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- Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Do you keep a personal diary?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1577
Re: Do you keep a personal diary?
Tried many times, never stuck until the start of this year. Been keeping about 1-6 paragraphs each day depending on the eventfulness of the day. I noticed that I got a lot more detailed as time went on, for instance my one for COLIN in January didn't even mention my opponents, whereas newer co event...
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Lost letters packs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2690
Re: Lost letters packs
Seems like as good a place as any to post this. I recently bought a set from a charity shop. Is there any official letters distribution to check they are all there in the correct quantities? Same for numbers (I assume 2 of each plus 4L covers that). Generally accepted thingy is A 15 E 21 I 13 O 13 ...
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 1:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 71813
Re: How do I know if my word is valid?
:0 years of co events ruined!
As for Gev's question, it uses the live version of apterous. If apterous is down at the time, it gives an error.
As for Gev's question, it uses the live version of apterous. If apterous is down at the time, it gives an error.
- Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh (CO:EDI) - Saturday 15th October 2022
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12721
Re: Countdown in Edinburgh (CO:EDI) - Saturday 15th October 2022
I'm happy to do Oriam. Will run there from my accomodation (near venue) and make use of the changing facilities afterwards. Do you have a plan for getting to the venue from there after Fiona? Happy to share a taxi with you if buses aren't an option. i'll do oriam and join whatever you guys end up d...
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 8:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11251
Re: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open
I'm staying at the Novotel and may partake in the Parkrun. I will almost certainly be last so just as well I'm going to be local! Since it apparently goes past the venue, could you take a break when you get to the venue, play some countdown and knock out the rest of the run in the evening to get a ...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36421
Re: Your preferred format for CO-events
[*] [Not my words, but someone else's, who can identify themselves if they want] In a divisioned event, if a top player gets a tough draw early on and ends up in a lower division, it not only sucks for them but also every other player in that division , who now will have no chance of winning their ...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36421
Re: Your preferred format for CO-events
I will say that I think there is some sense of occasion though - I still have my third place group B trophy from Leamington 2013 (before I 'got good') with all my winner, RU etc trophies, which I remember being excited to win (despite a SF loss to Tom Cappleman, who I assume was among the best 8 pla...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Your preferred format for CO-events
- Replies: 74
- Views: 36421
Re: Your preferred format for CO-events
[*] [Not my words, but someone else's, who can identify themselves if they want] In a divisioned event, if a top player gets a tough draw early on and ends up in a lower division, it not only sucks for them but also every other player in that division , who now will have no chance of winning their ...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 9:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Blackpool 2022 (Saturday 10th September 2022)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5476
Re: Co-Blackpool 2022 (Saturday 10th September 2022)
Are we doing the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun for this one (just round corner from venue) or are folk staying in Blackpool? I'm gonna do the Blackpool one because I'm staying near there and a non-countdown mate I want to catch up with does that one. But if everyone else does Fleetwood and I get my o...
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Apple variety rankings
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1360
Re: Apple variety rankings
This, basically. To me, there's no such thing as a bad apple (except for rotten ones, or the song) but there's definitely a hierarchy. My ex was very into pink ladies, during which time I learned that they are pretty good and surprisingly expensive. If we're doing a full tier list I'd put them up t...
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Drunk Countdown
- Replies: 3
- Views: 585
Re: Drunk Countdown
Steve Balog, wherever he is now, once suggested a version of countdown where your score is your points multiplied by your blood alcohol content. Not sure what the strategy is there. I find my numbers tend to go to shit far quicker than letters when drunk
- Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2697
Re: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
It's an interesting one, because yeah, at the top level, 9 letter conundrums are pretty unsuitable. It's fine for the odd game/final if you get a suitable WETHARDON esque one (see this amazing Graeme post , which should be required reading for anyone setting conundrums). But for an event where you n...
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 8 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 36)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 810
Re: Spoilers for Monday 8 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 36)
Gutted for Marina, hope she gets a starring role in a future series. This Quinn guy is pretty good
- Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 774
- Views: 685639
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
I've now watched seven episodes of inside number nine thanks to a friend putting them on whenever I was around. Thought based on the title that it would be a political thing like the crown, I guess I assumed 9 downing street was a relevant building. Anyway some were better than others as is always t...
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown G.O.A.T.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2402
Re: Countdown G.O.A.T.
I think nowadays the 4 of Jack W, Elliott, Conor and Rob in no particular order feel like they're in a tier of their own. Some people in the past, like Innis, would be up there maybe but nowadays I think it's just those four. Ahmed seems like he hasn't peaked yet and could break into that top tier a...
- Tue Jul 19, 2022 6:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 19 July 2022 (Series 86, Heat 22)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 417
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 19 July 2022 (Series 86, Heat 22)
Heat is about right
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:51 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743609
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I was going to buy an Air Fryer and my friend said that he bought one and his parrot died because of the fumes. What fumes? I was in a spoons toilet a couple hours ago and the hand dryer was smoking and sounded like it was going to explode. Someone got the staff to tape a bit of paper saying DO NOT...
