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Karen Pearson

Ryan Taylor wrote: Missed this. Why didn't someone remind us or sumfink?

I put it on my Facebook page - what more do you want???
You'll have to watch it on iPlayer then!

Karen Pearson

Unnecessary and possibly a bit patronising IMHO. I think the problem is that the girls don't seem as dedicated to improving as the guys. So, we either need to invest more time or accept that we're not going to top the league tables. I, for one, am not bothered about the lack of female representation...

Karen Pearson

To be honest, I don't think it's just the advent of the iPhone. I think mobiles killed a lot of pub quizzes. Several years ago, we used to go to a quiz where people would text their friends for answers. We eventually stopped going. We've also been to one where we live now where teams openly cheat (d...

Karen Pearson

You mean this John? You can try upgrading to IE8. I did that and it sorted it for a while but then it came back! Charlie is aware of it. It's doing this again! And, yes, I am on IE8 (and yes, Kirk, I'm sure I should be using something else!). It's been doing it since about Thursday/Friday-ish. http:...

Karen Pearson

I like the new format for voting on Game of the Week (where you can now see the details of the games on the voting page). The only slight issue is that I can't remember if 1 is better than 5 or vice versa and I can't see it explained anywhere on the page. Any chance we could have it annotated please...

Karen Pearson

Jon O'Neill wrote:Seems like I'm the only one with ARSE and EARS then.

Oh, for goodness sake! Surely we're restricting it to 'proper' words. I don't think you'll find the first one in a medical textbook!

Karen Pearson

Got 2, both 5 letters.

Karen Pearson

I bet it wasn't even a shiny. Too right it wasn't - it was a Leeds team photo (sorry Karen) Nah! S'OK! Under normal circumstances I'd berate you but I don't think you're that old so it must have been a team photo from after the decline started! I remember in 1992 (18 years after we'd previously won...

Karen Pearson

Fraid I'll have to dip out then Andrew. Sorry! I will be on holiday for all of January (I know! It's a hard life but someone has to do it!)

Karen Pearson

Eoin Monaghan wrote:
James Robinson wrote:I applied last week, but have heard nothing as well.

Same old story for me it seems.
Good luck James!

LIKE

Karen Pearson

Sorry Michael, I should have let you know. I'm not on any mailing lists but I've been checking the 12 Yard site about once a week for ages (God, what a saddo!) but I actually heard about it from Wendy who I was on the Chase with. Applications are open until 5th November officially. Normally, their d...

Karen Pearson

Has anybody applied for this and actually got an audition? I know a couple of people (as well as myself) who have applied and not heard a thing so far. Given they are supposed to be starting filming on 13th November, I'd have expected the auditions to be well under way! So, I'm not sure whether I sh...

Karen Pearson

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Hoping there are some Star Wars fans out there!

I liked Ep 3 (revenge of the sith) the best, generally it was good all round; what's yours?

Tut. Kids! No idea!

Karen Pearson

Karen, since everyone in Bromsgrove knows everyone else (natch) can you please tell "Wilf" that actually, we do like a smartarse. We don't like people who criticise when they can't do it themselves. ;) :lol: Had exactly the same thought myself! Can't be too hard to track him down so consi...

Karen Pearson

There's this , which sets my eBay crime alarm bells ringing for a number of reasons. And a similar one (but number 13) from the same seller. I searched for tyrone gaa and these are the only two that came up. How about this as an alternative? I'm sure you're dad would love it! :D http://cgi.ebay.co....

Karen Pearson

http://i52.tinypic.com/2lk6wj4.jpg Here I was, having already claimed the Portuguese 15 record and then I hit the Portuguese conundrum crashing problem. It didn't do it on the previous game when I needed the conundrum for the record. Why is it doing this to me?? :( Here's what happens when it crash...

Karen Pearson

It's doing this again with Portuguese conundrums. The last one was suddenly do-able after about 3 or 4 days.

And I'm in with a chance of the high score with this one! (But I wouldn't waste any money down at William Hill!)

Karen Pearson

I quite like the idea of Simon's variant. I'd play it if it was available. But then I'm the person who will play Hebrew and Finnish without knowing a single word in either language!

Karen Pearson

It's doing this again! And, yes, I am on IE8 (and yes, Kirk, I'm sure I should be using something else!). It's been doing it since about Thursday/Friday-ish.

Karen Pearson

Dinos Sfyris wrote: I almost had to borrow one of Karen's Tena lady pads (sorikaren!)

You are so going to pay for that!

For the record, I am not THAT old yet - although it may seem like it to you young whipper-snappers!

