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joeboo posted 8/28/2013 07:46 AM
I have read hundreds of times on here that it is not the BSs fault, it is all about the WS being broken. Albeit, my fww has deeply rooted issues with boundaries and sex but she has been working hard at being a better wife and I can see that. However, I never really had issues with how she treated me rather I had issues with her motivation and desire to be with other men whos personality and physical characteristics were just different than me.
So fast forward to today and the majority of struggles with R lie in my deeply rooted insecurities in the bedroom. I take it very personal. I am way beyond any emotional attachment she had with any OM and I can deal with that as I am very comfortable and proud of who I am as a person (hoping that doesnt sound pompous just relating it to my self-confidence outside of the bedroom). But I do not feel the same way about the sex. I still cant help but take it personal as if it were something she did to me and I am very offended as well as view it as a huge slap in the face. There are underlying implications that I seemingly will never get past.
I've been here way too long for this to be a stage as opposed to a solid belief. So how did you get to the point where it was not about you? How do you not take it personal?
ItsaClimb posted 8/28/2013 08:02 AM
For a while I was really hung up about the sex aspect of it all. To be honest, I had always thought I was pretty good in bed and then this happened and suddenly I had all these insecurities! I felt useless, hopeless, unsexy!
It's taken a long time and lots of figuring it out, but I have come to believe that it actually had nothing to do with the sex! My fWH has told me that the sex with OW was pure "vanilla", not exciting at all and he never brought her to orgasm, she just didn't seem that interested in that aspect of it... at first I thought "Yeah right! You went back 30 or so times....for below average sex...? whatever!" But over time and through lots of conversation and reading up, I have come to see that the quality (or lack thereof!) in the bedroom has stuff all to do with it! Honestly, it was all about the excitement of the illicit "adventure", it was all about the AP letting them think they were wonderful, and exciting.... He could have been shagging a rottweiler, it would have made no difference as long at the rottweiler made him feel like a "handsome prince" and let him come inside!
Please don't let them rob you of this! Honestly, us BS are so quick to allow the A to play into all our insecurities, we have to fight that! And fight it hard. The affair is a fantasy situation, the emotions, the sex, the whole thing is just a fantasy fuelled by mega-doses of dopamine. It can't survive in the light of day. It says NOTHING about who we are as people, how good we are in bed or anything else about us at all. {joeboo}
jjsr posted 8/28/2013 08:48 AM
I think what you are feeling is normal. At 2 years out I know now it really had nothing to do with sex in my case. The ONS could have been anyone and was.. It really was about where he was broken and our marriage was broken.
atsenaotie posted 8/28/2013 08:58 AM
Hi joeboo,
Getting over the sexual aspect was wrapped up in the whole "why would she choose one of them (OM 1-3) over me?" question for me. IC was a part of my answer, I also profited from reading the Holly Hines book Sexual Detours. That book helped me to understand the psychological and behavior aspects of FWW's relationships with her OM. YMMV, but I really remember that book as a true "Aha!" moment.
...rather I had issues with her motivation and desire to be with other men whos personality and physical characteristics were just different than me.
The only other thing I can add is that I truly believe that her A's were not about me. This was the first thing our MC/IC said to me. This is a mantra at SI. I see this in many books (Not Just Friends, Sexual Detours). I really do believe this.
I do not know how to identify the path for you, but if you can get to where you truly accept that her A's were not about you, that they were about her, that the OM was nothing more than available and willing, then I think the rest sorts itself out.
I can see in my FWW that her As, and the sex, was something she did to herself.
deeply rooted insecurities in the bedroom.
Sex is complicated, and I think there is more to the mindset of the participants than actual physical technique in bad or great sex. I have had lousy sex with FWW, and the best sex of my life. She is the same person with the same skills. When I have a bad round of sex, it is more my issue than something for her to feel insecure about. The same way, FWWs sexual satisfaction is her responsibility. I am in reasonably good shape and still have parts that work most the time. If she is not getting her needs met she needs to clue me in and work with me.
At the risk of coming off sounding wrong, I satisfied FWW and other women before her sexually. I am reasonably well read and have put some effort into being a good partner. I do not have insecurities about my sexual performance in bed. I do have insecurities about open and honest communication with FWW. I know she still has a distance to go in having a solid core to her self image. If I do not feel like sex, or only want gentle love-making without the props and midgets, it is difficult for me to communicate this to her. She looks for ulterior reasons, blame within her self, rather than accept me at my word that I am tired, sore, stressed, overly full, drunk, have to get up early
I wonder if your felling of insecurity is a reflection of something from your FWW? If she is placing too much value on perfect sexual encounters as demonstration of love and connection? If you falter sexually, does she feel unloved or un-desired, and do you pick up on this?
heforgotme posted 8/28/2013 09:17 AM
For me, it's not really possible not to take this personally. He abandoned ME. He did OUR thing with someone else. How do you not take that personally??
However, this is mitigated somewhat by the fact that I know intellectually that this was not about me. To HIM, it wasn't personal.
So, it doesn't really change how I feel, but it makes it a little less awful.
As to the sex, I can't help but think that if you are still feeling this so strongly that your WW is not doing enough to allay your fears. It is natural for you to feel insecure after something like this and she should be doing everything in her power to make sure you feel otherwise.
Is she?
TxsT posted 8/28/2013 09:20 AM
Sex in our case was a huge factor in why the A happened.....we were having little to no sex at all. thankfully I have figured out the why on my end....it was my end that was broken in the sex department. Having a very limited ability to climax was something that finally rooted inside me as resentment....and from that the not feeling like I wanted sex at all came. Having dealt with this issue in IC and with my medical doctor, we are fixing this integral part of a healthy marriage. Sex is as wonderful now as it was when we first met. I work very hard at protecting that.
My husbands A grew out of the feeling of being wanted, needed and that she made him feel special.....all things he felt had stopped in our marriage because the sex had stopped. I am so getting this now and getting what he needs to feel loved. I just wish he had the balls to speak to me about this so many years ago.
rachelc posted 8/28/2013 09:21 AM
my issue with the "not taking it personally" thing is that it lets the WS off the hook. I mean, using that logic, why can't they continue having affairs as long as it's about them and not you? If they're only hurting themselves what's the big deal?
I know I'm being facetious. It hurts, all logic goes out the window. The BS's self esteem is crushed, asking themselves, what is wrong with me that he had to do that?
or, is it the lying? I'm worthy of the truth about what it going on in my life. He had an affair? ok. He lied, very much not interested in being in a marriage where there are lies.
An affair and lies go hand in hand. how can you not take it personally?
ItsaClimb posted 8/28/2013 10:24 AM
With regard to "taking it personally" - I take it personally in the sense that fWH betrayed ME, he lied to ME, he disrespected ME, he broke vows he had made to ME. That's all personal and I take it very personally. What I refuse to believe is that all those things that he did had anything to do with defects in me. He did those things because of HIS issues and HIS weaknesses.
