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ODIs are a different type of game to tests. You of all people should know this.
How long I remember.
Clarke's average in the last three years of ODI cricket:
2010: 55.5
2011: 56.25
2012: 46.85
I won't argue that either. If someone dislikes them then it'll be hard to change that. I will definitely argue against someone lumping them together with the other, potentially corrupt, gaming media though. Especially with how Giant Bomb even started and all.
Lazorexplosion guy is going off the rails. Any thread about a non American economic system on a board dominated by Americans will be doomed to failure.
So why was Waugh kicked out as captain?
Blue line is the 10 game average.
Yep.
Meanwhile APKmetsfan seems capable of discussing sensibly, which wasn't my first impression but I think he has explained himself quite well in subsequent posts.
reptilescorpio
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It would be nice to live in a world governed by logic rather than emotions. Actually it would have it's drawbacks, people like me (and the weasel) would be left for dead.
Fuck, I dunno. Can't we all just get along.
Also I need a detox. No beer for February. Lets see if I survive that.
Fuck, I dunno. Can't we all just get along.
Also I need a detox. No beer for February. Lets see if I survive that.
Planet_JASE
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readins fuh loosers. when your readin ill be shagging wimmin like a reel man
shanshan310
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What's that full stop doing there?
I have enough bogan coworkers on facebook to know that using full stops is for chumps.Planet_JASE
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that fullstop was an akcident cuz the woman i was bangin hit the keybord as i wuz givin her a good hard 1
I've always thought about dabbling in fantasy/dream team stuff, but it seems like way too much effort. I already spend enough time watching matches, following odds and waiting for the teams to release just to do tipping.
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Planet_JASE
i wuz givin her a good hard 1
Today, 08:23 PM, Post #7063
i wuz givin her a good hard 1
Today, 08:23 PM, Post #7063
Planet_JASE
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the last time i touched a book it was to prop up a girl so that i could get to her girly bits and haev at em in a sexy way
I've only just started using Goodreads and, to tell the truth, I'm not sure if I'll keep on using it. It's perhaps good for keeping track of how much you're reading, or perhaps if you like to see what others are reading, but apart from that?
What do you all use it for, primarily?
I've only just started using Goodreads and, to tell the truth, I'm not sure if I'll keep on using it. It's perhaps good for keeping track of how much you're reading, or perhaps if you like to see what others are reading, but apart from that?
What do you all use it for, primarily?
Planet_JASE
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So is it the social element that's primarily focused upon books + keeping track of what you're reading the main draw?
Does the time it takes you to update you reading list (and what page you're currently on! jeepers) get justified by these social elements? Are there parts of the site where you can comment upon your friends books or is it a highly passive social environment, where all you doing is seeing your friends activities and what they thought about novels?
Does the time it takes you to update you reading list (and what page you're currently on! jeepers) get justified by these social elements? Are there parts of the site where you can comment upon your friends books or is it a highly passive social environment, where all you doing is seeing your friends activities and what they thought about novels?
Nup. AusGAF is boring!
reptilescorpio
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And I get an email every month telling me what you have read.
So we never have to talk.
The system works.
Planet_JASE
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You just broke the system.
I don't even get that!
reptilescorpio
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I don't even know who the system is to be honest.
All I know is supply has to meet demand or the commies win.
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Planet_JASE
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I use Goodreads to keep track of what I have read and those books I want to read. I don't socialise on the site, because the community is horrid. Having people you know and/or trust from another place as friends is a must, and the site is neat once you do.
This is entirely a personal thing, but I find that seeing other people reading good books is a great motivator. I love reading, but seeing this seems to stymie my usual habit of a reading binge followed by a lull.
To counter my occasional indecisiveness on what to read next, I'll look at my numbered list of books to read, consult a random number generator and read whatever book happens to be listed at the number it spits out. Nothing to do with the site itself, but it's helpful.
This is entirely a personal thing, but I find that seeing other people reading good books is a great motivator. I love reading, but seeing this seems to stymie my usual habit of a reading binge followed by a lull.
To counter my occasional indecisiveness on what to read next, I'll look at my numbered list of books to read, consult a random number generator and read whatever book happens to be listed at the number it spits out. Nothing to do with the site itself, but it's helpful.
Planet_JASE
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Cool. Thank you.
It seems like a lot of people use it for just tracking. I may continue to do so, since I'd like to read more this year and the site at least makes it easier to be accountable for the number that I've read.
Thanks Danoss and Jintor.
It seems like a lot of people use it for just tracking. I may continue to do so, since I'd like to read more this year and the site at least makes it easier to be accountable for the number that I've read.
Thanks Danoss and Jintor.
shanshan310
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Well, I do now! Now everyone can see my horrible reading habits, like reading a whole series as fast as I can and then not touching a non-uni book again for six months.
