Bunnski Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Nephew has been training with the Ireland u20 rugby team as a reserve and the coach told him he'd be likely gonna play at least 1 game, his wrist has been sore this past week so he gets an X ray today and his wrist is fractured, small chance he might still be ok for the back end of the 6 nations but unlikely. I feel like punching a kitten :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Trying to get people to come to my birthday party, typical of me to pick a day where everyone is going to the seaside. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Trying to get people to come to my birthday party, typical of me to pick a day where everyone is going to the seaside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 8 hours ago, chrisp65 said: I am such a idiot. I was about 3 hours late with my joke :-). I feel better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 3, 2016 Moderator Share Posted February 3, 2016 The fact that our work firewall has a rule blocking gambling sites. Why? It's not illegal. If I choose to do it on my own time then I should be free to. If I want to view it during working hours then it should be no worse than browsing facebook or any other non-work related site, so ban those too on that basis. Why demonise betting in particular? Makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just now, BOF said: The fact that our work firewall has a rule blocking gambling sites. Why? It's not illegal. If I choose to do it on my own time then I should be free to. If I want to view it during working hours then it should be no worse than browsing facebook or any other non-work related site, so ban those too on that basis. Why demonise betting in particular? Makes no sense. I stayed in a youth hostel in Hong Kong this time last year, and they not only blocked pr0n but also gambling sites as well. Their definition of 'gambling' included both Fantasy Premier League and Fantasy Football Scout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 3, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2016 4 minutes ago, BOF said: The fact that our work firewall has a rule blocking gambling sites. Why? It's not illegal. If I choose to do it on my own time then I should be free to. If I want to view it during working hours then it should be no worse than browsing facebook or any other non-work related site, so ban those too on that basis. Why demonise betting in particular? Makes no sense. We have worse than that. A couple of years ago my company entered the corporate games. We entered people into every category for which we had someone willing to compete. However, despite "Poker" being part of the games, there was no option to sign up for that. I enquired, along with a few others, and was told that because gambling is against company policy, we wouldn't be entering anyone into that category. So not only do we have the same approach as your company, we've also wrongly applied that policy to something which is effectively completely different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 3, 2016 Moderator Share Posted February 3, 2016 Putting my PC 'let's think of the children' head on for a minute, it might be to make it difficult for those who do have a gambling problem, with its addictive nature and with events going on all day all around the world. Addicts might have difficulty doing their job and it's safer to just use the banhammer. Still, mumble grumble mumble etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 More likely worried that some will be 'offended' for religious reasons, since Gambling is forbidden among the 'established' religions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said: More likely worried that some will be 'offended' for religious reasons, since Gambling is forbidden among the 'established' religions. yeah, probably banned by europe too, the belgian bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: yeah, probably banned by europe too, the belgian bastards I've been to a Ladbrokes in Charleroi. Slightly weird - you had to knock on the door and get 'buzzed in' by the bod behind the counter like some old style snooker club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 56 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I stayed in a youth hostel in Hong Kong this time last year, and they not only blocked pr0n but also gambling sites as well. Their definition of 'gambling' included both Fantasy Premier League and Fantasy Football Scout. My mate lives in Thailand and it's all blocked there as well , he can't even access the sportinglife web page to get sports news and yet this is Thailand where gambling is rife and not just when you go bareback at the Eden club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 3, 2016 Moderator Share Posted February 3, 2016 11 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: My mate lives in Thailand and it's all blocked there as well , he can't even access the sportinglife web page to get sports news and yet this is Thailand where gambling is rife and not just when you go bareback at the Eden club Yep, work has blocked livescore.com. LIVESCORE FFS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: My mate lives in Thailand and it's all blocked there as well , he can't even access the sportinglife web page to get sports news and yet this is Thailand where gambling is rife and not just when you go bareback at the Eden club 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 4 hours ago, BOF said: The fact that our work firewall has a rule blocking gambling sites. Why? It's not illegal. If I choose to do it on my own time then I should be free to. If I want to view it during working hours then it should be no worse than browsing facebook or any other non-work related site, so ban those too on that basis. Why demonise betting in particular? Makes no sense. Devils advocate here but its their net connection so down to them what you can and can't view. I understand what you are saying but i'm just being awkward! Roughly 50% of the internet is blocked at my workplace - no social media, no blogs, no forums, no music sites, no game sites, no gambling sites, the list goes on. If i want to view Japanese futanari porn, I have to do it on my phone via my 3G (yes I'm outdated) connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Reading books and not remembering everything. I need a memory palace or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 A mind palace? I bet you have room for two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 There's room for a thousand mind palaces, but sadly there's just a chilly breeze. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 3, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2016 I have a mind shed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I recently found out we can get Villa Talk on my work computer. It got banned off a while back when one of the directors saw one of the guys on it,. Stoke season ticket holder he is, says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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