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xmo:
Engines are good.  I like engines too.  Here's a former toy of mine:

Sal Ammoniac:

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--- Quote ---the entire point of the movie was to show the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."[12]
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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]
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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.


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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!

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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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