Bad beat/Moan/Venting Thread - BBV Archive 1

[Guest]

radio comedy series

I'd imagine this would mostly be aimed at the Hotspur/SP etc end of the comedy market in this place (& any pro/failed/aspiring writers )

but

comedy series on BBC radio,bit of an underground hit by all accounts, popular with comedians et all

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007v7zd/Ed_Reardons_Week_Series_1_The_Swim/

seems to be getting a re-run on BBC iPlayer/Radio4 (radio stuff plays in Ireland)

I've only heard some later series and it's very good imo

Story of a grumpy auld bollix of a professional writer, his hatred for the absolute shite he has to write to pay the bills and his rants at the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Reardon%27s_Week

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[oleras]

I'd imagine this would mostly be aimed at the Hotspur/SP etc end of the comedy market in this place (& any pro/failed/aspiring writers )

but

comedy series on BBC radio,bit of an underground hit by all accounts, popular with comedians et all

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007v7zd/Ed_Reardons_Week_Series_1_The_Swim/

seems to be getting a re-run on BBC iPlayer/Radio4 (radio stuff plays in Ireland)

I've only heard some later series and it's very good imo

Story of a grumpy auld bollix of a professional writer, his hatred for the absolute shite he has to write to pay the bills and his rants at the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Reardon%27s_Week

*starts a couple of minutes in (radio stuff is very loosely cut on the iPlayer)

Cool bananas, will give a listen in the morning !

[Midnitekowby]

my fav band of all time are up to sumthing again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=rBa5qp9sUOY

[Lord Sir Banter]

Also, dont forget, and i quote " I love the head tore off me"

Would be a quick way to lose weight.

[oleras]

Wonder has it been done...

SPOILER

basic story, guy near the end of his life, has some regrets, gets the opertunity by some secret mega rich corp to do it all over again, limitless type thing, maybe better this time...he may know he has gone back, may not, not sure, maybe to a specific cross roads in his life, maybe from birth, no interuption to space time crap explained etc.

Does he make it better, does he make it worse, maybe he doesnt realise and is given the opertunity again and again till he gets it right, all science, no god, with a bit of philosophy thrown in.

Just my wine thoughts, at least this way i will remember in the morning...lol

[Mellor]

The woman who spoke today's name was clearly mentioned on the tape, and has a profile for various activist organisations in the country.

Good luck to a journalist tracking the other woman down though.

The woman who spoke today, whose name was on the tape. Didn't she release her own name by releasing the tape? If not her directly, one of her associates.

just one thing before i head to bed........ Emmet whats with the fuckin "MOMS" thing, we live in ireland not fucking america.

We are

SPOILER

"We live in ireland not fucking america"

[IMG]american poster[/IMG]

[Midnitekowby]

From todays new york times

"The new Commodore 64, which will begin shipping at the end of the month, has been souped up for the modern age. It comes with a 1.8 gigahertz dual-core processor, an optional Blu-ray player and built-in ethernet and HDMI ports. It runs the Linux operating system but the company says you can install Windows if you like. The new Commodore is priced between $250 to $900."

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/0...-old-exterior/

lol...they musta done their online market research on bbv a couple o weeks back!

[Mellor]

Is there anyway to check you previosu multiple bets on betfair.

Betting history is only showing singles
Curent bets shows multis but not settled ones

[Lord Sir Banter]

From todays new york times

"The new Commodore 64, which will begin shipping at the end of the month, has been souped up for the modern age. It comes with a 1.8 gigahertz dual-core processor, an optional Blu-ray player and built-in ethernet and HDMI ports. It runs the Linux operating system but the company says you can install Windows if you like. The new Commodore is priced between $250 to $900."

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/0...-old-exterior/

lol...they musta done their online market research on bbv a couple o weeks back!

They could have upgraded how it looks tbh.

[Midnitekowby]

They could have upgraded how it looks tbh.

presume thats the point of it, they're goin for the retro look, trust me twill be all the rage in san fran+tokyo

[oleras]

Is there anyway to check you previosu multiple bets on betfair.

Betting history is only showing singles
Curent bets shows multis but not settled ones

betfair history is so so bad...pen and paper ftw !

