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Alec Rivers

On a positive note and for the sake of balance, let's see which members come out on top. You can vote for up to ten people who you like and/or respect, based on their forum contributions. I was limited to 100 names so if anyone's missing then I'm sorry about that. I think all the regular posters are...

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There is definitely a mistake. It says I've missed DARTBOARD 7 times. Obviously being a dart player I thought this sounds ridiculous so I checked it out. I've actually got it 7 times and it's only ever been missed 7 times by different people - not me. I doubt you've missed a dartboard more than 7 t...

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if someone was all "either we'll chop your legs off or we'll chop off the legs of a million other people", you could argue that in principle me losing my legs is better, but I'm going to prefer the other option (assuming they don't all come after me, which they probably won't because they...

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Jon Corby wrote:
James Robinson wrote:Have you never heard of a Corby trouser press
Erm... dunno really. Sort of rings a bell I suppose. What is it?

Edit - changed picture host.

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Here comes the controversial bit: Slavery is alive and well, it seems. :P Everybody: That Alec Rivers, blah blah blah Sue Sanders: Stop! Everybody: But, that Alec Rivers! Alec Rivers: Just me, and justified yes Everybody (individually): I'm justified too (repeat as necessary) lol. Is this bolting t...

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Define "steal". OK. Suppose all those foreigners who work in this country were to leave. This would open up thousands of job opportunities for the unemployed in this country. Surely this has to be a good thing? Unless I'm mistaken, the majority of jobs done by overseas workers are the one...

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James Robinson wrote:I'm rubbish at doing stuff like working out from a sky high number like 8000, so I leave that to people like Alec

Thanks, but not in 30 seconds I can't!

Here's one: 8 + 3 = 11 ; 11 × 10 × 75 = 8250 ; 8250 / 50 = 165

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That's me sitting down so as not to block Kai. And, yes, I was mid-blink!

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Matt Morrison wrote:haha brilliant quotery

Just to make you feel even better Alec, you said somewhere you were 30-something. In the CoLei photos and on your previous avatar you look much younger, so there. [/jealous]

I think I'm in love.

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Matt Morrison wrote:... it makes you realise how awkward resolving a numbers attack with conundrums is.

Before I knew the format, I assumed it would be sudden-death numbers rounds, with the 'large' pick determined by the system (fixed at 1, say). I'm rubbish at conundrums.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:Bears don't hug - they kill.

Sarah Palin's war-cry, no?

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Charlie Reams wrote:Ron Atkinson could abuse some ethnic minorities in the audience.

Mint.

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Thanks, Matt. I appreciate your comments.

Alec Rivers wrote:This being a forum whose members largely appear to be well-educated, I was hoping for healthy debate and the exchange of some interesting ideas and knowledge.

Matt Morrison wrote:maybe Alec should know his audience better

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Phil Reynolds wrote:Yet you chose to ignore his real point

'Chose'? You really think that of me? I genuinely thought he had misquoted me. I now know what he meant, but I didn't read between the lines at the time.

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I think it's very dishonest to claim that science is moving towards saying "all this religious/spiritual/psionics stuff - it's real!" That is not what I said. I only implied there were possible overlaps due to science's current inability to fully explain phenomena such as gravity and the ...

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irrelevant quibbling Personally, I cannot think of a more relevant distinction than one that separates concurrent and future visions. Surely there is a world of difference between knowing something that is happening and something that is yet to happen. I don't believe the future can be foretold any...

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I came across this topic and noted there was some philosophy and some religion, both of which I find interesting. I thought I'd throw a few of my ideas out there to add to the discussion. I also included some opinions on psychic phenomena because I think there is an overlap with religion and with 'a...

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Spot-on, Derek!

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Clive Brooker wrote:I've been watching recordings this week so I've only seen LG's contributions in silence at 16x normal speed.

Same here. x12 and the cringeworthiness is gone.

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I asked a perfectly sensible question ... and ... received only a pedantic deflection of the issue. With respect, there was a crucial difference in meaning: 'A dream coming true' refers to a prior vision of a future event, something I have never claimed to have had. What I experienced was concurren...

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First numbers (took a while!):

75 × 50 = 3750
7 + 3 = 10
3750 - 10 = 3740
100 / 25 = 4
3740 / 4 = 935

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Brian Moore wrote:No Brian jokes please.

