever, then the finalists will (not that this was known) will play 5 T20s less than a week later.

India won't play a first XI and Australia probably can't be stuffed either - Matthew Wade Captain?

When too much cricket is too much cricket.

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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
I went to bed after 23 overs of our batting as Head and Marnus didn't look too bothered.

Magnificent fielding and bowling by the Aussies.

India paid the price for a few of things:
 - trying to get a pitch that would suit them more than the Aussies
 - having a very long tail meant that set batsmen still couldn't go after the bowling
 - changing their bowling order - Shami at first change had been more than doing his job, as had Siraj opening.
 - not being under pressure at anytime during the tournament
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Weight Loss Drugs
Listen to us oldies! I am a type 2 diabetic and was given a new drug to reduce the insulin I need to take and they seem to stress the side effects (diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea) and to stop taken it immediately if you get any effects.  As I didn't really want that, I asked what the likelihood of side effects were and was told about 5% of patients, but there is no of of knowing what the triggers are.

I was a bit nervous, but everything was fine.  I suppose they have to warn about side effects.

I do get slight nausea when blood pressure drops too low (rare).

Certainly sympathies to those who do cop the side effects.
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Pretty amazing - I was on a zoom call but had a fair bit of attention on cricinfo.  Once they got down to under a run a ball, it was all over, providing that Cummins could hold up his end - seemed to just have to navigate the last ball or two of an over.

If the Aussies actually put a whole game together we might give India a scare.  I think we play SA in the semi - bat first make them chase.  Then India in the final - bowl first and make them defend and we're a small chance.  India are pretty ominous.