Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Wordle Gummidge

[Denny Crane]

Bant up today

[Goodluck2me]

Allow me my irrational hatreds.

Ryan Tubridy
Andy Murray
Conor McGregor
Daniel O'Donnell

I don't think I need actual reasons. This is instinct man. The kind of shit that saved our ancestors from sabre-toothed tigers.

Ah ffs... too far.

[Goodluck2me]

You are being hard on yourself if you have an ear to jam and jump into a session. You are ahead of the guitar wankers you just dont know it . Most songs are 3/4 chords . Playing melody over the chords is what piano players do from the start. I'd say you can play any campfire song , just learn the scale degrees . I'm not going through it as you know it I'm sure. Just take a scale and for each note play the corresponding chord . 1st major 2nd 3rd minor etc. All of these can be used in a song . Play melody over them and boom you are a fine guitarist. Imo of course

Give us an example there, I can play all the basic chords but not much else.

[Solksjaer!]

Take the C scale .

C D E F G A B C
1st 4th and 5th are your major 6th your natural minor. 2nd and 3rd minor chords . Now play a song with the chords of your choice . The song will be in C , so play C major scale or A minor scale between chords, keep track of the root notes and let your ear tell you what sounds good . Start slowly . Cat Steven's Wild World for example . When he sings oh baby baby it's a wild world . He played notes in the C scale/A minor up to the G chord . Listen to it , Try it , Play around. You'll get it.

I'm probably not explaining well. Typing on this phone is cumbersome.

[Lazare]

Give us an example there, I can play all the basic chords but not much else.

Learn how to play the pentatonic scale. Most people begin learning it on the fifth fret, A minor.

It can be broken into sections/parts, learn a section at a time, like doing a jigsaw in parts and adding together.
Great thing is though, you can learn a section of it relatively quickly and begin having fun messing about with just that section.

Once you develop the muscle memory for it, the same pattern can be transposed up and down the neck to different keys.

That then opens up everything. You can listen to a tune, find what key it's in and just jam to it.


The more you do that the more your ear develops too.

[Goodluck2me]

Take the C scale .

C D E F G A B C
1st 4th and 5th are your major 6th your natural minor. 2nd and 3rd minor chords . Now play a song with the chords of your choice . The song will be in C , so play C major scale or A minor scale between chords, keep track of the root notes and let your ear tell you what sounds good . Start slowly . Cat Steven's Wild World for example . When he sings oh baby baby it's a wild world . He played notes in the C scale/A minor up to the G chord . Listen to it , Try it , Play around. You'll get it.

I'm probably not explaining well. Typing on this phone is cumbersome.

That’s for flagging, but I haven’t a notion where to start on that. I’m assuming that all finger plucking?

[Goodluck2me]

Learn how to play the pentatonic scale. Most people begin learning it on the fifth fret, A minor.

It can be broken into sections/parts, learn a section at a time, like doing a jigsaw in parts and adding together.
Great thing is though, you can learn a section of it relatively quickly and begin having fun messing about with just that section.

Once you develop the muscle memory for it, the same pattern can be transposed up and down the neck to different keys.

That then opens up everything. You can listen to a tune, find what key it's in and just jam to it.


The more you do that the more your ear develops too.

Found a good YouTube video for it, cheers

[Solksjaer!]

That’s for flagging, but I haven’t a notion where to start on that. I’m assuming that all finger plucking?

I'd say check online . In my view some basic theory will help you greatly . I just gave you notes in a scale of C, the chords are made from the notes the chord to play are from the scale . . You can pick or pluck they are just notes not technique .
It's actually maths so you'll pick it up quickly .

[Goodluck2me]

Denny Crane thoughts on GameStop?!

[ComradeCollie]

Learn how to play the pentatonic scale.

Think you're over-egging pentatonic scales Laz. I only consciously came across them when playing traditional Japanese music, and don't see why you'd be leaving out the other notes for most 'popular' tunes

[Lazare]

Think you're over-egging pentatonic scales Laz. I only consciously came across them when playing traditional Japanese music, and don't see why you'd be leaving out the other notes for most 'popular' tunes

I suppose because it's a relatively simple scale, plus was mad into learning to play blues when I started out, and it's all you need.

