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How did you do it?

Start with the clue:

"Quietly tap amateur and run a circuit, nominated first one then caught the era of Tutankhamun for example."(9)

OK, the answer has 9 letters, and probably either means the beginning or end of the clue:

C#

Quietly tap amateur and run a circuit

Or

the era of Tutankhamun for example.

The latter looks more likely.
So look at the rest of it:

Quietly tap amateur and run a circuit, nominated first one then caught

Some of these are known crossword clue words, (and some are Cricket terms, which DD tends to like anyway:

Quietly       - P for "Pianissimo": an Italian word, meaning "very soft", used in musical scores
tap           - You get hot and cold taps, so probably either H or C
amateur       - 
and run 
a             - If I need a vowel, there is "A" here. 
circuit,       
nominated 
first         - Ah! This could well mean "first letter of preceding word" so assume "N"
one           - I is the Roman numeral for one
then caught   - C from Cricketing terms and abreviations.

So we have "PH__A_NIC" so we are looking for one letter for each of the bits we haven't tried too hard on yet:

amateur       - Single letter for Amateur: A

and run       - "R" - again, Cricket terms.

circuit       - Ah! Single letter, could be "C" (perhaps) or "O" - it's a circuit!

Bolt these in, and it's clear:
PHARAONIC - "of, relating to, or characteristic of a pharaoh or the pharaohs" (Merriam Webster Online)
And King Tut was a Pharaoh...

Simples!

I don't think I actually did it like that: it was a lot more "read clue - oh it's PHARAONIC, now why?" but that's the general principle.

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How long it took you to write this? Don't you have work to do?

Not long - I type fast.
I work for myself, so I set my hours, and my priorities.

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What do you do? Do you make profits?

Mohamad M. Mohamad wrote:
What do you do?

Um. Given the nature of this site, would you care to guess? Laugh | :laugh:

Mohamad M. Mohamad wrote:
Do you make profits?

I have a roof over my head, and I can still eat. Wink | ;)

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OriginalGriff wrote:
Given the nature of this site, would you care to guess?

Software Developer???

OriginalGriff wrote:
I have a roof over my head, and I can still eat

Why you didn't go for employment in a company?

Pretty good guess! Laugh | :laugh:

I used to work for other people, first Government departments, then medium companies, then small ones.
Then I was MD of a small company for some years, then I went to being me, myself and I.

I like it: I'm responsible to me, for me, and everything that happens is either my good work, or my fault. There is no politics, no dodging the blame, no interviewing morons who lied on their CVs, no people quitting when the project reaches urgent status.

I can make decisions (mind you, I always did - just sometimes I wasn't supposed to) and I don't have to argue with anyone to get something done. I also don't have to worry if one month there isn't enough to pay the staff and the suppliers - which has happened in the past - It's obvious: pay what you have to, and pay me what I can. Employees don't work like that!

Yes, there are down sides but it suits me. And nobody can tell me what to do or threaten to fire me if I won't work the whole weekend while they swan off to the pub! Laugh | :laugh:

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Are you hiring Blush | :O

Sorry - no!

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Quietly P
tap     H

Can you explain this bit (I was surprised that the rest is clear to me...)?

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

Quietly as in the musical term piano (gently) or P.
Tap (Hot and Cold), in this case H.

I forgot to add that if you are a Septic Tank or you live in Septic Tank Land, then a UK tap is known by the on-the-other-side-of-the-pond reprobates as a faucet?

If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

modified 19-Feb-14 5:24am.

Septimus Hedgehog wrote:
Tap (Hot and Cold)

I had always thought the 'H' was for minature Helicopters to land on. The C had always confused me though.

We all make that mistake. C (collection) is where you store your miniature helicopters.

If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

15 Core![^]

Enough to run a medium sized planet?
And a snip at £5000 each.

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Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

On Saturday my wife and I were going to a spa for a couples massage (our Valentines day gift for each other). Last week had been pretty tough on me and I have had tension in my shoulders since Christmas, so I needed it.

The spa is downtown where the streets are smallish, but not really too narrow and tiny. I make a right hand turn while looking for the place and I clip the curb on the corner with the right rear tire, sending a good jolt through the car. My wife gives me The Look.
The spa is right there, so I pull into a parking spot and turn off the car. When I hear the Pfffttt of air escaping, I immediately know I pinched the sidewall of the tire and it is going to cost me.
My wife turns to me and says "You need to be more careful when you turn right, you are not good at judging the distance anymore".

Yeah, things like that make me SoMad. Sniff | :^)

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

think positive ! At least you had a massage Smile | :)

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HobbyProggy wrote:
At least you had a massage

Is that what they call it nowadays? $Shucks | :-\$

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Age does that to us all...
If it's any consolation, I was chopping onions last Friday (to fry for hot dogs for lunch) but I was wearing my "walk-about" glasses instead of my "reading", or "computer" glasses.

Guess who cut the tip off his left thumb? D'Oh! | :doh:

Only a small piece - size of your little fingernail - but bled like anything and I still have a bandage to prevent me knocking it...surprising how much it affects my typing!

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OriginalGriff wrote:
Guess who cut the tip off his left thumb?

Well, that was a stupid thing to do, wasn't it? Didn't the wife tell you so? Laugh | :laugh:

Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time

No she was quite good, really - she even put the plaster on. Then the second one on that, and the third...
So I moved to a latex glove and waited until it had calmed down a bit before we put a "proper" bandage on... Sigh | :sigh:

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

That sucks too. Did mrs wife give you a good scolding?

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

No, she even (with huge reluctance) offered to do the washing up for me until it was sorted. I blew it though, suggesting it might take a couple of years was probably a mistake. Sigh | :sigh:

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

OriginalGriff wrote:
suggesting it might take a couple of years was probably a mistake.

Don't worry, I am sure she will forget about that Laugh | :laugh:

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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