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Julie T

Heaven: my roast dinners or spag bol.

Hell: anything with liver or kidneys in it.

Julie T

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:What do you get ambulances for?
999 Gavin. Come on, I thought you were supposed to be intelligent.

I thought that was a bit mean too! Especially as I also had to ask what it was.

Would probably have sussed it if I'd seen a game where one had been legitimately gained.

Julie T

Plus and minus for me. It doesn't matter to me if others use different terms, though, apart from 'by' for 'times': wtf??
Dunno if it's generational, but I was at school in the 1960s and 70s, both in Lancashire and in Essex, if that helps your research!

Julie T

Over the last couple of weeks, I've have a few games where, in at least one round, the clock has jumped forward, not giving me a chance to enter anything.
I was playing the Guardian today and it happened, but it has occurred with human opponents too.

Julie T

Just joined the event mentioned on Dinos' facebook page, 'Em on Krypton Factor' on 16th Feb.
Now realised, that it's not your Em, but a friend from Sheffield Uni!
Never mind, I'll root for her anyway.

Julie T

Countdown recap for game 88 of CoLin 2010 on Saturday 30 January 2010. Round 8: 75, 2, 6, 8, 7, 6. Target: 314. C1: 313. C2: 314. ((75x2) + 7) x (8-6) (10) Score: 59–69 (max 72) Just for the record, my method was ((6+6-8)x75)+(7x2). And thanks for recapping the game, Julie, I didn't realise at the ...

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Countdown recap for game 90 of CoLin 2010 on Saturday 30 January 2010. C1: Challenger Lesley Hines. C2: Challenger Julie Taylor. DC: Mike Brown. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: N R X O O I S A E R02: N C T D I E U R U R03: F N R I E A A T D R04: 25, 10, 1, 9, 3, 7. Target: 531. R05: G L B K O U E...

Julie T

Awesome performance, winning in the mental and physical rounds, Dinos!

Pipped at the end, unfortunately, by a bloke who was fast on the buzzer in the general knowledge round.
Well done, a great achievement!

Julie T

Countdown recap for game 88 of CoLin 2010 on Saturday 30 January 2010. C1: Challenger Julie Taylor. C2: Challenger Mike Brown. DC: Lesley Hines. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: S S T W A A A E T R02: F N R I O E R S N R03: S C R D E E O T O R04: 50, 5, 9, 3, 3, 4. Target: 238. R05: D H C U A A L ...

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Countdown recap for game 45 of CoLin 2010 on Saturday 30 January 2010. C1: Challenger Jon O'Neill. C2: Challenger Julie Taylor. DC: David O'Donnell. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: E A E E P R S P G R02: D N R R E I A N O R03: O O O A D H T S N R04: 25, 6, 3, 4, 9, 1. Target: 612. R05: M P T N A ...

Julie T

Countdown recap for game 44 of CoLin 2010 on Saturday 30 January 2010. C1 and C2 are the correct way round that the game was played, despite being the opposite on Wiki. Of course, since I didn't fill in the forms for my own games, this might have been how they were submitted. C1: Challenger Julie Ta...

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I opted for the highest amount with a limit. But then, I'd be saving on hotel and petrol bills, so, like Jimmy, would be prepared to pay more if necessary.
A church hall somewhere shouldn't cost the earth, though, and I wouldn't want others put off by the price.

Good on you, Michael!

Julie T

I'd be up for attending a CoLon event (stop sniggering at the back! ;) ), as I live just outside of London. Although the thought of actually organising one gives me the heebie jeebies. IIRC, I heard that someone tried organising one a couple of years back which fizzled out due to lack of interest. O...

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Countdown recap for game 21 of CoLin 2010 on Saturday 30 January 2010. C1: Challenger Julie Taylor. C2: Challenger Josh Hurst. DC: Jack Hurst. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: H L P M E E I S E R02: R I S A B O W X A R03: D C S R U U A E S R04: 25, 3, 10, 4, 7, 8. Target: 351. R05: D I C O R I Y E...

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Countdown recap for game 20 of CoLin 2010 on Saturday 30th January 2010. C1: Challenger Jack Hurst. C2: Challenger Julie Taylor. DC: Josh Hurst. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: N B T I E E G I A R02: S G N L E U E D E R03: L S L E E A P K T R04: 50, 9, 2, 10, 4, 10. Target: 531. R05: S Y D L I E ...

Julie T

I've now uploaded the photos that Claire and I took onto Facebook. Most came out OK, apart from the prizegiving ones. Kirk was the only one to stay still long enough that he wasn't a blur!

Julie T

99 games were played at COLIN 2010 yesterday. There's space in this thread for recaps of every one of them. Wonder how many we'll end up getting. I wrote down all of my own games (including opponents' declarations). Could someone in the know, please say if it's possible (and tell me how!) to upload...

