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2 hours ago, Molotov said:
Anything that involves starting fires or blowing things up.
I tried desperately to convince the police and my parents growing up that this was my intended career path.
Never too late I suppose?
Username checks out.
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On 13/11/2023 at 20:44, Lofarl said:
Siobhan is pronounced Shivon.
Honestly never knew this until a few months back. I'm in my forties
My buddy is engaged to a Siobhain, and calls her “Shug”.
Brave man.
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2 hours ago, scottsdad said:
Another neighbour, Jane Hammond, said: 'No comment. This is absolutely ridiculous.'
Make your mind up, Jane.
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2 hours ago, superbigal said:
Processed cold meat.
When mother sent me to the corner shop in the 70s, it was for 6oz of Boiled Ham and a 1/4 pound of chopped ham and pork.
I mean is ham not pork ???
What, you think they come from the same magical animal?
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6 hours ago, Dink said:
I'm unfortunately missing today's game after my wife broke her wrist during the week. Fingers crossed
That's a bad fracture.
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13 hours ago, 19QOS19 said:
There's a "wid ah come and pump?" joke here, but I'm too lazy to work it out properly.
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On 01/11/2023 at 16:01, scottsdad said:
There's a good one in Sauchie apparently (according to my mum)
MacLeod's was excellent for decades. Don't know if it's still owned by them.
A scion of the family was Provost of St Andrews quite recently. That's a step down IMHO.
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2 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said:
Another situation where a picture can explain the rationale more than a dissertation. I suspect the locals are correct.
I’ve just read the equivalent article in the Record.
The locals are definitely correct - which is surprising, as she reckons they should be “grateful”.
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15 hours ago, Darren said:
Clue is in the name BBC. They're focusing on the British team.
If it had been Spartans v Rangers you'd have a point.
Yes, of course their focus is on the British team. Rangers should definitely be the subject in that headline sentence.
The idea that they were looking to "find [an] opener" at that stage seems quite inaccurate, given the stats. I don't see what's wrong with reflecting the actual game in the reporting (in fact, I suppose that's what this thread is about). "Rangers resisting Sparta pressure" would have been ideal.
It's quite similar to the almost standard headline the BBC use when either Celtic or Rangers gets a late equaliser in the league, and are described as having been "held to a draw".
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41 minutes ago, gannonball said:
I'm sorry but there really is nothing to see here Sparta were much much better in the first in half and it looked like Rangers were on to a doing but second half was totally different. Both this snapshot and your interpretation doesn't tell the story at all really.
Then let me make it clearer.
When I went onto the website for a quick check on the game, the headline was about Rangers finding an opener. A glance at the stats showed that Sparta had taken 16 shots to 2 at that point. On reflection, it seemed to me that the headline was telling a different story to the stats. That level of journalism appears quite poor to me.
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A snapshot taken sometime during the second half. Great effort from those stuffy Czech Republic minnows to hold out to the end.
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1 hour ago, mathematics said:
Good thing I have never claimed to be be able to count.
I'm not sure that 11 has a successor, anyway.
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On 25/10/2023 at 16:37, mathematics said:
Yep. I misread 11 years as 20 years.
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5 hours ago, CarrbridgeSaintee said:
Reasonable Faith's last podcast episode is an interesting one:
Genetic Study Confirms Dr. Craig's Model | Podcast | Reasonable Faith
It explains how the latest genetic study adds weight to Dr Craig's hypothesis that humanity did indeed grow from a single couple; the mytho-historical Adam and Eve.
Craig seems to base a lot of his output on a 1970s-style philosophical approach: "proof by assertion", appealing to our sense of plausibility in a domain where our experience can't apply, and extreme(!) cherry-picking of parts of evidence without actually considering whether the enormous amount of contradictory evidence is also worth some sort of weighting.
We know (to the extent that we can know anything; that is, there is always the possibility of living-in-a-simulation objections) that we are a species of ape that evolved from an earlier species of apes. It's impossible for me to illustrate the strength of the evidence for that in quantitative terms, so I won't even try; but I will say that it is many, many times "less uncertain" in terms of actual evidence than the most certain verdict that has even been returned in a court of law. (I don't expect everyone to accept that, but it's still trivially true.)
We did not descend or even evolve from just two members of a species. We really should have grown up beyond believing such things by now.
Also, his take on the Kalam cosmological argument fails at the first proposition (to be fair to him, that's been a problem since the time of Plato and Socrates, and Plato is still a great read on a rainy day): not everything that seems obvious to us can be shown to be true, and there's absolutely no need to assume that all events are caused just because we see (or possibly infer) causality in everyday life. However, if the universe, for example, had to be caused, and another entity caused it, then only special pleading can remove the had-to-be-caused prerequisite from that earlier(/greater/more complex) entity. Historically, that special pleading has happened a lot in this particular area, and no doubt that will continue.
