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'''Howard Somerset''' is left-handed, which possible explains his tendency to spell his name backwards on occasion.
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'''Howard Somerset''' (1941 - 2020) was left-handed, which possibly explained his tendency to spell his name backwards on occasion.
  
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An old git, who, according to his wife, spends far too much time in front of his computer doing totally irrelevant things, rather than doing useful things around the house. He, on the other hand, has a diametrically opposite view; he has to spend far too much time doing irrelevant things around the house, leaving far too little time to do those very important things at his computer.
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He never appeared on [[Countdown]], but attended four of the [[COLIN]] events and the first two [[CONOT]] tournaments. Sequence of wins started as an oscillating sequence: one in [[COLIN 2007]], two in [[COLIN 2008]], one in [[CONOT 2008]], two in [[COLIN 2009]], one in [[CONOT 2009]] and then finally broke the pattern with three in [[COLIN 2010]]. He wondered whether this was in indication of a very slow upward trend or whether the amplitude of the oscillations was slowly increasing (thereby suggesting zero wins at his next [[Co-event]]), but sadly he never attended another one.
  
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Not (yet) appeared on [[Countdown]], but has attended two of the [[COLIN]] events.  Achieved one win in [[COLIN 2008|2008]], and two wins in [[COLIN 2009|2009]].  Still pondering whether this marks the start of an arithmetic or geometric series.  What is probably far more likely is that these are simply two terms in an oscillating series with period two.
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Somerset appeared on the show on [[Episode 5024|26 April 2010]] when from his position in the audience, he answered the [[conundrum]].
  
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Also appeared at the [[CoNot 2008]] and [[CoNot 2009]] events.
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He sadly died in 2020.
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Currently quaking at the thought of playing against [[Richard Priest]] in the preliminary round of [[COOT 08]], but consoled by the thought of probably claiming the first guaranteed place in COOT 08's plate competition.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 13 July 2026

Howard Somerset (1941 - 2020) was left-handed, which possibly explained his tendency to spell his name backwards on occasion.

He never appeared on Countdown, but attended four of the COLIN events and the first two CONOT tournaments. Sequence of wins started as an oscillating sequence: one in COLIN 2007, two in COLIN 2008, one in CONOT 2008, two in COLIN 2009, one in CONOT 2009 and then finally broke the pattern with three in COLIN 2010. He wondered whether this was in indication of a very slow upward trend or whether the amplitude of the oscillations was slowly increasing (thereby suggesting zero wins at his next Co-event), but sadly he never attended another one.

Somerset appeared on the show on 26 April 2010 when from his position in the audience, he answered the conundrum.

He sadly died in 2020.

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