Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Wordle Gummidge

[Strewelpeter]

Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party starting on BBC 4 at 9pm for those interested in that sort of thing (improvised theatre/situation comedy from 1977).

"In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, Abigail's Party was placed 11th. It also appeared in a Radio Times poll to find the top 40 greatest TV shows on British television, published in August 2003."

That was amazing!

[Strewelpeter]

I know Guadalupe! Her stuff is lovely.

She's a howl, can't remember all the ins and outs but she sent me a doll that was a special order for someone else and there wasn't time to send it back to her and on to the person it was for so I had to ship it on for her, the whole experience turned out to be great craic and my daughter who the present was for loved it.

[Strewelpeter]

For the further brightening up of Kayroo's evening

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[newbie2]

Not really lurking anymore.

[DeadParrot]

Spotted a parrotless Twink just now in Tesco. #TwinkWatch

i was just resting

[Raoul Duke III]

Thought Mehole was about to quote Enver Hoxha's 1967 new year message there "This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will be easier than the next year."

he could have gone more Churchillian:

Now this is not the end.
It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning

which might even be more accurate. I don't know what we pay Zuutroph for, still no vaccine.

[Raoul Duke III]

Now imagine every voter in the US watched this:

[Guest]

Steaming here as I sit through some lame work course that for some reason is chock full of Churchill quotes- course isn’t about genocide or being a degenerate alcoholic so not sure of the relevance
How many of those quotes are one of his speechwriters/ backroom teams work anyway?

[Guest]

Getting real downlow and dirty now in the prez race with the Hunter Biden photos
what is it with all the Fredos in us political dynasties?

[tylerdurden94]

Spotted a parrotless Twink just now in Tesco. #TwinkWatch

I seen "Twink" was trending on Twitter the other day so clicked into the hashtag to see what she had been up to it wasn't at all what I was expecting but Collie would've been very happy

[tylerdurden94]

Now imagine every voter in the US watched this:

That video is crazy, you should watch the documentary I linked to the other day it's infuriating & devastating.

[ArmaniJeans]

New series of Taskmaster starts tonight, this time on Channel 4.

Also The Apprentice (once much loved here) has been doing a few clip shows in the absence of a series this year.
Tonight's on BBC1 is clips of the episodes where they went abroad, which were generally some of the best ones.

[Guest]

Steaming here as I sit through some lame work course that for some reason is chock full of Churchill quotes- course isn’t about genocide or being a degenerate alcoholic so not sure of the relevance
How many of those quotes are one of his speechwriters/ backroom teams work anyway?

I didn't know you and RD3 worked together.

[Strewelpeter]

Getting real downlow and dirty now in the prez race with the Hunter Biden photos
what is it with all the Fredos in us political dynasties?

What photos are those?

[Raoul Duke III]

What photos are those?

A BS story that the NY Post is running.

Basically you are expected to believe that:

• some guy who identified himself as 'Hunter Biden' dropped off a laptop for repair in Delaware (Biden at the time living in California)
• the owner of the laptop store describes himself as 'legally blind'
• this 'Hunter Biden' never came back
• the laptop dude discovered photos of Biden and other allegedly incriminating stuff on the laptop
• as a concerned citizen, naturally the first place he thought to send them was...Rudy Giuliani's lawyer

Amateur hour dirty tricks tbh. Although no doubt Trump will be roaring the place down about it.

[Raoul Duke III]

Oh, and finally, the laptop was dropped off in April (allegedly)

But the files were created in September.

Presumably Hunter Biden broke into the laptop repair place at that time to create incriminating files about himself.

[Strewelpeter]

Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ really brings the feel good factor. You'd want to be a level 5 cynic for it not to bring a smile to your face.

That's a very odd show, very charming alright, feels like its aimed at an adolescent audience but also has some weird sense of being how a post brexit Britain would like to see itself

The Roy Keane character couldn't be better if Keane played himself

[Solksjaer!]

