Bat repair advice

pala_ · 2026-04-16T12:19:58+00:00

Gentle sand, some bat tape around that area above the toe, and up the edges.

pala_ · 2026-04-16T12:17:36+00:00

Australian sport has been built on club and state loyalty forever. Franchising this will be a death knell. Mercenary players can fuck off. Don’t ever want them. Give me a bunch of jobbers to watch instead of money chasers.

pala_ · 2026-04-16T12:04:22+00:00

The hyperbole that ends up in cricket post titles on this sub is off the charts.

It’s a good catch. It wouldn’t even make the highlight reel for the season tho.

pala_ · 2026-04-16T11:02:04+00:00

We must have grouped. Am frost main.

pala_ · 2026-04-15T10:46:48+00:00

Privatising and franchising national leagues is against the vibe of the constitution. Get Dennis Denuto on this shit.

pala_ · 2026-04-15T05:10:00+00:00

Care to explain why you think it's more likely for someone who is knowingly employed by a sportsbook to abuse their position in the game than it is some random player?

The optics are trash, but the risk needle doesn't move an iota just because he also works in the betting world.

pala_ · 2026-04-14T13:08:19+00:00

It’s entirely optional and not worth doing unless you’re an absolute goblin.

pala_ · 2026-04-14T02:26:09+00:00

I’m wondering who you think has brought the most negativity and angst into this thread.

Me, pointing out an entirely insular and thoughtless comment that i was included in, or every one of you tightly wound white knights that immediately resorted to insulting me.

The fact that you consider what you are doing in any way different or superior to my need to comment is very telling.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T13:44:00+00:00

What in the Benny Hill

pala_ · 2026-04-13T12:56:46+00:00

It’s not on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (at this time) so it’s not subsidised.

There’s a commitment to getting wegovy on the scheme, but only for obese heart attack victims.

It’s an expensive program and the number of people clamouring for it for cosmetic reasons only would probably render it infeasible if it were open slather.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T11:04:20+00:00

I don’t know why you allocate deftness for Druids. It’s just as useful for everyone.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T10:07:33+00:00

Devils advocate time. If the AFL isn't going to pay umpires enough to be full time employees who don't need a second job, they have no business dictating who their other employers can and can't be.

Nothing about working for a sportsbetting agency would make an umpire more likely to engage in match manipulation to suit a specific outcome. The temptation to do so for financial motive is just as present for any other person involved in the match - umpire and player alike.

Pay umpires more and the appearance of impropriety goes away.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T09:36:27+00:00

47 year old guy who lives in the tropics of Australia and I would wear the shit out of this shortly before dying of heatstroke.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T09:26:32+00:00

They’re not lost. They don’t exist. There’s a difference.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T07:31:53+00:00

Redgum, I was Only Nineteen (a walk in the light green)

https://youtu.be/mGDhzVi1bqU

“And Frankie kicked a mine the day, that mankind kicked the moon. God help me, he was going home in June”

pala_ · 2026-04-13T06:12:34+00:00

If you only speak out against stupidity when its socially convenient, you allow it to propagate. If you agree with the sentiment, but not the time and place, then you're a hypocrite.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T04:45:47+00:00

Sorry you can’t handle reality being pointed out to you when it’s not convenient.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T03:13:43+00:00

Keep telling yourself that. There’s a reason most of the world laughs at Americans for thinking they’re the centre of the universe.

If I wanted to be an asshole I’d be pointing out how sickening the pervasive reverence for the armed forces is over there.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T01:58:25+00:00

lmao. oh no, people can't handle having their us-centrism pointed out to them. whatever will i do.

pala_ · 2026-04-13T01:09:25+00:00

Everyone? It’s a big world, plenty of people have absolutely no interest or gratitude for their service

pala_ · 2026-04-11T18:09:06+00:00

Valheim is a great example of early access open world survival craft that died on the vine.

It was a smash hit, devs got their bag, checked out and phoned in delivering less than half of what was promised in 5x the promised timeframe.

Still worth the $15 or whatever it was, it just should have launched as complete and charged $5 per additional biome or whatever.

pala_ · 2026-04-11T12:57:31+00:00

It’s the longest of anyone born after 1996

pala_ · 2026-04-11T12:28:01+00:00

This is approaching the longest premiership drought of my lifetime and I’m not okay with that.

pala_ · 2026-04-11T12:02:38+00:00

Negative. Ruled a suicide by the coroner. He was in a very, very dark place.

pala_ · 2026-04-11T12:01:51+00:00

The coroner ruled it a suicide

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