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HAL9000 Wrote: It sounds like the financial market strategy called 'arbitrage': specifically a type of 'spread' (aka 'hedge') position. As in 'hedge' fund. Yo! Thats right HAL9000. Today you could have backed Roddick at 9/1 and laid him at below Evens at one point!

Fabulous Final. Hard Luck Andy. Roger you really are the greatest and I've seen Laver/Borg/McEnroe/Agassi/Sampras/Nadal et al...

bigbadwolf Wrote: Don't worry Lyndsey, I'm simply carrying on in jest.....messing about as it were.. bbw Lyndsey has made it PERFECTLY clear she doesn't do "jest".. Kindly regard this thread with the seriousness that it thoroughly deserves. After her initial "clearly this wasn't a good idea" she followed it up with "thank you keef for having a more advanced personality than a 12 year old.. " and as a final "coup de grace" : "I thought a thread here might be inspiring. Naive that I am"..... Don't joke, please...

red devil Wrote: Ok Tony, so in effect by 'laying' you become the bookie (in your example offering odds of 3/1), and therefore you are relying on another punter to come along and place their money with you. I don't use exchanges myself so forgive my ignorance, but is there any competition for these 'lay' odds, e.g could you be offering 4/1, and say Quids @ 3/1 amd > Mick @ 11/4?..there must be someone at the bottom of this betting 'food chain' who is losing though?.. No! Its a standard joke that EVERYONE Wins on Betfair Exchange! lol In reality why not Google Betfair and see for yourself. In a typical "in-running" market the "Bookmakers are on the left and it shows the best 3 prices available which are offerred to The Punters. The "best" odds are nearest the middle. On the right hand side are the 3 nearest prices that the Punters want, starting with the Guys who are prepared to take the lowest odds, nearest the middle until the 3rd ( furtherest) column which is the highest odds someone wants. There may be thousands of other people offerring/asking for other odds which are not on the screen. You can only be "The Bookmaker" as you rightly say RD by doing this on an Exchange. Exchanges are 100% safe in all respects and all monies are deducted from BOTH accounts b4 any transaction. The Winner of the bet gets his stake and profit added to his a/c after the closure of the event, in question..

Sherwick Wrote: Why oh why are we preserving these crap pieces of architecture?!? And don't give me this 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' rubbish. Some of us campaign against them and we WON !!!! Tony Sent: 02 June 2008 10:47:40 To: Baillieu, Amanda ([email protected]) I am trying to arrange living accommodation in the heart of Robin Hood Gardens for Sir Richard Rodgers and other architectural illumini.Would you be interested to spend,just 3 months there,as you feel it is such a marvellous place that should be preserved? Contact me a.s.a.p. as,obviously,there will be a great demand for Architects leaving their own Ivory Towers to take advantage of this tremendous,once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!:)

PeckhamRose Wrote: Just rode around London on the bike and everywhere are people out eating and drinking and playing and singing and cycling and skating and being with other people and lying down and laughing and being happy. Can't they read all the DO NOT HAVE FUN / DO NOT DO ANYTHING THAT MAY MAKE YOU HAPPY / DO NOT USE COMMON SENSE signs all over the place? I think they should do something about this and I am writing to my Councillor and MP today. This sort of thing should stop. Sadly, I've witnessed EXACTLY the same whereever I've gone in and around London PR. Don't people realise we are in the grips of a serious recession with civil uproar on, almost, every street corner and swine flu everywhere you go ??? Hopefully this growing trend will abruptly cease when the rain comes next week. Sometimes I despair, I truly do....:'(

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > how do you get a 'guaranteed profit' Tony? Thats only achieved RD on the basis that the Guy that you originally backed drops in price during a Tournament. For example you have ?20 @ 10/1 to, initially, Win ?200 or lose ?20. His price reduces to, say, 3/1. You then "Lay" on Betfair ?50 @ 3/1 to lose ?150 on that transaction. Your revised "position" is : Your Man Wins The Tournament: You, initially, Win ?200 Minus the ?150 you lost by laying him. i.e. Profit ?200- ?150= ?50. Your Man does not Win the Tournament: You, initially, lose your ?20 but you Win ?50 by having "laid" him. i.e Profit ?50 Minus your ?20 original outlay = ?30. Whether he Wins or loses you, thus, make Profit. If his prices does not reduce then you are stuck with your original "position" or bet RD.... The best tactic, if your Man reduces in price is to get your stake money back and get a "free" bet. THEN if his price continues to retract then you can put into practice the above....

