[02:36] heh [16:44] Woo woo [19:38] Afternoon [19:38] so dad-in-law is back home [19:38] I think we have a good plan of action. [19:44] plan of action? hope it goes well? [19:50] Yeah, it's going well [19:50] I think he's OK for now [19:51] ok [19:52] i'm catching the Aus v. England Test 2 day 4. cricket... the Ashes tourney. it's long and looks a bit slow but that's ok [19:54] Any particular reason you're watching cricket? [19:55] Most folks on this side of the pond don't quite understand cricket. ;) [19:55] i'm trying to understand it better [19:55] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEH4ahCCrJo [19:55] some of the guys at work play and follow cricket [19:55] Yes, some of them are from India. :) [19:55] I tried playing cricket [19:55] and Pakistan! [19:56] i've never tried it [19:56] to this day I have NFC what I was doing out there. [19:56] That video pretty much explains it [19:57] lol [19:57] overs are like outs, i guess [19:57] i dunno [19:57] https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm [19:59] Rogers (one of the Aus players) apparently got hit on the head by a ball or whatever the other day and is now dizzy. poor dude [19:59] That ball is made of wood and lead [19:59] ouch. yeah. right in the side of the mask [19:59] Possibly uranium and other heavy metals [19:59] cork and string [19:59] Feels like titanium [20:00] it's like a baseball but red with a stitching around the circumference. [20:00] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f481fxMyNbg [20:01] HAH great! [20:02] home runs!!! [20:02] Well, considering they're used to more "bunting" than thwacking [20:03] yeah [20:03] Those would have been foul balls in baseball [20:03] part of it is that the bowler is throwing high ones [20:03] if they were lower and off the ground i doubt he'd know what to do with it [20:04] Likely send it somewhere between New York and LA [20:05] heh [20:05] <_stink_> cricket! [20:05] <_stink_> i love it [20:05] howdy _stink_ [20:05] <_stink_> yo [20:05] _stink_: You like fewtball too right? [20:05] i'm watching yesterday's Ashes tourney [20:05] <_stink_> all the foreign sports [20:05] <_stink_> and most of the domestic ones. [20:06] _stink_: Rugby and Curling too? [20:06] not yesterday but 7/19 [20:06] i like rugby and curling [20:07] <_stink_> cmaloney: yes and yes! [20:07] <_stink_> i played a year of rugby [20:07] <_stink_> was really fun [20:07] nice! [20:07] <_stink_> i tried curling once [20:07] <_stink_> also fun [20:07] i've never tried curling [20:07] I think we're going to have to pull _stink_'s 'murican card. [20:07] or rugby [20:07] baseball yes, american football, yes [20:08] Rugby (from what I understand) is this: throw a ball and have a pile-on over the ball [20:08] and then beat the shit out of each other without padding [20:08] <_stink_> yes [20:08] Whomever isn't completely unconscious by the end of it gets a point. [20:08] yeah [20:08] <_stink_> pretty much it [20:08] <_stink_> it's great fun [20:08] oh and the ball can't go forward except for running [20:08] <_stink_> and if someone does something oyu don't like [20:09] <_stink_> you stomp them with your cleats [20:09] OUCH [20:09] <_stink_> and it's ok [20:09] Yeah, it's like American Football and Hockey combined with none of the rules related to shoving a skate in someone's face. [20:09] and none of those sissy things like pads and timeouts. [20:10] but ruggers know how to hit someone without injury. if a football player tried rugby they'd be in the hospital by halves [20:10] I think it's more they know how to pull their head out of the way [20:10] <_stink_> oh yeah [20:11] <_stink_> protect the head [20:11] for sure! [20:11] <_stink_> also in rugby if you tackle a ball carrier in a way that unnecessarily endangers him [20:11] <_stink_> you get ejected [20:11] <_stink_> so you can't really blatantly hurt sometone [20:11] of course [20:11] <_stink_> there are lots of chest up collisions [20:11] <_stink_> at lower speeds [20:11] football is a bit different [20:11] <_stink_> than murkian football [20:12] it looks like a grapple when they're in the scrum [20:13] <_stink_> mauls are the best [20:13] <_stink_> they hardly ever form at amateur level [20:13] <_stink_> but they are so fun [20:13] maul? [20:13] <_stink_> and interesting [20:13] a huge scrum? [20:13] <_stink_> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTsbiJdea6w [20:14] <_stink_> it's a type of group play where the ball carrier is not tackled [20:14] you plaied Union, not League, i take it [20:14] *played [20:15] <_stink_> oh yeah [20:15] <_stink_> i hate league [20:15] hah [20:15] what's the difference? i've read a bit and i'm like 'huh?" [20:16] <_stink_> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak_QWAAtvFo [20:17] <_stink_> the second half of that where live play is shown gives an idea of what you can do off a maul [20:17] <_stink_> league is essentially no rucks or mauls [20:17] ah ok [20:17] <_stink_> the phase is over when theball carrier is tackled [20:17] <_stink_> he get to his feet, defense retreats a few yards [20:17] ok [20:18] <_stink_> play is restarted when he rolls the ball backward with his foot to a teammate [20:18] <_stink_> fewer players too [20:18] <_stink_> smaller pitch [20:18] <_stink_> i feel like the game is just not as interesting [20:18] <_stink_> as unio [20:18] <_stink_> n [20:18] i've watched a bit of Sevens [20:18] <_stink_> i'm a total snob [20:18] <_stink_> i don't love sevens either :) [20:19] Sevens is on TV [20:19] the only way i get any cricket or rugby is through watchespn [20:20] <_stink_> yeah they show lots of sevens on watchespn [20:20] well they also show sevens on NBC i think sometimes [20:21] <_stink_> they have showed college sevens i know [20:21] yeah [20:21] i don't have fancy cable so i don't get fancy rugby games [20:21] <_stink_> yeah i don't pay for bein sport either [20:22] i just have the limited basic [20:22] so that gives me most of the OTA stations and CBC, PBS from Flint, and TVO [20:33] I'm so pissed that we no longer get CBC [20:33] When we made the switch to digital broadcast signals we lost CBC [20:34] :( [20:34] you have an antenna, yes? [20:34] i've never gotten it before living down here [20:34] never had cable [20:34] till moving down here. ahem [20:35] Yeah, antenna [20:35] you were a cord-cutter before cord cutting was cool [20:35] my mom was too. :-P [20:38] I've been a cord cutter all of my life [20:39] though we still pay a cable bill for my dad-in-law [20:39] i had cable in college because it came with the dorm room and apartment [20:39] i have it now for the internet [20:39] yeah, we're cabled because of the internet. [20:39] i swear! it's just for the internet! i'm holding the cable for a friend! [20:39] heh [20:39] :-P [20:39] bbl [20:39] kk