General Chit Chat

[Harry Genshaw]

Who the hell has that plane?

Vincent Tan's got it hidden deep inside a hollowed-out volcano

I was thinking more little fat man in NK tbh

Nah, he was on the golf course at the time. For him to have done it he'd have had to get round it in no time and..hang on you could be onto something Hoboh

[Gooner Girl]

Beards will NEVER be fashionable and are the preserve of flashers, serial killers and geography teachers with acne scarring.

The bloke who washed my hair at the hairdressers today just about managed to pull off having a beard - though it wasn't one of those huge thick bushy ones so perhaps that's why. And Lever End IS a serial killer. I've seen evidence.

[LeverEnd]

Beards will NEVER be fashionable and are the preserve of flashers, serial killers and geography teachers with acne scarring.

The bloke who washed my hair at the hairdressers today just about managed to pull off having a beard - though it wasn't one of those huge thick bushy ones so perhaps that's why. And Lever End IS a serial killer. I've seen evidence.

SSShhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[danhorwich]

Beards will NEVER be fashionable and are the preserve of flashers, serial killers and geography teachers with acne scarring.

The bloke who washed my hair at the hairdressers today just about managed to pull off having a beard - though it wasn't one of those huge thick bushy ones so perhaps that's why. And Lever End IS a serial killer. I've seen evidence.

SSShhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Is that why you had to move schools...

[Bruce Rioja]

Mate of mine won 42 grand on an accumulator at Cheltenham yesterday. His first horse was favourite and came nowhere...would have been heading up to 250k had that one come in too...

Hang on. My limited knowledge of betting tells me that if you place an accumulator bet and your first horse comes nowhere then that's the rest of your bet gone for a shit too. Your pal's a money laundering drug dealer. Inform the authorities immediately or else you're an accomplice and a peddler of death.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Mate of mine won 42 grand on an accumulator at Cheltenham yesterday. His first horse was favourite and came nowhere...would have been heading up to 250k had that one come in too...

Hang on. My limited knowledge of betting tells me that if you place an accumulator bet and your first horse comes nowhere then that's the rest of your bet gone for a shit too. Your pal's a money laundering drug dealer. Inform the authorities immediately or else you're an accomplice and a peddler of death.

That's what I thought - the first part anyway.

[Dujon]

Me too, Worthy, please enlighten us. Perhaps he meant he would have won the money if he'd started his run after the first race; or perhaps he laid a second bet after the first had lapsed? I'm 'confuserated'.

[LeverEnd]

Beards will NEVER be fashionable and are the preserve of flashers, serial killers and geography teachers with acne scarring.

The bloke who washed my hair at the hairdressers today just about managed to pull off having a beard - though it wasn't one of those huge thick bushy ones so perhaps that's why. And Lever End IS a serial killer. I've seen evidence.

SSShhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Is that why you had to move schools...

Double shusssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh!!

[Worthy4England]

Mate of mine won 42 grand on an accumulator at Cheltenham yesterday. His first horse was favourite and came nowhere...would have been heading up to 250k had that one come in too...

Hang on. My limited knowledge of betting tells me that if you place an accumulator bet and your first horse comes nowhere then that's the rest of your bet gone for a shit too. Your pal's a money laundering drug dealer. Inform the authorities immediately or else you're an accomplice and a peddler of death.

That's what I thought - the first part anyway.

Depends what type of accumulator it is. There are ones that if one horse goes down, the whole lot is gone because of a single horse. What my mate bet was a Lucky 15, which is 15 bets within one. At £4 per bet (you pick the stake) so it was a £60 win bet. To go each way it would have been double.

You get 4 singles (so any of your horses winning will pay the single) - that's 4 bets.
You get 6 doubles (horse 1&2, 1&3, 1&4, 2&3, 2&4, 3&4)
4 trebles (horse 1,2&3, 1,2&4, 1,3&4, 2,3&4)
1 fourfold (1,2,3,4)

So his favourite not coming in, lost him 7 bets, he still won on the other 8.

it would have been a huge win, had his other come in.

[Worthy4England]

Just worked out, it would have been £428k if his last had come in, but the bookies would have only paid to their max, which I think was £250k

[Il Pirate]

Mate of mine won 42 grand on an accumulator at Cheltenham yesterday. His first horse was favourite and came nowhere...would have been heading up to 250k had that one come in too...

Hang on. My limited knowledge of betting tells me that if you place an accumulator bet and your first horse comes nowhere then that's the rest of your bet gone for a shit too. Your pal's a money laundering drug dealer. Inform the authorities immediately or else you're an accomplice and a peddler of death.