Karen Pearson

[quote="Kirk Bevins"] C1: ASSUAGED (8) Anna amusingly suggests that SAUSAGED^ should be a word as she got sausaged last night, or something.... :P Oh, and Karen took the mickey out of my pathetic pronunciation of the word which I have never used in a sentence, nor do I intend to. Sorry! :o...

Karen Pearson

James Robinson wrote:Round 12: S A N E N A B A I
C1: BANIANS (7)

While just about everyone else saw BANANAS, Kirk decided to to go with the alternate spelling of the tree from which they're grown from.

Don't think so! A BANYAN (normal spelling) is an Indian Fig Tree.

Karen Pearson

Brilliant day! Thanks so much to Jeff, Judi and Bee for all your hard work. Up to the same high standard as usual! :) It was great to see more women there; lovely to meet Amie and also Yvonne and great to see Anna and Mary Jo again. Highlight for me was beating Conor on a round. Admittedly I wasn't ...

Karen Pearson

Not as far as I am aware! Although you do see the odd old lady with some chin hair!

But a friend, who is a (fair) bit older than me, tells me that in some places women's hair starts to thin out.

Karen Pearson

Immensely enjoyable today! I have renewed interest in the show! :D Just to be a little pedantic, Susie wasn't quite right with her explanation of POSADAS. She said POUSADAS were state-run hotels in Portugal and POSADAS were the Spanish equivalent. Generally-speaking, a POSADA is just an inn, the sta...

Karen Pearson

Get some eyebrow tweezers.

I think the theory goes that if you keep plucking them out, the follicles weaken and the hairs stop growing eventually.

Karen Pearson

I think Portuguese conundrums might be broke. Fairly irrelevant to me as I've not solved a single one so far but I won't be able to finish the game without doing it.

Karen Pearson

Hi. User search doesn't seem to be working properly on Apterous. Not a major issue but I thought I'd mention it.

Karen Pearson

The Duel wasn't actually available in the morning so it wasn't quite 19 hours before it was reported - and I didn't report it in the morning because I assumed Charlie would still be in bed. FWIW, from Chat I realised that I'd get a second go if I wanted but I didn't bother (and it looks like a lot o...

Karen Pearson

Life is so unfair! I can't LIKE malt loaf even if I wanted to!

I think I might take c4countdown to the court of human rights because I can't exercise my democratic right to like or dislike something.

Karen Pearson

Voting not working for me at the moment. Is this because Likes are broken?

Karen Pearson

Talking of upgrades, I occasionally get a little box pop up and tell me that there is a Java update available. Am I supposed to implement these? (I can feel the shoulders slumping and the heads shaking already! :) ) Yep, definitely. These are usually security updates which means you should install ...

Karen Pearson

I don't think telling people to upgrade is really an adequate solution here (although they should). It's not like they're still running IE4. We need to fix this. I'm pretty sure "I'll have a think about how to fix it" is an admission that we need to fix this. It doesn't mean I shouldn't a...

Karen Pearson

Are public schools actually cost-free to attend there? I attended public schools here, but I can remember having to pay fees at the start of the school year. (Something more like $50, not quite £60, and certainly a lot less than a private school, but.) (Actually, I just checked the website of my ol...

Karen Pearson

Thanks Matt. Got it sorted on one laptop now. Will sort out the main PC when the new router arrives tomorrow.

Am a bit concerned about this mention of it messing up other applications. Is there anything I should look out for?
(Apart from the major lag in typing this for some reason!)

Karen Pearson

Actually, this happens for me in IE7 at the moment, and has done for at least a week, maybe no more than 2 weeks. The only way I can read the happenings is by shrinking the window. Can't do a screenshot easily on this work computer, but basically, the boxes are too wide, sit above each other and co...

Karen Pearson

Is it just me......? When I first log in to Apterous, the front page looks fine. However, once I've completed the Duel, the Duel leaderboard, the Latest Pencils and TopDog tables overwrite the Happenings column down the right hand side. If it IS just me, any ideas what I can do to get it to display ...

Karen Pearson

A couple of years ago we saw a trailer for Footballers' Wives on BBC America and it included a scene with one of the WAGs calling someone a wanker. This trailer was being shown in the middle of the day. Needless to say, we found it quite funny.

Karen Pearson

James Robinson wrote:How many of you others who have replied just microwave your own porridge

I actually make my own from scratch using a pan, etc.

As long as it's not too thin, it works a treat.

About two and a half minutes in the microwave and no extra washing up. No contest!

Karen Pearson

Sugar mixed in and evaporated milk on the top.

Unless I'm dieting, then I just chop up a banana and add it before microwaving (to sweeten it instead of sugar). But that's pretty rubbish!