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774490
Re: Ask Graeme?
stuff Surprised you haven't mentioned the distribution of letters they use on the show. The five consonants there are most of in the pack are R (9), S (9), T (9), N (8) and D (6), four most common vowels are E A I O, and then a bit of maths with the numbers of each gives that RSTND ans EAIO are the...
- Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 17th June 2022 (Series 85 Grand Final)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2731
Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th June 2022 (Series 85 Grand Final)
Well done my son. Pretty pleased to beat them on two numbers rounds - 19*6*6 and 146-9
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 7th June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 112)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 404
- Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 111)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 450
Spoilers for Monday 6th June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 111)
I guess this makes prelim 111 the 7777th episode. Cool
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 2nd June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 109)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 353
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 1st June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1112
Spoilers for Wednesday 1st June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)
happy pride month
- Fri May 27, 2022 12:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 31st May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 107)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 380
Spoilers for Tuesday 31st May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 107)
Might as well use this accidental double post
- Fri May 27, 2022 12:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 27th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 105)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 541
Spoilers for Friday 27th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 105)
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- Thu May 26, 2022 11:24 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 26th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 104)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 680
Spoilers for Thursday 26th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 104)
Nobody noticed I got the date wrong yesterday lol whoops
- Thu May 26, 2022 4:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774490
- Wed May 25, 2022 12:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 103)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 752
- Tue May 24, 2022 9:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 102)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 666
Spoilers for Tuesday 24th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 102)
That guy won a pretty good game yesterday, can he do it again?
- Mon May 23, 2022 12:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 23rd May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 101)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 485
- Fri May 20, 2022 1:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 100)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 549
Spoilers for Friday 20th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 100)
One hundred wow. Can Ryan win all 8? Find out a few months ago
- Thu May 19, 2022 11:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 19th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 99)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 855
Spoilers for Thursday 19th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 99)
ryan's still going isn't he
- Wed May 18, 2022 7:46 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 18th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 98)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 389
Spoilers for Wednesday 18th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 98)
ryan plays another game of countdown
- Tue May 17, 2022 9:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 17th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 97)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 468
- Mon May 16, 2022 1:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1569
Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
Let's see if Ryan's opponent can score any points lmao
- Fri May 13, 2022 12:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 13th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 95)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1314
Spoilers for Friday 13th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 95)
wowowow it's the spooky day
whitley bay sounds kinda like whitby i guess
whitley bay sounds kinda like whitby i guess
- Thu May 12, 2022 11:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 12th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 94)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 727
Spoilers for Thursday 12th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 94)
It's a Thursday
- Wed May 11, 2022 10:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 11th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 93)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 355
Spoilers for Wednesday 11th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 93)
Yes I did edit it, didn't expect him to have won 8 already
- Tue May 10, 2022 11:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 10th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 92)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 434
Spoilers for Tuesday 10th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 92)
Aaron time again
- Mon May 09, 2022 1:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 9th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 91)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 407
- Thu May 05, 2022 1:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 5th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 89)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 756
Spoilers for Thursday 5th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 89)
It's Countdown
- Wed May 04, 2022 1:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 4th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 88)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 759
Spoilers for Wednesday 4th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 88)
ha ha light saber isn't it
- Tue May 03, 2022 12:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 87)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 375
Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 87)
[dancing crab emoji] anne gone [dancing crab emoji]
- Mon May 02, 2022 1:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2nd May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 86)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 572
Spoilers for Monday 2nd May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 86)
Wonder when we'll get the first series with less prelims than series number. Can't be too long now
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 29th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 85)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 444
Spoilers for Friday 29th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 85)
Happy birthsay Tim Down.
Yer man's still going, will the madlad get another 105? Find out in like an hour
Yer man's still going, will the madlad get another 105? Find out in like an hour
- Thu Apr 28, 2022 1:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 28th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 84)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 590
Spoilers for Thursday 28th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 84)
Happy Ed Balls day to those who celebrate. Someone won a game yesterday, can they win another? Let's see.
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1892
Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Matt needs 122 to equal Dan !
- Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 25th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 81)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 442
Spoilers for Monday 25th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 81)
spoiler alert matt wins this one too
- Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 22nd April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 80)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 449
Spoilers for Friday 22nd April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 80)
Matt continues his mission of meeting people from across the country to find out how JFK really died
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 3:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 21st April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 79)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 576
Spoilers for Thursday 21st April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 79)
Play nicely children
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 78)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 969
- Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 19th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 77)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 817
Spoilers for Tuesday 19th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 77)
Matt is still about !
- Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 18th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 76)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 684
Spoilers for Monday 18th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 76)
Matt's doing stuff
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 15th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 75)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 977
Spoilers for Friday 15th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 75)
Who's C2 ? I have never heard of him !
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 1:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 13th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 73)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 842
Spoilers for Wednesday 13th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 73)
It is today that we will be given names.
- Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 12th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 72)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 735
- Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 8th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 70)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 731
Spoilers for Friday 8th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 70)
wow it's the nmh day. love a good friday thread
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 69)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 688
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 67)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 516
Spoilers for Tuesday 5th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 67)
Andy is still going
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 1st April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 65)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 455
Spoilers for Friday 1st April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 65)
no spoilers thread today haha April fools gottem