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Comment on Instant Gratification Explained In Under 3 Minutes by MP

MP — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:42:29 +0000

LOOOOL. I think they were getting carried away by the entertainment of towing a vehicle themselves, rather than thinking about the situation logically. Funny for us, not so the owner of that car.

Comment on Can Men And Women ‘Just Be Friends’? by MP

MP — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:21:32 +0000

Love the vid. It’s so true. Women want the emotional support and attention while guys want the physical attention. Two parties wanting two different things. Not gonna work, ever. The only question is how long does the guy go through all this before giving up? There must be a breaking point eventually.

Comment on All Time Test Cricket XI (My Selection) by Taha Ijaz

Taha Ijaz — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:14:34 +0000

My all time Greatest XI Team is as follows:

1. Jack Hobbs (ENGLAND)
One of the greatest batsmen of all time (the 5th greatest according to me) and unarguably the greatest opener ever. Averaged around 56.

2. Leonard Hutton (ENGLAND)
One of the best openers ever. I have chosen him because he could play on the worst of pitches for batting. He faced the new ball very well (as he faced fast opening bowlers like Ray Lindwall or Keith Miller). Averaged around 57.

3. Sir Donald Bradman (AUSTRALIA)
Needs no Explanation. Greatest sportsperson. Averaged nearly a 100.

4. Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA)
Best batsman of the modern era. Second best of all time. Averages 56.

5. Vivian Richards (WEST INDIES)
Third best batsman of all time. True match winner and the best player against fast bowling. Very attacking and entertaining player. Average around 50 with the bat. Occasional bowler as well, averaged 61.

6. Sir Garry Sobers (WEST INDIES)
Can’t argue, the greatest all-rounder ever. Second greatest cricketer of all time. True match winner. Averaged around 57 with the bat and around 34 with the ball.

7. Adam Gilchrist (AUSTRALIA)
Some people say that we should not choose him because he was only good with the bat (brilliant with the gloves as well but people say that not as good Allan Knott). Well I think that he was better even with the gloves than Knott. Averaged 45 with the bat and had 416 dismissals.

8. Shane Warne (AUSTRALIA)
Greatest spinner of all time. No one could spin the ball as much as him. Averaged around 25 with tge ball.

9. Muttiah Muralitharan
(SRI LANKA)
2nd best spinner of all time. He would have a great spin bowling combination with Shane Warne, as both wpuld spin the ball alot and in opposite ways.

10. George Lohmann (ENGLAND)
A suprise choice? Not at all for me. I mean why is he so much underrated. 112 wickets in 18 tests! And the ICC qualification is 15 tests. He also has 9 5 wicket-hauls and 5 10 wicket-haul! His best figures are 9/28. Which was a world record for more than 50 years. And the most suprising thing, averaged still a world record 10.76 with the ball, from more than 3,800 deliveries whilst the ICC qualification is 2,000. He is (according to me) the second greatest bowler of all time.

11. Sydney Barnes (ENGLAND)
Greatest bowler of all time? Of course. 189 wickets in just 27 matches @ 16.43. Average of a record 7 wickets per match. He played against pretty tough batsmen like Victor Trumper. In his last series (against South Africa) he picked 49 wickets in 4 tests @ 12.25.

12th Man:
Imran Khan (PAKISTAN)
The biggest ommision from this team is The lion of Pakistan. One of the best captains and all-rounders ever. Averaged around 37 with the bat and an outstanding 22 with the ball.

Reserves:
Dennis Lillee (AUSTRALIA)
Walter Hammond (ENGLAND)
Keith Miller (AUSTRALIA)
Ian Botham (ENGLAND)
Brian Lara (WEST INDIES)
Richard Hadlee (NEW ZEALAND)
Malcolm Marshall (WEST INDIES)
Sunil Gavaskar (INDIA)

Team characteristics
This team can give you an average of 458 runs an innings.

It can bowl out the opposition for an average 218 runs an innings.

So if we use these two averages, a victory of over 400 runs or 10 wickets against a normal team (like PAKISTAN) is likely.

Sunil Gavaskar (INDIA)

Comment on All Time Test Cricket XI (My Selection) by simon

simon — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:12:11 +0000

A formidable team. Well done.

Comment on All Time Test Cricket XI (My Selection) by Taha Ijaz

Taha Ijaz — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:06:28 +0000

My all time Greatest XI Team is as follows:

1. Jack Hobbs (ENGLAND)
One of the greatest batsmen of all time (the 5th greatest according to me) and unarguably the greatest opener ever. Averaged around 56.

3. Sir Donald Bradman (AUSTRALIA)
Needs no Explanation. Greatest sportsperson. Averaged nearly a 100.

4. Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA)
Best batsman of the modern era. Second best of all time. Averages 56.

6. Sir Garry Sobers (WEST INDIES)
Can’t argue, the greatest all-rounder ever. Second greatest cricketer of all time. True match winner. Averaged around 57 with the bat and around 34 with the ball.

8. Shane Warne (AUSTRALIA)
Greatest spinner of all time. No one could spin the ball as much as him. Averaged around 25 with tge ball.

9. Muttiah Muralitharan
(SRI LANKA)
2nd best spinner of all time. He would have a great spin bowling combination with Shane Warne, as both wpuld spin the ball alot and in opposite ways.

Sunil Gavaskar (INDIA)

Comment on The Pay Of Politicians by simon

simon — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:20:30 +0000

True. I think they have also discarded ‘study trips’. One thing we need to keep in mind though, is that current and past politicians still get to use their ‘gold pass’. There was one minister making a huge point about how it would be “a thing of the past” even though he will get to use it for the rest of his life.

However good point overall.

Comment on The Pay Of Politicians by Jeff Thomson

Jeff Thomson — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:45:55 +0000

Gotta take into account that with this pay rise they have also scrapped the ‘gold pass’ for retired politicians. Not that this is going to even out completely with the pay rise, but it certainly is better for politicians to be upfront with what they take home rather than millions of dollars of bonus perks.

Comment on Midas Touch- By Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki by Erameh king

Erameh king — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:31:49 +0000

the two me must be wizards to must have written such a magnificent book together.just that mr trump is loosing fans by the week each time he make rude statements about mr obama and i despise mr trump for that.all the same,i love the five finger style teaching technique.especially the little finger teaching technique.kudos to the two of you.mr trump,you are free to contest the us presidency.just stop making defamatory statements about mr obama

Comment on The Secret To Success By Eric Thomas by simon

simon — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:55:01 +0000

Cheers for the comment and fair enough.

I think he is referring to those times where what ‘feels good’ is more akin to ‘instant gratification’.

Comment on The Secret To Success By Eric Thomas by Jeff Thomson

Jeff Thomson — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:34:00 +0000

I disagree with Principle 1, “Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually good for you”. In my experience what feels good is often what is actually good for you, and some of my biggest regrets are doing the “right thing” over something I’d like to do right now.

That said, this all depends on your definitions of “what feels good” and what is “actually good”, it is very possible that for me at least the thing that feels good is what is actually good, and the right thing to do is the other.