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[ashkor87]

I just don't know what's the best way to attach them...

Google drive link works

[Suliso]

Buenos Aires botanical gardens are really beautiful.

[ashkor87]

Crowds are getting increasingly unsporting...a decade ago, when Pakistan beat India in India, they got a standing ovation from the crowd. This time, when Australia beat India at the cricket World Cup, the stands just fell silent and practically emptied before the trophy presentation...jingoism, nationalism,whatever but also just bad behavior.

[Owendonovan]

Crowds are getting increasingly unsporting...a decade ago, when Pakistan beat India in India, they got a standing ovation from the crowd. This time, when Australia beat India at the cricket World Cup, the stands just fell silent and practically emptied before the trophy presentation...jingoism, nationalism,whatever but also just bad behavior.

Where do those of us who appreciate the efforts of all those competing go? Seems there's no longer any room.

[ashkor87]

Too much crowd anyway!!!

[ashkor87]

So, in the end, the 41 people trapped in the collapsed tunnel in India were rescued..after huge drilling machines failed, a team of workers dug then out by hand, manual rather than machine worked! Btw the team who dug them out is from Rockwell Corp., and the company did not charge a penny for it.
No dry eyes...!

[ponchi101]

Crowds are getting increasingly unsporting...a decade ago, when Pakistan beat India in India, they got a standing ovation from the crowd. This time, when Australia beat India at the cricket World Cup, the stands just fell silent and practically emptied before the trophy presentation...jingoism, nationalism,whatever but also just bad behavior.

Where do those of us who appreciate the efforts of all those competing go? Seems there's no longer any room.

Davis cup, in the 1990's. Venezuela Vs Denmark, for a spot in the world group.
Vennie goes up 2-1 after an impressive win in the doubles. Then, on Sunday, Nico Pereira goes against Ken Carlsen, and takes a 2-1 sets lead before the 3rd set break. The crowd is going insane, the quality of the match is off the charts. Pereira and Carlsen go into a 4th set TB, and Carlsen wins it. And Pereira deflates. The 5th match is a straightforward for the Danes. The tie is sealed, 3-2 Denmark.
The Danes were in a hurry to get off the court; they feel like the crowd can get angry. And then:
There were some girls, paid by sponsors, who had bouquets of roses, to be thrown to the Venezuelan team once they had won. But one girl, politely, threw one rose (literally, one rose) at the Danes. The Danes froze, and the crowd went silent. And then, the other girls started throwing the roses at the Danes, and us, the crowd, started clapping. REALLY LOUD. We clapped and clapped, and then the captain of the Vennie team got his guys to stand up, and received an ovation that lasted minutes. The Vennies walked over to the Danes, there were hugs and handshakes all over, and the crowd never stopped clapping and cheering both teams.
Later, in the press room, Carlsen said it was the most beautiful memory he had of his entire career playing tennis.

I was never prouder of my people. Ever.

[Owendonovan]

What are you supposed to use after the Serenity prayer stops working? A Benzo?

[meganfernandez]

Crowds are getting increasingly unsporting...a decade ago, when Pakistan beat India in India, they got a standing ovation from the crowd. This time, when Australia beat India at the cricket World Cup, the stands just fell silent and practically emptied before the trophy presentation...jingoism, nationalism,whatever but also just bad behavior.

Where do those of us who appreciate the efforts of all those competing go? Seems there's no longer any room.

Davis cup, in the 1990's. Venezuela Vs Denmark, for a spot in the world group.
Vennie goes up 2-1 after an impressive win in the doubles. Then, on Sunday, Nico Pereira goes against Ken Carlsen, and takes a 2-1 sets lead before the 3rd set break. The crowd is going insane, the quality of the match is off the charts. Pereira and Carlsen go into a 4th set TB, and Carlsen wins it. And Pereira deflates. The 5th match is a straightforward for the Danes. The tie is sealed, 3-2 Denmark.
The Danes were in a hurry to get off the court; they feel like the crowd can get angry. And then:
There were some girls, paid by sponsors, who had bouquets of roses, to be thrown to the Venezuelan team once they had won. But one girl, politely, threw one rose (literally, one rose) at the Danes. The Danes froze, and the crowd went silent. And then, the other girls started throwing the roses at the Danes, and us, the crowd, started clapping. REALLY LOUD. We clapped and clapped, and then the captain of the Vennie team got his guys to stand up, and received an ovation that lasted minutes. The Vennies walked over to the Danes, there were hugs and handshakes all over, and the crowd never stopped clapping and cheering both teams.
Later, in the press room, Carlsen said it was the most beautiful memory he had of his entire career playing tennis.

I was never prouder of my people. Ever.

So cool!

[ti-amie]

Astronomy Picture of the Day
2023 December 25

Cathedral, Mountain, Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Valerio Minato

Explanation: Single shots like this require planning. The first step is to realize that such an amazing triple-alignment actually takes place. The second step is to find the best location to photograph it. But it was the third step: being there at exactly the right time -- and when the sky was clear -- that was the hardest. Five times over six years the photographer tried and found bad weather. Finally, just ten days ago, the weather was perfect, and a photographic dream was realized. Taken in Piemonte, Italy, the cathedral in the foreground is the Basilica of Superga, the mountain in the middle is Monviso, and, well, you know which moon is in the background. Here, even though the setting Moon was captured in a crescent phase, the exposure was long enough for doubly reflected Earthlight, called the da Vinci glow, to illuminate the entire top of the Moon.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231225.html

[Owendonovan]

I love the perseverance!

[Suliso]

[ponchi101]

Didn't find one single bit of it to be funny.
I mean, that was basically a documentary, right?

[Owendonovan]

I got Queen Bee status today on the NYTimes spelling bee.

[ashkor87]

Crowds are getting increasingly unsporting...a decade ago, when Pakistan beat India in India, they got a standing ovation from the crowd. This time, when Australia beat India at the cricket World Cup, the stands just fell silent and practically emptied before the trophy presentation...jingoism, nationalism,whatever but also just bad behavior.

Where do those of us who appreciate the efforts of all those competing go? Seems there's no longer any room.

Davis cup, in the 1990's. Venezuela Vs Denmark, for a spot in the world group.
Vennie goes up 2-1 after an impressive win in the doubles. Then, on Sunday, Nico Pereira goes against Ken Carlsen, and takes a 2-1 sets lead before the 3rd set break. The crowd is going insane, the quality of the match is off the charts. Pereira and Carlsen go into a 4th set TB, and Carlsen wins it. And Pereira deflates. The 5th match is a straightforward for the Danes. The tie is sealed, 3-2 Denmark.
The Danes were in a hurry to get off the court; they feel like the crowd can get angry. And then:
There were some girls, paid by sponsors, who had bouquets of roses, to be thrown to the Venezuelan team once they had won. But one girl, politely, threw one rose (literally, one rose) at the Danes. The Danes froze, and the crowd went silent. And then, the other girls started throwing the roses at the Danes, and us, the crowd, started clapping. REALLY LOUD. We clapped and clapped, and then the captain of the Vennie team got his guys to stand up, and received an ovation that lasted minutes. The Vennies walked over to the Danes, there were hugs and handshakes all over, and the crowd never stopped clapping and cheering both teams.
Later, in the press room, Carlsen said it was the most beautiful memory he had of his entire career playing tennis.

I was never prouder of my people. Ever.

lovely story.. also shows how one positive gesture by one person can spark an entire crowd..of course, negative ones can too, but this is a very positive story..