trekka

Well my plan of going bowling was shot down in flames. We're apparently going for the pub quiz at the Science Museum "lates" night on the last Wednesday of the month. Not my choice but hey ho...should be different.

That's Megan Fox.

Now this a Friday thread I like (even without the pics so it stays open). Jessica Alba, without a doubt. I'm forever thankful for her scene in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZFJsUm0phA.

Ah, so we have. Thanks, Xann! I'll look into it.

We used to do one per weekend. Well, Trekka did Then I think he found God. Or whiskey, or something. I got told off for usurping the original thread (even though my thread title was a title bit erm, different 8)) Whiskey by the way would be a good call, well single malt scotch anyway (preferably Glengoyne but beggers can't be choosers*). *I'm not a begger.

Hi all and a very happy Friday to you. I found out today that I'm apparently organising a leaving do for a colleague who leaves at the end of the month. I thought to myself this morning, fine, a pub quiz, meal and lots of drinks. Alas, I've got a few rules We can't just go and get pissed. We're bringing our "customer" (who is also our boss - don't ask) and it must be relatively civil. Said boss likes military type stuff and it must also involve some sort of team activity. Oh, and it must be on the evening. I'm struggling...help!

'home' is a bit weird for me. My family home is in Brum. I spent a helluva lot of time in the states though and I class my home there as a place in New Hampshire (many good friends and some of the best times of my life were spent there...ohhhh and I've got a free to stay at overlooking the lakes when I want to take them up in their offer ). Second home there was a minibus, come campervan. I spent 3 months travelling around and I loved every bit of it. Bit strange to call a van a home but that was what it was. I've now got my own place in Portsmouth with all the worry that comes with paying the mortgage but I spend most of my time nowadays living in a small flat in London with work (my lovely Portsmouth flat is my holiday home...err, every weekend).

I remember him most from All Quiet on the Western Front. Superb actor.

Thanks for the response, Pablo. As long as people understand what they are doing, then I have no problems with it. I did have problems with how it was phrased and how the information was possibly going to be used (it was unclear - not just personal information but the comparisons between sample sets, or in this case clubs). If the method of collecting the data is clearly stated (i.e. lots of surveys over lots of different social groups) and the data is correctly normalised then that's fine as long as people know how the data is going to be compared, and the same question is asked of each sample group. Stating the "result" of a rival isn't the best way to get people to try to complete the survey/test honestly in my opinion (just my opinion!). It also doesn't breed confidence that the survey that one club gets (e.g. Villa) is the same that another gets (e.g. Blues), and the average of a club with 10 responses is better than a club with say an average of 100 responses. Anyway, I've rambled on a bit - it is afterall up to the individual to decide. Sorry to cause a bit of a hoo-haa out of it but I think you would have been better to have a single test link Have a good weekend.

Have I passed the abstract reasoning test?

Sorry for the character assassination (or my attempt at it) but I guess my concern is that you can only submit the form unless you submit your personal details (or have I read it wrong?). Is there not a way where you can let people complete the form anonymously - possibly via email without their name? I am fairly sure that you would get a higher sample. What if people submitted false names in the form? The only way you can guarantee individuality and hence, individual results is by verifying every entry - I'm a bit lost as to why you would want to advertise this on a football forum where you state you support the rival. Surely you must realise that this could only tempt people into posting fake results? Whichever way you look at it, the results would not be "normal" based on your prompt to us wanting to beat the score of our rivals (which you state is 11/14). Actually, getting into it, why would you want to split the results of people from different clubs at all? Cynical me thinks that you've said that you support Villa on the Blues forum...

I'm a bit uncomfortable with this. I would have said this looks harmless until... I seen that the opening page asked for name and email. If this is really important (and he says that it is not necessary to give any personal information) why include it on the first page? I do actually believe that this is part of a trial but in these days of "spam-attacks" etc, we have to be careful. If it is that important in terms of defining statistical significance then personal information is not needed at all (and I do stats tests daily...goooo me!). I understand the prompt to win an "i=pad" but really, this should be a prompt at the end where you can choose to submit an additional form or disregard the results. It should also be made clear at the start that in order win said prize (and submit the results), people are required to give their email and personal information (I class the name as personal and if you are in the frame to win the "i=pad", it has to real, does it not?). Sorry if I seem harsh but we all need to be careful nowadays. Is that image above from Minitab or R? Edit: Closer inspection states that this is a HR consultancy (specialising in psychology) from Blandford Forum in Dorset (nice place!). I highly doubt that the original poster is a blues fan... I thank you.

In that case, Glad you got it sorted.

I'm currently based in North-West London and it has been raining until about 3pm. It is now a bright a zip-a-dee-doo-dah day. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, my oh my what a wonderful day. Plenty of sunshine, heading my way, zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. (I would go into the "Mr Bluebird on my shoulder" bit but that would sound a bit dodgy).

I hope you get it sorted, and at not too much expense! (I did have a funny laughing gif in here but having read that it may cost you your job, I don't think it was in good taste ). All the best with it!

Purple Rain - Prince Just what was called for to round off the evening.

"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice"

"It was like Lightning, everybody was frightening..."

Hear hear.

We've got to look at the next "young blood" now. Roy was half-way there (at least in the early stages) but that was undone with the inclusion of Rooney even though we could all see that he wasn't quite right and unbalanced the team. Please build on this, Roy. You've had a fair tournament but we need to push on into the qualifiers with a new team, a team that can grow. Not a team built on reputation alone.

I agree there. We were awful and have been since Ukraine. I personally think that we were on a run until Rooney appeared.

We're out.

"If you want to spew, spew into this"

Oh jeeez, I thought that was in then.