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Yesterday it kinda hit me, 2 weeks of MIL, busy weekends, busy work, no rides, few runs, I need a break. I told my boss I’m taking Friday & Monday off and may not even go in today… I need some down time for sure and the next few days should be quiet. Since Covid hit I haven’t taken any real time off, just long weekends here & there. I’m thinking I’m due for a real vacation even if it’s a staycation.8 points
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Sounds like the 'twisties' to me. Rub some dirt on it and get back to work, snowflake.6 points
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She has been a hard training gym-rat lately. You know she'll kick your ass if you get 'fresh'5 points
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Of all the physical traits in my family tree, I seem to be the only one with a thick skull.5 points
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Did your contractor treat your house with tornado repellant?4 points
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meet up with @jsharr He seems to have a good gig going on or go out your back yard & enjoy the view4 points
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What a lunatic. Imagine wanting to be a part of conversations that have a bearing on HIS job. Imagine wanting your friends to be treated well. Imagine wanting to be in conversations about other players being recruited that you have played with or against over the years. He comes off as very well spoken with legitimate concerns if you ask me.4 points
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There is no point in redefining what a win is and what a loss is, to accommodate an athlete we like. She lost, she quit. Being on your game includes the psychology of it. Clearly, she wasn't on her game at the point in time she decided to quit her Olympics. Every athlete goes through it. So what..4 points
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I don't get what all the hubbub is about. If an athlete in the Olympics decides they need to pull out for whatever reason, that is their decision. They decided to train, compete and qualify for the Olympics. If they want to stop at any time, that's up to them. It's just an athletic contest. It's not a life or death thing. OTOH, everyone who can, should be vaccinated. Half the people in my state aren't. Life and death. No one cares. Okay, maybe they care, but it just seems that some people have their priorities all wrong.4 points
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On the war part, now I have never been in combat but it is pretty well documented that when a soldier loses it, they are pulled off the line. It happens, people get she’ll shocked and keeping someone with that state of mind in a forward position creates a dangerous situation for everyone. I have seen soldiers lose it during really traumatic traffic accidents & fights. We didn’t shout at them to suck it up & drive on, we removed them from the situation & adjusted. Pretty much like Simone Biles did.4 points
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Apples and Oranges. One is war and the other is a game. If this lady needed to stop, it is her right to do so.4 points
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It is my opinion that only Simone knows what is best for her. All the people judging here should step back and rethink those comments. The only people that should comment about this is Simone, her doctor, her family and maybe her coach. No one else should be judging this young woman. The last 8 years the press has given her such a bad time. I remember the press about her hair. They were actually making comments about how badly it looked. Um, she is busy vaulting and not primping. Our society sucks. We fine a volleyball team because they are sick of the bikini bottoms. Girls are derided for caring about themselves enough to speak up.4 points
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Just made an appointment to have a badly broken wisdom tooth removed. I was given the option asleep or awake. I chose awake, I hate anesthesia. "OK, your appointment is with the new young dentist fresh out of school!"3 points
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Momma bird is feeding the babies..daddy is hovering...and the kids are making a racket..I hear them chirping over the TV and the AC3 points
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I have no chance whatsoever. I've never had any libation and I've already told MomCheese Kirby has spoken for me and was from a nice Jewish family in East Egg.3 points
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I have a friend who owns an LBS. He gives me a price break.3 points
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I am married to a teacher, she won't let me. Sort of like affect and effect3 points
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Rogers is notorious for being generous with his teammates. So he didn't get along with a couple, big deal. How many people don't have conflicts with co-workers over a 17 year period? He said in the interview it's not about the money, he is paid a lot. The guy wants to win a title, isn't that the point? Standing up for teammates who were mistreated is pretty good in my book. He's not perfect, but he is damn fun to watch especially when the game is on the line.3 points
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Everything is very tidy. I can find anything I want simply by going to the last place I looked for it.3 points
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I think one reason I'm sympathetic to her is she's been such a warrior in the past. She has competed on broken bones(landing on a broken foot) and she competed in severe pain after spending the night in the hospital with kidney stones. She's not the type to just quit because she's experiencing some pain or has nerves. I've heard others talk about the fall in the vault and she was lucky to land on her knees. For whatever mental block, she lost it during the vault and could have just as easily ended up breaking her neck. Even though she could "get it together' hundreds of other times, she didn't feel she could at that moment and decided not to risk her safety. Gymnasts have been paralyzed for landing wrong and she decided it wasn't worth it. Disappointing for fans who wanted to see her, but it is her call. I also think she might not have made that decision 4 years ago, but she really doesn't have anything to prove to be a legend in gymnastics. I think she's also learned that the Federation is not looking out for her. She's done battle with them many times over the sex scandal, and her view that they've failed to properly investigate who else knew or should have known and develop protections for the athletes. I think competing as an adult has helped her be able to speak up and make the decision she thought was right for herself and her team. Her teammates who know her the best have been solid in their support. And even when she didn't compete, she was in the stands or on the sidelines cheering them on. I think she truly felt that allowing the alternates to compete in the team event gave them a better chance to medal, and that if she had stayed in and totally bombed an event, she'd have cost them any medal at all. Simone has been the cash cow that kept the sponsors supporting the gymnastics federation despite the scandal that almost saw the federation disbanded. She has raised more money for them than they have ever spent on her. She pays for her own coaching, although the Federation pays travel expenses for events and mandatory "team camps" (although she still pays for her coaches time at events) . And despite the team event likely being one of the worst nights of her life, she had the poise to go to the press conference and answer all the questions - which is more than the Federation President did.3 points
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I'm old school. I'm and old white dood. You don't quit on your team. Rub some dirt on it and get back out there. But this is not quitting on your team. This was her inability to comprehend the spacial characteristics necessary while perform routines that include both rotating and twisting. To have that happen to you as someone that has been doing this since childhood and at the very highest level for the last several years has to be frightening. She was launching herself 15 feet into the air, twisting and turning and had lost all sense of what she had been conditioned to. I have no use for the softness and white glove handling of our younger generation. I'm dealing with it with a young salesman here at work. I'm sorry your emotions are fragile. I'm paying you to do a job and customers are counting on you. Get over yourself and get on with it. SB's issue isn't that. Here is an enlightening article... https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/us/simone-biles-olympics-gymnastics-physical-mental-health/index.html3 points
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Jordan & LeBron weren't putting their life in jeopardy when they performed. Simone very well could have cracked her neck. Her orientation while flying in the air was off. She called it the "twisties". IDK what that is but doesn't sound great 15' in the air. We don't need to see a Kerri Strug vaulting on a broken ankle with her coach screaming at her to go.3 points
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after they're done you'll have a hole where you can put the straw and get drunk faster!3 points
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Tell her you love birds and bunnies and tea and wine, and you will be in! You will have fun if you visit, but you will have to demand to be taken out for a Juicy Lucy burger. She did not have a regular spot for one of those when I was there.2 points
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As a chemist I bet you would have made a hell of a lot more than 3 x minimum wage, and you would have been the most popular guy at the festival, too.2 points
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