Are you free Mr Lucas? "I'm free "

Yes Roy, I’m my army days we referred to them as Ruperts

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For those not from the UK...

I agree Ed not a proper Captain!
For a short time in normal work I was working with an ex-Colonel on the logistics of sending out technicians in cars to fix computer faults around the largish area we covered..

We got around to talking about my peer colleagues and he reckoned in army terms we were the equivalent of Majors.
Mainly because we did not have to reference (up) to anyone for the work involved and problems encountered.

He was very interesting to talk to and I learnt a lot. I think you have to screw up big time not to get to Captain! (I hope that does not offend anyone)!

Roy

If my memory serves me correctly, he was an ex army captain and not ex navy.
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But, the wind &/or tide could set you east into France.😁

And now we know why the Portugese discovered most of the world.

Troglodytes! Pithecanthropuses! Vegetarians! Bath tub Admirals! Dry dock sailors! Etc etc..

Yeep Roy !!
Your statement regarding the south . .
yes, I get to Italy first or diagonally over to France.
Then it would be Spain's turn . . . .
But Captain Haddock, my little drunkard . . prevents me from doing it!
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Best regards, Michel-C

Hi Mike living in Swizerland if you go south, you are already there!
Roy

The only query I have is that most questions have a possible answer of Titanic. So this one is out of the normal run of questions.

I seem to remember there is a lump sticking out of the side of Scotland that is even more Westward. I expect if you went south from there you would either sink the Isle of Man or hit Wales and then no one would notice at all.

Some years ago my DNA was analysed and apparently I am descended from a people who lived in Northern Spain so going south from Lands End would also be going home!

Such is life, quien sabe?
Roy

Oooops!
This question is embroidered with English humor. I guessed France, as it is the closest country.
Great trick question!
My buddy Captain Haddock urgently needed a few bottles of rum, hence the shorter route. . .
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Michel-C.

"viva la Spania" as the song goes 😂

I seem to recall we had that question a while ago. I got it wrong first time around but not this time...😎😎

Same here! At last a reasonable question!
Roy

I had to think about this one but got it right ⛵😊

Wow! Got it!

One for MikeStoney (AKA Michel) today😉

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DuncanP i dont have the slightest idea. I just know I cannot install the app on my Android phone as the app is not in the app store for my version 14 of Android. I always said Androids are rubbish. Now I know.

What difference will the latest android version make? My phone android version is 13 and everything seems to work fine. 😀

From the roaring forties to the farting fifties the weather will blow your mind by any means necessary

When is this app going to be updated to the latest Android version? I know technology is not big in RC boating but some of us to stay up to date.

Had this one before as well 😁

Educated guess today 😁

Also, these posts that are reliant on having lived in a country or region are not fair.
How would somebody in the US be familiar with a BBC TV series?
It seems like I am finding I simply need to skip answering a lot of questions either because the correct answer is not one of the choices, or because there is no way I could know the answer because it is locality specific.

Stepping down from my soapbox now ....

Dave B

AI posts many questions about TV and movies.
Can we also have some questions related to model boats?

Was not in the UK at the time this was on the TV. Only way I got it right was that this question is a repeat from a few months ago, this time I knew the answer.🤔

It was a really crap TV series, bit like Crossroads with script writers desparately looking for plot. I do not think they found it either, but I expect it will be on a cable channel again soon.
I think it was Kate O'Mara's last fling. I saw her in a play at the West End it was pretty desparate as well. At the interval half the audiemce left so we walked down into the stalls at the front but it did not improve there either.
I am sure she was a nice lady but seemed to attract poor acting parts.
Roy

I know the Bermuda Triangle. But not the North Sea one 😀

Vaguely remember watching this 🤔

@Rudy. Is the punt working on your nerves?

Ok. So you made your punt. Now what? 😜

Trump better take care of his eye sight. He might not be able to wear glasses😎. He might say stuff like "I cannot see Kamala doing a better job of falling down a flight of steps than Biden did."

Crisis

Trump can’t hold pencil in his ear
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A process of elimination today. I must look him up and find out more.😉

Only one possible answer today, poor old Donald still has a poorly ear, "Nessie"was on holiday and the flying Dutchman came over on Eurostar - thankfully going home on Saturday 🤣

Up till last year I was the IT Manager of a company that is one of the world leaders in the use of AI to predict cardiac problems. The company is an result of cardiac research at Oxford University. The process produces incredible and accurate results in seconds and has the support from many of the worlds most respected cardiac units. The cornerstone of AI is the process of “deep learning” to create the basis for it to deduce the results. The problem with this AI is that it’s training is flawed and incomplete and the results follow the old rule of “sh1t in = sh1t out”
Regards
Ed

Doug. Perhaps this question was for other AIs and those with NI or LI (no or low inteligence) and Republicans 🤣

Sorry shipmates but this is getting simply bloody stupid.
The alternative answers that AI is offering are getting progressively more ridiculous.
The knowledge of a quiz contestant counts for nothing with such nonsense.
One only has to choose the least daft of the options offered.🙄
In this case: Without ever knowing who William Froude was, or what his groundbreaking contribution to hydrodynamics and hull design was.
In short-
This AI is insulting our RI (Real Intelligence).
Doug,😎

If properly deployed & set D is correct. But, the anchor is primarily a safety device. If a propulsion, steering, or other similar emergency occurs, drop the hook.

