The beer garden

[Derek27]

Crackpot's out with his tripod again. I really struggle to hold back my laughter whenever I speak to him.

[Derek27]

It's amazing how you panic when your automation starts firing in bets with a machine gun, even though you know you're in practice mode.

[Derek27]

A disaster recovery procedure is useless unless it's successfully tested!

Tonight before I go to bed, I'm gonna delete all my partitions on my main trading PC, operating system, data, local backups, everything, and then I'll wipe the first gigabyte of the SSD.

Today I'll switch my computer on at 12 noon and test my recovery plan, ready to trade the 13:20 at Pontefract.

[Archangel]

Something you rarely see anymore- pipe smokers

[Derek27]

There are more men called Paul on the Booker prize list than there are women.

[Derek27]

Daily Star: Shortly after warning us peasants about global warming, HRH jumps on a private jet to travel 300 miles.

[Kai]

global warming

We seriously need to wake up and save the planet, it's the only one with good memes!

Barely seen any snow in years, you can't even build a snowman anymore.

[Derek27]

I find it so frustrating having a free bet two pence short of a round number that I find myself putting in two pence orders to round it up. Then I thought, perhaps that's what the two pence trader's doing.

[Derek27]

David McCullum's passed away, aged 90. I completely forgot about the man from uncle. Just remembered him from The Invisible Man.

[Kai]

Forum liquidity seems to have fallen off a cliff, it's worrying but hopefully not a sign of things to come for the exchange

Anyone know how the BF forum has been holding up compared to past year or so?

[jimibt]

David McCullum's passed away, aged 90. I completely forgot about the man from uncle. Just remembered him from The Invisible Man.

yeah, you'd never get away with a tv programme called The Man from Uncle nowadays, most likely be called The Person from a Parental Relative

[Derek27]

David McCullum's passed away, aged 90. I completely forgot about the man from uncle. Just remembered him from The Invisible Man.

yeah, you'd never get away with a tv programme called The Man from Uncle nowadays, most likely be called The Person from a Parental Relative

I can't believe The Invisible Man was just 12 episodes. It feels like I'd been watching it for years.

How memory fades as you get older.

[Derek27]

Days off work due to sickness has reached a record high of 8 days a year!!

I used to have more than that per month.

[Derek27]

What's the worst, most depressing and unrewarding job in the world?

Can anyone go higher than a Russian criminal defence lawyer? I'd just advise my clients not to bother with a defence.

[Kai]

What's the worst, most depressing and unrewarding job in the world?

Customer support comes to mind first. Fluffers also have to be up there!