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Yeah, that was my first impression. After seeing the message repeated I got less sure about it; probably mistakenly so, and I've been annoyed at times with contemprary overprudeness.

I've been watching it for a few times now, and there's something in it so beautiful it makes me cry, with which the fact that it's about girls has nothing to do whatsoever. It's the vigour of it, I guess. Just so full of life. Not just me being an old fool.

Onward to 2019, then. My goals for this year were championships, a 100% win rate, and to leave injury a distant memory. Having achieved the former, I missed out badly on the latter (neck hernia is here to stay, oy vey vey vey). So I’m now regrouping, and restating my aim. I’ll try to steer...

Hm. We all have bodies. The only harm I see there is the harm of body shame.

I’d like to understand the relative strength of Belgian TT better too, and I don’t. From my youth I remember internation ‘five countries’ school events, with consistently very high levels of Belgian and French delegations. German too, maybe less consistently; and overall certainly better, year...

I've been impressed with the Belgian players. Like Sweden, an abnormal level given the relatively small population.

True, probably. Unless your frame of reference for cheap vs. costly includes Palio, Friendship/729 and so on and the demarcation lies somewhere below €15/$20 a sheet. Now Rozena can be had relatively affordable; $33 at ProTT. But they're only selling it in 2.1mm thick, I'm guessing due to low...

I use the Stiga Liner shoes, selected them from a choice of mainly Butterfly and Stiga models. I’m very pleased with them. Even more so than the worn-out Mizunos they replaced.

Costs more.

Seeing the high level players, they seem to adapt quite fluidly to equipment changes.

Analysts often talk about market share, but the actual thing the smarter companies pay attention to is profit share.

Yes. As long as BTY gets away with it prices will go up, virtually without limit. It should be understood that pricing upper limits have no relation whatsoever with production/sell cost (R&D/manufacturing/logistics/marketing), nor do lower limits have much to do with trite things such as...

Ulf Bengtsson?

As I understand it, corporate strategy was based on the analysis of a global niche market being up for grabs, where the strength of the brand would more or less make Adidas a dominant force swiftly and easily. So it entered as a premium brand, exacting premium prices and expecting...

Omega V Tour?

The Old World remembers.

Silly! After Spring Sponge comes Summer Sponge, of course. Me, I’m awaiting Autumn Sponge, the better match for the time-worn and weary.

Um, Xu Xin?

Lovely. He’s a shy boy and barely dares to speak, let alone sing, but he bravely does, holding back all the way. But you still see the enjoyment of the song and its singing, and the warm flow of emotions it bears. Even while barely daring, he’s still singing and I for one admire him for it. This...

+1 for the Gewo rubbers. Underrated, underappreciated.