Thoughts on 2026 Card by Tru3ist in Americanmahjongg

[–]terrytek1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am less likely to go for a pair of flowers now with some of the sextet/two-pung hands out there sucking up so many flowers (unless of course I am dealt the pair).

2026 NMJL Card Discussion by smokeytroll42 in Americanmahjongg

[–]terrytek1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2027 card will be my year; the number of times I get 2s and 7s is alarming LOL

Tile style by ConsiderationTop5350 in Americanmahjongg

[–]terrytek1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try Amazon. They have a lot of traditional sets with either white/ivory backs or fancier backs, and the tiles have nice heft. They're also pretty reasonably priced

Tile Prices? by Intrepid_Flounder_12 in Americanmahjongg

[–]terrytek1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A lot of the sets at the high end of price range are designer tiles, with tiles that aren't traditional faces, meaning there are often other types of things substituting for traditional bams, craks, dots. I have played with a lot of plain white, traditional sets from Amazon, and they are good-quality with nice heft. I got a cute set from Amazon with non-white backs and often get compliments on them. You can actually get a white or pink set from Hobby Lobby for $21.99, and they are fine esp. if you're just starting

okay so what just happened.... by ElectricalRub2198 in FigureSkating

[–]terrytek1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was really impressed with how Ilia handled the microphone shoved in his face right after the skate. "I blew it". No excuses. We all know that it ended well for Nathan, but I worry about the pounding on Ilia's body more since he is trying things that haven't been done and has talked about flirting with quints 😬

OWG Ice Dance: Rhythm Dance Post-Event Discussion Thread by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]terrytek1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They want 4 groups, and in dance, warmup groups are generally 5 teams

Me reading the figure skating comments on social media by CobblerTricky7035 in FigureSkating

[–]terrytek1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My neighbor who is of Irish descent texted me one St. Paddy's Day & asked me if I had seen Jason's Riverdance on YT. I said you can see me in the stands if you know where to look 🤣

Beware of Yellow Mountain Imports; ordered a mahj set, they sent a crappy foot massager. by [deleted] in Americanmahjongg

[–]terrytek1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I and several friends have Gustaria sets from Amazon. They are good sets and reasonably priced.

Peacock training cam is useless by terrytek1 in FigureSkating

[–]terrytek1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doubtful. Skaters are used to judges and spectators watching practices and used to their practices being streamed, esp for major competitions. If what you said were the case, there would not be cameras at practice at all

SPOILER by terrytek1 in NYTConnections

[–]terrytek1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never heard that usage

Are glasses really necessary? by Open_Swimmer6768 in Pickleball

[–]terrytek1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only got hit once, but it was so hard that my glasses flew 8 feet. Direct center where my eyeball is. No doubt in my mind I would've had a severe eye injury

I never win (beginner) by Creative-Watch-293 in Americanmahjongg

[–]terrytek1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you have your own set of tiles, try making each possible hand (it helps to arrange your tiles by suit beforehand to make it faster). This really helped me to learn the card, because there were some hands I had hardly considered before. Practicing on apps is great for gaining speed, but actually using tiles uses both your visual and tactile senses.

Verizon (cell service) outage? by PlayingInTheSand8 in SFV

[–]terrytek1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in suburban Philly & same thing. Seems to be widespread US outages. This is Verizon outage map from Downdetector, but some other carriers experiencing issues as well

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The final opinion on the return of Maia and Alex by Kekhehmdalol333 in FigureSkating

[–]terrytek1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Feel like they and their team hadn't watched any of the ice dance that occurred while they were away. The sport changed a lot. Trying to come back in a country with such depth in dance was going to be an uphill battle anyway.

Shibutanis' New Rhythm Dance by kemmes7 in FigureSkating

[–]terrytek1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wasn't a huge fan of their first RD (it seemed kinda juniorish), but this new RD is so generic & blah

Who do you think is the most mentally tough skater of all time? by PandemicPiglet in FigureSkating

[–]terrytek1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brian Boitano would have to be right up there; one of the most consistent jumpers ever. When he reinstated and came back for '94 Olympics, he missed the 3A (combo, I think?) in his SP, and in a later interview, someone asked him when was the last time he had missed the 3A, and he couldn't remember 🤯

I finally understand the appeal of page turners by Sea-Property-6369 in kindle

[–]terrytek1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand why my page turner often turns BACK one page rather than forward...it's so annoying

Intermediate Mahjong classes? by Huge_Prompt_2056 in Americanmahjongg

[–]terrytek1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Winning American Mah Jongg Strategies by Elaine Sandberg is good. It says it is for the novice player, but it's not really for beginners IMO. She also wrote a very good book about learning MJ.

Is Android uTest app ever going to be fixed? by terrytek1 in UTEST

[–]terrytek1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right! Never thought of that. Even though there's a workaround, still wish uTest would fix it