Hi Doug I did not notice the spelling error,🤗🤗

It was nearly £50 a bottle so only had a glass full. It was from New Zealand marked Holly from the Matahiwi estate. Good and full bodied and nicely mid red, of course to buy normally it is just £24 a bottle.

Restaurants usually double the price for the slightly better wines, but if you buy the lowest price wine they have trebled that price.
I used to assist a friend with a wine business selling to local restaurants I was helping with the s/w side setting up monthly sales and stock control. In return I went through an aprenticeship on wine tasting.
I have been to many Trade only tastings over a period of 6 or 7 years and became adept at finding a good wine. Some were surprisingly cheap but many expensive wines are not as good as they might be, so often it depends on the wine maker.

The weather has an enormous effect on the grapes a good summer with rain at the right time defines a 'Vintage Year'. The American requirement is so often to make each wine taste the same as last time and they are often blended with previous years wines to attain the constantly similar taste.

Countries and regions have there own signature wines like California has the Zinfandel grape. When DNA testing became easy and cheap it was found that the Primitivo grape from Italy was identical! However it is the ground (called Teroir) and weather that nurtures the grape and it has to be picked at the right time as well.

I started my aprenticeship saying red wines all taste the same! Oh! dear was I in for a surprise! I have tasted as many as 80 or more different wines in a morning and you must spit them out into the many spitoons placed conveniently around. Otherwise take the consequences.

I was told I became a very good spitter! However, sometimes one was treated to something very expensive and special like £2000 for a Jeroboam size bottle of a vintage Pol Roget Champagne, no one spat that out! A Jeroboam is 4 times a normal bottle size of 75cl. That was in the Savoy hotel, most of the tastings required a lot of space for the many buyers and the large well known London hotels are easy to get to and centrally placed for visiting.

The downside, especially for red wine is that it turns your teeth grey in colour. I used to have a toothbrush with me and used it before departure, not always a good idea, but for the professionals it eventually rots your teeth away.

The French wine industry is complicated with regions giving their name to the wine like a Burgundy is a Pinot Noir and a white Burgandy is a Chardonay grape, Chablis is an aged Chardonay. If you live in a region you may only grow the grapes of the area. Champagne is made from pinot noir and chardonay and another unpronouncible grape. However, blanc de blanc is champagne made with only chardonay grapes.
The champagne process is used in Italy and called Prosecco.

There are historic situations in France where Malbec in the Lanquedoc area has been grown for many years and they have a bi-annual get together with Argentina, another famous area for Malbec. and I attended a celebration one year in France.
It is often celebrated with Argentine Tango dancing and my friend and I became very good Tango dancers, also giving the occasional Tango demonstration, the last one was in the wine museum in London. We did not get paid but got in for free! It was £30 per ticket and you could keep your Reidel glass afterwards.

Its my knees that finally made me hang up my dancing shoes, so going to limp out to the shed to check on glue drying! Bye for now.
Regards
Roy

SS,
Since I knew "none of the above" was the correct answer, but not offered ...
I simply skipped answering at all.
That strategy kept my average at 100% (I wasn't sure if "no answer" would be counted as a wrong answer, but figured I had nothing to lose).
Dave B

Thinking about it. The one I got wrong was the one where the question didn't have a correct answer in the options so I guessed at what I thought was correct.🤣

Hi Roycv.

I get it now. Thanks for the explanation.👍

Roy,
Re: "I was / am nackered I think it was the Pint Noir!"
You're not supposed to drink Pinot Noir (12.5%) by the pint!!😮🤣🤕💤
(To be read with a Michael Caine accent as in-
You're only supposed to BLOW THE BLOODY DOORS OFF!)

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Hi Boatshed I was talking about facts and %'s. You seem to know the facts! With all your right answers maybe do not worry about the %'s?

All a percentage means is how many per 100. 1 per 10 is the same as 10 per 100, i.e. 10%.
Hope this helps, my experience is you are not alone.
Roy

Not using AI on that Question !!😛

Roy, it had tried to be explained to me in the past about the %, and it seemed to loose me.
I have red your explanation twice ?? and when I got to the end I was even more confused.
I did start a third time but I just gave up. For some reason , my brain doesn't get it. I do admit on some thing's I will accept I'm just thick I suppose.🤣
You say it's just numbers. For about 2 weeks I was a t 93% then I answered a question right and it Jumped up to 97%. Two correct questions later it dropped back to 93% I was shocked. I stayed like it for a while and then with a good few right answer's it went to 100% and it has stayed there for nearly 2 weeks now. I am starting to think I can take off my dunce's hat. 😂🤣

If D actualy worked we wouldnt need a Yankee 😝

My Dad used to have this dime-store plaque on a beat up piece of plywood in the den when I was a kid,

“Coil up your ropes and anchor here, till better weather doth appear.”

😉