All Purpose Coronavirus Discussion - Please Send All HC/Starat Campaign Donations To Cap’s Venmo
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Sombastate
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So, story time:
Back in 2015 my childhood dog was put down on January 15th, because his hind legs weren’t working. On February 20th, 2015, i licensed a song to ESPN to use during their Sunday Night Baseball season.
The very next day i answered a Craig’s List add to buy a synthesizer that i felt i would reward myself with after the money i made from ESPN. I went to a house that ended up essentially being a drug den. I could smell this guy’s infected track marks when i walked in the door. It was vile, obviously.
They had a few puppies that they were selling, and under these deplorable conditions, i felt i was better served buying a puppy and calling Animal Control than buying this synthesizer.
So i left with a Chiweenie and called Animal Control.
I did a facebook poll, and everyone pretty much unanimously agreed to name him Claude (it was between Claude, Hermes and Rufus).
In 13 days, I have a song about him coming out. I decided to write a song about how much i love him, but also the existential reality that comes with being a dog dad.
The coolest side note is, when i went home with Claude, I looked up the sellers on Craig’s List, and they said the puppies were born
on January 16th, the day after Duke was put down.
Here's the "Cover" for the single:
Back in 2015 my childhood dog was put down on January 15th, because his hind legs weren’t working. On February 20th, 2015, i licensed a song to ESPN to use during their Sunday Night Baseball season.
The very next day i answered a Craig’s List add to buy a synthesizer that i felt i would reward myself with after the money i made from ESPN. I went to a house that ended up essentially being a drug den. I could smell this guy’s infected track marks when i walked in the door. It was vile, obviously.
They had a few puppies that they were selling, and under these deplorable conditions, i felt i was better served buying a puppy and calling Animal Control than buying this synthesizer.
So i left with a Chiweenie and called Animal Control.
I did a facebook poll, and everyone pretty much unanimously agreed to name him Claude (it was between Claude, Hermes and Rufus).
In 13 days, I have a song about him coming out. I decided to write a song about how much i love him, but also the existential reality that comes with being a dog dad.
The coolest side note is, when i went home with Claude, I looked up the sellers on Craig’s List, and they said the puppies were born
on January 16th, the day after Duke was put down.
Here's the "Cover" for the single:
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Cody Webster
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No offense, but do you sit on your computer all day looking up all the doomsday articles you can find and post them here?
Cody Webster
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It's one of the older style ones that obviously every company stopped using. There's probably like 15 at my parents house. Every one I have is the smaller, skinnier version. Oh well
CanadianFlyer88
Knublin' PPs
Appleyard
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I chose a really bad time to stop drinking...
have not had a single drink in 8 days now. Which is the longest time I have gone since February 2017. (when I did 30 days just to prove I could to some people aha.)
Interested to see how long I manage to go...
Basically coronavirus has meant:
No sports
No travelling
No bars
No restaurants
No cinema
No girlfriend
No gym
No swimming pool
No seeing friends
which are probably 9/10 of my favourite things (not in that order). And alcohol into that and I have 10/10 gone.
(joking ofc, watching films, music, photography, reading, cooking, spending time with siblings, running and hiking in countryside are also amongst my favourite things... and can still do all of them!)
have not had a single drink in 8 days now. Which is the longest time I have gone since February 2017. (when I did 30 days just to prove I could to some people aha.)
Interested to see how long I manage to go...
Basically coronavirus has meant:
No sports
No travelling
No bars
No restaurants
No cinema
No girlfriend
No gym
No swimming pool
No seeing friends
which are probably 9/10 of my favourite things (not in that order). And alcohol into that and I have 10/10 gone.
(joking ofc, watching films, music, photography, reading, cooking, spending time with siblings, running and hiking in countryside are also amongst my favourite things... and can still do all of them!)
VladDrag
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There are quite a few league guys that went to union and dominated.Part of the issue is tackling though... hard enough to go from League to Union with the difference in tackling, hold+release etc. Never a guarantee a great League player will be a great Union player, and same the other way around.
If an NFL skill player was to play they would likely be C, W, FB... all three you have to be able to tackle so well or you aint making top level no matter how athletic or skilled you are. Ofc it can be taught... but a lot of guys in UK have made Superleague debuts, got a few tries over first ten games, made offensive impacts and then been released... as their position defence and tackling was mediocre. And then at C, W, FB you also have the kicking issue. Hard to be really high level without being able to at least place a ball well. And then IQ to see best passes... when to kick... where gaps will develop... when to try and hold it up and get support, when to take it to next phase on purpose.
