Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 10)
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Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim 10)
Andy Platt got another strong win yesterday, can he keep up his momentum with a third win today?
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Think Conor's got this one, mate
Edit: or did he pull out?
Edit: or did he pull out?
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
James should be lying in the sun by then so presumably not him.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Anyone get the alt 9 to CRENULATE?
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Wow. Another impressive game.
Can't help wondering though if you were looking for a (too) clever way of getting 845 Andy?
If you are capable of doing (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 = 236, then why didn't you see (7 + 4) x 75 + (5 x 4) = 845?
Not meant to be a criticism as I know how tough it is and missed loads of numbers games I would normally have found easy, just because of the pressure.
I can't do stuff like (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 and wouldn't even attempt it in case I made a silly mistake and looked like a prize chump!
Grant.
Can't help wondering though if you were looking for a (too) clever way of getting 845 Andy?
If you are capable of doing (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 = 236, then why didn't you see (7 + 4) x 75 + (5 x 4) = 845?
Not meant to be a criticism as I know how tough it is and missed loads of numbers games I would normally have found easy, just because of the pressure.
I can't do stuff like (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 and wouldn't even attempt it in case I made a silly mistake and looked like a prize chump!
Grant.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
No, I just had ULCEREIGHTTony Atkins wrote:Anyone get the alt 9 to CRENULATE?
Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
To be fair, there's been plenty of games on Apterous where I've gone looking for a complicated solution and missed an obvious one.Grant Waters wrote:Wow. Another impressive game.
Can't help wondering though if you were looking for a (too) clever way of getting 845 Andy?
If you are capable of doing (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 = 236, then why didn't you see (7 + 4) x 75 + (5 x 4) = 845?
Not meant to be a criticism as I know how tough it is and missed loads of numbers games I would normally have found easy, just because of the pressure.
I can't do stuff like (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 and wouldn't even attempt it in case I made a silly mistake and looked like a prize chump!
Grant.
Anyway, third great game Andy. I could practically hear tomorrow's challenger - "Hello love. Listen, don't worry about clearing a space for the teapot..."
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Third win, third century, going by what Mark Deeks said yesterday and todays question from Grant, I don't really think Andy can win (although I realise Grant wasn't being 'funny').
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Heh don't feel as if you are wrong to ask, it was stupidity/complacency from me. Long story short I'd been using a non-existent 100 rather than 75. By the time I realised, I didn't have the time/composure to adjust.Grant Waters wrote:Wow. Another impressive game.
Can't help wondering though if you were looking for a (too) clever way of getting 845 Andy?
If you are capable of doing (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 = 236, then why didn't you see (7 + 4) x 75 + (5 x 4) = 845?
Not meant to be a criticism as I know how tough it is and missed loads of numbers games I would normally have found easy, just because of the pressure.
I can't do stuff like (100 × 50 + (6 + 6) × 75) ÷ 25 and wouldn't even attempt it in case I made a silly mistake and looked like a prize chump!
Grant.
Just about to watch it back, I'm hoping my dickish behaviour on the conundrum got edited!
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Very well done again Andy, with another cheeky 4L solve to boot.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Think you'd been hynotised into believing it was 100...Andy Platt wrote:
Heh don't feel as if you are wrong to ask, it was stupidity/complacency from me. Long story short I'd been using a non-existent 100 rather than 75. By the time I realised, I didn't have the time/composure to adjust.
Just about to watch it back, I'm hoping my dickish behaviour on the conundrum got edited!
You played safe in the hidalgos round - had you seen that but not been 100% definite with it? Got the feeling a couple of times today that if you'd needed to step up a gear against a stronger challenger you'd have done so no problem - custard, regular and the 845 in particular I suspect you'd have got if you were being put under a bit more pressure.
Very impressive so far, hope there's plenty more of the same.
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Cheers man, much appreciated - and yeah, I had seen HIDALGOS but I couldn't remember 100% if it was maybe something I'd seen on apterous, whether it was perhaps a minor Spanish airline or whether it was a character from Futurama. I also couldn't be certain it pluralised, or even whether it could have pluralised to HIDALGOES, so no point even going anywhere near it when I had a 7.Keith Bennett wrote:You played safe in the hidalgos round - had you seen that but not been 100% definite with it? Got the feeling a couple of times today that if you'd needed to step up a gear against a stronger challenger you'd have done so no problem - custard, regular and the 845 in particular I suspect you'd have got if you were being put under a bit more pressure.
Very impressive so far, hope there's plenty more of the same.
REGULAR and CUSTARD are very gettable too, but I just don't have the same consistency and concentration as the 30BC crowd unfortunately!
How much was my chair shaking when I declared the 9? Must have been well nervous about it.
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Got away with it Cheers Damian et alI wrote:Just about to watch it back, I'm hoping my dickish behaviour on the conundrum got edited!
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was rotarian there -and is it capitalised?
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Well played again Andy.
I noticed DC offered PELAGE but not PELAGES. PELAGES is valid on apterous, but the dictionary gives it as a mass noun only - "the fur, hair or wool of a mammal". So I'm wondering whether Susie would actually allow PELAGES. I think it's very similar to the PLUMAGES situation.
Oh, come on, you can't say that and not tell us what happened.Andy Platt wrote:Got away with it Cheers Damian et alI wrote:Just about to watch it back, I'm hoping my dickish behaviour on the conundrum got edited!
I noticed DC offered PELAGE but not PELAGES. PELAGES is valid on apterous, but the dictionary gives it as a mass noun only - "the fur, hair or wool of a mammal". So I'm wondering whether Susie would actually allow PELAGES. I think it's very similar to the PLUMAGES situation.
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Capitalised.John Brackstone wrote:was rotarian there -and is it capitalised?
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Cheers dudeGraeme wrote:Well played again Andy.
Same thing happened with MOHAIRS (?) the other day, it wasn't mentioned, but I'd back DC to be good enough to nail it. Then again I haven't yet checked the wiki to see if anyone has offered it recently.Graeme wrote:I noticed DC offered PELAGE but not PELAGES. PELAGES is valid on apterous, but the dictionary gives it as a mass noun only - "the fur, hair or wool of a mammal". So I'm wondering whether Susie would actually allow PELAGES. I think it's very similar to the PLUMAGES situation.
On about 35 seconds I shouted out an incorrect answer which was a pretty dickish thing to do, Nick just dismissively said 'no' and rightly so! Fortunately got glossed over. And after about 45 seconds I had my hand in the air trying to get his attention as I had solved it, that wasn't as bad as I think I've seen it happen before with Jeff and he was just like "sorry mate you've had your turn". Don't think Nick noticed lol.Graeme wrote:Oh, come on, you can't say that and not tell us what happened.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday March 21st 2013 (Series 68 Prelim
Well played again, Andy. Chuffed to say after being utterly thumped playing against you/the TV yesterday, that I beat you today by a point. Don't let it happen again, you've got a reputation to uphold
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