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Karen Pearson

Well, I've finished Lost Symbol. I'm afraid I found the ending disappointing again. I would liken it to eating cheap chocolate. Seems fine at first but by the time you've finished the bar, you wish you hadn't had so much. I'm not being a literary snob because I pretty much only read popular thriller...

Karen Pearson

I am half way through Lost Symbol at the moment. I agree that Dan Brown has some cracking ideas for stories. But I'm afraid I am in the camp that doesn't think he's much of a writer really. And his endings drive me mad - he just hasn't worked out how to end his books yet. I think he'd be better if h...

Karen Pearson

Can Karen Pearson or Andy Thomson or anyone else read any of this? http://www.1tv.ru/list/pi=7&pa=%80 Not me! Sorry, Russian isn't one of my languages. The only reference I made to Russian was that it is just about possible to get by in Portugal by speaking Spanish with a Russian accent (becaus...

Karen Pearson

Marvellous! I'm sure most footy fans have felt similarly at some point! This isn't the first time the Grimsby team have had to be sorted out. I recall an interview with Lawrie McMenemy where he said he had got so fed up with his (Grimsby) players that he made them get up in the middle of the night (...

Karen Pearson

Spanish - Fairly fluently still French - Used to be fluent but a bit rusty now Italian - Enough to get by on holiday (although I can always resort to speaking Spanish with an Italian accent - seems to work fairly well). Portuguese - Enough to get a room, a meal and a taxi (as above but with a Russia...

Karen Pearson

Bad luck Kai. There will probably be thousands of little Kais now!!!

Karen Pearson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=135070

Barry Evans 175 - Karen Pearson 144

A very enjoyable game but Barry was just too good in the end - despite suffering from chronic sleep deprivation. By contrast, I was sober and had had a good 10 hours sleep so I have no excuse other than stupidity!!

Karen Pearson

Cute! I'm guessing foreign languages aren't one of Kai's better subjects. Either that or he has no interest in cooking. I think he was putting what Susie said. She said "I think it's a flower" then checked and said "yeah, it's flour....." to get herself out of hole (or so it sou...

Karen Pearson

I wonder if Greg Wallace is going to shout?

Karen Pearson

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:FARINA is a flower apparently.

Cute! I'm guessing foreign languages aren't one of Kai's better subjects. Either that or he has no interest in cooking.

Karen Pearson

Karen Pearson 121 - Jimmy Gough 98

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=130368

Finally I get a win. And it appears that, having won one out of four, I am officially as good as Kirk!

Karen Pearson

Audience measurement is based on 15000 homes and covers all channels and also anything recorded and watched within 7 days of broadcast. I'm not sure, however, if the total Countdown audience reported is the sum of C4 and C4+1 or if the viewing figures for the two channels are reported separately. Th...

Karen Pearson

Matt Bayfield wrote: Am fairly sure Karen Pearson can't have finished 15th, as I was beaten in the 15th/16th place play-off by Steve Wood.

Sorry Matt, I guessed I was about 15th. Maybe it was 17th??? Or 13th?? I'm afraid I don't pay too much attention to these things.

Karen Pearson

Whilst it grieves me to point this out, I should be down in the rankings as having lost 3!

Karen Pearson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=128574 I may be cracking up but, in round 8 of this game, Apterous reckons the exact target is not gettable but I think it is. Obviously I was a little too slow so I didn't get the points but I think it's do-able. 10x10x2x4=800 (800+6)*5=4030 4030-7+6=4029 A...

Karen Pearson

Reuben Kay 174 - 137 Karen Pearson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=127789

Good game - Reuben was pretty relentless

Karen Pearson

Anyone know how I can contact Reuben Kay? He doesn't seem to be listed in the member directory (unless he has a pseudonym). I want to arrange our match.

Karen Pearson

Just want to add my thanks to Jeff for a superbly-organised day. It was thoroughly enjoyable and great to meet lots of new people. Roll on next year's Co-Lei event!!!

