Mundane News

[Tail End Charlie]

365/26 = 14/1 better then the lottery, but still seems a bit large to me, maybe over a 3 month period you'd get some 365/78 = 4/1

That's the odds for a particular day.
Imagine the group of 26 lined up. The odds of someone having the same birthday as the first in line is 26/365. The odds of someone having the same birthday as the second is 25/365, for the third it's 24/365.
So the odds of any two in the group sharing a birthday are (26+25+24+23+22 ..... +3+2+1)/365 or 351/365.
Ok, should really be 366 but you get the drift.
It is quite a surprisingly small number, but the maths proves it.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

What a lovely sunny morning. Breakfast outside for me and the cat.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just had a beer delivery. 11 hours to beer o'clock then.

 

[mybike]

Good morning all. There's frost on the rooves. It's clear and still with a bit of a chill.

Yes, it was cold out last night & the field was quite white until the sun reached it. Now there are white streaks where the trees cast a shadow.

 

[tyred]

Lovely day out

And it's Friday so only another seven hours of captivity left for this week

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Yes, it was cold out last night & the field was quite white until the sun reached it. Now there are white streaks where the trees cast a shadow.

We're still getting a little shadow frost on the rooftops but it's going fast. I'm guessing we're in the middle of a high pressure system*.

*Confirmed, and it's in no rush to move according to the meteo people.

 

[biggs682]

You are number 15 In the q

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Sent in an AskmyGP on Wednesday in still having back problems after my off in June last year, I got a call from a physio that afternoon we agreed an xray was the best start. I got a call from the surgery to confirm yesterday, got a call from the xray department on the way to take wife for her vaccination currently sat semi naked in the xray department

 

[fossyant]

Big toe is improving. Felt OK last night - really think sitting at a desk all day doesn't help.

I've got to collect a new toy shortly - a garden shredder. Wanted one for ages, but as we have quite a large 'cat run' the mulch can go in the bottom where the cat's do 'their business' Any excess (and there will be lots) I'll use as mulch on the garden, and also to suppress weeds behind our property.

 

[postman]

I was 71 earlier this month.Right this morning I got out one piece of a three piece wooden ladder.So what you may say.Well it was my dads,he was a painter and decorator.I worked for him for a few years after he had been really ill.He needed someone to do the heavy and high work,he paid me more than an office job I had.This was back in 1967, By 1971 we were going nowhere not making any sort of living,so I left and joined Royal Mail and made more money and worked less harder.So this morning I used it to clean out some broken mortar that has fallen off the side of the barge boards.50 years old this ladder.What memories I have of that ladder,the ful three pieces would make my legs wobble.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Hope the wooden ladder was nice & damp, i hate it when they have dried out

 

[postman]

Hope the wooden ladder was nice & damp, i hate it when they have dried out

It is in a really good condition it moves side to side a bit but is better with the second piece in.It is also covered in hard putty and lots of old paint.

 

[raleighnut]

Well I've been 'Jabbed'

 

[postman]

Just taken a phone call from my son.He has just got his Masters with a Distinction.I am so proud.So tonight a takeaway curry with daughter two pints of London Pride a nice beer,and a very large Raisin Whirl sticky bun,the sun is out and the birds are singing,what a lovely day.

 

[Reynard]

Bright and sunny here chez Casa Reynard, but with a bit of a nip in the air.

Funny, it's Friday here too.

I have spent the morning doing paperwork. Oh joy... NOT. But I am now treating myself and watching the qualifying for the opening round of this year's Formula E championship.

My favourite driver has switched allegiance from purple to green, and thus, so have I... She who takes green is green and follows green leader.