Comments on: The 2013 Ridiculous Ashes

By: Ged+Ladd

Ged+Ladd — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:50:40 +0000

In reply to King Cricket.

Not yet.

We have ways…

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 05:56:16 +0000

In reply to Ged+Ladd. Did we pay for that KC advert on your site?

By: Ged+Ladd

Ged+Ladd — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 14:10:28 +0000

I have now written up the 2013 second test in an Ogblog stylee – which is primarily links to my contemporaneous King Cricket match report and the additional resources KC has now provided, including the ridiculous podcast.

https://ianlouisharris.com/2013/07/19/england-v-australia-day-two-lords-19-july-2013/

I cannot quite get over the scale of my bumper Lord’s Day two picnic, which was just for me and Daisy, only nine years ago. We take a fraction of that quantity with us to a match these days.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:05:22 +0000

In reply to Micko. Cheers Micko.

By: Micko

Micko — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:37:54 +0000

Just listened, a great episode for a classic match. I had no recollection that the Agar innings and the Broad edge were actually in the same match, truly epic ridiculousness.

By: Bert

Bert — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 07:52:33 +0000

In reply to Ged+Ladd. That's a harrowing tale, Ged. You were very lucky. It must have put everything into perspective, made you appreciate what you've got. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:26:10 +0000

In reply to Bert. Honestly think things will pan out much the same whichever of those options you take. Things have a tendency to work themselves out, which is why everything is so uniformly excellent for absolutely everybody in the world.

By: Ged+Ladd

Ged+Ladd — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:37:58 +0000

Bert is quite right, KC. I listened to the podcast weeks ago and it is quite possible that my life would have turned out very differently (or ended) in the interim had I done something else instead.

Don’t mess with chaos & complexity, KC, they can metaphorically bite you on the bum.

By: Bert

Bert — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:47:44 +0000

Or don’t, if you’re busy. It’s not going to be significantly life-changing or anything.

How do you know? From the myriad possibilities, the infinite twists and turns of causality, how do you know that listening to this podcast won’t be life changing? As I write this, a small plane has just crashed onto the shed I was intending to go to, and I haven’t even listened to it yet. From my window I can see a large boulder that is delicately balanced on an outcrop. The breeze is picking up – should I go and have a closer look, or listen to the podcast?

There’s a locked box in my office that says “Caution, Poison-Laced Podcast-Related Radioactive Decay Detector” on the lid. I thought I could hear some meowing from inside yesterday, but today it is silent. Any thoughts?