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by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

Well articulated Jim. And will Carrie Fischer make the top ten. I guess Star wars geeks would want it so but technically she was in three big movies and not much else really. Kenny baker was in six star wars films You can't use the number of Star Wars films as a metric here! It's four big movies an...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

Carrie Fisher!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Surely sneaks into the top 8 :(
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Dec 25, 2016 11:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:George Michael! :o surely one for the top 8.
Yes. Just found this out myself too and came here to post that!
It definitely gets extra points for being totally unexpected and him being relatively young.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Dec 25, 2016 11:06 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

George Michael! :o surely one for the top 8.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Dec 24, 2016 8:23 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Crisps
Replies: 47
Views: 12095

Re: Crisps

Anyway, why not just drink more? I could understand someone saying that they used to barely drink so they sort of adapted to it. But you've said that you don't drink much and you're permanently thirsty. So why not just drink more? It makes no sense. The more water I drink, the thirstier I get. I've...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:15 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Crisps
Replies: 47
Views: 12095

Re: Crisps

I'm perma-dehydrated: used to see how long I could go without water as a competition with myself when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure I went a week once without having a drink (sounds completely impossible, but I had a lot of liquid in my food, mostly gravy with my dinner which I'd slurp up). Although ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
Replies: 74
Views: 31677

Re: Your preferred format for CO-events

I vaguely remember being in a convo one year after COLIN (Can't remember who with or the year) talking about the possibilty of taking a "tactical defeat" in the first round to assure an easier draw for the rest of the day, and therefore possibly qualify for the final with 5 wins and a hig...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:18 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
Replies: 74
Views: 31677

Re: Your preferred format for CO-events

My preferred format for Co-events: basically exactly like Lincoln, but with a 15-round final. I like hosting games. I'll play other formats/styles but really, really dislike changing formats constantly throughout the day, and not being able to pick my own numbers. Don't really like static groups eit...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:16 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: When do you consider the seasons to start/end?
Replies: 6
Views: 4180

Re: When do you consider the seasons to start/end?

I wasn't going to get fighty about my personal perception of the seasons, but now I've looked at the shitty 'official' seasons list, fuck it. I'm doubling down. My list is way more right than the official one. Autumn is clearly much shorter than winter, and March is usually pleasantly mild. Winter: ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:07 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How would you rank the celebratory days of the year?
Replies: 17
Views: 7884

Re: How would you rank the celebratory days of the year?

Generally:
COLIN
My birthday
Christmas
Pancake Day
Halloween
New Year's Eve
Easter
Bonfire Night

Enjoyed Easter more than usual this year and my birthday less than usual.
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:58 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394135

Re: People you shouldn't trust

I had a cracking one of these a few months ago - the woman on the phone kept shouting into the phone about what a bitch her mother was and how she wasn't wearing any underwear. She was quite rude to me (even beyond the usual 'being on the phone' rudeness) but it was such an entertaining conversatio...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

Intriguing list; not sure if it's intentional but you're missing a lot of obvious ones. I can see what you mean with the likes of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Roger Moore and Angela Landsbury in their nineties. This might come back to bite me but I think Angela Lansbury is still in great health. She was acting (...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 16, 2016 5:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394135

Re: People you shouldn't trust

People who are talking on their phones whilst paying for their goods at a till/checkout. Although as a cashier it is particularly annoying. I feel like saying " I know your call is important so I wont serve you until you have finished " I had a cracking one of these a few months ago - the...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:15 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

I reckon either/both of the Queen and Prince Philip are going to croak next year.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:05 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

All of them please. You might have to give me a couple of days. I got the base information from Wikipedia and it's all formatted differently for different years for some reason; as such it's taking a while to get it all shaped into a consistent format. Plus certain years are covered in far more det...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:00 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

Obviously not the biggest deaths for us, but some big ones elsewhere in the world that spring to mind: king of Thailand, Islam Karimov (long-serving president/dictator of Uzbekistan, famed for allegedly boiling people alive), and Antonin Scalia.
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:24 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?
Replies: 129
Views: 82731

Re: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?

all the people who are rumoured to be going on soon actually do Are there that many? If Brockwell doesn't do it - and I think it's v unlikely that he will - I don't think 1000 will be breached, at least not for a looong time, unless Stephen Read can smash it. Even with the skill, it requires so man...
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:03 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CO-MSO 2017
Replies: 34
Views: 23944

