Subtle Humour

[burglar]

In younger days, I remember frequenting a Chess Club.

Sipping strong coffee in the smoke haze.
Sharing some banter with like-minded people.

This was sprinkled liberally with witticisms.
Mostly weird or cryptic as the night grew long.

"Hard to get this right" becomes "Easy to go left here".

Tactics becomes tictacs


"You've changed your style (or repertoire)"
becomes "Ohh!! You've changed your sox"


Checkmate, of course, becomes "Checka Tomato"

 

[burglar]

Have a go!

 

[cynic]

In younger days, I remember frequenting a Chess Club.

Sipping strong coffee in the smoke haze.
Sharing some banter with like-minded people.

This was sprinkled liberally with witticisms.
Mostly weird or cryptic as the night grew long.

"Hard to get this right" becomes "Easy to go left here".

Tactics becomes tictacs


"You've changed your style (or repertoire)"
becomes "Ohh!! You've changed your sox"


Checkmate, of course, becomes "Checka Tomato"

I used to try and maximize use of the fishshop to take as many prawns as possible along with the odd seahorse or two. The queen bream was trickier to net this way but I was able to snare the King crab on occasion.

 

[burglar]

I used to try and maximize use of the fishshop to take as many prawns as possible along with the odd seahorse or two. The queen bream was trickier to net this way but I was able to snare the King crab on occasion.

You've been talking to my friend Bobby Fishbreath, GD


Fish
In chess parlance, a fish is a term for a poor chess player. In general a "fish" is a player easily defeated by simple stratagems: just as a fish is oblivious to the fact that bait is attached to a hook, the player appears oblivious to the purpose of the opponent's moves. Competitors at all levels can find themselves prone to episodes of "playing like a fish"--i.e., being inattentive and/or gullible.



I should rename the thread!

Chess Traps- Fishing Pole:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qac6OFDHdTs

 

[burglar]

I used to try and maximize use of the fishshop to take as many prawns as possible along with the odd seahorse or two. The queen bream was trickier to net this way but I was able to snare the King crab on occasion.

I've spent countless hours learning and playing Chess.
Just like to know how to use any of that knowledge in investing!

 

[cynic]

I've spent countless hours learning and playing Chess.
Just like to know how to use any of that knowledge in investing!

Over the years I've learned a few methods of profitable trading.

Each involves strategic analysis of one's opponents.

If the opponent regularly wins, accurate mimicry is worthy of consideration.

If the oppponent is a total loser (many traders fall into this category) then two opportunities present themselves.

One can entirely except the identified strategies or alternatively mimic those strategies as inefficiently as possible (i.e. fail to fail efficiently and thereby win).

The aforementioned concepts are components of the CA (Cynical Analysis) that underlies my trading methodology.

 

[burglar]

Over the years I've learned a few methods of profitable trading ...

I've been playing like a fish!

 

[burglar]

I've spent countless hours learning and playing Chess.
Just like to know how to use any of that knowledge in investing!

Always laugh when i read these kinds of thing.

chess set is double weighted with felt bottoms. The King stands 6 inches high

I am reminded of this, whenever I think about arbitrary Maroon lines on a chart that felt bottoms!

Haha! :

 

[burglar]

wiki/Judit_Polgár

In late 1986, ten-year-old Judit defeated 52-year-old Romanian IM Dolfi Drimer in the Adsteam Lidums International Tournament in Adelaide, Australia. Edmar Mednis said he played his best game of the tournament against Judit. "I was careful in that game", he said. "Grandmasters don't like to lose to 10-year-old girls, because then we make the front page of all the papers."[30]

The Womens Weekly sponsored the Polgar sisters to play chess in Australia.
In Adelaide, they were invited to play the Lidums Cup.

10 Year old Judit Polgar had drawn Alex Sykes as her opponent.

Now Judit had a toy tiger she used as a mascot.
She would place it on the table.
Then menacingly rotate it, till it pointed at her opponent.

