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#1 HandyNZL

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 05:45 AM

So Eric is into hockey (of the frozen variety), Steve and Steph into motorbikes, and Andre's into having his head rubbed for luck, but what is everyone into outside of F1 or motorsport?

Post your sporting/interests highlights packages here, and share what tickles your fancy.

(No Andre, you can't film your head and post it for people to "virtually" rub it)

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 05:47 AM

I'll kick it off with:

Mountainbiking and trials.  Danny MacAskill is an amazing, self taught trials rider.  Things he can do on a bike, I can only dream of...



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Posted 26 February 2012 - 05:54 AM

And my favourite winter ball sport kicks off next weekend with my Warriors up against the team they lost to in the Grand Final last year, the Manly Sea Eagles.  Benji Marshall is one of my favorite players (alongside Warriors Kevin Locke and Sean Johnson of course)



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Posted 26 February 2012 - 06:11 AM

And of course (outside Historic Motorsport), I like speedway too, be it stock cars, saloons, midgets, TQ's or sprint cars.  I took my 4-yo daughter to her first ever meet at the start of February, and she absolutely loved it...the noise, the dirt, and the "crashy-cars".  She was also pretty chuffed that girls were racing too!

Can you spot us in the crowd (big hint, she has a pink blanket)?  (this being the meeting I took her to)



The guy in the white car here is Tiger Wood's ex-caddy...NZ's Steve Williams


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Posted 26 February 2012 - 04:26 PM

I like hockey.




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Posted 26 February 2012 - 04:38 PM

I also like racecars.


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Posted 26 February 2012 - 06:16 PM

Well, the only sports I follow properly are F1 and MotoGP, although I'll watch certain tennis games and boxing matches (and football, every four years). Although on YouTube I find myself watching all kinds of stuff I don't really follow or know about, for example last night I was watching some Zidane clips. Seriously, somebody who knows football tell me where do you rate Zidane historically? He seems to have been blessed by God when he's on the pitch, so much so that, despite only seeing him play live a few times, I appreciate his talent so much I put him up there with my favourite sportsmen..



Also, Ken Block's Gymkhana videos are pretty sweet but I imagine most people here know about those.
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Posted 26 February 2012 - 08:08 PM

Sports I follow (not actually often): Football, Tennis, some odd boxing match.

Music: lots of indie and hunting for those rare covers that really make you enjoy a well known song in a different way.

Reading:

Non fiction: History, mainly ancient Greek/Roman/biblical age books, some of the less covered aspects of the middle ages, the two great wars and Agentinian history of the XXth century. Science, as long as it is delivered in a comprehensible language (Asimov like)

Fiction: currently reading "House of Leaves by M.Z. Danielewski. Deliciously unsettling. Don't you just think it's just the book version of The Blair Witch Project (they were more or less contemporary, it's a pity I watched the rather ordinary movie and the thousand copycats first instead of reading this book, the impact would have been greater).
Other books in the same vein (I call them "Non-Euchlidean books" or, if you prefer, "WTF are these about?"): Murakami books. I know he is so fashionable now, but the guy has an undeniable talent, just like Garcia Marquez in his days. "Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link, and "The Raw Shark Texts" by Steven Hall (which I havent started yet, along with "253: a Novel" and "Double or Nothing"...will tell you when I  get there)
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Posted 26 February 2012 - 09:23 PM

View PostQuiet One, on 26 February 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

Sports I follow (not actually often): Football, Tennis, some odd boxing match.

Music: lots of indie and hunting for those rare covers that really make you enjoy a well known song in a different way.

Reading:

Non fiction: History, mainly ancient Greek/Roman/biblical age books, some of the less covered aspects of the middle ages, the two great wars and Agentinian history of the XXth century. Science, as long as it is delivered in a comprehensible language (Asimov like)

Fiction: currently reading "House of Leaves by M.Z. Danielewski. Deliciously unsettling. Don't you just think it's just the book version of The Blair Witch Project (they were more or less contemporary, it's a pity I watched the rather ordinary movie and the thousand copycats first instead of reading this book, the impact would have been greater).
Other books in the same vein (I call them "Non-Euchlidean books" or, if you prefer, "WTF are these about?"): Murakami books. I know he is so fashionable now, but the guy has an undeniable talent, just like Garcia Marquez in his days. "Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link, and "The Raw Shark Texts" by Steven Hall (which I havent started yet, along with "253: a Novel" and "Double or Nothing"...will tell you when I  get there)
and looking after Quiet 2, who I hope is still alive and kicking... :P
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 02:20 PM

