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Tuco wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:00 pm
ShaunWhite wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:21 pm
Bulgarian ping pong
...is that similar to Thai ping pong? If so, I've been missing out lol :lol:
The funniest thing about those shows is that they're in a district called Patpong. So you go and see the Patpong Ping Pong in a tuktuk. :)

We had part of our honeymoon near there and the 'performer' wrote my wife's name on a napkin......didn't hold the pen in her hand :shock: And then round off the show with little paper aeroplanes shot out of a hidden tube, you don't get that on Britain's Got Talent.
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This thread is going off in all the wrong directions :D Unless I completely misunderstood its purpose 🤷‍♂️
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Tuco wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:24 pm
I was involved in a family business until 2008 when the exchange rate between the Euro and Pound suddenly went from 1.4 to 1 to near enough 1 to 1 and that meant the business was no longer viable, so I began 'bet running' (at shops) for my brother-in-law who got in from the start of BF and specialised in certain markets.

I'd take and pay for a fixed %age of all the bets I placed for him and get commission on his share of every winning betting slip - I was busy doing this (and betting/trading myself) for 5 years from 2008 through 2012 at the end of which he set up a business venture of his own. I've never had a non-profitable year (always won 5 or 6 figures though not yet 7) and was lucky to have an expert to initially guide and learn from. He started betting again from 2015 and I still place bets for him on certain events when the shops are open. I continued betting/trading throughout.

I've always been a manual trader and I think the problem with automation is that you're not around to see what happens and learn the lessons which you are when trading manually, but profit is profit so who cares about learning lessons when you win with automation!

Most of my trading is now in-play and there's little I won't touch, though time is often a factor as to what I can get involved with - if I had 100 hours per day I'd still need a few more hours!

A trait of mine is that no win is ever enough be it 3, 4 or 5 figures, so I always strive to work harder, do better and win more.

Good luck to everyone who partakes in this lifestyle as it's not for everyone! :)
But good to hear something genuine like that, thanks for sharing Tuco.

The fact you can build your own lifestyle is the main draw for me, how unique is that??

I value freedom more at this stage and find it difficult not to enjoy it, but I suspect that may change when I get into my 40s :) I hope not!
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Kai wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:26 am
This thread is going off in all the wrong directions :D Unless I completely misunderstood its purpose 🤷‍♂️
Perhaps a button to vote a poster is taking the thread off-topic. :D
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Derek27 wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:04 am
Kai wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:26 am
This thread is going off in all the wrong directions :D Unless I completely misunderstood its purpose 🤷‍♂️
Perhaps a button to vote a poster is taking the thread off-topic. :D
You see Derek, this is why we can't have anything nice. Off-topic is the new on-topic.

And don't even get me started on buttons, people love pushing the wrong ones and then act surprised when it leads to bickering!
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Derek27 wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:04 am
Perhaps a button to vote a poster is taking the thread off-topic. :D
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:47 am

We had part of our honeymoon near there and the 'performer' wrote my wife's name on a napkin......didn't hold the pen in her hand :shock: And then round off the show with little paper aeroplanes shot out of a hidden tube, you don't get that on Britain's Got Talent.
Sounds very romantic, Shaun. Like something out of a Hugh Grant movie.
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:47 am
Tuco wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:00 pm
ShaunWhite wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:21 pm
Bulgarian ping pong
...is that similar to Thai ping pong? If so, I've been missing out lol :lol:
The funniest thing about those shows is that they're in a district called Patpong. So you go and see the Patpong Ping Pong in a tuktuk. :)
I was in PatPong as an 18 year old in April 1986 on a six-week tour of South-East Asia - 2 weeks in Thailand, 2 weeks in Hong Kong a week in Taiwan and finally a week in Japan.

There was a club in PatPong called the Limelight Express Club and a lovely girl (I think it was a girl) called Milo wanted me to take her home to the UK - sadly I had to explain I wouldn't be going back to the UK for another 5 weeks! :lol:
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:47 am
The funniest thing about those shows is that they're in a district called Patpong. So you go and see the Patpong Ping Pong in a tuktuk. :)

We had part of our honeymoon near there and the 'performer' wrote my wife's name on a napkin......didn't hold the pen in her hand :shock: And then round off the show with little paper aeroplanes shot out of a hidden tube, you don't get that on Britain's Got Talent.
'Thailand's Got Talent' would be a ratings hit :lol:
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Kai wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:52 am
The fact you can build your own lifestyle is the main draw for me, how unique is that??

I value freedom more at this stage and find it difficult not to enjoy it, but I suspect that may change when I get into my 40s :) I hope not!
I've always worked for myself and would not have it any other way - I'm about to go outside and pressurewash my car...because I can :)
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Some interesting and thoughtful posts.

Much of what I see in comments toward newbies is good advice or at the very least a thoughtful perspective which a newbie should reflect upon.

There are of course martingale threads, loss recovery and other losing ideas. Most get shot down even if there are some pockets of support for strategies the wise would not follow.

In my view part of a newbies task (and really the task for all of us) is to separate the wheat from the chaff. And think about the perspectives offered and whether or not they are sensible etc. I always encourage experimentation, note taking, refinement (in a loop). Is that the right way (it is for me). Others may disagree and that is fine. I might be upvoted or downvoted, liked or disliked. That doesn’t necessarily bear on whether my contribution has or has not been worthwhile. Wrong answers may be as helpful as right answers to a person who thinks carefully and experiments.

So do we need voting systems and badges ?

This is my answer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ
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gazuty wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:12 pm
Others may disagree and that is fine. I might be upvoted or downvoted, liked or disliked. That doesn’t necessarily bear on whether my contribution has or has not been worthwhile. Wrong answers may be as helpful as right answers to a person who thinks carefully and experiments.

So do we need voting systems and badges ?

I'm starting to come around to this way of thinking since yesterday. I was never in favour of the PC gold stars approach and while I think the option to like / dislike posts is a good idea I'm not sure how it could be implimented properly without nonsense being upvoted and good advice being down voted because of its source.

I still don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with the forum, yes its gone off the rails a few times of late and it seems to be happening more frequently but that's just down to handful of idiots, I don't think its reflective of the majority of forum members.

Anyway Dallas and Peter have made their feelings known so that should put a stop to most of the nonsense. And the best way to deal with trolling and stupidity is to just ignore it, easier said than done sometimes I know but responding to it makes everyone look like an idiot.
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Trader Pat wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:27 pm
I'm starting to come around to this way of thinking since yesterday. I was never in favour of the PC gold stars approach and while I think the option to like / dislike posts is a good idea I'm not sure how it could be implimented properly without nonsense being upvoted and good advice being down voted because of its source.

I still don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with the forum, yes its gone off the rails a few times of late and it seems to be happening more frequently but that's just down to handful of idiots, I don't think its reflective of the majority of forum members.

Anyway Dallas and Peter have made their feelings known so that should put a stop to most of the nonsense. And the best way to deal with trolling and stupidity is to just ignore it, easier said than done sometimes I know but responding to it makes everyone look like an idiot.
Appreciated. I was also attracted to the prospect of getting a special badge or status etc. (Humans are generally very status driven animals).

I am attracted to the idea of a T-shirt. I’ll post up a design.
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Trader Pat wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:27 pm
the best way to deal with trolling and stupidity is to just ignore it, easier said than done sometimes I know but responding to it makes everyone look like an idiot.
...correct :)
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gazuty wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:36 pm

I am attracted to the idea of a T-shirt. I’ll post up a design.

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I'll take 2!
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