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Howard Somerset

Matt Morrison wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote:link directly to a specific post in a thread. How's that done?
Every post's title is a link. Click it, copy the resulting change to the URL in your browser's address bar.

Thanks Matt. I tried it - didn't work. So I switched to prosilver ... and it worked!

Howard Somerset

Brilliant game once again, Jack.

Looking forward to the next four games now - assuming, of course, that you get four more.

Howard Somerset

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Great recap (as per se), wish you could recap every day!

Agreed. Best thing I ever did (well one of the best) was to hand over Monday recaps to you, Ryan.

Howard Somerset

It appears you use "View active topics" while I see "View new posts". I learn something new all the time. Only a few months ago, someone mentioned the "View active topics" button, and I've used it ever since, until it stopped working properly recently. Now I see "...

Howard Somerset

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Working fine in AeroGreen man

Not for me, they aren't. For me they don't appear, no matter what skin is being used.

There's a fair bit of discussion about the limited range of topics shown in the "View active topics" list in this thread, starting with posts dated 12th October.

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{ GRATITUDES }
{ GIVEN }: { THANKS }
{ RECEIVED }: { THANKS }

I've just noticed that this appears below the display of anyone's profile. Any idea what it means? And is it another by-product of the server upgrade?

(only in AeroGreen, though)

Howard Somerset

Charlie Reams wrote:You don't need to submit to the wiki, that gets handled automatically. (Actually I think Howard does it, but I count him as automatic.)

James usually gets there first, but I pick up any that he misses.

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Have a great time, all of you.

Look forward to hearing how it goes.

Howard Somerset

And I was told by someone who'd watched you record, that you were beaten on your debut game on a tie-break conundrum, Jack. I'll never believe another word he says.

Well played Jack, and I can now look foward to watching you again tomorrow.

Howard Somerset

Kai Laddiman wrote:
Howard Somerset wrote:Likes don't work.
What? This is an outrage!

Looks like ignore lists aren't working either.

Howard Somerset

JackHurst wrote:I know what happens NOM NOM NOM

And tomorrow also. Can't wait.

Howard Somerset

Here ye! Here ye! Today we possibly crown the 5th octochamp of Series 63, following on from Scott the First, Tom the Second, Daniel the Third and Eoin the Fourth. Will Michael the Fifth take his place on the octochamp throne by 4:10 this afternoon, or face beheading by today's challenger. A win wil...

Howard Somerset

Interesting that someone has gone for option 4. You mean that you don't already have it out when you're at the computer?

Howard Somerset

Any chance that this project could check the programme for 12th October 2004 (series 52)? The recap and the wiki give final score as 70-59. Mike Brown's Countdown page gives the final score as 64-60, and my own notes of this programme also give final score as 64-60. Indeed, looking at the history of...

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James Robinson wrote:
James Robinson wrote:My next lot will be: 11 October - 5 November 1999, which is 19 episodes, as I did the 4 November episode a few weeks ago.
Done.

Next up: 8 November - 3 December 2009, 20 episodes strong.

I assume you mean 1999, rather than 2009, James.

Howard Somerset

For me there seem to be three things wrong since returning from last week away, and I've seen two of them mentioned here. I'm unable to vote in polls. View active topics only gives a small number of recently updated topics. Likes don't work. I've tired some of these using a variety of browsers, and...

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For me there seem to be three things wrong since returning from last week away, and I've seen two of them mentioned here. I'm unable to vote in polls. View active topics only gives a small number of recently updated topics. Likes don't work. I've tired some of these using a variety of browsers, and ...

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First of all, the chances that I'd notice would be slim. Given that I didn't notice, I'd probably try my best second time around, and likely as not score less on the second go.

Haven't voted, cos I'm unable to. Have now, though, cos I've switched skins.

Howard Somerset

Since the Wiki's now up and running again, I'll not update this thread any further.

It can be locked, or even deleted, if you like.

Howard Somerset

Well done, Charlie. Wiki looking good now.

Howard Somerset

Nice try, Matt.

