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Post by Weyland on Jun 8, 2010 17:25:05 GMT
How did you manage to twist your ankle? Summary: I had to get to the easyBus stop in Brompton, and a bloke ran into me at full tilt, knocking me over and causing me to turn my ankle. The pain was excruciating, and I thought it was broken. He didn't even pause, and in my agony I couldn't boot the light sabre quickly enough to cut off his b . . . Oyster Card. Just what you need for a week's museum visiting. It's still swollen and tender. Advice welcome.
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Post by motorist on Jun 8, 2010 17:32:03 GMT
V&A (the only disappointment -- rooms closed) Shitty luck and no mistake. We visited that when in England last December, and it was all open including a special exhibition (historical fashions I think it was)
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Post by everso on Jun 8, 2010 17:39:58 GMT
And did ev ever get her kit off? Never! I may be from Essex, but..
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Post by everso on Jun 8, 2010 17:46:25 GMT
How did you manage to twist your ankle? Summary: I had to get to the easyBus stop in Brompton, and a bloke ran into me at full tilt, knocking me over and causing me to turn my ankle. The pain was excruciating, and I thought it was broken. He didn't even pause, and in my agony I couldn't boot the light sabre quickly enough to cut off his b . . . Oyster Card. Just what you need for a week's museum visiting. It's still swollen and tender. Advice welcome. Poor old you! Standing around on it in museums probably wasn't the best thing, but what could you do? Maybe something like this might have helped: 2.bp.blogspot.com/_xC8IG2aEbYY/Sy0-3rdQp2I/AAAAAAAACww/c9C7tIrnjfY/s320/wheelchair-motorcycle.jpg ;D Obviously a bad sprain (Dr. everso's opinion - the doctor is IN) and I guess the best thing is plenty of rest with your foot elevated and a beer in your right hand. I sprained my ankle once and couldn't believe how painful it was. Like you, I was convinced I'd broken it.
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Post by everso on Jun 8, 2010 17:48:44 GMT
V&A (the only disappointment -- rooms closed) Shitty luck and no mistake. We visited that when in England last December, and it was all open including a special exhibition (historical fashions I think it was)I love historical fashions. There's a wonderful costume museum in Bath as well. Wouldn't you just love to try on one of those outfits? Obviously, you'd try on the man's outfit and I could try on the woman's. Obviously.
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Post by aubrey on Jun 8, 2010 18:10:05 GMT
I've had 30 years in London and not done most of things, Weyland. And I don't even have a busted ankle. Everso - aww. (That is really a picture of you, isn't it? It must be, because I've seen you use it on another site. Well, I suppose it was you. ;D ;D
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Post by Weyland on Jun 8, 2010 18:13:15 GMT
You're all heart, Ev. In that case . . . who WAS that masked woman?
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Post by Weyland on Jun 8, 2010 18:24:08 GMT
I've had 30 years in London and not done most of things, Weyland. And I don't even have a busted ankle. That's the way of things, Aubrey. If you do nothing else, be sure to visit the Science Museum and the National Gallery. And the Crown & Sceptre in Sh. Bush, obviously.
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Post by Weyland on Jun 8, 2010 19:46:36 GMT
I'd still like to be convinced that the G/GG thing isn't 50/50. It bothers me that there's any dispute at all about it, assuming that no biological factors are involved.
Anyone else in this boat?
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Post by motorist on Jun 8, 2010 19:53:30 GMT
Shitty luck and no mistake. We visited that when in England last December, and it was all open including a special exhibition (historical fashions I think it was)I love historical fashions. There's a wonderful costume museum in Bath as well. Wouldn't you just love to try on one of those outfits? Obviously, you'd try on the man's outfit and I could try on the woman's. Obviously. I try on both, and you go nude? Just throwing suggestions in the pot here
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Post by everso on Jun 8, 2010 23:50:42 GMT
Tsk!
Although, I'd be interested to see you in a farthingale, Moto.
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Post by housesparrow on Jun 9, 2010 7:08:27 GMT
I'd still like to be convinced that the G/GG thing isn't 50/50. It bothers me that there's any dispute at all about it, assuming that no biological factors are involved. Anyone else in this boat? Are you looking just at the first question, where you have a two child family with one girl, and have to find the probability that she has a sister? Well, I thought 1/2 at first. But if you look at all the families with two children, you should get them divided equally between : BB BG GB GG So that makes the probability 1/3 I still haven't sat down to take a good look at the second one.
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Post by Weyland on Jun 9, 2010 8:38:17 GMT
I'd still like to be convinced that the G/GG thing isn't 50/50. It bothers me that there's any dispute at all about it, assuming that no biological factors are involved. Anyone else in this boat? Are you looking just at the first question, where you have a two child family with one girl, and have to find the probability that she has a sister? Well, I thought 1/2 at first. But if you look at all the families with two children, you should get them divided equally between : BB BG GB GG So that makes the probability 1/3 Therein lies the fallacy -- BG and GB are contextually identical, so it's 1/ 2. Can I lay this to rest now?
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Post by Weyland on Jun 9, 2010 8:45:15 GMT
I try on both, and you go nude? Just throwing suggestions in the pot here I like the way you're thinking, Moto, but it is my duty to alert you to the Curse of the Twisted Ankle. It seems that Riot's powers extend along this filament of the Time-Space Continuum in both directions, upwhen and down. It's probably safer to assume that that is the case anyway.
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Post by housesparrow on Jun 9, 2010 11:20:44 GMT
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Post by Weyland on Jun 9, 2010 11:40:39 GMT
Well, of course...no-one has to cook their brains with this stuff. I've been changing my mind over this from the word go, and at one point argued just the same. But look at it like this. If the first child is a boy, then the second may be boy or girl If the first child is a girl, then the second may be boy or girl. So the options are BB BG GB GG That's how I see it anyway. Thanks for that, Sparrow. I understand the logic, but I keep coming back to the thought that the implication is that cold mathematics can hold sway over actual reality. Common sense says that the chances are 50-50, regardless of what may or may not have already happened, and I'm with common sense. I still haven't attempted to analyse the other question, but I'm sure the same reasoning will apply.[/quote]
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Post by Weyland on Jun 9, 2010 11:46:35 GMT
I'm beginning to think that the question is phrased ambiguously, and we are interpreting it differently.
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Post by alanseago on Jun 9, 2010 12:21:58 GMT
Absolutely Weyland, all you need to do is disregard the deviations and answer the question logically. What are the odds on my next child's gender or, what are the odds on a particular series of children having the same gender? There are, obviously, two different answers.
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Post by housesparrow on Jun 9, 2010 12:48:19 GMT
It is the same with question 2: there is more than one way of looking at it.
If, having found your girl, you then find she is born on a Tuesday, the odds are the same re her having a sister.
If you ask the odds of there being two girls when one of them must be a girl born on a Tuesday, the answer is (apparently ) quite different. I have yet to get my head round it.
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Post by alanseago on Jun 9, 2010 14:37:23 GMT
Male or female, one of two. Which day, one of seven. Sunny, grey or snowy Thursday. you tell me. If the oomagooli bird accelerates in ever decreasing circles, how long before.................? How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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