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  1. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    You probably would and some would agree with your view but others would agree with Dick Smith views and he backs it up with reasons. What are your reasons for your point of view?
  2. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    The rich kids drive electric cars and have all the latest energy saving gadgets, e-bikes, while the working class drive 20 year old clunkers. The fossil fuel billionaires own the renewable energy companies, which I have mentioned to you before. In the Middle East you have billionaire fossil fuel...
  3. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    On the other side of the equation you have the hipsters living in the inner suburbs of cities pretending to be virtuous while daddy is paying off their credit cars. You will see these people as follows: 1. Young women wearing active wear pushing prams as a part time job doing nanny work while...
  4. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    Stop it, I’m going to drive off the road. It could be a new fashion trend for Suresh, a new kink, posing as he attempts a backhand smash.
  5. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    Some bogan fashion and cultural pastimes; 1. The mullet hair cut and a rats tail 2. Black T Shirt with flannelet shirt 3. Plays and/or follows NRL - rugby league religiously and wears jersey while mowing the lawns 4. Listens to heavy metal or hard rock like ACDC 5. Drives 20 year old Australian...
  6. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    So here’s thing I wanted to touch on, I will use an Australian experience as the case study. The two biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne have always had a geographical divide which divided people based on wealth, occupation, success and culture. In both Sydney and Melbourne the cheaper working...
  7. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    Well I’m going to raise a few points regarding socioeconomic and cultural factors in life chances and decisions people make shortly.
  8. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    Scientists say that over 70 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle choices with the correct diet and exercise, avoiding harmful chemicals and having the right mindset, but we still have a lot of obesity, diabetes and chronic inflammatory illnesses. The lifestyle choices for health...
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    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    To a certain level it would be of benefit to study what behaviours correlate or have a causation to success in life or failure in life. The unknown of course are the challenges that life can bring. If you are born with a disability then that is a challenge for you. You are lucky if you are born...
  10. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    It’s kind of interesting how things can end up being. There can be a wide range in people development. There’s this 10 year kid who turns up to the courts and he is completely business like with his demeanour and approach. He has got his timetable worked out, his bag is neatly prepared with all...
  11. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    Sounds like you like to dress up when you are out and about in the town.
  12. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    Interesting thoughts about life from a Norwegian novelist:
  13. Crocodile

    Life choices, being fortunate or unfortunate , how do you make sense of it?

    There’s this backyard tennis court where I sometimes make a booking to work with some clients. The lady who owns the court lives by herself and she is 96. She is completely competent, totally with it, and in good humour. She is more functional than many people decades her junior. She even still...
  14. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    It was interesting to have a look at property prices around the United States and where the value is. I wonder how many of you in the states have lived in different parts of the country or travelled and visited due to work, tennis or holidays. Have any of you got parents and relatives that live...
  15. Crocodile

    Why are there no control string patterns in spin friendly frames?

    The Prince Phantom 100 X with its very low RA, thin beam and 16/18 pattern can give you spin and controlled power. While it’s an open pattern it is a low powered frame. The Volkl V8 Pro has an 18:20 pattern but still quite spin friendly. The other point is that Head offer so many racquets that...
  16. Crocodile

    Had a local club owner tell me this yesterday

    Would it make any difference if you could get the permission from the club member to borrow both his new and two year old frame ( assuming they are the same) and measure their stiffness to test his hypothesis. Look these days 2 brand new frames can feel different to start with usually due to...
  17. Crocodile

    Modern racquets similar in feel to Donnay WST Cobalt

    Depends how modern you want to go. I assume your Donnay Cobolt is the purple one that’s about a 70 percent graphite composite. My pick would be a 2011 Volkl Tour 10 V Engine 10 MP or a 2013 Dunlop Biomimetic 200 Tour. Something made today I would have to say maybe a Pro Kennex Q Tour 325 2021...
  18. Crocodile

    Yonex Racket Vibration?

    One way of investigating things is to put in a 1.3 gauge string and see if it still vibrates. If it does then you will need to take the racquet to Yonex because I’m not sure you will be able to shake out any debris through their solid handle. The rest of the frame is hollow however with no foam...
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    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Todays news https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11883867/Sydney-ranked-second-affordable-city-world-Melbourne-ninth-housing-affordability.html
  20. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Yes that’s a real life observation and analysis of how things are. There are a lot houses in Sydney 40km west of the city ( more modest demographic of Sydney ) ( There is a divide between people who live in either the Northern Beaches, North Shore and Eastern Suburbs and Inner western suburbs...
  21. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Yes this can be the case when comparing income levels with houses prices. However sometimes you can find the ratios either blow out in the wrong direction or come back in your favour. In Sydney for example the price of housing to income ratio has a wide gap. Sydney does have the highest incomes...
  22. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Here’s a comparison of Australian median house prices. Once again it’s the median so prices do vary a lot more. It’s very for example to get a house in Sydney under 1.2 million AU. Needless to say the prices are expensive in the capital cities...
  23. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Look this is just some initial research into the median prices paid by Americans in their capital cities. On the surface, it looks pretty affordable but medians don’t tell the full story. People might like to comment on this and whether they have sold up In expensive cities to buy in cheaper...
  24. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Here is a small snippet of a documentary by former Australian of the year, entrepreneur and aviation expert Dick Smith. He had his own chain of electronic stores in Australia and flew around the world solo in a helicopter. What his view and concern in regards to city living is about the rate of...
  25. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    I do not and will not respond to aggressive ultimatums and bullying behaviour as per your politically motivated post #17, especially when it is unrelated to the content of this thread. If you would like to start another thread on what CO2 is or is not then do that and people can comment there. Chow
  26. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Interesting video on Perth Aus
  27. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Thanks for sharing. Would love to read more from you people here about your experiences.
  28. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    Anyway check this place out in Hungary called Lake Balaton. They have a lovely tennis club there plus a beautiful lake which freezes up in winter.
  29. Crocodile

    Are people still moving out of cities ?

    He can always move to the beautiful country and start up “ Suresh’s country racquet club”, and make everyone happy there, teach everyone how to hit the open stance forehand with serve plus one drills.
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