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Fiona T

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what is and isn't OK, and can't control anyone else's reaction. #2 to me seems not only OK but healthy and I'd like to think most people would agree. #3 seems on the other hand to be at best based on false or exaggerated information, and at worst coul...

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There's a big Scrabble Event next year the MGI at Leonardo in Milton Keynes and amongst the huge prize money there is a raffle and the winner gets accommodation for the following years event which is a nice touch Yeah but the point is that the winner's accommodation is being paid for by other atten...

Fiona T

https://youtu.be/l-IO6_cU5jM?si=ioyBKyqr9Wkd7u-9 Well that was a cheery Christmas watch! But yeah 100% agree - I can't see any non-religious argument against a terminally ill person of sound mind who is going to suffer a painful or even just unpleasant death choosing a compassionate and humane alte...

Fiona T

And to you! The thing I am most excited about for tomorrow is the pack of Babybels that I bought just so I can put them on the dinner table and make a terrible pun when someone asks why they're there (£2.65 well spent) :D Has been a pretty reasonable year - no major dramas, which is definitely a goo...

Fiona T

Fwiw, some of the very early COLINs had cash prizes, and the general consensus was that people preferred the prizes that were more tangible, even if they were (objectively) a bit shit. I guess it depends. I mean a fiver or tenner instead of the usual bottle of wine is a different prospect to the la...

Fiona T

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:11 pm Women, generally, are worse drivers.

Yeah that must be why they have cheaper insurance...

Fiona T

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:53 am Do you think if there were prize pots it would be more popular?

No No no. And No.

Fiona T

Back to the intended topic - I guess that consistency across co-events is definitely a very desirable thing, and given the majority of attendees do not have access to premium, the ability to check words quickly and easily at a table really does depend on the availability of a consistent checking too...

Fiona T

Bit of history here Andres

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44124396

Fiona T

Yep the word is in the spoilers thread - my vagueness in the opening post was deliberate! Still. Its spoiled the bit of excitement I would have had watching along and seeing a new word being allowed. Just remember, some people want no information at all about recent episodes :) Apologies Jack, I'll...

Fiona T

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:28 am Also, please keep spoilers to the spoilers threads. Not everybody is able to watch episodes right away

Yep the word is in the spoilers thread - my vagueness in the opening post was deliberate!

Fiona T

Excellent final - lovely 6s solve from Viraj to go ahead keeping things exciting! Many congratulations to Harry - kept your cool and played brilliantly. Loved the jumper too

Fiona T

For Gavin -

ANTIPOLE was the word that is not currently valid in apto (on Ray's big ticket for inclusion). I don't think I was the only one who was surprised when it was declared to be valid.

Fiona T

One of the contestants on today's final declared a word that isn't on apterous but is in ODP. Most events use the 'apterous dictionary' which has the plus side of being definitive and available to the majority of players. But it does mean some words that should be allowed won't be, and vice versa. M...

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:46 pm I think he's hitting on you Fiona

He's welcome to join co:Reading parkrun!

Fiona T

Tops sold for cycling have pockets.

Why don't running tops have pockets?

Fiona T

What was with that "steal your hubcaps" stereotypical joke about Scousers? Why would anyone steal hubcaps? To sell 'em to people whose hubcaps have got lost/stolen. There was a kid round here who you'd see riding his pushbike round with strings of hubcaps that he'd supposedly found at the...

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:15 pm Not sure where everyone went today on Apterous

Many of us couldn't connect yesterday. All OK for me today!

Fiona T

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:08 pm Confirms its an utterly shite name too.

It's getting it talked about - you've heard of it now!

Fiona T

https://humanists.uk/campaigns/public-e ... ted-dying/

Fiona T

Dunno if it's unpopular, but definitely un-PC

I find Rosie Jones very hard work to listen to - she makes me turn the telly off.

Fiona T

Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:58 pm Watching golf on the TV I'd occasionally see players sporting the brand 'Tit-leist', which I parsed similarly (second half rhyming with 'heist').

That's how it's pronounced in our house.

Fiona T

It's been good fun - thanks Jack!