It really is all of this, a great description. I've been reading books and watching loads of videos about the possibility of VR for the last while in anticipation, expecting to be highly disappointed, but no - its so clearly the future. Loads more to do on getting the graphics up to speed - proper eye level 20k, but thats just technical stuff. The reason for doing it is there. It's kinda strange how Google, Microsoft, Apple are just letting Facebook steal the whole Western market.

VR >SHROOMS?

cliffs on the twink parrot thing . What has the ol bat been up to now ?

[ArmaniJeans]

VR >SHROOMS?

cliffs on the twink parrot thing . What has the ol bat been up to now ?

Twink was the guest on this weeks 'Living with Lucy'.
Been a quality TV week all told.

[DeadParrot]

Oh, and finally, the laptop was dropped off in April (allegedly)

But the files were created in September.

Presumably Hunter Biden broke into the laptop repair place at that time to create incriminating files about himself.

Just ridiculously stupid.
Has all the hallmarks of a Jacob Wohl stunt

[DeadParrot]

Cool.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1013/11...WLaap6rWO0Camg

A lidl bit of history while you shop


Icarus152 would have been all over that

[Denny Crane]

Now imagine every voter in the US watched this:

Highly misleading. They should do a timeline of Trump vs Biden for the first three months.

[Strewelpeter]

Highly misleading. They should do a timeline of Trump vs Biden response for the first three months.

Yeah, a timeline of the words and actions of the POTUS in the moment of greatest crisis in the world since 1941 mapped against his rival in the forthcoming election would be a really useful exercise.
Would ya ever cop on and get back to pretending he's not a racist at least there is no hint you are doing anything other than trolling then

[Raoul Duke III]

Highly misleading. They should do a timeline of Trump vs Biden for the first three months.

Right.

Compare the actions of the actual President of the USA...with a civilian. And turn that into an exercise in whataboutery. That'll work.

[Raoul Duke III]

Whatever about the politics, is this going to be the most money ever bet on a single market? Up to almost €150mm on the outright already on Betfair alone.

ah, google suggests the last one was the previous record so maybe I shouldn't be surprised

[Denny Crane]

Right.

Compare the actions of the actual President of the USA...with a civilian. And turn that into an exercise in whataboutery. That'll work.

It probably wouldn't play as well to include in that video that Trump set up the White House Coronavirus Task Force with Fauci in Jan? Trump was putting in measures, while Biden campaigning to be Democratic Party nominee, not just a citizen, spent weeks downplaying the risks, and mocking Trump for overreacting? Where's all that in the video?

edit: didn't even get to the bit where they accused him of calling cornavirus a hoax, lol.

[Guest]

Whatever about the politics, is this going to be the most money ever bet on a single market? Up to almost €150mm on the outright already on Betfair alone.

ah, google suggests the last one was the previous record so maybe I shouldn't be surprised

I was there at the time for both Trump and Brexit. I believe up until this year, they are No1 and No2 for their largest markets to date.

I was managing the SP's book on the night of Brexit, politics trader went home early expecting a handy Stay. It was actually quite exciting relative to the usual US sports and shit soccer overnight.

I think Brexit finished around 150-160m so 2020 will be at least 2nd.

[Raoul Duke III]

It probably wouldn't play as well to include in that video that Trump set up the White House Coronavirus Task Force with Fauci in Jan? Trump was putting in measures, while Biden campaigning to be Democratic Party nominee, not just a citizen, spent weeks downplaying the risks, and mocking Trump for overreacting? Where's all that in the video?

Are you triggered by the video accurately calling out how much the President of the USA played golf while tens of thousands of his citizens died a preventable death?

Don't worry, he'll have plenty of time to improve his handicap soon.

[Solksjaer!]

It probably wouldn't play as well to include in that video that Trump set up the White House Coronavirus Task Force with Fauci in Jan? Trump was putting in measures, while Biden campaigning to be Democratic Party nominee, not just a citizen, spent weeks downplaying the risks, and mocking Trump for overreacting? Where's all that in the video?

edit: didn't even get to the bit where they accused him of calling cornavirus a hoax, lol.