I think we need to be very careful of blaming perceived weaknesses in ourselves for the harm that was done to us through the A.
nekorb posted 8/28/2013 10:32 AM
Well, in my mind the A can be as big or as little of a deal as I make it. I've been thinking about the sex part...yes, it's hurtful that he had sex with her, but I'm choosing to put it in the box with - "Well, he had sex with other women before me too....they have nothing to do with me.".
If my husband choses to engage in sex with me again, I will know it is because he has committed his heart back to me...those are the conditions he has outlined for being willing and able to engage in sexual activity with me again...because he knows that love and emotion are important to me, and he stated that he hasnt felt any of that for a long time, and sex with me has been really difficult for him because of his lack of desire for me.
In terms of your feeling insecure, let me just say this...my husband also has insecurities in the bedroom. My one and only complaint about his love making is that he does not recognize and appreciate that he knows exactly what I like and how I like it.
When your wife tells you she likes something, believe her. GO with it. She is with you, she has chosen to be with you. Relax and enjoy.
[This message edited by nekorb at 10:33 AM, August 28th (Wednesday)]
Tred posted 8/28/2013 10:39 AM
I take being exposed to potential STD's very personally. Having my family exposed to potential acts of violence, emotional and physical loss, and monetary costs in the thousands directly affect me. It wasn't about me or our family. We were never considered. We just happened to be in the intersection when the texting driver blew through the red light. It wasn't about us, but boy did it affect us.
brokensmile322 posted 8/28/2013 12:13 PM
Sending hugs. So sorry. I can feel your hurt through your post.
Listen, I really am not going to offer much help as I am not dealing with a PA, at least not that I know of....
Anyway, as a woman. I just want to say that generally speaking (and I know generalizations are dangerous most of the time) it really isn't about the 'sex' per se for women. Really.
I like sex. I like it a lot. I have never slept with someone for the sex. I have slept with them for the emotional aspect of it or because of how they made me feel. They made me feel sexy, alive, gorgeous, beautiful, loved etc...
He could have been shagging a rottweiler, it would have made no difference as long at the rottweiler made him feel like a "handsome prince" and let him come inside!
This is why I believe this ^^ is true. Her AP was likely making her feel what she was missing inside.
I have had lousy sex with FWW, and the best sex of my life. She is the same person with the same skills.
^^This is why i don't think it is about the sex. KWIM?
I hope this helps, Joeboo. Find peace!
joeboo posted 8/28/2013 13:04 PM
But over time and through lots of conversation and reading up, I have come to see that the quality (or lack thereof!) in the bedroom has stuff all to do with it!Assuming there was a bit of a typo there. But through lots of conversation and observation that tells its own story, the sex was just as much of a motivating factor as anything else if not more so.
I think what you are feeling is normal.If only I could be abnormal!
I do not know how to identify the path for you, but if you can get to where you truly accept that her A's were not about you, that they were about her, that the OM was nothing more than available and willing, then I think the rest sorts itself out.Thanks. I certainly want to be there, but not sure how to get there. I should invest in the books you mentioned. I have had reading mat'l recommended before but never actually order the book even though I would have liked to.
I wonder if your felling of insecurity is a reflection of something from your FWW? If she is placing too much value on perfect sexual encounters as demonstration of love and connection? If you falter sexually, does she feel unloved or un-desired, and do you pick up on this?I think my insecurities have a lot to do with my fww and the things she has said to me in the past about my failing in the bedroom and how other men are more skilled and desirable as well as other preferences to which I cannot compete. I do not think it has anything to do with her feeling unloved or not desired, it has more to do with them apparently having more sex appeal with a better follow through. Looking back, I do not think my fww married me because she loved me, I think she married me because I was good husband material and she couldn't get that from the guys she'd rather have slept with. I think over time she has grown to love me and see what she was missing, but over time I have grown to see what I was missing too.
However, this is mitigated somewhat by the fact that I know intellectually that this was not about me. To HIM, it wasn't personal.Thanks for the thought. I don't think I drove my fww to be with another man, I think that she married someone with whom she didn't feel sexual compatibility. I didn't know that at the time and now she claims those days are past.
I just wish he had the balls to speak to me about this so many years ago.I can relate in that I wish she wouldn't have played me for the fool for so long. That is a long time to invest in a relationship with an imaginary friend.
An affair and lies go hand in hand. how can you not take it personally?I suspect that to move forward with R this has to be resolved.
What I refuse to believe is that all those things that he did had anything to do with defects in me.
It wasn't about us, but boy did it affect us.
That is exactly where I want to be, but I cannot find my way there.
...it really isn't about the 'sex' per se for women. Really. I like sex. I like it a lot. I have never slept with someone for the sex.I think you are her polar opposite in that regard.
[This message edited by joeboo at 1:05 PM, August 28th (Wednesday)]
blakesteele posted 8/28/2013 13:13 PM
What I refuse to believe is that all those things that he did had anything to do with defects in me. He did those things because of HIS issues and HIS weaknesses.
I think we need to be very careful of blaming perceived weaknesses in ourselves for the harm that was done to us through the A.
itsaclimb says it very well. The flip side of this? Our fWS's can NOT take credit for our fidelity. Dont know if you went through the phase of noticing how women interact with you or not...but I did. I see just how much opportunity there is out there for BS to make the same dreadful, hurtful mistakes our fWS did....our coping mechanisms just did not allow that to be a viable option for how to deal with life.
My wife and I were our first...and on track to be "onlies"...so the whole "well, we had sex with other people before we married" comfort line does not help me. My wife gave away something rare...gave it away because of a weakness in her. This hurts...and it hurts me personally.
STD's...by the grace of God we did not have to deal with this...surprising as the stats are not good on this....especially with HVP. The acts my wife engaged in disgust me, logical thought left their brains the moment they first kissed....but here I am.
To be sure I struggle with what you are struggling with. But we differ in that most days now (11 months into this) I dont take the affair itself personally. Perhaps as heforgotme stated...your wife is not doing what she can on her side, maybe she is still "fog-like" in her actions.
Is she suggesting she misses the sex, misses the OM, says she doesnt miss OM but not really into you?
Ultimately, you will find your path to this place. It took me 10 months, others like catlover50 got to this place within 2 months.
You will find its true. IF your wife is doing things that keep you from getting to this point a 180 will be in order.
IC was a big part of my journey, as was reading 20 plus books.
I would have debated a person 1 month after DD as to the validity that my wifes affair was anything BUT personal....I have completely abandoned that thinking.
I pray you find the peace to abandon this as well...but I also pray you have the patience with yourself as you move towards this place. TIME is a player in this.
God be with you.
[This message edited by blakesteele at 1:16 PM, August 28th (Wednesday)]
blakesteele posted 8/28/2013 13:23 PM
Something that helped me make this less personal was the following question...
Did my wife or her AP ever consult me about what they were deciding on doing? Of course they didnt...because it did not concern me. Their affair was and is all about them.
Through counseling it has become keenly apparent to me that my wife simply did not allow herself to think of anyone else but herself....she dropped our kids off at school, her AP dropped his 5 kids off at school....then they met and had sex. This tells you just how little consideration anyone but themselves were given. It is no more about us then it is our kids...would you blame your kids for your wifes actions? That would be insane...is it less insane, then, to blame yourself?
