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Famine
It was never a popularity contest - they said they'd pick the names from the public suggestions but not according to public vote, as they were already acutely aware of the results of doing things like that.

I nominated the RSS Sir Terry Pratchett.
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Someone should have said Shippy McShip.

After all it is a "ship" and not a boat.

If I could have nominated a Name I would have said = Royal Research Ship as then it would have been designated R.S.S = Royal Research Ship.
 
This is quite bizarre...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...ry-players-in-uproar-over-five-number-15-win/

The UK lottery produced a freak result last night where matching 5 out of 6 numbers won a prize less than matching 3 numbers...

The reason was that 5 out of the 6 numbers were multiples of 7 (7,14,21,35,42) and so over 4,000 people shared the 'Match 5 numbers' pot of cash of £60,000 which meant they won just £15 each. The prize for matching 3 numbers is fixed at £25 :lol:

I figure that they should get at least £250 for matching 5 numbers i.e. 10x Match 3, plus 4x Match 4...
 
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Touring Mars
The reason was that 5 out of the 6 numbers were multiples of 7 (7,14,21,35,42) and so over 4,000 people shared the 'Match 5 numbers' pot of cash of £60,000 which meant they won just £15 each. The prize for matching 3 numbers is fixed at £25 :lol:

I figure that they should get at least £250 for matching 5 numbers i.e. 10x Match 3, plus 4x Match 4...
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They pays their moneys and takes their choice, I guess. I have no sympathy :D
 
Touring Mars
This is quite bizarre...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...ry-players-in-uproar-over-five-number-15-win/

The UK lottery produced a freak result last night where matching 5 out of 6 numbers won a prize less than matching 3 numbers...

The reason was that 5 out of the 6 numbers were multiples of 7 (7,14,21,35,42) and so over 4,000 people shared the 'Match 5 numbers' pot of cash of £60,000 which meant they won just £15 each. The prize for matching 3 numbers is fixed at £25 :lol:

I figure that they should get at least £250 for matching 5 numbers i.e. 10x Match 3, plus 4x Match 4...
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I wonder if they HAVE to claim all 5 numbers. Can they say "I matched 3, so I'd like to get that prize instead"?
 
Danoff
I wonder if they HAVE to claim all 5 numbers. Can they say "I matched 3, so I'd like to get that prize instead"?
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Good question, one would think the rules will exclude that possibility. They'd actually claim 4 numbers I think, the prize is bound to be higher than £25.
 
Yeh, 4 numbers got £51 last night... (but that is also a pot that is split by the number of winners)

Technically, matching 5 numbers means you could match ten different sets of 3 numbers (worth £250) on the same ticket, and four sets of 4 numbers (at £51 each, or say £200), meaning they could claim up to £450 before the prize for 5 numbers is even counted - so winning just £15 is pretty harsh!
 
Touring Mars
This is quite bizarre...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...ry-players-in-uproar-over-five-number-15-win/

The UK lottery produced a freak result last night where matching 5 out of 6 numbers won a prize less than matching 3 numbers...

The reason was that 5 out of the 6 numbers were multiples of 7 (7,14,21,35,42) and so over 4,000 people shared the 'Match 5 numbers' pot of cash of £60,000 which meant they won just £15 each. The prize for matching 3 numbers is fixed at £25 :lol:

I figure that they should get at least £250 for matching 5 numbers i.e. 10x Match 3, plus 4x Match 4...
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...One more reason why I don't gamble. :lol:

Poor sobs, I feel for them - jumping on their couches looking at the tv screen, screaming at the top of their lungs saying "C'mon, ONE MORE NUMBER!!"

Then they go "Oh well, matching five numbers are still pretty amazing, right?"

......And then the cries of "15 pounds? What? What? WHAT??" ringing throught the British Isles all night long...
 
What Microsoft have done to their Twitterbot is like putting down a dog which was dognapped, raised for dog fighting and tried to savage anyone who came near it after it was rescued.
 
JKgo
...North Carolina man arrested after failing to return old video rental, BBC.

