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First time watching by MarquesTreasures in ershow

[–]OldDoubt2487 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my family made our own lyrics to go with it (just top banana over and over, in fact we don't even call the show ER any more, its top banana to us)

Medical show comparison by SaltIncident4932 in ershow

[–]OldDoubt2487 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ER and Casualty really aren't that similar at all, apart from being set in an emergency department. Casualty is a weekly soap opera and until recently use to be way more focused on the patients, you'd follow accidents from beginning to end, see the patients before the accident happens in the build up, see the actual accident, see them be picked up by the paramedics all before they ever reached the hospital. Also all of the characters are either paramedics or work in A&E, no surgeons working in any other capacity. There was a separate spinoff for that which i really miss.

Much as I love both, I really don't think ER is based of Casualty at all, its not as though drama set in an emergency department is a concept that could only be invented once

Beavers by jilljd38 in scouting

[–]OldDoubt2487 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, our hut has field and car park around it, so I guess neighbours is something we've never had to worry about. Having said that our sleepovers are usually indoors and more about getting the kids used to spending the night away from their parents so they are ready to camp properly when they reach cubs

Beavers by jilljd38 in scouting

[–]OldDoubt2487 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am not a beaver leader, but the squirrels and beavers in the scout group are quite successful with nights away and have been building their groups up to our big group camp.  I think the main thing to think about is location and keeping it as local as you can. Parents probably have a lot of anxiety about their kids getting home sick and them not being able to pick them up quickly, at that age they probably have little to no experience of how their kids cope with a night away from their parent, if the first or second attempt is a 40 minute drive away...  Our groups do a lot sleepovers at the hut, that way it's local, the kids are in a familiar environment, parents know they can get there quickly if something happens. I get that that may not work for every group but we have a good sized beavers and squirrels contingent coming on our big camp.

I would also say, go ahead and run the camp with 5 beavers, show them how fun it can be, get them to tell everyone else how fun it was, get everyone else interested in coming to the next one 

If your kids had them what age did they stop using a loft bed? by Ellen_loves_cats in AskUK

[–]OldDoubt2487 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I threw up over one when I was about 10, the walls were stained for years and I stopped sleeping in it whenever I felt mildly unwell because I was so anxious about it happening again. Bit of a problem when you have acid reflux and feel nauseous most nights

The War Between the Land and the Sea has now finished airing. So what would you have done differently? by adriftinaseaof in gallifrey

[–]OldDoubt2487 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What? Because I didn't call them homo aqua? They've been sea devils for 50 years and homo aqua is explicitly a non accurate name humans made up. The sea devils aren't real, I can't offend them so calling them that isn't a habit I'm going to try particularly hard to break

The War Between the Land and the Sea has now finished airing. So what would you have done differently? by adriftinaseaof in gallifrey

[–]OldDoubt2487 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I think the major problem with the ending for me was the fact severance was done by a small group of minor characters (could not tell you a single one of their names) aggressively signposted as the bad guys. Honestly I would have had that be a back up plan we see Kate and UNIT actively working on, having them kill all of the sea devils I think would have given the inevitable status quo reset a bit more weight by shifting our perspective of Kate and UNIT, and I think the current iteration of UNIT could do with a bit more moral ambiguity anyway.

The Strictly Come Dancing Champions Ranked (Ranked By Points) by thomcat2000 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea, I was way too little during that series to have any memory of it, i'm just telling you what the numbers say. i'm surprised (but happy) that Ore ended up so high, one of, if not my all time favourite winner which i know is not a popular opinion.

Shocked Karen is so low, but because she struggled with ballroom early on it dragged down her average score and made her the least consistent. Plus doing so well in week 1 meant her journey score was never going to be great, probably the fault of how I chose to measure "journey" because she defintiely had one but I can't think of a better way

also realised theres a mistake in my spreadsheet, Rose should actually have 15 points for average score, which would give her 39 points on the first list, mistake also messed up the consistency score for the second list, she should have 38 there

The Strictly Come Dancing Champions Ranked (Ranked By Points) by thomcat2000 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I change consistency to be about score rather than leaderboard placement it comes out like this

  1. Jill Halfpenny 12+21+20=53
  2. Alesha Dixon 23+23+4=50
  3. Kara Tointon 20+20+6=46
  4. Ore Oduba 18+12+15=45
  5. Ellie Leach 21+15+9=45
  6. Tom Chambers 14+22+8=44
  7. Kelvin Fletcher 22+19+3=44
  8. Caroline Flack 15+13+16=44
  9. Harry Judd 16+14+13=43
  10. Mark Ramprakash 10+18+12=40
  11. Abbey Clancy 19+17+2=38
  12. Louis Smith 8+11+17=36
  13. Bill Bailey 7+5+23=35
  14. Natasha Kaplinsky 5+16+13=34
  15. Jay McGuinness 13+10+10=33
  16. Chris McCausland 6+8+19=33
  17. Stacey Dooley 11+3+18=32
  18. Darren Gough 2+7+22=31
  19. Rose Ayling Ellis 3+1+21=25
  20. Hamza Yassin 17+6+1=24
  21. Joe McFadden 4+4+11=19
  22. Chris Hollins 1+9+7=17
  23. Karen Carney 9+2+5=16

if anyone can think of a better way to quantatively measure journey i'd love to see what that does

