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Post by carlton43 on Jan 4, 2023 23:13:38 GMT
The title of this thread keeps making me think of the Blazing Saddles scene where Hedy Lamarr is trying to round up all the cutthroats/outlaws in the West for an attack on Rock Ridge and one man in the queue says his crime was rustling cattle, when told by Lamarr t'thats not much of a crime', he replies 'In the Vatican' to which Lamarr replies 'kinky' It’s Hedley! No. That's 'on-Thames'. Hedy was the rather sexy and dauntingly clever actress. |
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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Jan 5, 2023 3:31:21 GMT
No. That's 'on-Thames'. Hedy was the rather sexy and dauntingly clever actress. How very dare you! Hens are purveyed in Henley, not heads. The town clerk will personally raise your precept in response. |
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Post by carlton43 on Jan 5, 2023 11:18:21 GMT
No. That's 'on-Thames'. Hedy was the rather sexy and dauntingly clever actress. How very dare you! Hens are purveyed in Henley, not heads. The town clerk will personally raise your precept in response. Ah! indeed!! All round false preceptions going on here. There is so little to cleave on to? |
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Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on Jan 5, 2023 19:37:58 GMT
If only it were this easy to appoint a pastor. Maybe we should lock our deacons in the pastor's room until they appoint one. Could be expensive though as you might have to take the roof off eventually.
That's one for the alternate history thread: what if the See of Rome had been left vacant since 1268? |
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Post by neilm on Jan 5, 2023 22:55:49 GMT
but I don’t even know what those numbers mean. Presumably “+400” means 4/1 (20%) or 3/1 (25%). They're American or 'moneyline' odds, although Americans often use fractions. There are three main odds types: fractional, decimal and moneyline. There are a further three only really used in the countries in the name: Malaysian (or Malay), Indonesian (or Indo) and Hong Kong (or HK). Most Asian countries use decimals. I personally quite like HK odds and always used those when working in Asia. You will sometimes hear Americans asking to 'bet the moneyline' or 'bet the spread', which is what we call the handicap but is priced slightly differently. Anyway, those numbers reflect what we call odds on or odds against. The '+' and '-' show the amount you need to bet to win $100, or what you'd win for every $100 out down. Favourites have a '-' attached but the higher the number the greater the chance (what we would call a 'bigger price') so -300 has a better chance than -120. Some people call this 'absolute value' (as opposed to value, which is a specific thing in betting): just ignore the '-' and look at the number. '+' means odds on/underdog/less favoured/bigger price depending on which you prefer. The higher the number the bigger the price, so +300 is a higher price than +120. American odds always have a $100 base, even at racetracks where the tote returns to a $2 stake but they display an estimated price (you can see this in action if you ever watch the overnight racing from the States. Don't get it confused with the Australian stuff which is different again). Converting between moneyline odds and fractional prices is easy. And you have identified the correct method: for '+' odds, divide by 100 so +350 becomes 3.5/1 or 7/2. For '-' odds, it is -100 divided by the price so -400 becomes 1/4 (-100/-400) (or -4.0 in Malay odds and 1. 25 in decimal prices). |
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Post by johnloony on Jan 6, 2023 4:42:17 GMT
I predict that the next Pope will be Christoph Schönborn.
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Post by iainbhx on Jan 6, 2023 5:07:32 GMT
I predict that the next Pope will be Christoph Schönborn. He's 77 and is a little bit liberal, however, Pope is about the only office in the church thst one of the Schönborns hasn't gained. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 6, 2023 10:39:55 GMT
I predict that the next Pope will be Christoph Schönborn. Not a bad bet. |
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Post by The Bishop on Jan 6, 2023 12:20:54 GMT
I predict that the next Pope will be Christoph Schönborn. Given his age, might depend on when Francis retires/dies. I can see a move towards pontiffs being a bit younger than the recent ones before too long. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jan 6, 2023 12:27:32 GMT
I predict that the next Pope will be Christoph Schönborn. Given his age, might depend on when Francis retires/dies. I can see a move towards pontiffs being a bit younger than the recent ones before too long. John Paul II was only 58 when he became Pope. But he aged, as we all do. |
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