View Post#46, on 26 February 2012 - 06:16 PM, said:

Seriously, somebody who knows football tell me where do you rate Zidane historically? He seems to have been blessed by God when he's on the pitch, so much so that, despite only seeing him play live a few times, I appreciate his talent so much I put him up there with my favourite sportsmen..
Soccer and tennis are the only sports I follow as much as F1. I think Zidane and Federer have been blessed by God with something that in Spanish we call plasticidad (plasticity fits here?) It looks so easy what they do, so perfect, they look like ballet dancers but they are white sharks.


Zidane is among the GOATs with Di Stefano, Pelé, Maradona, Zidane... And few others.



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As we were saying yesterday...
Fray Luis de León wrote mystical poems which prompted Cervantes to proclaim León "a genius who astounds the world and who, in ecstasy, might rob us of our senses." León was also an active man who taught at the University of Salamanca, translated classical and biblical literature, and wrote on religious themes. Twice denounced before the Inquisition, he was imprisoned for "heresy," though he returned to the University to later hold the chairs of Moral Philosophy and Biblical Studies.

Tradition has it that he began his lecture the first day after returning from four years' imprisonment with the words "as we were saying yesterday..."

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 05:03 PM

View PostAleHop, on 27 February 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

Soccer and tennis are the only sports I follow as much as F1. I think Zidane and Federer have been blessed by God with something that in Spanish we call plasticidad (plasticity fits here?) It looks so easy what they do, so perfect, they look like ballet dancers but they are white sharks.


Zidane is among the GOATs with Di Stefano, Pelé, Maradona, Zidane... And few others.




Ah yes, thanks Ale, that's pretty much what I'd thought. I see what you mean too, about Zidane and Federer, they certainly have/had that kind of elegance which makes it look easy, which is always an appealing quality in a sportsmen. Another example of that which springs to mind is Ronnie O'Sullivan in snooker (whose sporting idol happens to be Ayrton Senna):


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Posted 27 February 2012 - 05:24 PM

Recreational drugs.

Everything else is irrelevant.

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 06:48 PM

View Post#46, on 27 February 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

Ah yes, thanks Ale, that's pretty much what I'd thought. I see what you mean too, about Zidane and Federer, they certainly have/had that kind of elegance which makes it look easy, which is always an appealing quality in a sportsmen. Another example of that which springs to mind is Ronnie O'Sullivan in snooker (whose sporting idol happens to be Ayrton Senna):


Yes, ellegance is good word too. O'Sullivan is more elegant because of the bow tie. :D

View PostLabradoRacer, on 27 February 2012 - 05:24 PM, said:

Recreational drugs.

Everything else is irrelevant.
I too can't live without tea.


Fray Luis de León said:

As we were saying yesterday...
Fray Luis de León wrote mystical poems which prompted Cervantes to proclaim León "a genius who astounds the world and who, in ecstasy, might rob us of our senses." León was also an active man who taught at the University of Salamanca, translated classical and biblical literature, and wrote on religious themes. Twice denounced before the Inquisition, he was imprisoned for "heresy," though he returned to the University to later hold the chairs of Moral Philosophy and Biblical Studies.

Tradition has it that he began his lecture the first day after returning from four years' imprisonment with the words "as we were saying yesterday..."

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 12:47 AM

Things I like outside of F1: the documentary series Storyville on the BBC, which showcases some great international documentaries. Recently watched one called "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (2004)" about the remarkable case of Patricia Hearst and the SLA in 70's America. Reality is stranger than any fiction.
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Posted 01 March 2012 - 02:49 AM

Things I like outside of F1... Hmm... :eusa_think:

A cold beer in the summer, all kind of prison films, a sunny and warm day, tripes a la Madrileña, kindle eBooks, rice a la paella, my new WP7 phone, Real Madrid beat Barça, discovering good songs of the past, Bethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Forrest Gump, etc.


