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Hi,
Just a small post to let any IPB members know that my brother Keith passed away last Sunday. His funeral was yesterday and it was a wonderful celebration of his life.
Keith had not been active on the poker scene for a while but I know a lot of members here knew Keith when he was active in the poker community.
Say a prayer for him & think of him. He leaves a huge hole in our lives.
Tom Maguire.
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Originally posted by TM2204 View PostHi,
Just a small post to let any IPB members know that my brother Keith passed away last Sunday. His funeral was yesterday and it was a wonderful celebration of his life.
Keith had not been active on the poker scene for a while but I know a lot of members here knew Keith when he was active in the poker community.
Say a prayer for him & think of him. He leaves a huge hole in our lives.
Tom Maguire.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
That was really excellent. ( though I initially read NF as National Front)
And the "It's your fault if it makes you comfortable argument" doesn't wash with me if elements simply aren't funny.
Chapelles obsession with trans people is a bit much.
It feels like he's been that so universally lauded that the trans pushback is the one thing he's been pulled up on in like a decade and he can't get past it.
Even if it's not how he personally feels, he keeps trying to get his jokes over on the subject. Telling I guess, he had to explain himself to the trans bathroom bill whooper. Talk shit, attract flies.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostI wasn't mad about it.
And the "It's your fault if it makes you comfortable argument" doesn't wash with me if elements simply aren't funny.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by TM2204 View PostHi,
Just a small post to let any IPB members know that my brother Keith passed away last Sunday. His funeral was yesterday and it was a wonderful celebration of his life.
Keith had not been active on the poker scene for a while but I know a lot of members here knew Keith when he was active in the poker community.
Say a prayer for him & think of him. He leaves a huge hole in our lives.
Tom Maguire.
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Originally posted by Gimmeabreak
There wasn't one ounce of snideness intended in my comment. However, I think I said as much as anyone else if not more in a far more succinct way with my comment. What we witnessed pre/post the GBS episode shows us how these situations play out.
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Originally posted by Gimmeabreak
There wasn't one ounce of snideness intended in my comment. However, I think I said as much as anyone else if not more in a far more succinct way with my comment. What we witnessed pre/post the GBS episode shows us how these situations play out.
Fair enough. I'll admit I had a few beers on me when I read it and that combined with being quite passionate about the whole issue would have coloured my reading of your post. When I read my reply back on Saturday morning, I did question myself whether I was too OTT. Genuine apologies that I took it up the wrong way.
I do disagree about the pre/post situation of the GBS, but think that is more about the circles we operate in which is understandable.
Would still enjoy a chat about your opinions on it over a glass of vino or seven.
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Currently I'm in Shoreditch which for a few years was a cool place full of a wide mix of music and arts... People found out and it become successful rents went up. Now it's a crappy mess of nightclub and the demographics have changed radically in a few years.
that's how cities evolve.
Just because a few good musicians played in a bar occasionally does not mean that the vast majority was from pisspoor amateurs diddilying for tourists. And it doesn't come close to making it a cultural shibboleth.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostCurrently I'm in Shoreditch which for a few years was a cool place full of a wide mix of music and arts... People found out and it become successful rents went up. Now it's a crappy mess of nightclub and the demographics have changed radically in a few years.
that's how cities evolve.
Just because a few good musicians played in a bar occasionally does not mean that the vast majority was from pisspoor amateurs diddilying for tourists. And it doesn't come close to making it a cultural shibboleth.
You seem to be saying that a really cool, culturally vibrant area was ruined by money/developers coming in and it was turned into a absolute mess. That surely isn't a good thing?
Then you seem to just accept that there isn't an alternative, that it's just evolution, c'est la vie. Why should we just accept it, why shouldn't we do something to prevent that happening?
You then seem to be underestimating the impact The Cobblestone has had here. If you do even the slightest bit of research, you will the sheer amount of people who are crediting it with getting their break, a place that was so influential to them. To label it as some tourist spot full of pisspoor amateurs is way off the mark.
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Originally posted by MysteryGuest View PostPalm Springs best movie I’ve seen in a while
watched Another Round (Druk) last night, bit of a let down
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
Stay off it for 3 months, and then realise how depressed you were by drinking for even 2 days a week.
