*Crickets*(also known as "true crickets"), of the family*Gryllidae*,
areinsects <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect>related tobush crickets
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae>, and, more distantly,
tograsshoppers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper>. The
Gryllidae have mainly cylindrical bodies, round heads, and longantennae
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_%28biology%29>. Behind the head
is a smooth, robust pronotum. The abdomen ends in a pair of longcerci
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercus>(spikes); females have a long,
cylindricalovipositor <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovipositor>. The
hind legs have enlarged femora (thighs), providing power for jumping.
The front wings are adapted as tough, leatheryelytra
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elytron>(wing covers), and some crickets
chirp by rubbing parts of these together. The hind wings are membranous
and folded when not in use for flight; many species, however, are
flightless. The largest members of the family are the bull
crickets,/Brachytrupes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytrupes>/,
I suppose Australian cricketers are
/Brachytrupes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytrupes>/,
On 24/01/2018 10:34, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Cricket indeed, Patrick, at which Australia has recently been exposed by
> your team of lively One-Day wonders, even after Australia took the Tests
> 4-o.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 at 9:07 pm, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill -this is cricket isn't it !!!! thought it was a relationship
>> first read
>>
>> could do with some
>>
>> focused intensity
>>
>> Rippling energy uncoiling
>>
>> myself this morning cheers P
>> On 23/01/2018 22:10, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>> All that focused intensity
>>>
>>> Rippling energy uncoiling
>>>
>>>
>>> and then ... the piff
>>>
>>>
>>> Counter movements,
>>>
>>> sensing, probing, smacking
>>>
>>>
>>> deception,
>>>
>>> the clean miss
>>>
>>>
>>> All may be well
>>>
>>> for the arrested
>>>
>>> moment
>>>
>>>
>>> but inevitably comes
>>>
>>> sporting hell
>>>
>>>
>>> Out. Gone.
>>>
>>> And the husk trudges off
>>>
>>>
>>> Fresh fodder
>>>
>>> sent in
>>>
>>>
>>> The dead mount up
>>>
>>> all afternoon
>>>
>>>
>>> bw
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