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I've been contacted by a guy from the BBC about helping with a documentary on online poker. he got my details of a home game list. I've spoken to him on the phone and told him my 'story' and he may well want to come and film me and mrs AdamM play one night. Still not sure about that myself because my one concern is that poker players may not be presented in the best light in a BBC money programme documentary. anyway, I may be worrying about nothing. if you'd like to help the guy out his name is phillip kemp and here are his contact details. phillip.kemp@bbc.co.uk 0208 752 5412 he's interested in people playing at all levels and is particulary interested in speaking to women who play online and people who win lots and loose lots (which is what worries me)

The same guy rung Jen last week, &, I think, Mel Lofthouse. I understand your concern, but if youi can't trust the Beeb Current Affairs Department, who can you trust to present a balanced piece?

were you watching the same war coverage I was?

Beeb have far from earned my trust with their biased reporting in the past.

cheap shot I know, but I laughed anyway.  ;D

slim chance of anything other than poker  ;)

The war coverage was not by the CA Dept, that was BBC News. It's a given that National News coverage is dictated to by the Government & the Military in times of War. The grerat shame is that they think we actually BELIEVE what we see on the news about how a conflict is going, whereas anyone with a single brain cell interprets what they see & hear, depending largely upon where they saw or heard it.

Being ex-forces, I heard it from mates who were there when they got home and there is a world of difference from the reported version.

Living in Colchester, and having a few mates that are in 2 and 3 para (stationed in Colchester)  I too have heard stories that make you realise what is and isnt told to the general public via the news channels... but having said that when you look at the news in some countries, we are far better off than some .

sorry mate, you obviously weren't watching the same coverage as me. The BBC were very ANTI government with their war coverage. horrible biased reporting.

I disagree, a poll came out during the war and a clear majority of people said neither the BBC nor any of the other news channels were anti-war enough.

Sorry Adam, think deeper.

A few brave souls at the BBC told the truth, against orders to say the war was good & all was well, which is what they were supposed to say.

These brave souls were only anti-Government in the sense that the Government were undeniably wrong to pursue the war, particularly at the behest of Bush & Co, & so the guys spoke the truth, a truth that all right thinking people knew to be the case. It is one of THE greatest tragedies of my lifetime that America has decided it wants to control the Middle East, & cares not a jot how many innocent Muslims die so that the Americans greed & lust for power & oil can be satisfied. And the Americans wonder why Muslims attack them?! And before any idiot says it, OF COURSE I don't condone terrorist attacks on anyone, anywhere, (I abhor ALL Terrorism, let's be quite clear about that) but imagine if the boot were on the other foot, & the Muslims went into America & told them how to run their country.....

But I am not sure this is really the place to be discussing such grave issues. I am happy to debate it with you off-Forum though. blonde is a place to have fun, & the needless murder (under the guise of "war") of so many Muslims is something that is a very serious matter, & one that distrubs me greatly, & I find it hard not to get uptight about.

maybe if the news wasnt so anti war we would get the real facts and we wouldnt be getting suicide bombers in the uk now

so they never found any WoMD the fact was sadamn needed removing from power and the only mistake made was the 12 year delay in doing it, the british media have an anti american element in it and will knock the USA any chance it gets because the UK sat on the same table as bush meant our media was going to knock the war,

the bombings in london in july have been linked to the iraq war, the bombers believed in some of this anti war claptrap being spouted by the british media and used this to justify there cause

FACT a large MAJORITY of iraqis both in iraq and abroad wanted sadam gone and if the allies had not left them on there own after the first gulf war then he would have been gone along time ago with alot less loss of life and with the majority of those removing sadam being iraqis themselves leading to a more peacefull change or regime


so now OUR troops are in a dangerous forgien country with little support from our media and countrymen, doing a job that our government forgot to do over a decade ago and all they get is crap about an illegal war, tell that to the 100,000s of kuiwaites that still have no idea what happened to there loved ones, or the kurds in northern iraq that were gassed in there beds (mothers and children) and the iraqis in the south that were butchered when they tried to overthrow sadam in the early 90's

now this is a poker forum so i dont think we should be talking any of this crap because i might ended up pissing some people off

I see they've given out rain for tomorrow. The garden needs it.......

Isn't it wonderful how so many innocent threads develop in completely different directions?