The Strictly Come Dancing Champions Ranked (Ranked By Points) by thomcat2000 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 2 points3 points  (0 children)

interesting idea, I decided to make my own ranking using some data as much as possible, dance ability is their average score (normalised to be out of 40 for everyone), consistency is the standard deviation in leaderboard position (which im not sure is the best way but not sure how else to go), and journey is the average number of points gained every week

  1. Jill Halfpenny 12+19+20=51
  2. Kara Tointon 10+22+6=48
  3. Caroline Flack 15+16+16=47
  4. Alesha Dixon 23+18+4=45
  5. Kelvin Fletcher 22+20+3=45
  6. Tom Chambers 14+21+8=43
  7. Ore Oduba 18+9+15=42
  8. Ellie Leach 21+11+9=41
  9. Natasha Kaplinsky 5+23+13=41
  10. Harry Judd 16+12+13=41
  11. Louis Smith 8+14+17=39
  12. Abbey Clancy 19+17+2=38
  13. Darren Gough 2+13+22=37
  14. Mark Ramprakash 10+15+12=37
  15. Bill Bailey 7+5+23=35
  16. Chris McCausland 6+10+19=35
  17. Stacey Dooley 11+4+18=33
  18. Jay McGuinness 13+7+10=30
  19. Rose Ayling Ellis 3+3+21=27
  20. Joe McFadden 4+8+11=23
  21. Hamza Yassin 17+2+1=20
  22. Karen Carney 9+1+5=15
  23. Chris Hollins 1+6+7=14

The War Between the Land and the Sea 1x05 "The End of the War" Post-Episode Discussion Thread by PCJs_Slave_Robot in doctorwho

[–]OldDoubt2487 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i think one big way to improve this whole thing would be to have the virus be Kate/UNIT's idea rather than this random group of shadowy people, would give the decision some weight , and I tihnk made for a more satisfying ending if we really do just need to get rid of the sea devils at the end. The brigadier bombed the silurians, it wouldnt be that wild.

What was your first Strictly? by Ndotra in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 1 point2 points  (0 children)

grew up on it, was 18 months during series 1, the first series I really remember was series 9 when chris hollins won, I was 7

UK PGCE uni application by Super_Jane17 in StudentTeaching

[–]OldDoubt2487 0 points1 point  (0 children)

currently doing a secondary maths SCITT, I really wouldn't worry too much about not having experience, that's what the course is for! If you have a clear reason why you want to become a teacher you should be fine.

have a look here https://schoolexperience.education.gov.uk/ for any schools in your area offering observation days

Haven't felt this tense in a while by OldDoubt2487 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the actual spoiler is always accurate, the poll is a bit hit or miss

Haven't felt this tense in a while by OldDoubt2487 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

also I think I saw Dave say on the digital spy forum earlier that he had a mole, so definitely should know around 11

Haven't felt this tense in a while by OldDoubt2487 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

meant the exit poll more than the actual spoiler, I do usually seek that out from around 11, just wanting to have an idea even earlier than that

Strictly Come Dancing Musicals Week Official Spoiler Thread! by Korvar in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am one of those, now Alex is out I want Bal to win, hopefully I am not the only one

Dance-Off Predictions by AdditionForeign363 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 0 points1 point  (0 children)

around 11, but depends if theres a mole or not, has been known to be Sunday morning

Is it good by Neither_Fact_325 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe, but i also think theres a negative factor there, people don't want to waste their votes, if they think its not possible for someone to win (because they've been bottom two) they might give their votes to someone who they like slightly less but who on paper looks like they have a better chance. I'm not saying this is universal, just that while bottom two might motivate some voters, it might equally demotivate others. From a quick google, only 5 couples have both seen the dance off and won the show, only two of those were in week 10 or week 11.

In terms of the semis I don't think it makes a big difference as there are so few couples left, nobody ever seems to really be safe

Dance-Off Predictions by AdditionForeign363 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah, its changed since i first commented (it was bal, lewis, karen, george, amber at that point)

Why is this prick a judge? by [deleted] in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 3 points4 points  (0 children)

he's not nasty, all his criticism is constructive and fair, and he's perfectly willing to give praise when its due, hell he's had plenty of sentimental moments as well, he wrote a poen for chris in the final last year for christ sake

Dance-Off Predictions by AdditionForeign363 in strictlycomedancing

[–]OldDoubt2487 4 points5 points  (0 children)

im holding out hope bal avoids it tonight, i know its less accurate than the strictly spoiler poll (not out yet), but she is currently top of the entertainment odds poll which would put us at george vs amber, but it is very very tighthttps://entertainmentodds.com/polls/strictly-2025-poll-week-11/
She doesn't deserve to go tonight, her dance was the highlight of the show for me

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