Re: Possible CO-MSO

Anyone up to having a Countdown event at the 2017 Mind Sports Olympiad? This is held in London at the end of August and there is the possibility that there is a slot on either the Bank Holiday Monday or the Sunday before for a Countdown event. Top three places would get the gold/silver/bronze medal...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399906

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

Last night I dreamt that it was COLIN weekend. For some reason, on the Friday night a load of people including Ryan, Michelle, Graeme (who had an adorable knitted sleeping bag), Mark Deeks (who gave me unsolicited relationship advice and a pep talk) and Tom Carey were staying at Ben Wilson's flat, w...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Nov 27, 2016 7:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

Gavin Chipper wrote:Actually I seem to remember Richard Brittain posting pretty much the same thing once. Should I be worried?
Might not post my review of your book now.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

I think it's much easier for musicians and actors to remain 'relevant' to younger generations as their work comes in a more widely available and distributable form (not sure that's been expressed well, but hopefully you get the gist?). Sportsmen and women of yore it's pretty hard to assess because y...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:20 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

So: Ali and Prince's cultural impact points preceded my generation, so - for me at least - it's quite hard now to understand why they were such a big deal, Ali in particular. Conversely, it might be difficult for older people to understand why Rickman's loss was felt quite strongly by people my age...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

But also, if we're talking about fame among younger people, Ali, Prince and Bowie might also suffer. Maybe less Ali, but I really didn't hear that much about Bowie and Prince in the media for years before their death. I know young people often seek out music, but not everyone does to the same exten...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Nov 26, 2016 5:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Replies: 236
Views: 50671

Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?

I'd also have Alan Rickman comfortably ahead of Victoria Wood. He might even only be behind Ali, Bowie and Prince. He was much more famous internationally than the others. And some of them were much less active in later years compared to Rickman, meaning they might not even be so recognizable withi...
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Nov 18, 2016 10:56 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: The FOCAL Finals/CoBirmingham - Saturday 3rd December 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 6885

Re: The FOCAL Finals/CoBirmingham - Saturday 3rd December 2016

BUMP!

This is two weeks tomorrow! We're up to 31 people SO FAR: that's all 8 finalists and 23 people signed up for the Open tournament (4 of whom are first-timers). But we can have more people! Invite your friends, family and random people you meet on the street! Exclamation marks!
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Nov 18, 2016 10:55 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2016
Replies: 114
Views: 30656

Re: FOCAL 2016

FINAL STANDINGS FOR THE YEAR, albeit in a more readable and less static format than previously! Find out who the 8 finalists for the year are, see the final standings for each event, and maybe other stuff if I can think of any (and have time to do it).
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Nov 17, 2016 12:35 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351743

Re: Best ever contestants

I was talking more about talent levels, of course the modern player can improve their game to a point way beyond what the early Countdown champs could achieve. But that's a bit like saying Nico Rosberg is better than Jackie Stewart because his lap times are better. In Julian Fell's case weren't his...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:36 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Greatest ever Apterites
Replies: 26
Views: 16408

Re: Greatest ever Apterites

Ian Volante wrote:Number of unique days played is hard to discount as a measure in this context.
And number of games (someone who's played 1,000 games and got 100 max games is obviously significantly better than someone who's played 10,000 games and got the same number).
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:16 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Apterites who have yet to appear on Countdown
Replies: 50
Views: 36038

Re: Apterites who have yet to appear on Countdown

AFAIK: - Rob, Nguyen and Bayf don't want to go on - Lav and Brocky will go on fairly soon - Jamie McNeill is a potential series champ who also won't go on, having retired from Apto and events - Quite a few don't live in the UK/Ireland (Andrew Feist, Jamie Karran, Josh Hurst) - Shrinidhi is too young...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Nov 08, 2016 4:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394135

Re: People you shouldn't trust

People who don't do their research properly too, obviously. Related subsets: - People of any political inclination who share infographics or serious memes seen on social media without having done any fact-checking (like that Donald Trump talking about Fox viewers thing) - People who complain about t...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394135

Re: People you shouldn't trust

Euan Slatter wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:As an old person , please tell me is bar an acronym for before anyone else or is it just a lazy slang term like fam ?
Being a kid, I confirm it does mean Before Anyone/thing Else, so is technically an acronym.
ODO says "Early 21st century: abbreviation of baby or babe."
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394135

Re: People you shouldn't trust

As an old person , please tell me is bar an acronym for before anyone else or is it just a lazy slang term like fam ? The latter, but like 'fam' it's really its own word with unique connotations - it's a more flippant/tongue-in-cheek term of endearment than its parent, the grotesquely nauseating 'b...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394135