To add insult to injury, the movie in question was Freddie Got Fingered...

Well, I used to work in a video rental store back in high school so I know the pain of dealing with asswipes late returning VHS tapes. To hell with 'em, I say...
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To add more insult to injury when they were late they also were not rewound.

Back when I rented VHS, I rewound them, took less than a second to press the button and less than a minute to fully rewind.

Blood Eagle
"Blew m'leg ouff!"
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Serves him right, it is idiots that like that give you ameicans the "Gun Nut" persona.
 
Grayfox
To add more insult to injury when they were late they also were not rewound.

Back when I rented VHS, I rewound them, took less than a second to press the button and less than a minute to fully rewind.
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....:odd:

Trust me when I say this, most reputable video shops back then possessed a rewind machine or two. There never really were much reasons for the customers to actually rewind the tapes.

In fact, back at the place I worked for, I remember telling people not to rewind, as that was when the chances of tapes getting chewed up by the VHS machines were the highest.

If you rented un-rewound tapes in the past, well.... {shrugs shoulders} sorry, I guess.
 
In the early days of VHS one of the rental shops near me would charge a dollar "rewind fee" if you didn't rewind before returning.
 
BobK
In the early days of VHS one of the rental shops near me would charge a dollar "rewind fee" if you didn't rewind before returning.
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The ones around here were doing that right up to the point they switched to DVD's (Although I think it was only like $.50). I remember when DVD's started showing up in rental stores someone put up a sign saying there was a $2 DVD rewind charge.:lol:
 
Meh, I just bought one of these:

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BobK
In the early days of VHS one of the rental shops near me would charge a dollar "rewind fee" if you didn't rewind before returning.
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...Oh hey man, no need to dredge up the dirty past here. :lol:

My place never did that though. Well, those rewind machines cost an arm and a leg back then, some more than a brand new VHS player even - so whatever it took to make that extra buck, right?

Plus, those rental tapes really were expensive too. Cut them some slack, will ya.
 
JKgo
Plus, those rental tapes really were expensive too
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How expensive can a VHS tape deck be that just rewinds?

But my VHS player didnt just go fill speed and then go clunk at the end like some cheap ones, it ramped up and down when rewinding to prevent stress to the tape i suppose.
 
Grayfox
How expensive can a VHS tape deck be that just rewinds?

But my VHS player didnt just go fill speed and then go clunk at the end like some cheap ones, it ramped up and down when rewinding to prevent stress to the tape i suppose.
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...Dude, we're seriously going OT here - a pro tape rewinder, if I remember correctly, cost over a hundred bucks, US, back in the early 90s. A rental VHS was, depending on the film/studio, anything between 60 to 80, even over 90 bucks. Per tape, no less.

The function you mention, it sounds like you had either a 4-head or a 6-head VCR. Most sobs made do with a cheaper 2-head machines.
 
JKgo
...Dude, we're seriously going OT here - a pro tape rewinder, if I remember correctly, cost over a hundred bucks, US, back in the early 90s. A rental VHS was, depending on the film/studio, anything between 60 to 80, even over 90 bucks. Per tape, no less.

The function you mention, it sounds like you had either a 4-head or a 6-head VCR. Most sobs made do with a cheaper 2-head machines.
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Think mine was a 4 head, but hey the movies looked good on my 34cm TV that was in my room.
I still remember my layout

TV to the left of the desk with the PS1 on the right, below it was the PS2 and below it was the VHS and behind the TV was the SNES.
Yeah, I loved my games back in the 90s
 
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Lionel Messi donates a pair of his football boots in Egypt. Egyptians go spare at the very idea due to shoes being construed as an insult in Arabic culture. The presenter of the TV show took a lot of flak for accepting Messi's donation and smiling. Instead of what, spitting at him?

One Egyptian MP offered Messi his own shoes in return in a "See? I can insult you as well" kind of way but I'm sure Messi was more confused at the gesture than anything.

Of course, not everyone was offended. Some people used Messi's star power in donating shoes to the Egyptian people as a metaphor for criticising the government.
 

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