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- Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jobs?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11436
Re: Jobs?
I'm a retired (retired in 2003) after sales manager in the motor trade (mainly Citroen).
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
Heh, my implication was that I have the powers to make people think things; it's a gift I've had now for a number of years Jennifer!
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
See, I'm now glad I got him thinking about it a little more
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 731892
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why do iPhones not come on straight away when you plug a charger into it when it's dead, like most phones do?
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
No maybe not... I was thinking of Ray Tate.
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
I'm sure there was one in this series?
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Wedding with a bit of CD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2347
Re: Wedding with a bit of CD
Congratulations, nice touch!
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jobs?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11436
Jobs?
So...
What do all you guys and gals on here do for a living???
What do all you guys and gals on here do for a living???
- Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
Soz mate!
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
Is Graeme still playing with us???
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday November 1st 2013 (S69 P83)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2052
Re: Spoilers for Friday November 1st 2013 (S69 P83)
VERY, Andy, very!Andy Platt wrote:Yeah, surprised Rachel missed that. I wonder if she might have been looking for trick solutions like ((75 - 4 - 3) x 100 - 50) / 25, but got a bit mixed up.
As a sexist aside, how fit was the girl that answered the conundrum?
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 65166
Re: Countdown in the news
My home town!!!
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Helen Grayson
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2215
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
OH WELL...!!!
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 21st October 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3890
Re: Monday 21st October 2013 (Series 69, Prelim 74)
About a quarter past 11, sir!
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 2:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday October 18th 2013 (S69 P73)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4306
Re: Spoilers for Friday October 18th 2013 (S69 P73)
This lad is very good!
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:34 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who would you like to see in DC?
- Replies: 219
- Views: 42560
Re: Who would you like to see in DC?
Former presenters — Des, Des and Jeff?
Carol Vorderman would defo be interesting!
Carol Vorderman would defo be interesting!
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
I don't like the numbers game on apterous, I don't find it very user-friendlyGavin Chipper wrote:All the more reason to go on Apterous!Dave Preece wrote:I'm a massive fan of the show but not the best player of the game
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6802
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
Hint: The final step in the solution is to divide by 25. [/quote]
Kidding?[/quote]
You said in another thread that you were an expert on numbers![/quote]
Not that much of an expert!
Kidding?[/quote]
You said in another thread that you were an expert on numbers![/quote]
Not that much of an expert!
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
My daily raw score average is around 100, although, I am a numbers games expert, I'd like to think!
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
I'm a massive fan of the show but not the best player of the game
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday October 16th 2013 (S69 P71)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2947
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
So what the guys rank??? I cant seem to get on apterous ATM??? 1187 rating, 127th pro ranks, but 3rd in Most Time Played. The man is an apterous legend. Can't wait to see him on Countdown. I know pool players who play loads and loads (8 hours a day), and aren't that good! Practice makes perfect, bu...
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6802
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
Kidding?John Garcia wrote:Hint: The final step in the solution is to divide by 25.Martin Long wrote:Very difficult 4L selection for the 3rd numbers round. I got to 831 using the same method as Mark and spent a fair amount of time after viewing the show trying to get 832 and still couldn't get it.
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
So what the guys rank??? I cant seem to get on apterous ATM???
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
Who are the best players, say top five, not to make a series finals. Going by the current finals qualification rules IE players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count.
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6802
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
Is it... Is it... I didn'tJason Larsen wrote:I really like Abdi
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6802
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
I hope so too!Jason Larsen wrote:Mark reminded me of myself when I watched that game! I don't know how in the world I beat Abdi in our first game together but I did it! And so did Mark! I hope Mark doesn't have a heart attack right now!
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6802
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
Good one!Gavin Chipper wrote:What's the highest debut score for someone who didn't score in round 3?Graeme Cole wrote:Also, 119 is the highest ever debut score for someone who didn't get the conundrum. (Thanks Marcus!)
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6802
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 15th 2013 (S69 P70)
Got to be up there as highest losing score in heats?
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4059
Re: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
I can't wait to see this guy get destroyed by a top 3 seed in the semis; be very satisfying that!
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4059
Re: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
For the second time in a week or so, I was embarrassed watching Countdown, at least Hansford got nearly all his conundrums correct!
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4059
Re: Spoilers For Monday October 14th 2013
He's a cheat, simple as that IMHO.
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Remember, it's just a mass-market entertainment programme on the teevee. For those who want to take it seriously, maybe someone should come up with a web site where we can play online. That's a brilliant idea. I've got the perfect name for it as well. Why don't we call it apterous. :lol: In other w...