He wouldn't have had to set up a task force had he not dismantled one that was there already. You forgot that bit eh ?

[Denny Crane]

Are you triggered by the video accurately calling out how much the President of the USA played golf while tens of thousands of his citizens died a preventable death?

Don't worry, he'll have plenty of time to improve his handicap soon.

I think you've lost all objectivity now that you've money on it, posting videos like that.

If only these people had been in charge right?

[Solksjaer!]

Lucy ? Wouldn't you like to wake up to her big eyebrows in the morning?

No offence Kayroo

[Strewelpeter]

I was there at the time for both Trump and Brexit. I believe up until this year, they are No1 and No2 for their largest markets to date.

I was managing the SP's book on the night of Brexit, politics trader went home early expecting a handy Stay. It was actually quite exciting relative to the usual US sports and shit soccer overnight.

I think Brexit finished around 150-160m so 2020 will be at least 2nd.

A Nephew who isn't really a punter had a couple of accounts I was using that summer and after Ascot was left with c 950 of his own in one of them. Sometime around midnight Brexit night he noticed that all he had to do was lump the lot on Remain and he'd have a nice round Grand that he would withdraw and spend...

[Solksjaer!]

I think you've lost all objectivity now that you've money on it, posting videos like that.

Most ironic post of 2020 .

[Raoul Duke III]

I think you've lost all objectivity now that you've money on it, posting videos like that.

If only these people had been in charge right?

more whataboutery

Harry Truman understood the nature of the job. Trump has no idea ("I take no responsibility").

See the little sign at bottom right?

H-Truman-buck-stops-here-e1449844450437.jpg

[Denny Crane]

more whataboutery

Person A does something about a situation
Person B mocks him for overreacting
Situation gets worse. Person B says they would have reacted sooner.

Raoul: That's whataboutery

[Raoul Duke III]

Person A does something about a situation
Person B mocks him for overreacting
Situation gets worse. Person B says they would have reacted sooner.

Raoul: That's whataboutery

Never mind.

It's just going to go away. Like magic.

Now where's that bleach and my syringe....

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[DeadParrot]

He sounds well...

[Raoul Duke III]

He sounds well...

hilarious that he slags off Biden for reading off a teleprompter

[Guest]

Where was most of the brexit money coming from, did you have any idea? Like is it all just people who like the gambool, or you get the impression it was some sort of professional money. Maybe from hedge funds?

I didn't have the interest at the time to investigate so I cant know for sure.

That said, there was alot of talk at the time for both Brexit & Trump that quite a lot of institutional money was involved as the result would impact the position of some in other markets.

Obviously in relative terms 150m-200m is small beans but when reviewing SP bets that were hitting triggers you were coming across a few Cambridge/Oxford educated economists that I certainly remember as shrewd.

I was limited because I couldn't see much on the exc side but certainly it was something that I recall floated around.

[Solksjaer!]

After reading all this stuff about Hunter Biden. I really hope the Americans dont vote for Hunter in the election. Hes as bad as Trump

[hotspur]

I'll be honest, I would really like a more detailed trip report from Hitch's VR porn experiences (technical and experiential details I mean).

[Iago]

I won’t lie, I can’t even imagine the point of it

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[Raoul Duke III]

A silly question to save an unnecessary trip. I think I'm going to pop a bit more on Biden, as its just too silly at this stage. 10.5 points lead.

So - want to go to Boyles as they have 1/2 odds vs PP 2/5. So - can I just rock into a Boyles shop this evening and write '€700 bet Biden 1/2' and they'll take it. Or might they say its too large a bet, or that I need to call back during business hours?

Maybe specify US presidential outright (too many other markets)

I'm not adding any more at these prices, worst I took was a drop of 4/5. Just going to sit back and enjoy the show now.

