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hi Ben,

Just wanted to let you know that unfortunately I am going to have to break my run of attendance at COLIN this year, due to weekend working. Hope everyone has a great time. I'm sure they will.

Best wishes.

Mark

Please count me in too.

Hi Jeff

Please count me in for COLEI.

Could you text me an address to send you a cheque, please?

Sue may come too, but she won't play.

See you there!

Thanks.

Mark

Jono,

Many thanks for the games and for updating the forum. It was a pleasure to play you, notwithstanding the scoreline.

All the best to both players for the final.

Mark

Hi Jono,

That's fine. I'm trying to get onto apterous, but having no joy at present.
I'll persevere for a while. If I have to break for dinner, I'll try again later.

Mark

Hi Ben,

Many thanks for that, and for organising it all for us. I'll be looking forward to finding out who I'm playing!!

Mark

Charlie, Thanks for the games and the summaries thereof - as anticipated it was really tight contest. Ben, Re the semis, I was wondering how many games there are and how long we're going to get to play them. I've been fortunate enough to have been working part-time this week, but during the two week...

Charlie,

I'm around for a little while now. I may try again later - if not are you able to finish during the daytime tomorrow?

Mark

Thanks Charlie,

Good resume of what's happened so far!

I'm around for another 1/2 hour, if not will try again later.

Mark

Hi Charlie,

Re our match - can you let me know your availability, please?
I am away from Friday lunchtime but am free most of the time until then.

Mark

Ben, I managed to beat Ian last night so will be playing Charlie. Mark Charlie, As above. As I am away all weekend and am unlikely to have access to apterous, so need to check your availability before then. I have to work this afternoon and evening, but thereafter am free most of the time until Frid...

Hi again Ian,

I'm around all evening, but will need to break for dinner around 8.30pm.

Mark

Hi Ian,

I'm around too now. Will try apterous too.
Mark

Ben/Ian

Ben, Thanks, I will endeavour to play Ian this evening.

Ian, please could you let me know what time you are free this evening. I will be in at about 7pm, but will need to work around an evening meal.

Mark

Hi Charlie/Ben,

Sorry, i've just logged on and seen Ian's suggestion, which I am of course happy to agree with - but as I've just seen it could we have a little more time to play the game please? I am working part-time next week, so it should be easy to find time.

Mark

Hi Junaid,

Sorry to hear that, as I was looking forward to our game, and the possibility of making a better fist of it than I did last year! Enjoy yourself in Poland.

Regards,

Mark

Hi Junaid,

I see we have been drawn to play each other again this year!

I am around early this evening, or some of the time at the weekend.

Could you let me know when you are available, please?

Regards.
Mark

Hi Ben,

Just letting you know that I managed to hold off a strong challenge from Matt yesterday. I'll check to see who my next opponent is.

Regards.

Mark

Hi Ben,

Yes please, count me in.

Mark

Thanks again Jeff, It was great to see everyone and be involved in some really exciting and close games - the latter does not apply to the one where I was unable to keep up with Jack; watch out for him on the show in the future! Looking forward to Lincoln already.

Mark T

Thanks for the game Jon, and especially for sportingly acknowledging the problem in the numbers game. Maybe I just hit the wrong key -or failed to hit the right key! Soon after that the dialogue box ceased to register my comments, at least as far as I was concerned. Did you receive any of them? If s...

Thanks again to Jeff for organising a great day. There were certainly some exciting games. Well done to Kirk on another really hard fought game. I was very pleased with my prize, but not as delighted as Sue, for whom Sour Cream and Onion is her favourite flavour of Pringles! See you all at COLIN if ...

I realise it's weeks since anyone added anything to this thread, but in case anyone's interested, I just wanted to have my say re Kirk's comment that 'Crucial' does not offer help to other people. In fact it was the wish to encourage other people which motivated me to write my story, and there are i...

Hi Jeff,

Count me in as long as I'm available. Spring or autumn are preferable -I experience a compulsion to be outside during the summer!

Mark T.

Hi Charlie, I wish it were about to kick off! I've tried to get hold of Ben, via the forum and via email, but haven't had a reply yet. I've just had a problem with my PC, which appears resolved now, so I'll try emailing him again.

Mark

Hi Ben,

Yes, I can play this evening. Is 9pm okay?

Mark

Thanks Ben,

I'll see if Ben is back by tomorrow evening. If not, I can do Tuesday evening instead.

Mark

Thanks David, that would be helpful. I'm going to see if Ben P. is available either tomorrow or Tuesday evening. Is either good for you?

Mark T.

Hi all, I've just logged on and caught up with all the posts over the last couple of weeks, and so have just seen your entry Ben P. saying you're away from today. It turns out that I'm available most of today, so if you get this in time give me a call on [number redacted -Ed] to fix up a time. Mark T.

Re that 8 in round 11:

BOERBOEL -some sort of South African dog, as I discovered when I checked the version I had come up with which excluded the second 'o', and which I would not have risked, due to what turned out to be justified confidence in my inability to spell the word!

Mark T

Hi Kirk,

Just wanted to say hope you have better luck on the Wakest Lnk than you had on Countdown. I will be setting my video and cheering you on.

Mark

COLIN was great again! Thanks to Ben for organising it and his Mum Jill for the refreshments. I do think the scores went up this year. I am sure the standard is getting higher and higher. It makes sense because as time goes by we are all likely to know more, rather than less!

Mark T

Hi everyone, I was sorry to hear the news. I didn't know much about him beforehand, but Jeremy was in Dictionary Corner for my first 5 games. He talked to the contestants more than most of the celebrities. He was a very helpful, warm and considerate guy, and made a real effort to draw attention to m...