Fiona T

I'm kinda with Dan - if you really want to do it that much, then try do it when you're young and fit. If you haven't got commitments - partner/kids/elderly parents that need you, and you can get work in the UK (did I remember rightly you're in IT? Must be opportunities via some of the consultancies?...

Fiona T

When I was in school I was hamstrung by my school being in a certain city. Now that I have a job I'm hamstrung by my job being in a certain city. But what hamstrings a retired person? Well immigration laws I guess! Retired people do move, but perhaps they have dual citizenship or other right to liv...

Fiona T

You can often get slightly striped effects when printing blocks of colour, so really does depend on what the host has available. I know when I made my cards I got through a couple of crazy expensive blue ink cartridges, so will be avoiding colour backgrounds going forward!

Fiona T

I think slightly bigger slips help with both manhandling and ease of use

Fiona T

Yeah sorry, my comment was general, not aimed at Adam!

Fiona T

I hate it. Yes, the sentiment is valid, but in most cases it's not really necessary and paints the person, who in most cases is a decent, nice and generally considerate as entitled and unaware of social issues. We're all privileged in some way compared to others in the world. Occasionally it does ne...

Fiona T

Having managed it again this morning, it's the back to menu top left I'm pressing on autopilot, so a confirmation there would work if it's a more common issue than just me! Thanks for pointing this one out, I've fixed this. I've also fixed the 6 small issue reported by Phil and Graeme. Thanks for a...

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Andres Sanchez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:39 pm Will say also, there's a bit of me that feels like this event should be on the wiki. Anyone else?

Haha not really. Doubt anyone cares apart from those involved. No objection if you wanna do it tho

Fiona T

The redeye as in a flight from an airline refers to the colour of the plane lights at night rather than your eyes being red because of tiredness Does it? That doesn't make sense. The tiredness one does make sense. On reflexion, yes it does mean tiredness as the flight isn't long enough for a night'...

Fiona T

Yeah I was thinking about this recently and found this BBC article

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61111915

Fiona T

I think if anything I've become more left leaning as I've got older. But I do abhor wasted money (stereotypical Scot!) and the public sector (as well as much of the private sector) has massive inefficiencies. You wouldn't need to raise taxes if you took a holistic co-ordinated view and stopped pouri...

Fiona T

Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:21 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:48 pm It was just multiplication by 9. There was no split.
Does the (100-7) prior to the multiplication not count as a split?

My understanding is that split multiplication is something like

target 394
(100x2-3)x2

your split is making the adjustment between the two multiplication operations

Fiona T

Split multiplications by 9 are in no way a "kick yourself" situation. Agree. Yeah I think that's the sort of solution where if she was to explain the thought process it would be really useful to lots of viewers. Most of us mere mortals couldn't instantly tell you it was 93x9 but if you st...

Fiona T

We've had two events recently with lunches organised - Edinburgh where the bridge club had lovely sandwiches, soup and cakes, and Newcastle where there was a cafe where we pre-ordered. Both were great (for someone with no special dietary requirements!) but if we restrict the choice of venues to thos...

Fiona T

I find it hilarious that Gevs mate Owen Jones being so outspoken as a gay man who would be thrown off the nearest roof in Gaza just for being gay. citation needed Well, given Hamas have no tall buildings left… Well yeah there is that. https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/palestine/ &qu...

Fiona T

Top quality stuff from Conor!

Fiona T

And I'm pretty sure a "member" that has spent its day fermenting in sweaty underwear in close proximity to a bumhole isn't quite as clean as you might imagine. (Note to self - take hand sanitiser to my next scrabble tournament)

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:33 am I find it hilarious that Gevs mate Owen Jones being so outspoken as a gay man who would be thrown off the nearest roof in Gaza just for being gay.

citation needed

Fiona T

It's quite a shame that once you choose to identify with one side, you seem to ignore facts, or try to downplay or twist them to match your agenda. There's no discussion if you're resorting to this. I can't imagine what it must be like to be directly affected by this and my thoughts are with you Ta...

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Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:33 am Top tip for theatre designers. Don't build theatres that contain areas with restricted views.

