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« Reply #13845 on: November 14, 2011, 07:35:20 PM »

To all those involved in the stereotypinggate affair.

I don't know why it upset me so much, but it did, and I overreacted badly.

Please accept my apologies.

Was a minor thing - it made me realise how often I use the word gay though!

Likewise and certainly no need for apologies, but to be gracious, I accept :-)
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« Reply #13846 on: November 14, 2011, 07:36:41 PM »

To all those involved in the stereotypinggate affair.

I don't know why it upset me so much, but it did, and I overreacted badly.

Please accept my apologies.

Was a minor thing - it made me realise how often I use the word gay though!

Likewise and certainly no need for apologies, but to be gracious, I accept :-)

I will never forgive you.

Way too much damage done.































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« Reply #13847 on: November 14, 2011, 07:38:12 PM »

I believe one of the Partouche commentators at the weekend got into heavy weather by using the term "that's a gay raise" repeateadly on the live stream

defending himself afterwards he said it is a "standard London poker term"
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« Reply #13848 on: November 14, 2011, 07:44:21 PM »

I believe one of the Partouche commentators at the weekend got into heavy weather by using the term "that's a gay raise" repeateadly on the live stream

defending himself afterwards he said it is a "standard London poker term"

Someone from blonde done a fb poll, huge sample size of 3, all 3 said they found the term 'gay' I'm gonna start calling it a straight raise from now on.
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« Reply #13849 on: November 14, 2011, 07:45:57 PM »

I believe one of the Partouche commentators at the weekend got into heavy weather by using the term "that's a gay raise" repeateadly on the live stream

defending himself afterwards he said it is a "standard London poker term"

He would have been saying ghey not gay  Cheesy
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« Reply #13850 on: November 14, 2011, 07:48:14 PM »

I believe one of the Partouche commentators at the weekend got into heavy weather by using the term "that's a gay raise" repeateadly on the live stream

defending himself afterwards he said it is a "standard London poker term"

He would have been saying ghey not gay  Cheesy


Nope, his twitter uses the term "gay raise" repeatedly in the furore afterwards
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« Reply #13851 on: November 14, 2011, 07:49:37 PM »

I believe one of the Partouche commentators at the weekend got into heavy weather by using the term "that's a gay raise" repeateadly on the live stream

defending himself afterwards he said it is a "standard London poker term"

He would have been saying ghey not gay  Cheesy


Nope, his twitter uses the term "gay raise" repeatedly in the furore afterwards

Guilty as then.
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« Reply #13852 on: November 14, 2011, 07:53:47 PM »

To all those involved in the stereotypinggate affair.

I don't know why it upset me so much, but it did, and I overreacted badly.

Please accept my apologies.

Was a minor thing - it made me realise how often I use the word gay though!

Likewise and certainly no need for apologies, but to be gracious, I accept :-)

This, apart from I didn't have the gay revelation.
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« Reply #13853 on: November 14, 2011, 08:01:12 PM »

I believe one of the Partouche commentators at the weekend got into heavy weather by using the term "that's a gay raise" repeateadly on the live stream

defending himself afterwards he said it is a "standard London poker term"
It might have been OK if he was not referring to a play by Vanessa Selbst.
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« Reply #13854 on: November 14, 2011, 10:38:13 PM »

I've been watching The Young Apprentice on BBC1.

I'm not really much into this type of cannon fodder TV, but a have to grudgingly admit, it is rather splendid viewing.

That girl who got sacked last night. She brought it on herself. Fancy taking two strong candidates like those back into the boardroom?



Also.....

Do you find this lad as irritating as I do?




And who do you think he looks like? Bridie says Beethoven, I say Gordon Brown.



I've done a complete U turn. I thought James was entertaining, engaging and efficient this week.

The team leader bint Heya should have gone IMO, But then again, that Lewis was a bit of a Herbert.
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« Reply #13855 on: November 14, 2011, 11:04:34 PM »

US National Debt.


http://www.usdebtclock.org/



Can someone explain it to me?

Who do they owe the money to?
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« Reply #13856 on: November 14, 2011, 11:11:44 PM »

US National Debt.


http://www.usdebtclock.org/



Can someone explain it to me?

Who do they owe the money to?

Governments sell bonds to whoever; banks, other countries, people, pension funds, insurance companies, etc. They pay interest on those bonds, and after x years (x = 1, 5, 10, 25, infinite and several in between), they buy them back at face value. They buy them back by issuing new bonds, usually. When they issue new bonds, they will have to pay whatever interest the market will take them at - too low and they won't sell them. There might be an auction to set the interest rate.
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« Reply #13857 on: November 14, 2011, 11:28:33 PM »

US National Debt.


http://www.usdebtclock.org/



Can someone explain it to me?

Who do they owe the money to?

Governments sell bonds to whoever; banks, other countries, people, pension funds, insurance companies, etc. They pay interest on those bonds, and after x years (x = 1, 5, 10, 25, infinite and several in between), they buy them back at face value. They buy them back by issuing new bonds, usually. When they issue new bonds, they will have to pay whatever interest the market will take them at - too low and they won't sell them. There might be an auction to set the interest rate.


So how does the debit ever get paid off?  Surely they must have a plan?
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« Reply #13858 on: November 14, 2011, 11:49:06 PM »

I've been mulling about all the talk of Government debts over recent years and decided it's pretty much all cock.  In the end a few people get yachts & planes, quite a few get nice TVs, cars & houses & countless billions get sod all.

Capitalism will end some day and these notions will all seem ridiculous

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« Reply #13859 on: November 14, 2011, 11:53:32 PM »

Don't you think that capitalism is like the modern day version of natural selection or survival of the fittest or something Glen?


I don't really understand how it works but I'm sure there are still fat-cats in communist countries. They're just fewer and fatter.
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