To be sure they thought they were giving us consideration as they confessed to each other "This just isnt right, my husband doesnt know about us." But this was just a way for their conscious to quiet down a bit so they could get back to what they wanted. Hopefully your wife has abandoned that as any sort of reason to offer up as to why she committed adultery. Hopefully she has given up GIVING reasons for her adultery. If she hasnt, I can see why you have not moved through this phase and now feel like it is a real fact...that your case is somehow different then the tens of thousands of others affected by adultery.
I remember asking my wife over and over and over again on how she could walk by family pictures on the way out to the park 1 block away to meet and make out with her AP. Her answer? She simply didnt think about that part of it....her affair was purely an escape, a cocoon onto itself.
Dreadful, hurtful, painful, sinful, disgusting....but not personal. Not personal in that we were simply not a factor in their choice to committ adultery.
At the end of our lives God is not going to ask me "Blakesteele, what did you do to make your wife commit adultery?". It is simply not a personal notation in my personell file....and it is not in yours either.
God be with us all.
[This message edited by blakesteele at 1:28 PM, August 28th (Wednesday)]
atsenaotie posted 8/28/2013 13:32 PM
...how other men are more skilled
I do not believe that other men are more skilled, but let us take this at face value. A skill can be learned, and how bad can it be to practice a sexual skill to perfection? What about them was more skilled, does your W discuss this with you, give you specifics about what skill they had that was so wondrous? When dating I might occasionally bed a woman with whom I pushed all the right buttons in the right order, with the right amount of pressure, for the right length of time just as a fluke. I also rolled all 6s in Yatzee occasionally.
More often, partners and I had to communicate to each other our likes and dislikes. I had a partner who was really into one act that no other partner has ever been excited about. My doing this act for the one partner and pleasing her was not about skill, it was about communication.
... and desirable as well as other preferences to which I cannot compete.
So what does she mean by this? Did they bathe more often than just Saturdays? Was it a cologne scent? Were they shaved bald? These are examples of things you can change and put in place to be more desirable and please your partner if you are so inclined.
On the other hand, if it is the size of your dick or the color of your skin she is referring to, there isnt anything you can do about that. She either needs to commit and find desire for you as you are, or you have to decide if you can be happy where everything is fine except your partner wishes you had a smaller dick, or were a different race.
That is exactly where I want to be, but I cannot find my way there.
1. you have to love yourself as you are
2. your W has to be open and honest in communication with you on all topics
3. you have to learn to trust your W again. it takes practice, and it takes time.
Almost 4 years out and a month ago I was back to checking phone, email, and text records. I am not there yet, but each time I am supicious and do not find anything, and raise the issue with my FWW, I get closer.
[This message edited by atsenaotie at 1:34 PM, August 28th (Wednesday)]
Sal1995 posted 8/28/2013 13:42 PM
Ditto what Tred said.
Is it personal? Damn right it is. I take blowing up vows that were spoken to me before God and family personally for sure. I take being exposed to STDs, and the risk that my 40-year wife would be impregnated by her lover, personally. I take the potential (some would say likely) destruction of my children's intact two-parent home personally.
It was ALWAYS about me, whether she wanted to acknowledge that or not. When you get married and create a family, "I" goes out the window. Everything you do is about "We." It affects all of us. That's the reality, even for those who find themselves in unicorns-farting-rainbows land.
silverhopes posted 8/28/2013 13:46 PM
So how did you get to the point where it was not about you? How do you not take it personal?
Don't know. You can know that it wasn't about you, that it was about their own issues, but it doesn't help that they took something that could have been special between you two and shared it with someone else instead. That they and someone else share those memories instead of you. That someone else made them smile that way.
Jealousy sucks. The only way I've been able to deal with it is to detach, to the point where I actually almost felt happy for him to have experienced such awesomeness with other women, you know, happy for him that he has good memories no matter where they're from... Yes, the detaching was that strong; it worked because I invalidated "us" totally to get to that point. And I'm not so sure it's healthy anymore. It was helping when he was less remorseful. But now that he's trying... I don't know. I don't know how to get back to "us", a healthy "us". Need to do something else.
atsenaotie posted 8/28/2013 14:32 PM
I think the phrase "taking it personally" can get muddied in semantics.
When a poster asks as joeboo did:
So how did you get to the point where it was not about you? How do you not take it personal?
I interpret not take it personal as in I (or the poster) has no personal responsibility for the WSs A. The A was not because he worked too many hours, his dick bent to the left, or he did not pay enough attention to his W. I do not want the poster to take personal ownership for any responsibility for the A, as in she had her A because I never paid enough attention to her, I never showed an interest in her Beanie Baby collection, I did not make sure she came before I did
As for injury, yes I personally was hurt by my Ws A. I had immense emotional pain form anger, fear, rejection, resentment, jealously. My work, family, and social lives suffered from my depression and pre-occupation with her A. My health suffered from the STD she contracted from one of the OM. The A cost me time and money.
Her A was not about me, and I do not take any personal responsibility for her actions; but I was personally devastated when I found out and understood her betrayal of the M.
silverhopes posted 8/28/2013 15:14 PM
Her A was not about me, and I do not take any personal responsibility for her actions; but I was personally devastated when I found out and understood her betrayal of the M.
Exactly. This is an important distinction.
sisoon posted 8/28/2013 17:21 PM
Good to hear from you, joe.
Gently, the deeply rooted insecurities are your problem to fix. The metaphor I would use is that you're telling yourself you're lousy in bed, and the cure is to do the opposite - tell yourself you ARE good in bed.
If you're not confident of your skills, you can, for example, ask your W about what touches she likes and when. Observe and respond. If you're really weak in an area you can strengthen other areas, or strengthen the area you're weak in.
Read about Tantra. If you can, find a teacher of Tantric yoga. (Personally, I wish I had the patience to learn a lot about Tantra, but I don't - maybe you do.)
I always thought positive self-talk was lying. It's not - the negative self-talk is the lie.
WRT the personal aspect of being betrayed, of course it's personal - but I figure WSes are out of touch with reality in general, and thinking cheating isn't an attack against the BS is a specific instance of WSes' effed up 'thinking'.
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by BatPimp - 6/24/2013 2:56 AM
To CALIBAN3K: I opened that message board so that we can plan Pandora's new adventure.
I have an idea for a new villain: Sir Rodshire was a serial rapist in the middle of the 19nth century who tried to cut a deal with a demon, because he had finally been caught by the police. The demon however tricked him and Sir Rodshire has been stuck as a
ghost ever since. He uses his mystic powers to possess people and commit crimes in their names.
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As far as you consider Sir Rodshire as a ghost, capable of transfer his incorporeal will to his victims (only men or men and women?'') as the villain of "Fallen" (A 1998 Dezel Washington movie), I like the idea. Not really powerful but with experience
and malevolence enough to put in jeopardy Pandora. So, I suppose that he can only control his victim while he is into him, doesn´t he? If don´t, which is the limitations of his power?
