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Bleedin' hell Hull are beating Everton 3-0 already!

Whitechapel!? No way plenty to recommend, eat, see and a good place to be born in ;-)

Walthamstow's not that bad and was better when it had the dogs and Scamps - I'm not allowing it. Also bits of Deptford are quite trendy. Whilst Greenwich is good(although not as good as once) The Fan Museum is a good shout Moos.

Tottenham The Black Lion in Plaistow is a fine pub, although broadly you're right Canning Town's not all that too

Zenith Data Systems

London's a big place and many of you don't know much of it so I thought it would be worth naming some places that are definitely NOT worth a visit. To avoid accusations of bias I have chosen from all 4 points of the compass. Enfield Barkingside Woolwich Feltham Please feel free to add...or disagree if you're mad. yup, I'm bored.

Simod Cup?

This probably sums it up best http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/werewolves-win-right-to-tear-your-head-off-200911252257/

bignumber5 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fear 'n boozin Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I've always wondered why our Martian friends > have > > been so obsessed with visiting the Nevadan > desert > > over the past half century or so. It's not as > if > > there's anything there for them to see (unless > > they are secretly visiting Vegas). > > > Well, frankly, we can do without a group of funny > little fellas with a massive gambling problem who, > based on reports, have an interest verging on > obsession with the anal-probing of intellectually > subnormal rednecks: i bet they don't even read the > guardian... Shite...could be me

You used to park on the 6th floor or something...looking at previous posts it looks like people just parked on the lower floors and walked down

They are lareday among us....*coughs* Lizards

The verdict was unexpected, if it had gone the other way the would have stopped....from BBC It took Lord Phillips just a couple of minutes to deliver a profoundly important ruling for UK banks and their customers. The Supreme Court has decided that for the past two and a half years the OFT has been barking up the wrong legal tree. The result is that banks can continue charging high fees for customers who go overdrawn without authority to subsidise the cost of providing current accounts to other customers who stay in the black.

Brendan the banks do all offer free banking.

..well, as I said it used to be well lit, well used and have security cameras and a lift straight down to the front entrance that didn't stop at any other floors and I used it loads. So either that's changed - which is possible as it was a few years ago - or people are just talking out their bums.

Can't you get your driver to drive slowly beside her when she goes out for a spin

Looks like free banking for the prudent will now be going thanks to the likely ruling *walks away whistling

Has it changed? When I used to go (pre-kids) it was free parking on level 6? with an express lift to front forecourt and perfectly safe

It's nothing but a heartache

Smiler Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What other things can you bet on? > > Quite fancy a trip to a betting establishment on > Lordship Lane with the Bugaboo. Bookies are the only buggyfree places on LL....by law

Yup - on BBC

Hart sacked apparently - Ratty?

very good honnie

Boo Hisss

PPS Can I add the disclaimer that gambling's a mugs game, Labour will probably win this seat (but 1/5 on no thanks) so although 20/1 does look good value don't put your house on it

No! That would be mad as we could influence that! But they offer odds on plenty of public votes such as X-factor, Strictly etc etc As a student of gambling rather than Phsepholgy(???) I can say that Magpie's hit the nail on the head. For the big and normal sporting events the bookies odds tend to be pretty near to probability or they are also adjusted to reflect the risk on their book - eg England are normally shorter odds for the World Cup than they should be as so much money is bet on them, they can also try and attract money away from favourites by pushing odds out away from those with a decent chance to attract money in there. However, in araes where they really can't summon market expertise or traditional stats of results their odds are often out of kilter and in this case if you can really get the Lib Dems at 20s that represents real value IMO and I'm gonna look at it! A few years back the odds on 'hole in ones' in golf were badly out of kilter and some shrewd punters made a killing - most bookies now have sophisticated dataanalysis teams and datamining programmes that try and keep their starting odds near to the stats and then adjust their books as the money comes in to maximise their profit. It's hardly done on the hoof and by indivuduals anymore just all stats. PS If you do want to get a bet on England in the World Cup odds are normally better with an overseas bookmaker.