Alex had the notion that he would not be psyched out, even before the first move.

So out of his bag, there appeared a warthog!





A self-important DOP(director of play) immediately stepped in and requested the removal of the warthog.
Not until she removes the tiger.
Taken aside he was advised that he would comply.

So Alex made his way back. The warthog found its way to the bag.




Suddenly an even larger alligator jumped up in its place!!





Eventually, the 10 year old girl won the game.
Later a journalist reported that it was a pity Alex’s chess playing ability did not match his sense of humour!!

 

[Joules MM1]

the Swiss just opened the now-longest 35mile underground traffic tunnel

the opening is a series of people posing as robots from another planet in high viz gear doing really bad river dance

https://twitter.com/i/moments/737966001401237508

 

[pixel]

... and that, dear Citizen, is how our Government-controlled Manufacturing Industry works.

 

[luutzu]

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... and that, dear Citizen, is how our Government-controlled Manufacturing Industry works.

Had a run in with an (over)engineer recently.

For a granny flat and a garage he wanted about 80 piers to shale for the slabs. That's 1 every 1.5m of footing. Just in case.

He's a nice enough guy and careful in his work and all. But man, construction costs money. What takes a few key strokes would take a couple of days extra labour and a few grands on unnecessary expense.

 

[tech/a]

Its always over engineered until cracks appear.
Then its under engineered.

Look for F.O.S Factor of Safety.
Look for 2
If over 2 over engineered
Under 2 beef it up.

 

[luutzu]

Its always over engineered until cracks appear.
Then its under engineered.

Look for F.O.S Factor of Safety.
Look for 2
If over 2 over engineered
Under 2 beef it up.

Yea, not this one though.

The existing house was built on brick piers some 80 years ago and still, somewhat, standing.

Ended up with some 38 cubic of 32mPa concrete, about 2.5 tonne of reo. And that's just the footing alone.

 

[tech/a]

Castles/Houses in the UK stand for over a millennium
No engineering there!

 

[explod]

We lost something when we moved off stumps. 115 x 90 cyprus on a red gum plate even in sandy soil. We strapped everything but perhaps the wind is stronger these days. Whoops Wayne ull be onto me.

 

[luutzu]

Castles/Houses in the UK stand for over a millennium
No engineering there!

Saw somewhere they dug til they hit literal rock bottom, then build up. So lots of engineering, or none I supposed

An elderly neighbour looked over the fence and asked what the heck we're building, a three storey apartment or a granny flat.

It's my brother's place so he doesn't mind the cost too much if it make it stronger. But if we're builders trying to make a living...

 

[luutzu]

We lost something when we moved off stumps. 115 x 90 cyprus on a red gum plate even in sandy soil. We strapped everything but perhaps the wind is stronger these days. Whoops Wayne ull be onto me.

When he had his house built, my dad asked the engineer why a 120mm thick slab. In Vietnam, when he was young and work with granddad the builder, they'd just go to 80mm max. Even for multi-storey houses. And concrete in VN aren't to specs as they are here.

The engineer told us that yea, 100mm would be alright, just that builders and concretors, when they read 120 they'll cut it thin to 110 or 100 anyway so he spec 120 else they go to 80. Maybe he has a point, who knows.

Brick piers and stump would do just fine I reckon. But probably need old school skills that's fast running out nowadays.

 

[explod]

Yes that is the very sad part. And they do not understand work. They cannot get sheares today at $3 a sheep i'd make $700 a day now at that price, and once, doing it easy.

Hey hey, its supposed to be slightly humerous LOL u nut

 

[luutzu]

Yes that is the very sad part. And they do not understand work. They cannot get sheares today at $3 a sheep i'd make $700 a day now at that price, and once, doing it easy.

Hey hey, its supposed to be slightly humerous LOL u nut

The building trade is kinda funny, if you don't have to pay for it