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Old 04-15-21, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by big john
That's funny. Some guys at the shop would sneak into another guy's area and add a bolt or 2 to the parts pile of a car he was working on.
Old regatta prank is to put a clevis pin or a ring-ding or two in the competition’s mainsail, so it falls on the deck when they hoist in the morning and they have to check every connection on the rig. Not nice.
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Old regatta prank is to put a clevis pin or a ring-ding or two in the competition’s mainsail, so it falls on the deck when they hoist in the morning and they have to check every connection on the rig. Not nice.
Or have your bowman throw it into the leeward boat's main at the starting line.
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I have no interesting stories about spokes.
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I broke a spoke twice. bike was telling me I was too fat.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Did you hear about the perfect game thrown by the softball player from UNT? Struck out every batter.
I did see that!
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I didn't realize that about the percentages.
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This is a truly incredible accomplishment. Despite the fact that UNT is the much better team, Ark-PB not even able to put a single ball in play is stunning. This has been accomplished at the HS level, but this is the first time for NCAA. Trautwein is a beast.
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That's some awesome performance right there. I can't even imagine something that fast coming at me, I play slow pitch in a senior league.

I can't even imagine being a fielder playing behind her, waiting in vain all game for the ball to come your way . . . . . . and nothing.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
That is a clean grill! Needs seasoning.
IKR. Must be brand new.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
Yes, spokes have gotten expensive! And difficult to source, from here anyway. I might have a dozen new ones in my stash, from years ago when I could get them. I make a point of using new nipples with my old spokes. I have even gone as far as mixing double butted and straight guage in the same wheel, and horror of horrors, black and silver in the same wheel. My riding these days is on flat terrain and smelling the roses style. I have no concerns about mixing used spoke types in the same wheel.
I can't quite go that far

I do know at one point I had a single silver spoke in an otherwise all black wheel.

Agreed generally about using used nipples - it's not that I'm concerned about their strength, it's mostly that they're usually some form of rounded off and a PITA to use.

Originally Posted by genejockey
The problem is, it seems like BITD, meaning late 70s/early 80s, 36 spokes was the most common build. So I'd have to source 6 dozen spokes! Between the hubs, the rims, the spokes, and the stand, we're talking enough money to buy a couple wheelsets.
All my homebuilt wheels are 36°.

You can probably imagine that because of that I don't use anything fancier than DT Competition.

I've actually found the best deals on spokes from eBay - usually new but out of box and sold in lots. I picked up 40 unused but dirty 1.8mm straight gage for like $20 not to long ago.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
You wouldn't have time. The mound is 43' from the plate. The pitcher releases the ball when she is about 4' inside of that. Average pitcher in college throws over 60 mph. That's about 90' per second. You have less than one half of a second to duck, roll up, and cry like a little girl. Can't be done.
Do you have enough time to whimper "Mommy"?

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Exactly. That mound is so close, I would just curl up in the batters box until she threw 3 strikes.
Or how about you just stand with one foot in the batters box, reach out with one arm and leave your bat extended over the plate, hoping she'll hit it by mistake.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
You wouldn't have time. The mound is 43' from the plate. The pitcher releases the ball when she is about 4' inside of that. Average pitcher in college throws over 60 mph. That's about 90' per second. You have less than one half of a second to duck, roll up, and cry like a little girl. Can't be done.
Avg. in D1 is over 60. It drops off a bit for D2 and D3, although your will see some 60+ speed at those levels, too. My DD started facing Ps throwing 60+ at 14 years old - not many, but a few at the highest levels of travel ball. The fastest women's pitchers are throwing 70+, which is an equivalent reaction time to 100+ in MLB. Softball has something that baseball doesn't have, however - the riseball. In baseball, every pitch is on a downward trajectory (except for those wonky side-arm/submarine freaks). In softball, a pitch at the top of the strike zone is higher than the release point out of the pitcher's hand. While a riseball doesn't actually rise (arc upwards from it's original trajectory), the spin makes it not fall as fast as the brain predicts, giving it the appearance of upward movement. Hard as **** to hit.

The best men's fastpitch are topping out over 80. It's insane.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
That's some awesome performance right there. I can't even imagine something that fast coming at me, I play slow pitch in a senior league.

I can't even imagine being a fielder playing behind her, waiting in vain all game for the ball to come your way . . . . . . and nothing.
This is why my daughter is a catcher. She always wants to be involved.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I broke a spoke twice. bike was telling me I was too fat.
What, the same spoke? Did you just weld it together after the first time?
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Or how about you just stand with one foot in the batters box, reach out with one arm and leave your bat extended over the plate, hoping she'll hit it by mistake.
Not likely. Trautwein missed the bats of 21 experienced college hitters who were TRYING to hit the ball. Even though Ark-PB is one of the weaker teams in D1, you can bet that every one of those players is an amazing athlete that has been playing the game since they were young.
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My daughter pitched and played 1st when she was playing, but that was before high school. Switched to volleyball full time in high school.

