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  • Anna

    Do you know what Tapiola, when I set the question I just knew it would be on your wave length!! Although of course we have had a lot of Orson Welles references lately.

    Brilliantly solved in record time. The only one missing was the 'green hue' which referred of course to Harry Lime, which was the famous piece of music alluded to. And the 'late' is of course the hour of midnight. So, would you like to have a P?

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26540

      Solved in 18 minutes... Blinding stuff. Can our archivist confirm if that is indeed an AA record?
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Anna

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        Solved in 18 minutes... Blinding stuff. Can our archivist confirm if that is indeed an AA record?
        I'm glad it was solved so quickly but I think I'll have to sit out the next few puzzles as I am really getting behind with work plus I need to organise a forthcoming trip plus it's far too addictive!!

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        • rubbernecker

          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          Solved in 18 minutes... Blinding stuff. Can our archivist confirm if that is indeed an AA record?
          Nowhere near, I'm afraid. If you go back to pages 136-137 you will see what happened on a day known as "quick fire Wednesday". Tapiola took 3 mins to solve Anna's B for Britten, and yours truly took 4 mins to solve Tapiola's C for Crumb

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          • Nick Armstrong
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            • Nov 2010
            • 26540

            Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
            Nowhere near, I'm afraid. If you go back to pages 136-137 you will see what happened on a day known as "quick fire Wednesday". Tapiola took 3 mins to solve Anna's B for Britten, and yours truly took 4 mins to solve Tapiola's C for Crumb
            Thank you! Conclusive proof that when Tapiola has an inkling, there's no stopping him! With yourself commendably quick on the draw when circumstances permit.

            I feel a veritable tortoise by comparison
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • Anna

              Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
              Nowhere near, I'm afraid. If you go back to pages 136-137 you will see what happened on a day known as "quick fire Wednesday". Tapiola took 3 mins to solve Anna's B for Britten, and yours truly took 4 mins to solve Tapiola's C for Crumb
              I remember Tapiola solving my Britten in 3 minutes! It was the first one I had ever set., I was mortified! Just wondering, is there a record for the l o n g e s t time ever taken to solve one?

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              • rubbernecker

                Originally posted by Anna View Post
                I remember Tapiola solving my Britten in 3 minutes! It was the first one I had ever set., I was mortified! Just wondering, is there a record for the l o n g e s t time ever taken to solve one?
                For that I suspect we need not go back very far when someone had the novel idea of setting E for, er... E. I think that one took over 48hrs...

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                • Nick Armstrong
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26540

                  Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                  For that I suspect we need not go back very far when someone had the novel idea of setting E for, er... E. I think that one took over 48hrs...
                  I was going to ask the same question as Anna but thought I already knew the answer

                  Not a very novel idea - someone set an 'X' question involving the answer " names that end in 'x' " didn't they? Françaix et al. Struck me as somewhat more obscure as my 'initial Es'... but anyway, that's what gave me the idea. (Now I'm hoping that the 'X' wasn't also mine, and I've blotted it out...)
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • Tapiola
                    Full Member
                    • Jan 2011
                    • 1688

                    Originally posted by Anna View Post
                    Harry Lime, which was the famous piece of music alluded to. And the 'late' is of course the hour of midnight. So, would you like to have a P[B]
                    I should have known.

                    Great puzzle, Anna. It was the magnificent bit which led to the "moment of clarity" that we AAers refer to

                    We all have our moments...

                    On the verge of a P.

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26540

                      Originally posted by Tapiola View Post
                      On the verge of a P.
                      Enjoy!

                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • Anna

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        Struck me as somewhat more obscure as my 'initial Es'
                        No, I think your initial Es were more obscure! Tapiola seems to have wandered off to concoct something fiendish, so I wonder if I could ask another personal question Caliban? I was a bit nosy and looked at your profile, the picture of the car, would that be a Citroen Light 15? And also, rubbra, who is that in your avatar, is it Elgar or you with your bike?

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26540

                          Originally posted by Anna View Post
                          No, I think your initial Es were more obscure! Tapiola seems to have wandered off to concoct something fiendish, so I wonder if I could ask another personal question Caliban? I was a bit nosy and looked at your profile, the picture of the car, would that be a Citroen Light 15? And also, rubbra, who is that in your avatar, is it Elgar or you with your bike?
                          Anna - close. It's my old Citroen 11 Légère (so, the little Light 11, rather than the 15) which I used to potter around in during the '90s. Sold it a while ago, still have pangs... (though the presence of a CD Player and a heating system is more and more welcome in an automobile... )
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • rubbernecker

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                            Not a very novel idea - someone set an 'X' question involving the answer " names that end in 'x' " didn't they? Françaix et al. Struck me as somewhat more obscure as my 'initial Es'... but anyway, that's what gave me the idea. (Now I'm hoping that the 'X' wasn't also mine, and I've blotted it out...)
                            Yes, that was Ofca. Rather a good one, I thought. And istr Taps and I solved it between us within 5 mins.

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26540

                              Originally posted by Anna View Post
                              No, I think your initial Es were more obscure! Tapiola seems to have wandered off to concoct something fiendish, so I wonder if I could ask another personal question Caliban? I was a bit nosy and looked at your profile, the picture of the car, would that be a Citroen Light 15? And also, rubbra, who is that in your avatar, is it Elgar or you with your bike?
                              PS Anna, check your inbox

                              PS2 It is indeed Sir Edward Rubbernecker.. erm, sorry, Elgar with the bike, rather than our esteemed archivist...
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • rubbernecker

                                Originally posted by Anna View Post
                                No, I think your initial Es were more obscure! Tapiola seems to have wandered off to concoct something fiendish, so I wonder if I could ask another personal question Caliban? I was a bit nosy and looked at your profile, the picture of the car, would that be a Citroen Light 15? And also, rubbra, who is that in your avatar, is it Elgar or you with your bike?
                                Not being nosy at all, Anna. Actually, since you mentioned you had to do some work, I wondered what that was. I also wondered, more nosily, who was the lucky recipient of all your delicious-sounding cuisine - glazed welsh lamb and exotic curries don't smack of your average singleton's TV dinner??

                                That is, of course, Elgar with his beloved Sunbeam in my avatar. (I thought I'd spare the board the sight of the lycra-clad rubbernecker in a similar pose!).

                                Caliban's old Citroen reliably ferried me to my wedding 16 years ago, and the same ogreous one was my chauffeur and best man. That is why we can be rude about each other...

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