Somewhat safe progressive..

[shadroch]

Back when I was a believer in progressions, I had to ask myself- Have I discovered something that the finest gamblers in the world, along with the finest mathamaticians thruout history, have somehow missed? As I was pretty sure the answer was no, I accepted that progressions didn't work.

 

[aslan]

Wiki tells us all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe (including a link to an extensive page on breakfast habits around the world)

The headline was supposedly real (from the 1940s or 1950s), and thus only inadvertently humorous, demonstrating our attitude towards the rest of Europe : that the entire continent is an appendage to our tiny island, rather than the other way around.

As the Wiki page says, the term 'Full English Breakfast' denotes a large, cooked breakfast of sausage, bacon, eggs, etc., but few people, if any, would have such a breakfast every day.

In many ways, including common sense, I must agree with those who feel the rest of Europe is a small appendage to England. I do make exception with regard to hospitality for Italia, of which I have only the fondest of memories.

 

[aslan]

Back when I was a believer in progressions, I had to ask myself- Have I discovered something that the finest gamblers in the world, along with the finest mathamaticians thruout history, have somehow missed? As I was pretty sure the answer was no, I accepted that progressions didn't work.

A simple, yet valid, deduction. I wish I had thought of that line of reasoning when my friend announced to me that he had discovered a surefire way of beating roulette. He won't tell me, but I surmise he subsequently lost tens of thousands of dollars. Sure thing. Right!