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Had a semi successful day yesterday I won 4 and lost 5 giving me a score of 6 wins eleven losses. In a game in b division there was a game that ended 668 to 33. It was not a typo, turns out the losing player was only seven, and missed about 8 turns because his moves were invalid. I don't know about ...

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To be fair , most of the good players absent had visa problems anyway. I got the pleasure to play Mark Nyman today ( of this parish ) needless to say he beat me but it was nip and tuck until I picked up the Q late on. Still 2 wins from 8 will do me as I'm 73rd rated out of 75 so I'm currently 66th ...

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The only thing that is used to counter potential upsets is the five point penalty per word challenge. In some American tournaments you lose your turn for an incorrect challenge, which is harsh. The 5 point penalty worked against me yesterday as one of my opponents played SALTIER then later hooked an...

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To be fair , most of the good players absent had visa problems anyway.
I got the pleasure to play Mark Nyman today ( of this parish ) needless to say he beat me but it was nip and tuck until I picked up the Q late on.
Still 2 wins from 8 will do me as I'm 73rd rated out of 75 so I'm currently 66th

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I'm about to embark on an adventure . I'm playing in the World Scrabble Championship in Torquay from today. There are two divisions but the first division is open to anyone. So naturally I've entered in the open division. I'm 96 out of 97, currently the full roster won't be confirmed until 10 am. I ...

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I agree that both Farah and Hamilton could win more titles, but Stevenson would have been turning professional in a golden era for Heavyweight boxing. It's impossible to say how he would have fared. It certainly was a golden era for heavyweight boxing and Muhammad Ali in the mid seventies was a ver...

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[q awuote="Noel Mc" post_id=179330 time=1540224697 user_id=89682] Just as a side note, Pele has 2 votes, Maradona 0. I think Maradona > Pele. Id also put Messi as (probably) the best footballer ever though, so what do I know. [/quote] Best footballer of this generation for sure although hi...

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:01 pm Saw Assault on Precinct 13 the other night. Very watchable relative to its budget, and pleasing soundtrack of course, which is all I'd previously been aware of.

If it's the John Carpenter original, then it's a superb film and I do believe it's his film score too.

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I agree that both Farah and Hamilton could win more titles, but Stevenson would have been turning professional in a golden era for Heavyweight boxing. It's impossible to say how he would have fared. It certainly was a golden era for heavyweight boxing and Muhammad Ali in the mid seventies was a ver...

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No Rocky Marciano, no Tefeleo Stevenson. Mo Farah and Lewis Hamilton should be added too. Jahanagar Khan is a good call for a non global sport though. Mo Farah's Olympic feats were surpassed by both Lasse Viren and Emil Zatopek. Stevenson was never tested, as he never turned professional. Fangio is...

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No Rocky Marciano, no Tefeleo Stevenson.
Mo Farah and Lewis Hamilton should be added too.
Jahanagar Khan is a good call for a non global sport though.

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Will watch it while I'm in Torquay at the WSC

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I will but it's behind The Man in The High Castle at the moment.
I do like a horror/ghost story if the acting is good, also the plot.
Ghost Stories being my favourite movie of that genre this year

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"The Haunting of Hill House" on Netflix. The Haunting (1963) scared the bejeezus out of me when I first saw it, aged 11. It scared me again when I saw it for a second time,7 years later. This series stays loyal to the original film, and adds a few more layers too. I'm on episode 5 of 10, ...

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Stolen from another poster on another forum. "Attempts of proof are frequently met with obdurate denials. Take a look at the denial of the tobacco companies regarding the demonstrations that their products caused cancer as an example. It is abundantly clear that deniers will not readily admit ...

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Just on Gev's falling into the road comparison: "The Road Safety Authority of Ireland (RSA) analysis revealed there were 313 pedestrians killed on Irish roads between 2008 and 2015" (from the Irish Times, sorry can't get the link to work) Between the same period there were 488 accidental ...

