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edited August 2016 in General

imagepoliticalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Betting on a united Ireland referendum happening by the end of 2020

Prior to June 23rd, there was a strong push from Remain that a Leave victory could lead to a united Ireland, Paddy Power have a market up on whether there will be a referendum on such a matter by the end of 2020.

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    bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,859
    edited August 2016
    1st like Jezza

    Apparently I am no longer thick as pig shit!!!

    Janan GaneshVerified account
    @JananGanesh
    Please excuse the trigger-happy tweet about Corbyn/ites. The train farrago didn't warrant it.
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,190
    edited August 2016
    Second like Smith

    On Topic: No bet.
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    I was offered first, couldn't find a vacancy in second, so here I am sitting on the floor...
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    SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    edited August 2016
    The likelihood of a 2020 Northern Ireland referendum appearing in a manifesto are very small.

    Are we there yet? #Traingate...
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    FPT: F1: in news as shocking as Mercedes deciding to use round wheels, Hamilton 'likely' to have a penalty for engine parts in Belgium:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37172485

    Edited extra bit: that said, I now feel like a moron for not remembering this earlier and backing Rosberg (now 1.66 for the win) at about 2.75. Ah, well.
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    PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,925
    12.5% return in 4 years is an AER of 2.99%.

    Given there is a de minimus default risk too, not for me.
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    nunununu Posts: 6,024

    a

    is that some sort of momentum secret code.....

    .........the spooks are watching...........


    or is it a grading for TSE's thread............
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,114

    1st like Jezza

    Apparently I am no longer thick as pig shit!!!

    Janan GaneshVerified account
    @JananGanesh
    Please excuse the trigger-happy tweet about Corbyn/ites. The train farrago didn't warrant it.

    We need a bigger sample to say that with any confidence....
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    Still think we should invade the Republic and tidy up the borders. Sorry, it's what playing Paradox games does to a body. Can't bear to see untidiness on the map.
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    TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,388
    I see Owen Smith's Article 50 promise is limited to a referendum *or* a general election. In other words, as soon as he is elected, he'll be free!
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    TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,388
    Is the Labour Conference going ahead yet?
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    Will the UK have a referendum to expel Scotland?

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/24/scottish-finances-worsen-fall-oil-revenues-15bn-deficit

    At the very least I don't think after a Scottish NO vote and the Brexit result, that it can much longer via possible for Scotland to exclude non-Scottish UK students from Scottish universities - it's their parents who are paying! The UK is one country and this internal discrimination must stop.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    Mr. M, Europa Universalis?[sp]
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    CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 59,652
    Its the old joke.

    Foreigners (esp Americans) think:

    Eire wants the North
    The North wants to join Eire
    The UK is the only thing standing in the way.

    In fact:
    Eire wouldn't touch the North with a barge pole
    The North wouldn't touch Eire with a barge pole
    The UK would give the North to Eire in a heart beat.....
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,328
    SeanT said:

    Good point about Teresa May using the Scottish Problem to avoid Hard Brexit. Very possible.

    An unfortunate post given Teresa May is a porn star.
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    JonathanDJonathanD Posts: 2,400
    If Scotland were to leave the Union, N Ireland would not be far behind. The people there are Unionists not Greater Englanders.
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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    FPT John_M said:

    "People aren't rational actors. Purely economic arguments don't work"

    I agree with this, albeit slightly modified.

    People aren't purely rational actors. Rationality plays a varying degree of importance depending on the type of decision but is rarely, if ever, absent completely.

    And saying that purely economic arguments don't work is true, but does not thereby prove that people aren't rational actors.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,989
    Would require a Sinn Fein First Minister for a United Ireland referendum in Northern Ireland, not going to happen while the DUP remain the largest party
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    SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,704

    SeanT said:

    Good point about Teresa May using the Scottish Problem to avoid Hard Brexit. Very possible.

    An unfortunate post given Teresa May is a porn star.
    I think I saw 'Hard Brexit' on the top shelf in my local video store back in the 80s.
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    brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352

    Is the Labour Conference going ahead yet?

    Yes, and it'll be ram-packed.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,328
    Pulpstar said:

    12.5% return in 4 years is an AER of 2.99%.

    Given there is a de minimus default risk too, not for me.

    It's a bit too skinny for me. If it was 1/4 I might have tried to bung a ton on it.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    Surely it should be jam-packed?
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    Actually 'Hard Brexit' wouldn't be such a bad porn name!
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607

    Mr. M, Europa Universalis?[sp]

    An excellent way to waste a few weekends. Forming the UK (British nation anyway) by sending spies to Scotland and fabricating claims to their throne to declare war on them feels brilliant.

