I'm not going to give up on Nadal yet, we all know he's getting kind of old and injuries affect tennis players a lot since it's a one player game, but he's not the type of player to give up easily, he had his downs throughout his career and bounced back, I'm expecting him to win a couple of big tournaments before he retires, if his body doesn't bring him down, the mentality to win will always be there with El Matador.
me too - for me Nadal has always been a legend to me. YOu are right he would not give up that easily - but that too is true -sometime the injuries are fatal and they kick off the players off their career. Thankfully the injury this time wasn't too fatal, Nadal will soon recover and join in enlivening the next competition But I'm wondering, Nadal has made many achievements in Tennis, he was injury prone in recent years, maybe the age reason, isn't Nadal planning to take a break from Tennis? The age of this player from Spain has entered 37 years knowing Nadal's mentality and how he plays in the court and how he never give up in every point, he won't let injuries and his age stop him from competing, I think Nadal will retire and rest is when his feet give up on him, he has that fighting spirit and it's something you can't teach, he still has time in my opinion to win some more. Agreed, he's one such person who doesn't give up. The attitude is good, but when it comes to our physical fitness at some point we need to take rest and go on. To have a healthy life is really big task and not something simple. Beyond some age however we train ourselves the injuries that we got earlier will show the effects. Regardless of the fact that Nadal is truly an example of an athlete who does not give up and fights to the end regardless of numerous injuries, he is getting older every day and will not be able to keep up with the pace of top tennis for much longer. If he didn't have a lot of injuries that caused him to have to interrupt his tennis career several times, Andy Murray would certainly have won a lot more GS and now we would be talking about the big four of world tennis and not the big three. Nadal will certainly be the favorite at GS in Paris this year, if he recovers from his injury, but I'm not sure how long he will be able to continue playing at the top level, maybe another year or two. The same goes for Djokovic. I would by no means count Murray into the tennis player category of the big three. Murray played five Australian Open finals and lost them all. He played a total of eleven finals and won only three. His win rate is about 75%. Federer's win rate is about 82%. Nadal's is 83%. Djokovic's is about 83.5%. The difference in the win rate is massive. Getting from 75% to above 80% is not as trivia as one might think at first glance. The win rate is fair indicator because it somewhat eliminates the injury factor. Djokovic might be better off than Nadal as he weighs less and might have had less stress on his body and in particular on his joints. Nadal is difficult to tell from here. I am sure he is going to try everything he can in order to make it to Paris in a healthy condition. Who knows, maybe that is the last French Open we will see him play. Maybe this year another year when a GOAT says goodbye. I think where Daniel91 is coming from regarding Murray is that he was the "Best of the rest", the #4. If any of the top 3 were not factored Murray would be there in their stead, the top 3 won so much there was little else for anyone else. There was really a two tier field, the top 3 and then everyone else. Murray led that second tier for a while. thats how I see it. |
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Wow yahoo, I didnt know anything about this until I saw that charity auction by RickDeckard.
Really sorry to hear of your Heart troubles, I read all your posts and updates and its been a bit
of a roller coaster ride for you.
I can relate a little bit to your story because I have had a Heart issue for a good few years and
thankfully its well under control ATM. I can only echo what you say in that if anyone feels anything
slightly amiss they should not delay in getting things checked.
Hopefully now going forward things will settle down for you and you can build a new routine and
get back to some normality.
I will make a donation to the fund later today, You wont remember me because thousands
of people have been on your campaigns over the years, and I have been on a lot of yours
through the years, small bit of payback is due for sure to help out with costs.
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Yea it looks like it has all the info and omits or includes what it deems suitable for each
scenario and can even simplify it more for the 5 yo, thats the impressive part, making comparisons!
Funny too how it wants to "warn" people about the "Dangers" or "Pitfalls" in investing in it,
but technically the price fluctuations are not Bitcoin per say.
Anyway its including them because of where its sourcing the information.
Very interesting nonethless.
