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Howard Somerset

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Thanks (in second interval).

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Today's recap may be delayed for a short while, as I've not been able to connect to the cdb recap writer during the first interval. I'll have it done as soon as possible.

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James Robinson wrote:Howard, are you sure that she's not doing the newspaper review like she normally does when she appears on the show?

I'm not sure what she's doing. I just heard her being mentioned when today's programme was finishing.

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Lunch details are as follows: Lunch will consist of a jacket potato with a variety of fillings (including vegetarian), followed by hot, home-made apple crumble & custard. Cost will be £2.50 (payable on the day) but I do need to know now who wants it so I can give my mum (the cook) exact numbers...

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I've just heard that Carol Vorderman is to be one of the guests on the Andrew Marr show next Sunday morning (BBC1 - just leave it on after repeat of MOTD). She's joining Nick Clegg and one other guest whose name I've forgotten.

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A serious one, unfortunately.

MOUNT+A = AMOUNT

Lost count of the number of times I used to miss this one.

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I'm not at home at the moment, so don't have access to the speadsheet which I used to complie my earlier table. I'll have another look later when I get home - not sure just when that'll be.

It's a great problem.

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Jason Larsen wrote:3. Why would Dinos Sfyris have the courage to ask Emma to marry him when he knows it makes me jealous?

I'm curious to know in what way this makes you jealous, Jason. Are you jealous of Dinos? Or of Emma?

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Question for Damian mostly - how many episodes for the new series are currently in the can? When is further filming scheduled, and how to those days look weather-wise for Manchester? Might local contestants have to go first if those in, say, northern Scotland are unable to travel down? I know there...

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I've now adjusted my answer to (b) to 5 , because I don't think it can be done with 7 . And here is an alternative answer to (a) which is consistent with my answer for (b) pl/w/d/l/ team name 17/21/0/72 West Brom 13/25/0/64 Man U 13/25/0/64 Tottenham 16/12/10/60 Blackburn 20/0/18/60 Bolton 20/0/18/6...

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I'll not attempt (a) because Bob seems to have that done. My answer to (b) is 7 i.e. those with a multiple of three letters in their names . Very pleased to see Spurs 3rd in the table, even if we are still behind Man U We're only listed behind MU alphabetically, which makes us level with them. Which...

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I love today's duel. Not often that I can equal both of the two most recent series champions.

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Not a serious problem, more a peculiarity. Under Happenings , it's reporting The Daily Duel was won by Chris Davies with a score of 180 from 189. 6 hours ago. The max for this game was 180, so where did the extra possible 9 points come from? It's not working for me either...by the way, is SHITFACE a...

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And now same as Jim.

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Charlie Reams wrote:I trust that as you (sort of) have a maths degree, you're not counting 1 as prime.

I'm quite sure Dinos doesn't regard 1 as prime. I believe we've discussed it from time to time.

I'm now lower than my previous attempt, but not quite as low as Jim.

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Dropped to 71 now. Might still be able to improve on that. Nice puzzle.

And now getting a bit more confident with 63

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote:I can't see any way of getting the 9 round score to be anything less than an amazing 247. Bul I'll keep trying.
Nope

ok. I can now see a way. But not sure what the optimum score is. Back soon.

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote:lol - I certainly wouldn't be able to get back on again.
Too late - Jason Cullen's nicked your place!
Some more offence-ive material.

Consecutive pics, IIRC.

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I can't see any way of getting the 9 round score to be anything less than an amazing 247. Bul I'll keep trying.

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Alec Rivers wrote:Reminds me of my first visit to White Hart Lane. I asked some guy for directions and he told me to follow the crowd. I ended up in Tescos.

And to think I used to like you.

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Bit surprising that at least two people who have voted so far have excluded forums.

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Apparently the snow has hit Manchester particularly badly. People are snowed into their homes, and the airport has had to be closed. Will this affect the filming of Countdown at all? Will we have another situation where contestants have to be reshuffled because they cannot get to the studio for fil...

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My attempt: In the 10 frames you get each possibility from 1 to 10, with the the second bowl, if there is one, clearing the rest. For the extra bowl after the 10th frame you get the 0. 1 and 2 are in the first frame and the frame following the 10. Otherwise the frames can be in any order. The strike...

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Would've been 11 if you added "Anything Else". :) Not Internet Dating I hope, Howard . . . your wife seems very nice ;) Actually I did think of putting "Other (please specify)", but I got a bit bored with that option, so feel free to share in a post if you do anything else. No. ...

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Only 10 apply to me.

Would've been 11 if you added "Anything Else".

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Great news. I'd heard that there was a Celebrity Big Brother happening around now, but not until I read this thread and the facebook comments did I realise that it's already started. So how's it going to happen, Chris? I understand that BB programmes usually show happenings from the previous 24 hour...

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Alec Rivers wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote:I've now come off the fence.
I'm surprised you can still get on it. lol

lol - I certainly wouldn't be able to get back on again.

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Jimmy Gough wrote:You can judge however you like, but as Dinos said Countdown will obviously be an(/the most) important factor. It's just meant to be light-hearted really but Conor and Kai are my two favourite contestants OF ALL TIME (of all time).

Thanks, Jimmy. I've now come off the fence.

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For me, the answer is just Mayfair.

For a bit of added info, throwing 9 each time gets you to the greatest number of squares (30), and throwing 10 each time gets you to the least number (4).

Nice puzzle. Wish I'd seen it before 7:15.

