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Ambiguity, and 1 chance in twenty of picking the right one from the possibles before someone else beats you to it.................come on downEd wrote:There is no way anyone can put in the right answer just by luck. You have to have some knowledge of the sport. A great deal actually even if you spend hours googling for clues!
Just down the road from you, there is aworld wide leading edge eye laser clinic, ......$2000.......and I have the vision of a 22yo Fighter Pilot.......and an itchy finger to matchEd wrote:Was that 10 or 11 ?Julian Mayo wrote:Ed wrote:
Sometimes it is frustrating I know but I hope you are all enjoying this!
Let me count again. Oh that is so frustrating, they are too close
I did not use google. I have a book or two on F1 and the first one wasn't too bad as you gave the clue that the person was English. I mentally went through the list of English drivers and then narrowed it down (mentally) to a couple. Looked up what I could about them and then just settled for one.Ed wrote:There is no way anyone can put in the right answer just by luck. You have to have some knowledge of the sport. A great deal actually even if you spend hours googling for clues!
True but short-sightedness come back after a few yearsJulian Mayo wrote:Just down the road from you, there is aworld wide leading edge eye laser clinic, ......$2000.......and I have the vision of a 22yo Fighter Pilot.......and an itchy finger to matchEd wrote:Was that 10 or 11 ?Julian Mayo wrote:
I stopped doing the other triva, cos "googling" takes all the fun out of itjacfan wrote:I did not use google. I have a book or two on F1 and the first one wasn't too bad as you gave the clue that the person was English. I mentally went through the list of English drivers and then narrowed it down (mentally) to a couple. Looked up what I could about them and then just settled for one.Ed wrote:There is no way anyone can put in the right answer just by luck. You have to have some knowledge of the sport. A great deal actually even if you spend hours googling for clues!
It could have been a couple but I just picked one and the rest (as they say) is history.
I would think it would be hard to search through google given the clues we have. Not like we have date of birth or anything like that.
That is the difficulty with such formats on the internet as some people will use the internet to look for clues (many people rely on the internet for their research and have pretty much thrown away the old reference book!).jacfan wrote: I would think it would be hard to search through google given the clues we have. Not like we have date of birth or anything like that.
guarenteed for 15,........ at my diagnosis.......then "I may have to wear reading glasses".......its been eight, n I still have 6, n 6plusEd wrote:True but short-sightedness come back after a few yearsJulian Mayo wrote:Just down the road from you, there is aworld wide leading edge eye laser clinic, ......$2000.......and I have the vision of a 22yo Fighter Pilot.......and an itchy finger to matchEd wrote:
Was that 10 or 11 ?
an arm and a legEd wrote:It must have cost you a fortune back thenJulian Mayo wrote:guarenteed for 15,........ at my diagnosis.......then "I may have to wear reading glasses".......its been eight, n I still have 6, n 6plusEd wrote: True but short-sightedness come back after a few years
Thanks for the encouragementEd wrote:Don't worry gkaytaz, we'll make it even harder tomorrow
I am amazed at how good all of you are. Even after the second hint, there are usually 10 or more drivers that could fit the clue but so far we never had to give out a 3rd hint and most of the answers are pretty close!
Sometimes it is frustrating I know but I hope you are all enjoying this!
As is I am trying to come up with a name or two on my own. I have an old F1 yearbook (dated 1980) which contains truckloads of info on teams and drivers. I had been watching F1 ever since, so that covers the lot. Then again as Ed has pointed out there are many drivers that fit the profile even after the second clue. The rest is luck 
I enjoy it...So now you can see OK, how's the running doing?Julian Mayo wrote:an arm and a legEd wrote:It must have cost you a fortune back thenJulian Mayo wrote:
guarenteed for 15,........ at my diagnosis.......then "I may have to wear reading glasses".......its been eight, n I still have 6, n 6plus
Generally speaking Google is a good source for information but unless you are very specific on what you are searching for you are doomed to go through countless irrelevant pages and false information... Given that Ed provides little to begin with Google does not help much unless you know F1 a bitEd wrote:That is the difficulty with such formats on the internet as some people will use the internet to look for clues (many people rely on the internet for their research and have pretty much thrown away the old reference book!).jacfan wrote: I would think it would be hard to search through google given the clues we have. Not like we have date of birth or anything like that.
We have to be very careful that we don't give a clue that can be googled easily.
