Hooray for me, because I've passed my driving test! I'm fully allowed to drive like one of those grown-ups I've been hearing about, scaring cyclists and shouting at other vehicles for getting in my way.
Four faults on the test, like a horse knocking off the top bar of a fence, only less cruel and inhumane. It was pretty straightforward, actually, but I still feel a great sense of pride in achieving what probably only half of the spotty, dim-witted 17-year-old population of this country do, and passing first time.
Now when someone says to me "And naturally you've got a full driving licence?" I can reply "Yes, naturally, wouldn't it be silly if I was a 38-year-old accountant who couldn't drive?" and we can all have a good laugh about it.
When they add "And you've got a car, of course," I'll still have to say "No, I can't afford one, but I've got a bike and the brakes still just about work."
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
Four down, one to go!
Qualification for the XMT continues apace! Who will make the coveted top 16? Well, I think words will probably be a low-scoring discipline, with an extremely difficult target of 49 for 100 points, so the people sitting there at the moment are looking good.
Nelson's already submitted a words score before I had a chance to copy-and-paste the leaderboard, so he's in the wrong place here, but since he's not trying to qualify anyway it doesn't really matter.
Marlo looks safe, and Katie's still in with a good chance of joining Team Britain. And Clay's still an outside possibility, too! We'll be horribly outnumbered by Germans and Mongolians, but it'd be nice if we could beat the Phillipines, Sweden and the USA in the all-important number-of-competitors stakes.
Let's all put in a big push for the last week of qualifying, whatever country you come from! Good luck to one and all!
Rank | Name | Cards | Images | Names | Numbers | Words | Total |
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Simon Reinhard | 133.00 | 123.61 | 108.70 | 81.16 | 446.47 | ||
Boris Konrad | 74.96 | 169.49 | 100.00 | 74.99 | 419.44 | ||
1 | Johannes Zhou | 69.54 | 154.00 | 117.39 | 71.41 | 412.34 | |
2 | Yanjindulam Altansuh | 52.15 | 167.22 | 113.04 | 67.25 | 399.66 | |
Nelson Dellis | 52.32 | 72.99 | 117.39 | 66.15 | 308.85 | ||
Ben Pridmore | 107.08 | 133.87 | 65.22 | 79.50 | 385.67 | ||
3 | Enhkjin Tumur | 57.90 | 158.23 | 65.22 | 92.97 | 374.32 | |
4 | Enkhmunkh Erdenebatkhaan | 89.34 | 75.78 | 78.26 | 117.53 | 360.91 | |
5 | Johann Randall Abrina | 99.06 | 116.28 | 100.00 | 37.85 | 353.19 | |
6 | Tuuruul Myagmarsuren | 46.29 | 123.15 | 113.04 | 37.85 | 320.33 | |
7 | Marwin Wallonius | 58.70 | 115.43 | 73.91 | 71.81 | 319.85 | |
8 | Lance Tschirhart | 70.19 | 66.86 | 100.00 | 73.58 | 310.63 | |
9 | Marlo Knight | 62.88 | 101.11 | 91.30 | 55.18 | 310.47 | |
10 | Tsogbadrakh Saikhanbayar | 51.58 | 130.26 | 78.26 | 49.05 | 309.15 | |
11 | Alexander Mullen | 53.04 | 101.97 | 82.61 | 69.70 | 307.32 | |
12 | Anne Reulke | 43.87 | 125.47 | 100.00 | 37.38 | 306.72 | |
13 | Annalena Fischer | 42.18 | 129.70 | 86.96 | 44.04 | 302.88 | |
14 | Purevjav Erdenesaikhan | 69.23 | 84.22 | 65.22 | 76.92 | 295.59 | |
15 | Akjol Syeryekkhaan | 37.96 | 80.52 | 121.74 | 52.92 | 293.14 | |
16 | Johnny Briones | 45.69 | 93.87 | 100.00 | 38.33 | 277.89 | |
17 | Konstantin Skudler | 34.59 | 116.96 | 78.26 | 42.71 | 272.52 | |
18 | Katie Kermode | 30.37 | 76.36 | 117.39 | 42.44 | 266.56 | |
19 | Tsetsegzul Zorigtbaatar | 51.50 | 94.16 | 65.22 | 49.92 | 260.80 | |
Mark Anthony Castaneda | 87.90 | 95.65 | 73.32 | 256.87 | |||
20 | Tuvshintugs Nyamdorj | 53.99 | 53.74 | 65.22 | 75.88 | 248.83 | |
21 | Clay Knight | 33.74 | 96.96 | 69.57 | 45.43 | 245.70 | |
22 | Juliane Fischer | 23.62 | 122.25 | 65.22 | 33.06 | 244.15 | |
23 | Norbert Reulke | 37.96 | 104.57 | 60.87 | 40.46 | 243.86 | |
24 | John Graham | 24.46 | 70.03 | 95.65 | 32.10 | 222.24 | |
25 | Brice Trejo | 44.64 | 81.26 | 43.48 | 43.83 | 213.21 | |
26 | Florian Dellé | 30.37 | 89.07 | 60.87 | 32.58 | 212.89 | |
27 | Oddbjørn By | 23.62 | 81.39 | 69.57 | 37.38 | 211.96 | |
28 | Brad Zupp | 42.18 | 62.88 | 91.30 | 196.36 | ||
29 | Khaliun Bolor-Erdene | 32.90 | 55.35 | 69.57 | 36.42 | 194.24 | |
30 | Omkar Kibe | 29.53 | 62.37 | 60.87 | 25.88 | 178.65 | |
31 | Chris Forde | 10.97 | 71.77 | 65.22 | 14.38 | 162.34 | |
32 | David Billington | 25.31 | 35.00 | 69.57 | 28.75 | 158.63 | |
33 | Luis Angel Echeverria | 22.78 | 56.78 | 52.17 | 25.40 | 157.13 | |
34 | Javier Moreno | 19.40 | 55.11 | 65.22 | 15.33 | 155.06 | |
35 | Kevin Horsley | 80.39 | 64.68 | 145.07 | |||
36 | Andrej Savickij | 26.99 | 50.00 | 26.09 | 35.46 | 138.54 | |
Simon Orton | 59.93 | 78.26 | 138.19 | ||||
Idriz Zogaj | 46.67 | 22.04 | 68.71 | ||||
37 | Alexis Rodríguez | 23.62 | 23.62 |