I get so much enjoyment from it that I never bothered progressing to other scales. It fits everything.

[ComradeCollie]

[Solksjaer!]

In the market for a laptop ..

what's the best midrange one out there with a decent screen ?

was looking at this one

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-3-17-3-laptop-amd-athlon-gold-128-gb-ssd-grey-10208033-pdt.html

[Solksjaer!]

I suppose because it's a relatively simple scale, plus was mad into learning to play blues when I started out, and it's all you need.

I get so much enjoyment from it that I never bothered progressing to other scales. It fits everything.

It's a fun scale , although I'd recommend for most beginners to learn some theory then play some songs progress to changing keys and seeing what works for you .
I'd say you enjoy the licks within the scales someone else might like to strum to a Christy song. The beauty of music. I think it's great to be supportive. Nobody is filling the 3 arena anytime soon . Keep it going Conor I love your enthusiasm.

[Wombatman]

Denny Crane thoughts on GameStop?!

[Strewelpeter]

She is not a happy comissioner

Who gazumped our preordered and paifd for vaccine was it the Brits?

[dinekes]

I see that qanon clown is facing 6 federal charges, 2 felonies and 4 misdemeanors. At the end of the hearing denying him bail he was heard to say "Oh my God" as reality finally began to sink in.

Afraid God wont help you now boy and that pardon you had banked on, sorry mate. Your wonderful leader is off playing golf and while you are languishing in prison you can bask in the glow of his love for you (as well as your cell mates)

He was right though "Justice is coming"

[Guest]

In the market for a laptop ..

what's the best midrange one out there with a decent screen ?

was looking at this one

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing...08033-pdt.html

Id say don't buy from Curries...they charge a heavy granny tax

[Theresa]

Bant up today

love the bants.


My stocks to watch this year:

CVX.V - Cash and contract full cement company from Calgary. Lots of backlog, delivery an issue with covid. Record results last qtr.
MYCO.CN - Zoomer stock that just signed a big bought deal from Cannacord, only company to import zoomers to canada so far, Chief Scientist from Canopy joined them. Cash and smarts.
SCR.TO - My beauty sports betting stock. To the moon please. Canadian legalization Bill supposed to be 2nd reading soon (this friday).
CF.TO - Cannacord, Canadian wealth management, they signed a deal with MS to run their canadian trading business. Both companies doing very well, could see a merger.

Will check back in a year and see how Im doing.

[Ed]

It's a Sin is some piece of work. Well worth a watch

[RichieM]

She is not a happy comissioner

Who gazumped our preordered and paifd for vaccine was it the Brits?

Israel presumably whos paying a huge mark to skip the que was widely publicised.

[Theresa]

Israel presumably whos paying a huge mark to skip the que was widely publicised.

You anti semite!

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Israel sent out mossad to bribe other countries to give them PPE back last year. They deeply care about not catching covid

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

ffs astra is useless.

[RichieM]

You anti semite!

Maybe I like their style

[Opr]

ffs astra is useless.

The UK is screwed if this is true.

How did this not get picked up in the trials? New variant issues?

[ComradeCollie]

The UK is screwed if this is true.

How did this not get picked up in the trials? New variant issues?

Think hitch is jumping the gun here. One article in a German tabloid is hardly a reliable source.

[Opr]

Think hitch is jumping the gun here. One article in a German tabloid is hardly a reliable source.

Handelsblatt according to most sources is quite reputable and not a tabloid. (I have no idea either way) He has doubled down on the claims.

We have confirmed the 8% with multiple sources familiar with the German vaccination policy. Our sources, including members of the government coalition, spoke on the condition of anonymity so we cannot source the story “on the record” nor can we make public any underlying data

[Strewelpeter]

The UK is screwed if this is true.

How did this not get picked up in the trials? New variant issues?

