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Spuds · 07-06-2021, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Little kids can't be playing a 90 minute game?

You know I just messing with you soccer fans.

Nah, I can't deal with kids playing a 90 minute game they don't really know the rules of yet...

I know, that's why I'm messing with you back lol.

Dadhawk · 07-06-2021, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

At the little kids games, I never added time.

Every baseball Little League game my kids played in had a time limit as well. Too many games scheduled back-to-back to do otherwise.

Mine played a lot of different sports, but my favorite to go watch was always Roller Hockey. Kids out of control, with sticks, great stuff.

nextcar · 07-06-2021, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Mine played a lot of different sports, but my favorite to go watch was always Roller Hockey. Kids out of control, with sticks, great stuff.

Having coached two age groups (6-9 and 10-14) in roller hockey for over 7 years, I can attest to the entertainment value of youth roller hockey...

The variance in skating ability is the first major hurdle, followed closely the tendency to swarm the puck...

But once they begin to pass and learn positions and strategy, the play advances so quickly it is a joy!

I will say I looked at the parents whose kids played soccer with envy... keeping track of all the gear and suiting up the young ones is a major hassle!

Dadhawk · 07-06-2021, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by nextcar

Having coached two age groups (6-9 and 10-14) in roller hockey for over 7 years, I can attest to the entertainment value of youth roller hockey...

2 of my 3 sons played through both those age groups. By the time they got to 14, it was a very fast paced game.

I was an assistant coach in most of the years my kids played hockey.

My middle son was hell on wheels. He is of short stature (even as an adult he's under 5' 5" tall) and at times he played with kids that were a foot or more taller than him. He skated circles around them, partially because I don't think they say him as a threat at first. In his last 15 game season he had a hat trick in 9, and had multiple hat tricks in 5 of those.

He was devastated when there was no further place to go locally after age 14. It isn't a school sport here (don't know if it is anywhere) and at that time no adult leagues.

beltax90 · 07-06-2021, 05:18 PM

you can make an ae86 out of a lighter

edit: also a honda civic

Spuds · 07-06-2021, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

2 of my 3 sons played through both those age groups. By the time they got to 14, it was a very fast paced game.

I was an assistant coach in most of the years my kids played hockey.

My middle son was hell on wheels. He is of short stature (even as an adult he's under 5' 5" tall) and at times he played with kids that were a foot or more taller than him. He skated circles around them, partially because I don't think they say him as a threat at first. In his last 15 game season he had a hat trick in 9, and had multiple hat tricks in 5 of those.

He was devastated when there was no further place to go locally after age 14. It isn't a school sport here (don't know if it is anywhere) and at that time no adult leagues.

No ice hockey either? That was my primary sport.

2020BRZtS · 07-06-2021, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 2020BRZtS

It was for driving at unsafe speed for conditions but don't give them any ideas... that one could be next. The funny thing is there are no less than five deer on the side of the road any given day of the week.

It's all good though the deer got a ticket for jaywalking.

Follow-up: The car was totaled out by the insurance company. Pics in link.

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Kaotic Lazagna · 07-06-2021, 08:24 PM

TIL Square Trade is a garbage warranty company that will deny you things they say they cover on their brochure and on their website. DON'T bother getting their warranties for anything. Waste of money.

MuseChaser · 07-06-2021, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

TIL Square Trade is a garbage warranty company that will deny you things they say they cover on their brochure and on their website. DON'T bother getting their warranties for anything. Waste of money.

You needn't have specified "Square Trade." Any extended warranty, almost without exception, is rarely worth it.

Dadhawk · 07-06-2021, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

No ice hockey either? That was my primary sport.

No, I think there is one ice rink in all of the Atlanta metro area, and it's not near us.

Kaotic Lazagna · 07-06-2021, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MuseChaser

You needn't have specified "Square Trade." Any extended warranty, almost without exception, is rarely worth it.

The warranty we got from Best Buy for a CD player/speaker worked in our favor when it crapped out on us. But yeah, I normally don't get any kind of warranties. The Square Trade one just happened to be included with the LG OLED TV for free.

Ultramaroon · 07-07-2021, 12:10 AM

That a stamped steel beam is meant to twist in this application. Not exactly earth-shattering but still interesting.

NoHaveMSG · 07-07-2021, 02:21 AM

At 160km away the sound from Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption was estimated at 172db. At 5000km away it sounded like a nearby gunshot.

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Dadhawk · 07-07-2021, 11:23 AM

TIL Dr. Michio Kaku at 15 years old was already smarter than I'll ever be. (For a high school science fair, Dr. Kaku built a 2.3 eV particle accelerator in his garage. Using scrap metal and 22 miles of wire, he created a magnetic field 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s, as well collisions powerful enough to produce antimatter).

I also learned that while both hand phasers and DeathStars are theoretically possible it is likely we would have a Deathstar first because it could be built using xray lasers powered by Hydrogen bombs but we don't have a good power source for a hand phaser.

(Reading "Physics of the Impossible". Great read (OK, listen) if you want to Geek out on some physics.)

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