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  • amateur51

    Lovely puzzle Northender and praise too to cloughie for pointing the way ale:

    So ....

    What U connects

    279
    571
    613
    625
    840

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26539

      Originally posted by Northender View Post

      Four singers and one violinist who share their names with towns and cities in Texas:
      Whitney Houston
      Lorna Dallas
      Bonnie Tyler
      Shirley Temple
      Jaime Laredo.
      I gather I may now pass the baton to Amateur 51 for a 'U'.
      Loving the shot of new blood from the North end of town Fearsome sTuff!
      "...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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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26539

        Originally posted by Anna View Post
        Just a typical weekend then?
        There were certainly some features which were reassuringly familiar!
        "...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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        • amateur51

          I'm away to my bed - thanks for a most interesting day, y'all

          Nighty Night

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26539

            Originally posted by amateur51 View Post

            What U connects

            279
            571
            613
            625
            840

            Unfinished Schubert piano sonatas, by D. number?
            "...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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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26539

              Checking it out, I'm convinced that's correct. But Ammy's gone to bed.

              I shall venture a V...

              ... to link works by Messrs Herbert, Offenbach and Tyrwhitt-Wilson.
              "...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

                Or, UHF tv transmittors, like, 625 lines? Oh, I dunno, it's late, I'm off to bed also!

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                • Northender

                  Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                  But can he do U turns like Gideon 'Pasty' Osborne?

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                  • amateur51

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    Unfinished Schubert piano sonatas, by D. number?
                    Spot on, Caliban! ok::porkpie::biggrinl;

                    Apols for late start - I could offer 'connectivity problems' but in truth I overslept

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                    • amateur51

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Checking it out, I'm convinced that's correct. But Ammy's gone to bed.

                      I shall venture a V...

                      ... to link works by Messrs Herbert, Offenbach and Tyrwhitt-Wilson.
                      Would the V be Valse(s)?

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26539

                        Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                        Would the V be Valse(s)?
                        Hi ho... Sorry to have gone AWOL. No, not valse.

                        Prosper Merimée is involved
                        "...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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                        • amateur51

                          Venus then?

                          She sitting out there in the Transit, waiting

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26539

                            Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                            Venus then?

                            She sitting out there in the Transit, waiting



                            No.... There's something royal about this V (just for you, 2Gongs and the other "Don't jubilieve it!" gang... )
                            "...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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                            • cloughie
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 22127

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Checking it out, I'm convinced that's correct. But Ammy's gone to bed.

                              I shall venture a V...

                              ... to link works by Messrs Herbert, Offenbach and Tyrwhitt-Wilson.
                              Or even RCA!

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                              • amateur51

                                Originally posted by Caliban View Post



                                No.... There's something royal about this V (just for you, 2Gongs and the other "Don't jubilieve it!" gang... )
                                Caliban - I don't know if you know of a good lawyer but ... CCTV footage of you at the pageant yesterday has just been released on youtube ....

                                Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.


                                Those gels seemed to enjoy it, so that's alright

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