Karen Pearson

You can do this by changing the file association for each file type (e.g. jpg, gif, png, bmp). Here's how you do it in Windoze XP: 1. Open explorer. 2. Find a file with your chosen extension (e.g. jpg). (If the extensions aren't visible, you can change that setting in Folder Options.) 3. Right-clic...

Karen Pearson

Wow! Thanks. I'll try that. Not now as I have been drinking but in the morning when I can concentrate properly! Let's hope I don't need 'Folder options' or you'll be getting another question!

Karen Pearson

What a nice guy. So, if you're offering free IT support, I'd hate to pass up the opportunity..... .... my computer came with a trial version of CoralDraw (or something like that) on it. It has, needless to say, now expired as I use Photoshop. However, whenever someone emails me a photo the damn comp...

Karen Pearson

I have just had swine flu and am recovering (I just have a slight sore throat left). I would expect to be over it by Saturday but, if anyone has major objections to me attending (because of the swine flu rather than just because they find me objectionable!), then I'll stay away. Of course, someone e...

Karen Pearson

And if yesterday's contestant had learnt the 'STRIPED' stem, they'd have got DIOPTRES and SPIRITED for 8. Well worth a bit of homework for an 8 point advantage.

Karen Pearson

Happy birthday Phil (probably the person whose posts I most enjoy reading).

Hope you have a lovely day.

Karen Pearson

I like Matt's #4 best. But why am I not surprised that a bunch of boys find the bugs appealing??!!! Having researched a number of corporate logos over the years, I would like to point out that you don't need everyone to actively LIKE the logo but you do want to avoid anything that a proportion of yo...

Karen Pearson

Not us sadly! The filming is in January and we're away for most of the month!

Karen Pearson

Definitely just for fun. Can't see the point of taking it too seriously. It IS just game after all! Never seen the point of cheating or sulking if you lose (probably just as well given how often I lose!).

Karen Pearson

Bob de Caux beat me 136-124

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=121836

If I could tell the difference between the + and the X I might just have scraped it. But it was a close and extremely enjoyable game.

Karen Pearson

More unlimited for me please!

And I personally prefer not to have too many rounds - about 10 rounds would be perfect for me.

Karen Pearson

I never regretted giving up full-time employment until this year, but like everyone else I've found it tough going of late Ditto. More like self-unemployed for large parts of this year. I've been self-employed as a market researcher for almost 11 years and have never known things to be this tough. ...

Karen Pearson

(5+2)*7=49
49-3=46
46*10=460
460+4=464

Karen Pearson

Hi. I'll have a go. I could do with the practice!

Karen Pearson

Dan Peake was on Perfect Recall today. He came a close second.

Karen Pearson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=114696

Niall 53 - 123 Karen

Nice game - don't suppose I'll be able to maintain that form! But I'll try!!!

Karen Pearson

Hi. Does anyone know if Niall Seymour is still around. I've tried emailing and PMing him but haven't had a response. Not that I'd object to a bye into the next round mind!!

Karen Pearson

Kirk Bevins wrote:sandman noun (the sandman). This implies the plural should be SANDMANS.

Nope. Tried that in the daily duel a couple of days ago. Maybe there is only one sandman!!!!

Karen Pearson

Are you going too then Julie? Brilliant! I think that makes 3 women so far. Maybe Kai could persuade his mum (Naomi) to come and play this time. That would make a serious female contingent for a change!

Karen Pearson

Oliver Garner wrote:
Ian Dent wrote: It will be an FA Cup style random knockout tournament.

They definitely do a new draw for each round of the FA Cup. I may be a girl but I like football and sometimes tune in specially for the draw (usually only in the early stages though as I support Leeds!).

Karen Pearson

Have we had the draw for the next round yet? I rather fancy getting the humiliation out of the way!

Karen Pearson

(I would've voted for Frank Skinner in a heartbeat if he was on there though.) Me too. When we saw him live, I laughed so much I thought I might be sick. Especially with his observation about getting biro off the back of your hand (if you've seen it, you'll understand it but I'll leave it to one of...