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- To answer your first question: I picture this villain to be a lot like Deadman (from DC), except that Deadman was good instead of evil. So Sir Rodshire is invisible to normal people (only experienced magic users can actually 'feel' him) and he can only
control one person at a time by possessing them (he can possess anyone however, only powerful magicians would be able to 'repel' him).
- To answer your second question: Sir Rodshire made a deal with a demon, because he expected to get enough powers to escape the law. Instead, the demon turned Sir Rodshire into an immortal ghost and as long as the ghost exists (undead don't really 'live', do
they?) the demon gets some kind of 'energy' every time Sir Rodshire commits a sin. Although Sir Rodshire doesn't need to do anything, he won't 'die' if he doesn't do anything. He has the possibility to sit around and do nothing, but instead he commits crimes,
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As for Peggy, she can make an amazing goofy villain (contrary to Sir Rodshire who is a more serious villain). You know, the kind that are easily taken down, but always come back at the worst moment. Though I think you should at least give her a silly super-power
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Question: A 4-year-old is consistently defiant of his parent's instructions and is getting into trouble in preschool. The adults see this as his simply being a difficult child. What issues might they consider? (What they don't realize is that he is having trouble with attention, lack of structure and inability to make transitions.)
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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, is the only known American soldier held captive in the Afghanistan War.
In the small mountain town of Hailey, Idaho, yellow bows have been tied around trees for four years.
No one has forgotten about U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — the only American servicemember known to be in enemy hands.
Bergdahl was 23 when he disappeared from his base in southeastern Afghanistan on June 30, 2009. Now 27, he is believed to be held by the Taliban in Pakistan. On Thursday, the Afghan Taliban announced it would free Bergdahl in exchange for five senior operatives being held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The offer follows the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar aimed at eventual peace talks.
While the nation knows him as a prisoner of war, community members know him as a man who loved to dance, fence and ride his bike.
Businesses in this 7,000-person central Idaho town hang stickers and banners reading "Standing with Bowe." For the past three years, honoring Bergdahl has been a staple of the town's Fourth of July parade. This Saturday, a "Bring Bowe Back" event and 5K race is expected to draw a crowd.
Bergdahl grew up just outside of Hailey with his parents, Bob and Jani, and an older sister, Sky.
Before enlisting, Bergdahl was known for his love of ballet. He performed with the Sun Valley Ballet School for years, even dancing the role of the Nutcracker.
Jill Brennan, one of the directors of the Sun Valley Ballet School, said Bergdahl performed with the group for four or five years until about 2008. "He's athletic," Brennan said. "He just had a knack for it. He's a wonderful young man."
Bergdahl was also in the Sun Valley Swords fencing club.
Sue Martin runs Zaney's River Street Coffee House in Hailey, where Bergdahl worked as a barista before joining the Army.
Martin said Bergdahl's family is "very optimistic and very hopeful."
In an interview with NPR, Martin said: "He's a very strong young man, both physically and emotionally strong. … He made a lot of friends and he's a great example of a young man from America. He's a very fine person."
When asked if she knew what prompted him to join the Sun Valley Ballet School, Martin responded: "Bowe was no dummy. … There were beautiful young women in the ballet."
"It was good growing up with Bowe," James Cameron, a childhood friend, told The New York Times. "We'd ski during the winter and shoot guns, and then during the summer we'd hike and shoot guns."
Since his disappearance, Bergdahl has appeared in several videos released by the Taliban, all dismissed as propaganda by the American military.
"Every day, I want to go home, the pain in my heart to see my family again doesn't get any smaller," he said in a video from April 7, 2010. "Release me, please, I am begging you. Bring me home, bring us all home. Back to our families, back to my family. Please. Bring me home. Please. Bring me home."
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|2012-10-07, 11:13
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For some reason you made me feel like "hey.. maybe I should try to read more manga
The main reasons for me (and probably for some other people) watching anime instead of reading manga are:
- I love japanese language and the sync
- I love the soundtracks in fights or in emotional scenes
- Color.. everything seems to me more clear.. probably by habit
But well I'm going off topic, anyway thanks for your opinion!
|2012-10-07, 11:15
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Because, yes, even the mangaka doesn't always know what will happen to his own world in a year or two. Or even in a few weeks...
To prevent any plothole, there's only one way: statu quo. But since you need some novelty: add characters of your own, and be sure they will never show up again (so they won't alter the manga plotline by their sole existence).
That's why fillers are so shitty. It's not the writers' fault, only the constraints of telling a story about a story being told.
The sad part with One Piece is, they could make fillers even better: put aside the main characters, and write about adventures/daily lifes of side-characters. We already get some hintsights of those through the manga covers, and we could easily expand them.
But strangely, it rarely happens.
|2012-10-07, 12:27
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@Aurus, Yeah I am aware of the plus sides of anime too, but problem was the dropped quality, not animes vs manga in general.
@mtarzaim, I know that the budget and plot is tiding and it makes actual filler episodes less entertaining, but I wasn't talking about that, I was talking about quality of One Piece anime adpation and how the episodes are extended nowadays.
I was underlining that fillings of episode should never be added by the cost or original work as they have happened in One Piece. When Oda makes a point in manga it should remain that way in anime too, and not become like general recycled boss fight when protagonist gets trouble and villain gets upperhand. Ok, I have seen like 200 series of anime and I notice recycled scenes like in few nanoseconds and they really irritate me, especially when the original story did not use them.
If Hody gets owned in manga, but in anime actually gets Luffy in big problems, it makes whole conversations here on forum totally useless, if some people who reads manga thinks Hody super weak and those who follow anime actually think he is quite formidable at least when super dozed, thats leading conversations out of consensus, because there are no common ground.
I am critisizing how the fillers are made, I know they could be better and they have been better. One Piece anime actually was quite good in the past but now it's made very cheaply in various ways, but manga is almost as good as it always was and cap between these two is getting wider.
Well... anime team seems to consider One Piece mainly as funny, not cool or great. That's why focus is on goofing around, not on bad assery. Dragonball Z fillers are all about bad assery and I liked them much more than this.
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|2012-10-11, 00:47
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Thank God it's over...Thank God...
Don't know what's next, but it's gotta be better than this, god-willing with better pacing...Never thought an arc could ever make me wanna see Thriller Bark again, but I'd watch that sipping tropical coconut juice over the Hordy arc again...The problem with this arc (Besides the mind destroying pacing) was that it was so, what's the word? Meaningless...
I mean I really don't care about these fish people at all...Except for the Drukken Octopuss dude, he was cool (although they nerfed him ridiculously)...
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Granted, back in the manga I still thought he would have been cooler if he were as strong without resorting to steroids, but he was no different than the other commanders.
The arc isn't over yet, one of the best parts is to come in the next one or two episodes.
As for the next arc...provided they don't go into a filler arc (since the next arc hasn't even finished in the manga yet) it is far better than this arc and it had a much faster pace in the manga, though I dunno how they will handle it in the anime.
|2012-10-14, 06:30
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Shirahoshi and Sea Kings are a good combination.
