El Zen

Yeah, somebody needs to explain that one to me. Looks like they drew Moreno’s line from his fingertips.

I don’t like it at all and prefer the staff being paid a decent wage, and in a fairly well regulated labour market like Norway I don’t think it’s necessary. But I usually end up tipping anyway. 

I try not to go above rounding up to the next tenner in restaurants or the next full pound for drinks, though. 

1 hour ago, Rds1983 said:

Some studies have suggested just exercising one side of the body will still benefit the unused side. Could you jump on machines and only use your good hand?

Absolutely. I’ll find some sort of alternative, I’m sure. I’m just a little frustrated at the stop-start nature of my gym routine over the past few months. 

7 hours ago, fightoffyour said:

Time to dig out the running shoes

Yep, at least once the stitches are out. 

On 08/01/2024 at 16:34, El Zen said:

Fractured my finger playing basketball a few weeks ago and had some back issues before that. Haven’t been in any kind of routine since that. Back at it today and it feels brutal. 

Turns out the fractured finger needed surgery. Had the op yesterday and likely won’t be allowed any kind of lifting or a decent workout for a couple of months still. Going to have to do some heavy duty work in April and May now. 

Dougie’s pass to Ollie was enough to make my night, but to walk away with 5-0 away from home is obviously a nice bonus. I guess you call that a response. 

4 hours ago, mjmooney said:

How's it going in Norway, @El Zen? 

Looks a bit windy. 

Not too bad round me, but roofs are flying off houses elsewhere. 

4 hours ago, il_serpente said:

Whereabouts?   Sentrum?

Rosenhoff, so quite central yeah.

1 hour ago, mjmooney said:

Was it parachuting? 

Jumping from a wall, actually. 

So, today I came very close to having a live moose land on the roof of my moving car in the middle of Oslo. 
 

22 hours ago, Mr_Dogg said:

I hope so, they are just not visible right now.

They seem to be fairly visible where it actually counts, though. 

1 hour ago, Mr_Dogg said:

I would guess there is a very small percentage that would weigh up whether to vote for Trump or Biden, it's one or the other or don't vote.

They are so diametrically opposed, you could not contemplate one or the other.

Getting people out to vote is what matters. The Trump voters are energized and engaged, they will be voting. 

But so will everyone who can’t stand the man, and everyone enraged by the Dobbs verdict in particular, and I predict there are more of them. 

Dem turnout has been pretty decent in midterms since Dobbs, hasn’t it? I think it’s likely Trump will arguably rally more Dems than any of their own could possible do, and Biden is bland enough not to scare any Dems from voting. 

I’d predict Biden to win it again against Trump, but I learned not to make predictions about American politics in 2016. 

Nasty, horrible, thuggish team. Bet Dyche loved that. 

2 minutes ago, Paddywhack said:

Do Everton fans think anything above your ankle is handball?

Been that way forever, too. Worst crowd in the league. 

Tarkowski desperate to show off everything he’s learned at Burnley.

2 minutes ago, avfc1982am said:

Because it's duplicated. I couldn't give a shit your pissed off tbh. Suck it up cry baby 

Use the ‘hide post’ function

Just now, sidcow said:

They've just shown the lines. He was offside, as it was clear from the eye test. I can't understand why people are thinking it was a ridiculous decision. 

I think the decision was correct, I just think it’s a joke it took so long and that VAR is sucking all the joy out of football. 

Without the lines, I can’t say for sure if Bailey was off or not. Looked like an obvious foul by Lenglet, but they’ve called it for offside, which should never take three minutes to check. Terrible, terrible system. Scrap VAR asap.

Fractured my finger playing basketball a few weeks ago and had some back issues before that. Haven’t been in any kind of routine since that. Back at it today and it feels brutal. 

On 26/12/2023 at 19:18, El Zen said:

King Harald V of Norway. 

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 

Donald Trump

Jimmy Carter 

Noam Chomsky

 

She’s only gone and abdicated, the old shrew. 

Do I at least get half a point? 

1 hour ago, desensitized43 said:

The swing states wouldn’t do this as It’d cause so much uproar that they’d be risking civil unrest. It’s a relatively safe thing to do in Maine but if they tried in Ohio or something it would undoubtedly lead to deaths.

It would be much easier if the republicans could just pick someone who wasn’t openly a fascist.

That doesn’t sound very easy at all, considering they have to pick from a field of, y’know, Republicans. 

Complete embarassment. We just completely stopped playing at 0-2 and let them do what they wanted. That’s when you leave a mark on someone and send a message. 

This was the Villa I know. Need to turn it around again asap if we want top 4.