Friday 15th Cheltenham 12.40 Soupy Soups £5 ew
Will try to put on Saturdays comp if I manage to wriggle out of BB's bed cuffs, however if unable to, I don't mind taking a 25 quid hit in order to appease the more competitive of our brethren

It doesn't have to be in the back of beyond. I will be attending a clinic at St James' Hospital late this morning and they don't like giving the WiFi pasword out, as it can affect their internal systems (It is poor anyway), and there is no 3G coverage, never mind 4G, with certain providers, like mine.1964white wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 8:20 amIt's not about being competitive, it's about fairness as players could win competitions by default
We introduced certain rules which is often the case in competitions in any walk of life.
Some players on here think the penalty should be higher.
The rule needs to be scrapped as it doesn't seem to apply anymore
Internet signals are much more efficient worldwide nowadays, in fact the worse broadband is here in the UK especially in the back of beyond
So why introduce the rule in the first place ?
Good luck this morningGandalf wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 8:44 amIt doesn't have to be in the back of beyond. I will be attending a clinic at St James' Hospital late this morning and they don't like giving the WiFi pasword out, as it can affect their internal systems (It is poor anyway), and there is no 3G coverage, never mind 4G, with certain providers, like mine.
Oh dear Butler what have I done. Having seen a couple of comments when H was on his annual leave, I thought that I would try to keep the peace and sanity by taking a penalty fine rather than declaring that I may not be able to participate and getting a by.1964white wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 8:20 amIt's not about being competitive, it's about fairness as players could win competitions by default
We introduced certain rules which is often the case in competitions in any walk of life.
Some players on here think the penalty should be higher.
The rule needs to be scrapped as it doesn't seem to apply anymore
Internet signals are much more efficient worldwide nowadays, in fact the worse broadband is here in the UK especially in the back of beyond
NO, I will do my best not to win by default or otherwise. History will show that I am true to my word.Gandalf wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 8:44 amIt doesn't have to be in the back of beyond. I will be attending a clinic at St James' Hospital late this morning and they don't like giving the WiFi pasword out, as it can affect their internal systems (It is poor anywahy), and there is no 3G coverage, never mind 4G, with certain providers, like mine.
Anyway to be democratic, we will put the question to our players.
Do you want players. even if they have a valid reason and have informed me of a period of time that they will be off-grid, should be punished with a standard £25 fine. This is valid for the Saturday comp only, and not the Daily NAP comp (otherwise BB would be in negative all year). Yes or No. ?
I will take it that Azkal and 64 are in the Yes category. I am in the No category.
Spot on Gesgessa wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:41 amNow this is a conundrum, more often than not folk will lose more weeks than they win, so missing say 4 weeks, in those 4 you'd possibly only be in profit 1 of those, so missing out and not getting a penalty means you're at an advantage. On the other hand, no one misses out on purpose, the other week I was in Wales, the wi fi wasn't working and the service there is deplorable, I missed 1 of the daily naps because the family were ill and there was no way that I was driving a 10 mile round trip to a place I could get a signal, being the daily nap it wasn't a big problem. I would have had to put up with the penalty if it was a Saturday, I probably lose more than £25 most weeks anyway.
So all in all I'm on the fence. But if I'm pushed I'd say Yes.
Gandalf wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:26 pmI am afraid that we will have to suspend the NR debate, as I am being re-admitted to hospital again to have an op on my other leg. It means that a sub(s) will be needed to do the results for an undisclosed time until I am back in action again. Could be a while though.