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
By the way, whatever one may think of people's ideas, I definitely think it's good that there are people willing to make a sustained argument for something. I know some people probably think "shut up about this - it's getting boring now", but I consider arguments like this a good thing, e...
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday October 11th 2013 (S69 P68)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3110
Re: Spoilers for Friday October 11th 2013 (S69 P68)
Or another attempt at cheating?
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Shit idea(!)
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10277
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
For very good players, the knowledge that there's an 8 there (especially that their opponent has spotted) can be supremely helpful, and a lot of the time it will then just jump out at them. These "very good players" have enough going for them as it is, without giving them this extra help....
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
For very good players, the knowledge that there's an 8 there (especially that their opponent has spotted) can be supremely helpful, and a lot of the time it will then just jump out at them. These "very good players" have enough going for them as it is, without giving them this extra help....
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Words not written down - there's no issue with that, is there? It's not a speed-writing contest after all and we do go to the non-writer first in the event of equal declarations. Oh, and utopians isn't capitalised. The ODO reflects the printed version in terms of textual content. There's not an iss...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Sorry, bad example then. TRUANCIES is a better example. What I'm getting at is, if a player offers TRUANCIES for 9, is the process: look up "truancy" on ODO, see that it's a mass noun, and disallow it; or look up "truancies", see that it gives you the entry for "truancy&quo...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Can't the conundrum board simply face the audience and/or only have a shut off on contestant's monitors, not the ones the crowd can see? It's very doable and it will stop the cheats, I think there are far more Hansforders than get mentioned. If the conundrum board faced the audience, wouldn't that ...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:58 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Can't the conundrum board simply face the audience and/or only have a shut off on contestant's monitors, not the ones the crowd can see? It's very doable and it will stop the cheats, I think there are far more Hansforders than get mentioned. If the conundrum board faced the audience, wouldn't that ...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10277
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
- Replies: 175
- Views: 63002
Re: Series 70 - 2014 onwards.
Can't the conundrum board simply face the audience and/or only have a shut off on contestant's monitors, not the ones the crowd can see?
It's very doable and it will stop the cheats, I think there are far more Hansforders than get mentioned.
It's very doable and it will stop the cheats, I think there are far more Hansforders than get mentioned.
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10277
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
That is one of the best ideas I've read on here!James S Roper wrote:That's a seriously good suggestion, apterous follows similarly. I'd suggest emailing Damian about that one.Jon Corby wrote:the monitor should shut off on buzzing
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Hats off to Callum, after today's antics!Callum Todd wrote:Adbirizak is certainly one to watch. He plays with great enthusiasm and skill.
My episode(s) will be broadcast on Friday 27th September (and each weekday thereafter, should I pick up any wins).
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10277
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
PS
Good player or not, and Abdi might be a lovely guy and all that, but he was cheating like Hansford on crack! Two conundrums and a numbers game (at least)!
Good player or not, and Abdi might be a lovely guy and all that, but he was cheating like Hansford on crack! Two conundrums and a numbers game (at least)!
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10277
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
I think she might have been wise to use the word probable?
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10277
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday October 8th 2013 (S69 P65)
Rachel deffo said he makes the finals!
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766255
Re: Ask Graeme?
Good question!
- Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
- Replies: 417
- Views: 124430
Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
He prefers Eric(!)
- Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Experiences
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9355
Re: Countdown Experiences
LOL!Zarte Siempre wrote:Can't be arsed.Charlie Reams wrote:Get on it, recent contestants!
- Sat Sep 28, 2013 2:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The future of c4countdown -- your help wanted!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3921
Re: The future of c4countdown -- your help wanted!
Great news, if you still need surplus, Id be glad to donate a fiver???
- Thu Sep 26, 2013 3:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Octochamp Conundrum Difficulty (The Unauthorized Sequel)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4036
Re: Octochamp Conundrum Difficulty (The Unauthorized Sequel)
Absolutely agree, I think this is a very important point!Mark James wrote:I think the scramble can have an effect on the difficulty. Can you include those as well?
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 535
- Views: 419189
Re: Best ever contestants
I'm not sure you could rank the best players using the following criterion but a measure of a top player to me is not only their consistency in every discipline, and nailing maximums, but also looking at what maximums they do get or do miss. Someone might have missed maximums in their run of MURIQU...
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 535
- Views: 419189
Re: Best ever contestants
LOL!Mark Deeks wrote:He showed more of his working than you did, Butty McButthurt.
Funny!