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31 minutes ago, Alph said:
I've never ever thought I needed a Ring doorbell. For me it solves a problem that doesn't exist.
It's useful to know who's ringing the bell if we're not in. I hardly ever use the function to talk to them, though.
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4 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:
Occasionally we get great views of a fox sniffing at the camera.
Have you got a very low doorbell or massive fox?
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Precisely why I bought one in lockdown that didn't have a subscription with it.
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It would make dissent a more serious offence than a dangerous tackle, with a blue card being 10 mins sin bin and still half a red card. Not sure I see the logic in that.
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2 hours ago, Chester40 said:
At this level you have to take gambles, you aren't going to get the finished article. Not the lad's fault...
Trying not to on Warne's case with this, but he does seem to favour the gamble that he takes being on players with a poor injury record or getting on a bit and falling out of favour at a decent level. Rather than it being promoting youth or dipping into lower leagues for emerging talent, unproven at our level.
I do agree & both approaches are equally risky IMO
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1 hour ago, Wolfie20 said:
I'm beginning to feel on my own. I don't care a jot about Twotter, Snap-whotsit, Tick-Tack-Toe or whatever - am I missing out?
Same.
I occasionally have the misfortune to have to delve into LinkedIn for work but nowadays only use Facebook for one very good group that I'm a member of. I have zero interest in any of those you've listed.
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4 minutes ago, ap04 said:
I see, so if say in athletics they start measuring in "goals" (perfect throw/jump 1 imperfect cr*p and everything in between 0) because it's more entertaining or the only practical way, you'll prefer it over the current system or your eyes'/a computer's rough estimate, because "it's what they use".
Or, if after just three Premium Bond draws you earn nought or thousands that's all that matters in deciding how good they are, everything else such as expected value in the long run is "just a sideshow". Fair enough!
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29 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said:
Royals are given their wealth by nothing but birth.
You could argue that so are the rest of us. Every one of us on here has been born into relative privilege, compared with the vast majority of people in the world.
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6 hours ago, Ram@Lincoln said:
Other analyst's names of note;
Pete Shuttleworth, Rooney took him with him to D.C. United.
https://www.dcunited.com/news/d-c-united-appoint-pete-shuttleworth-as-assistant-coach
Ben Warner, Rosenior took him to Hull as a "coach analyst".
https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2022/november/warner-joins-coaching-staff/
Joe Carnall, Rowett brought him from Birmingham then took him to Stoke and then Millwall.
There's been a strong analysis department for awhile. Billy Davies was very keen on player and game analysis from what we hear from Darren Robinson on Radio Derby.
I've also been told by a friend who worked at the club years ago under GSE, that they were very keen on player metrics and play by play analysis. GSE had plenty of experience from the various US sports teams they owned/involved with. This is another thing they invested heavily in at Moor Farm.
Rams TV did an excellent insight into the analysis department 6 years ago. The two junior staff interviewed on this, Tom Green is now senior analyst at Manchester United and Sam Thacker is now first team analyst at Tottenham. Joe Carnall is back at Birmingham as chief scout.
Well, colour me stupid.
Of course it makes perfect sense. It's just that I'd seen the story of an analyst joining but didn't know ours had left.
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On 02/02/2024 at 20:11, Chester40 said:
Saltburn
I knew there was some kind of particular intrigue/shock connected to the film but couldn't recall exactly what...
Can't recall what other's felt but I found it pretty decent.
Reminded me a little of 'Cruel Intentions'. All bitchy, rich people looking down on others and making clever put downs.
Dialogue was great, initally I couldn't quite work out where it was headed or exactly what kind of film it was.
Quite stylish, good acting- Richard E Grant was really amusing - just a unusual and different film.
I'd call it a black comedy with some kind of satire /social commentary.
Solid 7 out of 10. A bit slow at times and the scenes that were a bit shocking almost took me out of the film rather than aided it. But definitely something different and well worth a watch.
Richard E Grant & Rosamund Pike are fabulous in it. Favourite line for me was Rosamund's on her previously being a lesbian 😆
I saw it for the second time at the weekend (first time for Mrs Wolfie) and enjoyed it just as much again.
A few "Eeeeewww"s from her but my favourite comment was "Oh god, he's not going to an "American Pie" is he?!"
7.5/10
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12 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:
I read a tweet the other day suggesting that it's basically Love Island now.
People have seen that it can launch an influencer career (see Tom Skinner and Ryan-Mark Parsons, as well as the likes of Katie Hopkins if you go back further) and apply to the show for a shot at fame. The tweet also suggested that this is obvious from the quality (or lack thereof) of the contestants' business plans.
I've not watched it in years so would be curious to know if this is the case.
Oh I agree it's definitely a pure entertainment show nowadays. Sugar doesn't even invest in the companies any more, it's just a £250k prize that they can spend as they like. The serious business aspect of it went out of the window years ago.
I basically watch it out of schadenfreude, enjoying it when they get found out for being generally rubbish. I therefore couldn't name any of the winners in the past 10 years, so can't comment on what they've done since.
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On 02/02/2024 at 20:00, Chester40 said:
I know this will attract a lot of predictable comments/complaints...
But The Apprentice is back, and me and the kids will be hooked as always.
Good, amusing family entertainment, not to be taken too seriously.
Week 1 was cringe TV of the very highest order.
Few idiots and some irritating characters but enough who seem serious to make it interesting.
A guilty pleasure of mine. To be honest, I often skip through a lot of the task stuff.
Highlight of the first epiosde was the lad that made an arse of himself by not understanding what refunds were, in the boardroom, and started clapping like they'd won.
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Have we never had an analyst here before? or at least recently. Seems odd if so.
I just assumed all clubs did this nowadays.
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Charlton 2-1 Derby
NML as frgs
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I bet he would have bought us a striker.
Just sayin.....
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Are we nearly there yet?....
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9 hours ago, ramit said:
Murder On The Orient Express. Have seen all the versions, this one is disappointing, stylish but lacking. Great actors there, some with minimal roles, others should have had minimal roles instead, but one was rightly given lots of scenes, the fantastic Michelle Pfeiffer who drags this film all by herself up from a 5 rating to a 6.5.
I think I liked it more than you did but agree. Pfeiffer was indeed excellent.
I was more disappointed with Death on the Nile, which I didn’t think was anywhere near as good as the Ustinov version. Also the Venice one was weird - but I do want to watch it again, as I think I nodded off and missed something important! -
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Anatomy of a fall (rent on Prime)
Heard really good things about this. It won last year's Palme D'Or at Cannes and really highly rated on imdb.
A woman is accused of murdering her husband, after he falls from a 3rd floor window at their mountain chalet. Characters & acting top notch - especially Sandra Hueller as the lead and Milo Machado Graner, as her blind son. Story maybe not so much, though more of it was in french (with subtitles) than I was expecting, which I personally find quite distracting.
Oh, and half an hour too long (2 1/2 hours).
Not bad.
6.5/10
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Derby 2-0 Cheltenham
frgs: Collins
Ring Sting
in The Jim Smith Room
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Your pants are as big as sheets?. Sounds like a brag to me.