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Fiona T

Just had a telephone consult with a doctor (not sure what my GP looks like) He said my reading was 49 so I'm technically diabetic. But i will do my best to change my diet and exercise more. Anyone here type 2? Advice is welcome. Maybe cancel the escooter People can and do reverse it, but it does ne...

Fiona T

Do you own one? Have you ever been stopped by the police for using one? I was thinking of buying one as I have had a recent fall and I have hurt my ribs and long walks to work are proving painful. Most of my journey are through farmland so it's private but no doubt I will need permission. My son go...

Fiona T

In unrelated news, I've just found my long lost identical twin...

Fiona T

Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:03 am A quick Facebook stalk confirms Combes

Stalkertastic!

Fiona T

Might be worth exploring https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65062541 Yep - there's a couple of other big screen events https://www.onegardenbrighton.com/explore/one-events/eurovision-2023-live/ - tickets a tenner (+ annoying booking fee) and include a drink https://www.visitbrighton.com/...

Fiona T

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:11 pm Plus I'm 60 soon and it's part of a bucket list that includes Co Brighton

Don't forget to bring a spade too

Fiona T

More Capplepeople!

Fiona T

Cheers Adam - Sean definitely not a debut though - have played him at previous events!

Fiona T

What is the volume of human ashes (say a 10.5 stone person?) What is the volume of a countdown teapot? Google suggests that cremated human remains typically have a volume of between 3 and 3.5 litres. A Countdown teapot has a volume of 1.3 litres. Sounds like this thread has become relevant. Haha - ...

Fiona T

What is the volume of human ashes (say a 10.5 stone person?)

What is the volume of a countdown teapot?

Fiona T

If I'd found apterous before I applied I'd never have felt ready! Glad I went on when I did - had zero expectations, so was delighted with a teapot, and never even contemplated 8 wins (hence the recycled outfits!). I'd love another go, but mainly cos the whole experience was great fun, not because I...

Fiona T

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/rugby/results/246/ Maus 22.48 56.58% Matt Gould 23.40 58.10% Stephen Read 26.39 49.78% Fiona T 29.12 61.19% Nice enough course - bit slippy in places and a hill that had to be done twice! One day I'll learn to take better selfies https://dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net/1ECnzM...

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:08 pm Alan Sugar isn’t a BBC employee

Pretty sure Lineker is freelance

Fiona T

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 8:15 pm I should have said love them or hate them, until corrected

We all make assumptions about people's gender 100s times a week - I don't think we've got to the stage where we refer to everyone in a neutral way until advised otherwise.

Fiona T

Yeah the mimey thing is mildly irritating but there's been some proper nasty stuff on twitter. Completely unwarranted.

Fiona T

Co-event weddings? Get Tasneem on the case!

Fiona T

What was the story with moules? Should be fine.

moule
Chiefly Cookery
NOUN
A mussel, especially as an item of food. Usually in plural..

Fiona T

We don't need that US rule of course... And that out-earn / sea lion thing is a fault with Oxford. It doesn't matter which is more common. The question is whether outearn and sealion are common enough in their own right. Oxford always picks one or the other, which is stupid and very unhelpful for C...

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But anyway, is there not something you lose by removing the original canon? I think it's fine to leave them as it is and put some sort of warning not or whatever. "These are historical books etc." Agreed to all counts, leave them untouched but try to make it known that the impressionable ...

Fiona T

While i'm here taking a kicking Wasn't the intention - was just intended to be a discussion, but great that you've humoured us by engaging! While i'm here taking a kicking, let's talk about Scrabble. A game probably intended to kill those intermediate hours at Xmas between the main meal and evening...

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I don't believe people are wondering though. Where are they? Well here's one When I went on the show, I declared OUTLAIN, which was valid on apterous at the time but got disallowed by Susie. And from another CoC contestant elsewhere "Now that my TV appearances are done it's very nice not havin...

