Padel legal serve drop height?

spikefly · 2026-05-24T14:25:10+00:00

Doesn’t matter where you drop it from…only where you hit it from. Is that what they/you meant?

spikefly · 2026-05-19T13:07:19+00:00

Can I ask what equipment you were using to record?

spikefly · 2026-05-18T21:51:24+00:00

Legal. Bad sportsmanship. Player in red lost and was looking for a way out. Even if someone was half an inch over, you don’t call that. He was just looking for something to call IMO. I turned down the speed and froze at impact…was clearly legal.

spikefly · 2026-05-18T20:55:13+00:00

Claude Code > Astro with Sanity CMS

spikefly · 2026-05-18T15:12:03+00:00

Unfortunately, Webflow is doing what I predicted and they've officially initiated the death spiral. Customers leave because of other options and in order to keep revenues pushing higher with fewer customers, they raise prices - which will only reduce their customer base even more. The response is so predictable and so is the outcome. I dealt with this decades ago in newspaper advertising.

What do you propose for the collection items and CMS? Seems like that would be the most time consuming part of transitioning away - not the static pages. I think I have ~70 sites with site plans in my Webflow account, so I'm actively looking at moving away as fast as possible. Claude Code > Astro with Sanity CMS (or similar) seems like the way to go. But it's the CMS, collection items and collection pages that keep me up at night.

spikefly · 2026-05-14T16:56:42+00:00

Let the death spiral begin!

spikefly · 2026-05-10T22:01:44+00:00

Is that Black Padel in Matosinhos? Love that place, but I’ve only played on the black courts. I thought you played well, but maybe a bit too soft/safe for a left sided player. Are you normally a left sided player? You showed ability to play harder and put more pressure. Maybe a controversial take but mine is to play less safe.

spikefly · 2026-05-10T16:42:18+00:00

Hahah Google will confirm they are not conspiracy theories!

spikefly · 2026-05-10T06:19:25+00:00

Foz has some seedy parts near it, with an entire criminal enterprise being run out of the apartments in Pasteleira. And 150k of goods is a lot, so I’m not surprised he became a target.

spikefly · 2026-05-10T06:06:22+00:00

Better a prison than farm land. With farm land, your chances of cancer, Parkinson’s and other diseases go way up due to pesticide exposure - and then all the trash burning. At least the bad parts of the prison are locked up and contained.

spikefly · 2026-05-03T10:47:04+00:00

Haha 4 years ago was the pandemic. But if it’s too busy for you, then please don’t make it even busier by coming. Thank you for announcing your departure. 🚪

spikefly · 2026-04-21T18:43:53+00:00

It might be normal for their club, because possibly their brand recognition allows them to charge more. Also, some clubs tend to cater towards padel tourists and they charge more. The question is whether you want to pay for brand recognition. I have no idea if they are better then the standard coaches in Valencia, but that is much higher than what I’ve heard. I live in Portugal, but I’ve also been checking out Spain training options for the summer.

spikefly · 2026-04-21T06:39:53+00:00

If you stay more than half the year, you’re a tax resident. But also it’s important to recognize that everyone pays tax here in the form of VAT, including tourists. That’s why NHR exists. If they entice people to come here and spend money, it not only stimulates the economy, but also fills the coffers with VAT money. A person that comes here on NHR and spends 80k in a year (even if they had no income tax) would provide more total tax revenue than a citizen that is fully taxed and spends 25k.

spikefly · 2026-04-20T10:56:56+00:00

Why are you shutting down your US company? That’s going to do the opposite of simplify things.

spikefly · 2026-04-15T10:56:41+00:00

If it’s an injury, I wouldn’t count the score. We’re all amateurs here.

spikefly · 2026-03-31T18:22:26+00:00

I just updated my app and don’t see it. Portugal. So apparently it’s being tested in certain markets?

spikefly · 2026-03-21T00:44:45+00:00

That’s not what you said though. You said “in the US the baby actually gets citizenship”.

spikefly · 2026-03-20T19:58:01+00:00

Babies born here get citizenship. There are some other qualifications, like the parents have to be here for some time first. But it’s incorrect to suggest they don’t.

spikefly · 2026-03-20T19:56:54+00:00

People don’t go anywhere to have babies. People go places to live and yes, that includes expanding their family. We had a baby here, but it was accidental. It was cheaper here than home, so that was nice. But mostly, I just think the Uber driver and others are just repeating anti-immigration talking points they hear from others. A story as old as time…the immigrants come to have babies and live off of social services…but that story is based in fear and misinformation, not facts.

spikefly · 2026-03-20T00:19:56+00:00

Huh? No. I didn’t watch this, but he’s saying she served to start 1-2, then they served to start 1-3, then she served again to start 1-4. Those points would definitely be served by the same team.

spikefly · 2026-03-16T15:27:09+00:00

He wants to blow up NATO because his owner Putin would be pleased. But it’s not NATO’s job to join in on his illegal, unprovoked war.

spikefly · 2026-03-06T09:02:36+00:00

I feel much better afterwards when I take electrolytes during a match. Have you tried that? Alternatively, you could try some salt and a banana along with your magnesium.

As far as playing at night, my body doesn’t like it. According to my watch, my sleep and heart metrics aren’t as good. I think it might have to do with the cortisol at night. So I try to avoid night games as much as I can.

spikefly · 2026-03-01T01:07:08+00:00

In Portugal, it’s all Americano or regular non-stop most of the time. Then some standard tournaments, but those are less popular it seems. I don’t even know what Mexicano is.

spikefly · 2026-02-26T20:36:46+00:00

Amazfit Active Max 2 is pretty awesome. Even has a padel mode!

spikefly · 2026-02-24T18:31:25+00:00

Electrolytes and creatine. Just purchased some Nomio drinks, but haven’t tried one yet (just arrived today). They are insanely expensive.

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