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- Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:08 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
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Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
I see Matt Hancock is self isolating after allegedly being naughty playing rugby.
Nice try.
I'm here all year
Nice try.
I'm here all year
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:53 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 294
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Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
I see that we currently have the most deaths of Coronavirus per capita. It is very easy to blame the government but i think we are are being more thorough/honest with our stats. I mean for example, Japan want the postponed Olympics to take place so i can understand why they wiuld massage figures. Ot...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:41 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 14th January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 9)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 394
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 14th January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 9)
Well done James- a convincing octorun with a great total! The boy gone good. Does James break the record for most different guests in an Octorun (4?) and equal most presenters (2) But why did Rory Bremner do just one day? Is that a record? Did Doctor Phil only do 4 days? Was he in a support bubble ...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 14th January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 9)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 394
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 14th January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 9)
I would have thought that 3 dictionary corner guests per Octorun would not be uncommon.
If day one or two was the end of one guests stint then you would naturally have 3 guests in total
If day one or two was the end of one guests stint then you would naturally have 3 guests in total
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 14th January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 9)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 394
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:56 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 13 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 8)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 323
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 13 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 8)
I love it that Colin has the same enthusiasm for Cowntdown as he has for a sporting event
Refreshing
Refreshing
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 13 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 8)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 323
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 13 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 8)
I'm loving the 4 large tactic by James to level the playing field as his maths is as bad as mine 
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
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Re: Politics in General
Arguing about the politics rather misses that the most needy families are getting these packages and feeling absolute despair. Just treat people with dignity and respect and give £30 supermarket vouchers - very little admin, no extra costs - and allows for individual dietary requirements or prefere...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: "Doctor's handwriting"
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- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 11 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 6)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 301
Re: Spoilers for Monday 11 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 6)
Was toying with OUTSEWS
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
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Re: What books have you been reading lately?
Guts being the stand out taleJon O'Neill wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:44 pmChuck Palahniuk... I read this a little while ago at Eddy Byrne's suggestion. It certainly stays with you.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:19 pmHaunted by Chuck Pahunek ( I kbow its incorrectky spelt but the guy who wrote Fight Club) .
I enjoyed haunted as the author did the narration.
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
- Replies: 56
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Re: What books have you been reading lately?
Cant be bothered to put this on a separate thread but are any of you a fan of audiobooks. I've noticed just lately I have turned more to audiobooks as i get older, especially fiction. Recent audiobooks I have enjoyed are Life of Pi and Haunted by Chuck Pahunek ( I kbow its incorrectly spelt but the ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What Makes You Appi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 465
Re: What Makes You Appi
Xigxag. An audiobook app without the commitment. I have just bought the Thursday Murder Club by Richsrd Osman for £7.99. There are no subscriptions but less choice than Audible. Lots of James Patterson and Kate Atkinson though which is good for me. Some older titles are 4 quid but you dont pay more ...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 8889
Re: What books have you been reading lately?
Fake news????.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:48 pmI was just about to reply to this, but I noticed that's the forum's (conscious?) AI autocorrected the user. Scary stuff.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:15 pmI decided not to read the book about free will. Or did I?
I did once go to the library to ask where the books are on self help
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday 8th January 2021
- Replies: 2
- Views: 356
Spoilers For Friday 8th January 2021
I wondered how long it would be until James played a CSW19 only word
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3575
Re: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
Who is Nick Shielding and why is he unavailable? I'm told they have enough shows recorded to last until 4th March, anyway. I saw a facebook post quoting Mr Eadie so I assume its true but I'm not sure why Nick is shielding *whoosh* I was treating it with the contempt it deserved. 😊 Keen eyed viewers...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3575
Re: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
I understand that due to Nick Shielding and Colin Murray being unavailable ther will be no filmiming of Countdown Next week. Hopefully we wont have to get repeats because of this Who is Nick Shielding and why is he unavailable? I'm told they have enough shows recorded to last until 4th March, anywa...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3575
Re: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
I understand that due to Nick shielding and Colin Murray being unavailable ther will be no filmiming of Countdown Next week.
Hopefully we wont have to get repeats because of this
Hopefully we wont have to get repeats because of this
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 294
- Views: 31038
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Clap for Heroes (previously known as Clap for Carers) is coming back this evening at 8. Was there a big debate on c4c around March/April time about this? I seem to remember one but can't find it - although admittedly I haven't looked very hard. I think it was nice at the time, but we're not a natio...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
- Replies: 56
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Re: What books have you been reading lately?