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Swimming is ridiculous, and this has really made me reconsider you as a person. Getting wet is just annoying and swimming is one of the most overrated activities in the world. People try to make out that learning to swim is essential and that you might need to know how to swim in case you randomly ...

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Saw First Man last night. Brilliant piece of cinematography and the best use of a theramin in a music score ever Anyone interested in the moon landings should watch it. Ryan Gosling really is a fine actor . Clare Foy was a revelation. If you only see one film at the cinema this year, Then I recommen...

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Just on Gev's falling into the road comparison: "The Road Safety Authority of Ireland (RSA) analysis revealed there were 313 pedestrians killed on Irish roads between 2008 and 2015" (from the Irish Times, sorry can't get the link to work) Between the same period there were 488 accidental ...

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Check your spam folder

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Criminal Prosecution. It means Jason is posting to us from prison. Consider it a trial run for the next lot of posts from Richard Brittain. Wow. I like swimming by the way. I used to be pretty good (I remember doing 50 lengths for a BHF sponsored swim when I was young enough that 50 lengths was dec...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:36 pm Unfortunately a lot of the stuff was deleted, but there's also this thread.

Those were the days.
RB DoD , Jon Corby and Charlie.
Pure Bantz as my daughter would say

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I want a reality show made where the flat earth society member search for the end of the earth. My work colleague believes the 9/11 was a conspiracy because the FBI wanted to see the CIA get a bloody nose due to the lack of shared intelligence in previous terrorist activities. Although having read a...

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You will be pleased to know he has accepted that he may have been a bit hasty.
He is now concentrating on convincing people tgat Princess Diana was murdered by M15.

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Thank you Graham. Can you , though give a good reason why, for example NASA won't go send anybody up no more. I mean it's 50 years next July, since the moon landings , wouldn't it be good to go back once more. My theory is that it's so dangerous that it was a miracle that the other landings were so ...

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I have been having a heated debate at work with a young collegue who insists the moon landings were fake. I remember nearly fifty years ago staying up to see the first man on the moon as a six year old. I wanted to ask you clever people, what I could say to shut him up once and for all I suggested a...

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I'm sure the bobble variety works for most people

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Yes. To carry it from the kitchen to the table? Tap water must take no effort compared to a bottle of wine. Silver service will be expected to carry more at once, to pay more attention to angling direction, to have spent more on their work uniform etc. - not using this as an argument against your c...

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I will leave cash only . Usually a fiver if it's just the two of us. So it's usually more than 10 percent. I don't leave tips on a card payment. The concept of tipping for me is I only tip Cab drivers , Hairdressers hotel maids and waiting staff. In America you are made to feel you have to tip every...

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Ray Galton legendary sit com writer

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Charles Aznavour

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Twenty nine
All the Welsh ones but none of the northern Irish ones

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That's ok it's just more Countdowns will look at that category

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This is the off topic category for everything NOT related to Countdown
You should post it in the first category

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I think you need to post this in the correct category

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Just watched King of thieves.
Very shout and sweary and not historically inaccurate but I still enjoyed it.
Also watched American Animals.
Superb Heist movie with a documentary feel to it

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This week I've seen three films Oceans 8, surprisingly good, but it's no Widows ( one for next month ) MI 6. Best action movie I've seen in a long time. Some of the stunts Tom Cruise did were incredible the HALO jump and the Helicopter chase were out of this world. Tag..quite good considering its si...

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Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Sun Sep 09, 2018 2:19 pm Safe, an 8-part miniseries on Netflix starring Michael C. 'Dexter' Hall doing a passable English accent. Highly recommended (the show, the accent less so).