[hotspur]

Have to say I am really looking forward to this next week fingers crossed its not a massive dud, really did like the first one just recently watched the trilogy to get me back up to speed on them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5TsZ6iyaH4

No interest in the Scream franchise but I heartily endorse the casting of Hayden Panettiere, she is one tight little hottie:

[oleras]

From todays new york times

"The new Commodore 64, which will begin shipping at the end of the month, has been souped up for the modern age. It comes with a 1.8 gigahertz dual-core processor, an optional Blu-ray player and built-in ethernet and HDMI ports. It runs the Linux operating system but the company says you can install Windows if you like. The new Commodore is priced between $250 to $900."

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/0...-old-exterior/

lol...they musta done their online market research on bbv a couple o weeks back!

When they bring out a CPC464 ill bite....commodore was the apple of its day, Amstrad was the Android...

[Mellor]

I've never had problem with the history before, just multiples, although i hate the way there is no view all option, grouping it my settled/matched/unmatched can be useful but its annoying at times

[oleras]

No interest in the Scream franchise but I heartily endorse the casting of Hayden Panettiere, she is one tight little hottie:

The black leather gear in the flash forwards !!!

[sligoboi]

Hey, lets talk about this

Participating in the sacrement of marriage before sex is sick in my eyes and something that has only been done by some priests in recent times

dublin for the weekend, if anyones about for beers fri/sat night gimme a shout. I believe theres an erdinger event in Porterhouse, possible free beers...

Free drink in Portlaoise for the weekend. It's closer than dublin

interesting blog about the use of hypnosis in a scientific study into reversing synaesthesia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/bl...nce-psychology

Cool you should pm it to zuutroy, he loves that sort of thing

Whats wrong with a multiquote?

Nothing, obv.

[MegaSin]

God, poker can be a big fat hormonal cunt on her rag when she wants to be.

So posting a video I'm pretty sure I posted before but never fails to make me laugh. I give you Techno Dog.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrVfVUM4aoI[/ame]

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[Mellor]

Hey, lets talk about this

Ok, lets.

[quote]

Does our generation still think it is wrong to have sex until after we say those two little words "I do", or prehaps we think it is alright to do so after we say "I love you" ?

Call me modern, or anti-old fashioned, or some silly name based on promiscuity.
But not only do I disagree with "no sex before marraige". I honest can say there is virtually no chance thet I would marry someone that I haven't slept with. Not as a rule, just a reality. Also, the idea that I could say "I love you" (and mean it obviously) before we had slept together is unlikely too. Which is rather ironic, I have no problem hoping into the sack at the drop of a hat (or other garments), yet take the words I love you quite seriously.


Emmet, ball, your court

[bohsman]

Ridiculous peno

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tmMZv62BX4[/ame]

[Lord Sir Banter]

God, poker can be a big fat hormonal cunt on her rag when she wants to be.

So posting a video I'm pretty sure I posted before but never fails to make me laugh. I give you Techno Dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrVfVUM4aoI

Dog clearly belongs to this lad...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p10US6vWdj4[/ame]

[oleras]

[quote=Mellor;297798]Ok, lets.

Call me modern, or anti-old fashioned, or some silly name based on promiscuity.
But not only do I disagree with "no sex before marraige". I honest can say there is virtually no chance thet I would marry someone that I haven't slept with. Not as a rule, just a reality. Also, the idea that I could say "I love you" (and mean it obviously) before we had slept together is unlikely too. Which is rather ironic, I have no problem hoping into the sack at the drop of a hat (or other garments), yet take the words I love you quite seriously.


Emmet, ball, your court

I would marry a japanese chick in the morning, and love her long long time....only previous communication/correspondance would at a push be a text message !!

[sligoboi]

Ok, lets.
Call me modern, or anti-old fashioned, or some silly name based on promiscuity.
But not only do I disagree with "no sex before marraige". I honest can say there is virtually no chance thet I would marry someone that I haven't slept with. Not as a rule, just a reality. Also, the idea that I could say "I love you" (and mean it obviously) before we had slept together is unlikely too. Which is rather ironic, I have no problem hoping into the sack at the drop of a hat (or other garments), yet take the words I love you quite seriously.