Yeah the Romans had this nailed

Fiona T

BTW, something which I added a long time ago, but since the original post is factional letters to the packs. The motivation is that there are a couple of letters where 1 in the pack seems like a shame, but 2 every time would be annoying. So when the Consonant stack is made, three of the letters are...

Fiona T

Can the Countdown app be modified for face to face games making organising a Co event much easier Personally not a big fan of this - if you're gonna play on an app you might as well play on apterous. Edit to say that the app (or similar) generating the letters/numbers selections seems reasonable (a...

Fiona T

Hello from me to you all. Very pleased to have discovered Apterous recently; it seems like a great online community and obviously it's a lot of fun to play some Countdown when I should be working! I used to enjoy watching Countdown as a youngster, mid to late '90s, and then didn't watch it at all f...

Fiona T

Hello from me to you all. Very pleased to have discovered Apterous recently; it seems like a great online community and obviously it's a lot of fun to play some Countdown when I should be working! I used to enjoy watching Countdown as a youngster, mid to late '90s, and then didn't watch it at all f...

Fiona T

-It would be better for people to save having sex until after marriage (not that I will judge anyone who does not) I don't understand why enjoying a particularly fun activity, and fundamental biological function, should be avoided until committing to one person for life. It seems to me the equivale...

Fiona T

Shamima Begum was a child victim who was groomed by a terrorist organisation, and should be treated as such (that is not saying she should be absolved of any responsibility for any crimes she committed, but that she is also just as much a victim as a the children who were groomed by Harvey Weinstein...

Fiona T

On the note of prizes... All of the Scrabble tournaments I've attended have had cash prizes. Some charge very high entry fees and have very substantial prizes. The recent Malta tournaments I attended had a prize fund of 4.5K euros across the 4 events (2K for each of the two main events) - personally...

Fiona T

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:01 pm Is the target revealed BEFORE the numbers are chosen?

No, it's the same as the show

Fiona T

the superior method. *superior in your opinion So far in this thread we've had 2 against and 2 for your idea. If we end up with a clear majority agreeing that your system is superior, then let's go for it. Otherwise, the tried and tested stays. I genuinely believe you should just get better at writ...

Fiona T

[*] ASYNDETON: Good pick! It missable, but if you know it it's quite a fast solve, and most players at finals levels would know this word. Personally I would expect something harder for the overall final of the year. Interesting that you think this. It's only been on the Asecension list since 2020 ...

Fiona T

Anyway - from eligibility requirements "You must be legally resident in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland and have a current address within the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland." Legal residency doesn't sound straightforward https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ways-in-w...

Fiona T

Well I think, aside from the residency requirement, the whole thing can be an extended process. Some people wait upwards of 6 months for auditions after applying, and filming can be weeks or months after that. I think Ronan was well over a year between applying and filming. You could be appear at th...

Fiona T

One other thing - if there's a grand final at the end of a tournament and no screen with the scores, it's important to announce the scores at the end of each round. My bad. I was a complete scatterbrain and overcome with nerves during the final. My board was intended to be used a score display but ...

Fiona T

Also, I think 11:30 or even just 11:15 is a better start time than 11:00. 11:00 is still a bit early and it can be quite tight if you are engaging in other activities in the morning and having breakfast after. But still, it was great event and these are minor considerations really. *Graeme Cole onc...

Fiona T

Bumping this - the tool that was used for hosting the finals yesterday implemented "algorithm 2" as outlined by Jack (although with 9 or 15 rounders (code bugs excepted!) we're never going to get near the end of the pack so algorithm 1 is probably fine!) I think it felt about right - there...

Fiona T

Might be just me .... Quite often after one of the challenges, I end up accidentally abandoning rather than submitting. It is largely lack of concentration, but I think because the 'submit' screen looks so like that 'done' screen it's easy just to automatically press the back button to get back to ...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:43 am Can't today sadly as I have had some kind of reaction to my Covid Jab yesterday
Weak and I'll today
If anybody here wants to take my place they can with my blessing
Have fun

Get well soon!

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