Looks like Luffy has an interesting power on top of his other powers.
Straw Hats got exonerated form the whole Mermaid kidnapping thing.
It was about time too!
Luffy was pretty seriously hurt. Luckily Jimbei helped out.
|2012-10-14, 06:39
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Well, at least the subs in the current episode 568 were done by someone capable of understanding japanese, unlike the manga back then...
So much speculation and rage from the manga chapter back then because two different translations lead to completely different interpretations of the dialogues and events that transpired in this episode. Well at least to those that follow both medias can watch the anime translation done right, now we have to see how Viz translates the manga chapters.
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Perfect. Ended great. We understand some importance of Noah, Shirahoshi's power and the role of the Sea Kings. Fish Man Island back to zero the moment Jimbei and Luffy transferred blood. Straw Hats finally cleared of the accusation of kidnapping Mermaids.
Now all we need to look forward to is the gratitude of King Neptune and his citizens and guards and family, A BIG FEAST (this was promised since the beginning) and what the next island they must go to is in order to get to ONE PIECE!
|2012-10-14, 11:28
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The transfusion scene was pretty nice. Can always count on Jimbei. Certainly a good symbolic start for that island.
The invitation wasn't much of a surprise either. Pirate, no crew, nothing really to do anyways, and Luffy's friend. Could certainly use someone on his level going forward anyways. Plus with how much trouble Luffy gets into having someone with the same blood type might be handy .
I almost do hope they dive into fillers at this point. Get some distance between here and the manga so we don't have to drag things out so much. Needed to get the crew together first and they are. So let's come up with some random adventures and take it easy for a while.
|2012-10-15, 14:56
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I had hoped the next person to join Luffy's crew would be a woman. The Straw Hat Pirates, are seriously lacking in them. It is currently 2 vs. 7.
Perona should join the crew she was fun and unique.
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Yeah, I would love Perona as well, but I wouldn't mind Jewelry Bonney either. Of course, they have to rescue her from Akainu first.
However, will Jinbei really join right now? Wouldn't that leave Fishman Island quite defenseless against stronger foes, considering that Whitebeard is no longer around?
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|2012-10-18, 02:25
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this discussion
what are you concerned about
I left many One Piece discussion Thread Because many people feel they must talk shit about Naruto and Bleach and Dragon Ball Z to show their love for the One Piece
Personally I like the Father I love this animes equal way
I'm looking for One Piece discussion Thread we can talk about only one piece without mentioning the other anime in a good or bad way
|2012-10-18, 02:43
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LOL Then you are fine. I don't think anyone has mentioned any of the other shows on these threads for a few years now. Although, lately, the complaint has been mostly about the pacing of the anime itself. Things move too slowly, and people, including myself, are wishing for a whole filler arc in order to have the anime distance itself from the manga.
Btw, this thread is entirely to discuss the anime, so manga content that has not been covered by the anime should not be discussed here. If you want to discuss the manga, there are other threads. However, if you want to discuss the anime, this is the perfect thread for it.
As a side note, if anyone is going to compare One Piece with any other series, they need to put it in spoiler tags and label it as such. In that case, you just don't need to click the spoiler tags to read, and you'll be fine.
However, welcome to the discussions, since this thread is all about discussing One Piece.
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Posted 31 December 2007 - 05:35 PM
Engine size, and what exactly is leaking? Injector o-ring, etc?
Posted 31 December 2007 - 05:38 PM
The fuel rails are pressed together bits if stainless steel tin foil, so *thinking* about repairing is "out", think replacing.
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Posted 31 December 2007 - 08:33 PM
4x4 it is a V-6 and it is the delivery rail right over the exhaust manifold toward the front of the car. Raveeen you said it cannot be repaired? I thought that it may come apart and be able to replace an o ring.
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According to McAllister, an additional 1,600 square feet of retail floor space has been added by moving the parts department into a former service bay in the building and reconfiguring the vacated space into a full-service pet and livestock supply zone.
"We have specialty animal feed and supplies that people may not realize we carry," said McAllister. "We have also added Key work clothing, Muck Boots and Georgia Boots, along with expanded orchard and vineyard supplies."
For those bird lovers in the area, McAllister noted that February is national bird feeding month. "We've got a huge selection of bird feeds," he said.
To locate any of the new feeds, work clothing or equipment, customers should look for the classic "Purina" trademark red and white checkerboard, which marks the floor of the new room at the back of the store.
"We took a display concept offered by Purina and made space for it here," said McAllister.
"Today's customers are looking to feed the best to their companion animals and we have products for everything from alpacas to koi, along with the usual horse or indoor animal products," he said.
To find the relocated parts department, which features replacements for equipment by Massey-Ferguson or Briggs & Stratton, among other brands, just follow the signs posted in the store, and pass through the new remodel.
McAllister said that you need not be a member of the Supply Association to shop at the store, but also noted the upcoming annual meeting of members scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Pine Grove grange hall.
"We will be distributing patronage and stock retirement checks to members and we will be sharing the fiscal results of this last retail year," McAllister said.
Following a record five years of growth, McAllister reported a slight drop in sales this last year.
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Meeting the needs of predicted growth is still on the organization's mind though, with the recent purchase of land between the existing Height's retail store and Rosauers, and a planned future building expansion.
"We are conducting site configuration work now," noted McAllister. "We are trying to determine the optimal size for a new facility … We think it may be between 30,000 to 40,000 square feet, with two-thirds of the space dedicated to retail."
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Topics covered: Investing in Canada - Long-Term Investing - Canadian Dollar Investing - Value Investing
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In the following excerpt from the Investing in Canada Report, an experienced portfolio manager discusses his investing methodology and top stock picks:
TWST: What sectors are you finding favorable or are you overweight today?
Mr. Takacsy: We're still very defensively positioned, and I know that's going to sound odd because we did 16.8% return last year net of our fees, and you're probably asking, how can you be defensive when you make those kind of returns? Our portfolio hasn't changed a lot over the last few years. It's anchored by about 35% in high-dividend-yielding sectors that are very stable but growing, such as telecom, energy infrastructure like pipelines, renewable energy and power. That's about 35% of the portfolio, yielding on average about 4% dividend yield. We have the highest cash levels we've ever had, about 10% to 12% in cash, and 5% in gold bullion and gold stocks, 50:50. So that's about 50% of the portfolio right there, and that is, I would consider, the defensive part of the portfolio.
And the other 50% is a variety, a very diversified group, of mostly small/mid cap, and some large caps in there as well. And that's where we've tended to generate most of the alpha in the last few years. Companies that are either underfollowed by analysts or less well known by the public. We've also benefited very much in the past few years from a series of takeovers of our companies. Last year, we had five stocks that were acquired in our portfolio. That represented about 15% of the portfolio.
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So these are companies that tend to be very domestically focused here in Canada, in general - broadcasting sector, media, food, that type of thing. Companies that aren't very economically sensitive, aren't very cyclical. So the sectors we like would be - our highest weighting has always been to consumer discretionary, but when I say consumer discretionary, relying more on the Canadian consumer; consumer staples, like I said, food or pharmacy, that type of thing; and a bit of technology.