He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy.

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Thanks, James. I wish I could do it in 30 secs, though!

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That'd make sense.

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Third numbers (not in time):

75 / 25 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
100 / 5 = 20
50 - 4 = 46
46 × 20 = 920

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Is the dictionary that Suzie uses not in alphabetical order? When Brian declared ACING, she said: "let me just check that ACE can be a verb", she looked at the dictionary which was open somewhere around the letter 'I' it would seem, then said: "yes, that's fine".

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Fuck the lot of you.

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Charlie Reams wrote:How many dreams have you had that didn't come true?

It wasn't a premonition. It had nothing to do with seeing the future. Our experiences were concurrent.

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Fine post, Alec. Thanks, Sue. ;) I'd still like to hear about Alec's psychic experiences though. It was late 1997. I was working nights so I was asleep when, at 6pm, the phone rang. On waking, and before answering the phone, I became aware of three things: I had a stomach ache, I could hardly move ...

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It never ceases to amaze me that there are still so many people who think that we, a swarm of insignificant creatures on this seemingly insignificant planet, are the centre of the universe. As though God, if he/she/it exists (let's say 'he' from now on), has been kicking himself for 5,000,000 years ...

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Dinos's arithmetic skills

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I'm worried. How can I find out if I'm in the 1% idiot class on this Forum. I assume that mikey has had special training to enable him to spot an idiot. However, If mikey fails to prove the existence of something that doesn't exist, us idiots will be in good company. I'm more worried that, if he fa...

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Sue Sanders wrote:... put your brain in a bucket ...

Hmm, clever euphemism.

(Sorry to lower the tone.)

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I am currently addicted to Fantastic Contraption . It rocks. Great. I'm hooked now. Gotta say, though, some of your designs are amazing. :P You mean it links to my login? :roll: No, the link doesn't, but after playing for a bit I looked through a few of the pages of other players' designs and saw y...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:I am currently addicted to Fantastic Contraption. It rocks.

Great. I'm hooked now.

Gotta say, though, some of your designs are amazing.

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Mikey Lear wrote:I turned to the Countdown forum, 99% idiot free.

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to dislodge Matt's

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excuse for a

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That rabbit game is terrifying, I hate rabbits.

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and lubricating her

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Despite paramedics' attempts,

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caused many bystanders

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managed to accommodate

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Derek Hazell wrote:He his male.

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David O'Donnell wrote:I wouldn't disagree with you but I think you are making a political argument instead of a philosophical one.

Indeed I was. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:I wondered where Craig was yesterday when Liverpool lost
He was the guy who threw the beach ball onto the pitch!

He's never going to live that down. Bet he's sick as a parrot.

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head, stretching her

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And that highlights one of human nature's shortcomings. I think one of the most difficult (and most often overlooked) things to learn in life is that moderation is usually better than excess, yet still we strive for "more, more, more!" A few drinks can make you feel great but drink to exce...

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hard and long

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Martin Smith wrote:Martin Brundle or Eddie Irvine could be good.

Just don't ask for Schumacher - I don't think the studio is the right shape for his chin.

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... Rwandan genocide ... the international community's obligation to act was negated by the simple refusal (at the time) to use the word 'genocide.' That's an interesting theory, although a cynic might suggest it was because Rwanda doesn't have oil or any other significant resource that we benefit ...

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flapped its hinges

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nothing compared to

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I'm certainly no expert, but I've long been fascinated by questions about the nature of our existence and its purpose (if any). I hold a number of beliefs which, until science catches up, are likely to be regarded as spiritual. While they include the concept of a collective intelligence (which some ...

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If all colours must be present, then I think it's 1:1,081,575. If any number of colours can be present then, erm, there's a much higher probability. ;) There have to be 8 colours present, or there isn't an equal number of each one... I thought you were including: 32 of one colour only 16 of one, 16...

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nervously, following Obama's

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If all colours must be present, then I think it's 1:1,081,575.

If any number of colours can be present then, erm, there's a much higher probability.

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bottom, soiling every

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... to start a 3-word story when such a thing has been done before? If it's okay, I'll start with:

Jason was fidgeting

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Kirk Bevins wrote:My first ever max speedgoat

Awesome.

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