One quiz at a time

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:46 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Yes indeed, good night all.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:02 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:(If anyone fancies some whisky in Greville Street before the 83 tasting / before the Port Walk, just say...)
Whisky>>Port Walk>>What!? might not be the best plan you have ever come up with. See you there around 16:00.

agreed.

Post by **jdaw1** » 21:59 Sat 16 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:No. Stuck. Any takers?

I am interpreting this to mean that Owen is offering the question to any who will take it.

There is something new in the first post of the thread entitled 31 October 2013, All Hallows’ Eve, Blind in The Bung Hole. What is that new thing? (If there are other new things, the answer is the one I have in mind.)

For ease of reference, I quote:

In the first post of the thread entitled [url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=7686]31 October 2013, All Hallows’ Eve, Blind in The Bung Hole[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Thursday 31^st October 2013, at The Bung Hole, with a vague non-theme of ‟All Hallows’ Eve: Remember the Dead (Blinded and Decorated)”.

Links:
Review of the evening as a whole;

Hattingley Valley Classic Cuvée (RAYC);

1977 Warre (JDAW);

1947 Koppenhagen (South African?) (THRA);

1958 Martinez (EDN);

1960 Cálem (WPS);

1985 Niepoort (RLC);

2001 Graham Malvedos (RLC);

Borges VVV bottled 1947 (DFM);

1955 Croft (RAYC);

Placemats (and parameters by which made);

Planning and arrangements.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:20 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Is this something to do with placemat layout?

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:23 Sat 16 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Is this something to do with placemat layout?

No. (But I’m ruling that to be enough of a guess to require somebody else to guess before you next can.)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:25 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Is this something to do with placemat layout?
No. (But I’m ruling that to be enough of a guess to require somebody else to guess before you next can.)

Is it my go yet?

Post by **DRT** » 22:27 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Is it that you have specified the links to be "unread" so that the colour of the text in the links doesn't change when you next visit the page?

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:38 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Is it that you have specified the links to be "unread" so that the colour of the text in the links doesn't change when you next visit the page?

Can that be done in unenhanced BBcode? How?

And no.

djewesbury wrote:Is it my go yet?

Yes.

Post by **DRT** » 22:44 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:Is it that you have specified the links to be "unread" so that the colour of the text in the links doesn't change when you next visit the page?
Can that be done in unenhanced BBcode? How?

Each of the links have "&view=unread#unread" at the end of the url, so it is not enhanced BBcode that is doing it.

I have not seen that done before so assumed it was, in your words, "new".

Post by **DRT** » 22:49 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Is it the superscript "^st"?

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:55 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Each of the links have "&view=unread#unread" at the end of the url, so it is not enhanced BBcode that is doing it.

I have not seen that done before so assumed it was, in your words, "new".

it has been my standard practice for a few years.

DRT wrote:Is it the superscript "^st"?

No.

Clue: the ‘new’ bit is the addition of a single character. Just one.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:04 Sat 16 Nov 2013

I am watching Borgen. I will have to sneak a guess in when I'm not being watched.

Post by **DRT** » 23:06 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Has the bullet that is used in the list been changed from the default? If so I can't see the difference and don't care.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:06 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Is it something that shoes up equally in Tapatalk as on the web?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:07 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Has the bullet that is used in the list been changed from the default? If so I can't see the difference and don't care.

+1

Post by **DRT** » 23:10 Sat 16 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Is it something that shoes up equally in Tapatalk as on the web?

For picking on AHB unnecessarily.

Post by **DRT** » 23:11 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Has the bullet that is used in the list been changed from the default? If so I can't see the difference and don't care.

Ditto if anything to do with kerning.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:12 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Has the bullet that is used in the list been changed from the default? If so I can't see the difference and don't care.

No.

It is obvious from careful examination of the quoted post.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:12 Sat 16 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Is it something that shoes up equally in Tapatalk as on the web?

Yes. (But that isn’t a sufficient answer.)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:13 Sat 16 Nov 2013

After careful examination (at least, as careful as I care to make), I don't know. I pass.

Post by **DRT** » 23:15 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Is it the failed swastika on the placemats?

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:16 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Is it the failed swastika on the placemats?

jdaw1 wrote:Clue: the ‘new’ bit is the addition of a single character. Just one.

jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Is this something to do with placemat layout?
No. (But I’m ruling that to be enough of a guess to require somebody else to guess before you next can.)

