L. Marcus Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 ... It's even less action-packed than baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Is too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 4 hours ago, L. Marcus said: ... It's even less action-packed than baseball. Not true. I have been to see a baseball game (Bluejays vs Brewers) and I can confirm that cricket can be more exciting. Higher scores and different teams can win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Canada just legalized marijuana. I'm curious, though. In the US, states that legalized it still allow employers to fire employees who fail the marijuana test, even if they aren't high at work. And the test shows any use in the past couple weeks. Thus, it is only sorta-legal. How will it play in Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 I think in the US the fire-for-positive-test situation stems from its authorization via federal law, and the requirements for that testing put on some industries. The contradiction between federal and state laws mean that on anything having to do with federal requirements, the more stringent federal laws win. At the private university where I work, the school has a no-marijuana-on-campus policy that keeps the institution in compliance with the feds that retains its ability to receive, e.g., research grants from NSF, etc. I know nothing about Canadian laws, so I have no comments about our neighbors in the Great White North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 12 hours ago, Badger said: So, does anybody actually know the rules to cricket? My sister lives in New Zealand and has lived in Australia. Our family had a poster in our pool table room given by Kiwi's to us... it said the following... The Rules of Cricket You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game death tribble, Pattern Ghost and pinecone 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 I had a pen pal years ago from Australia who loved cricket. She even sent me a ball I no longer have. Man, the ball is hard as a rock. Batsmen get padding galore, but can you imagine catching it in the air with your bare hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Sociotard said: Canada just legalized marijuana. I'm curious, though. In the US, states that legalized it still allow employers to fire employees who fail the marijuana test, even if they aren't high at work. And the test shows any use in the past couple weeks. Thus, it is only sorta-legal. How will it play in Canada? Marijuana and the Canadian workplace Canada just legalized marijuana. That has big implications for US drug policy. Sociotard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 9 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: Marijuana and the Canadian workplace Canada just legalized marijuana. That has big implications for US drug policy. I'm so glad that the Vox article brought up the negative sides of "big marijuana" while at the same time noting the key fact... marijuana use is much less dangerous than alcohol. I don't drink, nor take any drugs stronger than sugar, caffeine and ibuprofen... but I feel like I need to become a full fledged, reefer madness dope fiend just to piss of all the conservatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 12 hours ago, death tribble said: Not true. I have been to see a baseball game (Bluejays vs Brewers) and I can confirm that cricket can be more exciting. Higher scores and different teams can win. Well, baseball is more action packed than soccer, so there. Heck, soccer practice is more action packed than a soccer game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 9 hours ago, RDU Neil said: I'm so glad that the Vox article brought up the negative sides of "big marijuana" while at the same time noting the key fact... marijuana use is much less dangerous than alcohol. I don't drink, nor take any drugs stronger than sugar, caffeine and ibuprofen... but I feel like I need to become a full fledged, reefer madness dope fiend just to piss of all the conservatives. I get crazy enough after drinking Cheerwine on Friday night (stop for food at local Bojangles). Only drink it when I have a day off after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 12 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: I had a pen pal years ago from Australia who loved cricket. She even sent me a ball I no longer have. Man, the ball is hard as a rock. Batsmen get padding galore, but can you imagine catching it in the air with your bare hands? I do remember with early baseball, the Wright brothers got there start in cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 An interesting article on why opioid addiction is such a much bigger issue in America than anywhere else... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41701718 But my favorite quote (of the various reasons why)... Some Americans, says Professor Keith Humphreys from Stanford University, believe that life is "fixable". "I'm 51," he says. "If I go to an American doctor and say 'Hey - I ran the marathon I used to run when I was 30, now I'm all sore, fix me', my doctor will probably try to fix me. "If you do that in France the doctor would say 'It's life, have a glass of wine - what do you want from me?'" In 2016, a study compared how Japanese and American doctors prescribed opioids. It found that Japanese doctors treated acute pain with opioids in 47% of cases - compared to 97% in the US. "There is obviously a willingness, and a habit, of giving opioid pain relief that is not shared elsewhere," says Professor Feinberg. "Other countries deal with pain in much healthier ways." Grailknight, Tom Cowan and DShomshak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Koko, the sign-language gorilla who kept a pet kitten, has died. Rest well, honorary human. Pattern Ghost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Cancer said: Koko, the sign-language gorilla who kept a pet kitten, has died. Rest well, honorary human. You were the best of us. Cancer and Ranxerox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Ireland beat Australia in a Rugby test series for the first time in 39 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/44558938 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 England whitewash Australia in One Day International cricket 5-0. Lewis Hamilton wins the French Grand Prix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 The search for D.B. Cooper: Investigators say they've confirmed skyjacker's identity by decoding long-lost 'confession' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Man backflips off highway sign in LA to land on airbag after confrontation with police. CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Five dead after shooting at Maryland newspaper office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 3 hours ago, csyphrett said: Man backflips off highway sign in LA to land on airbag after confrontation with police. CES did the guy own the airbag? was it provided by the police, or did it just happen to be there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, tkdguy said: Five dead after shooting at Maryland newspaper office I fear we're almost getting used to stories like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 I fear you may be right. On a happier note: Prince Charles Knights Barry Gibb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 4 hours ago, dmjalund said: did the guy own the airbag? was it provided by the police, or did it just happen to be there? LAFD provided the bags. The news said the guy was on the sign for a while before they talked him down. CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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