Alan Emond
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Off Topic OTD Formula 1 - The death of Tom Pryce
One of the most bizarre — and gruesome — stories in F1 occurred on this day, in 1977, at the South African Grand Prix.
A track marshal crossing the main straight — to attend to a car that was on fire — was run over by Tom Pryce, driver for the Shadow-Ford team. (Ironically, the car in flames was also from the Shadow team).
The marshal was carrying a 20 kg fire extinguisher, which struck Pryce's helmet: both died instantly. The video below is "relatively mild" - online there are photos with much more gruesome content.
To give you an idea of the condition of the victims, they could only positively identify the marshal after gathering all the track staff and accounting for which one of them was missing.
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@AldiUK is there a shortage of your Lemon & Lime Zero Sugar drink? Your store in Tranent hardly ever stocks it
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NEW: New Zealand parliament suspended after an unplanned haka broke out following newly elected PM Te Pati Maori's Oriini Kaipara's speech.
Kaipara: ✋😵💫
Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee: "No, not that. The guarantee was that would not be taking place... Unreal."
Kaipara: 😲🫱
Brownlee: "The House is suspended."
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To everyone saying:
“Of course he did, it’s Rory, it's not really that big of a deal…”
Let’s add some context.
In his entire career, Rory has had 355 instances where he faced three approach shots in a row from 165 to 212 yards to the hole.
Not once did he hit all three shots inside 9 feet.
Not once.
In those 355 instances, he hit two out of three shots inside 9 feet just four times.
In the final round of The Masters, with the career slam on the line, he hit one to 9 feet, another to 6 feet and another to 2 feet.
So yeah… these shots, especially in that situation?
Off-the-charts good.
To all the haters, it's just math. 😉
P.S.
I also looked at the number of instances where he had three approach shots in a row from 150 to 200 yards.
There were 720 instances.
Not one single time did he hit all three shots inside 9 feet. Not once. (There were 12 times he hit two of three to 9 feet or less)
Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro)@LouStagner
What Rory did on 15, 16 and 17 in the final round is BONKERS. 1 in 28,700 chance. 🤯🤯🤯 #15▶️207 yards to 6 feet #16▶️170 yards to 9 feet #17▶️196 yards to 2 feet The chances a tour pro hits each of those shots as close as he did: #15▶️1.99% #16▶️7.91% #17▶️0.37% The chances a tour pro hits approach shots that good on three consecutive holes? ▶️About 1 in 28,700 If you let the typical tour pro play those three holes 28,700 times, they will only accomplish what Rory did one single time. Rory did it with the tournament (and the career grand slam) hanging in the balance. Absolutely incredible.
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you’ll never believe what happens at 0:19
London & UK Street News@CrimeLdn
Kingsbury roe green park yesterday ( Anghel )
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@reepz_10 @thepaulwilliams @silky_32 Enough to shatter a man’s confidence. Will we get in touch about our trip to Turkey?
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@MPlayfair88 @bootlegger1974 Many’s a time I’ve been sucked in by those yellow stickers with complete disregard for my wellbeing. Sometimes I deh even like the food but I ken a bargain when I see one!
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Swimmer survives shark attack by 'punching it in face'
Full story ⬇️
trib.al/00zYmQo
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𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬🏌️♂️
Do you get tired and sore after a round?
What about if you play 2-3 days in a row?
“What can I for recovery?” is a common question
Here are 5 tips covering the fundamentals of recovery 👇🏽
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