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- Julie T great conundrum You were unlucky in that game, Lesley. You led from the first round, we matched from then on, and then I got the crucial conundrum first. Great game, well they all were. Mike played brilliantly - at least I got the 9 too, or it would've been a complete whitewash! 23rd out ...

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Ben Wilson wrote:
Julie T wrote:Ben, could you please let us know the name (and postcode if you know it) of the pub or wherever we're heading off to afterwards?
Will their website do?

Thanks, Ben! I'm a sat nav fan like Lesley.

Julie T

I've been having problems with rounds not coming up. Just get 'waiting for opponent'. Appears to happen most with 'The Guardian' and mostly with conundrum rounds. I tried going out and in again a few times, no luck. I played a whole game with Waldorf while it was frozen. Main prob is that I can't d...

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Ben, could you please let us know the name (and postcode if you know it) of the pub or wherever we're heading off to afterwards?

Julie T

238 would the be maximum surely Jason? IAWTP. 11 letters rounds with 18 points each (! :roll: ), plus 10 points each for 3 numbers rounds plus conundrum. I would say that the probability of all letters rounds having a 9 letter word possible, is pretty much nil. Has there ever been more than 3? I ex...

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I've been having problems with rounds not coming up. Just get 'waiting for opponent'. Appears to happen most with 'The Guardian' and mostly with conundrum rounds. I tried going out and in again a few times, no luck. I played a whole game with Waldorf while it was frozen. Main prob is that I can't d...

Julie T

I've been having problems with rounds not coming up. Just get 'waiting for opponent'. Appears to happen most with 'The Guardian' and mostly with conundrum rounds. I tried going out and in again a few times, no luck. I played a whole game with Waldorf while it was frozen. Main prob is that I can't d...

Julie T

I had wheats disallowed the other day. I know it's mass noun but I thought foods were pluralisable in Countdown rules? What you're probably thinking of is the 'items on a menu' thing. So for example, you can have LEMONADES because you might ask for "2 lemonades" in a restaurant or whateve...

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Firstly, may I say thanks for all the nice comments from everyone. In the last game, when I was 26 points behind, I remembered a comeback I made against a top player on Apterous, so I knew I had a chance. Incidentally, Mark Goodliffe is the 2nd best human player on Apterous . Just watched this. Con...

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I've been having problems with rounds not coming up. Just get 'waiting for opponent'. Appears to happen most with 'The Guardian' and mostly with conundrum rounds. I tried going out and in again a few times, no luck. I played a whole game with Waldorf while it was frozen. Main prob is that I can't do...

Julie T

Good luck, Supee!

Julie T

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Just watched it on 'catch up'. The edited version was much more watchable. Although to play along, as they often cut the clock, I had to pause it, and guess 30 seconds. Well done, Chris, especially not getting fazed by Vinnie's threats! :) I thought the housemates did quite well, considering none of...

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Mike Brown wrote:The apple crumble might even make up for the 'official' CoLin pub no longer doing food

Will we be going elsewhere for the post-CoLin2010 do then?
I'd like to know where, so I can find out the postcode for my sat nav. Easier than trying to follow other cars!

Julie T

MINGLED was there too, in FOLDING round. I bet some lovely shirts had a nice trip to the studios. Well, the dressing room of the studios! Nice to see you back, Sue! :D :D Ollie certainly had an easy opponent to ease him into the champion's chair. Amazingly weird answer to round 5 numbers, but Troy ...

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Thanks all. :) I just remember the question being asked here once, and never saw the reply, if there was one. http://c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3151&start=60 Two simple things they could do. There should be no hint as to the acceptability of the first player's word until the seco...

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4 people can bowl a game for £1 each at Hollywood Bowl (weekdays):

https://www.hollywoodbowl.co.uk/news.php?id=99

BOGOF vouchers at Burger King:

http://www.burgerking.co.uk/offers

Julie T

Kevin Davis wrote:Applied July, audition August, recording...in three weeks.

Best of luck, Kevin!

Julie T

Congratulations, Ollie! :D :D :D Nail-biting stuff. I kept thinking towards the end "at least if Jan wins, she might be in the finals, so reducing the possibility of an all-male line up", but I was relieved when you got that conundrum. :) I suppose it is vaguely possible that she could get...

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But, really I couldn't start without mentioning the special birthday girl. Our very own Rachel Riley is 24 on Monday. So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RACHEL. (Although, I don't think she can read this. (Unless, she's on here under a pseudonym.)) and a Happy Birthday to Rachel from me, too. A wonderful woman. S...

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Jimmy Carr made a quip in very bad taste (well, it is his style) about calling social services as she hasn't got a teaching qualification. Ignorant arsehole (Jimmy, that is!). How is that bad taste? Ah, I didn't really give the whole comment. He actually said that social services should come and ta...