I'm not subscribed to any threads here, but if the subscriptions system works as it does at another forum where I'm a member, you only get one email per thread no matter how many posts there have been, until you log in again.

Howard Somerset

This is just so Ian can see if his subscriptions are working.

And btw, happy birthday to anyone who I have missed since last visiting this thread.

Howard Somerset

There is a further message displayed when a Wiki update is attempted. The message is not copyable, so I've typed it out here. Warning : Parameter 1 to ReCaptcha::confirmEdit() expected to be a reference value given in /home/calr3/public_html/wiki/includes/Hooks.php on line 133 The bottoms of many of...

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I'm now happy that I've got it right. The top nine agree with what's on the Wiki.

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Aaaaand we're back . Not sure what's happened to the logo. Well done, Charlie! I can read it. But unfortunately, when I tried to make an update, I got that same error message as was reported before, and the update hadn't been accepted. I've just tried an update again, to see if it was a one-off, an...

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erm... Your leaderboard shows that Peter scored more points than Rich but he is lower. What? 5 Richard 7/535 6 Peter G 7/705 Thanks Rhys. The error here was that Richard has only five wins. Who's going to find the next error? You've still about a couple of hours before our Huddersfield supporter re...

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Rich Priest wrote:Peter Godwin?

Thanks Richard. I had him on my list, and then overlooked him when ordering them. Now edited.

Howard Somerset

Updated to 29th September In the current temporary absence of the Countdown Wiki, here's what I believe is the current leaderboard. There may be mistakes, so feel free to post corrections. 1 Eoin M 8/898 2 Daniel P 8/840 3 Scott G 8/810 4 Tom R 8/774 5 Peter G 7/705 6 Ryan L 6/554 7 Richard H 5/535 ...

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To the best of my knowledge, the early morning C4 repeats have always been around 62 hours after the initial transmission, no matter what day of the week the programme has been broadcast. That's now been the case for a number of years. It's the S4C and More4 repeats for which timings have varied con...

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There's tons of shit to consider - do you score unplayed rounds with a kind of just-below-average score? Would this just-below-average score be relative to the average score of the average player? Or relative to the average score of the player who has quit the duel? If the former, it would definite...

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So three people have voted saying they have porridge with something else, and only one of them (thanks, James) has bothered to post saying what that something else is. :x :x :x But you didn't ask! To be a little more precise, though, in answering you poll question I said I like porridge with someth...

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Howard Somerset wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:My password stopped working when I just tried to log in so just had to reset it. Probably due to the upgrade but I don't know if I was the only one affected.
I've had no password problems, other than having to log in every time I come back.

I've had this problem now though.

Howard Somerset

Seems that different people are experiencing different problems. Interesting to come into work and find that the forum looks fine in IE7 - the text is now tiny in Firefox. None of my subscriptions seem to be working either, as well as the logging-in issue. I've tried it at home with three browsers, ...

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Michael Wallace wrote:As you can tell from the poll I am not particularly well versed in the ways of the porridge, so educate me.

I read it completely the other way. I took it that you were not particularly well versed in the ways of women.

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I think that anyone who is willing to participate in the historical recapping project should be encouraged, no matter who they are.

Howard Somerset

PS is it just me or does "keep me logged in" no longer work on here? Not just you. Been screwed for me ever since the 'upgrade'. Likewise. Sorry to hear about the problems, Charlie, and hope you manage to sort them remotely. On the other hand, I'm glad to hear that it's not just me. The p...

Howard Somerset

Brilliant, Eoin! Only seen four of your games so far. Looking forward to the other four over the next few games. Finals should be great.

Howard Somerset

Kirk Bevins wrote:No way man. I picked up £1.50 at my local club the other day. Pissheads can't be arsed bending down in the dark.

You want to be careful who's standing behind you when you pick up money. Maybe it was dropped there deliberately.

Howard Somerset

This is all very ageist. How about a poll for those who can still remember being under 18?

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Bad luck, James.

All the best in what you try for next.

Howard Somerset

Interesting that, after an admission on his arrival that the catholic church made big mistakes in its handling of paedophile priests, he should then lean out of his vehicle and kiss a kid when he turned up at the mass in Glasgow. I find it interesting that anyone should automatically associate kiss...