Event 5th Ashes Test: England v Australia Date/Time 23 August 2009 11:00 Venue Oval Cricket Ground City London,

O.K. I will be sensible Lyndsey. A ticket for any of The Ashes Test Matches, Australia v England. Preferably the match at The Oval in South London. Assuming he likes Sport he will love the idea.

KalamityKel Wrote: Tone BEHAVE! I promise..B)

Perhaps you could get him a friend who is capable of a receiving and tolerating a tiny bit of good-natured "leg-pulling" and "teasing" and can take a harmless "joke", the type of which I have to take/tolerate/endure probably 50 times a month...jeez. I'll consult the multi-farius sensible Guys on EDF and they will be pleased to proffer "sensible" suggestions..... Dearie Me....

I mean Keef wouldn't you have loved that "gift" from Heaven for one night ( and morning )...B)

Thought I was making a sensible suggestion..."sighs"....

???? Wrote: I got 35, he's 13 this morning so I've laid it and now have a free bet (albeit with reduced profit). That is exactly the way to a potentially profitable betting career quidsy. Of course you could always bring a guaranteed profit together if his odds continue to fall. "Little but often"...is the way successful Punters/Traders earn their readies...

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tone do keep up... tis not my bday tis Miles' :p Sorry I'm Miles behind Kel...;-)

lyndsey83 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > clearly this wasn't a good idea Is there a problem with our idea that we haven't envisaged Lyndsey83 ? Seemed bombproof...::o

daizie Wrote: Sometimes simplicity and brevity is genius daizie! Thats exctly what I was trying to say....;-)

Go away for the day and arrange for a Beautiful Young Lady to visit for a no strings attached, emotional-free, liaison. Then return the next day after she has departed. He will thank you and it will be a Birthday he will never forget.>:D<

Happy Returns Kel :)-D

R.I.P. to the 6 people who died. Just heard the name of The Tower Block: Lakernal where my Aunts were, originally, moved to when Walworth was desecrated by Southwark Council in the 1970's....

Scottish Loser...(6)....and building up our English hopes, as well. Teaser...and Nadal will be back next year.... p.s. Feel free to resurrect this thread next year if "our" Andy improves....:)

Nice story but what a shame that this horse is all alone. Owner/s are clearly clueless or careless as there is little or no stimulation. Feel like driving over just to say Hello! Its like "most" Dogs. They are very sociable and love having a Partner/Friend around. Sad, really.

I hope we are not going to hear the American contingent in the crowd.... "2 Iraq wars and 1 World Series, doo dah, doo dah" .... Cry God for Britain, Andrew and any Saint you can think of Guys...

*Bob* Wrote: Let's not confuse irritating, petty beaurocracy - like not being able to have a picnic with a bottle of wine in the park - with stuff like parking tickets, car-clamping, speed cameras and other such Clarkson-Brigade fodder. They aren't the same thing. Tone, you can order a tax disc online in less than a couple of minutes these days, and have it delivered to your door, free of charge. You also get ten days or two weeks grace (can't remember which) from the date of expiry of the disc as an extra privilege if you do it this way. Modern life isn't always rubbish. I know "Bob" as I get mine Online but The Lady was worried that leaving her car in her Council Block, where she has a Permit, would gain her a ticket as her previous disc expired 30/6/09. Thats another thing when I visited her last week another long=term resident had a clamp round his car, though he has a Permit too, as he parked in one of The Disabled Bays ( which are never used, accordingly to my friend who lives there). The other spaces were full. Was he right to do this as there were still plenty of Diabled spaces ( never used) and where should he have parked as his Permit was for his block only which was full ( apart from all The Disabled Bays).. Technically the clampers were right but there's another example of, unnecessary, "hassle". I FULLY AGREE that "Modern life isn't always rubbish". A great week touring round London and Kent has perfectly illustrated that.

AuraCaught Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm glad to say that the three counter-petitions > have 113 signatures >:D< LOL..Just prooves what I've always believed that "our" Margeret appealled to The Silent Majority...:)