Match Thread Season 01, Round 3: Western Stars (WST) vs Fulmina Qricket Club (FUL) at Bainlea Oval

[Robertio]

Sticks and Turbo would do a great duet.

Milli Vanilli.

 

[Gralin]

Wish I was at that set where they were trying to describe to Ray who he was filming with haha.

Looks like you can sing too which is bloody impressive. No wonder Ray wanted a collab.

I'm a triple threat

 

[Pamcake1]

Saturday vibes:

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

Next to my love of knocking the middle stump out drumming is my greatest passion

When I used to umpire cricket games I would always put some water in the stump holes to make it easy to place the stumps into them. It had the additional benefit that the stumps would go cartwheeling when a batsman was bowled. Several of the captains knew what I was doing and would comment how good it looked.

It also reduced the amount of complaining from batsman. I mean it is hard to argue with an umpire about a bowled decision when one of the stumps nearly spears the keeper standing ten yards back.

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

Wish I was at that set where they were trying to describe to Ray who he was filming with haha.

Looks like you can sing too which is bloody impressive. No wonder Ray wanted a collab.

An interesting thing about Ray Charles is that he could 'click', i.e. use sound to navigate. Bats and dolphins are somewhat better at it but humans without sight can do it reasonable well.

 

[Robertio]

An interesting thing about Ray Charles is that he could 'click', i.e. use sound to navigate. Bats and dolphins are somewhat better at it but humans without sight can do it reasonable well.

Most of the AFL umpires do it well.

 

[Ocha905]

When I used to umpire cricket games I would always put some water in the stump holes to make it easy to place the stumps into them. It had the additional benefit that the stumps would go cartwheeling when a batsman was bowled. Several of the captains knew what I was doing and would comment how good it looked.

It also reduced the amount of complaining from batsman. I mean it is hard to argue with an umpire about a bowled decision when one of the stumps nearly spears the keeper standing ten yards back.

Always wanted to know how a cricket umpire can maintain concentration for such a long time. Not a job for the smart phone generation that’s for sure (including myself!).

An interesting thing about Ray Charles is that he could 'click', i.e. use sound to navigate. Bats and dolphins are somewhat better at it but humans without sight can do it reasonable well.

Fascinating stuff thanks for the info. It’s astounding how some people are able to overcome such limitations. Another obvious example is Paralympians.

 

[GremioPower]

 

[GremioPower]

 

[KBLT]

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All that needs is a Minion and it's prime Facebook boomer material.

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

Always wanted to know how a cricket umpire can maintain concentration for such a long time. Not a job for the smart phone generation that’s for sure (including myself!).


Fascinating stuff thanks for the info. It’s astounding how some people are able to overcome such limitations. Another obvious example is Paralympians.

Umpiring is similar to batting. You only concentrate when the ball is 'live'. I had a stance when the ball was live but would change my stance the second the ball was 'dead'.

I used to do a lot of games in Fawkner Park opposite the Alfred Hospital. Huge numbers of very attractive people were always walking past our oval so there was always something for relaxation.