The Fish

Other Neurological symptoms is tricky. Partly because I don't see him often, so it's hard to have a baseline. Plus, he's 76 so while his memory is a bit shaky, it's never been great and is he forgetting because of his age or because of something else? I mean, he's not forgetting anything important. When you say not very nice, what are we talking about?

Last year my Dad had a couple of falls. Doctors were at a loss as to the cause and he was comparatively fit and healthy so aside from doing tests and scans were happy for him to carry on as normal. He had a seizure this morning, got whisked off to hospital in the ambulance, had another seizure while waiting to be seen. Thankfully because he was surrounded by medical professionals they were able to immediately diagnose it as an epileptic fit. So, 76yr old, never had a problem before, now he can't drive, he'll miss out on this amazing holiday (for the time being at least) and will have to deal with whatever treatments/medications he'll need to manage this. Anyone know anything about epilepsy? Can it suddenly appear, or has he always had it? Is it exacerbated by having an heroic son?

Like your dream weekend in Phuket, someone's got you pegged.

Pretty sure they impose that kind of restriction on wage increase (10% rise a year), but may be wrong.

Aye Wood was a make do, rather than a make waves signing. Thing with Edwards' piece that seems be overlooked is that this is the projection as things stand. IF we were to announce a shirt sponsor for £10m a year, plus a sleeve sponsor for £2m, an official airline partner, training ground sponsor, academy sponsor and so on. We could dramatically widen the FFP wiggle room and spend more than the suggested £60m. Plus funds raised by player sales, as there's surely only a handful of players that are definitely staying around. Bruno, Burn, Trippier... ASM, Joelinton?

You claiming you are definitely in the "agree to disagree and walk away" camp.

Fucking made me spit my tea out.

Any bigger and Putin would want to invade it.

Ooooooh, look at me, I'm Rayvin and I understand EeeeEeeeverybody's point of view. Pathetic. Pick a side, you pervert.

That's the thing though, it's not binary. You can have an opinion that's backed up with stats, or the opposing opinion backed up with different stats. It doesn't boil the conversation down to numbers. Stats aren't going to replace opinion. When I argued with essembee about Joelinton's laziness, I could lay out my case and subsequently back it up with irrefutable proof. I could have eventually worn him down with non-stat arguments, but stats hastened the conclusion. When pundits said Bruce was as good as Benitez, that the team was playing the same way and paradoxically playing more attacking football, did it not wind you up? When stats were able to prove that, in fact Bruce's football was terrible in almost every measure, did you not feel vindicated? That your own analysis was supported by other people?

How else can we work out which Cambridge Tory cunt will run the country? Ohhh, I see your point.

So instead you rely on gut. Without any evidence beyond that to back up your position? Seems, I dunno, a bit Brexity.

We were unlucky No we weren't A real Algonquin round table discussion there.

puhfetick

It shows that that 1-0 loss wasn't a sign of being worse than Everton, just that we were unlucky to lose that game. Which we were. It means that when some gobshite says "Wuh ganning doon!, Wuh cannit even beat Everton man!" You can cough a little ahem, adjust your monocle and explain over your copy of the FT just how fucking wrong and stupid that person is.

I never pull out.

Gloom flip-flops more than an actual flip-flop. Bed-wetter brigade ->Team Right Luddite -> Team Right Those stats do show where Joelinton can improve his game though; specifically ball retention and link up play. Both are metrics that should improve the more he plays alongside Bruno.

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

Fucked off downstairs more like. I went into the office for the first time in a year last week, and that was to have a 15 minute face to face meeting about how they're moving the office to a different building a minute down the road. "How is will this office-move impact your commute?"

Take your stall down the road mate, I'm not buying what you're selling.

this has been terrifically helpful.

Why so circumspect? Were you the bean counter that moved the brewery to Tadcaster? You seem to know a lot about it. What have you got to hide?!

I have all my needs satisfied. I've got my Audible seminar on football analytics, a comic and my frozen-grape-chilled glass of Gewürztraminer

Anyone know a decent gardener in the Sluice area? My folks need someone to do some work to repair after the storm, and to maintain.

Worked for a company that did market research in the booze industry. They had people travelling all over the world talking to producers, distributors and the like. Always came back with bottles of spirits and wines. Every Friday was basically a piss-up after lunch. Your first Friday is traditionally a baptism of firewater.