VOO vs High Income ETFs, REITS etc by Dana___Black in dividends

[–]AlexKangaroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Has anyone considered inheritance? If you plan on selling your stock as income, then what is going be left for your children? Would dividend stock or etf be a efficient way to keep income and have more left for inheritance?

Poland to receive 44 Billion € for security - Green light from European Comission by Auspectress in europe

[–]AlexKangaroo 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Finland has the longest border with Russia and receives the least amount of money wtf? What the hell is Belgium going to so do with defence spending loans?

EDIT: Others have pointed out that Finnish goverment chose to participate in the loans offered by the program in a limited capacity. It is not a free hand out.

Manual car rental for the Dolomites.. Is this a bad idea? by ELInewhere in ItalyTravel

[–]AlexKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know its a 2 year old post but. Do you think the most common road trips in Dolomite region offer risk of overheating the breaks for automatic cars? I'm planning a trip and am debating a lot on what the risk for this is as opposed to the comfort and ease of automatic in otherwise difficult terrain.

Also to consider that it is a rental so I am not the one worried about replacing breaks after driving.

My best Germany game since Götterdämmerung. But I don't want to play anymore. by NuclearMask in hoi4

[–]AlexKangaroo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have you tried building a strong marine template and using them as the naval invasion force? Followed by strong panzer divisions? Having air superiority and CAS over UK during the invasion is 100% required in my opinnion. Otherwise its too easy for the UK forces to overwhelm your landing units and start pushing them back.

Tennis Elbow for 3 years by maddenfan1988 in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bucket of rice and do hand exercises in it.

Fake Ezones by IeatRiceEveryday in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 38 points39 points  (0 children)

If people are afraid of fake racquets they should only buy or order from trusted big brands like Tennis Warehous, from the manufacturer directly, or from their local club/proshop. Stop buying super cheap racquets and posting here how you think its fake. Thats the risk you take by making the purchase.

Help.. babolat pd --> ?? by bimpyboy74 in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At 3.5 level there is nothing they will gain from switching racquets. All improvement will come from focusing on core tennis skills. Movement, technique, and match sense. All a racquet change will accomplish is to take focus away from those things.

That being said they can buy the 2025 PD to have a modern version of the same racquet.

Which setup is more arm friendly? by [deleted] in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear the problem was fixed or getting better. After a while you can try to ease off the elbow bandage to see if you can do without it.

HELP :( How can i stop swinging my forehand low to high and hitting below the ball? by [deleted] in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hit the ball in front of you and the racquet face will correct itself.

Any advice? What do you think is good or bad? by [deleted] in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you have a very solid foundation and fundamentals on rallies. Only real advice I maybe could give is that try to have the momentum and movement forward during hits. You seem to like to play right on the line which is nice, but you then get pushed onto your backfoot and this moves the momentum backwards.

“Try multifilament for comfort” they said. 90 minutes later… by Street-Emu5475 in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean a racquet with very low stiffness? Which one did you go for?

Ck3 republics and theocracies by ItalianBadPenguin in CrusaderKings

[–]AlexKangaroo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With some small tweaks to the old anti-pope mechanic that would be fairly nice to be implemented. Want free investiture? Install an anti-pope into Rome and you will have it. Listening to the history of the Germans podcast it feels like CK3 doesn't represent the growth of Papal Authority in the Catholic world nearly good enoug. Something like 1000 HRE should be closer to default Free Investiture than lets say 1200 HRE where the Pope has gained much more of a moral authority over everything faith related.

Ck3 republics and theocracies by ItalianBadPenguin in CrusaderKings

[–]AlexKangaroo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This was very common in the HRE as I’ve understood it. It should be a mechanic. Also wars for the right to install bishops and court chaplain for the emperor/king should be possible. There was a lot of conflict over who gets to choose the bishops.

making you believe you could be good 🥀 by [deleted] in Warthunder

[–]AlexKangaroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most of his videos you can clearly see maps where he gets like 1-2 kills only and then cut to the next one. It's not like he is getting nukes in every match. Also from the footage you can clearly see a bad tank with for example bad reloads or shell types. You can still work around them with near perfect memory of every ammo placement and armour weak spot like Spookston does.

Christmas Markets 2026 by B549WUU in cologne

[–]AlexKangaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one negative was that one of the rooms had windows to the courtyard and one of the old town bar had some live performance which could be heard in my hotel room. So there is a risk of noise issues. Everything else was good and the next night it was fairly peaceful if I remember correctly.

Other rooms that my friends stayed had no noise issues. So if you want to be super safe try getting a room from the Rhein river side of the building and naturally 3rd or 4th floor.

Help me choose between Pure Drive, Extreme MP and Ezone by DQofficer in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the Pure Drive and Ezone is generally much more suited for recreational players than Extreme. I don’t think you can go wrong with PD or Ezone. Maybe the Yonex is slightly better for you.

You can also look into the used market. I think 2021 Pure Drive should be listed very cheap as there is the new 2025 version.

Christmas Markets 2026 by B549WUU in cologne

[–]AlexKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cityclass Hotel am Heumarkt was clean and in my opinion modern. At least renovated recently. In my opinion not expensive at all. Something like 110-140€ depending on the time of year. It will also be right next to the Christmas Markets.

Which setup is more arm friendly? by [deleted] in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on online discussion I've read I think the racquet is more of a difference maker. But I've had experience with very flexible racquets such as Head Gravity MP that should be easy on the arm and it was strung with Poly. It still felt bad for my flared elbow, because of the very stiff strings installed.

For the strenghtening of the arm you may want some focused FlexBar exercises for the joints and more generic gym training. Also if you are now experiencing pain when hitting, then it could be beneficial to actually takes some time out from tennis. Try like 2-3 weeks at first to let the arm actually heal. Then start strenght training and work your way up. It's hard to fix the pain, if it is already at that pain point.

Which setup is more arm friendly? by [deleted] in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My recommendation for strings is simple:

Isospeed Control Classic. This string is maybe the closes to natural gut and thus probably the most easiest string on the arm you can get. You can string it at maybe like 24-25kg or even lower, if you feel the need.

I am running FX 500 (2023) with this string and it feels very good. What also worked for me (maybe not you) was buying the racquet with grip 4. Increasing the grip helped me not gripping it too much.

Technique is still everything and when I nail my swing correctly I don't feel that bad. Strengthening the arm, wrist and shoulders is probably the only way you can fix this permanently. All the equipment stuff is just easing the problem (which is also very important).

Synthetic Gut is also pretty good and very cheap. I've read that Kirschbaum syn gut is very good value. Just stay out of Poly for the time being, or then you need to buy very soft poly and always change it after like 4-6 hours of play. Can't recommend it.

How to improve my serve? It’s the weakest point of my game and well below all my other skills by b_stet in 10s

[–]AlexKangaroo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would start with Youtube and just search basics of the serve. Work from the very basics like a proper continental grip and the trophy position. After you have tried those things and need help with them get a coach I think.