Max finished in 3rd, so a Podium finish for him is huge.
I like your book-long posts Matt, full of useful info. Most of it I happen to agree with.
Thanks, Body-Buildah!
I'm trying to be more concise, even if my posts are long. Some of my goals are [1] don't post NEW threads, unless they are of some significance [for example, I would love to post a new thread congratulating Maxime, as it is so cool to me that Thunder Bay's Strongest Man is now the world's third strongest man!], [2] try to post useful and relevant information, including some specific data not generally posted, or otherwise time-consuming to research and find, and [3] if I can make short posts of the same quality, make an effort to do so.
I also want to be respectful to people here, including the ones I disagree with. In the case of the C19 global disaster, I take it pretty personally because it's a massive issue, and has been economically devastating more than it has been medically devastating. And I can't help but be a little annoyed with the people who are pushing the C19 agenda forward, including the way that fear has been used to coerce people into going along with it all.
Hopefully things are normal where you are - because they definitely are not normal here, due to our
staggering 64 deaths, 57 of whom were over 80.
One thing I ask myself is - am I turning members away from the board, or deterring potential new users from joining? Ultimately, it is Ron's board, and at the very least, I want to be a net neutral or better in terms of the popularity and success of his board.
I would hate to think that my posts are turning people away.
Given the massive censorship of Big Tech of late, I would think there would be a resurgence of members to private website message boards...but no. I haven't really noticed that. That's a shame, given how many people the Big Tech platforms have captured, and given how incredibly censorious they have been since the start of the C19 bollocks.
My doctor got censored on Facebook, and received a warning for posting a video of the Chinese female whistleblower who originally leaked the information about C19 being a lab leak. YouTube banned
this video of the PCR test creator explaining how it is not intended to test for viruses, as well as
this video from Dr. Roger Hodkinson, a doctor with 45 years of experience, reporting to Edmonton City Council about the ridiculous government overreach of C19 measures. To me, that is inexcusable.
^ And that's how my autism gets me off-topic.
I just want to make posts that don't take long for people to scroll past if they want to ignore them.
If they are so long that it takes several seconds just to SKIP OVER THEM...that's a problem.
I love that you have an interest in strongman, Body-Buildah!
As I said, I worry about these guys pushing themselves to the limit and beyond...and I can honestly say that it's been easier for me to watch strongman contests since not training hard myself [only getting back to the gym this month, after only going for walks previously during the lockdowns]. As the memory of pushing myself to my own subjective maximum [obviously much lower than the pros] is fading, it's been easier for me to the pro contests.
For example, I heard that Bobby Thompson passed out while pressing the 215-kg [474-lb] log!
That's kind of freaky - and could even be fatal if a log that heavy fell on a person - even a man as big and strong as Bobby. Maybe that's why he opted out of the stones.
Thanks for covering this contest for Getbig, Body-Buildah! And thanks for this LOL:
Kearney has dropped out as an alternate, got some TV show deal (probably a gay thing) so he wont be doing WSM either. (If he was called upon).
LOL!!!! Oh man...
You're probably right about that, LOL. I guess advertising his gayness nonstop paid off.
PS - WTH happened with Oleksii Novikov?
From 24-year-old winner last year, to not even making the finals this year? Seems like he traded status with my pal Maxime.
I'm so proud of that big fellar. I have a picture with him when he won the Thunder Bay Classic in 2017, and I placed 4th in the manlet division.
I hate 4th place finishes.