c4countdown

Gavin Chipper

According to this article, recent events mean that the October return of parkrun in England is unlikely now.

Gavin Chipper

By the way, one thing that could be implemented, and I think whose time has come generally anyway, is a universal basic income. We have this problem that "the economy" can't function properly with the restrictions and lots of people are now out of work and the furlough scheme is ending etc. People m...

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What I would suggest is that we don't have to decide right now what we should do in a year or two years or whatever if things haven't changed. It would obviously be a big problem if no vaccine proves effective and we can't keep the virus under control without big restrictions on our lives. And I thi...

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I did it Rachel's way.

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I'll start: don't use cotton buds for cleaning your ears. They are useless. Use Bic pen lids. They're sturdy so you can scrape all the wax off the ear walls, or whatever you call it, they won't fall off, they go in the perfect depth (for me) before it starts getting uncomfortable, and they're cheap...

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I looked up Kane Tanaka quite recently actually to see how she's getting along. She's passed all the other 117ers but there's a big gap now to Sarah Knauss at 119.

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If anyone likes graphs, this is my new favourite CV website https://www.travellingtabby.com/uk-coronavirus-tracker/ Interesting! At some point, the goalposts were moved from "lockdown to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed" to "lockdown until there's a cure" which may never happen and indeed is ...

Gavin Chipper

Well, the first part is arguably your fault for following Sky News on Twitter. Secondly, there have been a lot of reports about people not being able to get tested, and that problem doesn't go away by pointing to other countries and what they're doing or not doing. What you say might not be accurat...

Gavin Chipper

Well, the first part is arguably your fault for following Sky News on Twitter. Secondly, there have been a lot of reports about people not being able to get tested, and that problem doesn't go away by pointing to other countries and what they're doing or not doing. What you say might not be accurate...

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I think this is another one that belongs here:

When Jill Dando was murdered back in 1999, I'm sure I rememeber them saying that the Crimewatch about her death was going to have her talking about it herself using CGI or something. But now I can't find any evidence for it. Did I make this up?

Gavin Chipper

Anyone can run any parkrun course any time they want in perfect safety. They can, but won't. The real attraction of parkrun for most people is the competitive aspect and group participation that gets them running when they wouldn't otherwise be motivated to. When is this guy going to make his debut?

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One of our local parkruns (Rushmoor) has announced they will not be restarting in October. https://www.facebook.com/Rushmoorparkrun/posts/3542245905825969 Given that all our local parkrus are pretty busy, this would only put more pressure on the others. I honestly can't see any of them opening. :( ...

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Aliens floating in the clouds of Venus?

There was an interesting Sky at Night last night. Worth catching on the iPlayer.

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It's a bit weird that all best before dates on crisps are on a Saturday, if it's actually true. You wouldn't expect it to be a law, and the only other way to know would be to check every packet of crisps ever. I've just Googled it, and most sites seem to quote Walkers, so I'm not sure it's proven fo...

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Long time replying to this James (I didn’t know the forum still existed until George mentioned on facebook) but just to clear up so you can edit. Sue Picken is my cousin’s step-Mum / my Uncle’s wife. Married to my cousin’s Dad, Charles Picken, another former contestant. Though he’s my Uncle I don’t...

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In other news, I'm playing in this on Monday!

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Obviously I do my Googling/YouTubing incognito, so it wouldn't inform me. Unless it was on a day where I logged in because I was uploading a video. I might subscribe anyway to get their count up though.

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Rahel did 50/2+75 to make 100. I'm sure there must be an easier way...

I also did (25-7-7) x 6 x 10 - 2 = 658. In the time. I seem to remember Rachel was out of time with her method?

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I thought our Chana from Sheffield might win a few more.

That's all I have to say.

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I was 3rd spot. Of the octochamps in my series, Dylan was 3rd spot Just coming back to this years later, this thread does seem to demonstrate that the placement of contestants within series is not random or purely down to chance, which arguably sheds a different light on the fact that you had to pl...

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I was going to bump this to say about series 2 being on because that horrific Facebook thing seems to be the communication tool of choice.

