oaksoft Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, slapsalmon said: 50% of the total. It's right there in the chart. Which renders the use of an "average" attendance including these teams absolutely invalid. Oh and BTW I didn't say that 90% attend OF matches at any one time. I said 90% of football fans in Scotland watch one or the other of just those two. The average amongst the rest will be tiny in comparison. Edited August 25, 2016 by oaksoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapsalmon Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Just now, oaksoft said: Which renders the use of an "average" attendance including these teams absolutely invalid. Why? Are they not part of the group of people who watch football? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 minute ago, slapsalmon said: Why? Are they not part of the group of people who watch football? Yes but it paints an unrealistically rosy picture for the overwhelming majority of the clubs which prevents a solution to the problem. Scientifically we call those two "outliers" and if you include them it leads to uselss conclusions. The reality is that outside the OF, times are very hard for most clubs with quarter to half full stadia almost everywhere other than those two outliers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 Is that the people who let their dogs shit on the grass where kids play football? Is that the people who gets tanked up every weekend making the city centres no-go areas unless you want thumped? Is that the people who play their stereos at full blast and make their neighbours lives hell? Is that the people who clog up the NHS, taking it almost to breaking point by all accounts, on a daily basis because of their diet of alcohol, cigarettes, processed food and pretty much f**k all else? Is that the people who stab, shoot and batter countless thousands of innocents every day? Is that the people who hang around estates drugged up to the eyeballs on heroin? If so then it's certainly news to me. Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 2 hours ago, oaksoft said: Is that the people who let their dogs shit on the grass where kids play football? Is that the people who gets tanked up every weekend making the city centres no-go areas unless you want thumped? Is that the people who play their stereos at full blast and make their neighbours lives hell? Is that the people who clog up the NHS, taking it almost to breaking point by all accounts, on a daily basis because of their diet of alcohol, cigarettes, processed food and pretty much f**k all else? Is that the people who stab, shoot and batter countless thousands of innocents every day? Is that the people who hang around estates drugged up to the eyeballs on heroin? If so then it's certainly news to me. So many questions, all deflecting away from the fact you have lost the plot on another sporting thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, faraway saint said: So many questions, all deflecting away from the fact you have lost the plot on another sporting thread. You wont be surprised to hear that in general I dislike people.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I think you meant "woof". Or mibees even woosh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 1 hour ago, oaksoft said: You wont be surprised to hear that in general I dislike people.. Startling - as you seem to be so beloved by people, en masse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, antrin said: Startling - as you seem to be so beloved by people, en masse... Yes it is beautifully balanced. I am loved by the people who matter to me. The rest I find hard to care too much about, with regard to how they perceive me. Understand this and you understand the Oakster. Edited August 25, 2016 by oaksoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I think I've always understood the Oxter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 4 hours ago, antrin said: I think I've always understood the Oxter. Did you ask your mum's permission before posting photos of her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 6 hours ago, oaksoft said: Did you ask your mum's permission before posting photos of her? It's that unique quality of wit that we'd find hard to replace on here, if you were to be hit by a bus. thinking about it... I don't think we'd try to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 3 hours ago, antrin said: It's that unique quality of wit that we'd find hard to replace on here, if you were to be hit by a bus. thinking about it... I don't think we'd try to... Hit by a bus eh? Charming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 2 hours ago, oaksoft said: Hit by a bus eh? Charming. What? Buses too proletarian for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 5 hours ago, antrin said: What? Buses too proletarian for you? Buses are fine. Its the contents I object to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, oaksoft said: Buses are fine. Its the contents I object to. You missed an apostrophe, there. The only bit of a post's structural contents to which I object... Other than grammatical f**k-ups.... Edited August 26, 2016 by antrin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 You missed an apostrophe, there. The only bit of a post's structural contents to which I object... Other than grammatical f**k-ups.... Does an ellipsis not usually consist of THREE dots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 4 minutes ago, BuddieinEK said: Does an ellipsis not usually consist of THREE dots? It CAN do. There is NO RULE. However, I concede that I usually follow Sam Beckett's lead on this... but.... WGAF.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 It CAN do. There is NO RULE. However, I concede that I usually follow Sam Beckett's lead on this... but.... WGAF.....? You?You seemed to think grammar was important.Would that last question mark not have been better placed immediately after the "F"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 1 hour ago, antrin said: You missed an apostrophe, there. The only bit of a post's structural contents to which I object... Other than grammatical f**k-ups.... That is a pretty lame response bud. Do you have any better banter than that or are we done here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 1 hour ago, BuddieinEK said: Does an ellipsis not usually consist of THREE dots? 1 hour ago, antrin said: It CAN do. There is NO RULE. However, I concede that I usually follow Sam Beckett's lead on this... but.... WGAF.....? 1 hour ago, BuddieinEK said: You? You seemed to think grammar was important. Would that last question mark not have been better placed immediately after the "F"? Blimey antrin. You don't appear to be coming out of this in particularly promising shape. When you are having your arse handed to you on a plate from one of our brethern from the "badlands of Lanarkshire" it is clearly time to rethink your strategy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, oaksoft said: Blimey antrin. You don't appear to be coming out of this in particularly promising shape. When you are having your arse handed to you on a plate from one of our brethern from the "badlands of Lanarkshire" it is clearly time to rethink your strategy. "Appear". The use of that word affirms that in reality no such thing has actually happened, but keep clutching at straws. BuddieinEK is Ok. He offered a suggestion on ellipsis which is not a rule. I noted his suggestion, remarked that it is not one that is a rule, more a convention and that many admirable writers do not submit to it. (I apologise that this is doubtless too deep (or too subtle?) for you, oaky, with your archaic borrowed banter such as, "your Mum's photo", but if you persist then a glimmer of understanding may creep into one of the many recesses in your mind to aid your clamber into maturity. Perhaps.) I need only add - and I am sure BuddieinEK and others will agree - that if ellipses were good enough for Bongovonbudvar, they'll do me fine........................ Edited August 27, 2016 by antrin Clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 1 minute ago, Slartibartfast said: Ohh deer. Wen corecting/comenting oan grammer, itiz allways advizable too chick thit yoo, yoursell, huv knot maid ani mistooks. ;) Ta for that. To be honest, I doubt oaksoft has the power of concentration to read that far into a post. If it wasn't for you pesky pedants I'd have got away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) This thread is turning into an English teacher's nightmare. ETA forgot to add the f**king apostrophe... Edited August 27, 2016 by oaksoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 38 minutes ago, oaksoft said: This thread is turning into an English teacher's nightmare. A nightmare only due to your inept contributions, Shirley? An English teacher would appreciate the language sophistication ... and the sophistry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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