Fray Luis de León said:

As we were saying yesterday...
Fray Luis de León wrote mystical poems which prompted Cervantes to proclaim León "a genius who astounds the world and who, in ecstasy, might rob us of our senses." León was also an active man who taught at the University of Salamanca, translated classical and biblical literature, and wrote on religious themes. Twice denounced before the Inquisition, he was imprisoned for "heresy," though he returned to the University to later hold the chairs of Moral Philosophy and Biblical Studies.

Tradition has it that he began his lecture the first day after returning from four years' imprisonment with the words "as we were saying yesterday..."

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 04:04 AM

I like, in no real order:

  • The United States, or at least the people, or maybe just the U.S. on paper, or the U.S. that's supposed to be.  Whatever it is I like it a lot.
  • Any place that's usually busy when it's empty.  Bring one other person along and just talk etc.  Everything is better at 3 AM.
  • Summers.  Early summer mornings, late summer nights.
  • People who do not take themselves seriously.  You can take your goals etc. seriously, but never yourself.  Play your strengths, make fun of your weaknesses, admit your mistakes, just lighten up.
  • New wave music (80s into the early 90s).  Tears For Fears being my all-time favorite.
  • When females in my age group call me a d**k/flirting.  Used to hate that, then I figured out how to do it, now it's my only hobby.
  • Going to auto races and ice hockey games.
  • Terrible school dances in school cafeterias.
  • Short, easy commutes, by car, never by anything else.  Private transit all the way.  #AMERICA!
  • Cuddling with pretty girls with messy hair wearing sweatpants.  Easy on the makeup, brunettes preferred, must smell nice because I smell nice, and never, NEVER, NEVER painted nails.  They freak the **** out of me, so weird, agggh, no.
  • Solid color v-neck t-shirts, usually size small.
  • The look on people's faces when they hear my voice for the first time.
  • Band of Brothers, Glory, Primal Fear, and Up.
  • When people ask "are you from Philadelphia?"
  • Decisive people, because I am not one.
  • Personal hygiene.  Every aspect of it.  Very into hygiene.
  • Being both c*cky and self-deprecating simultaneously...and when people pick up on that.
  • People who dress well.  If you can't tie a tie properly, I have no respect for you, unless you can't tie a tie because you think it's a woman's job to tie your tie for you, then I respect you again, though I personally tie my own ties, and never that four-in-hand kid stuff.
  • Twitter, and not having a Facebook account.
  • Cat's Cradle.
  • High school and everything I did there, though it's been over for quite some time now.
  • Peer mentoring, peer tutoring, all that stuff.
  • Air-conditioning in my car in winter.
  • Being the sober guy at a party where everyone else is sober.
  • People who take me seriously when I'm not being serious.
  • Kardashians reruns on E!.
  • Small groups, small institutions, small networks, etc.
  • Giving presentations.
  • Spandex shorts as underwear...and as outerwear for sleeping.
  • The one steak-and-cheese sandwich I eat in a year.
  • Lists.

Things I don't like:

  • Painted nails, obviously.
  • Timepieces.  Very thin wrists; watches just look dumb on me because of it.
  • Cities.
  • Days when I shave.  Clean-shaven is the worst.  Two or three days after is the best.
  • Winter mornings.
  • Clothes shopping as a thin-waisted male in a beer-bellied world.
  • Quoting movies.

That's not everything but that should cover most of it. :P
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Posted 01 March 2012 - 10:14 PM

Hearing my daughters laugh.

Painting.

Vidja games (currently the Star Wars MMO).

Drinking distilled and fermented grains.

Watching super hero flicks ('cause they're rad).

Books about most everything, specifically history of the 1700s, religion (all varieties), and the Crusades (Templars and Hospitaller in specific).

Conspiracy theories. I love them. Eat them up like candy corns. Nom Nom.

Piña Coladas.

Getting caught in the rain.

Making love at midnight.

I'm into Champagne.

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 11:33 PM

Mainly; Scorsese, things that sound nice, oxygen, curry, zoo's, trees, red wine, buttocks and cheese.
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 01:53 PM

To watch: women, tennis, wtcc, AMLS and LMS, rugby, football.

