My current best is 61.50%. I'm hoping to reach 60% again at some point later this year.Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:25 am This is a formal request for age grade rankings as well as times, speaking as a bloke rapidly getting enveloped by middle age and thirty years away from his 5k PB.
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- Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389789
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
- Replies: 598
- Views: 389789
Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
This is a formal request for age grade rankings as well as times, speaking as a bloke rapidly getting enveloped by middle age and thirty years away from his 5k PB.
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:43 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4108
Re: Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Are we gatekeeping disrespect now?
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 30237
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
I can confirm I'm a bit too far down the pecking order to have received an e-mail. A couple of series too many for me I suspect!
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Apple variety rankings
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1360
Re: Apple variety rankings
Oh, and a good crab apple is very satisfying.
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Apple variety rankings
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1360
Re: Apple variety rankings
Pink Lady apples seem to veer between quite distinct, and a slightly nicer Golden Delicious. I usually buy them over Granny Smiths though. Granny Smiths of some decades ago were better than current ones though - much tarter.
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743814
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Sounds like they might be prescription sunglasses?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:22 pm Why do sunglasses sometimes come with a picture of cars that looks clearer when viewed through the sunglasses? What does that mean? Is it supposed to demonstrate something about the glasses?
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Settlers of Catan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1598
Re: Settlers of Catan
I quite enjoy it. Have played a reasonable version via Steam, but would be interested in playing in a more useful format.
- Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 37045
Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?
Still working through Doom (2016). Fun, but tough.
Re: Strikes
Had a similar conversation with a friend yesterday. Don't know how it was before my time when there were strikes by minors and dockyard workers, etc., but normally the professions I hear about striking today are all quite well paid! Not well paid enough mind, and I do agree that teachers, train dri...
Re: Strikes
It's often the only power a worker has to force their bosses not to be a bastard to them. Why do you think US companies are so strongly against unions? It's the only thing that stops them using the workforce as disposal automatons rather than treating them as people who might actually have health, d...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:31 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817075
Re: Politics in General
I’m talking about the flat rate of £400 for everyone and the £150 for most people. Take 2p off the base rate of income tax for the 22-23 financial year and reverse the NI increase. That’s a better way of supporting people. (I personally would simplify the tax system by abolishing NI and Council Tax...
- Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh (CO:EDI) - Saturday 15th October 2022
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12722
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh (COEDI) - Saturday 15th October 2022
As well as Oriam (which is way out to the west of the city), there are Edinburgh, Portobello, Holyrood Park (quite new), but all similarly a few miles from the venue.
- Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743814
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why do tins of coconut milk not have ringpulls like every other canned good since the start of the 21st century... I hate those bloody ringpulls on tins. Quite apart from requiring some force to open them fully, they leave a lip on the tin which means that all the juice doesn't come out. And they g...
- Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:52 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Commonwealth Games
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1395
Re: Commonwealth Games
Once Upon a Time it was countries with the Queen as Head of state or should I put this on the things I've just realised Membership nowadays requires adhering to the Harare Principles (or something like that I think), and is nowt to do with having been a colony/dominion in the past. See Mozambique f...
- Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:49 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743814
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why do tins of coconut milk not have ringpulls like every other canned good since the start of the 21st century... I hate those bloody ringpulls on tins. Quite apart from requiring some force to open them fully, they leave a lip on the tin which means that all the juice doesn't come out. And they g...
- Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The C4C Football Thread
- Replies: 1265
- Views: 215642
Re: The C4C Football Thread
Women's football is more interesting to watch than the men's. There I've said it. This might be unfair, as I don't watch much football; but my general impression of elite team sport is that at the very highest level, optimal play can render a contest into a bore-fest of tactical manoeuvring, wherea...
- Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:43 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 647
- Views: 337422
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Been listening to Radio 2. Was a bit confused to hear an interview with Gilbert and Sullivan, and they were playing a load of music that didn't sound like the normal operettas. Turns out, it's Gilbert O'Sullivan and he is an entirely different (and crucially, living) artist. Big fan of him in the 7...
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 647
- Views: 337422
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I suspect Andrew might have something to say about that.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:17 amYeah, but Wham! basically is George Michael.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:20 amAlso Robbie WilliamsGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:57 pm Wham! and George Michael did two completely different songs, both called Freedom.
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:44 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817075
Re: Politics in General
A tax cut would have been better than the energy bills rebate and NI hike hits the wrong audience at the wrong time. This reads oddly to me. It gives me the impression that you'd prefer a tax cut as a performative measure rather than a rebate that has more chance of reaching the people who need it ...
- Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817075
Re: Politics in General
I've some sympathy with reducing the role of the state. However, the state has a powerful position, especially at the moment, in smoothing turbulent economic waters. To my mind, there's way too much rhetoric, and very little cogent policy-making, and I don't see that changing any time soon. Personal...
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817075
Re: Politics in General
Are socialists particularly into early noughties metal?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 14, 2022 6:35 am Maybe she should have used Slipknot instead as the tories greatest hits ruined things for the working class socialists.
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817075
Re: Politics in General
A tax cut would have been better than the energy bills rebate and NI hike hits the wrong audience at the wrong time. This reads oddly to me. It gives me the impression that you'd prefer a tax cut as a performative measure rather than a rebate that has more chance of reaching the people who need it ...
- Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:43 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordle
- Replies: 81
- Views: 14804
Re: Wordle
Wordle and Quordle reasonably often, same as a few months ago.
- Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 491329
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Can't you block them? I've never seen this at all.
- Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11707
Re: Veganism Discussion
Erm, he's played there at least three times.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:49 pm I guess only radical vegans would boycott Glasto like Morrissey
- Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you were crap at as a kid
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1014
Re: Things you were crap at as a kid
Meh, I'm not great at it, but it took me five minutes to grasp the basics.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:23 pm Yeah, most people can't juggle. It takes a particular effort to learn and most people don't do it.
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:04 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11707
Re: Veganism Discussion
The devil's really struggling for peril this week.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:45 pm Just to play Devils avacado.
I wondo how many vegans are going to Glastonbury knowing full well this is the site of a working dairy farm?
- Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown words spotted in real life
- Replies: 122
- Views: 60732
Re: Countdown words spotted in real life
Not sure if a quiz counts, but Pat Gibson successfully answered 'matamata' against us last night. You must have had some pretty bad selections to be getting that word. The selection of questions on South American fauna that nobody apart from Pat Gibson had heard of was the problem I suspect...
- Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown words spotted in real life
- Replies: 122
- Views: 60732
Re: Countdown words spotted in real life
Not sure if a quiz counts, but Pat Gibson successfully answered 'matamata' against us last night.
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 11:55 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Trade Secrets
- Replies: 155
- Views: 51397
Re: Trade Secrets
It's a good idea and probably would have been really useful a few years back. I think mostly these days they keep a small cache of adverts they can show when the connection to the server fails. But yeah, will still work with some. Works perfectly on the Scrabble app as long as you turn it off after...
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:49 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11707
Re: Veganism Discussion
There's a reasonable chance they're correct in their claims, but they're idiots in not having done the work and in using weasel words instead.Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:45 am Interesting story in the meat vs. faux-meat environmentalism space, with allusion to 'greenwashing'.
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:59 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Spare parts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1043
Re: Spare parts
So the answer to my original question seems to be "because it's difficult surgery" https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/14bk64/why_cant_we_transplant_limbs/c7c08ro/ I've not read that link (sorry), but it seems to me that it would be much easier to add a hand to an arm that alread...
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Putin/Russia invading Ukraine
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2160
Re: Putin/Russia invading Ukraine
At what point does it become irresponsible to continue with this defence? The rest of the world have made it clear they're not going to join in this war because they're too scared of Russia and what Putin might do, and Ukraine's military might is nothing compared to Russia's. So if Russia decide to...
- Mon May 30, 2022 12:08 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Is Deal or No Deal an example of Monty Hall?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7011
Re: Is Deal or No Deal an example of Monty Hall?
And that's the thread. Not quite ... an alternative explanation: The essence of the Monty Hall problem (& supposed paradox) is that the quiz master knows which box the prize is in. Once he reveals this knowledge (by opening doors) all boxes/doors are not equally likely any more. However in &quo...
- Mon May 30, 2022 12:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Spare parts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1043
Re: Spare parts
Not sure about spuds specifically, but some plants have vast amounts of genetic material, sometimes caused by reduplication of their genome.Callum Todd wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 5:47 pm Not sure I understand the premise. Do potatoes have an usually high quantity of DNA?
- Mon May 30, 2022 11:52 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 37045
Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?
The main character in Kokotoni Wilf looked kind of religious. Not Jesus, but thought it was worth a mention for elimination purposes. Somewhere between an angel and a butterfly I'd say. Not sure what the design intention was, but a nice little game, that. I've still not made much progress with it.
- Wed May 25, 2022 11:48 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817075
Re: Politics in General
Also what is the point in there being a price cap if it just goes up with energy prices anyway ? The logic was that people that didn't change supplier over long periods were being screwed by annual increases being applied which were effectively loyalty penalties. A separate issue to the cost of the...
- Mon May 23, 2022 11:59 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1983
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2022
I suspect it's the other way round.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 5:58 pm Sam Ryder has narrowly lost to Harry Styles for this week’s #1, which confirms what I’ve been saying for a while: UK chart performance is a barometer for our Eurovision performance.
