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Jennifer Steadman wrote:Standard hard-hitting journalism from the Daily Mail website.

Yup, typical tabloid drivel.

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lol at the Mensa sample questions. Well, they were aimed at a 3 year old's comprehension level. Reminds me of my middle child's 2 year old check by the health visitor. She got him building stuff with wooden bricks, then held up the bridge shape and tried to get him to say "bridge". He got...

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Russell Howard?

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3,232,338,054th

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It is a bit daft. With 6 people in my home, there's usually no problem with the other cake not being eaten, but it is a bit awkward all the same.

At least Kipling's Angel cakes now come in individual 'snap' packs of 6. Hopefully this is the way they'll be going with the rest of the varieties.

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Phil Reynolds wrote:Opening night. All leg-breaking sentiments gratefully accepted.

I hope your shrink is a wrap!

In case my pun is too crap, I mean best of British.

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Murray Walker? The champion's word is unique, except for the challenger's, which is identical. With half the game gone, there is half the game still to go. You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's Countdown. There's nothing wrong with that word except that it's not in the dictionary.

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Our bathroom scales needed a new battery, so I opened them up and discovered it was one of those flat circular ones, number 2032. Don't make the same mistake I initially did and pay around £4 to buy these individually from a watch repairer's. You can buy them online, in bulk, for 25p each or less. ...

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Jon Corby wrote:Shit, who's gonna do the numbers targets now?

Explanation for more recent fans:

Carol used to refer to the numbers target generator as 'Cecil'.

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From The Times today: Cecil Korer [...] brought Cheers and Dallas across the Atlantic to Channel 4. When was Dallas on Channel 4? :? Quite right, Phil. The longer obituary has the more accurate statement: "Nearing early retirement at the BBC, Korer left in 1981 for the new Channel 4, having be...

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From The Times today: "Cecil Korer, who put It’s a Knockout, Ask the Family and Top of the Pops on British television screens, has died aged 86. The producer was responsible for some of the best known television programmes of the past five decades, including Countdown and Treasure Hunt, and bro...

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Fake corks definitely preferable, since they don't break into pieces when you're trying to get them out. Having said that, now that they put even quite decent wines into screw cap bottles, I much prefer these. Obviously easier to open, but also to reseal. I only tend to have one glass with my evenin...

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I don't think you overdid the gestures, Phil: very professional IMHO. It would have been a bit boring if you were completely still.
Unfortunately, I'm not in the market for hiring. Hope you make some money out of it.

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I subscribe to The Times online version, and download the daily paper and The Sunday Times to my computer via the Press Reader program. When I used to have to go out and buy a paper (or rather, send out one of my kids!) I bought only the Saturday edition. Now I get the whole week's paper for only £2...

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Julie Taylor's having issues with her internet connection on holiday and hasn't been able to play any games as a result - she's trying to get it sorted out before the deadline, but would it be possible for us to play later in the week if she can't get it sorted out today? Sorry to cause this proble...

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bunch of nutters!

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I've not got any unwanted tickets, but I presume that this thread will probably be read by those who like to go to see TV recordings. The first TV show I went to see recorded was Countdown, but since then I've seen Would I Lie To You?, Not Going Out, QI, Argumental and others. Last week I went to se...

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Tracey has just PMd me to say that Mark Mills can't play his first round games due to work commitments. I don't know what that does to the tourney.

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Managed to get one in. Karen Pearson 98 - 57 Julie Taylor http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=529428 Thanks for being so accommodating Julie and sorry it had to be so rushed. np Karen, congratulations, especially on the 9. Ned turned up too (wd Ned - a rather closer game!), so I only have one...

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I meant to mention this after the last Goatdown duel (someday last week IIRC), that I don't get the chance to choose the last letter in Goatdown when it's a duel. It happens a lot, but I noticed that others had the same problem, so thought it'd be fixed anyway. It's not obvious unless you've seen t...

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I meant to mention this after the last Goatdown duel (someday last week IIRC), that I don't get the chance to choose the last letter in Goatdown when it's a duel. It happens a lot, but I noticed that others had the same problem, so thought it'd be fixed anyway. I used to have a problem on normal Goa...

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I haven't watched Countdown in over 18 months, apart from 2 episodes in which people I know were contestants.

If Jeff does get replaced, I might watch a couple of shows out of curiosity.

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I'd like to join in the Open Tourney, please.

