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Originally posted by Mellor View Post
Are you saying 300 because a curse is beyond ludicrous. Or you genuinely that we need that name tests for statistical significance?
Can't link the doc directly, but the point is made well in a googleable document called: Why Throwing 92 Heads in a Row is not Surprising
"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Pat Mustard View Post
3 place grid penalty for Max in next race seems lenient to me.
Eg. A 51G impact at Silverstone and a five place grid penalty
I think Hamilton knew well what he was doing squeezing in there, but also once Max hits the sausage kerb he was never making the turn.
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostThe Brighton Marathon yesterday became an Ultra as 500 yards miscalculated. Damn right to claim it
Connacht is Connacht. No? Why did the brits make it more complicated? Havent they done enough damage.
In fairness, Irish is hard enough to the non-natives.
Try getting a foreigner to pronounce Dun Laoghaire for entertainment value."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThat many. It's a lot of coin flips you need to lose before you can definitively say the coin is against you.
And Mayo are most often the worst team in every final due to the far easier Connaught route to the final, so aren't there with a straight 50:50 coin flip.
I’ll check out that article though.
30 in a row is in the order of billion to 1 shot.
92 must be over a few billion, billion, billion.
300 coin flips? That would surely be approaching a magnitude of a googol.
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Hey. What do I do about the possibility of punctures. What do ye wander around with in the back of a car - a repair kit, a spare mini-tire, a spare full tire, a general handykit of carjacks etc? In general, what should I do to prepare for a burst tire? There seems to be loads of competing options."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Gimmeabreak
start with what's in the boot of your car already. Many insurance policies have roadside assistance as standard."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostHey. What do I do about the possibility of punctures. What do ye wander around with in the back of a car - a repair kit, a spare mini-tire, a spare full tire, a general handykit of carjacks etc? In general, what should I do to prepare for a burst tire? There seems to be loads of competing options.
Mrs HiFi had to commandeer the manual to methodically read the instructions for the tools etc... I had pretty much given up ('the tools aren't right", "there's tools missing' "its not working" "you need to call somebody"etc...) and we did indeed call the insurance co. who were gonna take 90 mins to arrive.
So we tried again with a bit more focus this time and In the end it took about 20 mins to change
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Postah. So its very irregular that a car would break down. I might be overly remembering how often my dad's banjaxed cars broke down and forgetting that modern cars are a lot better."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Postah. So its very irregular that a car would break down. I might be overly remembering how often my dad's banjaxed cars broke down and forgetting that modern cars are a lot better.No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by Dice75 View PostOnly puncture was 20y ago. Hottest day of the year at the Toll Bridge on the M50 in a suit, great fun.
*Dont look on this as an invitation please BBV Gods*
(no spare in the car, by design apparently)"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Would you mind ELI5ing that. There is roadside assistance - would you normally ring them if its something as simple as a burst tire, or they'd expect it to be something more serious for call out? Would they normally be quick as a general rule? I was mentally thinking that breakdown assistance is for events where there's no prospect of you doing something about the event.
Within an hour mostly.
If they cant fix the problem they tow the car to your nominated mechanic.
Familiarise yourself with changing a tyre. The hardest part is loosening the nuts (WD 40 handy here, in fact its great for everything squeaky doors etc)
Mind you with these fancy new cars you might have run flats.
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakThe current ECJ case is going to be interesting. Full on twitter meltdown incoming me thinks.
I've only loosely followed it and that could be way off without looking into it further. Twitter doesnt need an excuse for a meltdown tbf.
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You'd have to be a completely useless gobshite to do it but it appears to have become almost standard for people to call someone out to change a puncture for them.
Originally posted by Dice75 View PostOnly puncture was 20y ago. Hottest day of the year at the Toll Bridge on the M50 in a suit, great fun.
*Dont look on this as an invitation please BBV Gods*
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostYou'd have to be a completely useless gobshite to do it but it appears to have become almost standard for people to call someone out to change a puncture for them.
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Originally posted by Degag View PostJudd Trump currently on the table playing the US Open in Pool. Up 2-0 but could be interesting. Doesn't look especially comfortable.
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Originally posted by premierstone View Post
Bit harsh there, not always as simple. Between lock nuts and nuts either put on off the thread with the guns they use in tyre centres or put on redicilously tight with said gun. Have had three punctures myself, excluding slow punctures, and had to call roadside assistance on one of those occasions.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostPart two of the intriguing story of the 1980's murder of a priest down in GAB land on RTE now, quite a good telling of the story well worth a look.
Turning millions into thousands
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Corny joke Tuesday
SPOILERAn old farmer went to town to see a movie. The ticket girl said, "Sir, what is that on your shoulder?"
The old farmer said, "That is my pet rooster, Chuckie. Wherever I go, Chuckie goes."
"I'm sorry, Sir," said the ticket girl, "We can't allow animals in the theater. Not even a pet chicken."
The old farmer went around the corner and stuffed the chicken down his pants. He returned to the booth,
bought a ticket and entered the theater. He sat down next to two old emergency room nurses named Mildred and Marge.
