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If they are persistent offenders, you have a problem.

One route, ( I will  call it the peter mellor) is to hit as hard as you can at them.  The alternative is to warn them that this is what you will do next time, so they better duck out of the way or move on a level or behind the player whose shot it is.

New players may need a lot of reminding initially.  The emphasis must be on ducking below the potential shot.  Running to the side wall is plain stupid and should not be considered as an option.  Moving to the centre is better, but must include ducking down.  The reason is that hitting the ball straight down the centre is very weak, and likely to be easy to return. There might be occasions when such a shot might manage to hit the opponent on the return flight, so should not be dismissed.

The is a group of players who are brasen enough to take advantage of this sort of obstruction tactic.  So Peter's experience is not unknown.  It is often done by people who should know better.

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Cannot be worse than yesterday's walk from the bus drop at the library.

New catheter seems fine, but I will take some Ibuprofen before I go.

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Can a deaf person be woken by hearing a noise?

Probably, but there is no casual link.  They may dream about it and wake up convinced they heard the car.  Occasionally by coincidence there may be a moving car in the road.  Bingo.

I rest my case.

And she did not get wakened, or even think she had been.

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The issue is almost entirely a doubles issue, and is really part of the " one should be able to play one's most strategic shot", and if stopped, should be given a let.  It is not that they cannot play any shot.  If they can play a winning shot, although not the best winning shot, they should really play it.

This is not a simple issue, and the rules of the game should in general be more about intent, rather than detailed situations.

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Hope they do it.

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It is true that the written rules say nothing special about the walls as places to be,  there are some unwritten rules that apply.  Basically obstructing strategic shots is a no-no,  and the wall is full of strategic shot potential, including in particular the wall hugging shots, that use aerodynamics to keep the ball very close but not touching the wall.

I think it perfectly fair to consider trying to hide against a side wall, to be worthy of a replay or let.  

Now I am not suggesting that Neil is aware of the issues, but he does know now that I am watching out.

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So you might as well say imagine the earth as that centre.  It basically makes one's language simpler, and really does not alter anything.

Neil has difficulty me using the earth as the centre, or maybe myself as the centre.  He is wrong of course.

He ended up having some very distorted times and angles for the sun, and seemed to say that if you took the sun as the centre, I would realise my mistake. Eh ..  No.

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It was used as a general safe reference machine, which you picked up and authorised the transaction.  The problem came when it did not ring for one reason or another.  This could be that the SIM had been canceled by the provider because you were no longer a customer.

 To avoid this you have to intervene much earlier in the sequence of events.

The chaos is just after a supplier changing processes.  It gets sorted out, but the period could be a couple of months.

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It is surprisingly difficult, but rewarding when you can do it.

Nokia seem to be the easiest, as they tend to put their brand name on everything, and they have the weirdest of sized plugs.

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Now it is possible to avoid this, anđ use a simpler input method.  You can still get messed up, but it is less annoying.  

Basically you do it in a dumber environment.  Avoid using all things google.  Go into a simple browser and search for the independent crossword.  Then view it in the simplest way.  

I cannot remember all the details here, but it dies work. I seem to remember that you might have to turn rhe sound right down.

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No idea what is happening.

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Basically it is a dangerous thing to set.

Will need to check things for a couple of days, and then reintroduce simple thermostat settings when needed.

Probably not much damage done.

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