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I think you'd have to be a good swimmer to follow this sign in Kew Gardens: http://i55.tinypic.com/2vhuj53.jpg 2 signs from Dr Who Experience that probably don't meet the criteria of the thread, but what the heck: First one is very blurry as very dark when I took the pic, but it's of an angel. The s...

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More variants given star chart paths, please! :D I love doing these, and I've got enough stars to start another path. However, I'm only left with blind, speedgoat and conundrum paths, none of which variants I enjoy. I'd say give them a go anyway, Julie; I didn't like Blind at all until I started pl...

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More variants given star chart paths, please!

I love doing these, and I've got enough stars to start another path.
However, I'm only left with blind, speedgoat and conundrum paths, none of which variants I enjoy.

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I might be being a bit dim, but hasn't she noticed an awful lot of people leave school at 16? The last govt had plans to raise the leaving age to 17 by 2013, and 18 by 2015. Dunno if that is still happening: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7080699.stm I remember at the time of the reports (200...

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Hi, For those of you who don't think that epetitions are a waste of time, please sign below if you agree that benefits payments for families with disabled children should not be cut: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/915 This govt plan is terrible. The disability premium I receive on my chil...

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Julie, where have you been? It's nice to hear from you! Will you rejoin Facebook? Hi, Jason, thanks for that! :) I've been busy with my kids, and also had some health problems that I won't bore you with. I doubt that I'll rejoin Facebook, and I haven't really started back on the forum either. It's ...

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Hi, I'm playing the Guardian in star 13 or 14 of the Scrabbler's Scramble (sorry, started a few days ago so not sure which), and twice after round 5 it stops with the error message: Error type: java.lang.ClassCastException:java.lang.Character cannot be cast to [Lapterous.game.RoundSummary; Help, ple...

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They had an article about this in the Times on Saturday. It said about 1200 words were going in and "a rather smaller number" were coming out (including INTERNAUT — get the pencil while you still can!), so it doesn't sound like there should be too much to do. As The Times online content n...

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Hi, I'm not really back as such, but just popped in to say, in case anyone else wants to get a head start on the dictionary to be used in next year's shows, that my ODE3 is apparently currently winging its way from Amazon, according to my despatch email: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Dictionary-Eng...

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Best wishes Julie. Best wishes Julie. Will you be resigning from Charlie's other website also? Thanks, Ralph and Douglas. Best wishes to you also. I presume you mean apterous the game? I do enjoy playing on it, but I'll probably give it a rest till I get back off holiday in June. I'll avoid the cha...

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As Derek's new forum has already been mentioned, I wondered about bothering with this thread. However, I'd like to feel that this departure is final, and so a farewell thread seemed in order. I'll keep it short and sweet. There are many aspects of Charlie's forum that I like, chatting about Countdow...

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My son Philip has recently decided he's grown out of family holidays, so, as there's now no need to wait till July when his BTEC course finishes, I've booked a fortnight's holiday in May in Cornwall for me, my daughter and 2 youngest sons. Great because it's cheaper and less busy than July, and we c...

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Rather vile of Jon, but that's not exactly uncharacteristic of him, to post messages from a members only readable forum to a public readable forum. Damian has made a great decision in leaving c4c, although he's left before and returned. It really doesn't look good for Countdown to have the producer ...

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Nice idea but I think this has been done before . Is this a joke? Because I don't get it. Or maybe I get it and it's really unfunny? Explain please. "Bash Week" sounds similar to "Mock the Week". I thought the analogy was funny, Gavin. 8-) :lol: Oh, and I'd like to take part in ...

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Thanks, Lesley. How about it, Charlie? You ignored my PM asking how you came by the photo, but as Lesley says, the fact remains that you shouldn't have had access to it, and shouldn't have reproduced it. I didn't reproduce anything, it's a direct link to the photo hosted by Facebook. It is, evident...

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Isn't it possible on facebook to go through someone else's photos via a friend you have? In fact it's possible to look through photos of people who aren't even your friend sometimes. A good point, Kirk. However there are personal preferences that a Facebook member can set on their profile for gener...

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Julie, why don't you just ask to Charlie to remove the pictures? As far as I can see you have several grounds for doing this - he's reproduced pictures you own (that he should have had no access to) without your consent, it's certainly an invasion of your son's privacy to have his picture posted on...

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So, - Julie T makes a joke, which is maybe slightly insulting, towards Matthew Green about him having a baby. A bit inappropriate but there didn't seem to be any malice; I doubt he took any offence. - Charlie posts picture of Julie's family for everyone to ridicule and laugh at. Pretty personal and...