That's what I thought - the first part anyway.

Depends what type of accumulator it is. There are ones that if one horse goes down, the whole lot is gone because of a single horse. What my mate bet was a Lucky 15, which is 15 bets within one. At £4 per bet (you pick the stake) so it was a £60 win bet. To go each way it would have been double.

You get 4 singles (so any of your horses winning will pay the single) - that's 4 bets.
You get 6 doubles (horse 1&2, 1&3, 1&4, 2&3, 2&4, 3&4)
4 trebles (horse 1,2&3, 1,2&4, 1,3&4, 2,3&4)
1 fourfold (1,2,3,4)

So his favourite not coming in, lost him 7 bets, he still won on the other 8.

it would have been a huge win, had his other come in.

That's either Ladbrokes or Bet Fred. Both are good with this type of 'lucky 15/30 etc' type of bet. Good on yer mate Worthy. For what it's worth, my grandad once won the ITV 7 in the seventies. John Rickman 'n all............

[Worthy4England]

Mate of mine won 42 grand on an accumulator at Cheltenham yesterday. His first horse was favourite and came nowhere...would have been heading up to 250k had that one come in too...

Hang on. My limited knowledge of betting tells me that if you place an accumulator bet and your first horse comes nowhere then that's the rest of your bet gone for a shit too. Your pal's a money laundering drug dealer. Inform the authorities immediately or else you're an accomplice and a peddler of death.

That's what I thought - the first part anyway.

Depends what type of accumulator it is. There are ones that if one horse goes down, the whole lot is gone because of a single horse. What my mate bet was a Lucky 15, which is 15 bets within one. At £4 per bet (you pick the stake) so it was a £60 win bet. To go each way it would have been double.

You get 4 singles (so any of your horses winning will pay the single) - that's 4 bets.
You get 6 doubles (horse 1&2, 1&3, 1&4, 2&3, 2&4, 3&4)
4 trebles (horse 1,2&3, 1,2&4, 1,3&4, 2,3&4)
1 fourfold (1,2,3,4)

So his favourite not coming in, lost him 7 bets, he still won on the other 8.

it would have been a huge win, had his other come in.

That's either Ladbrokes or Bet Fred. Both are good with this type of 'lucky 15/30 etc' type of bet. Good on yer mate Worthy. For what it's worth, my grandad once won the ITV 7 in the seventies. John Rickman 'n all............

He's probably just got back 35 years wirth of giving 'em £20 a week.

[Dujon]

Thanks, Worthy. That information shows what little I know about gambling. I have always thought that an 'accumulator' was a series of bets where the winnings from the first selection is re-invested in the second and any winnings from the second re-invested in the third . . . and so on. Any break in the sequence means your investment (as usual I suspect) finishes in the bookie's bank account. Well you live and you learn.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Thanks, Worthy. That information shows what little I know about gambling. I have always thought that an 'accumulator' was a series of bets where the winnings from the first selection is re-invested in the second and any winnings from the second re-invested in the third . . . and so on. Any break in the sequence means your investment (as usual I suspect) finishes in the bookie's bank account. Well you live and you learn.

You understood the explanation, Dujon? I'm just taking his word for it...

[Worthy4England]

Thanks, Worthy. That information shows what little I know about gambling. I have always thought that an 'accumulator' was a series of bets where the winnings from the first selection is re-invested in the second and any winnings from the second re-invested in the third . . . and so on. Any break in the sequence means your investment (as usual I suspect) finishes in the bookie's bank account. Well you live and you learn.

That is also an accumulator. But it's a single bet. So not that far out.

[Bruce Rioja]

Did anyone hear Bez on the wireless this morning? I think he'd had drugs for breakfast. He's after taking over from Hazel Blears with his campaign to make beehives.

[Bruce Rioja]

Crikey. This is a rum do.

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[Raven]

Walking the dog last night stumbled upon a large frog, showed it to the dog who decided to try and pee on it!! No idea why he would do that vile wee git.

[wigan white]

Walking the dog last night stumbled upon a large frog, showed it to the dog who decided to try and pee on it!! No idea why he would do that vile wee git.

I applaud your dog sir, it's what should be done to all French people

[Gooner Girl]

I use, well used mostly these days as the twins are pretty much potty trained reusable nappies, and so belong to a few buying and selling groups on facebook (yes, I know...) Anyway, one went for the other day for £40! For a nappy! I'm thinking of starting a new business. Easy money!