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Lets start the raffle with Block 753608 - Best of luck everyone! 753608 - 5bac6b2ad55ff2519a6d42041aa98013d6f96e97d7f828ef289133170a67da23 1. haloxon - 753618 - 000000000000000000081b9c8eb50f3101ac5dab152c2ad4ed1db2b109866 07a - [ Design #1 - Genesis] 07 haloxon
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and still waiting on @rhomelmabini to submit their piece Update on this thread also all, 6 of the 7 files have been received, the latest from Mopar, thank you all again. I am still waiting on @rhomelmabini - I have been in contact and it seems that they didnt realise the print had to be coloured and submitted to me. Apologies for the delay, this is taking longer than I thought but I dont want to be too much on peoples cases. |
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Regarding the three "Missing / Lost in transit / Stolen" orders, a few weeks ago I received confirmation from our postal service that they are unrecoverable because they were untraceable. I had previously opened a query for each order, I had kept the receipts and was able to give all the details of date and location of post and the weights. Just an update  |
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Was anyone following the WTA tournament at Lyon last week? I didnt have any bets on
but watched highlights of some matches during the week. The final today was between Garcia
and Parks and Parks won in 2 sets.
I know the WTA can be unpredictable but Parks could be one to watch this year, she beat
the 4th seed Martic and 7th seed Kovinic on her way to the final. I saw the first set yesterday
before switching over to the Italy v France Rugby game and she looks to be really focussed
and mentally strong and has a fairly powerful service game!
Looking at the final scores it's a tight match and the unseeded Parks impressed to beat Garcia who won the WTA Finals last year so Parks will be another young tennis player who will be a strong contender and will make the WTA tournament even more difficult to predict, but sometimes on the women's side we see how she looks impressive in one tournament and then becomes inconsistent only a few continue to perform consistently She has only been on the tour since 2021 and this is her first title. If she keeps that level of performance it will indeed be even more difficult to predict. She plays tomorrow at Lunz Austria in both singles and doubles. It will be interesting to see where her head is after the win yesterday. The odds ATM on this match are: Parks 2.05 - 1.69 Kalinina, I might do a $2 bet on Parks having said all above? |
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Was anyone following the WTA tournament at Lyon last week? I didnt have any bets on
but watched highlights of some matches during the week. The final today was between Garcia
and Parks and Parks won in 2 sets.
I know the WTA can be unpredictable but Parks could be one to watch this year, she beat
the 4th seed Martic and 7th seed Kovinic on her way to the final. I saw the first set yesterday
before switching over to the Italy v France Rugby game and she looks to be really focussed
and mentally strong and has a fairly powerful service game!
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What Ireland thrive on is effective set pieces and recycling the ball at the breakdown quickly,
Wales were obviously targeting the breakdown to slow Irelands ball, only trouble is that
plan has to be precise in itself and wales couldnt make that happen.
In the second half Ireland seemed to defend their 10m line better and as you say Welsh, wales
werent effective in attack there either.
Up next is Italy v France - this should be entertaining, Italys clubs seem to be a bit more competitive
this year in the URC (Benetton particularly) so hopefully they can put in a decent performance
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Great update Krogoth.
If the printed paper has lasted this long I guess its a result, what could change that result
going forward? the PH of the water? added chemicals like chlorine perhaps - IDK...
Anyway this is a great service for the community you are giving!
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The biggest obstacle to financial freedom is being part of the FIAT financial system. The
system is designed to make it easy to become dependent, for example Mortgages and loans.
Once you avail of their products you become enslaved, 25 or 30 year mortgage, to be completed
when you retire, loans for items we cannot afford and/or dont need and which will need
updating with newer products with newer loans.
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Yes good win by Ireland, it was won really in the first 25 minutes. The final score was 10-34. Wales gave away too many penalties in those first 25 minutes and Ireland were clinical. In the second half Wales came back into it to score a try and Ireland gave away a few penalties which Wales couldnt capitalise on. The match stats read for a close enough game though. 
I didnt get to see the second game, England v Scotland but by all accounts it was a cracking one, close enough with Scotland clinching victory with 5 minutes to go and killing my parlay! Final score 23-29 |
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I'm sure traders dedicating every waking moment to studying all sorts of charts -
every day can put a handle on what way they will go but for the vast majority of us and
especially the ones who have zoomed out as welsh has mentioned we are not moved
by trying to predict the markets.
Also bear in mind that Bitcoin is a decentralised entity and so is not subject to any rules
like traditional trading is subject to be so there can always be manipulation in the markets
making it trickier to try an "predict"
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me too - for me Nadal has always been a legend to me.
YOu are right he would not give up that easily - but that too is true -sometime the injuries are fatal and they kick off the players off their career.