I doubt its anything to do with variants.

Hopefully its not true. If it is Johnson government would have to resign, well if they had any iota of scruples or decency it would be inevitable but obv they will follow the Trump way and just bluster and lie.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

It would be an 'unlikely' error from the likes of Handelsblatt how wouldn't be running this based on half whispers. I'd say its probably the real deal. Unfortunately.

That's five million brits that have been injected with the equivalent of a cup of tea.

surely it can't be?

and what the fck are we going to do - this was our workhorse also.

If its 8% effective at 65+, its hardly 60% effective at age 50.

[Opr]

[ComradeCollie]

ffs astra is useless.

Darren seems to have deleted that tweet

Also scanning through that data in the Lancet, 9% of the group it was tested on were over 70. Think they might have noticed if it was useless.

[V for Vendetta]

Saw the Irish rugby squad was announced as well. Carthy and Cooney must really have done something wrong that Farrell doesn't rate them at all. Young Casey albeit playing well is skipping the queue of scrum halves and for me it's crazy (Cooney, McGrath, Marmion, Blade) - I would have thought he'd be brought in as a non-squad player to train and learn the systems. Tom Daly unlucky not to get the nod over McCloskey too.

Carty played well against Leinster and shit the bed against munster when the focus was on him. I don’t think you could pick him tbh. Billy Burns hasn’t done a whole lot wrong from what I’ve seen. We need Carbery and Harry Byrne to take it by the scruff of the neck soon. Sexton can’t be starting in 2022.

Big Stu and Chris Farrell are both lucky to be there imo. Farrell was fucking anonymous on Saturday night. I’d love to see Ciaran Frawley getting a chance to be a non squad player. He’s a very tasty player. Not sure if Tom Daly has it to be international level but I hope I’m wrong.

I personally would pick Leavy over Van der Flier. Great to see James Ryan playing well on Saturday. He hasn’t been close to his best in a while.

[Opr]

Darren seems to have deleted that tweet

Also scanning through that data in the Lancet, 9% of the group it was tested on were over 70. Think they might have noticed if it was useless.

The trials by them do seem to have been a complete clusterfuck.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Darren seems to have deleted that tweet

Also scanning through that data in the Lancet, 9% of the group it was tested on were over 70. Think they might have noticed if it was useless.

You could definitely be right. There's a bit of backtracking happening. I wonder how much of that is lawyerly phonecalls. Handelsblatt hasn't backtracked and they are the proponents of the story. We'll probably have some sort of confirmation either way tomorrow.

I read a snippet of the article in The Lancet that said they didn't have enough data to make a firm conclusion of effectiveness for over 70s. There was only 450 of whom half got the vaccine and half didn't?

[Solksjaer!]

Id say don't buy from Curries...they charge a heavy granny tax

Said similar to the missus . more the computer in the link anything better for the price. ?

[Strewelpeter]

Said similar to the missus . more the computer in the link anything better for the price. ?

4 Ram is too little for human use

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

In the market for a laptop ..

what's the best midrange one out there with a decent screen ?

was looking at this one

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing...08033-pdt.html

Its out of stock at this particular moment. But this is decent.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-VivoBook-Backlit-Keyboard-Windows/dp/B08QYVWNKN/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=laptop&nav_sdd=aps&pd_rd_r=5813a59b-af14-4836-9418-25c0bb98da23&pd_rd_w=iEkvl&pd_rd_wg=WwEth&pf_rd_p=09a0ec52-76b0-4703-ba47-708ad2270539&pf_rd_r=E3NJYNDFA4ADBYNSV9P1&qid=1611616797&refinements=p_36%3A40000-50000%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A1481781031%2Cp_89%3AASUS&rnid=1632651031&s=computers&sr=1-4

Asus make very nice and reliable laptops. Great screens for the price. Double the storage, double the ram. Think it also has a better version of Windows.