Emmet, ball, your court

I don't think he was implying he agreed with it (although I haven't read the thread so if he posted stating he did then I apologise)

Anyway I completely agree with you..funny story (by my standards at least ). Me and my gf were with each other a fair while before we got serious. She told me she loved me out of the blue one night and I didn't respond in the "appropriate way". A few weeks passed and I decided that I did love her and wanted a proper long term relationship (romantic eh?) but being an emotional retard I didn't tell her right away.

Anyway we were out one night and after coming out of the nightclub I went to hop in a taxi but she refused and said she didn't want to get in that particular taxi. The driver of that taxi was black and I started getting worried about her reasons. Despite these concerns I hopped in the next taxi which was driven by a local Tralee man. Nice and white.

When we got back to her place I asked was she a racist. She says no and then tells me the driver of the first taxi had freaked her and her mates a few nights ago by making some really perverted suggestions and she just didn't want to get in a taxi with him ever again. After I found this out I told her I loved her.

Cliffs: Asked my girlfriend if she was a racist right before I told her I loved her

[Donkathon]

This hand amused me (*** the tournament details because dont want to jynx myself)

SPOILER

Poker Stars $***+$*** No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t300/t600 Blinds + t50 - 5 players -

CO: t32866 M = 28.58
Hero (BTN): t62455 M = 54.31
SB: t12335 M = 10.73
BB: t18741 M = 16.30
UTG: t17744 M = 15.43

Pre Flop: (t1150) Hero is BTN with J J
1 fold, CO calls t600, Hero raises to t1800, 1 fold, BB calls t1200, CO calls t1200

Flop: (t5950) A 2 K (3 players)
BB bets t1200, CO raises to t2400, Hero folds, BB calls t1200

Turn: (t10750) 7 (2 players)
BB bets t3000, CO raises to t6000, BB calls t3000

River: (t22750) 7 (2 players)
BB bets t8491 all in, CO calls t8491

Final Pot: t39732
CO shows K A (two pair, Aces and Kings)
BB shows A 7 (a full house, Sevens full of Aces)
BB wins t39732

[TheJiggaman]

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[Lord Sir Banter]

I don't think he was implying he agreed with it (although I haven't read the thread so if he posted stating he did then I apologise)

Anyway I completely agree with you..funny story (by my standards at least ). Me and my gf were with each other a fair while before we got serious. She told me she loved me out of the blue one night and I didn't respond in the "appropriate way". A few weeks passed and I decided that I did love her and wanted a proper long term relationship (romantic eh?) but being an emotional retard I didn't tell her right away.

Anyway we were out one night and after coming out of the nightclub I went to hop in a taxi but she refused and said she didn't want to get in that particular taxi. The driver of that taxi was black and I started getting worried about her reasons. Despite these concerns I hopped in the next taxi which was driven by a local Tralee man. Nice and white.

When we got back to her place I asked was she a racist. She says no and then tells me the driver of the first taxi had freaked her and her mates a few nights ago by making some really perverted suggestions and she just didn't want to get in a taxi with him ever again. After I found this out I told her I loved her.

Cliffs: Asked my girlfriend if she was a racist right before I told her I loved her

Confirmed racist.

[sligoboi]

Confirmed racist.

I more than make up for her racism by my chauvinistic attitudes and behaviour

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[Mellor]

I think you are confusing marraige and getting an asian hooker to call out
I've no issue with the latter. The former is guaranteed to be a let down

[Lord Sir Banter]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH46SmVv8SU[/ame]

[Mellor]

I don't think he was implying he agreed with it (although I haven't read the thread so if he posted stating he did then I apologise)

Ah I doubt he does, he's a whore too

Cliffs: Asked my girlfriend if she was a racist right before I told her I loved her

New BBV title;
sligboi loves rascist

SPOILER

[sligoboi]

Ah I doubt he does, he's a whore too

New BBV title;
sligboi loves rascist

SPOILER

A racist fascist!?! The worst kind!!

[Donkathon]

Ok so I'm on schedule to have my standard idiot move or "blow up" as the mouth calls it,

but............

then..............

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM....................... Straight Flush Baby to chip leader!