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Interesting that, after an admission on his arrival that the catholic church made big mistakes in its handling of paedophile priests, he should then lean out of his vehicle and kiss a kid when he turned up at the mass in Glasgow.

Howard Somerset

Joyce Cansfield - crossword compliler When I once asked her if she was the same Joyce Cansfied who had recently won the Listener Crossword Puzzle, she replied that she'd won a number of them... and was a regular compiler of them. I think you just inadvertently revealed that I'm on your foes list :e...

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Heather is going to be mortified with disappointment when she inevitably clicks on a thread called "GNR" and sees this. As will Kirk, who will inevitably have read it as 'GNER'. Even without adding an E, my first thought when seeing the thread title was that this referred to the Great Nor...

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Joyce Cansfield - crossword compliler

When I once asked her if she was the same Joyce Cansfied who had recently won the Listener Crossword Puzzle, she replied that she'd won a number of them... and was a regular compiler of them.

Howard Somerset

James Robinson wrote:Interestingly, a win today will put him in the top 8.

Also interestingly, but maybe not quite so interestingly, a defeat today will put him in the top 8, provided that he scores 46 points or more.

Howard Somerset

Ryan Taylor wrote:Howard's ancient, he knows lots of things. Howard was the subject of some of Shakespeare's sonnets.

Only one thing right in the first sentence, Ryan. As for the second sentence, it was Chaucer who I inspired, not Shakespeare.

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I expect all or most of you got this in the 30 seconds, am I heading for another fall here? :) Derek I've not seen all of the last few weeks of shows yet, and hadn't seen this numbers round until you showed it Derek, but I got it in 5-10 secs. Very surprised Rachel missed it. I'll look at that one ...

Howard Somerset

Derek Taylor wrote:OK, this was the conumdrum; S A I N T S S A T or something similar, with those exact letters!

The scramble was actually SANTASITS. Probably selected because the programme was transmitted on Christmas Day 2001.

Howard Somerset

This post was made by Kai Laddiman who is currently on your ignore list. Display this post.

Not quite sure how to answer this, as I don't know what the question was.

But even it I did, the answer wont be seen, so I'll not bother.

Howard Somerset

Matt Morrison wrote:If you haven't been hated on C4C, you haven't lived.

There's a big difference between being aware that you've been hated on C4C, and being hated but not being aware of it.
So far, I'm blissfully unaware.

Howard Somerset

Hi Ben,
Can you let me have your postal address too. Thanks.

Howard Somerset

Michael Wallace wrote:I wonder how many people in the world have had sex with an octochamp.

Would you include octochamps having sex with themselves in this count?

Howard Somerset

Spoilt in what way? By my parents? By myself? By other people? In some other way I haven't thought of?

Could be anything between 0% and 100%.

If "By myself" is the answer, then I'm going for 85%.
If "By myself", then I'm going for the other 15%.

Howard Somerset

Michael Wallace wrote:Anyone else think a 'travel pad' sounds like one of those incontinence products they usually advertise during Countdown?

I thought that was what was being referred to when I first saw the topic title. Nearly went out and got one.

Howard Somerset

Is Carol still in Mensa? I know she used to be, in fact she was on the UK committee at around the time I joined. But I thought she'd fallen out with them and had left.

Howard Somerset

Interesting score in the first SF.

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Weetabix if it's available. Failing that, Cornflakes. Otherwise go without.

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Eoin Monaghan wrote:This is my last Countdown for a week, so good luck for octochampdom Tom and especially best of luck to Charlie and Junaid on Monday's special, I'll watch it when I'm back from sunny Spain.

Hope you enjoy Spain, and hope the weather's as good as I hope it's about to be in France.

Howard Somerset

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Haha 10 bonus points to anyone who actually read the entire OP

Excellent. Are those 10 bonus points in addition to the 5 bonus points for getting all the countdowners and the other 5 bonus points I requested for remembering to add the 5 bonus points mentioned in the OP?

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