Re: People you shouldn't trust

Mark Deeks wrote:
Graeme Cole wrote:People who say "reading" rather than "studying" in their University Challenge introduction.
YES.
yes x2
Gavin Chipper wrote:People who use the "word" "bae".
Nah, old people who think they have autonomy over the English language and are too snotty to enjoy slang.
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:03 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275470

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

The chorus of Ghetto Supastar is to the same tune/some of the same lyrics as Islands In The Stream.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: The FOCAL Finals/CoBirmingham - Saturday 3rd December 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 6885

Re: The FOCAL Finals/CoBirmingham - Saturday 3rd December 2016

BUMP!

Past the 20 mark now. Keep the sign-ups coming, we have a huuuge amount of space for y'all
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Tunes
Replies: 1
Views: 1165

Tunes

What tunes are you into at the moment? Ones you've recently discovered, ones you've rediscovered, old favourites. Whatever. Link us up. Your Life In The End - Prince Rama Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Everything Nice - Jaakko Eino Kalevi ft Farao Shambala - Three Dog Night Not so much a tune I'm...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Oct 23, 2016 7:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 394135

Re: People you shouldn't trust

People who support a new, state-funded royal yacht.
People who are really, really into the royals in general, tbh.
People who do not enjoy It Wasn't Me by Shaggy.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever televised game?
Replies: 31
Views: 15387

Re: Best ever televised game?

My favourite televised game is a bit of a cheat as I've only seen it on YouTube , it also involved a young lad, the youngest to ever appear on the show I believe. A couple of bloopers in there as well in the words he declared, highly recommended viewing! Maybe I just like young lads? Is that so wro...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:09 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2016
Replies: 114
Views: 30656

Re: FOCAL 2016

Done. (Red/bold means first event; orange/bold means first event and former event winner; yellow means former event winner.) Is former event winner filled in retroactively? Otherwise, having won an event before your first event would be impressive, and I should only be yellow from St Albans onwards...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2016
Replies: 114
Views: 30656

Re: FOCAL 2016

Done.

(Red/bold means first event; orange/bold means first event and former event winner; yellow means former event winner.)
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: "What is COLIN?" and other questions
Replies: 37
Views: 34005

Re: "What is COLIN?" and other questions

Euan Slatter wrote:I'm taking this title to mean any Co events questions, so I would like to know this: is there an age limit? As I might see if I can make it to Co:Bris next year. Thanks!
No age limit; there was a 9-year-old at CoChest 2011. Just don't let any drops of rain fall on your paper mid-game ;)
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:32 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2016
Replies: 114
Views: 30656

Re: FOCAL 2016

Nice work. By the way, would it be possible to have a list of results for each event? I know you can work it out from the points scored in the table, but it would also be nice to be able to see quickly who finished in which position for a specific event. ATM I don't have time to knock together some...
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:39 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2016
Replies: 114
Views: 30656

Re: FOCAL 2016

UPDATED STANDINGS following our third-best attended event of the year! Just three more events before the end of the year... sign up or miss out! Saturday 12th/Sunday 13th November: COGLASGOW & COGLASGOWONTHEN Saturday 3rd December: COBIRMINGHAM Our 2017 calendar is now up on the website too - c...
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:14 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2016
Replies: 114
Views: 30656

Re: FOCAL 2016

UPDATED STANDINGS following our third-best attended event of the year! Just three more events before the end of the year... sign up or miss out! Saturday 12th/Sunday 13th November: COGLASGOW & COGLASGOWONTHEN Saturday 3rd December: COBIRMINGHAM Our 2017 calendar is now up on the website too - c...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:31 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2017
Replies: 37
Views: 19004

Re: FOCAL 2017

How do 2016’s attendance figures so far compare to last year’s, for example? I don't have the statistics to hand. There are new events lined up for next year which is a direct knock on effect from Focal and speaking from Bristols event specifically, there was a higher number of attendees this year....
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: World Debt
Replies: 9
Views: 2788

Re: World Debt

First result on Google has some interesting explanations/analogies but still I'm not sure I totally get it (the scale of it just blows my mind).