My mind harks back to the thread about "LOST" which developed into mammoth views on copyright and the "Syrflop" thread that was all about censorship and freedom of speech

Very rarely does it develop into flaming, and there are usually a lot of strong opposing views

Great stuff

hey you should of seen this idiot in my wcoop supersat last night had 40k CL by 10k
average was about 10k with about 20 left 8 seats to play for with money back to 11th
kept trying to bully worked well vrs the short stacks but he kept taking on the bigger stacks
ended up 13th meanwhile i nursed my stack that never went over 4k the whole comp to the tikay 12th

fire in the hole

Ironsides views overlap, but don't exactly match mine. I feel BBC news (if not the organisation as a whole) has a right of centre bias and their reporting of the war, far from being neutral as it should be was a danger to not only the morall of troups in action, troups and reservists waiting to go and the family and friends of those serving, but also added to the growing tension at home between various political, social and ethnic groups.

I get very wound up when the media claims it is simply presenting the facts without accepting any responsibilty for how their presentation of those facts effect the subject being covered.

It's truly fascinating. Good buds like Adam & Ironsuide & me, with huge respct for each other, but with diametrically opposed views.

But I don't think THIS thread in particular sits comfortably in blonde, & I hope it now peters out.

Peace to all is my dream.

"...the tikay 12th..." Niow that I DO take offence to. It's usually 11th.....

 :-X

so anyone else blown a huge stack in a super sat like that?

You mean apart from Ariston?

I must just add that Ironsides post on page 1 of this thread is the most passionate, well written post he has ever made ... and for the record.. one that i agree 100% with  TOP MAN


Love from COCHESTER  :-*

I actually find some people's views on this thread incredibly frightening.

I won't say anymore because I'll get angry.

which is why Tikay want's this to peter out.


Good man for counting to ten Noflops

Back on topic I have had an email from the guy as well. If anyone is interested it's copied below -


Dear Steve,
I'm a researcher with the Money Programme at the BBC and we're looking at the phenomenon of online poker for a programme at the moment. I'm contacting you in the hope that you might be able to put me in touch with any players you know with interesting stories to tell about playing poker online.
We're specifically looking to find anyone who's either considering playing online poker for the first time, or who has only recently taken it up. Do you know anyone who has done particularly well online or perhaps someone who used to play regularly but doesn't anymore? We're keen to speak to anyone who plays both live and online poker who can talk about the different disciplines they demand.
If you can think of anyone who might be interested, please could you forward me a contact telephone number for them, or alternatively, would you ask them to call me in the office on 0208 752 5412 as soon as possible before we start filming shortly. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions. I hope you can help.
Kind regards,
Phil Kemp
phillip.kemp@bbc.co.uk

I've had to today, the poker gods have been cruel:

Flopped Nut Flush, Out to Full House on the river
Flopped Nut Straight, Out runner, runner flush on the river.
AQ on Qxx flop, 9 on the river gives Matey Boy's Q9 two pair and knocks me out.

We have signed Mickey Owen today though!  ;D

We have signed Mickey Owen today though!  ;D
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And thats good news? :D

I accept the responsibilitry for "lighting this fire", & get double points deducted for then saying lets not discuss it here". I'm sorry.

so lets see this is the tv poker, politic and football thread all we need is lap dancers and we have a complete set

personally i think the tabloids give lap dancers a bad name

do they? hadn't noticed.....


One of the players at Luton owns a lapdancing club in Milton Keynes.

If you ever make it down to Luton Iron, we'll sort you out some complimentaries.

Complimentary tickets, that is

just bring the dancers to the casino saves alot of hassle

Is that the club by the ice rink TE ?

a) dancers in casino...great idea....in Practice not going to happen. However dina the dealer...Iron, you must visit!!

b) yes, club by ice rink, forget name

and why my inquire is it not going to happen

Ironside...you ask Carmel. I will stand at a safe distance when you do so!!!!!

KEITH why cant we have lapdancers in the casino?

 ::) ::) ::) ::)

I'm sure their presence is fine, their job characteristics, probably not

But Dina the dealer....drool. That woman is a Goddess.

On that we can all agree.

Perfection in a Grosvenor uniform.

You can just catch a snatch of Dina in  couple of these pics from the blonde Gallery..........

http://www.comeonboro.com/blondepoker/gallery/004804.html

can we organise a photo with or without the uniform

Oh the temptation to post something ......

