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Ian Volante

Have you accidentally started accessing the site without the 'www'? That's the most likely problem. Ah, cheers, I've been bemoaning the fact that I get logged out every day for months now. All ok now I've changed to using the www. Any idea why that would make a difference? I don't generally tend to...

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Edwards' 18.29 was well behind the line, at least 10cm I would say. It's a shame his 18.43 was non legal for wind (2.4 ish I think), I wonder how much difference that really made. Either way I definitely think his world record doesn't quite do him justice, and am surprised it still stands today. No...

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And on the high jump / pole vault thing, surely nowadays they could have a system of laser beams or something to measure the height you reach, so each jump is properly measured, rather than having to get over each set height! Aye, but you can't ask people to jump over nothing. The bar provides a po...

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What's the furthest into the future that one of Federer/Djokovic/Nadal (or Murray if you want) can still win a grand slam? When will someone else be ranked number 1? I think you have to include Murray - he managed close to a year at #1, and nobody else has broken the hold of those three. Give it tw...

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Their R number is higher than in England. Their positivity rate (i.e. cases scaled for testing numbers) is 13%, whereas in England it’s less than 5%. As far as I've seen, the R number for all (possibly maybe not quite all) regions of the UK is somewhere in a range which is statistically inseparable...

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Have you accidentally started accessing the site without the 'www'? That's the most likely problem.

Ian Volante

Martin Jarvis as host, and go back to nine-rounders so he can talk more.

Ian Volante

I keep hearing reports that the R rate is higher in some areas than during lockdown. Isn't it time to go back to full lockdown ( unlikely to happen nationally) or give flu jabs to everyone over 50 and live life as normal, as it will blow over eventually Well, the whole point of lockdown was to redu...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:38 pm It’s not on the Sky News front page.

OH NOES

Ian Volante

Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:24 am A doctor friend of ours once had a patient called L-a, pronounced Ladasha.

Citation needed!

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/le-a/

Ian Volante

There's no consistency around here in the pronunciation of Mhairi (Varri/Marry).

Ian Volante

"Similarly spelt words in English pronounced differently" shock. Well, you started it: Mary, the way it's spelled. Rhymes with hairy. My point was that nothing about the spelling of Mary suggests it should be pronounced either "Merry" or "Meery". You clearly aren't fro...

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You cannot lockdown every 2 minutes when another country has a pandemic. That's nuts. Ignoring the hyperbole here, we knew it was extremely likely to be a big problem in late January, and we had the advantage of seeing the numbers in other countries before we followed a similar trajectory. Also, I ...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:28 pm Well at least I think I've got the Tenet one right

Only $200M to go...

Ian Volante

Done.

Ian Volante

I think this is another one that belongs here: When Jill Dando was murdered back in 1999, I'm sure I rememeber them saying that the Crimewatch about her death was going to have her talking about it herself using CGI or something. But now I can't find any evidence for it. Did I make this up? Sounds ...

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This is on my list to do, just need to remember while I'm not on my work computer.

Ian Volante

I need to be able to vote again on this, adding a 3 to my existing 2.

Ian Volante

Obviously nearly breaking a record is never going to be as sexy as actually doing it, but I was quite excited about Johannes Vetter's 97.76 in the javelin on Sunday - only 72cm behind Jan Zelezny's 98.48, which I've heard being called the most impressive of all athletics world records. Ooh, I've no...

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:03 am
L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:42 pm Are there any Apterous users who have played at least one game every month since August 2008?
Ian Volante has september 2008 which I assume is the best you'll get

Sad isn't it?

Ian Volante

Also, when talking about the death of Chadwick Boseman, Lewis Hamilton said something like "We've lost one of our people." I thought this was a bit of an odd comment - "our people". I'd like to think that he was talking about all of us as people have lost one of our people, but ...

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I still don't like this.

Ian Volante

This just sounds like a prolix way of saying all lives matter. I find this post just frustrating. When people find themselves split into two opposing groups, they often sterotype the other position, and instead of engaging, they just trot out a cheap reply based on these sterotypes, assuming that p...

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The thought of anyone 'not being happy' is so laughable. Suck it up, seriously. I'd be amazed if Nick, Susie or Rachel are upset about it. I agree with this bit. They're not going to be bothered about it. In terms of people being annoyed 'why focus on this form of injustice, when there are other fo...

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I had quite a few female Scrabble friends complaining about being harassed. Strange, nobody's spoken to me at all apart from a small amount of relevant in-game chat. What am I doing differently? Emphasis mine. I was referring to this: Fwiw I was instrumental in getting the chat facility to be switc...

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Did you read my review of it (a few posts above)? A bit of a difference of opinion! To be fair, all you said about it was that it was "terrible", which is an opinion, but hardly a review. We've been watching all the Bond movies in sequence as ITV have been showing them over the past few w...

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My favourite review was of Raise the Titanic,. I think Barry Norman said it would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic It was Lew Grade, and it wasn't a review. Other than that, excellent. Probably a budget review rather than a film review. Actually this was the first film I watched, at the cine...

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The thought of anyone 'not being happy' is so laughable. Suck it up, seriously. I'd be amazed if Nick, Susie or Rachel are upset about it. Anyone who is upset from a viewer perspective, especially in terms of the competition etc. (is it a special, is it not, octoruns blah blah blah), need to get a ...