SPOILER

Poker Stars $***+$*** No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t600/t1200 Blinds + t125 - 6 players -

SB: t20406 M = 8.00
Hero (BB): t133758 M = 52.45
UTG: t59053 M = 23.16
MP: t42664 M = 16.73
CO: t42054 M = 16.49
BTN: t122973 M = 48.22

Pre Flop: (t2550) Hero is BB with A T
3 folds, BTN raises to t3000, 1 fold, Hero raises to t7200, BTN raises to t122848 all in, Hero calls t115648

Flop: (t247046) Q 8 J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t247046) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t247046) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t247046
Hero shows A T (a straight flush, Seven to Jack)
BTN shows K K (a flush, King high)
Hero wins t247046

[sligoboi]

Both of ye played it perfect imo

[Guest]

Banff is pretty damn awesome. Pretty sick to have to drive back to Vancouver tomorrow. Just the 850km!

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[Midnitekowby]

bbv indulge me in a late night shippage brag??

[MrPillowTalk]

No interest in the Scream franchise but I heartily endorse the casting of Hayden Panettiere, she is one tight little hottie:

wouldnt be hassling her in the club, heard her fellas a bit handy with the fists.

[Four of a Kind]

bbv indulge me in a late night shippage brag??

Surgically done Feargal. Enjoyed the final table rail and you picked them off like a sniper. The pen ran out of ink with all the note taking I did

Ship it!!

[Midnitekowby]

Surgically done Feargal. Enjoyed the final table rail and you picked them off like a sniper. The pen ran out of ink with all the note taking I did

Ship it!!

cheers for the rail amigo, ya lucky the mega donk had all the chips, weird spot oop on him, but knew just had to bide my time, real sniper in the long grass stuff alrite

[Lord Sir Banter]

Quite interesting developments in the lotto ticket fiasco.

I did initially think at first that it was a bit of a fast one. Would she have paid for the ticket the next day if it has lost? Would she hell.

However, there's a little more info in a related Indo article:

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/accidental-ticket-is-uncharted-legal-terrain-2612604.html

It would appear that standard policy (perhaps at this Tesco store) is "pay for your mistakes", so when a cashier issues an incorrect ticket, they either must sell it that night or pay for it. I.e. she was going to pay for the ticket either way. Hence the "sad smiley face". Standard operating practice in all large retail stores is that the cashier cannot sell things to themselves (for obvious reasons), so she could not have paid for it on the night, and left it to pay for the next day when someone else would be working the till.

So I think there is a valid query here over ownership. If it's standard practice, perhaps even policy that all cashiers must pay for tickets issued in error, then perhaps a contract does exist and the ticket belongs to the cashier, the debt simply had not been discharged yet.

If you examine it in the context that she was required (either by contract or agreement) to pay for the ticket, but Tesco decided to waive that requirement because it was a winning ticket, then I would see how and why she has a valid grievance, and I would personally feel more than a little pissed off - i.e. they want staff to pay for losing tickets, but not for winning ones. In that case, Tesco are taking none of the risk and taking all of the winnings.

Crucial details are missing in order for a decision to be taken on this case. Those details will come out over time.

What about the purchaser of the ticket? The purchaser didn't make any mistake by requesting a €4 ticket - the Tesco cashier made the mistake by issuing a €9 ticket in error.

Consider this scenario: If the cashier had not made the mistake, would the same numbers have ended-up on the €4 ticket? The timing of printing the ticket would have been the same. What is not known at this stage is on which lines of the incorrect €9 ticket did the winning numbers appear? If the winning numbers appeared on the lines within €4 worth of numbers, then surely the customer has some rights here?

Are the customer's rights over-ruled as he/she handed the wrong ticket back to the cashier?

Will be interesting to see how this case unravels. The Supply of goods and Sales of Services act of 1980 will come into question here.

Well, taking a technical point of view (I'm a programmer in part), there wouldn't be much a of a case there.

We can take it for granted that the customer's €4 was a quickpick. If they had chosen the numbers on the ticket, then their €4 ticket would have won. It didn't.
Quickpick is a randomly generated set of numbers. Random selections usually rely on a "seed" - a piece of information which varies from selection to selection to attempt to make it unlikely that one selection will be the same as the next one. Seeds are often made from or derived from the current time, in milliseconds. So there's an argument to say that the time taken to input a €9 ticket, differs from the time taken to input a €4 ticket, so even if the cashier had input a €4 ticket, it would have had a different seed, and most likely resulted in a different set of numbers. The odds of the customer's €4 quickpick having the same four (?) lines as the €9 quickpick, would be quite astronomical. Around 1 in 3.2 × 10^25.

