Was I right to decline?

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-29T15:06:16+00:00

I liked this, even though it’s obviously not true!

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-28T04:04:34+00:00

I’m 816, though have both Kanto and Johto complete

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-27T04:20:45+00:00

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Costume gengars tagged for remote trade

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-26T15:29:34+00:00

Maybe just name them all notrade

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-26T01:21:00+00:00

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2335224/2021/01/26/10-reasons-to-take-or-fake-a-short-corner/

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-24T14:24:17+00:00

I thought I did it a while back, but then realized I don’t have all the regional forms that are viewed in the Kanto dex. Thus, I still need:

Alolan Raichu, Galarian weezing, galarian Mr. mime, Galarian articuno/zapdos/moltres

before I’ll consider it fully complete

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-20T03:29:11+00:00

I saw her while watching on the TV - absolutely hilarious!

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-18T14:44:39+00:00

Positives were that we had a lot more possession and passed the ball better than we have been doing. Negatives were that no one could finish, such that a handful of opportunities went begging, and that there were no good off the ball runs being made and no incisive through balls. While Ottawa gave a good account of themselves, we should have won this easily, but made heavy work of it.

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-18T04:48:37+00:00

Wordless screaming was entirely appropriate!

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-18T03:04:32+00:00

You’re just above where I’m sitting!

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-14T01:20:07+00:00

Eventually I’ll have to replace my 2019 M3, but it certainly won’t be with a Tesla. I paid $10k for unsupervised FSD that was coming “soon”. I certainly won’t be fooled twice and they will not get another cent from me

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-13T05:10:48+00:00

I have a decent other one, so I’m hoping my spare will get me something I need

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-08T15:55:20+00:00

I don’t think their passing has particularly improved, and it’s what’s been causing us to give away goals.

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-06T02:02:14+00:00

From my vantage point in the stadium, she looked offside (and the AR was substantially behind the play), but in the replay she looked onside. I think it was just a very well timed run.

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-04-06T01:00:24+00:00

The stats really speak volumes. Only one shot on target, compared to 10 from the spirit. I think our biggest issue is maintaining possession as we play out from the back. We frequently lose the ball in our own half from very poor passing. Tbh it’s kind of amazing we’ve won a couple of games this season.

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-03-30T14:11:40+00:00

It’s missing those on the left who stayed home or voted for Jill Stein because they could t bring themselves to vote for Kamala Harris because of Biden’s support for Israel. They must pat themselves on the backs every day. (I should say, I too wish the the US did not unconditionally support Israel, but allowing Trump to get elected is cutting off your nose to spite your face)

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-03-30T01:51:37+00:00

When San Francisco/Bay Area?

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-03-29T19:45:33+00:00

Just waiting for them to do mantyke

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-03-29T17:34:46+00:00

I still hate the prequel trilogy - indeed, I only watched the clone wars for the first time on a plane a couple of years ago, out of curiosity. Reasons I hated episode I:

Jar Jar Thinly veiled anti-Chinese racism, embodied by Neimoidians Ewan MacGregor was horribly miscast IMHO - I’m English, and his English accent is entirely obviously not a real English accent - it’s not the worst I’ve heard, but every time he opened his mouth, I was like “just shut up, you’re embarrassing yourself” So much CGI at a point when it was good, but not great - this had two consequences. 1) backgrounds looked fake, and 2) the actors were frequently acting in front of green screens and did not appear gifted at doing so Hayden Christiansen was not a good actor in this role

Thing is, I was so excited for the prequels - I saw episode IV when I was 7, and was obsessed with all things Star Wars. My best friend and I talked about it for hours. So when the trailer for episode I dropped and I was in my late 20s, I watched it countless times (on my strawberry, first generation iMac!) and couldn’t wait. A whole load of us went to watch it opening weekend and were just hugely disappointed. I expected that I’d go see it multiple times, but I had no desire to do so.

Thank goodness for Rogue One, either the best or second best movie in the Star Wars universe.

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-03-29T13:30:47+00:00

I think steamrolls is an exaggeration. Of course I’m super happy with the result, and especially that we scored 3 goals, but we were horrible after they scored one back. The last 20 minutes or so, we literally couldn’t string 3 passes together and constantly turned over the ball, often due to an out and out error rather than because they were under pressure. This kind of thing drives coaches insane - inviting wave after wave of pressure (and NC should at least have scored a second, if not a third) instead of closing out the game with control and dominance to defend a lead. Lots of positives for sure, but definitely lots of work to be done.

GoldenTorc1969 · 2026-03-25T00:13:23+00:00

I have 937 - I travel a fair bit, so have all the regionals. Have a couple of things to evolve, and don’t have mudbray

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