Ended up giving it up as she wanted to go to a D1 school (UT - the real one), and at 5'9" was not tall enough (6'2" was the cutoff) for the middle blocker position that she always played.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Do you have enough time to whimper "Mommy"?


Or how about you just stand with one foot in the batters box, reach out with one arm and leave your bat extended over the plate, hoping she'll hit it by mistake.
I like the whimpering for my mommy option.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
That is a clean grill! Needs seasoning.
That grill is going in the trash tomorrow. Coal pan rusted out. Mostly do fish, and the grate is not cast iron. I seasoned the new grill's cast iron grates two nights ago. May do a pompano tonight.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
My daughter pitched and played 1st when she was playing, but that was before high school. Switched to volleyball full time in high school.

Ended up giving it up as she wanted to go to a D1 school (UT - the real one), and at 5'9" was not tall enough (6'2" was the cutoff) for the middle blocker position that she always played.
My daughter has been 100% softball since she started playing at 8yo. She was the starting catcher and 1st team all-league as the only freshman on her HS team (she's a junior now), and has always been one of the top players on her travel teams. She's gotten some recent interest from D1 colleges, but she doesn't want the intensity of the D1 athlete experience. A D2 or D3 school will probably be a better fit for that part of her journey.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Do you have enough time to whimper "Mommy"?


Or how about you just stand with one foot in the batters box, reach out with one arm and leave your bat extended over the plate, hoping she'll hit it by mistake.
With my eyes closed. Deal!
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My kitty decided he likes Mrs John after all. Took him a while.
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Originally Posted by Eric F
My daughter has been 100% softball since she started playing at 8yo. She was the starting catcher and 1st team all-league as the only freshman on her HS team (she's a junior now), and has always been one of the top players on her travel teams. She's gotten some recent interest from D1 colleges, but she doesn't want the intensity of the D1 athlete experience. A D2 or D3 school will probably be a better fit for that part of her journey.
Sounds like our girls are like minded.

I have a niece that was a scholarship soccer player at a D1 school in Illinois. She quit and gave up her scholarship after just one year because with the sports commitment could not keep up her grades or enjoy life. She's now an engineer. My daughter learned from her, and wanted a "college experience" (football games, boyfriend, and good grades) so decided to just play recreationally while in school. She does have her name on a plaque in UT's main gym because her sorority volleyball team won the intramural championship her senior year. She's now a CPA with one of the Big 4.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Mo will confirm -

In a sail boat race, it's quite a thing to throw a bolt, nut, clevis pin, or similar into the sail of the boat below you so when it rolls down the sail and lands in the cockpit all eyes are looking up to see if the mast is falling down. Thus the other boat loses speed and position due to distraction.
That's cold blooded.

A friend used to race road bikes here and got to cat2, I think. He could make the sound of a tire blowing out and it was incredibly realistic. He would sneak up to someone and make the sound and when they looked to check he would take off. He did this on club rides and it was convincing.

He sometimes would grab the back of a riders' shorts and hook it over the saddle. Nasty.

On a club ride one of the women was dueling with a guy we didn't know up this 3 mile climb and he got ahead of her near the top. Prankster guy comes along and pushes her up to 20 mph, or so. and slams on his brakes just as she passes the guy she was racing.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Sounds like our girls are like minded.

I have a niece that was a scholarship soccer player at a D1 school in Illinois. She quit and gave up her scholarship after just one year because with the sports commitment could not keep up her grades or enjoy life. She's now an engineer. My daughter learned from her, and wanted a "college experience" (football games, boyfriend, and good grades) so decided to just play recreationally while in school. She does have her name on a plaque in UT's main gym because her sorority volleyball team won the intramural championship her senior year. She's now a CPA with one of the Big 4.
Sounds like your daughter found a good path - nIce Glad your niece found her way, too.

So much of club/travel sports pushes the idea that playing the sport at the highest level is the goal. That works for some kids, but not everyone. We have learned along the way that D1 athletes tend to be athletes first, and then try to make school fit around the program. Often, the academic paths available to a D1 athletes are limited. My daughter wants a little bit more flexibility and a less-regimented experience. There is a local D3 that has recruited the SS on her team, my daughter has also caught the coach's attention. It might end up being a good place for her. She loves the environment of OR and WA, so she's looking at schools in that area, too. Playing D2 or D3 will also increase the likelihood that she will not spend a lot of time on the bench, which also appeals to her.
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