    I had a game once where I ended up taking over the whole North American continent and the whole of Europe plua a fair chunk of Africa. The French were the last to fall, buy in the end they gave in.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,328
    To be honest, best bet is probably Tories most seats at next GE for a 30% return.

    It's a max of 3 years and 9 months till it pays out, May will be fighting it as PM and Labour are in such a state that, even if Corbyn is removed, they'd have to be doing phenomenally well to strip 50 net seats off the Tories in England and Wales.

    And it'll be even harder post boundary change.
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    SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,704

    Surely it should be jam-packed?

    Keep up with the new lingo Granddad!
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    brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    edited August 2016
    Patrick said:

    Actually 'Hard Brexit' wouldn't be such a bad porn name!

    Especially in a themed vid called 'Pulling Out'...
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    Surely it should be jam-packed?

    Corbyn is fond of making jam. Calling anything 'jam-packed' would be jammist.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966

    SeanT said:

    Good point about Teresa May using the Scottish Problem to avoid Hard Brexit. Very possible.

    An unfortunate post given Teresa May is a porn star.
    She should do a video called Hard Brexit. TSE would totally pay to see that.
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    edited August 2016

    Mr. M, Europa Universalis?[sp]

    Any Paradox game really - Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis IV, Hearts of Iron IV, Victoria II; you'll find me diligently making neat, sensible borders all over the world. Admittedly there's the occasional touch of the Alexander the Greats leading to world conquests, but above all, one strives for aesthetically pleasing boundaries.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,328

    SeanT said:

    Good point about Teresa May using the Scottish Problem to avoid Hard Brexit. Very possible.

    An unfortunate post given Teresa May is a porn star.
    I think I saw 'Hard Brexit' on the top shelf in my local video store back in the 80s.
    What is "using the Scottish problem to avoid hard Brexit"?

    Getting pissed on whiskey and irn bru before injecting yourself with heroin in a gorbals tower block?
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    CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    1st like Jezza

    Apparently I am no longer thick as pig shit!!!

    Janan GaneshVerified account
    @JananGanesh
    Please excuse the trigger-happy tweet about Corbyn/ites. The train farrago didn't warrant it.

    Non-denial denial.

    He hasn't said that Corbynites are *not* as thick as pig shot, just that *this* incident didn't warrant the tweet...
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    John_M said:

    Still think we should invade the Republic and tidy up the borders. Sorry, it's what playing Paradox games does to a body. Can't bear to see untidiness on the map.

    :D
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    Hmm. It appears Channel 5 doesn't have the rights to The Walking Dead (series 6). Shame. One hopes Maggie survives, otherwise series 2 will have been truly pointless.
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    RecidivistRecidivist Posts: 4,679
    John_M said:

    Mr. M, Europa Universalis?[sp]

    Any Paradox game really - Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis IV, Hearts of Iron IV, Victoria II; you'll find me diligently making neat, sensible borders all over the world. Admittedly there's the occasional touch of the Alexander the Greats leading to world conquests, but above all, one strives for aesthetically pleasing boundaries.
    I think we all find tidy boundaries aesthetically pleasing.
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503

    John_M said:

    Mr. M, Europa Universalis?[sp]

    Any Paradox game really - Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis IV, Hearts of Iron IV, Victoria II; you'll find me diligently making neat, sensible borders all over the world. Admittedly there's the occasional touch of the Alexander the Greats leading to world conquests, but above all, one strives for aesthetically pleasing boundaries.
    I think we all find tidy boundaries aesthetically pleasing.
    Motion carried then! Fire up the Challengers.
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    AnneJGPAnneJGP Posts: 2,869
    edited August 2016
    Interesting thread topic, TSE, thanks. Makes a change from traingate!

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    (edited to add: that was before I'd read any of the comments. I see traingate is still swinging open.)
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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    "Scotland's North Sea Revenues Collapse By 97%

    Official figures on Scotland's public finances show the stark impact of the slump in the oil and gas sector after prices tumbled."

    http://news.sky.com/story/scotlands-north-sea-revenues-collapse-by-97-10549884
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    AnneJGP said:

    Interesting thread topic, TSE, thanks. Makes a change from traingate!

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    (edited to add: that was before I'd read any of the comments. I see traingate is still swinging open.)

    It's a right pain in the shunting neck :lol:
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    AnneJGP said:

    Interesting thread topic, TSE, thanks. Makes a change from traingate!

    Good afternoon, everyone.