That's the Harlan Coben one isn't it
It's on my Netflix list.
Doh, just seen your link

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No particular order.
All the time in the world by Louis Armstrong from On her Majesty's Secret Service
For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton
The Spy Who Loved me by Carly Simon
Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey
Goldeneye by Tina Turner

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Just watched Upgrade, a thoroughly entertaining low budget sci Fi.
The best compliment I can give it is to say it's like a feature length black mirror with violence

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I tend to only really eat breakfast at breakfast time is when I'm on holiday

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I watched Alpha recently about prehistoric man and his bond with dogs.It was in a made up language with subtitles

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Problem I have is I can't wake up get washed and dressed and then eat a breakfast.
I have always needed a couple of hours between waking up and eating.
Although weirdly enough I have no problem with eating a meal just prior to sleeping

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I have to leave for work around 4 and I don't get a break at work until around ten.
I quite often eat a curry or soup as my brain thinks it's lunchtime .
Other people I work with can't get their heads around that and think it weird that I don't eat a breakfast.
Is it really that odd?

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I watched The Thing the other day. Thought it was quite good. A bit silly really, but entertaining enough. One of my favourite Sci-fi films. It's almost like a whodunnit with special effects. That film is 25 years old and the special effects still look superb. The Thing was released in 1982, so 36 ...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:59 pm I watched The Thing the other day. Thought it was quite good. A bit silly really, but entertaining enough.

One of my favourite Sci-fi films.
It's almost like a whodunnit with special effects.
That film is 25 years old and the special effects still look superb.

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:44 am I watched The original Omen and the remake on Friday. Marginally prefer the original, I think it did the atmospherics better.

Not seen the remake.
The music in the original Omen was epic

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Just watched Hereditary very good horror movie that looked at bit rushed at the end.

Also saw Ghost Stories a very good British horror film that's quite clever, made by Derren Brown's mate

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Neil Simon

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yeah, a lot. Don't mind subtitles (much prefer them over a bad dub), to the point where I often subtitle stuff in languages I can understand in case I miss a word or something to save me scrolling back a few seconds or whatever every time How many languages can you understand?! I often watch stuff ...

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I'm guessing as I am not he, that he assumed the guilty parties name would not be known AFTER the verdict

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Name the defendants as there was little justification in keeping the defendants names secret .

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Did like Run Lola Run.. (visual films are better if you have to read subtitles.

Apocalyptico is good until the last scene when the Spanish turn up
The usual Mel Gibson directed anachronisms... see Braveheart for better examples

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I've just watched two brilliant films recently. Oldboy a Korean twisted revenge thriller and Incendies, an amazing film , in French, set in the Middle East, which does more to show the horrors of religious conflict than anything I've seen in years. I usually avoid foreign language films as I was too...

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Just Watched the original version of Oldboy.
Fantasticly twisted film.
I will watch the other films in the Vengeance trilogy ( this is the second one ) as they are anthology rather than episodic

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Fascinating read. However misguided, I can understand why he did it but not agree with the way went about it. Reporting restrictions and anonymity of defedent's is always a difficult issue. I think , however unless children are among the defendants or Terrorism is involved, I find it difficult to ac...

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Also whilst we are talking toilet habits.
Am I the only one who can take a shit and then after I have wiped and washed my hands, can then immediately take a piss.
Maybe it's an age thing

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It has been brought to my attention that I rarely go to the toilet. It began when I went to Los Angeles on a work trip and went the entire way from baggage drop-off to baggage reclaim without going for a wee. (Hopefully one day I get sent to Australia and do the same. The idea of going from London ...

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Yes! This!! This is why C o C law exists!!! Championship of Champions? The alignment of Paisley and Adams with Farage made me laugh. Paisley of old (I assume you’re talking about Sr.) obviously used to just spew a lot of hate filled bile, but in his later years, he definitely did a lot to remedy so...

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No Not taking the piss. But from my understanding he read out a statement , which was filmed , about the case from the BBC website AFTER the Trial had ended and the Jury was considering its verdict. But if this statement is not fact then I will drop the matter. I still feel that there is a general a...

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