Since the beginning of October I've read: Stuff and Consciousness by Toby Pereira Why Can't We All Just Get Along? by Iain Dale How Not to Die by Dr Michael Greger Animal Farm by George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell Now on Time Lord Victorious: The Knight, The Fool and the Dead by Steve Cole. Up nex...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 294
- Views: 31038
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Clap for Heroes (previously known as Clap for Carers) is coming back this evening at 8. Was there a big debate on c4c around March/April time about this? I seem to remember one but can't find it - although admittedly I haven't looked very hard. I'm more interested in Boo for Boris. I'm also concere...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
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Re: What books have you been reading lately?
I was so tempted to do this, but as it was my fuck up in the first place I didnt think I had the right to
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 4)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 265
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 4)
I had to Wiki Dr Phil to see if he was Australian
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
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- Thu Jan 07, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What books have you been reading lately?
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Whatcha been reading
Apologies if there is a dedicated book topic I have missed/couldn't be bothered to check. What books have you read or are currebtly reading that you reccommend. I have just finished Alan Davies second autobiographical tome called Just Ignore Him. Its so honest and raw at times but also so well writt...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 6 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 3)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 298
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 6 January 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 3)
Marc's mate played a lot better today. Yesterday he seemed like a regular one-time winner but today's performance suggests possible octochamp. He lives up to the Scrabble numbers stereotype though. Its a shame he bottled out on the 9 but he was playing percentages i guess although he was unlikely t...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th January 2021
- Replies: 5
- Views: 406
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th January 2021
Oops covid brain i forgot its Wednesday
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th January 2021
- Replies: 5
- Views: 406
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th January 2021
James bottled the 9. It would have been a 140+ score.
But well played otherwise.
But well played otherwise.
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Have you put weight on during lockdown
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2431
Re: Have you put weight on during lockdown
Yeah I was a little overweight at the start of 2020 and fairly motivated to do something about it. I've now added a stone and got good intentions but zero motivation. I actually feel quite ashamed of myself. Must do better. My advice is to buy a fitbit or use a step counter app. Use every wasted mi...
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What Makes You Appi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 465
What Makes You Appi
Time to share your favourite apps.
Mine are currently Scrabble Go ( better without the ads)
MyFitness Pal. Great for counting calories, carbs etc
Especially the barcode reading facility
Mine are currently Scrabble Go ( better without the ads)
MyFitness Pal. Great for counting calories, carbs etc
Especially the barcode reading facility
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th January 2021
- Replies: 5
- Views: 406
Spoilers for Tuesday 5th January 2021
A rare posting for me.
Mainly because todays challenger is a personal friend of mine, James Burley, a very good Scrabble player and organiser of events in the South East.
He was very nervous today but a great conundrum spot.
Well done sir.
Mainly because todays challenger is a personal friend of mine, James Burley, a very good Scrabble player and organiser of events in the South East.
He was very nervous today but a great conundrum spot.
Well done sir.
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:11 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Lingo
- Replies: 3
- Views: 400
Re: Lingo
My only critcism is that when you have one letter multiple times then it should indicate this.
Also some answers have more variations than others making an unlevel playing field at times
Also some answers have more variations than others making an unlevel playing field at times
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Have you put weight on during lockdown
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2431
Re: Have you put weight on during lockdown
Technically I've lost 9lbs but i wasover a stone lighter after furlough in August
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:42 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Lingo
- Replies: 3
- Views: 400
Re: Lingo
Its on ITV at 3pm all Week
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 7:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who posts here?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5924
Re: Who posts here?
Maybe something dart related maybe
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
Screenshots.
With my abilities with tech being poor at best, the screenshot has been a godsend especially with two concurrent incidents of self isolation
With my abilities with tech being poor at best, the screenshot has been a godsend especially with two concurrent incidents of self isolation
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Covid 19 roll call
- Replies: 12
- Views: 726
Re: Covid 19 roll call
Ive got conflicting information on my self isolation. Because my stepdaughter reported me as being in her bubble I have a text telling me to self isolate until midnight on the 8th but the app says to isolate until the twelfth. The app updated first so I screenshot that to my employer so I may stay o...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:13 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Lingo
- Replies: 3
- Views: 400
Lingo
So far so good three teams try to work out four and five letter words using a ladder system and the same principle as the boardgame mastermind (right letter wrong position etc)
Presented by Adil Ray.
Was on at 4pm today (sunday)
You have a conundrum type element too.
Worth checking out
Presented by Adil Ray.
Was on at 4pm today (sunday)
You have a conundrum type element too.
Worth checking out
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:28 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: I made a Word Ladders app
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1290
Re: I made a Word Ladders app
There is a quiz show on today called Lingo which according to the trailer kooks remarkably like word ladders
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 10:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
I think lamp is more commonly used these days than bulb. I and everyone I know locally would call it a lightbulb or a bulb - not a lamp. I wonder whether it's dialectal (West Mids/Worcestershire here). A lamp in my mind would conjure up a heat lamp rather than a lightbulb. The little flat ones are ...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
Those guys from kent who have invented/adapted wind powered electricity for motorway lighting signs etc.
