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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:28 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Maybe he uses his phone. Less conspicuous than a laptop.
I feel like we're having an affair with him.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:29 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:31 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
A lean-to garage?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:33 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:36 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:36 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Where is the clue-collator? Too much effort on my phone.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:39 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:40 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
Something weird like a ground source heat pump?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:41 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:42 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
The £500 is not a preliminary but a subsidiary cost.
Not a ground source heat pump. Much more straightforward.
Getting warmer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:44 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
Solar panels?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:45 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:Solar panels?
No. Much warmer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:47 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
A wind farm? What about all those Belfast nimbys? Surely they won't allow you to despoil their view and slaughter their migratory birds?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:48 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:53 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
A new boiler, preceded by a flush of your central heating system?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:54 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
I thought you had to look into regulation, apart from that I have no other data to go on.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:00 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:03 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
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."
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:05 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
How many runs will separate England and Australia at the end of the third day's play in the current third Ashes test?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:07 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Genius.
Night all.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:08 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
(I'm aiming to catch the last session, from 7.30 on.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:09 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:12 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
Forgot to mention: only one guess per person and no guesses accepted after 04:00 UK time on 15 Dec 2013.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:15 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:21 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
I am going to be laughed at but 86.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 02:24 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 06:57 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:49 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
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
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:00 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
Australia lead by 369 at the close.
A new question to follow later today.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:58 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
Does anyone else have a question?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:20 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by PhilW
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?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:42 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by AW77
A chemical plant? After all, we were next to Bayer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:49 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by jdaw1
People work so hard for the prize, and then don’t want it.
A bottle of 1977 Cockburn ‘Crusted’?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:52 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Was it André?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:01 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by PhilW
Not a port, nor a person, nor the chemical plant.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:05 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
An autobahn?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:10 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
A manualbahn?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:13 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
A game of roulette?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:16 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by AW77
djewesbury wrote:Was it André?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:23 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by AW77
It was a bird like the merlin, the great egret or the rook. All of which do winter in the Cologne Lowland.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:44 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by PhilW
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.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:53 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
An Ibis?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:54 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
The Great Crested Grebe?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:02 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
Red-throated Loon?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:02 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by AW77
Common Chiffchaff
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:07 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
The Pygmy Owl?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:08 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
European Shag?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:11 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by PhilW
No to the above.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:17 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by DRT
Do we have to randomly guess from the
514 possibilities or do you intend narrowing it down for us?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:31 Sun 15 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
It was a sparrow.