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despite having no experience raising children on their own on benefits Well maybe they should have put something on the end of it then? Not that I should have to answer to that, but my XH, then H, was in full time employment when all our children were born, but circumstances change. Shit happens. S...

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Julie I'm not trying to be offensive because you often make jokes about your weight but how is someone who is clearly overweight any more of a good role model than someone who has a slightly close to the line sense of humour? Heck, I only made a throwaway comment. I didn't really intend to have thi...

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@ Julie T - unfortunately, Matthew Green is a very handsome man to the point of making me want to hate him but his brutality on this forum makes me laugh ... sorry. I think you picked on Matthew first here so expect an inevitable backlash. ?? wtf? I was simply 'coming back at him', so to speak! Fai...

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Sue Sanders wrote:
David Roe wrote:What are the suggested girls' names?
Theresa?

As in 'Theresa Green hill far away'?

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Rather scary that you're reproducing, Matthew! :shock: *deleted photo of my family that Charlie had no right to either possess or post* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I presume that you're referring to looks, which, coming from someone who uses another ...

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The new tournament leader board must be mostly made up of cheaters surely? 10 points in less than 30 seconds? I think not. Anyone disagree? I agree Julie. I find 10 points in under 30 seconds hard to swallow. I've just tested my theory. Apparently, although you have to log in to do the tournament w...

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The new tournament leader board must be mostly made up of cheaters surely?
10 points in less than 30 seconds? I think not. Anyone disagree?

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Rather scary that you're reproducing, Matthew!

But how about Camberwick?

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I usually do a customised practice game before the duel, but I tried a few times today and kept getting the error message: java.lang.illegalArgumentException: wrong parent for CardLayout I'm currently doing a non-customised Speedgoat with Prune that seems to be working. If you can reproduce this co...

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Not possible to have subtitles if watching on 'catch up' though as I did this. This may be a stupid question, but are you using iPlayer? I watched it on iPlayer too, Clive and there were no subtitles available, not that I needed them anyway. Virgin Media 'On demand' function, which is sort of like ...

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Damian, you really should know better than to report such complete shite without checking the facts first. The Daily Mail? Oh dear... This is the current statement on the ABSP website: 6th April 2010 STATEMENT: Proposed rule changes for new Scrabble spin-off The ABSP has been contacted by several n...

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Got around to watching this last night. Brilliant win, Ryan! :) That's my boy! ;) Dinos was as good in his TWL, but unfortunately fell foul of tactical voting. Well done on keeping in with the other contestants to try to avoid this, although Dinos is a very affable chap, so probably did too. Yeah it...

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I appear to be the only one so far to have ticked 'divorced' so far. I'm married in all but law - living together, joint mortgage, three kids, all that shizzle. I don't want to click "married" but "in a relationship" doesn't really cut it, considering some other twit will tick th...

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That's great to hear, Julie! I've often thought I would consider home educating any kids I might end up having, so it's good to hear the government has backed down in this latest debate. It's not like they were going to outlaw home education, they just wanted more regulation. But hooray, we can now...

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However, others may actually be interested to learn that the petitioning and lobbying of MPs by Home Educators and the hard work in committee meetings and letter writing by Education Otherwise and others has worked! That's great to hear, Julie! I've often thought I would consider home educating any...

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I know that some might use this post to have a dig at me, simply because they dislike me. However, others may actually be interested to learn that the petitioning and lobbying of MPs by Home Educators and the hard work in committee meetings and letter writing by Education Otherwise and others has wo...

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I usually do a customised practice game before the duel, but I tried a few times today and kept getting the error message:

java.lang.illegalArgumentException: wrong parent for CardLayout

I'm currently doing a non-customised Speedgoat with Prune that seems to be working.

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Supee Juachan wrote:Am I the only woman in there???? ????

I've just noticed this thread, so I've only just emailed Michael. Hopefully I'll be there!

Maybe Sue Sanders and Lesley Hines can be persuaded to enter too. They seemed to enjoy CoLin2010.

P.S. Payment has been accepted, and I'm in!

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Very unlucky, Anna. :( I haven't been watching the show of late, but made an exception as you were on. Dave was on a roll, having won 6 games already, and unfortunately you took a while to get into your stride. As is frequentlly the case, against a different player you might have been victorious. IM...

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