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wood

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  1. They still haven't gotten that shit figured out? Wow. All in on 2026. Yep. I blame the penalty system. It's what they all do these days, even when they might be better off just giving the place back, as they would have been in this case. The problem is, most times they come out ahead by just taking the penalty. I also still have a problem with the whole 'the inside car had a 6" lead at the apex, so he doesn't neeed to leave any room at all for the car on the outside' convention (no matter who is involved). As one of the commentators astutely noted during the race, 'If Oscar had been slightly behind at apex instead of slightly ahead, Max would still have had to leave the track. They were both committed'. I'll never understand why the same rule that requires you to leave room for a car that's alongside on the inside doesn't apply to a car on the outside. Change that, and/or require track design that enforces track limits, and the whole equation changes. It was also so close imho that neither driver had a slam-dunk claim to having been ahead at the apex. Again, require both drivers to leave room for one another, and then each of them will change the way they race that corner, and it won't even matter who's ahead at the apex (in terms of legality or penalties). Yep, imho.
  2. Oh, and Playa Norte just made another 'best beaches in the world' list, on TripAdvisor's new one. I wonder how much we'd have to pay them to just leave it off those lists.
  3. Yep, like rage said, it's not hard to drive there. Both Mrs. Wood (no pics) and I drive every time we go to Akumal/PA/Tulum/cenotes. No incidents at all to date, and it's easier than ever to get around now with google maps. Last summer, we had guests, so we had two packed SUVs with me driving one and my crazy wife (no pics) driving the other. She did let hers run out of gas right on the north side of Tulum though, but that was her fault. Don't tell her I said that. Had to drive all over Tulum to find a gas can and bring her gas. Man, Tulum has really blown up, but it's crazy how hard it was to find a gas can. I dunno about y'all, but traveling with kids, we've found that one of our first stops needs to be at a grocery store to load up on stuff we can cook/snack on at the condo, sunscreen, pharmaueticals, swim stuff, and other random stuff we forgot to pack. We don't want to have to go out for every single thing, so we go to Chedraui (big HEB/walmart-ish store, when it's open) right after we get settled into the condo. On Isla, the Chedraui is right across from the baseball field. There's also a small, fully-stocked grocer on the square in town, walking distance from Ixchel. There are also Chedrauis in Cancun, PdC, Tulum, among others. You'll have one right across the highway from you in PA. The Chedrauis are also a good place to stock up on pesos. They usually have ATMs for at least 2 or 3 different banks. Oh, and their bakery is awesome.
  4. LOL. My exact response when my buddy texted me about it: "WTF is a Kygo?" Yeah he's popular somewhere. In Europe, I guess. But when I axed my 18 & 21 yos about him, they were like "Who?"
  5. USGP music headliners: Kygo and Garth Brooks. LOL they had Kygo at the Mexican GP, doing his show on the podium after the drivers left it and everyone was going home.
  6. They all bitch about their cars, and I know they often sound petty, esp in the heat of battle during the race or when trying to put down a good hot lap - but y'all know that they're just speaking in relative terms when they say the car won't turn, won't brake, won't accelerate out of corners, shifts like shit, has no power, no grip, is slow on the straights etc, right? It's what they're supposed to do. More descriptive feedback is better, of course, when they can give it. They give that, too, but F1 only releases probably not even 1% of what the drivers say to the pit wall unless it's on a driver onboard feed. They give the pit wall loads of good info there. Some better than others, of course. Alonso's conversations with the pit wall, for one example, are amazing, even during the race.
  7. Speaking of 2026 ... Some good, but one big reservation for me is that it seems like everything will be even more tire-dependent, more tire management, etc. Ugh.
  8. It's way worse than last year. This is basically the same car as last year - that they stopped development on later in the season with an eye toward 2026. I don't even think it makes sense to apply any Newey polish to the current turd. From the broader team's perspective it surely must make more sense to focus entirely on next year's car, using this year's as a testing mule for some stuff, but not really wasting any resources on it. They were slowest in Q and the race in Bahrain. Forget this season. Don't even bother wasting a cent of the budget or tunnel time on this car. Put it all into next season. I think AM were the first to throw in the towel for this year, starting last season, but more will soon follow suit.
  9. Pretty sure they're all in on next year's car. Big Stroll is rumored to have made a bunch of noise the other day about getting Newey more involved with this year's car, but I'm not sure I buy that.
  10. Pretty pretty pretty good weekend for Tsunoda. Lawson, well, not so much. RBR, fix your pit light system. Great drive by Piastri. Dude's a machine. George has all the finesse of a brick in tight, wheel to wheel racing. I think the Astons only kept the cars on the track just to collect data. Really. If the softs can last that long, then why even bring other compounds? The tire situation in F1 is a pathetic joke.
  11. Ross's brother?
  12. So, about the LOVB final ... Edited to add spoiler tags, just in case.
  13. Yep. Bitchass coach. Bush-league redneck program.
  14. Jesus. Get the ice bath ready for Mendoza. LOL as I'm typing that the announcer says the same thing.
  15. Farmer actually swinging the bat today. Crazy.
  16. I mean, I've seen people get hits off of swings just like that one, lots of times. IMHO baseball in general is way too lenient on that. If the bat enters the strike zone, then it should be a strike. Period.
  17. Uh ... that's a fucking swing.
  18. Yeah my kid didn't even play HS ball but I'm pretty sure he could hit better than .125 out there. He was recruited by another school though, but didn't wanna transfer. Our 8/9 guys look like they've never seen a bat or a ball.
  19. Lefties get away with balks all the got damn time ... as if it wasn't already hard enough on the baserunner going against 'em.
  20. Yep and if you lose the pads, that shit is virtually eliminated, stat, and if they still get away with it, at least they have to pay for it with pain and/or injury. Complete fucking bullshit.
  21. That play by Riojas and the play earlier by Mendoza, just fucking outstanding.
  22. This fuckin guy with the leaning in bullshit. Just get rid of the fucking elbow pads ffs. Such bullshit.
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