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Didn't they have to redisign the javelin due to the risk of it hitting the running track?. They did redesign it but before the Zelezny record. Old specs . Until it finally got broken I would say Bob Beamons record in the long jump was the most impressive field event record It was at altitude though...

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Yes, his comments are unacceptable.

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This isn't a recent discovery, but Walt Disney is an actual person, not just a company. I was reminded of it by someone else being hit by this revelation recently. I presume it's something everyone goes through because it doesn't exactly shout out "Name!" does it?

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As many of you will be aware, parkrun recently announced their intention to come back in England by the end of October . The announcement was made this recent news about gatherings of more than six people. However, it seems that there was a limit of 30 anyway, and parkruns are generally bigger than ...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:25 am

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Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:24 am

Adam Dexter wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:54 am

I can agree it's organised and would like to think it is a sport (so I can fulfill exercise quotas), but team?
Funeral then?
You volunteering?

Who do you want me to kill?

(I presume that's what you meant.)

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Adam Dexter wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:54 am

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Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:48 am

Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:10 am
I mean, there's also this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54081131
Countdown is an organised team sport.
I can agree it's organised and would like to think it is a sport (so I can fulfill exercise quotas), but team?

Funeral then?

Gavin Chipper

Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:10 am
I mean, there's also this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54081131

Countdown is an organised team sport.

Gavin Chipper

Mo Farah beat the one hour world record the other day, and I did see a bit more about this, although not very much - he is British though so that helps. It's a bit of a random record though. It's not a distance that's often run, so that likely makes it easier than some others. And we can find out. I...

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How many of you use p for plus? And square brackets.

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How much of a donation for sanctum access?

But generally yes, I imagine I will make a donation, since I seem to post here more than anyone else.

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Which octochamp has the smallest range of scores? Which has the smallest coefficient of variation ? And the answer to Sam's implicit question (where is he in the lists), which I'm sure he's already worked out: Joint second on range with 13, and 3rd on CV with 4.24 What about standard deviation? (Th...

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In other news, in the absence of parkrun, you can still submit times each week and they get registered as (not)parkruns. And the last couple of weeks, my MP James Cleverly has registered times for my local parkrun. Also we're now following each other on Strava . How does one do this? And are you co...

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Yes, well played. But as Damian said in the podcast, with such a long series you might find yourself as the number 9 seed!

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:12 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:02 am
I've recently finished watching series 3 of The Young Offenders on the iPlayer - the programme I watch because of the recommendations of Marc Meakin and Phil Reynolds.
Is it any good as season 3 has passed me by for some reason?

Yeah I'd say it's as good as the others. Watch it.

Gavin Chipper

I'm pretty sure this as come up elsewhere so I'm not claiming credit for it, but I can't find any evidence for it - at about 23 seconds into this video is Bradley Horrocks.

Gavin Chipper

In other news, in the absence of parkrun, you can still submit times each week and they get registered as (not)parkruns. And the last couple of weeks, my MP James Cleverly has registered times for my local parkrun. Also we're now following each other on Strava.

Gavin Chipper

I've added Paul Nixon to the list, since he is on Apterous and took part in Zoomdown. He slots in in 6th place, just behind me! Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insist...

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Actually, I'm supposed to be meeting a friend for a curry this evening. The first time I will have eaten out since this coronavirus thing. Is this OK? They have social distancing measures in place, right? As a follow-up to this, all the staff were wearing masks, and they'd put up temporary walls be...

Gavin Chipper

I've recently finished watching series 3 of The Young Offenders on the iPlayer - the programme I watch because of the recommendations of Marc Meakin and Phil Reynolds.

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:49 pm
People who dimiss something as shit on the basis they don't understand it

Well that's this whole thread and the joke items one done for.

Gavin Chipper

People who clog up my Facebook feed with pictures of their children on their first day back at school.

People don't care about other people's children. Everyone knows this until they have their own children for some reason.

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Fiona T wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:23 pm
Well I think it's more solidarity than war. Lewis might be as much white heritage as black, but his experiences of racism will not be those of a white person.

That's fair enough I suppose - it just sounded a bit odd when he said it.

