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Men who spell their name "Aaron" but pronounce it "Arron".

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I feel personally responsible when people post in this thread, though in this instance (and many others) all I can really do is Google. Top result is this: https://neosmart.net/wiki/0xc0000225/ That seems to have some ideas, including the option to make a boot disc that can perform the repair from ...

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I have a major problem with my PC, which I recently had upgraded with a new SSD main drive, new memory and Windows 10. It's worked fine for a couple of weeks but suddenly all I get on startup is a BSOD with "Your PC/Device needs to be repaired" and error code 0xc0000225. It says to use rec...

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I can't recall ever reading a book more than once I've read all of Armistead Maupin's books multiple times - the earlier Tales of the City ones probably four or five times each. They're like much-loved holiday destinations that you can't resist going back to again and again. I've read the aforement...

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I'm currently nearing the end of Edge of Eternity, the final book in Ken Follett's "Century Trilogy". It's the fifth of his books I've read, after the earlier ones in the trilogy and the two Pillars of the Earth books. I enjoy the epic scale of his books and want to keep turning the pages,...

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Broadchurch was the best thing I've watched for a while. Totally missed the boat when it was on telly but binged on it the last couple of weeks. Have you watched both series? The first one was stunningly good, the second patchy - still worth watching, but the first series had set the bar impossibly...

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It normally jars when people on OC mispronounce "horned viper", saying "horned" as if it had two syllables. But something about the way Mr Pendleton said "Whore Ned" made me forgive him.

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Ah, clearly it passed me by! I was just happy for a rare contextual opportunity. Here's Jamie's moment of glory . I remember thinking, that's sailing close to the wind for a teatime game show, and then a few minutes later the name of some insect or other came up and Richard looked meaningfully at M...

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Ian Volante wrote:JIZZ

Yes, that's the episode I was referring to.

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Where's Jamie Karran when you need him?

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There was no sign of an arrow during the closing credits but I've carefully watched the whole show again and I think I may have spotted him.

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James Robinson wrote:Although, strictly speaking, Hugh hasn't appeared on Countdown......

Hasn't he? Oops.

Thought he had for some reason. Dunno why as I haven't watched Countdown for about five years.

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Countdowners appearing on other quizzes is pretty humdrum by now. Countdowners featuring in the credits of other quizzes... now that's something else.

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Mark Deeks wrote:I live at Body Hulk Bared

Nice. What's with the little fence round the lawn though?

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Sent from cheek.zones.part

Sitting on the toilet by any chance?

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But that would only apply to Firefox, and you haven't done the same thing (editing, deleting, reposting, closing tab) in IE to cause it to do that there. That's why I suggested it might be an internal flag in Facebook, which is still set (against my account) regardless of which browser I use to acc...

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It must be something that relates to both Firefox and IE, I'm wondering if it's a plugin like Java or something that you could try reinstalling. Funnily enough, Firefox warned me the other day that my Java installation was out of date so I've just installed the latest version. No change. :( Somethi...

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Jon O'Neill wrote:Press Escape.

I actually believed you.

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Further clarification: having just looked at the various available cursors in Control Panel and what they're called, the one I'm getting (a white arrow with a spinning blue circle next to it) is actually called the "working in background" cursor, not the "busy" cursor which is ju...

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Facebook/Firefox is not crashing or hanging, it's working perfectly normally but with the busy cursor? And you change tabs to something else and the cursor goes back to normal? Yep to all that. As well as restarting the browser try ctrl-shift-del to bring up the clear recent history dialog, try cle...

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Dear MM A couple of days ago I got in a slight kerfuffle trying to edit a comment on a Facebook status, which I messed up so badly I ended up deleting the comment and reposting it. It seemed to work, but ever since, whenever I go on Facebook in Firefox, my cursor changes to the "busy" curs...

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I bought (for £1.49) the app for this game a few days ago, and I'm finding it quite addictive. The simulation of the machine itself is incredibly realistic and makes me wonder - do they actually model all the complicated physics involved, in real time, for every counter in the machine? Or do they us...

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Graham Norton seems to be under the impression that Conchita is actually a woman rather than a bearded bloke who likes wearing women's clothes. Tom Neuwirth (the performer who plays Conchita) uses the masculine pronoun when referring to himself, and the feminine pronoun when referring to the charac...

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:Is this Saturday 23rd? Co:KL I'm afraid.
Countdown in Kuala Lumpur?
I have a friend that lives in Malaysia, so perhaps this could be organised. (But it's King's Lynn until then.)

Seems reasonable. Pronounced "cockle", I trust.

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Gavin Chipper wrote:Is this Saturday 23rd? Co:KL I'm afraid.

Countdown in Kuala Lumpur?

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Marc Meakin wrote:I myself have been a census taker

Where's Hannibal Lecter when you need him?

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Matt Morrison wrote:ANOTHER RELEVANT KICKSTARTER!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/16 ... ble-urinal

I was interested in this item in the list of benefits:

Designed to adjust to any angle - works great in the “morning”

What can they possibly mean?

