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The olympics
On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:05:00 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 12:31 AM, wrote: First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls. ,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and why they were so compelling for us. I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald. This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it is over. It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-) I've seen bits and pieces on the news shows, but not on purpose. I'm just not a fan of professional sports, except for Major League baseball, which I also do not watch on TV. I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. 😄 -- Sent from my iPhone 6+ |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. |
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On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid. In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when, I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team. |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:46:24 -0500, Califbill
wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote: I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there was a clock. The pace is just tedious. Part of a good game's charm is its pace. Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching their balls does not interest me. Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ? Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally interrupted by some kind of skating game. SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the time. Way less than watching them up there. I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually doing something. Radio? I think I used to have one of those things. Do they still broadcast? |
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