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11/18/09
Does your bullpen stink? You can pay a lot of money for some good pitching or you can buy some lumber and build the giant wall in left field.
Are you stuck with a shallow outfield? That's okay. Just let plants grow all over the wall and call anything that gets caught in there a double.
And who needs to be nice to the visiting team? Put crappy water fountains in their dugouts.
And while your at it, put a lip-reader in the bleachers with a pair of binoculars and a walkie-talkie to steal the other teams signs.
Thank goodness there's no cheating going on anymore.
11/18/09
@OMG! Ponies!: Why do you need a lip reader to read hand signs? Shouldn't you get someone who understands ASL?
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11/17/09
$150 might seems steep, but compared to other coats it actually very, very affordable. A comparable Northface or Columbia jacket will land you in the $300-400 range. #outdoorgeekgiftguide
11/17/09
I like patagucci for casual clothes and fleece (and their underwear is awesome). Mountain Hardwear has some good kit. But, for jackets, Arc'teryx is *the* brand.
TNF (which used to be a real brand) and Columbia (which was never a real brand) are strictly for suburbanites who ski once a year.
11/17/09
Heh, "patagucci", heh. And I went in a TNF store the other day. Not so much. #outdoorgeekgiftguide
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@AmphetamineCrown: I partially agreed with your sentiments on TNF. While the consumer-grade crap they've been churning out lately is worthless in the back-country, they used to make quality jackets. I had a Kichatna jacket for around 15 years before the gore-tex started to delaminate. I brought it into my local store to see if it could be fixed. They shipped it back to TNF for me for free and when it was determined that it was FUBAR, they gave me a store credit for $500 (everything they sell has a no questions asked life time warranty). I was able to get a new gore-tex xcr jacket, pants and a nalgene flask with it. So, yeah, I probably won't replace them with TNF when they wear out in 5 years, but that's 20+ years of dry, breathable protection.
For those that don't remember it, the Kichatna was the original "Gorton's fisherman"-yellow jacket that seems to be coming back in style these days: #outdoorgeekgiftguide
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11/18/09
I also have found, over the years, that patagonia excels at insulating layers, but they have never been good at hard shells (the soft shell thing never did it for me). I'll happily shell out the bucks for patagonia boxers, capilene, R2, and fleece. But when it comes to what is on the outside, I'll take my money to Arcteryx or Marmot.
I liked Animal Chin's story about the Kichatna, but I'll go one better. I still own a Marmot Red Fox jacket -- probably the first commercial gore tex shell made -- and it still looks like it came off the rack. I bought it in 1980. (Wearing it sounds like you are crumpling a potato chip bag, but at least you were dry). #outdoorgeekgiftguide
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Also, telescopes (for astronomy, not spying). I try to keep my outdoor excursions to nighttime because sunlight makes me sparkle. And by sparkle, I mean radically pisses me off.
And forget about Wii Fit; go with dumbbells and chin-up bars. I've taken to watching TV guido-style, meaning I use my dumbbells while watching shitty television.
Finally, you don't have to get an entire set of clubs. A nice iron or putter is always welcome.
So there you go. You can go relatively cheap (dumbbells), midrange (a good Leatherman), possibly pricey (golf clubs), or "Here's a birthday/holiday/anniversary present all rolled into one" (the telescope).
11/17/09
Wholeheartedly agree with a multitool though, just don't skimp on one, get a decent one. #outdoorgeekgiftguide
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@KidSix: Go simple and well built. This guy ([atwoodknives.blogspot.com]) micromanufactures some awesome tools. #outdoorgeekgiftguide
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Oh, and with the Woot-off going on today, there are bound to be Sansas of various sorts for cheap. #outdoorgeekgiftguide
11/17/09
I wonder if I should admit that? #outdoorgeekgiftguide
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11/13/09
Great article though. True fairness in competition is pretty impossible though. The best they can do is categorize people into very roughly equal groups and have them compete amongst themselves.
The carbon fibre legs are an incredible piece of technology though. The sensation of running on them is pretty hard to imagine and one I've always been oddly curious about. #oscarpistorius
11/13/09
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Simona Halep an up and coming tennis star with DD breasts had a reduction so that she could play with less interference:
[www.theregister.co.uk] #oscarpistorius
11/13/09
And what I meant is that you should not use a myth to prove you point of view. #oscarpistorius
11/13/09
Amazons are a part of Greek mythology. They supposedly prevented the growth of the right breast by cauterizing it while young. The author had the side mixed up, but it is most assuredly a true part of the mythology.
11/13/09
The word Amazon is of unknown origin, however a folk etymology popped up which explained the word as being a deriviative of the preface "a-", meaning "without", followed by "mazos", meaning "breast". This folk etymology was supported by the folktale that Amazons cut off one breast to facilitate archery. However, this is most likely a story designed to discourage women from taking up archery. This speculation is supported by even the most casual observation of modern day female archers who are more than capable of using the bow with all breasts intact.
Source: [www.whoosh.org]
The image that says with most people is that of single-breasted women. Sounds like a shocker doesn't it? But a recent survey indicated that single-breasted women with a quiver of arrows slung on their shoulders epitomize the women warriors of the Amazon. According to myth, the Amazons were an all-female society of fierce warriors who supposedly lived in the area north of the Black Sea about 700 years before the fifth century BC. Supposedly they cut off one breast to make shooting a bow and arrow easier. But this has never been proved even in the myths. The word Amazon itself has some connotation with breasts.
Source: [www.buzzle.com] #oscarpistorius
11/13/09
I'll politely disagree with you second claim. [en.wikipedia.org] #oscarpistorius
11/13/09
I think you are reading about the wrong amazons.
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(See her TED presentation if you don't know what I'm talking about.) #oscarpistorius
11/12/09
The compromise seems pretty simple: if you willing to amputate limbs to increase athletic performance, there should be no restrictions to your competing. The frustrations one would encounter using a wheelchair everywhere else in the world should be seen a sacrifice far exceeding the proverbial getting up early in the morning to work out. Those 'fortunate' enough to be born without limbs (and in wheelchair racing having lower extremities is a disadvantage having to with weight and chair design) would be the same as a basketball player fortunate enough to be born tall. Or with exceptionally acute vision. Wade Boggs' hitting skills were mostly attributed to that fact.
The cultural exclusion is fascinating -- these athletes are seen less than normal and more than human simultaneously. #oscarpistorius
11/12/09
Thank you. #oscarpistorius
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Imagine how bad that would hurt?
And how it would affect the scores of divers... #oscarpistorius
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That said, I'd like to consider Lance Armstrong for a moment. Comparing him to, well pretty much any other human, when it comes to cycling is apples to oranges. His heart, lungs, and pretty much all the rest of him are physiologically amazing and optimal for his sport. So if saying a prosthesis makes you so distinctive that you can't legitimately be compared to your peers, why isn't that true of Lance. #oscarpistorius
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