(I'm not seeking to confront or persuade anyone here. I just wanted to address the "argument from authority", as it can sometimes appear more persuasive than actual evidence; and I never like to see the use of shaky premises to derive a logically sound conclusion, as that's always a bit of an implicit canard. So I wanted to play Devil's Advocate. If he exists. Which he doesn't. /Flanders)
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17 hours ago, throbber said:
I think DA needs a bit of stoic philosophy in his life - all of this self loathing and lamenting past mistakes would have Marcus Aurelius turning in his grave.
I can't be the only one on P&B who's sick to the back teeth with your constant references to post-Socratic ancient philosophy.
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1 hour ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said:
ok but what is the number after 40?
LI
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5 hours ago, sugna said:
A Roman walks into a bar, holds up 2 fingers, and says, “Five pints, please!”
20.
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3 hours ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said:
suffice to say not the right answer
2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15 , ? , 40
I'll add the number after to see if helps anyone.
A Roman walks into a bar, holds up 2 fingers, and says, “Five pints, please!”
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15 hours ago, velo army said:
As a grammar pedant…
I also want my Grade 8 piano, which I would get if I just focused up and practiced.
I had the option of asking you more about the level of practice involved, as I am about to pick up - again - trying to reach a very basic standard, and would value some insight into the commitment and process; or taking a cheap swipe. It was no contest, so I will remain unenlightened.
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On 04/10/2023 at 23:33, Jim McLean's Ghost said:
Solve the cryptic clue.
Humble animal is among us (5)
First instinct is LOWLY; but it’s not jumping out at me, and that’s only a partial wordplay.
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3 hours ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said:
I'll put the explanation of the cryptic crossword answers up now
I will give the Defintion in bold and then explain the word playSuspension introduces short term cracks (6) - BANTER - Suspension is a ban, short term means take away the end of term for BAN + TER
Goal threat included in Hib s core r e-shuffle (6) - SCORER - the word scorer is hidden in the clue.
League split contains computer error. United bitter. (8) - SPITEFUL - the League is the SPFL, the letters are split up with IT (for computer) E (for Error) and U (for United)
Passing moves result in Away win (3-3) - ONE-TWO - this is a double definition
Puts on RedTV Highlights (4) - DONS - another double definition
Quiet Heart of Midlothian supporters' chant has inconsistency (4 4) - PLOT HOLE - P (p is quiet in music, piano), heart of midlothian is the central letters of midlothian LOTH, and a supporters chant is OLE.
Big Ange left early. Rodgers initially is no replacement (5) - LARGE - Put L (for left) before ANGE. R is Rodgers intial and replace the N (for No)
Bizzare goals in Green and White derby (7) - GLASGOW - anagram of goals inside G (for green) and W (for white)
Saints capital vanishes after third of Motherwell defects (6) TAINTS - remove the capital letter of Saints and put it after T which is the third letter of Motherwell
Old Firm start put back. Gone bust? (4) FOLD - OLD with F put back before it
Thanks, and apologies for not getting round to posting my workings as I said I would. They were the same as you list above, of course.
I thought the final definition should be “Go bust”, for tense agreement. Maybe I’ve missed something, though.
Favourite was “LARGE”; easiest was “SCORER”.
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On 04/10/2023 at 12:10, scottsdad said:
A new guy joined our team a couple of weeks ago. I popped into his office to say hello. I'm standing chatting, on my way to get a coffee. Holding my Star Trek mug, and I spot on his desk a model Enterprise and Galileo. Well, great, I think. Another one. So I'm chatting away, pointing this out.
He tells me he and his wife are watching Deep Space Nine. Great, I replied. I'm going through it again, too.
After a few minutes I realise he's watching DS9 for the first time. He's never seen Voyager, any of the movies, not even heard of any of the shows that started after the reboot. And he's only seen some of the original series and Next Generation.
I reckon I should confiscate his models until he's earned the right to have them on his desk, but that might be seen as theft.
Maybe he has earned that right: you may be falling into the trap of thinking that, just because he's married, he can't be a virgin.
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1 hour ago, The Moonster said:
Is drawing cocks on literature an addiction?
More of a calling.
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3 hours ago, Rugster said:
He’s claiming sense of humour is gone these days.
That's fair enough. His is undeniably gone.
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Things You Learned Today
in The General Nonsense Forum
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See also: “les doigts de pied”.