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LMansini
08 Feb 11 03:54
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I love spreadsheets.  I always have, though I never had much to put in. Then gambling came along to fill the void.

I love recording all the bets with a million different stats, lifetime p/l, weekly, up to date pc calculator, I LOVE putting a number in and watching 10 others update at the same time.

Sometimes I put $5 on a random game, just so i can update my spreadsheet. If they didn't exist I would find gambling much less fulfilling.

If I could marry a spreadsheet I would satisfy its every box with unholy passion

Here's to you
and god bless
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Report Compound Magic February 8, 2011 4:52 AM GMT
Yo!   LMansini

That is MY 'Affliction and Affection'

Check out one of mine on ~
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C2SIPRT6

I want to know if the upload works

Megaupload is free. please send your best.

Happy[smiley:crazy][smiley:crazy]
Report LMansini February 8, 2011 5:10 AM GMT
sorry but i had a security scare this week alrady so no downloading random stuff for me for a while
i sure your a real and trustworthy person
but if not and im talking to a robot
then its time
to pass out on my bed
Report Glengarry Glen Ross February 8, 2011 5:21 AM GMT
Bet you even got "spread"sheets on your bed, LM
Report Glengarry Glen Ross February 8, 2011 5:25 AM GMT
Serious question, where can I learn more about spreadsheets.

Self taught so far.

If formulas I have real trouble with, and as for macros!!!!

tia
GGR
Report Compound Magic February 8, 2011 5:33 AM GMT
GGR check out MR Excel

http://www.mrexcel.com/

The forums are very useful as well

http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/index.php
Report Glengarry Glen Ross February 8, 2011 5:52 AM GMT
Thanks CM

Will have a look, but I feel I may be doing my usual "Excel help needed" thread every now and again.
Report FINE AS FROG HAIR February 8, 2011 6:12 AM GMT
Mansini and CM
If and when your express deep, enduring love for spreadsheets, it's time I think to call in the shrinks.
I can understand words like intellectual stimulation and fulfillment, never ending curiosity and fascination etc etc, but never love.
Report FINE AS FROG HAIR February 8, 2011 6:15 AM GMT
Btw I love my dog, so what does that make me I wonder ?
Report Stow_judge February 8, 2011 8:26 AM GMT
Report SHAPESHIFTER February 8, 2011 10:22 AM GMT
www.mrexcel......it's....it's like spreadsheet porn [:D]
Report Compound Magic February 8, 2011 10:42 AM GMT
LOL [>o]
Report duncan idaho February 8, 2011 10:43 AM GMT
mrexcel Love
Report aye robot February 8, 2011 11:14 AM GMT
LMansini - Gruss automation is obviously the thing for you. It's the spreadsheet equivalent of crack cocaine.
You will love it.
Report SHAPESHIFTER February 8, 2011 12:02 PM GMT
Does anyone run Gruss on a "virtual PC".  I have a macbook right now for my betting world.
Report Compound Magic February 8, 2011 12:17 PM GMT
I use it on a imac but in bootcamp mode not in "virtual PC" but I dare say it will work in "virtual"
Get a trial run for free before you buy.
Report gus February 8, 2011 1:26 PM GMT
god, i hate and detest spreadsheets ... they always seem to be full of every kind of function and formula except the one i need, and the help files are written in martian by an illiterate  martian geek Sad
Report REM February 8, 2011 1:34 PM GMT
I love creating new spreadsheets, but hate updating them. So I end up best guessing my spreadsheets a few mins before the off. Then I lose, so I decide to update the spreadsheet to see where I went wrong. Usually the spreadsheet comes up with a different answer. Then I don't have enough time to update the spreadsheet before the off, so I end up best guessing...

...I think you can sort of see where this is heading.