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This is a hot topic in Germany.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30937492

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Thanks for the comments. On further investigation I found that switching to BT's unlimited usage broadband will only cost me £1.42 a month more than I'm paying for the version with the 40Gb limit, so rather than faff around trying to work out where the allowance is going, it seemed less hassle just ...

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I'm on BT Infinity broadband at home which gives me up to 40Gb data transfer per month. Until now this has been fine - our average monthly usage has been around half that. But towards the end of last month, for the first time, I had an email warning me that we had gone over 70% of our quota; and now...

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Sorry guys! Haha, don't be. Got it working eventually, and even though it was a minor inconvenience having to buy the extra adaptors etc, it still worked out cheaper in the end than any comparable option I've been able to find. Found this neat kit that includes a SCART plug with female phono socket...

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On the bright side, the main thing I'll be using it for is digitising old VHS tapes, and our video machine has all three AV connectors. I spoke too soon. After wasting a couple of hours trying to get the thing working, with the capture software just saying "No video signal detected", I di...

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I received the August-VGB100 USB thing today. Installed the software etc. but have had a problem with the connection of the August USB to the Sky+ Box. The problem comes with the fact that the Sky+ Box doesn't have one of the Yellow video cables. Annoyingly it has the Red and White audio slots whic...

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Jon Corby wrote:Some people call me the space cowboy.

Pics please.

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Jon Corby wrote:I remember you, and I am interested to know that you'll be appearing in The Chase on Tuesday 2nd December.

Sorry, and you are...?

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I haven't posted here very much over the past few years so there probably aren't that many current forumites who remember me, but anyway those who do might be interested to know that I'll be appearing in The Chase on Tuesday 2nd December.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:I think I appear in more than my fair share of people's dreams.

You don't appear in enough of mine.

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Awesome teams tonight. First up the coders. Coding is sexy and they have a super sexy smoking hot supermodel playing on them. THEN WOW. The gamesmasters. Michael Wallace and Charlie Reams' lovechilds. Plural, one with beard. And someone called James Robinson who is nowhere near as good as the real ...

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Some bald bloke called Matt Morrison is on the repeat on ITV1 right now.

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I'd imagine that the wording of the question would tend to sway most ordinary mortals towards the wrong answer because the success of boy bands like JLS and Wand Erection makes people forget that they weren't actually winners of the series. As Chris Tarrant used to say, it's only easy if you know th...

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I'm impressed that nobody has been tempted to snigger at Jordan referring to his production as a "mounting". 8-) Slightly OT: Jordan, I read the play about a year ago but I've not seen it produced, and I'd be interested to know how you plan to stage it. The script specifies that the play i...

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Matt Morrison wrote:
David Barnard wrote:Depends if someone barges in and pisses in the toilet I'm in the middle of using, in that case, yes, I'd be pretty narked
do you always urinate naked?

And surely whether or not one is pretty in that state is for others to judge.

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OMG SPOILERS

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Anyone else spot that the scoreboard in front of Paxo's desk started falling apart at one point last night?

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Matt Morrison wrote:is it one rule for people whose willies you can comfortably think about

Gavin Chipper wrote:I think I'd rather they stood up.

Amen to that.

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Worth a look:

http://mylespower.co.uk/2014/05/18/a-ra ... lesbrough/

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Haha. The Radio Times 'Choice' blurb for tonight's show describes the Board Gamers as "captained by Zaphod Beeblebrox".

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Just caught up with this game (even though it had already been spoilered to death on Facebook) and couldn't resist dropping in here to see if anyone had remarked on Jono's "Fucking brilliant" - surprised that made it past the edit as it's so clearly audible but it did make me smile. Well d...

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Lesley Hines wrote:the civil-partnershipped* couple

*There's a reason for marriage right there

The preferred adjectival form is "civilised".

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I see Robert Richland has made it onto Pointless.

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:What if they were gay footballers?
There was one ever but he died.

Two.

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Nick's in for a shock if he's ever invited to eat sweetbread.

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I trust you were all singing the Neil Zussman anthem at every opportunity during that programme.

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Charlie Reams wrote:My computer is currently in a box

Step 1: Cut a hole in a box...

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Photographic evidence of all of these statements please.

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Yes Jason.

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Just been playing about with AVS video editing software and put this little amuse-bouche together.

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Martin Long wrote:The question was "Name an actor who has appeared in more than one Bond film", I would have had to pick from a load of options, some of which would have been pointless and some would have been low scoring:

The first one on your list would have scored 100.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:Why are people happy to spend this much or more every month on phone contracts? It's like they've been brainwashed or something.
Or maybe they want something you don't want, and are prepared to pay for it accordingly.

Damn, that makes sense. Curse you Reams.

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Ryan Taylor wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
David Williams wrote:I probably top up less than £10 a year.
This. Why are people happy to spend this much or more every month on phone contracts? It's like they've been brainwashed or something.
Because it's cheaper? Thought that was pretty obvious.

How is £10 or more a month cheaper than £10 a year?

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