There are several industrials we like as well. It's pretty broad-based, because consumer discretionary is very broad-based in itself, but our biggest exposure has traditionally been in broadcasting and media. It's been a very good space. There's been a lot of consolidation in the Canadian industry in recent years, with some of the big telecom companies buying TV broadcasters, acquiring content and so on, following a little bit what happened in the U.S. in that industry. So these are sort of the sectors we feel are the most stable and safest in what we consider a pretty scary world out there.
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Because some high calliber investigative journalists at MacCentral (as site dedicate to Apple news) have managed to read a web page that has only been up for a little over a month! Impressive, huh?
Operating System and Web Server for store.apple.com [netcraft.com]
The site store.apple.com is running Netscape-Enterprise/3.6 SP3 on Solaris.
Given their connection to FreeBSD, they might use FreeBSD and Apache, arguing that the X-Serve is aimed as SMEs. The fact that they have enough confidence in it to use it to power something that generates this amount of traffic is a vote of confidence in their own product. Mind you, MS run some of their sites on Windows 2003 beta (presumably with multiple redundancy for the inevitable crashes).
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They may have a problem with people installing Linux on the Xserves and then not paying for OS X Server software or upgrades; then again, their chosen market may not even consider this. Again, only time will tell.
I seriously doubt this would be an issue. Anyone who goes out of their way to get an Xserve, with the other options out there, is probably looking for the Apple hardware/OS combo. I doubt there will be very many Linux/*BSD/what have you Xserves out there. (At least not until you start seeing Xser
Having recently (Jan. 2002) purchased a TiBook (my first Mac ever), I did extensive price comparisons of laptops. The best choices I could find were the Sony Vaio, IBM Thinkpad, and Titanium Powerbook G4. For comparable systems, the Mac was actually cheapest. And by the way, at the time Sony didn't even make a Vaio that had all the features I was looking for.
As an aside, I've loved using my Powerbook for the past year-and-a-half, and have had minimal problems. My most recent uptime has bee
I wasn't faulting them for not having it for the iTMS, I was faulting them for not having it as an option for everyone else. Not everyone can afford an X-RAID (they're resonably priced for what they are, but they're still expensive).
As I said, lots of internal space is one of the only real advantages an Xserve has over the competition - but the near inability to efficiently utilise that space signif
(From someone who -- with the annual maintenance cost for my current SANs -- could buy and throw out a fully-populated X-RAID box every quarter and still be ahead...)
W2K server? How is it physically connected? Through a fiber channel switch?
I assume you have to manage the array through an attached x-serve, right? Like carve out disks. Does it does LUN masking?
I have Linux and W2K hosts connected up to my EMC Clariion SAN through a pair of brocade switches. Would love to add an X-raid rack into that mix!
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. -- John G. Pollard


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Marijuana users who have children should keep the drug out of reach of their children, especially if the parents use "edibles." Those include brownies, cookies, cupcakes, truffles, toffee, carbonated beverages and hard candy.
Those "treats" are leading to children ingesting marijuana, and that is leading to trips to the emergency room. A recent Denver Post report noted that from early 2005 to late 2009, Children's Hospital Colorado had zero emergency-room visits by children who had ingested marijuana. In the following two years, it had 14. None of the children died.
Denver Health's Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center reported that calls to the center about potential marijuana exposure at all ages have doubled since 2009.
So, doctors at Children's are championing a movement to require that marijuana be placed in safety packaging, so that young children can not easily unwrap and ingest the drug.
Some in the marijuana industry, not surprisingly, oppose the idea of individual packaging because of the cost involved. However, they agree that tamper-proof bulk packaging is doable. One shop in Northglenn, according to the article, keeps track of customers who have children and sells lock boxes in which to store the marijuana.
That's helpful, but there remains this concern. If the marijuana user -- that is the parent in this case -- leaves open a package or even a lock box of candies, his child still can reach in and grab a handful. Parents who currently leave marijuana-laced treats sitting within reach of their children likely will not be careful to reseal a package every time and put it out of reach.
One marijuana shop noted that you "can't write laws around dumb." True enough, but if the industry continues to market its drug like candy (just Google the words "marijuana edibles"), it must bear the burden of helping keep the drug out of the hands of children.
As marijuana production explodes in Colorado -- and it will without regulation -- the availability of the drug to young children will grow as well. To fail to address this problem would be unconscionable.


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Community News
Easter Hams available first come, first serve
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- Category: Community News
- Published on 17 March 2014
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Easter Hams from the Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department will be available this year on a first come, first serve basis. Members of the local department are taking orders for "Easter Hams" to be picked up at the city's fire station
Saturday, April 19. The cost of the ham is $30 each. For details on how to order a ham, see the March 13 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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LAKE RAY ROBERTS, TEXAS -- Gabe Carter, a new husband and father, made his last fishing trip Saturday.
He was one of more than a hundred fishermen casting lines near Wolf Island for a tournament.
"There's a bunch of flats out there and this time of year, the bass fishing's good out there," fishing guide Dannie Golden said.
"An area where there's brush piles and people fish very frequently. There's nothing very dangerous or hazardous about it," Cooke County Game Warden Darla Barr said.
But by sunrise Sunday, Barr knew something had gone wrong. Carter's boat was still in the water, but he was missing.
Golden says his fellow fishermen used Carter's own GPS to follow the boat's drift line.
"So that was really a crucial point in being able to go back and find where someone had entered the water," Barr said.
Authorities say the autopsy will give them a better idea of what happened.
Barr says Carter wasn't wearing his life jacket on a day with difficult conditions.
"We had high winds and it was really choppy out there. If you end up in the water, even with moderate winds, by the time you kind of come back up and get aware of yourself, your boat's away from you," Golden said.
Golden says Carter's death is affecting virtually everyone in the local fishing community.
"Something happens on the lake that you make your living at, it hits close to home. Especially a young guy like that," Golden said.
A scholarship fund titled Gabe Carter Memorial Fund has been set up for Carter's 10-month-old son at American Bank of Texas.
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Three strings walk into a saloon and sit down at a table. First string says
"I'll go get the drinks" and walks up to the bar. "Bartender, I'd like three
whiskeys please!" The bartender tells him "I'm sorry but we don't serve strings
here, you're gonna have to leave!" The string gets angry and tells his buddies
what the barkeep said.
Second string gets up and angrily proclaims "I'll take care of this!" Walks up
to the bar and pounds on the bar saying "Barkeep! I want three whiskeys and I
want them now!" Barkeep says to him "I'm sorry, but like I told your friend we
don't serve strings here. I'm gonna have to ask y'all to leave!" Second string
stomps back to his two companions and tells them what happened.
Third string says "I'll take care of this" He reaches down and ties him self in
a knot and takes a comb and shreds the end, he then walks up to the bar.