    (edited to add: that was before I'd read any of the comments. I see traingate is still swinging open.)

    Herding cats is child's play compared to shepherding the wild, untamed spirits that haunt PB.
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
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    MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    I think don't think we should be using #traingate

    It should be #trainbarrier

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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    Mr. Llama, indeed. Got enough on my plate without conquering Europe as well.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    PlatoSaid said:
    Person sends personal email to daughter in meeting shocker.

    I'm struggling to see the outrage here. That's approximately one email every two weeks during her tenure as Secretary of State, and most are two lines long.
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Before you pursue this course of action, have you considered the effect on London property prices?
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    ThreeQuidderThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133
    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Can you cope with being stalked by an obsessive fan known locally as Ken Livingstone?
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,271
    edited August 2016


    I think don't think we should be using #traingate

    It should be #trainbarrier

    Jezza would have passed through Newark North Gate.
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,403
    edited August 2016
    rcs1000 said:

    PlatoSaid said:
    Person sends personal email to daughter in meeting shocker.

    I'm struggling to see the outrage here. That's approximately one email every two weeks during her tenure as Secretary of State, and most are two lines long.
    Considering Bill Clinton was fellated by Monica Lewinsky whilst he was on the phone to a Senator, this is all a bit tame.
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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited August 2016
    O/T:

    Currently 33 degrees in Basildon.

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=current+weather+basildon
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    PlatoSaidPlatoSaid Posts: 10,383
    AFP
    #BREAKING Italy quake leaves 73 dead: new official toll
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    AndyJS said:
    It is so hot in Essex the people have turned orange in this heat.
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    AndyJS said:
    It's a balmy 22C in Brexit Wales.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,271
    edited August 2016


    I think don't think we should be using #traingate

    It should be #trainbarrier

    Example of a train gate from 1906 Bakerloo line.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1906_Stock#/media/File:1906_Gate_Stock_Motor_Car.png

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1906_Stock
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,114
    edited August 2016
    Corbyn is going to be disastrous if he ever has to front an election campaign. By then, every journo is going to be gunning for him....

    http://news.sky.com/story/angry-corbyn-clashes-with-sky-news-reporter-over-train-row-10549755
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,114

    AndyJS said:
    It is so hot in Essex the people have turned orange in this heat.
    I coined the term Basildon Bronze....
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    TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,388

    Corbyn is going to be disastrous if he ever has to front an election campaign. By then, every journo is going to be gunning for him....

    http://news.sky.com/story/angry-corbyn-clashes-with-sky-news-reporter-over-train-row-10549755

    I see Corbyn "boycotting" the Guardian and the Mirror - which publications are on teh approved list exactly?
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    Corbyn is going to be disastrous if he ever has to front an election campaign. By then, every journo is going to be gunning for him....

    http://news.sky.com/story/angry-corbyn-clashes-with-sky-news-reporter-over-train-row-10549755

    I see Corbyn "boycotting" the Guardian and the Mirror - which publications are on teh approved list exactly?
    Morning Star?
    Proletarian?
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    edited August 2016
    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Get the behind me, Max. I have been clean of strategy games for over a year, the last thing I need now is to be drawn into a Space Opera.
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    It's definitely worth it, the recent updates have fixed a lot of the AI issues as well. Hopefully later updates will bring a bit more tech evolution, but that's pretty much my only gripe.
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Get the behind me, Max. I have been clean of strategy games for over a year, the last thing I need now is to be drawn into a Space Opera.
    Ah, well in that case being space Hitler was bad, very bad. I felt bad for the enslaved aliens who I forced to build my ships to conquer their worlds.
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    NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,333

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Get the behind me, Max. I have been clean of strategy games for over a year, the last thing I need now is to be drawn into a Space Opera.
    Stellaris is GOOD! (swishes forked tail meaningfully)
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    Mr. Palmer, be honest: you play as space Stalin, don't you?
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    NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,333
    Charles said:

    1st like Jezza

    Apparently I am no longer thick as pig shit!!!

    Janan GaneshVerified account
    @JananGanesh
    Please excuse the trigger-happy tweet about Corbyn/ites. The train farrago didn't warrant it.

    Non-denial denial.

    He hasn't said that Corbynites are *not* as thick as pig shot, just that *this* incident didn't warrant the tweet...
    Personally I think wistfully of the time when journalists didn't express opinions, didn't build up personal images, and simply tried to tell us the facts. Ganesh will now be unable to offer a report on lefties without readers being unsure if he's reporting the facts or letting his opinions drive him. He's by no means the worst, of course.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I went skiing in Chile a few years ago, and ended my trip in Santiago.

