Oh dear
You should've read the replies to said post - exactly the same thing happened to me - I lost out too, albeit on a more student-esque scale.

Although the odds of not hitting 12 50/50 rolls in a row seem to be 0.5x05x0.5x0.5... = 0.012%, in actual fact the odds of the next roll have nothing to do with those before it, so it's still only 50-50 (or actually about 48% because of the '0'- so what seems 'impossible' actually isn't.

You probably know all this. Sorry to hear it's gone tits-up. I'd suggest that if you're truly fucked, Egg will give you the cash hassle-free (just hide the egg card and pay it off on the sly. 17% interest though..)

I don't abdicate lying to your spouse, but doesn't seem like you've that many viable options.

Good luck!
( elgordo, Wed 6 Aug 2008, 10:14, Reply)