The genius behind it is that the slipstream of a vehicles trajectory will always generate the neccessary wind to power the electricity
The genius behind it is that the slipstream of a vehicles trajectory will always generate the neccessary wind to power the electricity
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Covid 19 roll call
- Replies: 12
- Views: 726
Re: Covid 19 roll call
Just curious if people on here want to divulge if they have had to self isolate, I had a covid test or have tested positive. I have had to self isolate twice, had a negative test and am currently living at home with someone who has tested positive. So I'm stuck at home until the 9th 🙁 Just wanted t...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
What3words
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Covid 19 roll call
- Replies: 12
- Views: 726
Covid 19 roll call
Just curious if people on here want to divulge if the have had to self isolate, had a covid test or have tested positive.
I have had to self isolate twice, had a negative test and am currently living at home with soneone who has tested positive.
So im stuck at home until the 9th
I have had to self isolate twice, had a negative test and am currently living at home with soneone who has tested positive.
So im stuck at home until the 9th
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
Lamp as in light bulb.Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:59 pmI meant lamp in a more generic sense. Not sure why I chose that word.
I think lamp is more commonly used these days than bulb.
When I worked in maintenance, back in the day before the wheels came off, only electricians called bulbs lamps.
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
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Re: Genius things
Maybe Jono will enlighten usGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:23 pmWhy just lamps?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:33 amLED lamps are energy efficient i think they last more than 5 years
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:33 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
LED lamps are energy efficient i think they last more than 5 years
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
Cheap go pro style cameras you can attach to your pets for hours of fun..... as long as your pet gives you permission obvs.
Also those usb portable juicers/smoothie makers as long as you drain the power befor cleaning it..... How we laughed on the way to A and E
Also those usb portable juicers/smoothie makers as long as you drain the power befor cleaning it..... How we laughed on the way to A and E
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
How new are we talking? mRNA vaccines Ring doorbell LED lamp I do like the concept of ring doorbells but we had a case of kids playing knock down ginger on a neighbors house and it nearly came to getting the police involved over posting pictures of the perpetrators on social media breaking privacy ...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Old Meakins Almanac ( predictions for 2021)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 225
Old Meakins Almanac ( predictions for 2021)
Ok here are a few of mine. Feel free to add yours by the end of this weekend if possible. Sport. Manchester city to win Champions League Tottenham to win Prenier League. Manchester united to win League Cup Chelsea to win FA cup. England to get to finals of the 2020 Euros Japan Olympics to be cancell...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 1:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Re: Genius things
Is that better than Parkour?
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1277
Genius things
As an antithesis of joke items i thought i would be positive and ' big up' new things that are good.
I will start with drone ' fireworks displays' all the beauty without the noise.
I hope this will be the norm when things get back to normal
I will start with drone ' fireworks displays' all the beauty without the noise.
I hope this will be the norm when things get back to normal
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:56 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 575
- Views: 229937
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Death to 2020 (Netflix)
If i saw this last year i would have dismissed it as too far fetched.
Its effectively Charlie Brooker's News Wipe with a bigger budget.
Samuel L Jackson gets the best lines.
Hugh Grant is very funny in character
If i saw this last year i would have dismissed it as too far fetched.
Its effectively Charlie Brooker's News Wipe with a bigger budget.
Samuel L Jackson gets the best lines.
Hugh Grant is very funny in character
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3575
Re: Who should replace Nick Hewer?
Someone with a bit of pullibg power to get diverse guests.
No not Laurence Fox but Dawn French
No not Laurence Fox but Dawn French
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 736
- Views: 192215
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who insist the lyric in Don't Bring Me Down by ELO is Bruce
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Joke Items
- Replies: 145
- Views: 21621
Re: Joke Items
I probably already posted that the test and trace app is a joke item. I awoke this morning at 3am to get ready to work when i noticed a notification on my phone telling me that i need to self isolate for 4 days. I cant for the life of me work out how its four days unless whoever is responsible for i...
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 3:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Thread Of Random (for Marc)
- Replies: 167
- Views: 30079
Re: Thread Of Random (for Marc)
Sausage rolls made Christmas Number 1 for the third year in a row. Why didn't Cliff Richard think of this? But just missing out - well, number 5 anyway - is this . Enjoy. Politics aside (or not, if you prefer), this is a genuinely good song. Fair play It does sound a little bit like Angels With Dir...
- Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Obscenity democracy
- Replies: 205
- Views: 10812
Re: Obscenity democracy
My old mum used to knit a lot back in the day and she assured me that there was a shade of Brown using the N word As indeed there was a Cherry Blossom shoe polish, no one thought anything about it at the time...... I think the playground song that starts eeny meeny miny mo was sung in all innocence...
- Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 292
- Views: 96745
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I used to think Supertramp was American for years