    If you like to ski, I'd recommend two or three days in the Valle Nevado - it's only a couple of hours out of Santiago.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    edited August 2016
    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I've actually done the second longest flight from the UK Europe! I flew Frankfurt to Buenos Aires.
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I did JFK to Tokyo, that felt like it would never end. I think that was 14h or so.
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    SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    edited August 2016

    Mr. Palmer, be honest: you play as space Stalin, don't you?

    Mr Dancer.. you see what I meant this am about how much fun it is watching Corbyn (especially) and Smith.. Corbyn was waylaid at this morning's press conference by journos wanted to talk about his(lack of) train seat.. It was excruciatingly painful to listen to but somehow most enjoyable..
    To see Corbyn caught up in the aftermath of deception is delicious beyond compare.
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    Surely it should be jam-packed?

    This is what is bothering me most of all about #traingate (or #trainbarrier). Something can be “jam-packed” or (if you’re down with the kids) “rammed”, but “ram-packed” sounds like an unhealthy compromise between the two.

    As a fan of Derby County, I was going to say I preferred the term “rammed”, but then I saw the alternative definition on Urban Dictionary… ☹

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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    Mr. Palmer, Kamal Ahmed on the BBC the other night was giving full flow to the IFS' deranged view of statistics regarding the fictional gender pay gap.

    A similar issue to your Ganesh point can be made about Isabel Oakeshott[sp] following her decision to include something she thought wasn't true in a biography about someone funded by a man who didn't especially like the biography's subject. Maximum objectivity.

    It's not new, sadly. Brown never got a fair press. He either got undeserved praise, or unremitting hostility.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I've actually done the second longest flight from the UK Europe! I flew Frankfurt to Buenos Aires.
    This is the longest non-stopper I've done. London Singapore or Amsterdam Lima were my previous records, both about 13 hours. This is ANOTHER two hours on top. Jesus.
    Don't forget your roofies
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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034

    AndyJS said:
    It is so hot in Essex the people have turned orange in this heat.
    It's a welcomely mild 33 in MD today. Glad the heatwave is over.
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    Since 1 March 2016, the longest non-stop scheduled airline flight is Emirates flight EK448 from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Auckland, New Zealand, and its return flight EK449, at 14,200 kilometres (7,700 nmi). The inaugural flight was flown using an Airbus A380-800,[10][11] but subsequent regular service flights will be flown using a Boeing 777-200LR.[12] Emirates have subsequently announced that the Dubai - Auckland return flight will switch to an A380 permanently as of October 2016.[13][14]

    On 1 June 2016, United Airlines began nonstop operations between San Francisco and Singapore using a Boeing 787-9. Singapore Airlines will join United Airlines on 23 October 2016 operating a Airbus A350-900 aircraft with payload restrictions.[15]


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop_flight
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    edited August 2016
    Mr. Reprobatus, don't let others dictate your vocabulary, man!

    I forget if it's in a published story [got some waiting in the wings] but at one point Sir Edric refers (quite correctly) to not being a demented dotard. I'm sure someone or other will find that offensive. It is, however, proper English, so it's staying [or stayed] in.

    Mr. Root, and yet, those jesters are contending to be Leader of the Opposition...

    Edited extra bit: actually, when at school it was discovered my internal temperature* is unusually cool, at 36C.

    *Mouth thermometer, of course.
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    John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    SeanT said:

    MaxPB said:

    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I did JFK to Tokyo, that felt like it would never end. I think that was 14h or so.
    I have to add another 2-3 hours on to the journey, for LHR-CDG. Lord have Mercy.
    Drugs. Drugs are your friend.

    In terms of Mrs May, I'm lucky in that my taste in women has aged with me, which is a minor boon.
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    MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    edited August 2016
    MaxPB said:

    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I did JFK to Tokyo, that felt like it would never end. I think that was 14h or so.
    Chicago-Hong Kong on United; 15 hours 50 minutes

    PS Cattle. Sometimes working for a non-profit sucks.
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,271
    edited August 2016

    Surely it should be jam-packed?