It's not just about giving up, you have to see how Federer is still trying to be able to play and win the GS especially Wimbledon because it is his favorite surface but that didn't happen because an injury forced him to retire because his body was no longer able to compete and maybe Nadal would be the same but retiring with such great achievement is something to be proud of. But I guess his injury is not that worst compare to Federer or to Andy Murray, so with proper exercise, he could rehabilitate his body to still compete at least one GS in this calendar year and chase another title and get one ahead of Djokovic. So we will see, I doubt that he will retire though, of course his name is in the discussion of the GOAT. But so far, Djokovic is still far from retiring so he can still more GS from Nadal, but for sure Rafa has a target for this year's slam. His injury is not so serious. But what I think is it is already hard for him to actually perform at the top level considering his age. He is already having to play against a lot of younger and agile players. It is going to be harder for him if he has to play with even a little bit of injury on top of that. Djokovic is not retiring soon. But we have to remember that he is also 35 years old. Sometimes it is actually hard to believe that Rafael Nadal is 36 years old and Novak Djokovic is 35. Yes I agree with that also, it is hard to believe Djokovic is 35 and still looking very strong and injury free. I would argue if COVID hadnt have happened he would be ahead in GS titles now, but yea thats only speculation. Anyway it will be hard to bet against him when he is playing anyone other than Alcaraz? Provided Alcaraz can return strong and injury free. |
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Yeh, I put wagers on the six nations quite a while ago not realising that the games weren't on until this weekend. I'll get back into my account and check who I've got a dollar or two on and post some info here overnight.
Nice to see @Welsh stop in for a visit too. ☺️
Ah, February is the time for the Six Nations, What kind of odds did you get I wonder? Was driving a lot today and got to listed to a lot of Rugby pundits about the first game tomorrow, Wales v Ireland. The general consensus is that Ireland will win but it will be tougher than expected and could be close enough. Wales have the returning coach of Warren Gatland qho has an Irish history and has played many mind games over the years and have caused Ireland a lot of trouble. I believe the roof at the Millennium Stadium will be closed so its going to be a real cauldron of atmosphere. |
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He would probably like to have everything. And all at the same time. But winning a real Grand Slam is probably the biggest thing of all. Especially because the last Grand Slam was quite a long time ago: 1969. Although a Golden Slam is even better. But only Steffi Graf has achieved that so far in 1988. But next year would be another opportunity for that. Novak Djokovic has performed really well in this recent Australian Open. So, I think we can expect a good performance from him. In this Australian Open actually, no one even came close to him in terms of competition. So, I believe that he's going to perform really well in this tournament as well. But he will have some competition, better competition at least. And the best competition for him is going to be Alcaraz. There will be a lot more skillful gameplay on display. Yea its probably going to come down to Alcaraz to lead the challenge depending on his injury and if he can make a full recovery. All the entry regulations in reference to the Corona Vaccination are lifted in the USA at 11 May. This will allow Djokovic to play at the US Open and chase another Grand Slam title. However, it is not certain whether he will remain number 1 in the world rankings. In any case he will not be allowed to play at the tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami. So his pursuers have two possibilities to get closer to him or even to regain spot number 1.
This is amazing news for Novak Djokovic and now he has a chance again to attack all 4 grand slams to win them in a year. With the level he is playing he might win them all. Only the French open might be a big problem for him due to him playing on clay where he isnt the best. Amazing indeed, this year is working out in Djokovic' favour, being able to attend the AO and winning it in such impressive style and restrictions to be lifted for the US tournaments. He will be stoked by this and will keep the X factor going for him. He will indeed want it all! |
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Rugby Union - Six Nations The annual flagship northern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament kicks off tomorrow.  I will go with Ireland and England to win, France are unbackable and will be the favourites to win the title. Wales could be tricky for Ireland but the favourites should win.
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That isn't brand new. Ever since that bitcoin and its market has been established, countless times FUD were made and even if the actual news doesn't have something to do with it, they're making their articles relevant.
But as we know when these FUDs are made, I guess that we're seeing the sign that the bull run is soon to come.
It's more worrying when they start to praise the market as the opposite of it might occur. Just always remember that.
yea its nothing new, for my whole Bitcoin life I have been hearing negativity from the media. I know the Winklevoss twins but I dont follow them, and I'm certainly not going to pay to find out what shitcoins they were involved in to cause their trouble. The way I read that headline is that if it was Bitcoin which caused their trouble the headline would read that way but it doesnt. |
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Thank you betnomi!
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