That was a surprise Spain v Cape Verde in 0-0 draw.....and Belgium v Egypt have not done much better......

Especially as the Turkey manager got away with just a roasting

Tunisia have already sacked their manager after losing to Sweden! Bit harsh.

What Nick is is absolutely right. It's called a second price auction. To put it another way the winning bid is determined as the second highest bid + a smallish set increment determined by EBay.

My strategy is to snipe with a bid that equals the maximum price I'm prepared to pay for an item. If someone has a higher (unknown to me) bid than mine at the end, then good luck to them and bad luck to me.

There are some that treat the Ebay auction like a regular auction and seek to outbid one another in a leapfrog fashion much to the delight of the seller I'm sure.

Webbo

Sad to hear that Dave Greenslade of Colosseum and, of course, his own band Greenslade has passed away.

Still 45 minutes to play. C'mon Curaçao!

Oh, I jinxed it. Shame.

Quote from: weave on June 14, 2026, 06:33:36 PMI knew drinking Blue Curacao all day would reap it's rewards!!! 

Still got a hour to go and I might have to go to hospital but come on everyone, lighten up and enjoy the football, please.

 

I got Curaçao in the sweepstake at work. 


BTW, Mods: Didn't there used to be a "Spoiler" formatting button?

I knew drinking Blue Curacao all day would reap it's rewards!!! 

Still got a hour to go and I might have to go to hospital but come on everyone, lighten up and enjoy the football, please.

 

Quote from: EtchedPixels on June 14, 2026, 01:31:07 PM... old Minitrix ones. They go round 7" curves and up and down grades fine except for the ivatt 

The 2-6-2T is ok as that has weight in the side tanks.  It's the 2-6-0 tender loco which struggles: it's too lightweight, the traction tyres don't really add much benefit and the tender pickups need very careful pressure adjustment to minimise drag.   The German 2-6-0 with the same chassis is the same, I've had 2 or 3 over them over the decades and all got consigned to the parts bin.