Still some mad volume of bets for Trump that flies in the face of all available evidence. People are backing him at 15/8 enthusiastically.

[Ed]

A silly question to save an unnecessary trip. I think I'm going to pop a bit more on Biden, as its just too silly at this stage. 10.5 points lead.

So - want to go to Boyles as they have 1/2 odds vs PP 2/5. So - can I just rock into a Boyles shop this evening and write '€700 bet Biden 1/2' and they'll take it. Or might they say its too large a bet, or that I need to call back during business hours?

Bet size shouldn't be a big issue unless they're limiting it on the site. Might have to ring someone in head office for approval but shouldn't be more than that

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[Strewelpeter]

Never mind yer 1/2 about a 4/9 shot

Lump on whatever Shane Foley rides
Lump on whatever Colin Keane rides
RFC the pair
Rinse and repeat until flat turf season ends
Easy game

[Guest]

Find it very very hard to see how Biden is any more than about 1/10 this close to the election and this far apart from Trump in the polls. So 1/2 is a ridic bargain. There's something weird happening that is propping up Trump prices - I'm thinking external money that needs to bet on Trump for a hedge, that is creating a falsely high price for Biden.

I think 700e should be fine given the market size. As Ed said, they might call a trader while you're there to confirm but I'd be genuinely shocked if they don't accept that.

Would you not set up a BF exc account if you don't have one already?

[Raoul Duke III]

Like if you're backing Trump, you have to swallow that he wins:

Arizona (33% chance)
Florida (28% chance)
Georgia (49% chance)
North Carolina (33% chance)
Ohio (49% chance)
Iowa (58% chance)
Texas (69% chance)

And then, having won ALL of these , he has to capture one of Michigan (9% chance), Wisconsin (12% chance), Pennsylvania (12% chance) or Minnesota (8% chance).

Would anyone here take 15/8 on this happening? (apart from Lazare, Collie and Dice of course)

[Solksjaer!]

It's disturbing in a great way. A big problem is that you need perfection in your model as a pimple on their ass and it'll seem like that pimple is about to poke your eyes out. Its all 'point of view' from what I've seen so far. So someones coming up to you and doing things to you. Its mad - they shove their breasts up to your face and you feel for at least a second before you remember otherwise that you've really got a breast shower going on. It's that sense of being there that's mad. It's still only half way there. You need better quality graphics - 8k resolution rather than the current 2k resolution, but its reasonable enough. And I guess ultimately if you were to properly commit you would need connected devices, like a fleshlight, that would be programmed to react to the movie. Thats already been done by the way. But its like nothing you've ever seen. I'd put it well ahead of strip clubs for example in terms of stimulation. But then again strip clubs aren't great at anything.

Ah here Hitch you have to cop on


Jessica Rabbit was enough for me and she had mad ears .

[Hectorjelly]

Would you not set up a BF exc account if you don't have one already?

I'd say there is a good reason he doesn't have one already!

[elbows]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2727...not-happy/amp/

[pokerhand]

Never mind yer 1/2 about a 4/9 shot

Lump on whatever Shane Foley rides
Lump on whatever Colin Keane rides
RFC the pair
Rinse and repeat until flat turf season ends
Easy game

Is that serious advice?

[Raoul Duke III]

Can't beat watching the Universe Boss smashing it all round the place

Like a boss.

[Dice75]

Like if you're backing Trump, you have to swallow that he wins:

Arizona (33% chance)
Florida (28% chance)
Georgia (49% chance)
North Carolina (33% chance)
Ohio (49% chance)
Iowa (58% chance)
Texas (69% chance)

And then, having won ALL of these , he has to capture one of Michigan (9% chance), Wisconsin (12% chance), Pennsylvania (12% chance) or Minnesota (8% chance).

Would anyone here take 15/8 on this happening? (apart from Lazare, Collie and Dice of course)

Fake news. MAGA.

[ComradeCollie]

Got the flu jab this evening. Skipping the queue thanks to being categorised 'somewhat bollixed'