One quiz at a time

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:28 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Maybe he uses his phone. Less conspicuous than a laptop.
I feel like we're having an affair with him.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:29 Sun 15 Dec 2013

As you were, I should guess a greenhouse to prevent all this tittle tattle about my movements.

I like to think of myself as the David Gower of this forum.

Post by **DRT** » 01:31 Sun 15 Dec 2013

A lean-to garage?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:33 Sun 15 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:As you were, I should guess a greenhouse to prevent all this tittle tattle about my movements.

I like to think of myself as the David Gower of this forum.

Aha!
No not a greenhouse. But you are getting warmer with your interpretation of the getting warmer clue, if indeed that is what you have done.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:36 Sun 15 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:A lean-to garage?

Remember; I said I was getting a quote for something costing >£5k and that this expense (>£500) was involved in that.
I have a garage.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:36 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Where is the clue-collator? Too much effort on my phone.

Post by **DRT** » 01:39 Sun 15 Dec 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Summary:
djewesbury wrote:I made two phone calls earlier today and then did a little light web browsing, looking for an item that I need to buy. It is not a Christmas present. What is it?

It is likely to cost more than £500.
djewesbury wrote:It's not a means of transport. It needs to be very stable.
djewesbury wrote:Not port, not alcohol of any kind.
djewesbury wrote:A clue. I need to make sure it meets a legal specification, because of where I live.
djewesbury wrote:I got a quote during the week for something that will cost just above £5000. This is connected to the quote.
djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:Is the "because of where I live" connected to the popularly acknowledged violent history of Belfast or is it to do with the general geographic location or situation of your house?
It is a more general stipulation.
djewesbury wrote:It is for private enjoyment.

Plus:

Not a hot tub, a conservatory, a greenhouse or a garage.

The preliminary cost is >£500, the actual cost of the item around £5,000.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:40 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Something weird like a ground source heat pump?

Post by **DRT** » 01:41 Sun 15 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:The preliminary cost is >£500, the actual cost of the item around £5,000.

Is it a night out in a hotel to propose to your other half followed by a low-key wedding?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:42 Sun 15 Dec 2013

The £500 is not a preliminary but a subsidiary cost.

Not a ground source heat pump. Much more straightforward.

Getting warmer.

Post by **DRT** » 01:44 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Solar panels?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:45 Sun 15 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:Solar panels?

No. Much warmer.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:47 Sun 15 Dec 2013

A wind farm? What about all those Belfast nimbys? Surely they won't allow you to despoil their view and slaughter their migratory birds?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:48 Sun 15 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:A wind farm? What about all those Belfast nimbys? Surely they won't allow you to despoil their view and slaughter their migratory birds?

Getting colder.
Remember the regulations.

Post by **DRT** » 01:53 Sun 15 Dec 2013

A new boiler, preceded by a flush of your central heating system?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 01:54 Sun 15 Dec 2013

I thought you had to look into regulation, apart from that I have no other data to go on.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:00 Sun 15 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:A new boiler, preceded by a flush of your central heating system?

Job costing >£5k: turning the detached garage into a garden office, dry lining and insulating, replacing doors and windows.
Item costing >£500: multi-fuel burning stove, DEFRA-approved for smokeless fuel zone.

Near enough.

Derek's turn.

Post by **DRT** » 02:03 Sun 15 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:A new boiler, preceded by a flush of your central heating system?
Job costing >£5k: turning the detached garage into a garden office, dry lining and insulating, replacing doors and windows.
Item costing >£500: multi-fuel burning stove, DEFRA-approved for smokeless fuel zone.

Near enough.

Derek's turn.

When you posted this I was in the midst of posting "Converting part of a domestic property for business use."

Post by **DRT** » 02:05 Sun 15 Dec 2013

How many runs will separate England and Australia at the end of the third day's play in the current third Ashes test?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:07 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Genius.
Night all.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:08 Sun 15 Dec 2013

(I'm aiming to catch the last session, from 7.30 on.)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:09 Sun 15 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:How many runs will separate England and Australia at the end of the third day's play in the current third Ashes test?

280.

Post by **DRT** » 02:12 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Forgot to mention: only one guess per person and no guesses accepted after 04:00 UK time on 15 Dec 2013.

Post by **DRT** » 02:15 Sun 15 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:Forgot to mention: only one guess per person and no guesses accepted after 04:00 UK time on 15 Dec 2013.

!and the quiz master is allowed a guess.

DRT guesses 376.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 02:21 Sun 15 Dec 2013

I am going to be laughed at but 86.

Post by **DRT** » 02:24 Sun 15 Dec 2013

LGTrotter wrote:I am going to be laughed at but 86.

I get the impression this Ashes series is not for laughing. We have an interesting range.

Perhaps Glenn will venture a guess now that he is a cricket expert?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 06:57 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Just got home from running a tournament. No clue what time it us in Australia.

I'll guess 300 since that's sorta in the middle if the other guesses.

Post by **DRT** » 08:49 Sun 15 Dec 2013

The guesses:

86: Owen
280: Daniel
300: Glenn
376: Derek

Current gap is 320 with 1 hour and 10 minutes to play.

I will start thinking of another question

Post by **DRT** » 10:00 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Australia lead by 369 at the close.

A new question to follow later today.

Post by **DRT** » 17:58 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Does anyone else have a question?

Post by **PhilW** » 19:20 Sun 15 Dec 2013

DRT wrote:Does anyone else have a question?

Sure. While attending the recent Cockburn tasting, I was lucky to see something I had never seen before, but had wanted to see for a long time. What was it?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 19:42 Sun 15 Dec 2013

A chemical plant? After all, we were next to Bayer.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:49 Sun 15 Dec 2013

People work so hard for the prize, and then don’t want it.

A bottle of 1977 Cockburn ‘Crusted’?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:52 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Was it André?

Post by **PhilW** » 20:01 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Not a port, nor a person, nor the chemical plant.

Post by **DRT** » 20:05 Sun 15 Dec 2013

An autobahn?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:10 Sun 15 Dec 2013

A manualbahn?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:13 Sun 15 Dec 2013

A game of roulette?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 20:16 Sun 15 Dec 2013

djewesbury wrote:Was it André?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 20:23 Sun 15 Dec 2013

It was a bird like the merlin, the great egret or the rook. All of which do winter in the Cologne Lowland.

Post by **PhilW** » 20:44 Sun 15 Dec 2013

AW77 wrote:It was a bird like the merlin, the great egret or the rook. All of which do winter in the Cologne Lowland.

It was indeed a bird, though not of the types mentioned.

Post by **DRT** » 20:53 Sun 15 Dec 2013

An Ibis?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:54 Sun 15 Dec 2013

The Great Crested Grebe?

Post by **DRT** » 21:02 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Red-throated Loon?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 21:02 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Common Chiffchaff

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:07 Sun 15 Dec 2013

The Pygmy Owl?

Post by **DRT** » 21:08 Sun 15 Dec 2013

European Shag?

Post by **PhilW** » 21:11 Sun 15 Dec 2013

No to the above.

Post by **DRT** » 21:17 Sun 15 Dec 2013

Do we have to randomly guess from the 514 possibilities or do you intend narrowing it down for us?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:31 Sun 15 Dec 2013

It was a sparrow.