Tikay wins the "NUN" did i really type that award :)

Wotswrongwifthat Cochester?

Bless him,..... im sure someone will enlighten you, i couldnt possibly say on a public forum ;)

Heres a question for ya ...  whats an XML feed ??   sometimes when i look on the "Who's online" section, i often see  GUEST...viewing an XML feed ...  any one know ?

She is lovely, Most women are, in one way or another, and they all fascinate me, but she dosn't have that "Oh my god, I want to sue my father-in-law" thing going on, not for me anyway

Its not a looks thing, its more......To be honest, I dont know, but you know what I mean ( I hope)

 :-X So tempting, isn't it  :-X

What's all this about Kev.. I do believe you are bad mouthing me ??

err he found something amusing in this message from tikay:
 
http://www.comeonboro.com/blondepoker/forum/index.php?topic=1467.msg34869#msg34869

never mind that does this dealer lapdance in her spare time or something i missed here?

ok...

I've magnified it and everything but I cant see ............

XML is a computer language/format.  Have no idea what there viewing - do they view it for hours on end?  Might be a strange blonde sub-cult

I was beginning to think that only me and robert read it properly, thanks double up  ;) welcome to my world :)

Well me & DoubleUp seem tio be equally naive as to what's so funny about my Dina comment.

And me & Red agree on Dina......

A kindly blondeite has just PM'd me to explain my alleged faux paus in describing Dina. All I can say is that I have never heard THAT before, & I bet a lot of blondeites have not, either.

Not guilty.

Pmsl ... i bet you blushed when you read it :)

i bet your the only one thats never heard the term before

<sigh>

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm

about 55% of the way down the page

No, not at ALL, because I don't believe the word is as widely used in the way you perverts use it as you may think.....

Oh, & there's nowt wrong with perverts, I have applied to join, but it seems I am not old enough.

Now, here's  question for you Kev. The maker of Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels, Guy Ritchie, made another similar type of film, with secveral of the same cast. What was it called?

tony its a well known word mate infact one of the most common words for it out there thats not as offensive as some of the words you would know

Snatch :)

and grab?

Ahh, it's a film title then. And what was it about?

Title was opposite of what it was..a load of old bollox

well brad pit plays a pikey fighter .(One punch Mickey) .with a naff irish accent ... bit of a diamond heist movie , with charcters with superb names like.. Franky four fingers and Brick top.

Ahh, thanks for that Cochster. So it was OK to use "Snatch" as the title then....? And there was NO humpy pumpy in it?

Tikay ... snatch is also another way of saying grab forcefully .... prick is a commonly used word when administering injections and talking about needles .... cobblers are shoemakers  yet used under different circumstances these words can have an altogether shadier (yet highly amusing) effect when read by someone with a seaside postcard sense of humour... of which I am one :)

I rest my case. All charges dropped then.

But I will confess that "Snatch" was one of no less than THREE films I have watched in the last 30 years, the other 2 being Lock Stock etc & Pulp Fiction.

You like dugs?

Dugs?

Yeah, dugs.

Ahh, DUGS......

You were never charged my good man, it just made me laugh out loud when i read it, and i think quite a few people cottoned on to it real quick ... i bet that photo has had plenty of hits, only for a few of us to feel let down by what we thought we were promised  ;D

It's IMPOSSIBLE to see a photo of Dina & feel let down. And she's just FINE in her uniform. Imagination is a wonderful thing. Remember, it's not the destination, it's the journey......

Amen

can i just say this has to be the strangest thread ever

I wish i had a quid for every time i heard "cor who's that fit dealer with the corkscrew hair"  :)  

you just wish you had a quid

LOL thats a bold statement on this forum :)

I agree but I still think we could have made more of the mysterious XML viewers

it was the aliens

tikay, you uttered those immortal words the weekend I joined to follow the Vic update in April. I remember it well, I thought, "this is a poetic and educated forum, the sort where I belong" ... anyway back to snatch.

Dina has the loveliest sparkling eyes and a super smile....and I get to see her 3-4 nights a week should I so choose...


Yes lads, it's been a while......... ::)

It is showing through  ;)

when you next se her tell het that grandad has been peddling photos of her to cochesterk (he is on another diet)

So did you just decide you wern't going to watch any films, if so why

and if thats the case, how did you come to see those three?

he took a date out for a romantic night out

i hope he spat the stone out ;)

Where were we before we got so rudely interrupted.....ah yes, Red's question to me - why did I see the three films I have (in maybe 30 years) & why do I so rarely watch films.

