CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: Clay Death on September 12, 2014, 12:29:28 am

que pasa emma, lady TT, nikki, baron, anikh, and the others.

take a look at this. i just sawe this on twitter.

http://www.addsense.net/15-pictures-that-will-make-your-heart-stop?page=3&v=g24tc1PaajM3pv24Kygcu2UE1xsjm10fO

It was funny to see that Toronto's Edge Walk made the list. I did a project called Online Auction not so long ago and there we had a quite a few tickets for the Edge walk. We had crazy bids on those and they sold out like crazy. So there are lots of adventurous people out there but mostly younger people I take it. Very few in their middle age and beyond would go for such risky adventures. I remember those who bought those tickets were mostly parents buying those for their sons and daughters. lol I do feel the edge walk is least intimidating among the ones in the list, wouldn't you agree?

I do like scuba diving a great deal. Rock climbing doesn't attract me much.

That is crazy to me. I don't like death-defying acts to watch or participate. So Nascar, rock-climbing, tightrope walking without a net, and other such pursuits have never appealed to me.

What I dislike the most though is people crying on TV after a fatality has occurred when you made a choice to walk on the side of a cliff. Too much risk, not enough reward for me.

Quote from: thetruth on September 18, 2014, 05:05:58 pm

Agreed. Many Fed fans around the web were ecstatic with the removal of Nole, but tennis is a sport, and as such it has to be played on the court. I never take any match for granted because tennis players are people too, and sometimes you wake up and feel like crap and can't shake the feeling. So, until two players get on court, it's best not to assume a win is a given.

Cilic was playing lights out, but I wasn't sure Federer would be able to lift his game that significantly after that showing against Monfils. Monfils gift-wrapped that match, but when he played at a decent level he was killing Fed. Cilic was bursting with confidence, so I thought that would be a tough match regardless. 

Also not surprised about the TV ratings in the US either. They only promote Rafa, Fed, and Djokovic. You can't expect the rest of the unheralded tour to fill the seats when you barely mention them, so...And even as a Serena fan it was hard to watch another stroll in the park final. I never thought Woz had a chance and apparently many others didn't think so either.

Monfils did gift-wrap the match, didn't he? And then he went on to worship Federer even more in his presser. That Cilic match must have been quite the eye opening for him especially when he realized that he too had a couple of match points against Federer and could have sent Federer home in straight sets just like Cilic. But then again, that's Monfils for you. Love him or hate him - he is who he is.

As to the women's final, as you said yourself - no match is given and by that definition, I don't see how the final between Serena and Woz was given. If anything, in the last few meetings Woz had taken a set off Serena and Woz has beaten Serena in the past though just one time. So judging by all that and the way Wozi was playing it was never that given. I do think Wozi is too cozy and chummy with Serena. I mean she systematically destroyed Sharapova in the same tournament and we all know  Sharapova too is a very powerful player. What Serena did in that match was to mainly overpower Woz and I personally thought Wozi could have dealt with Serena better but she was mighty nervous from the getgo.  Perhaps the thought of the crowd and Serena both overpowered her and she wasn't able to put out her best on that day.

In any case, that wasn't the reason the rating was low. Agassi never had any hold on Sampras as far as the USO was concerned and yet, that never held off the TV rating or the audience in the stadium.

I don't think Nole gets any special treatments that Fed and Nad gets at the US Open. In fact, even Nadal didn't get any special treatments there either until the USO Organization realized that Nadal too has become very popular since 2008 all around the globe that they felt the need to oblige as well.  It used to be all Federer since 2003.

Back to the women's final again - I just get the feeling Serena is not as popular in the US as, say, Venus is.

Well, at least through this referendum, we got to see the true nature of many English fans. At least Andy's tweet wasn't about stabbing English people on the street or wishing them to die along with rest of the 16 children during the Dunblane massacre. He simply openly sided with his country Scotland. Since when that's a crime? Why was even there a referendum if one is not allowed to give his opinion about his own country and if they did, they would be subjected to violent backlash as a result? Is that what you are now calling it 'freedom of speech'? Has it come down to that now?

