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| xmo:
Engines are good. I like engines too. Here's a former toy of mine: |
| Sal Ammoniac:
--- Quote from: Circlotron on April 08, 2020, 10:58:22 pm --- --- Quote ---the entire point of the movie was to show the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."[12] --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Exactly! My post was satirizing the people who watch American football, which is the modern equivalent of gladiatorial combat. I just can't see the appeal of watching a bunch of huge steroid freaks in crash helmets and padded suits smashing into each other for a few hours. |
| Electro Detective:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on April 09, 2020, 03:38:52 pm --- --- Quote from: Circlotron on April 08, 2020, 10:58:22 pm --- --- Quote ---the entire point of the movie was to show the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."[12] --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Exactly! My post was satirizing the people who watch American football, which is the modern equivalent of gladiatorial combat. I just can't see the appeal of watching a bunch of huge steroid freaks in crash helmets and padded suits smashing into each other for a few hours. --- End quote --- Groundhog Day, year in year out :palm: You could watch colorized black and white replays from any decade, or listen blindfolded, and it's the same deal :horse: |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: unknownparticle on April 09, 2020, 01:14:08 pm ---Football is amongst the most overated forms of activity on Earth, and I loathe it. Aside from electronics, my other passions are motorsports, motorcycles and anything with a turbo engine, actually, anything with an engine! --- End quote --- I'm over engines! I have spent too many hours up to my elbows in them----& it was mainly self inflicted, either "for fun" or to save money. Hell, I learnt the "Otto Cyle" when I was about 12, & helped to rebuild an engine & gearbox at 14. I've had to mess with Diesels a bit for work, but quite rarely inside the "guts". Playing with engines/cars did help with developing my manual dexterity, as they do delight in putting nuts, etc in the most inaccessible positions-------just like Electronics manufacturers! The "hands on" experience also came in handy for fixing the small air compressors used in cable dehydrators. Somehow, the "magic" has faded, however! ;D |
| Gregg:
The best nerdy team sport of the last 25 years is Battlebots. :box: |
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