[Archived] Other Pl Happenings 2009/10

[T4E]

Since we're being pedantic, Brad joined in November 2000 and left in July 2008, so 7 years and 8 months, or 77% ish.

[FourLaneBlue]

You rounded up.

It would actually have been 76.6666666666(etc)%

You were therefore being pedantic T4E...

...but not quite, may I suggest, pedantic enough.

[T4E]

You rounded up.

It would actually have been 76.6666666666(etc)%

You were therefore being pedantic T4E...

...but not quite, may I suggest, pedantic enough.

You win this time, Mr Blue.

[DanLad]

You win this time, Mr Blue.

Without doing the maths, admittedly...

...but could it be 77% if you take account of leap years?

[T4E]

Without doing the maths, admittedly...

...but could it be 77% if you take account of leap years?

OK, this takes it to ridiculously geeky levels, but I dont care.

There were 3653 days in the decade. Brad was a Rovers player for 2823 of those days.

77.2789488091979%

In your face, FLB.

[BuckyRover]

Don't forget the extra second that was added to the atomic clock at the end of 2008!

[FourLaneBlue]

OK, this takes it to ridiculously geeky levels, but I dont care.

There were 3653 days in the decade. Brad was a Rovers player for 2823 of those days.

77.2789488091979%

In your face, FLB.

Hang on...what day did Brad join Rovers? Have you specifically calculated from that day or have you just gone bonkers and included the WHOLE of November 2000?

[T4E]

3rd November 2000

Left 26th July 2008.

[FourLaneBlue]

Tsk...is that the most accurate you can get?

When did he leave? Morning? Afternoon? Did he have his tea first?

I suppose we can leave it at that for now however.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh...

T4E's a pedant

He wears a pedant's hat

and when he saw the Brad comment

He said "I'm not having that"...

Aaaaaaaaaaanyway...Pompey eh? Bloody buggered aren't they?!?

[only2garners]

Anyway a real pedant would know that the decade doesn't finish until 31/12/10........

[T4E]

Anyway a real pedant would know that the decade doesn't finish until 31/12/10........

An 11 year decade? That's quite something.

[FourLaneBlue]

The suggestion being that the decade started on 1/1/01.

[CrazyIvan]

An 11 year decade? That's quite something.

He's right because the century didn't start until 1st January 2001. There was no year '0'. Just a (theoretical) year '1' therefore etc etc...

[T4E]

The suggestion being that the decade started on 1/1/01.

I understand, but the end of the last millenium was 31/12/1999 - as the clock struck midnight 2000 complete years had passed.

If the next decade didnt start until 01/01/2001, what was that year in between?

He's right because the century didn't start until 1st January 2001. There was no year '0'. Just a (theoretical) year '1' therefore etc etc...

What is this based on? 'Year 1' would have been 0 - 1, after that point 1 full year had passed plus whatever date it was.

[only2garners]

I understand, but the end of the last millenium was 31/12/1999 - as the clock struck midnight 2000 complete years had passed.

If the next decade didnt start until 01/01/2001, what was that year in between?

What is this based on? 'Year 1' would have been 0 - 1, after that point 1 full year had passed plus whatever date it was.

No - at the end of 1999, 1999 years had passed. It's quite simple. There was never a year 0 - we went from 1BC to 1AD. Therefore we can only have the end of a millennium at the end of 1000 and 2000 and the end of the next decade at the end of 2010.

[T4E]

No - at the end of 1999, 1999 years had passed. It's quite simple. There was never a year 0 - we went from 1BC to 1AD. Therefore we can only have the end of a millennium at the end of 1000 and 2000 and the end of the next decade at the end of 2010.

Really? How do we know this?

[LeChuck]

I think this may help!

(I must admit I had no knowledge of this previously, bless you bunch of pedants)

[T4E]

I got about 8 words through that and gave up.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Pompey miss payment pledge:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hp0fjB6QdgE8_xhNqvLsrdihIBOg

[LeChuck]

I got about 8 words through that and gave up.

I think the bit under the 'Third Millennium' heading is the only bit worth reading in context to this topic.

Pompey miss payment pledge:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hp0fjB6QdgE8_xhNqvLsrdihIBOg

Amazed by this bit:

"Former owner Alexandre Gaydamak says he is owed almost £30million"

How can someone run a club into debt by wildly overspending then claim he's owed money?

[FourLaneBlue]

I suppose this is largely irrelevant however as Andy Gray was talking about the years 2000-2009 in the way we usually refer to decades.

The noughties. As it were.

[BuckyRover]

It is definitely true.

[Tom]

Stoke beating Fulham, not great for us

[Hughesy]

Stoke beating Fulham, not great for us

Expected to be honest - very strong at home!

[ffan]

PLEASE WILL YOU TAKE KONCHESKY