Julian & "Belly" (Ian Odershaw) kept insisting I watched Pulp Fiction, & Ian loaned me the Video. I was indoors, alone, on Crimble Day, & the TV was crap, as per usual, all that shmoltzy crap, Jingle Bells everywhere, and I suddenly thought, "OK, I'll give this Pulp Fiction a try". Watched it a dozen times, adored it. But had to give it back to Ian eventually, & now I don't know how to get hold of a copy of it. Actually, I have watched not three, but maybe 6 ior 7 films. The others were Goodfellas, The Godfather, & Once Upon a Time in America.

Lock Stock, Snatch - both were presents from my then (& now sadly ex) partner, who insisted we watched them together, & I loved them both, & still watch them when time permits.

Why did I never watch movies? Just never interested me, that's all I guess, always had more interesting things to do. And 99% of movies are fiction. I much - MUCH - prefer non-fiction.

I prefer readiing to be honest. I have maybe 2,000 books, & of that, no more than 6 are fiction. And that includes Papillon, which is actually "embellished truth".
 
I love true stories of heroism, battles against adversity, biographies, "wow" stories. The round the world yacht race where one guy cheated, then took his life because of the shame. Gangland, mobster & "hard men" stories. Fairground boxers - REAL hard men. Stories from the Japanese POW camps & about the Allied POW's building the railways in those dreadful, disease infested tropical forests. Unbelievable - but true stories that you would not believe if they were fiction - the Thalidomide story, ( a drug made by Distillers that caused horrific mutations), the Robert Maxwell saga, the Nick Leeson Barings Bank debacle, The Nixon Tapes, & the whole Watergate story - that is a real jaw-dropper, & partly led to my loathing of the American political system. Imagine this. Nixon decides, in his vanity, to install a 24 hour voice recording system in his office. He overseess a criminal act, discusses it with his aides, ducks & dives this way & that to avoid telling the truth when it came out on top. And it was all on tape - every last word. So the judge says "give me the tapes". Nixon says "no, on grounds of National Security". Eventually he tries to destroy the tapes, but is destroyed himself. A few President's later, we have a President having oral sex with a yoing trainee girl who is on the staff. He denies it on the grounds it was not "real" sex. Imagine that - two Presidents & two exposed liars. Imagine how the American folks felt. Imagine how those two guys felt. Simon Singh's "Fermat's Last Theorem" - a book about a Mathematical formula that is so intense in it's fascination that you have to read the whole thing in one go. Fermat discovered a formula, & it took 4 centuries to prove the formula, but it was true. And on the way to it's discovery, we discover that you can calculate the actual length of every river in the world, if you know it's "as the crow flies" length. Sounds impossiible, but it's true. And - on the way to this weird & obscure maths formula - we discover an insect that breeds every 17 - that's seventeen - years. Bill Bryson;s "A short history of nearly everything" is so gob-smacking that I have to keep re-reading some of the data in there, time & time again.

So it's non-fiction for me, always will be. I have no prob with peeps who prefer fiction, thats their gravy. I get a little prickly when I get derided for my "lack of imagination", but I generally hold my tongue, & keep my true feelings private.

So, I don't often watch movies, & now you know why. You did ask!

Next question!

hells bells tikay....what a post

I agree on Bryson, a fascinating book

I have just begun rewatching the 1973 Thames televison documentary "The World at War", the one narrated by Olivier. It fascinates me

As did the Gilbert biography of Churchill

and much much else in the sphere of military history, political history etc

I love good fiction, but also great biographies

Thank you, that was a great reply.  I agree with you about the non fiction, I used to read it,(fiction that is) and enjoy it, but I discovered biographies/ auto biographies and their is no going back.

Please read  'a Jump for life' by Ruth Altbeker Cyprys, it made such an impression on me

Next question? don't tempt me!

i love bryson,,,,,he has a great take on things and writes with an insight thats hard to match....plus he brings up the wierd and wonderful things about the world

Couldn't agree more - this book should be on every school kids desk.  This book explained things better than my old physics teacher ever could.
It also provides you with lots of info to become a complete bore to your friends!

Ah, that explains it. ;)

LOL for instance do you know haw many protons are in the space occupied by this full stop . ?