Karen Pearson

http:www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=112758 Karen Pearson 117 - 101 Ian Volante Very pleasant, close game. We'd both have been hammered by most other contestants so I looked forward to the slaughter of the next round! Edit: Good job Ian also posted it as my link doesn't seem to be clickable! Doub...

Karen Pearson

Assuming this is an event that is run over the course of the month, then I'd like to join in please, if there are still places left.

Karen Pearson

I think you have to have a mix of topics and I think they are getting it right so far. You can always complain about a topic that you feel is too narrow but what is a difficult topic for one person is an easy one for another. For example, James and Dan had Grease songs on Who Dares Wins on the money...

Karen Pearson

That said, I'm getting a bit fed up with the questions where it's more a case of can you remember any of them, rather than being able to know obscure ones. It's probably just the old problem of how you define what constitutes "general knowledge", but I think things like "countries be...

Karen Pearson

How do we send money to you via paypal? Can you send us a link (like Charlie has a button to click on for the apterous payments). Just go into your PayPal account and click on send money, then enter Jeff's email address. Click on the option that says Gift and neither of you will have to pay any fee...

Karen Pearson

Must be quite a strong cross-over of knowledge from that show Karen's husband won a load of money on. Exactly what we were thinking. We both learnt loads of lists and we must have a fair idea of the least likely to be mentioned of those on the list. It does seem tough to win in the final round but ...

Karen Pearson

I enjoyed it too. Much more fun to play along with than most of the dross we've had recently. Shame they ignored my request for an application form!! I shall try again if there's a second series.

Karen Pearson

Count me in. It looks like that weekend is still clear.

Karen Pearson

Hi Jeff.
Is there a proposed date for this yet?
Cheers!

Karen Pearson

Yep, all working normally again for me too.

Thanks Charlie.

Karen Pearson

http://lifetheuniverseandcombom.blogspot.com/

You need to go down towards the bottom of the page (most of you will stop there anywhere because it's where the girl in a bikini is!).

'Carol' is apparently the new Doctor Who assistant.

Karen Pearson

Actually, as it's in a hotel, can we get pissed while we play? :) Count me in (although I can't do 3rd/4th Oct either). Adding in alcohol is a great idea. Sadly, I'll be driving but, as Rich Priest will tell you, I play much better after a glass of wine! Nice to see there will be another girlie the...

Karen Pearson

You forgot to mention the extremely irritating contestants (at least on Monday's show, which I switched off half way through) who seemed to have been told to squeal and clap their hands every time Austin Healy addressed them. I went to an audition for this and didn't get shortlisted. There were 18 ...

Karen Pearson

Hey! I came second yesterday! I definitely don't want zero thanks very much!

I accept, however, that the options I had yielded easier maxes even though they had a lower max overall.

Karen Pearson

Damian, if you are need of some girlies, I'd happily be considered - not that I'm actually that good at the game but someone has to lose!

Karen Pearson

RESONANT in round 13 (TONNERS + A).

And an earlier contestant equaller/DC beater: ESPIED

Karen Pearson

IL, AL

Karen Pearson

As Graham Nash appeared on yesterday's Divided, I thought it would be interesting to see who else has popped up where recently. I'll start by saying that I bumped into Dan Peake at an audition for The Fuse last week in London. So, he's clearly still working the quiz circuit. I didn't get shortlisted...

Karen Pearson

DC beater: MUNTJACS (One of the early rounds). They are small deer and we get them in the woods round here (but a lot of people think they are incredibly fast-moving dogs!).

Karen Pearson

Thanks Ben for a great day. Really well organised. And thanks to Jill (Gill), Ben's mum, for superb refreshments all day. She worked tirelessly to keep us fed and watered. And, even better, is the fact that I didn't come even nearly last!! Maybe the practice is paying off gradually. Congrats to Dino...

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