"Bartender," he says,"I'd like three whiskeys please." Bartender looks at the
string and says "Hey! Aren't you a string?" String says "No sir, I'm a frayed


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Vermont EPSCoR Program Recognizes Evans' Contributions
- 07-07-2014
- By Lillian M. Gamache
John N. Evans, Ph.D., University of Vermont professor of molecular physiology and biophysics emeritus at the College of Medicine, was recently honored for his contributions to building research excellence at UVM and across Vermont.
Judith Van Houten, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor and Vermont State director of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, presented Evans with a plaque commemorating the honor on June 9, 2014.
Evans also serves as president of the Vermont Technology Council, an organization that works to foster technology-enabled companies in Vermont by integrating the efforts of the private, public and academic sectors. A member of the UVM faculty since 1976, he has held numerous leadership positions, most recently as interim vice president for research, and also including dean of the College of Medicine and special advisor to the president. Evans has broad experience in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, company start-ups, government and business relations, and economic development. Prior to serving in an administrative capacity, he had a distinguished career as a biomedical researcher with numerous publications and honors. Evans taught his last class to UVM medical students in October 2013 and transitioned to emeritus status in May 2014.
The Vermont EPSCoR program (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the National Science Foundation's (NSF) mandate to promote scientific progress nationwide. The EPSCoR program is directed at those jurisdictions that have historically received lesser amounts of NSF Research and Development (R&D) funding. Twenty-eight states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam are currently eligible to participate. Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education and industry that are designed to effect lasting improvements in a state's or region's research infrastructure, R&D capacity and hence, its national R&D competitiveness.


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Researchers in the upper Southeast have not been able to duplicate the success of others farther south in treating hardlock with fungicides, says a North Carolina State University plant pathologist.
Researchers in Florida created a stir several years ago when they reported control of hardlock with fungicides.
"So far, we've not been able to demonstrate a reduction in hardlock with fungicides," North Carolina State University research assistant professor and plant pathologist told the recent Southeast Cotton Conference in Rocky Mount, N.C.
Koenning presented research from North Carolina as well South Carolina at the annual conference sponsored by Southeast Farm Press.
Hardlock occurs when lint in the cotton boll fails to fluff enough to be picked. When picker spindles hit the "hard" bolls, the bolls fall apart and drop to the ground. Hardlock is the reason, researchers say, that we grow two bale cotton and harvest only a bale and a half.
Researchers in Florida theorized that the fungus Fusarium verticillioides is a cause. Damage from piercing-sucking insects is another cause.
Hardlock seriously affects yields in the Southeast, but it's "highly variable from year to year and that's been the problem with research," Koenning says.
In South Carolina, Clemson University Extension plant pathologist John Mueller looked at nine different fungicides, comparing ratings and timing at two locations with two varieties.
Using weekly sprays after first bloom, with different timings and applications, Mueller found no difference in cotton yields. On one of the untreated checks, he saw a decrease in yield. "Once in a while you might get a fungicide application that might benefit you," Koenning said, in reporting the research, "but we saw virtually no difference regardless of the variety used."
In North Carolina, using Delta and Pine Land 555 and 451, spraying at cracked-boll stage, Koenning found no significant difference between fungicide sprays and untreated checks.
"It looks like we're getting an increase in yield with more sprays, but when you go from three sprays to four sprays, it drops down again," Koenning says.
Researchers found a trend for higher leaf area with fungicide applications, Koenning says. "More than likely, we're controlling some of the miscellaneous cotton foliar diseases, the cotton is staying greener longer, but this isn't necessarily a good thing. More leaf area might interfere with defoliation.
"By controlling some of these miscellaneous fungi, we may be delaying maturity," Koenning says.
The bottom line is, researchers in the upper Southeast haven't found a meaningful difference in their research with fungicides to control hardlock. "Reduction in hardlock by the use of fungicides is hard to demonstrate," Koenning says.
The research will continue in 2005.


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how did mushy fare in 1995?
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
yeah...I think it is Mushy who did well 18 wickets in 2 matches at an average of 21
A few things:
1. How underrated is Kumble? What a wonderful bowler. Much better than he gets credit for.
2. Any chance of the Katich hundred on video Rob? Best innings of his Test career. Can't believe he was dropped for Symonds the next match!
3. How good was Damien Martyn to watch?!
4. Brett Lee - worst player of spin bowling ever? Discuss.
My Youtube cricket channels, thousands of gold old videos
Upul Chandana bowled well in 2004 on some responsive Cairns and Darwin wickets.
The match in Cairns rarely gets a mention. Drab game until Warne almost created a classic victory.
katich getting dropped after the scg game is up there in terms of worst droppings ever
Brad McNamara @bbuzzmc
Will say this once and then nothing else. Defamation laws quite clear in Aus.be careful.
Well yeah, that's kind of the point, he had a pretty ordinary series but at least he did something.
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Vettori with the only solid series by a finger spinner, back in 01/02.
Plenty of wreckages though, Murali's figures of 4 wickets at 100 in 07/08 rather conspicuous. Richard Dawson's effort in 02/03 - 5 wickets from 4 matches at nearly 80 while conceding over 4 an over - is also, ahem, illustrative
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Bishen Bedi did allright here in particular in 77/78
Keep Your Feet on The Ground,Keep Reaching for The Stars!
Did you see Prasanna in Australia JB? He seems to have had a good game at the Gabba back in 67/68, although not a lot of fun when he returned a decade later!
Rusi Surti as a result of that '68 tour ended up playing for QLD in the Shield. Now he was an underrated cricketer
Kumble in 03/04 the only truly great series performance really... what a hero he was in that series... bowled marathon spells against arguably the best batting lineup ever on the flattest pitches imaginable. Champ.
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Yeah I see what you mean.
Yeah I see what you mean.
Hot pics!
Great pictures. I can't decide which I like the best.
See now this is a thread I can get behind... These are all FANTASTIC pictures. Each and every one a beautiful piece of art accentuating the male form naturally ...the way a man's penis SHOULD look.
All we want is a headrush, all we want is to get out of our skins for a while.
To actually see a cock head slide in and out foreskin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man. Oh man.
Foreskin is beautiful and attractive. Yes, I agree. Thanks, for the pitures. How about favorite blogs of uncut?
I'm uncut, the bf is cut and when we first met he was very "cut only cut only foreskin ugly" type of person. After three years, he's slowly starting to appreciate my beautiful uncut cock ... or at least he's a good liar.
Oh my, they are wonderful haha! I feel too bad that I'm Israeli and mine was mutilated when I was little.
Foreskins Forever Rule!!!!!!!
......they are win,win,win.....they are perpetually wonderful to play with.....if you have the time,......keep the head protected, fresh and eternally youthful,and there is nothing more sexy than an engorged foreskinAlso its how God created you.....endless pleasure.....i could NEVER date a guy who was cut....its a dealbreaker for me!!!!
Great post! Cannot look as these delicious cocks without getting aroused!!
Every pic is work of art. Who can't aappreciate guys who are uncut? Being cut and not by choice I have cum to apprecaite guys with foreskins. There is much more to enjoy with uncut cock. To play and lick around the foreskin. To see the foreskin roll back and expose the the cock head. Most of all finding guys who are uncut know how to DOCK. After seeing all these pics time clean up my load that I lost.
