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Cuchulainn
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Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 9th, 2020, 9:38 am

RIP contact sports. 

Unless we do this..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kni91-FC2io
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 9th, 2020, 3:40 pm

this is the time for Very Long Staff contact sports. 

I walked in the forest the other day with a very long staff, it kept the few I met on distance.
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This guy need to learn new technique one should only grab one end, not the mid point..

if meeting people on a narrow path it is hard to keep 3 meter distance without a staff, with long staff just swing over!
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 9th, 2020, 6:46 pm

In Friesland they've being waiting for this moment to arrive.

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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 14th, 2020, 2:53 am

How long before masks and  PPE wash up on the beaches of Pacific islands?
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 14th, 2020, 10:41 am

A friend of ours has a production line/extrusion machines that produce plastic bottles and what-not. They are working shifts, day and night.
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 15th, 2020, 11:25 am

I am missing my Turkish barber in Amsterdam West. The good old days, what?
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 17th, 2020, 8:05 pm

No more judo in exotic places, e.g. here in Upper West Side NYC which is in a Buddhist temple.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kenib_FbCeM

now it's back to this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ORRGFgUxU
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 17th, 2020, 10:56 pm

The rubber band exercise looks a bit tough on the knees.
I'm using resistance bands to torture ISayMoo (just some squats and lunges). I added something extra this week: holding weights in stretched arms during the whole exercise. He was complaining that it was too tough, but now I have bigger muscle cramps :-D
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 18th, 2020, 7:48 pm

It's not too bad but the bands are too short and rigid. I am thinking of these from Neil Adams (I trust his advice).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=727oOmI_GVY
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 22nd, 2020, 7:36 pm

All eco, fair trade, sustainable, Made in the UK, etc. products are out of stock.

So when ISayMoo complained that he needed new pajamas pants, I repaired the old ones - out of innate preference!
Me vs exploited Bangladeshi children 0:1 :-(
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 23rd, 2020, 12:30 am

Many more people are becoming "cyclists." I don't mean they are actually getting on bicycles, I mean in the sense that they are becoming unpleasant, arrogant, know it alls, who will happily "run you down" (i.e. tell twitter) if you so much as look at a park bench wistfully.
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 23rd, 2020, 8:17 am

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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 23rd, 2020, 11:55 am

Magnificent specimen of MAMIL!
 
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Re: Bad things that come out of this pandemic

April 23rd, 2020, 12:05 pm

That goatee beard takes the biscuit! It was popular among Soviet mathematicians.

kats,
Guess who this is? I wonder how many Data Scientist know..

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