Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Quote: Give me 5 minute to wake up love

Quote: Give me 5 minute to wake up love

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Arne knows what is 'Best' when it comes to snacks, meals, hamburgers and the local ATM. If Zombie (others), and I ever visit Arne at his residence in Norway, that gas station will be a major social hub. It is like the Carnegie Hall of his region.

What the local church is for some of us, that Best gas station is for Arne. 

Arne is perpetually stuck in estate limbo and needs that gas station for survival! Rumours that Arne, daily, has been jogging, or walking vigorously, the distance and back between his residence and 'Best' are not substantiated.
  
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Arne, the African 'luva', the Norwegian Benny Hill, half asleep, mistakenly responds to the wrong message on Facebook Messenger. Mr. Hill in error, responds to our Against Forced Isms, chat. He should have walked to that local gas station earlier for some coffee and a wake up jolt.

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Cited from article 

'CGTN is registered under the State Council of the People's Republic of China and is under the control of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.[2][4]'

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Visit Norway.com 

Cited 

'The Best petrol station in the centre of Lom has most everthing for the passing traveller. 

* Exchange of gas bottles for caravans and campers.
* Tyres for var. lorry and bus. 
* Oil change and service. 
* Road and wehicle assistance available from Falken and Viking. 
* Various types of renal cars also available, for periods from one hour to one month. 

The Best petrol station in the centre of Lom has most everthing for the passing traveller. '

(Arne, did you type that advertisement?)









Sunday, July 11, 2021

Football/No betting: Decent from a non-professional football analyst

Football/No betting 

UEFA photo

UEFA EURO 2020 Match Predictor 

Correct result 29/51 56.86% 
Correct score 5/51 9.803% 
First team to score 28/51 54.90% 
First player to score 3/51 5.882% 
182 points 
Overall World Rank 108, 663/1, 959 142 =5.546% 

Kicktipp FIFA World Cup 2018

7/8 correct group winners 
8 correct scores 
6 correct goal differences 
41/64 & 64% for correct results 

BBC Predictor UEFA Euro 2016

23/51 correct result 45% 
7 Exact Score Win1 Win2, or Draw

Facebook FIFA World Cup Picks 2010

Overall World Rank 838/101, 230 = 0.8271% Facebook 

UEFA Champions League Picks  2009-2010 

Overall World Rank 232/51066 = 0.4531%
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These are the only football prediction competitions I have entered. I think I have entered three Stanley Cup predictors, but did not keep track as my picks never became the Stanley Cup Champions. So 0% for those as those are, in many ways, all or nothing, which I dislike. 

Realistically having first watched the Stanley Cup Playoffs significantly enough for a reasonable prediction in 1980, as a child, my Stanley Cup Finals prediction record is 33 correct and 8 incorrect, so 33-8 which is 80.48% 

Assuredly, the prediction has changed throughout the playoffs and even in some Finals, back and forth, but I am noting my Finals predictions from what I thought before the Final began and not during.

Wednesday, July 07, 2021

UEFA Euro 2020 Match Predictor: VII Not as bad as I thought

UEFA Euro 2020 Match Predictor: VII Not as bad as I thought

Photo from UEFA 

UEFA EURO 2020 Match Predictor 

Correct result 28/50 56.00%

Correct score 5/50 10.00% 

First team to score 27/50 54.00%

First player to score 3/50 6.000% 

178 points 

Rank 112, 456 out of 1 944 978 =5.78%
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I just discovered the rank application on the UEFA website. Especially considering I heavily picked, France, Belgium and Germany, I am pleased with my world ranking as a non-professional football analyst.

Sunday, July 04, 2021

Briefly Sunday

Briefly Sunday

Church this morning, our first regular service in over a year: 

Paraphrased 

Fast Eddie (Greeter): Russ, you are looking good. 

Me: Thanks.

Fast Eddie: You even shaved.
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Image one from Facebook

Image two from Facebook: Here again the National Hockey League (NHL) and its partners sell products representing defunct, sometimes relocated clubs that they still own the rights to. But the fans from these markets, unless they have a replacement team (Minnesota and Colorado, as examples, here), are in a sense, still NHL markets, but with no local club. In other words, pretty limited benefits for these fans.