But don't log off from here over a comment to me. There is absolutely no offence taken from my my side. Stay and have the chats, you definitely add to this place and would be missed.
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Thinking as the first house step - have the whole thing rewired. Then we can start moving forward confidently knowing the wires (which the surveyor said were grand, but would need to be changed at some point as they dare from 1959) won't fry us if we add too many connections to the network. The heating in the house is electric, so we want to get in some of those new super efficient German electric heaters, but can't really without knowing the core electrics are fine.
Does that seem like a fine decision, or more akin to a decision to live in Bray?
"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
I just watched this, I absolutely loved it! What a great movie! I think this is one of the few movies that both myself and Satnav would enjoy.
Even theSPOILERsuicidehas a nice element of pathos to it."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThinking as the first house step - have the whole thing rewired. Then we can start moving forward confidently knowing the wires (which the surveyor said were grand, but would need to be changed at some point as they dare from 1959) won't fry us if we add too many connections to the network. The heating in the house is electric, so we want to get in some of those new super efficient German electric heaters, but can't really without knowing the core electrics are fine.
Does that seem like a fine decision, or more akin to a decision to live in Bray?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I'd start with the most important things; cleaning and eating. What state are the bathrooms and kitchen in?"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I think 'grand', not great though. The problem there also is its all connected to electric. Install a proper electric shower - blow the fuse box. That's why I'm thinking about the wiring. But I genuinely don't have a clue. It just seems reassuring knowing the core fabric of what a house is is grand. As well as reducing the chances of having to dig something up later.
'Core fabric' is a lot more than just wiring; what about insulation, windows, flooring, doors, plumbing, heating, skirting?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThinking as the first house step - have the whole thing rewired. Then we can start moving forward confidently knowing the wires (which the surveyor said were grand, but would need to be changed at some point as they dare from 1959) won't fry us if we add too many connections to the network. The heating in the house is electric, so we want to get in some of those new super efficient German electric heaters, but can't really without knowing the core electrics are fine.
Does that seem like a fine decision, or more akin to a decision to live in Bray?
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
Do you think Netflix should take it down though? I wouldn't watch a Jim Jefferies show, because I think he's an unfunny drunken lout. I wouldn't want to deprive the people who do find him entertaining their fun though.
Would I want netflix to talk down a chubby brown special? I wouldnt really care but I'd hope they wouldnt promote it.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostEchoing Solks, Midnight Mass on Netflix is quite something if you fancy a little 7 parter intelligent horror.
SPOILERThe stupidity of every single person on the island at the end was annoying. Not one of them could think of a single way to avoid their fate?People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
I'm somewhat baffled by your post?
You seem to be saying that a really cool, culturally vibrant area was ruined by money/developers coming in and it was turned into a absolute mess. That surely isn't a good thing?
Then you seem to just accept that there isn't an alternative, that it's just evolution, c'est la vie. Why should we just accept it, why shouldn't we do something to prevent that happening?
You then seem to be underestimating the impact The Cobblestone has had here. If you do even the slightest bit of research, you will the sheer amount of people who are crediting it with getting their break, a place that was so influential to them. To label it as some tourist spot full of pisspoor amateurs is way off the mark.
Any time I've been in there, the tourist element is at a minimum. Any tourist there, that I've seen, is usually brought by a local who is already familiar with the place.
People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostWho would have thought a discussion about old boozers could turn into the IPB equivalent of the Treaty?
Lao Lao is our Mick Collins.
It's a good job you didn't call me Dev - There would have been a full on civil war had that happened
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
I'm somewhat baffled by your post?
You seem to be saying that a really cool, culturally vibrant area was ruined by money/developers coming in and it was turned into a absolute mess. That surely isn't a good thing?
