+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sorry, but none of the clubs above. The club concerned is currently in League 2. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 A very wild guess, Wimbeldon? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) as this is now a guessing game lets try Wolverhampton Edited January 29, 2015 by martin&lindabryn Quote Link to comment
+Clue-72 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 My wild guess is Dagenham and Redbridge. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cheltenham? (a guess too) Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Portsmouth was definitely the first club to play a league game under lights. But that isn't the question... If I'm allowed a 2nd guess then Oxford - they no longer play at the same ground. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 If I'm allowed a 2nd guess then Oxford - they no longer play at the same ground. Well done - it's a 'nearly ding' for you - for the 'full ding' someone needs to tell me what name Oxford United were known by at the time. Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 If I'm allowed a 2nd guess then Oxford - they no longer play at the same ground. Well done - it's a 'nearly ding' for you - for the 'full ding' someone needs to tell me what name Oxford United were known by at the time. God I hate football Headingly United ? Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 It would be Headington United, I think. (Headingley is in Leeds.) Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 It would be Headington United, I think. You think right - DING! Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Not really sure I deserve that, but let's set one which is hopefully a bit easier! According to a famous poem, what did "the six hundred" do? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 That would be the charge of the light brigade in Tennyson's poem I think. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Quote Link to comment
+crb11 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 A speedy response! I'm going to give the DING to martin&lindabryn, as they gave the poet's words (which is what I was looking for). Apologies to TheOldfields. Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 A speedy response! I'm going to give the DING to martin&lindabryn, as they gave the poet's words (which is what I was looking for). Apologies to TheOldfields. Thanks for the ding. I am off on holiday on Tuesday to a place that has a Calf. Can you name the island I am going too? Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Isle of Man? (I think the Calf of Man is also an island so you may be going there, too). HF Edited January 31, 2015 by Hellfire1917 Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Indeed the Calf of Man is an island, as you say, I am going to the Isles of Mann for a caching trip. Over to you Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Have a good trip. Always fancied going there myself. My question. What did Walter Hunt invent that mothers and babies used to find very useful? HF Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We'll have a guess at disposable nappies. Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 We'll have a guess at disposable nappies. No, but you're on the right track! Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 safety pin Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I note the past tense in the question -- so I thought perhaps terry towel nappies rather than disposables. However, the origin of terry nappies is probably lost in the annals of time and so I'll hazard a guess at nappy pins (i.e. the adaptation of safety pins used to hold terry towel nappies together). Quote Link to comment
+Hellfire1917 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Safety Pin is the right answer, so the DING! goes to martin&lindabryn. (Comiserations to Pajaholic, who came in just two minutes behind them). Over to you, martin&lindabryn..... Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for the Ding This is something nearly everyone uses every day, but what is an AGLET and where would you find it? Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for the Ding This is something nearly everyone uses every day, but what is an AGLET and where would you find it? Bit of metal/plastic at end of shoe lace? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for the Ding This is something nearly everyone uses every day, but what is an AGLET and where would you find it? Bit of metal/plastic at end of shoe lace? DING DING over to you Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 OK: Easy obscure words then: What is a tittle? Quote Link to comment
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I know the answer to this but I will give others a chance for now Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 The dot above the i or j for example. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Thanks for the big Ding. So, change of subject. Which law was removed from the law books in 1976 but is still in effect in Austrailia. By the way, it way my favorite law. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 As a guess I'll go for the one requiring every able bodied man to practice archery for 2 hours a week. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Sorry, that was about king Johns time. The law wasnt that old. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Execution for Arson in Her Majesty's Shipyard? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Execution for Arson in Her Majesty's Shipyard? Interesting, but no. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 The one requiring taxis to carry a bale of hay in the boot? Quote Link to comment
+TheOldfields Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 The one about banning attaching a nano to a member of the Royal Family? (Hint: ER it is) Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 And there goes the DING, to MartyBartfast. Some Taxis still have a small bale of hay in the boot, just for the fun of it. Well, there you go. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Sticking with the theme, how many runs (or routes) are included in "The Knowledge", the test taken by London cab drivers for Central London? Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I think its about 300. Some yrs ago there was a film made about someone becoming a taxi driver and they made a show of how they made the "dry runs", Walking routes or with a bike etc. Cant remember the Name of the film though. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Close for Speakers Corner, but no cigar (yet), it's a bit harder than that... The film was "The Knowledge", with Nigel Hawthorne as the examiner. Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sticking with the theme, how many runs (or routes) are included in "The Knowledge", the test taken by London cab drivers for Central London? I thought it was in the low thousand or so, so I'll say 1,200 - 1,300. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Not that high, I think the number of landmarks/businesses is in the thousands. Speakers Corner was very close, it's only a little bit higher. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Lower (hint Speakers Corner was closer!) Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Not quite, but close enough for a DING, the answer is 320. Over to Speakers-corner. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for that one. Staying with the theme. How long does it take you (approx.) to get a licence to drive a London taxi? Quote Link to comment
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for that one. Staying with the theme. How long does it take you (approx.) to get a licence to drive a London taxi? 5 years? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If you already know London like the back of your hand, I suspect it's about six months (enough time to do the written and aural tests, get a class 2 medical, CRB check etc.) If you don't, I suspect it's a little longer than the time it takes to learn "The Knowledge" as you can get the medical, CRB etc. while 'doing the knowledge'. Perversely, most of us already have a licence that allows us to drive a London taxi (i.e. a black cab) -- provided we don't drive for hire or reward! Quote Link to comment
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