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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:15 pm
OK, as a compromise maybe we can have both championships running alongside each other!

I'm not that bothered (honestly!)

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Saturday 25th January saw a record 10 Countdowners take part in the inaugural Doddington Hall parkrun before COLIN. Chris Marshall also took part in his first ever parkrun! And so here are the results out of 396 runners: 9. Gevin Chapwell - 18:28 (909 points) 12. Tim Down - 18:50 (818 points) 52. M...

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Howie Myers wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:20 am

Thanks for that, but where can I look to find out whether or not a word is acceptable?

https://www.lexico.com/ is the best starting point - there's a few rules the show applies around plurals and comparatives, but this is basically the free version of the dictionary used

Fiona T

I've forgotten much of what I previously knew (if a drunken sojourn onto apterous is any guide), and the dictionary seems to have been polluted by many varieties of nonsense, but I think I might come to this and soak up some nostalgia given it's a mere 5 minute stroll from my flat. Excellent. All t...

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[4. Unluckiest Winners (I suppose) Do we need a special category to cater for the Philip Aston dilemma? i.e. Someone who applied at the right time (approx peak form), did well on TV, but can still be considered unlucky due to *something noteworthy*.] Well another contender for that category must be...

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From my series, I'd add John Ashcroft to the list - I was convinced he'd make octo and hope we see him back on in the not too distant future.

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:58 am

Fiona T wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:10 am
We're very excited to be able to reveal our lunchtime diversion!

JCP, aka Destra will be performing Eurovision hits for your enjoyment! It's gonna be awesome and I can't wait!
*withdraws sign-up*

You can go hide in a nearby bush if it's not your thing.

Fiona T

We're very excited to be able to reveal our lunchtime diversion!

JCP, aka Destra will be performing Eurovision hits for your enjoyment! It's gonna be awesome and I can't wait!

Fiona T

Quarter of the places gone folks - don't leave it too late!

Fiona T · Re: Countdown in London (CO:LON) - 16 May 2020 ...

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James Robinson wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:17 pm
Celebrity Countdown returning this Monday at 6:55pm on More4, and will be on EVERY day that week!!

Every day? So a repeat somewhere?

Fiona T

Nice. 3 2 1 took me much longer than it should have!

Fiona T

I'd be interested to know how much different it is. Let's say we start a business together and make £100k profit in year 1. What would be the difference between us paying ourselves £12k salaries and taking £76k out in dividends, vs. paying ourselves £50k salaries? I'm not being lazy... genuinely ca...

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What sort of company thinks that 23:15 on Christmas Eve is a good time to send out your updated privacy notice and terms and conditions.

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I know this is a bit of an aside, but having an extra thing called National Insurance is just an added complication. Functionally it's no different from just being part of income tax so they might as well incorporate it in. Nothing needs to materially change. It's completely pointless having a sepa...

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75% was a nice round number that took the overall picture into "profit" vs. the status quo. What about National Insurance? Are you abolishing it or keeping it the same as it is now? I know this is a bit of an aside, but having an extra thing called National Insurance is just an added complication. ...

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Political parties aren't like favourite colours - it's not a purely subjective thing as to which is better. And just because a party is mainstream it doesn't automatically make it acceptable. If you accept that a party can be a force for bad, then it's perfectly possible that a mainstream party can...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:49 pm

Fiona T wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:54 am
Not sure vegans celebrate the 14th March in the traditional way
Wow. I'd never heard of that before.

Well you're vegetarian, aren't you?

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Yes. On a superficial level. But there is still the question of why Tory remainers were less likely to change their voting habits than Labour leavers. It's not enough to say it's just because. And I do think that must come partly down to how Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party were seen generally. N...

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I hate to throw a pedantry spanner in the calculation works, but 40 weeks is counted from the first day of the last period with conception typically occurring around 14 days after. So you're gonna have to go to 13 March for "the deed". Not sure vegans celebrate the 14th March in the traditional way :D

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Ian Birdman wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:15 am

Ah you never know who may appear...

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Well I was told by a researcher when I got 8 that if I couldn't make the filming dates for the finals, I would be able to appear in the next series finals. Whether that would have actually happened, I've no idea! But it would certainly have made things even more difficult! Having spoken to Corrina o...

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I would say monochrome Mary has earlobes, whereas elixir of youth technicolor Mary does not.

Not the same person.

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Had my first proper apto dream a few nights' back - think it was the night before Sam's quiz. We were doing a quiz and standing 15-1/election type podiums. It's a bit hazy until the point where the only two players left are myself and Graeme Cole. The final 'question' required the contestants to thi...

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4th numbers alt (75+4)*(10-2)-50/5

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Very impressive champion; I'm puzzled though. The wiki has him listed as an apterite, presumably a very highly ranked one. Normally that means there's a number of fellow-apterites on these spoiler threads commenting on games and offering support, especially if it's a young player. Yet it's seemed v...

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The phrasing in the email was "We have no plans to screen any more episodes at the moment but the series will be returning next year."

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The final CO-event of the year happened in Wolverhampton Saturday, and a whopping five of us did the wet Wolverhampton parkrun beforehand. Here are the results out of 321 runners : 7. Gevin Chapwell - 19:09 92. Jonathan Wynn - 26:24 256. Fiona T - 34:42 Er, I can't seem to find Callum or Bradley in...

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:23 pm
My favourite facebook hobby is saying yes to Countdown people who add me because I'm too polite, and then removing them 6 months later when not a word has been spoken between us, in real life or on Facebook. As the kids would say, miss me with that.