It's okay I guess. I mean, I prefer it to be there rather than not, but I can't say that I find foreskin itself a beautiful holy grail of terrestrial splendor. It's just okay to me. I'm more interested in the man it's attached to, really.
you are at the top of my lungs ♥
Great pics!
My blog is dedicated to foreskin: http://ucguys.blogspot.com/
I never get hard reading these threads but seeing all this tasty lookin 4skin got me rock hard, "Om Nom Nom Nom"
love those balls!
Indeed it isForeskin is beautiful and attractive
yes off subject but love the posting, a hairy ass, hanging bollocks and toes......heavenly
10 nice cocks, all uncut
Daaaaaaaaaaamn! The best collection I have ever seen! Nothing more beautiful OR erotic!
one of the worst tragedies in life is being forgotten by some one you can never forget!
A foreskin just means there's more to play with!
My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely.
No, it isn't, but I LOVE the hairy ass pics. I don't understand why everyone want's to shave there.
"Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited." - Yoko Ono
"Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited." - Yoko Ono
this is the best thread, the pics are divine! I love foreskin--nibbling on it while sucking on the head before it gets hard? the best! And there is nothing like playing "ta-dah" when you pull it down.
And uncut cocks smell the best
thanks again for the pics
To me this is the perfect uncut penis: pretty tight foreskin, a decent amount of pubes, veiny, dickhead visible underneath the foreskin, matching balls and a nice size and thickness
This is definately a thread I love coming to; especially because I get to scroll down and see all the hot uncut cock pictures just to read the last post. Tomorrow or Tuesday, I am going to attach some pics of my very own uncut cock.
What a beautiful world! What a beautiful site. What beautiful dicks! I am gonna have such a huge J/O session when teh wife leaves for work tommorrow
I just can't see the attraction.
Guys...lets get this straight. Circumcision of baby boys is nothing more than child mutilation. I don't care if your faith orders it...its still mutilation. I've heard all the crap that is said about cut being more healthy and hygenic...bollocks ! If your Rabbi told you to cut your ear off, so you don't ear cancer, you wouldn't do it would you ?
Our foreskins are there for a purpose...lets go with nature !
You are missing the point. Baby boys don't have a say in the matter. Wouldn't it be fairer to leave any circumcision for when the boys is older, say 16 or 18 ?
How many MEN would go through penile mutilation, if they had a choice ?
One thing no one seems to have mentioned is how sensitive the foreskin is. Even if you're on your own you can get an instant hardon just by gently stroking your foreskin.
I'll never understand how its ok to mutilate baby boys. I'm cut and I go through phases of being ok with it to being really pissed off. Foreskin is beautiful, the natural body is beautiful. To argue otherwise is nonsensical to me.
here is my foreskin... i have never had a guy or girl turn it down.. i love how it looks and love to nibble on a guys skin....
i have asked people who have sucked me if I should cut it.... and I have received a resounding NO WAY... heck i even like playing with it... LOL...
Here are pictures of my uncut cock.


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Shook the Wits out of Me
Shook the Wits out of Me
Odds & Ends, Rochester, New York, Vol. 1 No. 3, 1850.
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Odds & Ends was "A monthly paper, Published by an Association of Students of school District No 4" in Rochester, New York. Aside from editorials and notes, the majority of the paper features original stories written by students. "The Flax Seed" follows the seed's adventures as it grows into a plant, is made into paper, used for homework, and ultimately played with by a dog –"I was left kicking around the school one evening I was kicked out of the school I had lain there for some time when a large dog came along and shook me so that he shook the wits out of me and that is all I can remember."


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NORWALK, Ohio --
Up until last month the 17-year-old from Orangeburg, S.C. was experiencing a year any veteran racer would be proud of. With nine final round appearances and seven wins the Carolina Dragway track championship was secured and a spot in the Summit SuperSeries runoff awaited her arrival during the Division 2 East Summit Team Finals.
To prepare for the big race Toni and her father Robbie were planning one last race at nearby Orangeburg Dragstrip just to keep her skills honed for the big week yet to come. Their lives would forever change the night before that test session.
As Robbie walked outside he noticed something missing - the race trailer along with Toni's Junior Dragster. Also inside were tools, spare parts, a golf cart, fuel and so many memories of a year that dreams are made of. It had all been stolen at the hands of a coward. Within moments Robbie quickly summoned the police as well as many good friends who put the word out on the internet in hopes someone had seen the trailer going down road. The police investigated the scene and took a few pictures, with very little to go on, the hope of finding anything was minimal.
But from this storm came a rainbow.
While true friends are few and far between, the Salsgiver family would soon learn they had many good friends. Within days Timmy Clifton stepped forward and ensured Toni she could take his daughter Kayla's car and their trailer and treat it as their own for as long as she needed it. Kayla's car was almost identical to Toni's in size, year and make. The fit couldn't have been better as Timmy delivered the trailer to Orangeburg Dragstrip so Toni could make runs in it before the Team Finals. After a little TLC and moving the pedals Toni seemed comfortable to make some runs. Her first hit was -.004 red, not bad for never having been in the car.
Fast forward one week and the beginning of the Team Finals at Carolina Dragway. Toni ran the first few gamblers races with little success and then realty began to sink in. Toni simply wasn't in her own car.
Suddenly she was a lady on a mission.
Toni and the borrowed car came together at the right time as she marched through the field. Round after round she dominated the competition, eventually earning her way to the semifinal round. With nerves at an all time high she gave her dad a fist bump and rolled into the staging beams. A little less than eight seconds later the entire race track was cheering as the W came on in her lane.
With all the pressure gone she had one more job to do and that was win.
In the final round the crowd of onlookers behind the starting line looked like a Top Fuel final and Toni fed off of that energy to pull off one of the more remarkable drag racing stories in some time. With everything on the line Toni would take the advantage at the start .067 to .183 and drove the finish line like a pro as a 7.95 on a 7.90 took the win. The entire race track erupted. Hollywood could not have scripted it any better.
In eight seconds Salsgiver went from having nothing to punching a ticket to the biggest stage in all of Junior Dragster racing. It was a fairytale ending, but like any good story this tale isn't quite over just yet.
Now Salsgiver is off to the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment World Finals for the inaugural Junior Dragster Summit SuperSeries World Championship. This is the very first year the IHRA has held a world championship race in the Junior Dragster class and Salsgiver will be one of 16 drivers in this year's field vying for the championship.
And the award for winning the inaugural Junior Dragster Summit SuperSeries? A brand new dragster to call your own. Can Salsgiver keep the momentum going and come away from Memphis with a Hollywood scripted ending? Only time will tell.
Until then one thing rings true, the camaraderie of the drag racing community knows no bounds. And now, because of the helping hand of others, Salsgiver will get a shot at something she otherwise never would have had the chance. Call it a Cinderella story, call it luck, but this Cinderella gets one more day at the ball.
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