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
Its neither good nor bad its just a fact. Creative hubs that succeed in creating a nexus in an area drive up demand and soon prevent new young creators operating in these areas(. They go elsewhere rinse and repeat."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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I remember that with Chapter One and 101 Talbot. That their location, in their respective hot decades, was notable at the time, but was driven by needing to find somewhere cheap. In return then those types of places help to make things vibrant. Albeit that obviously hasn't worked for 101 Talbot, as nobody followed them there."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I think that's it. They get pushed out to warehouses, to odd districts. Thats part of the process. I wonder if the scrambling is part of the creation. That they are so far out of the way, that they need to be extra compelling to attract people. Its not that we should design pain into the process, but maybe also pain is a necessary part of the process. That countries where they have state-designated 'creative districts' where they give the creators everything, probably struggle to actually be creative. Maybe the Cobbleestone needing to recreate its idea of how trad music is consumed is something that will keep it fresh. Its a difficult one. Like, maybe its just pure rampant capitalism, or maybe its part of what keeps things alive.
We don't want monochrome cities (otherwise we would all go and live in some hellhole like Singapore). We want that mixture, that's what gives cities their energy. The problem is how to safeguard that within a market-driven infrastructure."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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huh, now there's a form of compliance that I had never come across in work before today:
Regulatory Marijuana Related Business
Listened to a really podcast on the legalisation struggle at the weekend. Never realised how close America was to full legalisation in 1977 and how the stoners managed to fuck it up in classical stoner fashion. Worth 45 mins."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThinking as the first house step - have the whole thing rewired. Then we can start moving forward confidently knowing the wires (which the surveyor said were grand, but would need to be changed at some point as they dare from 1959) won't fry us if we add too many connections to the network. The heating in the house is electric, so we want to get in some of those new super efficient German electric heaters, but can't really without knowing the core electrics are fine.
Replacing all the cabling with the boards would be marginally better. But a lot more work as you'll be ripping into wall. Best do as part of another renovation imo - unless they are in a bad way obviously.
I'd look at the kitchen and bathroom first. How old do they look? What are the finishes materials. Maybe they were replaced recently, but changes are they are the best place to start.
Most places of that era have odd little fireplaces. Getting rid can give you back usable space in the downstair rooms.
BER is likely awful. Could improve by insulating the attic. Or my adding a large well insulated extension.
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostHave to agree with Courtois today, 3rd place play offs are worthless.
But having one in this competition solves a scheduling issue - without it there would be no second game for Belgium or Italy in this international break after they'd lost their semi-final.
Because every other country is already committed to WC qualifier games.
So the obvious solution is that the two beaten semi-finalists play each other, and you might as well give that game a moniker.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I think 'grand', not great though. The problem there also is its all connected to electric. Install a proper electric shower - blow the fuse box. That's why I'm thinking about the wiring. But I genuinely don't have a clue. It just seems reassuring knowing the core fabric of what a house is is grand. As well as reducing the chances of having to dig something up later.
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Originally posted by coillcam View Post
If you're going the full re-wire, it's worth considering getting network cabling dropped in around the house to a few rooms. You seem like the sort who'd have a few internet-connected experiments that could benefit from it.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View Post
I don't think UEFA are a fan of them either as they don't have them in any other competition.
But having one in this competition solves a scheduling issue - without it there would be no second game for Belgium or Italy in this international break after they'd lost their semi-final.
Because every other country is already committed to WC qualifier games.
So the obvious solution is that the two beaten semi-finalists play each other, and you might as well give that game a moniker.﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
Its neither good nor bad its just a fact. Creative hubs that succeed in creating a nexus in an area drive up demand and soon prevent new young creators operating in these areas(. They go elsewhere rinse and repeat.
If it wasn't happening it would be a sign of a decaying city. It's an unfortunate thing by it's own that it happens, but it's a sign of a healthy growing city. Things change and move. The only constant is change.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
If you look at New York, you can see this working out over decades. The creative districts in Manhattan gradually became fashionable, then gentrified and the creatives were forced to move elsewhere - mainly Brooklyn.
We don't want monochrome cities (otherwise we would all go and live in some hellhole like Singapore). We want that mixture, that's what gives cities their energy. The problem is how to safeguard that within a market-driven infrastructure.
I thought it might be nice to live under a benevolent dictator for a change of scenery.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
Hmmm. I was just offered a job in Singapore recently.
I thought it might be nice to live under a benevolent dictator for a change of scenery.
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Singapore is most definitely not bland! They've loads of tall buildings and that casino monstrosity by the sea, but most of their life is lived in charming little side streets. The street food cusine is widely viewed as the best in the world. Its a great place."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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