Is that an actual website? It should be, but only if it includes cider too. Though I suppose this thread is basically the same thing.
I have a goodreads account: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2348163-lafiel. Except I'm incredibly lazy about updating it. Only update every 2 months or so.
So, Les Mis was pretty rad. First time I'd ever experienced it (so no musicals, had a very bare knowledge of the plot) but yeah... loved watching it. Worth seeing it with Mum who is somewhat of a connoisseur of all things Mis, just to get her take on things.
Sascha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham=Carter-Burton were surprisingly good. Crowe was better than I thought he'd be, but to be honest I thought he was going to be pretty shit.
Totes didn't almost cry, either.
Sascha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham=Carter-Burton were surprisingly good. Crowe was better than I thought he'd be, but to be honest I thought he was going to be pretty shit.
Totes didn't almost cry, either.
I don't read that much (outside of research papers for work), so I pretty much only read Terry Pratchett, Matthew Reilly and Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), and only a chapter or so every two nights of whatever I'm reading. I should finish Dance with Dragons in February or March, maybe, with Dodger (T.P.'s latest) queued to be next up...
To be honest, I think I'm reading board game manuals more than anything else these days :/
... I don't read nearly as much as I should. I actually really liked the Issac Asimov stuff someone (Danoss? I forget) recommended, and I read through I Robot and two of the Baley books. I'll return to that series eventually, but I was getting a little burned out on the concept.
Didn't really gel with the Discworld book I tried out. It was extremely well written, and occasionally funny, but... there was something about it that lost my interest. There wasn't really a narrative that I had to keep up with, it was just... people walking into places and then comedy.
I also got a few chapters into A Scanner Darkly before becoming terribly confused because I didn't realise the book was switching characters. Or, according to wikipedia... not actually switching characters. The character was switching characters.
Then I tried downloading the Feast for Crows audiobook and quickly discovered I am not good at paying attention to audiobooks.
Guess I don't have the attention span for books. Or I'm not reading the right books. I'm still open for recommendations but I think I tried more books than I finished last year. Between Storm of Swords, three Asimov books, one of them Kingslayer books and I think at some point I did a Witcher book... and some other video game book.
To summarise, I apparently like books that aren't very confusing but have exciting stories or mysteries or something to empathise with.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is really good, by the way. Bought it a week ago and I'm still playing. No shit.
Didn't really gel with the Discworld book I tried out. It was extremely well written, and occasionally funny, but... there was something about it that lost my interest. There wasn't really a narrative that I had to keep up with, it was just... people walking into places and then comedy.
I also got a few chapters into A Scanner Darkly before becoming terribly confused because I didn't realise the book was switching characters. Or, according to wikipedia... not actually switching characters. The character was switching characters.
Then I tried downloading the Feast for Crows audiobook and quickly discovered I am not good at paying attention to audiobooks.
Guess I don't have the attention span for books. Or I'm not reading the right books. I'm still open for recommendations but I think I tried more books than I finished last year. Between Storm of Swords, three Asimov books, one of them Kingslayer books and I think at some point I did a Witcher book... and some other video game book.
To summarise, I apparently like books that aren't very confusing but have exciting stories or mysteries or something to empathise with.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is really good, by the way. Bought it a week ago and I'm still playing. No shit.
I have been reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles for the past half-month or so, but Persona is really taking up most of my time. Still got Cloud Atlas, The Buddah Tree, and The Road to finish before I need to restock my 'waiting to be read' shelf. Probably going to go for some Asimov and some good non-fiction reporting next cycle.
And of course I'm always reading manga, but I don't really put those down on goodreads.
And of course I'm always reading manga, but I don't really put those down on goodreads.
Both are great ways of spending your time!
Think it was vince/yag who recommended Asimov, particularly Foundation. Need to get to reading that too!
I almost forgot, it won't be long until I'm reading Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Hystoria. Yeah, it doesn't really count, but it will be AWESOME.
Zelda Symphony is only a week and a bit away too! I can't wait.
Zelda Symphony is only a week and a bit away too! I can't wait.
Wind-Up Bird is really enjoyable. It's not exactly 'grabbing' me, but few books really do, and I like reading it. That's Murakami for you.
Excellent! How does one go about seeing your terrible reading habits and allowing you to see theirs in kind?
There's books out there for you, no doubt about it. I like the type of books that you've described, among others. I mix in books that are just a fun time amongst some that are a bit heavier, it helps break it up a bit and it also helps me get through some long series of the lighter books without tiring of them.
Some lighter stories that you might are The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, starting with Storm Front; the series starts to hit its stride throughout book 3, Grave Peril. Have a look at Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, it was originally a tv series by him, but the book is just wonderful. They might give you a nice starting point, I hope you like them if you give them a go.
Fool Moon is the book involving them, the second book in the series. It introduces
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