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Re: Passing the time

#461 Post by LAT » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:42 pm

They're amazing - make me want to get my needles out to see what I can do! :D
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Re: Passing the time

#462 Post by Scurra » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:55 pm

That's certainly one way of passing the time...
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Re: Passing the time

#463 Post by LAT » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:23 pm

Much less stressful than puzzle-solving. :D
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#464 Post by Scurra » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:26 pm

You're doing it wrong then. :)
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Re: Passing the time

#465 Post by LAT » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:33 pm

Well obviously! :(
But knitting is wonderfully relaxing. No-one could call puzzle-solving relaxing! :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#466 Post by kathlyn » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:05 am

Didn't like the disembodied heads! But good use of odd bits of left over wool.
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Re: Passing the time

#467 Post by giraffe » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:27 am

I thought the swimming one was one of the best. (Although the person in the end lane seemed to have too many limbs floating around!)
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Re: Passing the time

#468 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:29 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iN6-Oev6Po

To be honest, I do think this is cleverly done. Not convinced it's a very wise move for Nick Clegg to authorise (well, I know he didn't actually authorise it, but agreed it could be left there if they made a donation to charity) but I suppose his popularity can't get much worse...

...It's one of those REALLY annoying songs which lodge in your head and you can't get them back out!!
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Re: Passing the time

#469 Post by Scurra » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:36 pm

What was he going to do? Say "no" and have people say "well he's a killjoy with no sense of humour"? Politicians can't win in this sort of situation. At least they (apparently) asked him... I tend to think it will work out just fine for him.

(Personally I think it better demonstrates the true horror of Autotune rather well. I find it really hard to listen to a lot of modern "chart" music because the Autotune effect is just so unpleasant. If you can't sing, then you should leave it to people who can rather than trying to disguise it.)
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Re: Passing the time

#470 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:40 pm

Yes, I agree autotune is a horrific invention, but you must admit that this is quite well done as a joke.
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Re: Passing the time

#471 Post by Scurra » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:52 pm

Not a game or even remotely trivial, but this is really excellent.
It's a website about the Cuban Missile Crisis (50 years ago this month) with lots of archive footage and documents.
It even manages to be fairly balanced, given that it has been produced by the JFK Foundation!

http://cloudsovercuba.com/
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Re: Passing the time

#472 Post by Wulfruna » Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:02 pm

Try this one
http://www.learn4good.com/games/online/ ... _games.htm
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Re: Passing the time

#473 Post by Scurra » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:14 pm

One for the more mathematically inclined I think. (No, Bunny, I think you should stay away from this!)

Escape from the Room with 10 Safes

Use the numbers you get from each safe on the pedestal by the door to open the next safe...
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Re: Passing the time

#474 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:44 pm

I enjoyed that. Although it took longer to work out what I was supposed to be doing than to do it. :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#475 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:11 pm

Passing the time
What IS this word...TIME?? :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#476 Post by eirian » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:52 am

It's that thing you never have enough of...

(and no smutty responses to that please!)
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Re: Passing the time

#477 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:40 pm

I just know you will hate me forever for this...
http://www.dropquotes.com/

If you click on the "More Puzzles" link there are lots more. I've wasted quite an impressive amount of time on these...
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Re: Passing the time

#478 Post by Laura » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:57 am

Don't hate you - love you. Enforced day off cos the school I should be teaching at is closed, and I was bored by 9.04 am! This is keeping me sane.
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Re: Passing the time

#479 Post by Scurra » Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:29 pm

This is an amazing panorama of London.

http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html
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Re: Passing the time

#480 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:46 pm

Wow, that's amazing! Just been looking at UCL (where Dibble is) - I can now see why he calls one bit the "Cruciform". Do you think it's deliberately blurred when you go to the maximum zoom to protect people from view? Otherwise you could look straight in their windows!!
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