This HP one is a similar story, but HP aren't as good as Asus in terms of looking like a million dolla.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-15s-eq0031na-15-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B08PP81WGJ/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=laptop&nav_sdd=aps&pd_rd_r=5813a59b-af14-4836-9418-25c0bb98da23&pd_rd_w=iEkvl&pd_rd_wg=WwEth&pf_rd_p=09a0ec52-76b0-4703-ba47-708ad2270539&pf_rd_r=E3NJYNDFA4ADBYNSV9P1&qid=1611616962&refinements=p_36%3A40000-50000%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A1481781031&rnid=1632651031&s=computers&sr=1-3

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

4 Ram is too little for human use

I appreciate the implication that it may be useful for others in the animal kingdom with less cumbersome needs.

[Guest]

https://www.dell.com/en-ie/outlet/SystemsStockRoomDetails?~ck=mn&lob=&seg=DFH&cyid=7&type=S&segid=1&brandid=1&brand=Laptops%20%26%20Tablets&pid=2

[Wombatman]

Laptops

https://technosystems.uk/collections/refurbished-laptops-desktops

[Wombatman]

The trials by them do seem to have been a complete clusterfuck.

Mad that that report came out before Christmas. Real chance the vaccine will not receive approval from the EU’s medicines authority.

[ArmaniJeans]

Looks like the German newspaper report was wrong about the 8% figure.

[Wombatman]

[Solksjaer!]

Laptops

https://technosystems.uk/collections...ptops-desktops

Thanks for that.. interesting. Do we lose anything buying a refurbished laptop ? What risks etc ?

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

I suppose it does make sense to assess a 100-year decision based on the first month. and ignoring the inability to trade due to red tape.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Looks like the German newspaper report was wrong about the 8% figure.

false flag action by the brits to make themselves look better at maths?

[Wombatman]

Thanks for that.. interesting. Do we lose anything buying a refurbished laptop ? What risks etc ?

Some of them have a few months manufacturer warranty left. I bought a couple of refurbished phones for the kids. Never a problem, but yes the price drop = risk. Great value there compared to RRP.

[DeadParrot]

Looks like the German newspaper report was wrong about the 8% figure.

I cannot get over how badly they fucked that up.

[DeadParrot]

Some of them have a few months manufacturer warranty left. I bought a couple of refurbished phones for the kids. Never a problem, but yes the price drop = risk. Great value there compared to RRP.

be aware of the VAT too.
Would parcel motel be a viable option here?

edit: apparently not.
They aren't accepting packages

[Solksjaer!]

I've just backed Liverpool to win the PL at 8s . I feel dirty but business is business

[Strewelpeter]

I think we are getting lucky with Stockdale being injured so will get to see keenan at full back which looks like his best position and isnt stockdales.

I thought he was just starting to show a bit of his previous sharpness after a couple of poor seasons

[shrapnel]

I thought he was just starting to show a bit of his previous sharpness after a couple of poor seasons

not at 15

[RichieM]

I thought he was just starting to show a bit of his previous sharpness after a couple of poor seasons

He was but he isn't a fullback he is a winger.

My preferred back 3 going forward is Stockdale, Keenan and Conway if all are in form. Stockdale out of the 3 is the worst at fullback imo.

[Closed_Account]

I've just backed Liverpool to win the PL at 8s . I feel dirty but business is business

Liverpool fan but wouldnt touch them with a baregpole. Klopp talking about how hard it is to create team spirit and unity Covid world rang serious alarm bells for me. Decimated by the key guys injured, if that weirdo centre back plays again its lights out, 100% no where near ready for first team football, even physically looks like a young kid playing grown men. United have plenty ot momentum at the moment, quite surreal and Leicester look decent but if City can get going at all think they will pip it.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Buying one of these. Is that a life smart decision?

[Guest]

Buying one of these. Is that a life smart decision?

Should have at least bought one with a rail so you can use it for drying clothes when you stop using it (which will be almost immediately)

[Goodluck2me]

Apparently driven by Reddit users, short squeezing.

[Goodluck2me]

Buying one of these. Is that a life smart decision?

Cool design and seems a good price.