    This is what is bothering me most of all about #traingate (or #trainbarrier).
    Trains with gates did exist:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_1906_Stock
    http://www.ltmcollection.org/images/webmax/2j/i000062j.jpg
    http://www.ltmcollection.org/images/webmax/0q/i0000b0q.jpg
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    Re traingate surely Virgin could have handled this a lot better (funnier). Stage 1 we have spoken to staff who say there were plenty of seats, cue furious denials from Jezmentum stage two okay do you object to us releasing the cctv stills?
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    MTimT said:

    MaxPB said:

    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I did JFK to Tokyo, that felt like it would never end. I think that was 14h or so.
    Chicago-Hong Kong on United; 15 hours 50 minutes

    PS Cattle. Sometimes working for a non-profit sucks.
    That sounds like death reheated tbh. At least I went business with Sony.
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    scotslassscotslass Posts: 912
    TSE


    It's not up[ to Teresa May or any other British PM. The right to hold a Border Poll is enshrined in the St Andrews Agreement (every seven years as it happens). The seven year clause is something which all those who say a referendum - whether Scottish or European- is for ever should have a good think about.
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    CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 59,652
    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    Kayak is wrong. Garuda now fly LHR to CGK non stop - 11734km - longest flight originating in both the UK and Europe.
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    62% of registered supporters, 60% of trade union members? Who are they trying to kid?
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    Does anyone know what the consequences would be if a sitting President to go bankrupt?
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    CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,203
    Well now, this train stuff has been most entertaining but is now becoming as tedious as being stuck in a tube train in a tunnel in weather like this.

    So my youngest has got the A-level results he wanted and is off to Manchester Uni to study Economics and Politics. He is embarking on his student life by heading for the Reading Festival tomorrow.

    He is most excited by it all. I am very proud of and pleased for him.

    (I shall miss him like hell though.)

    As all 3 are now officially adults, I can say that they are all alive, not obviously psychopaths and seem broadly normal and mostly pleasant. Phew: that's my 23 and a half year job done!

    (And yes I know that they will all boomerang back, a mother's job is never done etc.... but I can briefly congratulate myself, I think, on not having lost or killed them.)
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    MTimT said:

    MaxPB said:

    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I did JFK to Tokyo, that felt like it would never end. I think that was 14h or so.
    Chicago-Hong Kong on United; 15 hours 50 minutes
    Why? Why would any of you long distance masters want to do such things to yourselves, let alone dope yourself up in order to cope?

    In my youth I could just about cope with London to Delhi (en route to Hong Kong), but that is about it. In later years the monthly (or so) business/first class flight to the states had about as much appeal as the 07:00 commuter train to Victoria. Ditto going to and from Muscat.

    Why you fellows feel the need to dope yourself to the eyeballs and then take a 14/15 hour flight is beyond me.
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    Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039
    It's the way they go for precisely 62% to get Owen over the line that really tickles me.
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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    Get ready to pay £10 for a coffee in Australia.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,966
    MaxPB said:

    MTimT said:

    MaxPB said:

    SeanT said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    rcs1000 said:

    MaxPB said:

    Mr. Slackbladder, bloody plebeians.

    Sulla warned us about you lot!

    Mr. Max, if I were a PC gamer, I imagine I'd give that sort of thing a crack.

    Then be glad you are not a PC Gamer, Mr Dancer. I can't speak for the others but Europa Universalis IV is a time sink of the magnitude of a medium sized black hole.

    Crusader Kings II I bought thinking I would enjoy it but never got into it.

    Thankfully I have been clean for over a year now. Flight sim only, for me.
    Get Stellaris. Being space Hitler is a lot of fun.
    Can I be real Hitler instead?
    Well as long as you ramp up militarism and xenophobia two notches anything is possible. You also get bonus alien slaves, so you can be space Hitler plus slavery.
    Hmmm... I fly to Oz Saturday morning... 24 hours on a plane = good video gaming time...
    I'm off to Santiago Chile in about ten days (after a family jolly in Portugal)

    I just checked the route. The direct flight from Paris CDG is 15 hours along, which must make it a contender for our *longest non-stop flight experienced by a pb-er* competition.

    Edit: turns out it's the longest non-stop flight originating in Europe

    https://www.kayak.co.uk/news/air-worlds-longest-direct-flights-master/

    Than Holy Fuck I am in Biz.
    I did JFK to Tokyo, that felt like it would never end. I think that was 14h or so.
    Chicago-Hong Kong on United; 15 hours 50 minutes

    PS Cattle. Sometimes working for a non-profit sucks.
    That sounds like death reheated tbh. At least I went business with Sony.
    I though Sony was a non-profit?
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Is he not worried about reputational damage?

    @TelePolitics: Nigel Farage to share a platform with Donald Trump https://t.co/LqSiG6MCxg
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607

    It's the way they go for precisely 62% to get Owen over the line that really tickles me.
    Accuracy down to the single vote as well.
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