J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jul 20, 2024 16:17:02 GMT
I failed in my attempt to get on UC for the University of Reading in 1980 or 1981. I got a high enough score in the written general knowledge test to make the last 8, but then we had a mock contest of 2 teams of 4 and the "science guy" on the other team beat me to the buzzer every time (bar one, where I gave the wrong answer). My instinct in quizzes is to double-check with myself before I give an answer that I have definitely got the correct answer (even if it's easy and I'm certain). That makes me hesitate for half a second or a second or whatever. For that reason, I wouldn't ever want to be on a quiz programme on TV which relies on speed or quick answers, like pressing a buzzer. So I wouldn't want to be on University Challenge or Mastermind or similar, even if I've got a very good subject. Round Britain Quiz or Only Connect would work better for that. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jul 20, 2024 16:24:33 GMT
I failed in my attempt to get on UC for the University of Reading in 1980 or 1981. I got a high enough score in the written general knowledge test to make the last 8, but then we had a mock contest of 2 teams of 4 and the "science guy" on the other team beat me to the buzzer every time (bar one, where I gave the wrong answer). That makes me hesitate for half a second or a second or whatever. For that reason, I wouldn't ever want to be on a quiz programme on TV which relies on speed or quick answers, like pressing a buzzer. So I wouldn't want to be on University Challenge or Mastermind or similar, even if I've got a very good subject. My railway office team once drew a borough council team in a hospital broadcasting quiz - so I knew all the opposing team. It included the Borough Solicitor. "What day follows Monday?"
"Well" (pause) "it depends what you mean by follow..."He was rubbish in the buzzer rounds. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 20, 2024 16:41:53 GMT
You can find at least one episode of University Challenge that weld was in on Youtube Pass. |
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carlton43
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 20, 2024 16:57:01 GMT
You can find at least one episode of University Challenge that weld was in on Youtube Can you put up a link? I would like to see the quality of his responses. |
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iang
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Post by iang on Jul 20, 2024 17:27:33 GMT
I was almost on it, but they pulled our college at the last minute. Apparently in those days, you couldn't be on two series on a row, and they meant to ask St Catherine's College Cambridge instead! They wouldn't have found it, because it's St Catharine's College. I might have been on Catz's UC team, but lost out because there were no series of University Challenge when I was at University. Edit made |
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john07
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Post by john07 on Jul 20, 2024 19:33:39 GMT
You can find at least one episode of University Challenge that weld was in on Youtube Can you put up a link? I would like to see the quality of his responses. I don’t think he answered a starter question. I didn’t bother to watch it but a response on the you tube video noted this. That was the episode where his team won. They were crushed in the second round. |
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Post by Foggy on Jul 20, 2024 20:09:52 GMT
It's 5km, not 2 miles and yes, I believe that's just for parish council elections. It's not 5km, it's 4.8km, and that's because it's actually 3 miles. I would be interested to see a candidate living within the offending 200m attempting to stand, just to find out if any (presumably rural) local authority's electoral services team would actually bother to challenge it. |
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Post by carolus on Jul 20, 2024 21:28:39 GMT
It's not 5km, it's 4.8km, and that's because it's actually 3 miles. I would be interested to see a candidate living within the offending 200m attempting to stand, just to find out if any (presumably rural) local authority's electoral services team would actually bother to challenge it. Do they even have the authority to check? Or is it another case where they are required to accept the information provided at face value? |
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J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jul 21, 2024 4:15:30 GMT
I would be interested to see a candidate living within the offending 200m attempting to stand, just to find out if any (presumably rural) local authority's electoral services team would actually bother to challenge it. Do they even have the authority to check? Or is it another case where they are required to accept the information provided at face value? They do, and we had a case of somebody outside the 3 miles submitting a nomination that was deemed invalid. Quickly checking Google Maps, their qualifying address was 3.5 miles - 5.6km - away from the nearest point of the parish boundary. It's fairly easy to spot, as the candidate would by neccessity have not ticked the "my elector number within the parish is XXX" and filled out "my address within 3 miles is..." |
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Tony Otim
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Post by Tony Otim on Jul 21, 2024 21:02:17 GMT
I remember this happening a few years ago because the selected Tory candidate filled in the nomination form incorrectly and was listed as an independent - I wonder if that's happened here? No - the other Independent is a Corbynite and she is left wing x.com/AlisonStoeckerNo Tory! It should be noted that there was no Tory in the May by-election here either and that coincided with the mayoral and assembly elections, so was even more surprising. |
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iang
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Post by iang on Jul 22, 2024 9:12:00 GMT
As promised, here is "Weld" on University Challenge
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carlton43
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 22, 2024 14:41:14 GMT
As promised, here is "Weld" on University Challenge Thank you very much for that link to a programme from 2017. An enjoyable quiz where I did quite well and got a number correct unknown to the teams, but of no consequence here, where we regard the stolidity, rigidity and one must add, the virtual lack of interest of a Parr-Reid, who looked bored, disengaged and well out of his depth. His one clear interjection of Hegel as an answer to "which astronomer ..." told us rather a lot. |
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Post by xenon on Jul 22, 2024 22:25:23 GMT
I hadn't realised weld had left the forum. I did find his contributions irritating and perplexing at times, but he did have some interesting points to make and seemed to take criticism of his positions on board. I wish him well in his election campaign.
As an aside, from the video posted above he looks remarkably similar to the junior doctors' leader Dr Robert Laurenson if it weren't for his hair.
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Jul 24, 2024 17:52:23 GMT
These, ahem, leaflets make Leo Atreides' efforts in Brighton Pavilion in 2010 look sane.
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ColinJ
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Post by ColinJ on Jul 24, 2024 19:34:40 GMT
I suppose hand-written leaflets don't require an imprint?
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iang
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Post by iang on Jul 24, 2024 19:42:06 GMT
They appear to have a hand written imprint
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jul 24, 2024 20:03:07 GMT
These, ahem, leaflets make Leo Atreides' efforts in Brighton Pavilion in 2010 look sane. Well, after umpteen years in electoral politics I thought I'd seen it all, but . . . |
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Crimson King
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Post by Crimson King on Jul 24, 2024 20:49:47 GMT
These, ahem, leaflets make Leo Atreides' efforts in Brighton Pavilion in 2010 look sane. Well, after umpteen years in electoral politics I thought I'd seen it all, but . . . on an unrelated note, I hope I’m not the only one who read that as Leto Atreides and wondered if Brighton beach was rich in dunes |
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Post by johnloony on Jul 24, 2024 21:25:13 GMT
They appear to have a hand written imprint Given the fact that the rest of it is hand-written, it would be very unlikely to have a printed imprint. Obviously there is no possibility that the candidate would be stupid enough not to include an imprint at all... |
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 25, 2024 6:34:37 GMT
They appear to have a hand written imprint A veritable Manuprint welded to each surface. Is the conduct and execution of this campaign as much a source of concern to others as it is to me? |
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