Note to self: Check friend list in May 2020

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I do go through mine intermittently and drop anyone I really don't know and haven't interacted with (e.g. recently dropped guy from Australia that I met on a cycling holiday but had absolutely zero interaction with for the last 4 years). I used to aim to keep my friend list to <= 100, but have given...

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Tell me more about the egg round. I'm a city boy and have never heard of it. Sounds impractical on a bike Basically you had to build up your own round - knock on doors and ask people if they wanted "fresh farm eggs" delivered weekly. Became a bit of a tongue twister. I think the minimum order from ...

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What do we count as jobs? The egg round I had at 15 till I fell off my bike and broke the eggs? Post leaving school - Cleaner 3 days (sacked, was rubbish) MaccyD's 4 months. MoD 4 years. Local council 10 years (with two privatisations/takeovers) Mail order wine 10 years - good times and lots of wine...

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goodbye is listed as a synonym.

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If you started a small business, wouldn't you pay corporation tax (which is much lower)? Unless you decided to pay yourself a pointlessly huge salary instead. Of course corporation tax would be dramatically increased under the Jono/Jim regime as well. And how do you think money gets from the busine...

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I endorse this proposal wholeheartedly. A 75% tax rate on earnings over 50K kills aspiration. Why would anyone start a small business, with all the risk and all the extra work bother? If you started a small business, wouldn't you pay corporation tax (which is much lower)? Unless you decided to pay ...

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James Robinson wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:21 pm

I would assume the main entrance and ask for the aforementioned International Suite...

Ah, that was the bit I missed - ta.

Fiona T

Molineux looks pretty big - where are we going when we get there?

ta

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When anyone takes to social media to express their views, they need to consider that it can impact their career directly or indirectly, and make a judgement accordingly. Even more so for someone in the public eye. In this case, I think that her judgement was poor. I don't agree that she *should* be ...

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Someone on the fb thread suggesting that Paul's five consecutive 8s matches a record set by Charlie in this game

http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_4746

Anyone know how to check if that's true?

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:36 am
I wonder if MRBOYMALE was a reference to International Men's Day.

I'd forgotten

Fiona T

A good game tonight - both contestants put in a good effort, and good to see Rufus successfully apply the maths trick.

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Phil Collinge wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:33 pm
A handshake on 3rd April 2019 provides you with 3 more entries*

* deliberately cryptic!

Intriguing!

Fiona T

And we have our first signups!

The grumpy and sweary Matt Morrison, and the cheerful and friendly Heather Badcock.

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:16 am
So yeah, all you focal lot can fucking well update your copy-and-paste descriptions if you want to stop annoying me.

Or keep them, just to annoy you

Fiona T

When is it? Part of the Focal Calendar, CO:LON is back on the 16 May 2020 with your new hosts, George Armstrong and Fiona Titcombe. It's also Eurovision day, so you may notice a bit of a theme! Dressing up on theme is to be encouraged :) Where is it? Christian Street Community Hub 30 Challoner Walk...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:21 pm
When I was banned from posting I made several attempts to come up with a pseudonym made up of an anagram of my name but I wasn't clever enough to get through the checks

You're Ashton Hancock?!?

Fiona T

Down this morning.

500 error.

I might have to do something constructive with my day off.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:53 pm
Who else is running?

As far as I know, me, you, Cal, Eddy, JW, and Bradley and Maus as the newbies.

Edit - Man down

Get well soon Tom!

Fiona T

Parkrun conveniently located right next to the venue https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wolverhampton/ See you there! I've just entered so will join you for that. There's also a new one in East Park . It's a bit further away, but if we're here again next year, I'd be tempted to it for a different parkrun t...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:58 pm
I tried it once and although it was technically possible, it was basically unplayable.

Yeah, but you're old, Gavin.

Fiona T

Paul starts tomorrow - he's on apto so you can have a nosey

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Fiona T wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:01 am

Well tbf, I was there, and different celeb specials had different numbers of letters rounds - so there wasn't a set 'format' as such. Definitely not one for the purists.

Having said that, it was very enjoyable, and I liked the Rachel maths tips, albeit I think they warranted a longer slot.

Fiona T

But you happily posted on here that we didn't have a format, according to your 'sources'....and now you concede you don't have first-hand knowledge.... :lol: :lol: I’m just relaying the information that I had before the episodes were recorded. Anything could’ve changed between that point and the re...

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Parkrun conveniently located right next to the venue

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wolverhampton/

See you there!

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May I offer constructive feedback, Christy? It would be useful to say at the top of the survey what the product is - I got to the flavours question, and my response about drinks might be quite different to, say, my response about condoms ;) The 'Which would you prefer' question would be better as mu...

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Don't underestimate behaviour - Recent example - changes to the pension rules mean that NHS consultants are no longer working extra hours, because it simply isn't worth their time. Massive impact on the NHS. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/24/nhs-consultants-turning-down-work-avoid-huge...

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I've had the pleasure of having dinner with Jess and I'm a big fan - but I don't see her as party leader. I think she has an important role as a voice who says what she thinks, and she would be frustrated to be restrained by the necessity of being the voice of the party.

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I was having a play around with some HMRC numbers to see what the impact of a completely different income tax structure would be. I'm calling this the Jono proposal and my idea is a 20k tax free allowance, then 10% on all earnings to 50k, then 75% on all earnings above that. - Everyone who earns up...

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I'm looking at booking escape room(s) for Sunday morning - https://www.clockworkescapes.co.uk/ either one or two rooms, depending on numbers - each room can take 2-6 players (with 4-5 being ideal) Let me know if you'd like to play - approx £15-20 a head depending on numbers, and we can take one stud...

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Did I wear a red t-shirt to the interview?

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