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Thu 7 Sep 75 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 59 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 63 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 47 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ +4 32 Mika - Grace Kelly -6 22 Razorlight — America 17 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie 15 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are

Thu 7 Sep 58 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This +2 52 Bangles — Manic Monday 45 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On +1 44 Erasure — Sometimes +1 38 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 34 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 26 George Michael — Faith 25 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 24 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 24 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 20 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You -4 18 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache 16 Jermaine Stewart — We don’t have to take our clothes off 14 Madonna — Live To Tell 12 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty McColl — Fairytale of New York 06 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait -2

Anyone? Please?

I don't need to remind myself of my own birthday At the moment, because I have ignored the instruction to change the birthday reminders into "tasks", Google Calendar is showing them ALL on TODAY's date. Diabolical liberty.

Can anyone recommend a simple online appointments calendar? Not a mobile app. I used to have a really good one called Reminderfox, but it got withdrawn. Since then I've been using Google Calendar, but I've never liked it much. Now it's announced that all my "reminders" are going to be reclassified as "tasks" - not acceptable. "Aunty Joan's birthday" is not a task FFS, it's a reminder. I don't need a fancy office one or a communal family one. All I want is a place to record appointments (eg dentist), events (eg gigs), and reminders. Reminders being things like birthdays, when to cancel a subscription, take a meter reading etc.

Wed 6 Sep 54 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This +2 50 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On +1 44 Bangles — Manic Monday 37 Erasure — Sometimes +1 34 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 31 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 30 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You -6 26 George Michael — Faith 26 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 25 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait 22 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 22 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 22 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 18 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache 17 Five Star — Rain Or Shine 17 Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 14 Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman  11 Madonna — Live To Tell

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Wed 6 Sep 69 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 65 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 61 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 53 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ +4 41 Mika - Grace Kelly  23 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat -3 20 Razorlight - America -3 19 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 19 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie  12 Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar -6

sorry, got distracted

Blood And Sand Whisky, cherry brandy, Martini Rosso, orange juice Oh yes

Tue 5 Sep 67 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 59 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 57 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 48 Mika - Grace Kelly -6 48 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 42 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat +4 28 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 21 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie 20 Razorlight - America 15 Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 11 Orson - No Tomorrow

Tue 5 Sep 48 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This +4 41 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 37 Bangles — Manic Monday 36 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You +4 34 George Michael — Faith 34 Erasure — Sometimes 30 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 29 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait 26 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 26 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 22 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 21 Rod Stewart — Every Beat Of My Heart 21 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 20 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 18 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache -2 17 Five Star — Rain Or Shine 17 Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 16 Rick Astley — When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You 14 Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman 14 Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding — Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor)  13 Madonna — Live To Tell 06 Nana Mouskouri — Only Love -4 I like Pepsi and Shirli, but that wasn't very good.

You've got a pick with 4 vowels plus Y as well.

Aha, adding vodka to the ingredients narrows it down to 44 results, most of which aren't long drinks. So have a look and see if anything there sounds like it. I would love it to be Adios Motherfucker but there's loads of things in that.

Well, that's made it a lot less interesting to me.

Pet Shop Boys are terrific live. They have an excellent touring band and always put on an imaginative show with dancers etc. Not that it's necessary with their extensive catalogue of superb songs.

I don't understand. Are you saying that it's a case of scoring with names that begin with each of the vowels? It seemed clear to me that you meant individual picks, as names that include all the vowels are uncommon. Surely that's better, as it gives people a chance to score the bonus more than once. "Vowel Movement Bonus (VMB): hit all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) = 5 points /hit any four vowels + the letter Y = 3 points" Not very happy about this as it was the reason I chose some of my picks, this time and last time.

Probably contains blue curacao. Try Difford's cocktail finder - enter blue curacao under liqueurs, and see what comes up. Results are images, so you can see at a glance which are the long drinks.

OK I'm using justonecornetto's post and hope that's right! Mon 4 Sep 61 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 59 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 56 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 52 Mika - Grace Kelly 50 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat +4 43 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 35 Orson - No Tomorrow -6 35 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 23 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie 18 Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 14 Razorlight - America

Ambrosia This is supposed to be cognac, Licor 43, Yellow Chartreuse and advocaat. I subbed in Jagermeister for the Chartreuse as it was the closest I have (knew that fete prize would come in handy). It turned out very well. There is a major shortage of Chartreuse liqueurs. It is still made by monks in France, but they are unwilling to increase production to match demand. https://vinepair.com/articles/chartreuse-shortage-explained/

OK, I've deleted mine. @RIP Wee Jum suggest you delete or edit yours and repost using wannamaker's latest post

It is such a shame that she didn't call a general election. That would have been some way towards redemption.

Mon 4 Sep 31 Bangles — Manic Monday 30 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This +4 29 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You 28 Erasure — Sometimes 27 George Michael — Faith 25 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 25 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait 23 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 23 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 22 Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 22 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 22 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 21 Rod Stewart — Every Beat Of My Heart 21 Madonna — Live To Tell 21 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 20 Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 20 Five Star — Rain Or Shine 20 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache 20 Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding — Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) 20 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 20 Rick Astley — When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You 18 Judy Boucher — Can't Be With You Tonight 18 Tom Jones — A Boy From Nowhere 16 Fat Boys & The Beach Boys — Wipeout 18 Nana Mouskouri — Only Love 12 Spagna — Call Me 08 Sinitta — So Macho / Cruising -2 06 Status Quo — In The Army Now -2 06 Madonna — Borderline -2

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I've got him in the ABC pool, so he'll be fine for the next year at least.