Post by **DRT** » 23:18 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:Is it the failed swastika on the placemats?
Would that be ‟one character”?
jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Is this something to do with placemat layout?
No. (But I’m ruling that to be enough of a guess to require somebody else to guess before you next can.)

Daniel questioned layout, me content. But no seems to be the answer to both.

Am I going to feel like a twit when the answer is revealed?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:19 Sat 16 Nov 2013

It's not your turn Derek.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:21 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Am I going to feel like a twit when the answer is revealed?

Not more than lightly.

But it is something that future placemat makers might need to know.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:24 Sat 16 Nov 2013

........zzzzzzzz.........

Post by **DRT** » 23:27 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Daniel has fallen asleep. I can't guess. We appear to be in a cul-de-sac of tedium.

Perhaps telling us the answer would be best for everyone.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:29 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Compare initials on placemat (voting sheet) to those in thread.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:29 Sat 16 Nov 2013

One character? As in I could work my way through the keyboard and come up with the right answer? This should be a breeze.

A?

Post by **DRT** » 23:33 Sat 16 Nov 2013

The J on the placemat doesn't hang down below the base of the other characters.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:34 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Compare initials on placemat (voting sheet) to those in thread.

No

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:35 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Perhaps it's something to do with Dirk's first name being Eduardo.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:36 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:I think this should become a general rule. JDAW is the inventor so must rule yes or no.
No. This bulletin board started because somebody thought that owning a domain meant owning the conversation hosted on it. Wrong. The conversation is owned by those taking part in it. I might have initiated this thread, many posts ago, and it has become not ‘was created’ a beautiful thing. But it is not ‘mine’: it belongs to those taking part in it.

This post intrigued me. There is history here, can it be told or is the memory still too fresh?

a?

Post by **DRT** » 23:38 Sat 16 Nov 2013

By George I've got it!!

Wolfgang has a middle name beginning with P.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:38 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Wolfgang has a middle name beginning with P.

Post by **DRT** » 23:39 Sat 16 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:I think this should become a general rule. JDAW is the inventor so must rule yes or no.
No. This bulletin board started because somebody thought that owning a domain meant owning the conversation hosted on it. Wrong. The conversation is owned by those taking part in it. I might have initiated this thread, many posts ago, and it has become not ‘was created’ a beautiful thing. But it is not ‘mine’: it belongs to those taking part in it.
This post intrigued me. There is history here, can it be told or is the memory still too fresh?

Nothing to see here. Move along please!

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:40 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:I think this should become a general rule. JDAW is the inventor so must rule yes or no.
No. This bulletin board started because somebody thought that owning a domain meant owning the conversation hosted on it. Wrong. The conversation is owned by those taking part in it. I might have initiated this thread, many posts ago, and it has become not ‘was created’ a beautiful thing. But it is not ‘mine’: it belongs to those taking part in it.
This post intrigued me. There is history here, can it be told or is the memory still too fresh?
Nothing to see here. Move along please!

Little that should be said in public. Move along please!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:40 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:Wolfgang has a middle name beginning with P.

.........zzzzzzzz..........

Post by **DRT** » 23:40 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:Wolfgang has a middle name beginning with P.

I am so glad it wasn't something to do with text formatting. I was worried that you thought we might care about that as much as you do.

My question:

What is Wolfgang's middle name?

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:42 Sat 16 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:What is Wolfgang's middle name?

If you don’t know the answer, can you properly ask? (Methinks not.)

Post by **DRT** » 23:43 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:What is Wolfgang's middle name?
If you don’t know the answer, can you properly ask? (Methinks not.)

I was hoping you would tell us and then have the opportunity to ask your next question.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:44 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Pfaff

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:44 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Prinzl.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:45 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Puffendorf

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:45 Sat 16 Nov 2013

Pzeug

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:46 Sat 16 Nov 2013

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:What is Wolfgang's middle name?
If you don’t know the answer, can you properly ask? (Methinks not.)

I shall take him at his word; Poldi?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:46 Sat 16 Nov 2013

PrinceOfDarkness

Post by **DRT** » 23:47 Sat 16 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Pfaff

I once knew a German Actuary with that name.

New question:

Can anyone think of a good question?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:58 Sat 16 Nov 2013

No.

Correct.

My question.

I choose to have a think about it.

Post by **DRT** » 00:00 Sun 17 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Can anyone think of a good question?

When I was a small boy (sub-10) I went on a seaside holiday with my parents. We went to see a performance by a then well known stand-up comedian. At that show the comedian gave me a Mars bar because he had used me in one of his "front row" gags.

Who was the comedian?