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Like Ralph I'm going to abstain on this one, the reason being that I don't know what criteria we are judging the two by. I agree with all that Alec has said about Kai, but that still doesn't mean that he necessarily wins because, as I said, we don't know the criteria. If Jimmy were to clarify how we...

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We're also going to Paris for a long weekend in March If it's the same weekend that I'm going, then I'll try to keep out of your way. Cool :) We're going on Sat 20th and come back Mon 22nd We're there the previous weekend. I promise to leave it tidy for you. :) ...why don't you get Emma to come alo...

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Only just noticed that you'd posted the great news here. Once again, my congrats to you and Emma. I'm really delighted for you both. We're also going to Paris for a long weekend in March If it's the same weekend that I'm going, then I'll try to keep out of your way. This momentous double occasion wi...

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Best ever would definitely be pretty well any Count Basie concert I went to. Numerous in the 50s and 60s. Closely followed by many Duke Ellington concerts, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, and many others. Of pop concerts, it would have to be a choice between the Beatles' Christmas show...

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Pretty confident with 45 of them, and my wife then added a 46th.

I guess that having a wife who comes from Yorkshire probably helped. Nice one, Philip

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Family get together. But we have them about four times a year anyway, so the fact that it's Christmas on this occasion doesn't make that much difference.

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Jason Larsen wrote:I, Jason Larsen, will watch Countdown in Series 62 and not worry about other things.

Good to hear that, Jason. But if I were you, I wouldn't worry about Countdown either.

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I didn't know about the C/V keys early on, and then had trouble with a sticky mouse, and one press immediately gave me CCCCCC. The person who I was playing at the time mentioned the C/V keys, and I've used them ever since.

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Allan Harmer wrote:This gives Chris a staggering score of 117 points, the second highest score in the 15 round era.

I believe that should really be the second highest score in a final in the 15 round era. The highest also being by a contestant names Chris.

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Hey! There's another one who's older than me. Congrats, Prune.

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Another very enjoyable recap, Allan, and well worthy of the final of a truly great series.

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Just as exciting watching it for a second time. Brilliant game, both of you. Such a shame that one had to lose. Congrats on making it one of the best games ever.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:Nice spot Dinos.
Well played Andrew for the win
Did they leave in the bit where Jeff said "lady in the audience"?

Regretably, no

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D Eadie wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwludVZ4jo

Love it! Just like the place I go to each February. Well almost.

And good luck, Phil. Don't stay away for long.

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The whole thing, but I omitted the theme tune and the credits when voting.

As for "other", I'd go for the production team, who make it possible.

On the whole a much more satisfying poll then the other one which which has a negative ring to it.

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... the added distractions of a big break for no apparent reason after round 2 ... The problem at the end of round 2 was that one of the cameras had failed. I think it was the one that did the close-ups of you during the 30 second countdowns in each round. Anyway, well done to both you and Innis. A...

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Another great recap, Phil. You'll be truly missed. By the way, Steve's offering in round 12 was MALTER (or so the subtitle writer thought). I should add that I don't generally watch with subtitles on; my hearing is not that bad yet (even if I'm unable to distinguish between F and S). Like you, Phil,...

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James Robinson wrote:... unless you're Andy Thomson, then it's the last week of Countdown in the penultimate year of this decade.

Nice to know there's someone else who knows when millennia, centuries and decades finish.

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but my mum (she is 80) reckons her [Rachel's] F's sound like S's. Me too. And I'm not 80, not quite. With Carol, it was M and N which I couldn't distinguish. However, it's not a problem that irritates me at all. I've just gone for two options. The occasional DC guest who I don't like, but on the wh...

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I may well be remembering incorrectly, but I seem to recall that contestants swapped seats in the event of a replay following a drawn game. That certainly wasn't usually the case, and a quick flick through the record confirms that. In fact, I couldn't find a single instance, although I didn't look ...

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Interesting factoid: (no, actually this is a fact, because I just had it confirmed from Mauro) Davina was sitting in the champion's chair, despite Paul being the current champion at the beginning of the game. Let's all wonder together why that was. It wasn't until part-way through Series 37 that th...

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I know this is going off at a tangent but If we are currently living in the second Elizabethan era, what will the next era be called? I mean we have all heard of Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian but Charlesian. :!: I read somewhere that if Charles ever does become king, he will start using the nam...

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I hadn't realised that the AA can be called out to deal with contraception problems.

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:I've already had communications planning for next year and described as TWENTY-TEN, ghastly!

Sounds just right to me. No different from describing the year 1990 as NINETEEN-NINETY.

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Looks like Andrew from the previous day's game sitting on the other side of Chris's gf.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote: and they were telling me enthusiastically about your Maths Club.
Awesome, what did they say? Or are you having me on?

Although pressed, they didn't give any details of what went on, but they said you made it fun.

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You're always away, Howard. I wish I could afford luxuries like you do! ;) Not quite always, Kirk. It's nearly two weeks since I was last away. ;) And that time I was in York, during which time I called in on a couple of your former pupils from All Saints, and they were telling me enthusiastically ...

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Can't wait to see it Dinos. Glad to see that it's not a couple of weeks later, when I'd be away. Hope you enjoy watching it as much as no doubt we will.

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There was mention earlier in the week about a round being aborted because one of the production team noticed an upside down M appearing as a W. So this is what round 11 today might have looked like:

T N X U E I D W (or M) A

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Mark Kudlowski wrote:DAINTY ?

Sitting next to Kirk inthe audience, I got this... And he didn't!!!

Of course, he got about 12 that I didn't.

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