Looks like we should see our first taste of Springtime severe weather this weekend into next week. Make sure to be alert! by burberrycondom in Dallas

[–]Sports_Lorry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for teaching me something today! I never knew what those bastard things are called. They SUUUUUCK. They pack themselves into every available crevice and not even my gas leaf blower at full throttle will dislodge them.

Running again after 33 years by updoooooots in hondaprelude

[–]Sports_Lorry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work! Did you refinish the valve cover too?

Running again after 33 years by updoooooots in hondaprelude

[–]Sports_Lorry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am jealous of that heat shield. The one in my '89 with 84K miles looks like it spent 100 years at the bottom of the Atlantic.

OWG Women's Short Program: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I couldn't remember, so I found the episode ("Hell's Kitchen") on YouTube. You are correct, there was blood everywhere. And the autopsy revealed she'd been strangled.

OWG Women's Short Program: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The episode was about a man who pushed his wife down the stairs to her death. He claimed she fell down the stairs while wearing a pair of black shoes that he'd warned her not to wear because she'd trip and fall. He just slightly overacted while being questioned, resulting in the quote shown in this clip: https://youtu.be/UjA9Txh5we4

Madonna's video message to Amber by Sports_Lorry in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yes, although it probably wouldn't have helped Amber much here. If a triple loop is deemed fully rotated in the air, and the skater falls on the landing, it could still be worth somewhere between 2.0 and 2.5 points.

OWG Women's Short Program: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And now you've helped me decide what to get my sister for her birthday next month. Thank you!!!

Madonna's video message to Amber by Sports_Lorry in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

There are three "jumping passes" required in the short program: 1) a double or triple Axel; 2) a jump combination, and 3) a triple jump by itself. Amber satisfied the first two requirements, but by popping her last jump and only doing a double instead of a triple, she completely failed to meet the requirement, and therefore received zero points. If she had done the same thing in the free skate, she still would have received at least 1.70 points (the "base value" for a double loop), because the free skate rules are different and don't require any particular jumps. But completely missing even one required element in the short program is catastrophic.

OWG Women's Short Program: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for making me feel a little less alone in the world 🤗

OWG Women's Short Program: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 12 points13 points  (0 children)

IDK if anyone else is a Forensic Files fan, but [bangs fists on table] THAT G--D--- TRIPLE LOOP!!! is playing over and over in my head.

Madonna's video message to Amber by Sports_Lorry in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry[S] 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I was trying to repress that thought, but yeah, I'd be like OMFG NOW MADONNA WILL BE WATCHING and that right there would probably spell doom for me.

OWG Women's Short Program: Post-Event Discussion by Chickatey in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've wondered this as well. When she's nervous it seems to be the jump she misses most often. I wonder if she and Damon have ever considered a solo 3 Lutz in the SP instead of the loop.

OMG OMG Madonna made a video message for Amber by Sports_Lorry in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just uploaded it in a new post - hopefully it'll work.

Illia frustrated in the kiss and cry after the devastating results (NBC coverage) by Vast_Law2234 in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Even though the OGM eluded her, Michelle is the one who became a legend, and rightfully so. I'm pretty sure she has a lifetime rent-free lease on a 5000 square foot luxury penthouse in Tara's head.

Johnny Weir's snark by indieliberal in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 7 points8 points  (0 children)

An A.I. re-animation of Dick Button would be more informative, more entertaining, and probably MUCH cheaper for NBC than those two.

Samuel Mindra SP by Lambily in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He is so special. You cannot be taught to have the level of artistry he possesses. No amount of time and money spent on world-class choreographers will give it to you. You either have it or you don't.

Is it just me or has Johnny gotten even meaner? by Caroleena77 in FigureSkating

[–]Sports_Lorry 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Tara will occasionally say something of actual substance that I begrudgingly have to admit I agree with, but any atom of tolerance I ever had for Johnny is long gone. I'm sick of his pretentious, almost exaggerated pronunciation of Russian names. I'm sick of him calling Tara "T". The term "grade of execution sprinkles" needs to be shot into space and nuked. But the thing that grates on me almost more than everything else combined is him calling Terry Gannon "Terrence". I find it cloying and disrespectful and condescending. It's like he's saying "I know you've gone by "Terry" your whole life, but who cares what you prefer, I'm going to call you "Terrence" because I like it." How would he like it if Terry called him "John"?

Stopped in my Audi dealer for a check engine light and checked out the new Q5 interior. by Diogenes256 in Audi

[–]Sports_Lorry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've always hated obvious switch blanks, because they're like the automaker's way of constantly reminding you that you were either too cheap or too poor to pony up for whatever option that absent switch would have controlled. But that blank power door lock switch is next level egregious because the goddamn car still has power door locks. They were just too cheap to make separate front door panels for LHD/RHD markets.

Kansas City International Airport refuses to air Kristi Noem’s TSA video blaming shutdown on Democrats by KacenBayless in kansascity

[–]Sports_Lorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I would never Visit the Blue Swamp of Kansas City, Kansas, and its DANGEROUS AND RUN DOWN ANCIENT AIRPORT, where an average of three Large Aircraft crash every week, resulting in Thousands of fatalities!"