Fiona T

Okay, let's play. What exactly am i supposed to be changing to and why? The dictionary isn't perfect, but are any of them? It's not long since we had the best C of C ever and two highest scores of 154 in pretty close succession, all of which happened using the current dictionary set up. Am i missin...

Fiona T

Well google is a bit vague on what is a 'minor crime' - I'm not sure there is a legal definition. These sentencing guidelines would suggest that the courts consider it pretty serious - note that "A suspended sentence is a custodial sentence". https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/m...

Fiona T

As we've discussed elsewhere I have compassion for the horrible situation that those who find themselves attracted to children are in - imagining the self-loathing and inability to be honest about who you are even with your nearest and dearest (and possibly yourself), the fear of people discovering....

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Advantages Definitive word list - no subjective judgements required Crossover potential - a lot of keen scrabblers who've never been near apto would feel more tempted to apply (it is a fact that many are put off by the dictionary differences) and countdowners can dip their toes in the murky waters ...

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AKA questions for Gavin

Do we have a thread for "people you thought probably died years ago but are still alive"

(in this case, Jimmy Carter)

Fiona T

A potential CSW disadvantage from apterous' pov is that it would make it much easier for people to cheat!

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FWIW the API is still returning the inflections - checked a few and they seem to all be there. Also checked blurry and gammy at Ray's suggestion and they do not return inflections, so appears to match what was on the website and is in apto. { "id": "flamy", "metadata": ...

Fiona T

website is shite tho - how wedded are c4/countdown to OUP?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/ ... stic-minds

This was a really good watch.

I must admit, when the lady was saying about her mental checklist when having a conversation, I kinda thought "doesn't everyone do that?". Hmmm

Fiona T

dan spinks wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:32 pm
Fiona T wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:35 pm Well that's a fun development for anyone filming soon
this has already cropped up in at least one episode in the can but yet to be aired

Any discussion about it?

Fiona T

I told my daughter she'd pencilled her eyebrows too high up.

She looked surprised.

Fiona T

Had this been a Tory the word “Conservative” would have been in the headline or in the first paragraph at the very least. I dare you to tell me the BBC aren’t biased. https://t.co/iKXdZC9gOb Methinks you're suffering a bit with confirmation bias https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics - none of the cur...

Fiona T

James Cleverly wrote:Dear constituent
Hahahahahahah. Now fuck off.
Love, Your MP xxxx

Fiona T

Yeah, I'm stupid. Best ignored

Fiona T

Blimey pretty sure my MP would file my correspondence straight in his trash folder. Seriously though, dictionary detail is hardly the remit of an MP is it? Cycle lanes, loan charge suicides, bees being poisoned, yes, but comparatives of adjectives, not so much... Edit - realised this was probably a ...

Fiona T

Sorry for my bizarre take, but just to be clear re RUINATE: the first definition of ruinate 2 is an exact match as it appears in the OED: - Forms: 1500s rewynate, 1500s–1600s ruynate, 1500s– ruinate, 1600s ruinate (past participle), 1800s– ruinaayte (English regional (Berkshire)), 1800s– ruineyat (...

Fiona T

There’s no perfect solution. I wouldn’t go back to a paper dictionary - so much more convenient to search for words online now. CSW21 already contains its own bizarre content, plus extremely rare plurals of nouns which are commonly mass nouns, so that’s also a no from me. I can understand the reaso...

Fiona T

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:27 pm
Strange platform to discuss veganism

c4c?

Fiona T

There have long been whinges and niggles, but this thread http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=15774 would suggest that the online dictionary used by countdown is no longer fit for purpose (especially shocking since they charge for access!) Is it time to go back to the printed copy and penca...

Fiona T

Well that's a fun development for anyone filming soon

Fiona T

The scale of the abuse (50,000 images) is deliberate and stomach-churning sickening, and can't be dismissed as an occasional lapse - it was sustained and deliberate. Of course the community needs to know if someone with this history is in their midst. However, if someone were to kill themselves as a...