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I decided to book a hotel for me and my daughter in the end, remembering how knackered I was after doing CoLei2 in a day. Just in case anyone else wants an alternative to the Travelodge, I thought I'd let you know that the Lincoln Holiday Inn Express has a 2 for 1 if you stay 2 nights, which means ...

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I decided to book a hotel for me and my daughter in the end, remembering how knackered I was after doing CoLei2 in a day. Just in case anyone else wants an alternative to the Travelodge, I thought I'd let you know that the Lincoln Holiday Inn Express has a 2 for 1 if you stay 2 nights, which means t...

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Please can you put me down for 2 lunches (me and my daughter - not me being greedy

), Ben?

Julie T

I'm glad you seem to have recovered from your gloom, Jason.

Julie T

So Julie T, you can count Jamelia (sp?) amongst your number. Anyone else watch 8/10 Cats? Just saw it on 'catch-up' yesterday evening. Yes, didn't know it before, but if she Home Eds then she's one of us! Jimmy Carr made a quip in very bad taste (well, it is his style) about calling social services...

Julie T

Any objections, Alec and Rosemary, to my putting your queries (nameless) on a Home Ed forum? By all means! Well, most of the thread seems to be concerned with Alec's points, and gone off on a tangent, but there was this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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[response] That was an excellent response. My opinion is duly changed. ;) Thanks, Alec, I'll let the Home Ed forum know! :) I hope that anyone else who may have leaned towards those views have changed their minds too, or at least been given some food for thought. Usually a good idea to air these th...

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Any objections ... to my putting your queries (nameless) on a Home Ed forum? Fill yer boots. ;) Hi, Alec, edited responses were: 1) could you ask him how he would enforce it? 2)This is a suggestion often made albeit often in jest. The main problem with it is that it presumes a level of knowledge an...

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This might sound draconian, and you can accuse me of being simplistic and idealistic, but I wonder if it wouldn't be of great societal benefit to require all would-be parents to undergo some basic certification first. Up and down the country there is dreadful neglect caused by ignorance, indifferen...

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Let's assume the intention is to ensure that children are being home-educated to an acceptable standard, rather than being used as an untouchable cop-out by bad parents who can't be bothered to ensure their children attend school. That's good isn't it? Isn't that more likely to be the application o...

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I'm of the "if you've got nothing to hide, what's the problem?" mindset. Am I horribly naive? Let's say the local constabulary don't like you because, say, you were one of those troublesome peaceful protestors that our police are so good at mishandling. Do you really think they couldn't f...

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E-petitions are futile. Particularly futile to have a closing date after the General Election. And not much of a plug for home education to have an ungrammatical petition with supporting material that is a poem only in the sense that alternate lines finish in approximately similar syllables. Home E...

Julie T

Since Derek has resurrected my Home Ed thread, I have an epetition request! This one is incredibly important, though, and concerns proposed new rules for Home Educators. Please sign if you agree with the sentiment: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Home-ed-families/ Also, here's a poem written by ano...

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This will make Julie T very happy: Teen maths prodigy offered Cambridge place All she needs to do now is get him to appear on Countdown! I don't know the family personally, Derek! Reminds me of Ruth Lawrence: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2492000/2492853.stm She was...

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Jason, being in a relationship isn't a bed of roses. Even if the other person is madly in love with you, no-one, apart from yourself, is completely on your side. That means that you often have to put the other person's feelings first and compromise, even if you feel very strongly about something. Th...

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Philip Jarvis wrote: "In fact" said the solicitor "I think it's fair to say that my client has never had a stable relationship".

ALOLd, thanks for that, Philip!

How awful can it be, though? Sick, yes, but presumably an animal as large as a horse could run off if it wanted to.

Julie T

Welcome to the forum, Fidelis! Hope to see you on the show sometime. :) Excellent advice from James there. A good place to practise your Countdown skills is by playing online on apterous: http://www.apterous.org/index.php When I play on apterous, I usually choose 4 consonants and 3 vowels first, to ...

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Matt Morrison wrote:This is amazing! Truly a cause for celebration! And a baseball bat to each knee.

Ah, but if he was immobile, all the more time to sit and play apterous!

Seriously, though, Chris, congratulations!

Julie T

Not really a bug, but it does sort of bug me. ;) In the happenings, could it say 'his/her first game' etc., rather than just 'his'? There seems to be a much higher percentage of female players these days. Sounds clumsy, but presumably easier than asking apterites their gender and programming approp...

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Not really a bug, but it does sort of bug me. ;) In the happenings, could it say 'his/her first game' etc., rather than just 'his'? There seems to be a much higher percentage of female players these days. Sounds clumsy, but presumably easier than asking apterites their gender and programming appropr...

Julie T

He's probably just busy with family and friends over Christmas and New Year, Jason.

Julie T

Elvis Costello's "It's Been a Good Year For The Roses"
David Bowie "Rock n Roll Suicide"

They're the ones I immediately thought of, but I might add some more later.

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