Of course I am 100% sure some guys would be able to adapt and be good players. But some would just suck or be mediocre. I guess that some random special teamers here and there in the NFL would be international level after a year, whereas some NFL stars would not be able to play in even Superleague or NRL.
I am 100% you know all that and thought of it though!
Played with/against a few future Superleague players... best player I ever shared a field (in training, he was year above me so never got to play alongside him sadly!) with was probably the smallest and least impressive physically at only 5'6 and ~160lbs at the time (now 190ish!)... just insane game IQ and kicking game along with great athleticism. (Kyle Eastmond... but I mean, might have been best player in UK in league for a year... switched to Union and is just "pretty good".)
Ma’a Nonu
Brad Thorne
Jason Robertson
Owen Farrell
Loti Takiri
Israel folau
There is more, Thats off the top of my head
Appleyard
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Oh yeh... Robinson is one of my favourites ever! And Gareth Thomas came the other way and was very good (albeit I do think it is harder to come from Union to League than the other way around in general...)
But then you have:
Lesley Vainikolo
Chris Ashton
Sam Burgess
Andy Farrell
Kyle Eastmond
etc...
who were/are all "pretty good" Union players... but just not close to the player they were in league. (though I do think Burgess was better than the press said in Union, he was the "Northern" scapegoat for England f***ing up in 2015.)
Embiid
Off IR for now
Sorry about the unpleasant truths out there...not like we don't have a serious situation. Don't have to be "nasty" about it though. I think I balance humor with seriousness enough on here but I can understand how this one would strike a nerve as it is doomsday.
Embiid
Off IR for now
Very doomsday...I chose a really bad time to stop drinking...
have not had a single drink in 8 days now. Which is the longest time I have gone since February 2017. (when I did 30 days just to prove I could to some people aha.)
Interested to see how long I manage to go...
Basically coronavirus has meant:
No sports
No travelling
No bars
No restaurants
No cinema
No girlfriend
No gym
No swimming pool
No seeing friends
which are probably 9/10 of my favourite things (not in that order). And alcohol into that and I have 10/10 gone.
(joking ofc, watching films, music, photography, reading, cooking, spending time with siblings, running and hiking in countryside are also amongst my favourite things... and can still do all of them!)
Cody Webster
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Sorry just giving you a hard time. Definitely a scary time we're in right now
Beef Invictus
Revolutionary Positivity
Embiid
Off IR for now
It's all good bro. I am actually looking forward to my virtual date later tonight with this smoking Austrialian-UK-Korean girl that now lives in the US/King of Prussia that I "met" on Bumble....lol. Should be fun...I guess. I praised her on her country's pandemic response...I think that hooked her in!
I honestly hope we can get back to normal. Hiking in the Wissahickon as I write...staking out a doomsday cave..lol.
Chinatown88
Daniels QB3
Embiid
Off IR for now
Yeah the Wissahickon and Forbidden Drive is packed...not sure if this is good....trying to maintain my distance at the same time not fall into the ravine...
BackToTheBrierePatch
Nope not today.
saw this the other day on Facebook. This may be my thing until NHL comes back.
Appleyard
Registered User
Had to venture back to my flat today to get some stuff in case actually fully locked down in near future.
Was actually pleasantly surprised how few people were out and about... especially as no "rule/law" in place about it yet. Just advice.
The city (Manchester) was about 10% as busy as usually would be on a Saturday. Some streets just completely deserted with no-one in sight.
Was actually pleasantly surprised how few people were out and about... especially as no "rule/law" in place about it yet. Just advice.
The city (Manchester) was about 10% as busy as usually would be on a Saturday. Some streets just completely deserted with no-one in sight.
BackToTheBrierePatch
Nope not today.
BiggE
SELL THE DAMN TEAM
If I had to get through this without booze, well, let’s just say that the coronavirus would be the least of my neighbors worries!!I chose a really bad time to stop drinking...
have not had a single drink in 8 days now. Which is the longest time I have gone since February 2017. (when I did 30 days just to prove I could to some people aha.)
Interested to see how long I manage to go...
Basically coronavirus has meant:
No sports
No travelling
No bars
No restaurants
No cinema
No girlfriend
No gym
No swimming pool
No seeing friends
which are probably 9/10 of my favourite things (not in that order). And alcohol into that and I have 10/10 gone.
(joking ofc, watching films, music, photography, reading, cooking, spending time with siblings, running and hiking in countryside are also amongst my favourite things... and can still do all of them!)
Also can someone give me a heads up if this thing mutates into Captain Trips. I have a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue that I’ve been saving for a special occasion and I’d hate to croak before I got around to drinking it!
JojoTheWhale
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Chinatown88
Daniels QB3
Details and more pics please!
Striiker
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Trusting take-out seems risky...
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