To play: women, football, running, skiing, slot cars, table tennis

hobbies: amateur part time car designer, watch collector.
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:16 PM

View PostMassa, on 01 March 2012 - 04:04 AM, said:

[*]The look on people's faces when they hear my voice for the first time.
Whatsup Eric?

View PostMassa, on 01 March 2012 - 04:04 AM, said:

[*]Giving presentations.
Valueble asset to have if you enjoy that sort of thing...
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 02:18 PM

View PostAutumnpuma, on 01 March 2012 - 10:14 PM, said:

Hearing my daughters laugh.

Painting.

Vidja games (currently the Star Wars MMO).

Drinking distilled and fermented grains.

Watching super hero flicks ('cause they're rad).

Books about most everything, specifically history of the 1700s, religion (all varieties), and the Crusades (Templars and Hospitaller in specific).

Conspiracy theories. I love them. Eat them up like candy corns. Nom Nom.

Piña Coladas.

Getting caught in the rain.

Making love at midnight.

I'm into Champagne.

sing it, bro.
I like your "list"...it's... cool
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We keep on working, we do our thing, Vettel shouts over the team radio,We are who we are!

"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 07:03 PM

View Postdribbler, on 01 March 2012 - 11:33 PM, said:

Mainly; Scorsese, things that sound nice, oxygen, curry, zoo's, trees, red wine, buttocks and cheese.

Ah, you're a stilton fan.
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The only true sports are motor racing and mountain climbing; everything else is just a game.

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 09:38 AM

Lunch with my daughter
Candlelight dinners with my wife
The sea - anywhere
Al Laboriel Jnr drumming
Jimi H playing
Keith Richards talking
Doodling on my 60-year-old Telecaster
Walking for miles with my dogs
Anything made by Apple

Edited by Insider, 03 March 2012 - 09:41 AM.
I put down something rude - sorry!

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 09:31 PM

Oh, Apple!!

I love the apple pie I ate today (and enjoying good food, I think I found a new hobby :D)

I really love spring, now is the nicest time of year ^^

I enjoy making plans - and having them ruined in a nice way

Staying home, going out

Reading a completely childish book and being told that I'm childish

Japanese manga (childish and not, but parents don't get the difference)

Music (although I definitely like reading more, and my musical likes are varied, meaning I'm still looking for the best for me)

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 12:14 PM

View PostInsider, on 03 March 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:


Doodling on my 60-year-old Telecaster


Is that a euphamism?
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 02:30 PM

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View PostAleHop, on 01 March 2012 - 02:49 AM, said:

Things I like outside of F1... Hmm... :eusa_think:

A cold beer in the summer, all kind of prison films, a sunny and warm day, tripes a la Madrileña, kindle eBooks, rice a la paella, my new WP7 phone, Real Madrid beat Barça, discovering good songs of the past, Bethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Forrest Gump, etc.




I guess you must have seen Celda 211. I liked that movie; gave it 8/10.

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Posted 08 March 2012 - 04:39 PM

Finding out things you're embarrassed to own from your childhood are worth decent money on eBay now.  Hipsters and NASCAR collectors driving up the prices of all my old s***...

...now I just need to convince my parents to let me unload some of this stuff instead of keeping it in boxes "in case we ever need it again" or "you have children someday and they want this terrible old crap." :P
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Posted 08 March 2012 - 04:47 PM

View PostLabradoRacer, on 08 March 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

I guess you must have seen Celda 211. I liked that movie; gave it 8/10.
Yes, I liked it. One of the best Spanish films in recent years. An 8/10 is maybe a bit too high but it is worth watching.

Fray Luis de León said:

As we were saying yesterday...
Fray Luis de León wrote mystical poems which prompted Cervantes to proclaim León "a genius who astounds the world and who, in ecstasy, might rob us of our senses." León was also an active man who taught at the University of Salamanca, translated classical and biblical literature, and wrote on religious themes. Twice denounced before the Inquisition, he was imprisoned for "heresy," though he returned to the University to later hold the chairs of Moral Philosophy and Biblical Studies.

Tradition has it that he began his lecture the first day after returning from four years' imprisonment with the words "as we were saying yesterday..."




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