Fiona T

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:31 am
And herein lies the problem with a case by case approach, it creates entitlement.

It doesn't at all. FTOAD I think it's very unlikely they would allow me back for a second crack - and if they did it would probably be so long that I'd be dead or doolally. Fun to hope though

Fiona T

Did Susie say beige was not an adjective? However, comparatives of colours are tricky because it is pretty well impossible to say what 'redder' and 'beiger' would actually look like. She did, and it’s true: beige is just a noun in Oxford Dictionaries Premium, unlike red which is a noun and adjectiv...

Fiona T

Wonder what the deal is for mediocre octochamps/QFs - would love another crack now I've improved, but suspect more than 10 years would be required. If I'm still alive and brain still works, I'll pencil in 2035 :) I think if you've qualified for QFs your hopes of going back on to a normal series are...

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I don't think returning contestants are stopping new players - AIUI if a new player applies, they get an audition. If they pass that audition, they get to play.

Fiona T

Wonder what the deal is for mediocre octochamps/QFs - would love another crack now I've improved, but suspect more than 10 years would be required.

If I'm still alive and brain still works, I'll pencil in 2035

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:57 pm Harelip is offensive? I thought it was just the name for the thing.

Yeah, I know it was one (of many!) that surprised me when I saw the scrabble list of expurgated words. We live and learn.

Fiona T

HARELIP(S) is labelled as offensive - surprised Susie didn't notice/mention as she did check it. (It was recently removed from the scrabble lexicon - I had no idea before that - was a common enough term back in the dark ages of the 1980s!) Plenty of other 8s they could have asked Cillian to offer in...

Fiona T

FWIW, it was very very considered, and we/I attempted to contact Jim in advance so as to try and mitigate that risk. It was after finding out that every point of contact for him no longer worked that a deeper effort to find out his current circumstances was undertaken, leading to this. Thanks Mark

Fiona T

I'm sorry to hear this news. I am however relieved that it does not seem to be a consequence of his outing and resultant discussion on here - something we should consider if anything like this turns up in the future.

RIP Jim - hopefully people can remember you for the good things you contributed.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:33 pm Seems weird. Poor behaviour from Strava.

Tried this again and it appears to have worked - did it on the desktop rather than the app, so maybe different behaviour, or maybe they fixed it!

Fiona T

The attraction isn't the crime. It's fucked up, but it's not the crime. The acting on it, that's the crime. Or downloading content, which is, also a crime, regardless of acting on it or not. I'm just being pedantic. ( note I did actually spell check this, there's always a first time) Downloading il...

Fiona T

I mean personally speaking it's a problem I'd rather not have - but if he were to apply for my event, I'd have a chat with Callum of course, but my instinct would be to allow him if and only if no children were attending. I'm sorry but I can't agree with your instinct at all. Suppose we were to all...

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The other question, which I don't think has actually been explicitly addressed, is what would we do if e.g. Jim applied to enter anther CO-event? Because realistically, refusing him entry would be more about not wanting to play with / associate with him than an actual safeguarding issue. The same w...

Fiona T

Interesting article here (albeit a few years old)

https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck ... iles-cured

Fiona T

Yeah I'm adopting the Jack Hurst Shuffle going forward.

Fiona T

This happened on ZoomDown - at the time we did a second conundrum but just for player 1. In hindsight we should probably have given player 1 the points, but as they solved the new one no harm done! Should add it was definitely a case of over exuberance, not foul play, and became a classic ZoomDown m...

Fiona T

I doubt most people do it deliberately - they're getting carried away in the tension of the game. Perhaps a reminder from the event host at the beginning that you tap the table and offer the answer after the game host has asked you for it? But yep in this case, if the game host believes player 1 tap...

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Can you make online payments using fake ID, I have no idea? Going back to my idea of having a membership for Focal with a nominal annual fee to cover event costs and running potentially a data base giving every player a rating, based on average game score or games won against ranking like in Scrabb...

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