I can actually dream of spreadhseets. That's when you know it's time for a holiday.
Report FINE AS FROG HAIR February 8, 2011 1:39 PM GMT
Spreadsheets have created a new type of " dangerous " genius, who now thinks that extensive analysis of past events is a form of predictive tool for the future.
Einstein did without them. Good enough for me.
Though the afficianados will retort that Einstein wouuld have done even better with them.
Report REM February 8, 2011 1:47 PM GMT
Spreadsheets create order in the universe. Einstein was just a guesser.
Report Compound Magic February 8, 2011 1:53 PM GMT
In a house I once owned I painted an office wall with two tone grey stripes with those black and white gridlines to look like the
current banded tables do in excel, that two dimensional hi-lo look and my youngest son being a graphic artist painted some
scientific formulas in the rows that I never understood but it looked great.
Report jimmy69 February 8, 2011 1:55 PM GMT
I have never done a spreadsheet in my life. Am I missing out?
Report REM February 8, 2011 1:58 PM GMT
In a list of 100 things to do before you die, I think create a spreadsheet was near the top...
Report jimmy69 February 8, 2011 1:58 PM GMT
Laugh
Report duncan idaho February 8, 2011 3:04 PM GMT
'they always seem to be full of every kind of function and formula except the one i need, and the help files are written in martian by an illiterate  martian geek'


I would agree with all that, gus, and yet i still kinda like them.
Report Stow_judge February 8, 2011 3:28 PM GMT
Spreadsheets are the poor man's database imo. [:p]
Report gus February 8, 2011 3:33 PM GMT
well, that's the other thing ... i'm reasonably good at MySql and i always start off a spreadsheet thinking 'oh, it'll be quicker than making a new table and writing Sql queries, but it always takes about twice as long in the end + it makes me feel guilty for not doing the job 'properly'.
Report FINE AS FROG HAIR February 8, 2011 3:41 PM GMT
Spreadsheets are a poor substitute for original thought.
They are very good for proving what is already known and obvious.
But I'm only jealous of those capable of using them expertly.
Report LMansini February 8, 2011 4:07 PM GMT
Actually I suck with computers and can't do anything more than basic formulas,  a3  = a1 + a2

And I don't use them for analysing past results of matches, just for recording my bets

So my love is like an innocent teenage love, free and easy, without the crushing complications to come
Report REM February 8, 2011 4:52 PM GMT
I love league tables too. So long as the number columns are right justified.
Report SHAPESHIFTER February 8, 2011 4:57 PM GMT
Compound Magic

When: 08 Feb 11 12:17
I use it on a imac but in bootcamp mode not in "virtual PC" but I dare say it will work in "virtual"
Get a trial run for free before you buy.


Compound Magic....it runs fine with bootcamp?
Report REM February 8, 2011 5:05 PM GMT
The great thing about spreadsheets is it takes about 5 minutes to prove (mathematically) that I've just had a rubbish idea. I have a filing cabinet of rubbish ideas. But not all of my ideas are rubbish.
Report Compound Magic February 8, 2011 5:16 PM GMT
SHAPESHIFTER

I use Vista + Bootcamp + Excel windows version 2007 with Gruss and never had a problem.
I don't use it to place bets very often, mostly use it to update prices from their spreadsheet to
my spreadsheet. As the prices change on my sheet, if the prices go over the price I have predetermined is
value my selections turn blue if the price goes below mine the selection turns yellow and if there is no value
or the price is out of my range it turns the selections red and the stakes change accordingly.
Report FINE AS FROG HAIR February 8, 2011 5:20 PM GMT
Must look very pretty with all those changing colurs.
Report Compound Magic February 8, 2011 5:30 PM GMT
LOL its only the stakes column that changes which is 1 of about 40 columns
At the start of this thread I put up my spreadsheet for this year to download
It is a safe macro free 2007 excel sheet.

It is the same horse selection method that I used in "Tosh" only the staking has changed.
Blush
Report aye robot February 8, 2011 5:46 PM GMT
If you love spreadsheets then pivot tables must really drain all the blood from your head. Pivot tables rock.
Report duncan idaho February 8, 2011 6:48 PM GMT
Sadly, i dont understand most of this thread Sad
Report Zola's Back Heel February 8, 2011 6:58 PM GMT
i dearly love my longterm spreadsheet and hope she never finds out about the cheeky macro i have been seeing on the side.
Report SHAPESHIFTER February 8, 2011 10:36 PM GMT
Compound, thanks for that.

Infact, I have similar "pretty colour" alerts custom built right now.  Little automation.  Just keeping an eye on things.

I, too, use blue since "green" in the betting world often puts the kibosh on a bet before its placed!
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