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Strange, nobody's spoken to me at all apart from a small amount of relevant in-game chat. What am I doing differently?

Ian Volante

Just watched Gravity at the weekend. Quite enjoyed it - it flew by (haha). Just shows that a single-idea film can be entertaining. And well done her for landing on land in the tropics. Did you read my review of it (a few posts above)? A bit of a difference of opinion! I did! Maybe it helped that I ...

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I suspect it's mostly because it's not at a big championship. Diamond League might be the top event every season, but it simply can't compete with e.g. the World champs for profile etc.

Ian Volante

Just watched Gravity at the weekend. Quite enjoyed it - it flew by (haha). Just shows that a single-idea film can be entertaining. And well done her for landing on land in the tropics.

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:47 am Found this today

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/com ... rrier_bag/

I haven't been so excited since I learned to fold a fitted sheet.

That's great until the person opens a drawer full of them. Clearly a lack of understanding about bags for life!

Ian Volante

I don't particularly drink coffee, but have had a latte with oat milk which was perfectly potable.

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I was sure I must have posted something about this before, but in my search I at least found out the Marc wouldn't care too much if his bulldog died. But anyway, I've always thought that unless you're a child or chronically lonely, having a pet is a bit weird. I mean anything "less" than ...

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Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:55 pm On Susie's OOW slot: who's going to tell her about this?

wtf is that?! I despair

Ian Volante

Why do we say things like PIN number and ATM machines when the last word in both acronyms are the same ? It's called RAS syndrome Reading that link gave me a sense of nostalgia. One of my friends at school had a mother called Elsie Dee. When digital watches came out we had so much fun at her expens...

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When I Google an unknown number that's called me I get hundreds of results from similar looking websites, many with similar sounding names, like whocallsme.com, who-called.co.uk, who-calls.me.uk, shouldianswer.co.uk, unknownphone.com and countless others. Is there a site that's generally recognised...

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Okay, thanks.

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Phil Reynolds wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:10 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:22 pm It's the most recent thing I binge-watched. I was genuinely surprised at the ending, especially that I'd somehow missed hearing about it in the intervening decade and a half.
The last series ended in 2000.

Aye, makes sense.

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Trying and failing to find out about the poker events from the website - what are the entry criteria for that, what platform etc etc.

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It's the most recent thing I binge-watched. I was genuinely surprised at the ending, especially that I'd somehow missed hearing about it in the intervening decade and a half.

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Finally got to the end of Derry Girls series 1. Excellent as ever, slightly odd ending, although I can understand why they did it.

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Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:17 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:04 pm Is this just up to series 81 then?
Yes, sorry, I should have mentioned. I update the database after the end of each series.

Your range is 29 and your coefficient of variation is 9.68%.

My apparently default position of upper middle.

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:26 am Reusable face coverings.
Not fit for purpose , beyond obtaining entrance to shops and public transport

My buffs are pretty excellent in terms of restricting what comes out of my gob. Absolutely perfect for purpose, and nice colours too.

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:23 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:26 pm Roman numerals.
I'm LIVID (54, 499)

This is a hell of a tough crossword clue.

Ian Volante

To head off the inevitable questions of "where am I in the list?" I might as well post both lists in full so you can find your names. Sorted by range: name lowest highest range -------------------- ------- ------- ------- John Hardie 99 110 11 Tom Hargreaves 98 111 13 Thomas Carey 109 122...

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Aye, I was quite surprised at so many blank faces. There's a prog band of that name too who presumably saw the same text books.

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:54 am "phone" casual brag

mucky pup

Ian Volante

A good point. Most drawstrings seem to come with sportswear. Is there any reason why elastic wouldn't do the job... I have a pair of trackie-bottoms that I mooch around in quite often (culotte-style, I'm not a complete oik; do these even exist any more?), and if I have my phone in my pocket, the el...

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Most of these threads haven't been bumped but I'm bumping this one. When Rachel spoke to Dan in Russian at the end, it looked like he responded with some deadly Russian insult, wiping the spit off his mouth or something. Didn't make the cut, but for some reason during an episode, Rachel asked me if...

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Quite apart from being stupid, it's pointless. There are a large number of words that fall in a grey area, or have more than one definition, one of which may be offensive.

"What a lovely pair of tits." Is that offensive?

Ian Volante

I like the binary idea. My most common picks are 181 or 182, and less likely 180 and 183. I only do the box thing when writing on paper, so never on Apterous. Not sure which works better at all, not convinced there's a difference.

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If I ever do some ironing, I play poker at the same time to make it more tolerable.

Ian Volante

I iron shirts when I need to. Usually every couple of years or so.

Ian Volante

I assume Apto's tired after last night's exertions.

Ian Volante

A little more maybe, but that's mostly due to an almost complete lack of activity since December - I wasn't in the head space to do my usual yoga/circuits/cycling/korfball training, and then I badly sprained my ankle in a match. Lockdown's been a good chance to reset and consider my future activity.

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Most of you can ignore, but the software folks amongst you might appreciate this - I think we all have a duty to name our kids in a way to give us as much work as possible! https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4456438/how-to-pass-null-a-real-surname-to-a-soap-web-service-in-actionscript-3 And this o...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:52 am The hyphen

"Students get first hand job experience".

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:34 am People who get tetchy about the grocers apostrophe

*grocer's

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