- Mon May 23, 2022 11:56 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Most Famous People without a Wikipedia Article
- Replies: 55
- Views: 38890
Re: Most Famous People without a Wikipedia Article
Permanent.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 4:20 pm Never heard of.
Looks like he's a stand-in member of ZZ Top. Hmm.
- Sat May 21, 2022 4:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Most Famous People without a Wikipedia Article
- Replies: 55
- Views: 38890
Re: Most Famous People without a Wikipedia Article
Elwood Francis.
- Mon May 16, 2022 11:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How do you watch your TV these days?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 412
Re: How do you watch your TV these days?
If I don't watch or listen to something live, I'm unlikely to watch it at all.
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Elon Musk and Twitter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1021
Re: Elon Musk and Twitter
He can crow all he likes about free speech, it doesn't make him immune to libel/slander laws, which are a decent part of the basis for content management in the first place.
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 11:56 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Pig-Headed Man
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4914
Re: Pig-Headed Man
I don't think the quality of the party was defined in statute.Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 8:58 am If you think that was a party I would hate to go to one of yours!
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 491329
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Meh, just the use of an antonym for effect. There's probably a linguistic term for this, but I don't know what it is.Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 6:02 pm People who say "x years young!" when talking about a person's birthday. It does not even make sense, and just sounds really ridiculous.
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 12:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 438
- Views: 304485
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Watched The Guard again for Paddy's Day. An excellent little film, silly, funny occasionally quite surprising. The only down sid eis that Don Cheadle doesn't attempt a cockney accent.
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685812
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
A mild rush of endorphines?
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1646
- Views: 1817075
Re: Politics in General
When did TikTok become "acceptable"? When it was first getting big, there was a lot of controversy abut it being this scary Chinese product that the Chinese government were presumably using to spy on everyone. Now it's everywhere, and you get the BBC going on about these viral TikTok vide...
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:31 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sports you would like to see.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1350
Re: Sports you would like to see.
Inverse vigoro then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VigoroGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:49 pm Tennis but with cricket balls and bats. And to serve you bowl the ball. After that you play like tennis.
Re: Cricket
This article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/rules_and_equipment/4404874.stm) is a reasonable summary. I think it assumes knowledge that the layman wouldn't have. My understanding was that you were supposed to have a straight arm when bowling, which I would take to mean the same thing as a...
Re: Cricket
It's still legitimate to discuss how much of an advantage they think it gave him. If someone asked if height gave an advantage in basketball, you wouldn't say "Well it's legal to be tall." I suppose you could say that all disparity in sporting ability or style is ultimately physiological ...
- Fri Mar 04, 2022 12:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Fact or Bullshit
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2368
Re: Fact or Bullshit
It's a component of spacetime. Maybe this is a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime#Light_coneMarc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:45 am Does time, travel in a curve ?
If so wouldn't every event be, eventually cyclical?
- Fri Mar 04, 2022 12:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743814
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
To facilitate heavy petting?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:48 am Other than where there's a diving board, why do swimming pools ever need to make you out of your depth?
- Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:11 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: The Monty Hall Problem
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4018
Re: The Monty Hall Problem
For interest: viewtopic.php?t=47
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Sexual Predator (allegedly) Formally Known as Prince
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1034
Re: The Sexual Predator (allegedly) Formally Known as Prince
If it's not two extremely rich people against each other, this is the only likely outcome to my mind.
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685812
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
In an unusual fit of up-to-dateness, I watched most of 'This is Going to Hurt' the other day. Excellently dark humour, veering more often towards the dark.
A few big laughs for me, a rarity indeed.
A few big laughs for me, a rarity indeed.
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Google Instant
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3130
Re: Google Instant
Did they just quietly get rid of this? No? This still happens for you? The main thing was not the suggestions but loading up a whole new page of results every time you press a button. But while we're at it, the suggestions are often awful. Often you'll type in a name and it will only come up with s...
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11707
Re: Veganism Discussion
animal problems Assuming this was meant to be "animal products", it's one of my favourite malapropisms for a while. 'Plant Pioneers No Pork Pie' (for anyone interested: it was a bit dry as there was no jelly but the pastry and the protein filling were very nice). Co-op ones are far better...
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Google Instant
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3130
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Anyone Going To Watch The Superb Owl?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 598
Re: Anyone Going To Watch The Superb Owl?
When American football was first on TV here I was quite interested, but the half-time show is a real killer. The game starts at 11:30, it takes them till 01:00 to get to half-time, so there's still an hour and a half to go - and everything stops. That must be bedtime for a lot of people in the UK. ...