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ironsjh wrote:What would happen if a party gains a majority in the commons but their leader does not win a seat?
I expect party leader would not become Prime Minister, but could there be ways around this?
Probably the party would persuade a young flunky in a safe seat to resign and trigger a by election which the leader could win, and meanwhile a senior cabinet minister would act as stand in PM.
Elevating them to the Lords would probably be very unpopular with the great unwashed.
woodgreenspur wrote:I think you may have misunderstood me.What I meant ,i feel he was mistakenly allowed to do it, under their rules.I have no problem with the fella doing jury service,as..
A. He is my friend
B. I believe in the rehabilitation of prisoners. Nonces aside.
Hope that clears that up.
James P wrote:The best professional darts players in the world do well to hit 50% of their doubles to win a leg.
What many goes does your bog standard local pub darts player need to hit their double? 10-15 throws? What's a good % at that level?
Typically a decent pub player will average around 60, double % would be around 15 to 20.
Meaning that if 2 decent players have a match, one will likely hit a double every 5 or 6 darts (on average), so normally a couple of turns each and someone will have checked out. At least that was my experience of it, I was averaging around 60 to 65 in my heydey. However you do end up with the odd 40 dart leg when neither player manages to finish well
They also reckon that the pros have much better checkout stats when playing away from the stage, to be expected I suppose.
I do enjoy throwing darts but can't hit doubles to save my life. Normally just ends up with me and a mate throwing at double 1 for twenty minutes before giving up.
I do enjoy throwing darts but can't hit doubles to save my life. Normally just ends up with me and a mate throwing at double 1 for twenty minutes before giving up.
Once I started taking it a bit more seriously, I didnt find it that hard to get to around 50-55 average. I'd still be able to knock that out now. From then on requires some dedication. The top lads spend 6+ hours a day practising.
Also, weird how after a while certain areas of the board seem to be easier to hit than others, I always liked double 19 / 3 / 17 (bottom of the board) even though I'm 6'2"
I was listening to TMS on Friday and dear old Henry Bloefeld came up with a cracker of a question. When a flock of birds suddenly takes off all together, which one of them makes the decision to go off? I know sometimes something can suddenly make them jump (eg a cricket ball suddenly approaching them at high speed) but there are occasions when they all take flight for no apparent reason.
JerseyHammer wrote:Typically a decent pub player will average around 60, double % would be around 15 to 20.
Meaning that if 2 decent players have a match, one will likely hit a double every 5 or 6 darts (on average), so normally a couple of turns each and someone will have checked out. At least that was my experience of it, I was averaging around 60 to 65 in my heydey. However you do end up with the odd 40 dart leg when neither player manages to finish well
They also reckon that the pros have much better checkout stats when playing away from the stage, to be expected I suppose.
Very true, and they also have ingrained into their game, the best possible checkouts for any finish which they'll fall back on if they miss a target. Something I struggle with at the moment. Pro darts player's mental arithmetic never ceases to amaze me as I'm pretty crap at it.
Players will also have their favourite doubles - double 8 and 16 being quite popular. Double one is a pain in the arse and usually what I end up on due to my crap finishing.
pablo jaye wrote:I was listening to TMS on Friday and dear old Henry Bloefeld came up with a cracker of a question. When a flock of birds suddenly takes off all together, which one of them makes the decision to go off? I know sometimes something can suddenly make them jump (eg a cricket ball suddenly approaching them at high speed) but there are occasions when they all take flight for no apparent reason.
I could be wrong on this, but I think its the pack mentality, similar to horse racing. Horses, when they're racing aren't all competing to be first past the post in their minds, nor are they galloping because the jockey is whipping them apparently. Its fear that's driving them on and the lead horse is the catalyst for the others to go hell of leather after him, due to some unseen danger that's perceived. Like some kind of chain reaction within all of them to get the hell out of dodge sharpish.
That's my theory anyway on the bird question anyway.
Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote:
Pro darts player's mental arithmetic never ceases to amaze me as I'm pretty crap at it.
Players will also have their favourite doubles - double 8 and 16 being quite popular. Double one is a pain in the arse and usually what I end up on due to my crap finishing.
When you're doing it a lot, you remember it by patterns.
For example, if you got down to 170, you wouldn't sit and count out how many trebles to get to a double etc, you'd know that 170 = T20, T20, bull to finish.
As to D16 and D8, the popularity behind them is if you miss and hit a single, it halves each time right down to D1, without the need to go for additional singles. If you missed say a D9, you'd then need to throw a 1 to get onto D4.
Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote:Collective nouns. Not so much what they are, like a parliament of owls or a murder of crows, but who actually decides on them?
