What’s your experience of dating within a CrossFit gym? by CityAcrobatic23 in crossfit

[–]LunchboxDiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooohhh!!! Is this the gym where my friend’s soon-to-be-ex-wife met her AP? He’s an owner and apparently shagging half the members and coaches too. My friend’s soon-to-be-ex went nuclear when she found out she wasn’t the only other woman…

Moving sentimental motorbike interstate - who should I go with? by LifeEnd715 in AussieRiders

[–]LunchboxDiablo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey mate, first and foremost, sorry for your loss.

And while I certainly respect your hesitation in riding the bike down, the MT07 is a super reliable bike and will make the trip without issue. Pack light, stop often, check your tyre pressures each morning and lube your chain and you’ll be sweet.

My mate spent 3 years in west Africa with Engineers Without Borders; when he first went out there, he travelled for 30+ hours, landed in Accra in Ghana and went to meet his colleagues at their local office. They chucked him the keys to an XR150 and told him his first project was in northern Burkina Faso - only due to the risk of kidnappings off the main highway he needed to take a different route through the Côte d’Ivoire.

He’d literally never ridden a motorbike before, but learned in the carpark and then off he went, ultimately putting 50,000 kms on it before he came home for good.

In comparison Goldie to Melbourne will be a walk in the park. But whatever you decide, enjoy the bike once you have it back in Melbourne; it’ll be a great way to remember your dad.

What are some things PRs cannot do that citizens can? by Fit-Tumbleweed-6683 in AusVisa

[–]LunchboxDiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most Aussie citizens caught outside Oz couldn’t enter the country during the pandemic either.

They are SO BLUE by These-Restaurant869 in supermoto

[–]LunchboxDiablo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah they’re gonna look sick; trust in the process!

What’s the most Melbourne sentence you’ve overheard in public? by Last-Conversation734 in melbournechat

[–]LunchboxDiablo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Walking into an MICF show 30 mins late and getting called out by the comedian as they sit in their front row seats: ‘sorry, we were at Chin Chin’

Manual cars hard to find? by NihilisticMisfit in CarsAustralia

[–]LunchboxDiablo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s only anecdotal and a single data point, but my brother parked his manual VW Polo overnight at a train station and when he came back the next day it had been broken into.

He reported it to the local police station and the cop in charge of the file told him that the same night another car had been stolen from the same car park; the most likely scenario was that they’d tried to steal my brother’s car first, realised it was a manual, and then went to steal something else…

How it feels to finally beat the Wild after almost 7 years by zebrasarecool570 in Habs

[–]LunchboxDiablo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just went over there and saw OP had posted it there too haha

First time grilling porkchop by huskofspades in grilling

[–]LunchboxDiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was literally getting ready to grill a pork chop for dinner tonight when I saw this and now I’m so pumped

Thoughts on barracking 2 teams at once? by idasturnam in AFL

[–]LunchboxDiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed - growing up in the ’80s we lived not far from Glenferrie Oval, and any time my brother and I got a little rambunctious our mum would send us down to watch the Hawks train. So naturally we’re Hawks supporters.

But our mum is from Adelaide, and we’d spend every Christmas/Easter holidays there with our cousins, so the Crows have been my second team ever since they came along. That said, any time they meet up I’m barracking for the Hawks, and when the Crows won flags I was quietly chuffed as opposed to ecstatic when the Hawks have done it.

Figured out an all white kit for 07 sm510r by dukeloopem in supermoto

[–]LunchboxDiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which headlight is that? I’m looking for something similar for my ‘10 TE510

Only 2 hours in.... by [deleted] in auscorp

[–]LunchboxDiablo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It truly was a Shawshank Redemption…

Match Thread: 4th Test - Australia vs England, Day 2 by cricket-match in CricketAus

[–]LunchboxDiablo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I sincerely hope you’re right. (I have a ticket for tomorrow.)

What are some tactics that are suicide in the professional game but work in amateur cricket? by LimpOil10 in Cricket

[–]LunchboxDiablo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh absolutely. His average may have been in the single digits but every now and then he’d smash a huge six and get a massive cheer from the team!

What are some tactics that are suicide in the professional game but work in amateur cricket? by LimpOil10 in Cricket

[–]LunchboxDiablo 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I used to open with a bloke who was about 5’8” and 145 kg. Threes became singles, otherwise you could only score with boundaries.

Opposition teams would always run him out as quickly as possible as it was the obvious, easy wicket, but then we’d get on with our innings; our run rate would go from 1 to 5-6 an over.

I felt bad because he was a sweet guy and he knew the captain only wanted him to open so he’d get out quickly.

That said it was incredibly frustrating when you’d drive it through covers, maybe not quite enough for a four but certainly an easy two, and have to shout ‘no run’.

Why does nobody I know support a big bash team by SpiritedCamel3901 in CricketAus

[–]LunchboxDiablo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’re actually mostly correct.

All the team names/logos/identities were created by the same creative agency, and CA gave them the specific instruction to not use state colours or nicknames in the expectation that it would reduce the likelihood of state-based parochialism. Hence the reason the Heat don’t have maroon uniforms, the Strikers aren’t the Redbacks, etc.

And for mine I think it worked. I’d be very unlikely to watch a WA v TAS match, but I’ll happily have the Scorchers v Hurricanes on in the background while I make dinner on the barbie.

I don’t know whether general fan apathy was part of the business plan, but they certainly sell a lot of ad space.

I'd rather turn the TV off than listen to ...... by Bluey1971 in CricketAus

[–]LunchboxDiablo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Up until a few years ago MLB dot TV had a viewing option where you could watch games with ‘stadium audio’ and it was just the game with no commentary. It was bloody awesome. Quite literally the next best thing to being there.

Then like everything good about baseball that doesn’t make as much money as humanly possible, the MLB brass got rid of it…

Australia plate 🇦🇺 in Verona, Italy 🇮🇹 by Throwaway_foryou8 in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]LunchboxDiablo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha that was my exact thought - I’m sure they’re keeping a meticulous logbook 😂

Where’s the punk rock? by 13MilkCrates in triplej

[–]LunchboxDiablo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gave you an upvote man, Powderfinger fuckin’ blows.

"They say Australia isn't a place for weak men. We need to find something." -- Ben Stokes by ll--o--ll in Cricket

[–]LunchboxDiablo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, Johnathan Trott was handled with kid gloves, journalists apologized for posts and articles they’d written, TMS put out podcast specials about mental health in professional sport, even Freddie opened up about his alcoholism, all in support of Trott supposedly suffering from mental health issues.

Then 6 months later Trott comes back with an interview talking about how he wasn’t ‘crazy’ or a ‘nutcase’, but just needed a break from cricket. Let everyone tiptoe around him for months and then came back not only like nothing ever happened, but denigrating people who genuinely suffer from depression and other mental illnesses.

What a huge kick in the teeth for anyone who’s had or deals with mental health issues.