Don't worry Colin it was pretty awful!
I can't believe it ran for 3 series, unless you were a fan of Kate O'Mara of course?
Roy

Hadn't got a clue so I asked the wife, and she got it right keeping my 100% .
Cheers Colin.

And don't forget the old one:
"I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son, and I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes "

Betty bought some butter but the butter Betty bought was bitter Betty bought some better butter better than the bitter butter Betty bought before

Should a shooting suit suit as a shooting suit should suit,
Then that shooting suit is suitable to shoot in.

But.. Should that shooting suit not suit as a shooting should suit,
Then the man who made the shooting suit needs shooting!

Try saying that after a few beers 🍻. Better than having loose lips 💋
Have a great day 😀

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The similar sentence in German is:
„Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritz. . . .“
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Cool day to you all
Michel-C.

My light is still lit 😆

My average is pulling a crash dive….Dive!Dive!🙄

Any RN buff is gonna know that (24.10), Spithead review an' all that😉
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Surely it is what we in canada would call a cardinal marker.
Austing

Isolated danger marks carry a flashing white light, usually with two spheres as topmarks...

A flashing white light, say a strobe, could also signify a rescue device such as a life ring.

Didn't have a scooby doo, but personally would stay clear of something I'm not sure about, but the inquisitive side said the other 3 😁

I disagree with the possible answers to todays question. A flashing white light normally is in deep water clear of obstacles and indicates the start of a channel. If it is not flashing, it is probably the stern light of another vessel.
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Hi Doug,
Kannst du mir ( totale Landratte ) dies etwas genauer erklären, welchen Zweck dies hat ?
Danke Dir, guten Start in den (Mon)Tag
Michel 😊😊😊

Wave to them. Turn off your lights. Keep the area clear. Let them know you will follow them in.
Rick

More of a common sense question today, as 2 of the answers were way off the mark, and one didn’t sound right, so…got it!!
Although my inner redneck wanted to answer follow it…

"2 quick flashes in intervals of either 5 or 10 seconds."
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Hi Edw every time I ask the younger generation what it means I get this rolling of the eyes. I know I am half a century older than them but I do like to keep informed.
After all if I am going to upset someone at least enable me to do it on purpose!
Roy

'Enry 'Udson was my first choice, but then I thought he was the butler in Upstairs downstairs so I changed it. Some you lose and the rest you fail!
Roy

Got that wrong, back to the garage 😁

Roy your mention of woke gets me into trouble so I’m keeping quiet.🙈🙉🙊

Too true flaxbybuck, I hate to have to admit it but I am getting older now and sometimes, things disappear into the mists of time ⏲️. Today was not one of them. 😆 . Got to keep those grey cells active.
Have a good weekend.

Just remembered what I had forgotten or was it overlooked.

Today used to be Trafalgar Day!

Does something that happened 218 years ago still have any relevance?

What about that for your alternate Q of the D?

Apologies to France and Spain of course, well that is my woke bit done.
Roy

Hi yes memory, I am always wondering what I have forgotten and then I remember something and wonder if that was what I had forgotten?

The result is I frequently find I have 2 of various things, 1 lost the other unopened.

I wonder whether I should follow the precepts of a chap I knew at work who always had a clean desk. We were very envious of that! But on being questioned about it he said that he threw everything away and relied on a follow up phone call to work out what may have been important.

So all I have to do now is decide whether to answer the phone!
Roy

Likewise Doogle.
The trouble is my memory ain't what it used to be. I used to be certain but now I'm not so sure. Too often my memory plays tricks on me, usually at times of maximum embarrassment. 😉

Thankfully, my memory served me correctly 😊

'Titanic'!!
I thought you'd appreciate that Roy.😁
Simple process of elimination today wasn't it.
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Stephen,
Why don't you use dates instead of arithmetic for the '30 days' calculation?
E.g 'current date -30'. Works in Excel and similar spreadsheets.
Working to the absolute second reminds me of Lt.Cmdr. Data in Star Trek, the next generation.😉 "At warp 9 six hours 29 minutes and 37 seconds captain". "Engage!"
Cheers, Doug😎

That's exactly what I was wondering Roy👍
The 'cut off' seems to be x.5. So for example 99.49 would appear as 99% and 99.5 (or 99.501?) would be shown as 100%. Must run some tests.
E.g. what were your exact numbers before and after this mysterious 'went down 1%' occurrence Roy?
What I've tried so far doesn't support this theory, but I don't know how many digits after the decimal point Stephens calculation allows.
Cheers, Doug😎

Maybe it is an oddity of rounding up or down in the arithmetic?

Roy

Hi Stephen.
Ah! Therefore the calculation is made on the responses of the last thirty days, not on the absolute total. I knew it.

I can confirm the calculation if anyone wants to figure out why a number would go down if answering correctly?

Player Average % = Total Correct (last 30 days) / Total Answered (last 30 days) x 100

I can't think of a reason either. The only oddity that I can see might occur is in the 30 day calculation, which isn't whole days, it's to the second... 606024*30

I'll leave this brain teaser out there 😎

Stephen

Hi Roy, the percentage of your personal score can mathematically never decrease if the added answer is correct.

Maybe it's a bug in the system used, I can't explain it.
Calculate the percentage of correct answers out of the total number of answers provided is very easy, I would say banal.

Hi Alessandro, It is just my score so I agree not easy to explain and todays question which I got right has me at the same score. I can understand that as another right answer drops out of the calculation.

The country score I ignore. The only way to come top is to have just one entry and that person get all answers correct.

Regards

Roy

Hi Roy.
Does the 1% reduction refer to the overall calculation of the nation or to your personnel?

If it refers to the nation, then it is normal because you answered well but there could be other compatriots who answered badly and lower the average.

If it's referring to your personal score, then it's actually very strange.
It can't be explained.

I noticed something stranger, some had two wrong answers (if I remember correctly) and now only one, how is this possible?

Hi all a welcome return of the Titanic as a possible answer, I feel better already!
Roy

eDW good morning
i agree entirely!!!!
when the answer is wrong you go down, bit if it's correct you stay on the same number of points 😉😉

I recognised 3 of the names as not slavers and together with galley got it right. Agree with Roy that the score is very unpredictable.

I got it right and went down 1%, I really do not know how that can happen!
Roy

I got me ex's and folk's mixed up today...

But am I wrong or did someone have an additional wrong answer?
Now he only has one, maybe I remember wrong.

Nope, not today🤣

Sorry to have been part of this, with mentioning the unmentionable.
Roy

To GaryLC obviously my sense of humour and yours do not mesh. I found nothing offensive, it was tongue in cheek stab at the woke brigade who want to re-write everything, hence the 🤣🤣🤣

To EdW, may I kindly suggest that if you are going to post a comment as scathing as your last remark. Some explanation as to what you find so offensive would be helpful, as basically, this was very much a discussion on remembered childhood poetry.

I find the whole thing deeply offensive 😂😂😂

Hi, I would not let the woke brigade see that. There would be a lot of redacting!
Roy

One of my favorites, Cargoes, from John Masefield, it paints a perfect picture in words...
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir,
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,
Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores,
With a cargo of diamonds,
Emeralds, amythysts,
Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.

Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack,
Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,
With a cargo of Tyne coal,
Road-rails, pig-lead,
Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.