Think one of my biggest hindsight regrets is never studying economics at school. I'd quite like to do an evening class in it.
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:58 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Thread Of Random (for Marc)
Replies: 168
Views: 51105

Re: Thread Of Random (for Marc)

Marc Meakin wrote:What's the one song on your playlist that you would have to quickly skip if it was,randomly selected on speaker mode.
Mine would be Young Girl by Gary Puxket
Depends who else was there, but probably Just About Done by Blink-182.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:07 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Weird News Headlines
Replies: 5
Views: 2251

Re: Weird News Headlines

Image

(Obviously totally made up - astonishing that they're legally allowed to get away with publishing what they do, but here's some insight)

Not my favourite headline - that will always go to this one - but that one's not so weird. Just hilarious.
by Jennifer Steadman
Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 756
Views: 565128

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Watched Stranger Things recently. Enjoyed it (and the soundtrack), but not as much as I enjoyed seeing yesterday's pictures of Steve from the show and Jean-Ralphio from Parks and Rec hanging out like long-lost family members :'D
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399906

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

Another bizarre one last night- I was at CoLin, playing against Selasi from GBBO, who is also making an ice cream roll as a prize for the event. As the roll is being made, Ben announces that the winner this year will also recieve 100 of Hykeham's finest Chicken McNuggets. Dan McColm wins the McNugg...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: The FOCAL Finals/CoBirmingham - Saturday 3rd December 2016
Replies: 12
Views: 6885

Re: The FOCAL Finals/CoBirmingham - Saturday 3rd December 2016

BUMP!

Up to 10 now! All you have to do to confirm your place is send £14 to our treasurer, Chris Marshall, to his PayPal address at chrismarshall82@btinternet.com. Get on it.
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdowny people you have most mutual friends with on Facebook
Replies: 28
Views: 8516

Re: Countdowny people you have most mutual friends with on Facebook

Lowest:

0 - Paul Talmey
1 - Quinn James, Angus Eady (although our one mutual friend is non-Countdowny) and Will Gausden
3 - Stewart Wintle and Drew Halliburton

These people all added me, FWIW. #popular
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdowny people you have most mutual friends with on Facebook
Replies: 28
Views: 8516

Re: Countdowny people you have most mutual friends with on Facebook

I've got 3 over 100.

JR - 115
Ben - 103
Tracey - 101
by Jennifer Steadman
Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words
Replies: 4
Views: 3398

Favourite/least favourite new dictionary words

By 'new dictionary' I mean the thousands of updates that were banged into ODO a year ago for no apparent reason, which totally changed the anagramming game (10%+ drop in letters maxes for most people on Apterous). We've had a year to love them, loathe them and discover them in general, so tell us wh...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL 2016
Replies: 114
Views: 30656

Re: FOCAL 2016

UPDATED STANDINGS AFTER DUBLIN! 3 events left before the finals... will you make it? Sign up for 2016's final qualifying events, HUDDERSFIELD (8th October) and GLASGOW/GLASGOWONTHEN (12th & 13th November) , before the final event on 3rd December - BIRMINGHAM, or THE FOCAL FINALS !
by Jennifer Steadman
Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:29 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 756
Views: 565128

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Also, persist with Arrested Development season 4, it requires a bigger investment than the previous ones but it's well worth it. Finally got round to watching this the whole way through! Found the film/Ron Howard/sweat lodge/wall stuff boring and confusing at points, so the first 6 episodes were a ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Twitter: Is it just a load of crap?
Replies: 11
Views: 3402

Re: Twitter: Is it just a load of crap?

It's incredibly useful for finding Countdown fans so you can direct them to a) Apterous and b) FOCAL. It occasionally works as well!
by Jennifer Steadman
Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: CODUB2 Countdown in Dublin 10th September 2016.
Replies: 18
Views: 10147

Re: CODUB2 Countdown in Dublin 10th September 2016.

Deadline to sign up for this is today - get paying up! With 31 paid up attendees, this is shaping up to be the fourth most attended event of the year (46 for Lincoln and MK, 36 for Bristol) - can you make it the third best attended? Those coming over from the UK can still get cheap flights - if you ...
by Jennifer Steadman
Sun Sep 04, 2016 3:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Wiki problems
Replies: 5
Views: 2736

Re: Wiki problems

Ah, this must be why FOCAL isn't the featured article any more.
by Jennifer Steadman
Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: .co.mk2 - Countdown in Milton Keynes - 20th August 2016
Replies: 33
Views: 9016

Re: .co.mk2 - Countdown in Milton Keynes - 20th August 2016

Gavin Chipper wrote:Glad this went well by the way. I was a bit annoyed to miss this but I should make it next year!
It's OK, you can make it up to us by signing up for Huddersfield, Glasgow, Birmingham and Lincoln.