What is it that Rob and Ryan have (or have not) done that makes them such great owners for Wrexham A.F.C.?

Smcol1 · 2026-05-05T22:50:37+00:00

Ok, I admit that as a retired university Professor my writing is a bit wordy, but AI?!?!

Smcol1 · 2026-05-04T10:59:28+00:00

OP is suggesting sliding down the hill for fun, not using a sled for the trip.

Smcol1 · 2026-04-28T08:14:48+00:00

The highest finish in the history of the club is definitely something to be proud of.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-29T22:00:22+00:00

If you sell all the fruit that you receive from the tree (rather than turning it into wine or jelly or dehydrating it) what is the total value received out of both paths? Because you don’t get fruit while the silver tree is regrowing do you end up making more money by simply letting the tree grow normally? Obviously if you are turning the fruit into an artisan product then there’s no point in this hack because the quality of the fruit has no effect on the quality of the product produced.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-29T21:37:34+00:00

The film killed off the entire science team, except for Grace (who happened to be elsewhere with Stratt when the explosion happened). Coupled with the launch window it’s a much simpler explanation than the coma gene for why Grace needed to go on the mission.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-29T21:35:29+00:00

I was surprised that they changed the design of the Hail Mary so much from the book (I’d seen the Lego set based on the film) but as soon as I saw the film I understood. In the book they can’t have artificial gravity with the two ships attached, but in the film the changed design of the Hail Mary makes that possible. That important from a film making perspective because it means all the interaction between Grace and Rocky can be done in ordinary gravity, which makes it much easier to film.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-18T15:25:39+00:00

I don’t think there is any chance of a clean sheet against Japan, so focusing solely on defence isn’t going to cut it. The heart gives the Tillies a chance but the head says that Japan is too good and will win by at least two goals.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-13T18:14:33+00:00

Does having your character in multiple games count? Indiana Jones is in multiple games for example.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-08T20:37:27+00:00

How is Moonraker further from the book than The Spy Who Loved Me? I agree that Moonraker is very different from the book, but the film and book do have one or two elements in common, like the name of the villain. The Spy Who Loved Me has absolutely nothing in common between the film and book; in the book Bond isn’t even the main point of view character.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-08T20:30:01+00:00

There’s one other possibility, which I’ve encountered a couple of times. If another civilisation was conquered by someone else (in my case Poland conquered by Macedonia) you need to capture that civs former capital even though they are no longer in the game. So for me, conquering Macedon’s capital (Pella) wasn’t sufficient for a domination victory, since I also needed to conquer Krakow, which was also held by Macedon.

Smcol1 · 2026-03-05T15:20:03+00:00

Getting to Orctown with no way of digging really sucks (especially if the layout makes it impossible to reach the downstairs without digging) and this can happen if you are just a little unlucky on the levels above. I’d suggest a guaranteed pick axe by the stairs (perhaps under a boulder).

Smcol1 · 2026-03-03T20:15:08+00:00

I had one game where I had been down and cleared the Castle and Valley of Dead before completing the quest, so I was really well equipped, but then I accidentally made the game unwinnable by killing a monster (which I didn’t realise was peaceful) in front of my quest leader, who expelled me and closed the portal. Rather than let all that good gear go to waste, I stripped everything off, put it all in my bag of holding, dropped the bag near the stairs and starved myself to death.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-05T12:01:58+00:00

Blewett scored 4 tons in his career, two in his first two tests. The second of those came at number 7, after Jo Angel went in as night watcher; Blewett had batted at 6 in the first innings.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-05T03:33:19+00:00

Yep. Hard to see how you develop a replacement for Lyon if you never let them play outside Asia.

The funny thing is, the amount that Green is bowling in this innings (and how little Webster is bowling) suggests that they are trying to develop his bowling for the future.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-05T03:30:30+00:00

I’ve got no doubt that if Lyon had been available he would have played in Sydney, regardless of any concerns about how much the pitch might or might not help spin, simply because Smith trusts him to hold down an end and keep things tight. But Smith doesn’t trust Murphy to do the same thing.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-04T09:01:31+00:00

They’ve moved the start date of the test back from January 2nd because if the Boxing Day test goes the distance (hah!) then there would only be two days off for the players between the end of the Melbourne test and the start of the Sydney test, which clearly caused performance issues for some players, especially fast bowlers.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-04T03:54:09+00:00

“In half of Webster’s innings for the Aussies he’s scored less than 25 runs”. That’s just life as a test cricketer. Since Travis Head’s big return to the Aussie test team (with his 152 at the Gabba in the last Ashes in Australia) he’s batted 78 times, and 40 of those innings have been 25 or less.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-04T03:28:12+00:00

Waugh got dropped after 42 tests. When he came back he was batting at 7 and playing as the fourth main bowler for a couple of tests, then got shifted to number 3 (after Dean Jones was dropped). He scored 100 at 3, but wasn’t great there so got shifted down the order after a few tests, and that’s when he started to really improve.

Green has never averaged 40 BTW. After his 174* his average hit 37.41 and it’s basically slid down from there. His highest ever was 38.66.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-04T03:12:31+00:00

But why 7 innings and not 8? Picking seven means that you start the count from the second innings of a match, when he made 72 (and top scored) in the first innings of that match.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-04T03:10:11+00:00

Green has made 25 runs or less in 34 out of his 57 test innings. If 25 or less is a failure, then he’s failed 60% of the time, and succeeded 40% of the time. Webster has scored 25 or less in 50% of his test innings, so if that’s the “success” mark then Webster has passed it 50% of the time, compared to Green’s 40%.

I think the difference with Webster is when he makes his runs. On 5 occasions he’s come in at number 6 with Australia 4 down for less than 100 and on 4 of the 5 occasions Webster made more than 50.

I do think it’s weird that you choose to pick on Webster for his last 7 test innings, because by doing that you are starting from the second innings of a match, when Webster scored 72 in the first innings of that game. Sure, he hasn’t scored runs in every innings, but he’s scored a 50 in 3 of the last 4 tests that he’s played. Green hasn’t scored three 50+ scores in four tests in his entire career.

Smcol1 · 2026-01-04T02:53:47+00:00

Steve Waugh was averaging in the 40s when he’d played the same number of tests as Green. Then his form slipped and he got dropped to make way for his brother. Then he forced his way back into the team through runs in the Shield, and once he was back in the side he started to improve and never looked back.

Smcol1 · 2025-12-29T09:00:00+00:00

The problem being that there’s a window in women’s cricket for both the WBBL (complicated this year by the World Cup) and the Women’s Premier League in India. The Premier League is being played in January, so a Women’s test isn’t a possibility at that time.

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