tennis ball and brick wall. Bam problem solved. Issue is when it comes back directly at your balls. Then it really is rough on the balls.
I used a tennis ball out of respect to my grandparent’s and the neighbour’s house. And it ricochets so cleanly. Still the best ball for road hockey as well, all kids should always have a cachet of tennis balls.
I didn't want to use any other ball because I was practicing baseball. The weight, the stitches, the grip, the way the ball hopped back, they were all important to my muscle memory I was building upo. That's what I told myself. Didn't stop the whooping when I put the hole in the house, though.
You must have played on nicer fields than I did as a kid. The presence or lack of stitches on the ball never mattered as much as the random stone that deflected it right at your teeth. I probably stopped as many balls with the rest of my body as I did with my glove when I played infield.
When I was a kid we had immaculate diamonds with the best of dirt. You’d swear we were in the big leagues. Then someone did a CBA and realized kitty litter was so much cheaper. Scars everywhere due to sliding in fucking fine gravel.
That garbage remains to this day and nobody has ever liked it. Dust storms, filthy gashes and horrible traction. Then you play on a dirt and grass infield and it’s “Oh, this is amazing. This is how sports should feel. This game doesn’t have to torment my flesh.”
Our varsity field was crushed red brick, which drained well and looked really cool, but the only part of the game I was any good at was stealing bases, so I would have preferred an infield that didn't lacerate the shit out of any exposed skin when I slid or dove back to the base.
We had 2 soccer fields growing up. One dirt/grass that was slightly slopped side to side and another fairly new astroturf. Well the astroturf was weighted down with sand. That sucked so much when ever you had to slide. A few years ago they rid did the astroturf and weighted it down with fine rubber pellets. So nice now to bad it wasn't like that when i was a kid.
This is the rural Southeast of 'merica. IF there ever were rocks in a field, some dad has punished his child by making them remove the rocks a long time ago. I can't tell you how many days I've done nothing but pick rocks out of fields, usually pastures, though. Sometimes it isn't even punishment, it's just something that is added to the chore list.
Well Roger's(One of Canada's 3 biggest cell phone providers) got hacked. And everything went down at once. That is is dam crazy planning.
So we’re currently getting our house re-roofed. Today I came home from work to find out the roofer fell through our roof into our living roof. Taking the roof, attic insulation and popcorn ceiling with him onto the couch. Leaving a grave-sized hole above our living room. And it’s raining. Great day. I’m going to start drinking. Right now.
Sorry to hear it dude... hopefully (a) he's OK and can come back and fix it ASAP... and (b) if he is hurt, has WSIB coverage... because if he doesn't, you're responsible for the coverage.
If you hire someone to do work on your house, it's your responsibility to ensure that they are licensed and properly covered with WSIB (workplace insurance / OSHA). If they hurt themselves doing work for you, and they are not covered, then you are considered to be the contractor and are responsible for the WSIB (OSHA) claim.
I'm pretty sure it's the same here. But, if you want to cheap out and hire an unlicensed contractor and he falls through your roof....just shoot him and voila! No more liability. At least for the falling through the roof injuries.
God, I hate the phone companies. I just updated my Verizon plan to the exact same plan with a new name and lowered my bill by $40/month. I wonder how long I've been paying more for the grandfathered-in plan because they didn't bother to tell us that the plans changed.