davelowe1977 wrote:Just to add myself to the list, I'm in Derbyshire, England (male 27) with no significant other.
I'm going to have a return maths puzzle and ask what the odds are that Dave was born in the last six months of the calendar year. According to my calculations, the odds are an immutable 184/189.
Dave, in light of a recent departure and a recent arrival with uncannily similar characteristics, it is apparently de rigueur for the self-absorbed to deny having any flaws, the existence of any peers or superiors, or ever having made a mistake. Despite all that, people can see through the braggadocio, and they note that the initial categorical statements are shorter than the later heavily qualified, self-serving amendments/denials. As for me, I'm a creature of habit. I'm in the habit of admitting in one sentence what others will take at least a paragraph to deny. (If I'm commenting on a subject other than myself, then the posts are often considerably longer than a sentence.)
You know more about calculating probabilities than I do. Full stop.
Would you ever have seen such a sentence from the old or new MikeWulf? Old wine in new bottles and all that. :wink:
My probabilities question for you is this. What's the likelihood that a keyboard key meant to be hit by the right index finger would be replaced by a key normally hit with the right middle finger? Would the length of the post or the significance of the "hit" alter your estimate?
Back to the thread. I'm in England as often as possible.
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