The movie started and the chicken began to squirm. The old farmer un-zipped his pants so Chuckie could stick his head out and watch the movie.
"Marge," whispered Mildred.
"What?" said Marge.
"I think the guy next to me is a pervert."
"What makes you think so?" asked Marge.
"He unzipped his pants and he has his thing out," whispered Mildred.
"Well, don't worry about it," said Marge, "At our age it isn't anything we haven't seen before."
"Yes," said Mildred, "But this one's eating my popcorn!"
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Originally posted by Opr View PostThis has the potential to be great considering who is making it
People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakThe essence of it being that somebody has been convicted of murder where no cause of death has been established.
I suppose in this case, you couldn't prove any other cause of death either. Hence why the other evidence was relied upon, which is now under adjudication for admissability."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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It does seem a bit dodgy, that we are convicting people through breaking the law. I'm not even sure the phone records were all that black-and-white in terms of convicting him.
I knew a guy once who was mad into BSDM (think that's the term) - Graham's thing. He said he was flying to the US once, and planned to pop into a club there, and of course the equipment he was travelling with gets pulled out of the bag by security. "excuse me sir, would you mind explaining to me your intended use of this ball gag"."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Gimmeabreak
Others will be better placed to comment but I have had some reasonably informed conversation on this with the general view that even with the phone data the original conviction could be considered a miscarriage of justice. Without it, him walking free should be a formality. The essence of it being that somebody has been convicted of murder where no cause of death has been established.
It's complex, so to me it's interesting.
That's assuming there would be a retrial. Could you find 12 people to serve on a jury who didn't know who Graham Dwyer was or the issue with the mobile phone data? Even if it was excluded by the ECJ, this has been a phenomenally high profile matter since the initial verdict. No chance he gets a fair trial again. So if he wins this, the Supreme Court then has a decision to make. The outcome of the ECJ ruling is not likely to determine the matter outright. It just answers a question the Supreme Court here asked, which in turn will assist them in making their ultimate decision.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIt does seem a bit dodgy, that we are convicting people through breaking the law.
It discusses the balancing of rights between unconstitutionally gained evidence and the public interest in prosecution of crime. Needless to say the Supreme Court have given this a lot of thought. The late Adrian Hardiman's judgment is blistering in its criticism of the ultimate decision of the court.
You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
World Record Holder for Long Distance Soul Reads: May 7th 2011
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My great speculative investment journey has come to a bit of a halt due to needing to find extra money for the house purchase, but the grand total of €16,740 invested in crypto ended up being worth approximately €27,000. A not inconsiderable gain, given this all started as a few grand invested in Biden. The gain is mainly from Polkadot, but made a few grand on the virtual land purchases also. I'll have to work on building it back up post house purchase. So if anyone has any great ideas for political bets, I'm all ears."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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I also find it hard to believe, but its most certainly the case, that we wouldn't be able to sign for this house without a Biden-AIB-Polkadot-Virtualland combo bet. Its what has enabled us to breach the gap between bank valuation and contracted price. Haven't officially signed on the line just yet, so its not precisely in the bag, but seems all on course."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostMy great speculative investment journey has come to a bit of a halt due to needing to find extra money for the house purchase, but the grand total of €16,740 invested in crypto ended up being worth approximately €27,000. A not inconsiderable gain, given this all started as a few grand invested in Biden. The gain is mainly from Polkadot, but made a few grand on the virtual land purchases also. I'll have to work on building it back up post house purchase. So if anyone has any great ideas for political bets, I'm all ears.No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by pokerhand View Post
Sound like you will have a hefty CGT bill to pay?"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Is that the first thought on my spectacular achievement?!! Haven't worked out the tax fully. I think its a few grand - the betting gain on Biden is taxfree. AIB gain was from around 8k up to 15k. So a 7k taxable gain. I then topped up that 15k to 16.75k with cash for investing in crypto. 5k of the 27k crypto value is still unrealised as I've clung on to it desperately to maintain some semblance of investment. So only some of the 10k crypto gain is taxable at this moment."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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That's twice in a week now I've managed to walk into a shop maskless. Literally wouldn't have done it once before then.
Which means:- I'm going senile
- I'm an ignorant bollix
- Covid has now been put in the part of my mind marked 'not important'
- All of the above.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostThat's twice in a week now I've managed to walk into a shop maskless. Literally wouldn't have done it once before then.
Which means:- I'm going senile
- I'm an ignorant bollix
- Covid has now been put in the part of my mind marked 'not important'
- All of the above.
Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Degag View PostCGT is fairly nuts i believe. 33% on everything over €1270 which is £1000 old Punts. Tells you the last time the threshold was reviewed.
Think they just recently complicated the rules even further. It's crazy.
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Originally posted by Gimmeab
I need to watch this back.
I thought they were very clever in how they presented their inferences but I also wished they had done a bit more with the programme to put it in the context of the times, for instance they didn't make half enough use of Alan Dukes.Turning millions into thousands
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