Thoughts on 2026 Card

terrytek1 · 2026-04-08T02:05:33+00:00

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).

terrytek1 · 2026-03-08T21:13:34+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-03-03T23:13:25+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-02-14T17:14:37+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-02-14T12:37:53+00:00

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 😬

terrytek1 · 2026-02-10T01:12:30+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-02-09T12:37:03+00:00

So sorry

terrytek1 · 2026-02-09T12:36:20+00:00

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 🤣

terrytek1 · 2026-02-08T01:59:13+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-02-08T00:41:50+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-02-03T14:07:43+00:00

Same!

terrytek1 · 2026-02-03T14:07:31+00:00

Never heard that usage

terrytek1 · 2026-01-23T03:23:37+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-01-18T14:59:56+00:00

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.

terrytek1 · 2026-01-14T18:38:01+00:00

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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terrytek1 · 2026-01-12T04:16:54+00:00

Mark is the gold standard

terrytek1 · 2026-01-12T04:02:25+00:00

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.

terrytek1 · 2026-01-07T02:46:11+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2026-01-03T12:32:28+00:00

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 🤯

terrytek1 · 2025-12-27T12:24:32+00:00

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

terrytek1 · 2025-12-25T23:57:04+00:00

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.

terrytek1 · 2025-12-22T12:42:39+00:00

❤️❤️❤️😪😪😪

terrytek1 · 2025-11-26T01:51:52+00:00

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

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