Gavin Chipper

Also, when talking about the death of Chadwick Boseman, Lewis Hamilton said something like "We've lost one of our people." I thought this was a bit of an odd comment - "our people". I'd like to think that he was talking about all of us as people have lost one of our people, but I don't think he was...

Gavin Chipper

On this same general topic, Adele has had some backlash for the way she had her hair, being accused of "cultural appropriation". Now, I think this is ridiculous. First of all, we don't live in isolated cultures anyway (apart from maybe some uncontacted tribes), so it doesn't really make sense as a t...

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Tom S wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:29 pm
Outstanding performance from Sam today. Felt for Malcolm as his score didn't represent his ability.

I don't think he was too bothered about it though or he wouldn't have risked a lower score for the 4 large.

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Fiona T wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:36 pm
So with all the tax stuff in the news, who should pick up the covid bill?

Jono - ?

I'm happy with Jono paying.

Gavin Chipper

Edit: no wait. Of course it works, they would vote "yes" because they're literally being offered 2 coins at that point, not an expected 1.2 coins 🤦 So you're saying our original solution is still right (based on expected gain anyway)? So I don't have to go through it all again? Yes, I believe so. B...

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I also generally think that the idea of explicitly separating people out into "races" can be counterproductive. I have an Indian father and am "non-white" but I don't spend any time thinking that I'm "different". Obviously that's not to say we should ignore racial prejudice by saying it can't exist ...

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Jon Corby wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:49 am
Edit: no wait. Of course it works, they would vote "yes" because they're literally being offered 2 coins at that point, not an expected 1.2 coins

So you're saying our original solution is still right (based on expected gain anyway)? So I don't have to go through it all again?

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Adam Dexter wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:43 pm
Correct me if I'm wrong Sam, but I think you said TELECON rather than TELECOM as the subtitles suggested?

Definitely said TELECON. I went back and watched his mouth.

Gavin Chipper

Just caught up with this. Forum legend Sam Cappleman-Lynes makes his debut! Great game but as Tom says the Mark Williams (not snooker) lookalike could have been an octochamp under other circumstances. So it now becomes clear why Sam has been putting in the hours on this forum, because if you're just...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:16 am
I’m not au fait with the current lineup of the OUP to speculate who would take over in Susie’s chair.

You know her job doesn't take any specialist skills don't you? It doesn't need to be someone from OUP. If anything, Rachel's job is the specialist one.

Gavin Chipper

I was thinking about this in bed last night (yes, it's quite sad), and I decided that there would be more solutions than I came up with. This is still fine for six I think: 6: 0-2-2-1-0-95 6: 2-0-2-1-0-95 6: 2-2-0-1-0-95 But seven would change. For some reason, I always stuck with two out of the fi...

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I am fortunate in that I've never been negatively discriminated against: Male White Heterosexual Middle Class However, as a person living in Belfast, were I born at the same time as my parents, things could have been different. I'm lucky that I don't really remember much of what happened here. I wa...

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To all those up in arms about this... I wouldn't say I'm up in arms. Suppose, as an experiment, Channel 4 announced that just for one day, Countdown and some other shows were going to change their entire presenting team for new people. Maybe it'll go well, maybe it won't, but whatever happens it's ...

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This just sounds like a prolix way of saying all lives matter. I find this post just frustrating. When people find themselves split into two opposing groups, they often sterotype the other position, and instead of engaging, they just trot out a cheap reply based on these sterotypes, assuming that p...

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The other person watching with me found it gripping, and no matter how implausible it all was, we weren't there for a physics lesson (it wasn't that bad either - the momentum he clearly had was possibly enough to take her with him - seemed reasonable, if overly noble). As for confusion, I was only ...

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This just sounds like a prolix way of saying all lives matter. I find this post just frustrating. When people find themselves split into two opposing groups, they often sterotype the other position, and instead of engaging, they just trot out a cheap reply based on these sterotypes, assuming that p...

Gavin Chipper

The thought of anyone 'not being happy' is so laughable. Suck it up, seriously. I'd be amazed if Nick, Susie or Rachel are upset about it. I agree with this bit. They're not going to be bothered about it. In terms of people being annoyed 'why focus on this form of injustice, when there are other fo...

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