So from a technical POV, I don't think the customer has any real case here as the odds of his/her ticket containing those four lines is infinitesimally small.

There is also something else to consider here;

If this falls in Tesco's favour and they are deemed to "own" the ticket at the time that the draw took place, is there reasonable action here for all staff to refuse to pay for tickets issued in error, since said tickets never belonged to the staff. And would Tesco have to refund all previous such occurences. That is, the staff member is paying Tesco for the ticket on the understanding that the ticket belongs to the staff member at the time of the draw. If this can be shown not to be true, then are Tesco liable for all the payments they received for tickets despite the tickets not legally belonging to the staff member at the time of the draw?
That is, Tesco received payment for a ticket for a draw (whether the payment was received before or after the draw may or may not be important). But if the ticket "belonged" to Tesco before the draw took place, then they never provided a ticket for that draw.

Not for the customer. From the customer's point of view, the ticket they received is of exactly the same value and quality as any other ticket issued for that draw.
Otherwise you could argue that because I didn't win last week, then I didn't receive a ticket of the same value and quality as someone who won.

For the customer, the cashier did not affect the outcome of the draw by making the mistake. The customer is not due anything because they have no demonstrable losses.

Checkout woman owns ticket.
Tesco owe €4 ticket person 500k.

[Lord Sir Banter]

Think I've found her on facebook.
Tempted to add her and leave a on her wall.

[Mellor]

If that's tescos policy, then the ticket is hers imo

Also
Finkle has made himself rather too comfy in the old BBV, I didn't want to but was forced to take action

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71589904&postcount=109667

[Zosma]

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/Apple-releases-iPod

Old thread from when the ipod was first announced 10 years ago, great read. Unbelievable how far things have come.

[RoadSweeper]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NARXwOIFwY0&feature=player_embedded"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NARXwOIFwY0&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

[Mellor]

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/01/1...-releases-iPod
Old thread from when the ipod was first announced 10 years ago, great read. Unbelievable how far things have come.

Yeah, some really simple stuff there gettign people excited.

"5gb is plenty"
"My 64mb memory stick takes ages to fill"
"It's so small" <<<<<<<< lol

The sheer speed of transfers and downloads these days is amazing. I wonder will future generations ever know what it was like to wait for a full screen nude shot to download.

[Theresa]

collingwood carlton tonight.

Come on you blues.

lol. New job secured today too, higher rate.

Everythings coming up Milhouse.

[Rufio]

Hate the automatic alarmclock at 7am everymorning! Feckin French builders!

[aodea]

Weather is cracking today is there anything nicer than a sunny friday!

[CHDad]

Weather is cracking today is there anything nicer than a sunny friday!

Loadsa fuckin things.

[oleras]

Quite interesting developments in the lotto ticket fiasco.

Checkout woman owns ticket.
Tesco owe €4 ticket person 500k.

Was chatting to my mother yesterday about this, i asked her why the ticket wasnt voided at the time, as it was printed in error, for some reason if you fill in the numbers yourself it can be voided but a quickpick cannot, the lotto agent calls in once a month and credits you.

I cant understand the difference myself between self picked and quickpick when it comes to voiding the ticket, as i see it, every ticket has a barcode and as long as it it voided before the cutoff for the draw whats the issue ? Where is that conspiricy forum again...

[aodea]

Like utd beating chelsea at stamford bridge?
Chelsea winning nothing this year?

[SatNav]

oh what a beautiful morning oh what a beautiful day!!!!!!!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGS4fkvifs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cGS4fkvifs[/ame]

Feelin good

[Zod]

this was my ultrasound. this is how I roll

[Raoul Duke III]

this was my ultrasound. this is how I roll

can't see it Zod, are you pregnant?

[Rufio]

this was my ultrasound. this is how I roll

Some sort of batman signal going on there?

ahh congrats I guess

SPOILER

[SatNav]

this was my ultrasound. this is how I roll

its like an eagle!!!!

[Zod]

go westhit refresh, my boy, hit refresh

[Zod]

http://www.dula.tv/watch.php?file=wu-tang-financial.flv