Karen Pearson

James, my experience of 12 Yard is that they have very little interest in how good you are at the game but much more interest in you being able to squeal excitedly etc.

Don't take it personally and just keep applying - you'll get on something else eventually.

Karen Pearson

Good luck Tom

Am already sponsoring two other people in this race but I hope you raise loads of money!

Karen Pearson

Thankfully we're off on holidays so will miss the big poop party a couple of miles up the road where they are apparently beating up some mate of Conor's.

And if I was unimpressed before, I am ever more so now that I realise that Pointless has been interrupted in order to show the poop in Glasgow.

Karen Pearson

18/33/18/18

If only any of those were my real age!! Sigh!

Karen Pearson

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:I can only watch Countdown on 4 +1, so this is annoying.
Iplayer?
Christ, he's not gonna go to that effort...I wouldn't.

Karen Pearson

We have a date! James and I are on Pointless on Monday 15th November.

It's a bit later than we were expecting because transmission is being interrupted for the Commonwealth Games.

Karen Pearson

Jon O'Neill wrote:This borders on exploitation.

I have to agree. My first reaction was to laugh. Then I thought it was all rather sad.

But then, what do we expect from the Sport?

Karen Pearson

The Portuguese dictionary is still missing. Any news of it?? I'm almost there. All the accents have been removed and I've changed the letter distribution to match that of Scrabble, which also means dropping a few letters completely since they don't occur naturally in Portuguese (K and W, I think). ...

Karen Pearson

The Portuguese dictionary is still missing. Any news of it??

Karen Pearson

Happened to be in Debenhams in Worcester earlier today and they have their range of Christmas tat in (you know the crap stuff for people who have everything or have no interests!). Well, they have a whole book in called 'How To Poo At Work'. It's about £7, which I think is a bit steep, but I might ...

Karen Pearson

Happened to be in Debenhams in Worcester earlier today and they have their range of Christmas tat in (you know the crap stuff for people who have everything or have no interests!). Well, they have a whole book in called 'How To Poo At Work'. It's about £7, which I think is a bit steep, but I might k...

Karen Pearson

Edit: On the condition that we don't kick footballs at my head. ;) I'm gonna buy Madame Poire-fils some chocolate eclairs. ;) Won't be there. :( Off on my annual mega-holiday which, this time, will be including the trip to Costa Rica (as mentioned on The Chase) to see the sea turtles hatching (amon...

Karen Pearson

Andy Wilson wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote: it would be cool if places where lots of waiting happens, like bus stops, or being on hold, were used to help people learn stuff
Simply great idea.

^ What he said. But then I am the person who bought a poster of world flags for her office wall so that she would improve at flag recognition.

Karen Pearson

Ryan...you jest, but actually my hand eye co-ordination skillz are second to none. Years of flicking varied office paraphernalia at unsuspecting passers by have rendered me an expert :) Be afraid... Dinos may now just be a bit grateful for my appalling aim then! Note to Jeff. Get the money banked q...

Karen Pearson

Hmm, I would really like to come along, but a little daunted by the level everyone else is. Can a relative newbie come along?? Please do come along Rachel! We need more girlies. And don't worry, you can sit at the back and be disruptive with the rest of us who aren't very good (well, I'm just takin...

Karen Pearson

Hi Charlie. The Portuguese dictionary seems to be unavailable at the moment. It's probably intentional but I thought I'd mention it in case you weren't aware.

Thanks.

Karen Pearson

Edit: How hard would home-made chocolate covered peanuts be? You could do with amazing chocolate and have a peanutgasm. Hmm! Nice idea and would almost certainly be yummy but you are unlikely to achieve that nice smooth coating. Even if you put them on a fine mess rack to let the excess chocolate d...

Karen Pearson

Honestly! Just 'cause a few people have a slight allergy!!!! But can't you just buy peanut M&Ms? No!!! Because they have a crispy candy shell coating (which is horrid!)! That's like saying "Buy Minstrels" when you'd rather have Galaxy Counters!!! Which means you have to resort to nast...

Karen Pearson

[quote="James Robinson" Interesting also that they brought back the list round in round 1 (the citrus fruits round).[/quote] Yep, there are two types of Round 1 question now. Just caught up on Tuesday's show - really hard Q2 again! I know Michael & CF had prepared this one but we hadn'...

Karen Pearson

I thought it was the peanut ones that got evicted (in the usual conspiracy against nuts!). But I hate raisins so I haven't bought Revels since the raisin ones were introduced. Peanut ones?! :o (I'm too young to remember, right?) Get lost!!! It can't be more than 3 or 4 years ago that they scrapped ...

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