A lot think Andy should have kept his opinion to himself. I completely disagree. He's not a politician nor is he a diplomat. He most definitely wanted to let people know how he felt about the whole thing and I am sure he was aware of the the possible outcome as well since there was only 'yes' or 'no' vote resulting either way. Surely one would factor that in too? Did he do it on impulse? How can you be sure?   

If anything, it only shows, Andy has made a conscious choice and he let rest of the world know. That's all. Does Andy need the so called English supporters? Not at all. Why should he? Tennis players are loved Universally. Once you become successful you will have no shortage of fans. Tennis is an individual sport after all. Andy did not take up tennis thinking he'd serve his country this way. Obviously he was good at it and rest followed by default. It was his love for tennis that has brought him this far and nothing else. Winning a Slam especially Wimbledon is every tennis player's dream - not just Andy's. Do the English not know this? If Scotland was not a part of GB, do you not think Andy would have still thrived to win Wimbledon? Do you see it otherwise? Well, then, you are quite delusional and should stop watching tennis immediately because you are watching or rather supporting it for the wrong reason there is.

But the English are quite possessive in nature, aren't they. And their support comes with all sorts of conditions, don't they. And it's even more notable how ugly it gets when they don't get what they want. Does Andy need to associate himself with this sort of bunch who act so childishly and violently? Not in million years.

Anyway, judging by all that I had to read the last few days, I am quite sure we haven't evolved much consciously or as human species, espeically when you find out that people are still reserving their support based on the geographical boundary they live in. This means they are not capable of supporting anyone (forget love) if they don't fall into certain and preferred criteria.

If we ever overcome this sort of primitive notion is only when we will see real freedom. It's just a pity that it took us about a whopping 14 billion years just to come this tiny far. Perhaps another 14 billion years will get us to somewhat decent place. I am not hopeful. As Einstein would say, "Two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the Universe."

Quote from: thetruth on September 18, 2014, 05:05:58 pm

Agreed. Many Fed fans around the web were ecstatic with the removal of Nole, but tennis is a sport, and as such it has to be played on the court. I never take any match for granted because tennis players are people too, and sometimes you wake up and feel like crap and can't shake the feeling. So, until two players get on court, it's best not to assume a win is a given.

Cilic was playing lights out, but I wasn't sure Federer would be able to lift his game that significantly after that showing against Monfils. Monfils gift-wrapped that match, but when he played at a decent level he was killing Fed. Cilic was bursting with confidence, so I thought that would be a tough match regardless. 

Also not surprised about the TV ratings in the US either. They only promote Rafa, Fed, and Djokovic. You can't expect the rest of the unheralded tour to fill the seats when you barely mention them, so...And even as a Serena fan it was hard to watch another stroll in the park final. I never thought Woz had a chance and apparently many others didn't think so either.

Monfils did gift-wrap the match, didn't he? And then he went on to worship Federer even more in his presser. That Cilic match must have been quite the eye opening for him especially when he realized that he too had a couple of match points against Federer and could have sent Federer home in straight sets just like Cilic. But then again, that's Monfils for you. Love him or hate him - he is who he is.

As to the women's final, as you said yourself - no match is given and by that definition, I don't see how the final between Serena and Woz was given. If anything, in the last few meetings Woz had taken a set off Serena and Woz has beaten Serena in the past though just one time. So judging by all that and the way Wozi was playing it was never that given. I do think Wozi is too cozy and chummy with Serena. I mean she systematically destroyed Sharapova in the same tournament and we all know  Sharapova too is a very powerful player. What Serena did in that match was to mainly overpower Woz and I personally thought Wozi could have dealt with Serena better but she was mighty nervous from the getgo.  Perhaps the thought of the crowd and Serena both overpowered her and she wasn't able to put out her best on that day.

In any case, that wasn't the reason the rating was low. Agassi never had any hold on Sampras as far as the USO was concerned and yet, that never held off the TV rating or the audience in the stadium.

I don't think Nole gets any special treatments that Fed and Nad gets at the US Open. In fact, even Nadal didn't get any special treatments there either until the USO Organization realized that Nadal too has become very popular since 2008 all around the globe that they felt the need to oblige as well.  It used to be all Federer since 2003.

Back to the women's final again - I just get the feeling Serena is not as popular in the US as, say, Venus is.