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TASK HELP: Fall Challenge 2018
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30.2 - MAZZA1's task: TENNIS MEMORIES
for Colour approvalsPURPLE
GREEN
Genre approvalsHumour/ Humor/ Comedy
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
A Lesson in Hope
Короли и капуста. Рассказы
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
The Green Man
The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks
Everyday Drinking
I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
Quite Ugly One Morning
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip
Transport
REMEMBER ONLY MALE AUTHORS
Mod
yay! you just solved my problem for where I could fit The Devil's Punchbowl - by Greg Iles - yay for option 4
Dee wrote: "yay! you just solved my problem for where I could fit The Devil's Punchbowl - by Greg Iles - yay for option 4"Dee I am so pleased to have solved a problem for you I am always happy to help
is humor ok - or does it need to be humour?
Dee wrote: "is humor ok - or does it need to be humour?"humor / humour doesn't matter its only the difference of "crossing the pond"
I think GR will miss out the U all the time
Colors are hard for me so I need to know whether you will agree that this cover is partly purple. It has a male author , # pages Of GR is 256(my copy with the same ISBN has 244) but both # work for option 2
by Lachlan Smith.Thanks,
Andy
And ... assuming "HUMOR" is acceptable for "humour" for a main page genre ...Please confirm HUMOR for
and
Andy wrote: "Colors are hard for me so I need to know whether you will agree that this cover is partly purple. It has a male author , # pages Of GR is 256(my copy with the same ISBN has 244) but both # work for..."i would say just looking at it there is a purple background - tin eye calls it violet but that is OK so yes i would say that is good to go
Book Concierge wrote: "And ... assuming "HUMOR" is acceptable for "humour" for a main page genre ...Please confirm HUMOR for
and "both fit the genre
Could you please verify Короли и капуста. Рассказы for humor MPG and for green on the cover. Thanks.
Rina wrote: "Could you please verify Короли и капуста. Рассказы for humor MPG and for green on the cover. Thanks."agreed
Is there enough green behind the letters in the title to qualify? I'd like to use it for option 3. 
Amy wrote: "Is there enough green behind the letters in the title to qualify? I'd like to use it for option 3. "the edition you have linked to is only 43 pages and so won't work I assume this is just the wrong link can you retry
Marie (UK) wrote: "Amy wrote: "Is there enough green behind the letters in the title to qualify? I'd like to use it for option 3. "the edition you have linked t..."
Let's try this:
Amy wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "Amy wrote: "Is there enough green behind the letters in the title to qualify? I'd like to use it for option 3. "the editio..."
yes tin eye shows green and works for option3
Marie (UK) wrote: "Andy wrote: "Colors are hard for me so I need to know whether you will agree that this cover is partly purple. It has a male author , # pages Of GR is 256(my copy with the same ISBN has 244) but bo..."Thank You.
Can you please verify the following book for option 1?
There's a bit of green grass on both sides of the road.
It's been shelved as humor by 258 users
Thanks!
Pia wrote: "Can you please verify the following book for option 1?There's a bit of green grass on both sides of the road.
It's been shelv..."
agreed green and humour
Would this work for Option 3? Since it is hyphenated I wouldn't count the "h"?
Shala wrote: "Would this work for Option 3? Since it is hyphenated I wouldn't count the "h"?"YES That will work
Valerie wrote: "Please note Spectacles for Humor? Thank you!"Spectacles is humour BUT not a male author all books must be written by male authors.
"• Our day was all about the men. So, ONLY MALE authors will work. If you read a book with 2 or more authors, ALL must be Male."
Wayne wrote: "Are the words The and Joseph sufficient in 
to fulfill the green requirement?"the letters on the book you linked look black to me BUT tin eye does show some green, with background colours eliminated this is only 1.6% and I am not convinced looking at it that this is in the letters. I think you would be better with something more obvious - IF you do use this you would have to submit the tin eye details
Mod
When you post a cover task, you're supposed to include the cover of the edition that you actually read. This is the cover that the mods would be using to verify your posting.
Wayne wrote: "Interesting . . . with background colors and interior background colour omitted, I get the following.#af150c40.9 %Fire Brick (Red)
#8e8a7129.7 %Bitter (Green)
#0d0d0d20.3 %Black (Black)
#4e4d3d9...."
Wayne I used the cover you included in your question to the naked eye this looks black. We discussed when setting my task up if we would need to use tin eye and decided it would be unnecessary in most cases,and so it wasn't included in the task requirements.
If i followed the discussion I had in setting up the task I would have to say no to the book because I see no green. I know this is more difficult to see on screen than when you have the book in your hand which is why I said you might include the tin eye information in your post.
I am sorry that the colour requirement makes it more difficult to fit books to the task but i think that is the nature of the challenge
Wayne wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "Wayne wrote: "Interesting . . . with background colors and interior background colour omitted, I get the following.#af150c40.9 %Fire Brick (Red)
#8e8a7129.7 %Bitter (Green)
#0d..."
they all work for colour and I have noted them for humour as well
Marie, with the page count option, am I right in thinking that a book with 399pages would be OK, as it meets the 2nd half of the OR requirement, which only requires 99 in the page count?
Marie (UK) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Please note Spectacles for Humor? Thank you!"Spectacles is humour BUT not a male author all books must be written by male authors.
"• Our day was all about the me..."
Oops. Completely forgot. Can you note, for humor/comedy,-I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend instead? Thanks
Valerie wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Please note Spectacles for Humor? Thank you!"Spectacles is humour BUT not a male author all books must be written by male authors.
"• Our day w..."
noted
Cat wrote: "Marie, with the page count option, am I right in thinking that a book with 399pages would be OK, as it meets the 2nd half of the OR requirement, which only requires 99 in the page count?"that would work Cat Sorry i missed this question earlier
Morning. Option 1: Could I get
genre locked for humor (I see 47 users).Can you also confirm its purpleness (well, violetness, but you said you'd accept that!) on the basis of the title?
TinEye gives me
14.6% Blackcurrant (Violet)
3.6% Topaz (Violet)
0.5% Tyrian Purple (Violet)
Thank you!
Trish wrote: "Morning. Option 1: Could I get
genre locked for humor (I see 47 users).Can you also confirm its purpleness (well, violetness, but you said you'd accept..."
yes that works for Purple and humour genre noted
So how much green is needed? Would the cape on this cover work?
Thank you!
Shree wrote: "So how much green is needed? Would the cape on this cover work? Thank you!"
I would say this is green
Marie, sweetness, please can I get this OKed for humour?'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy': On Where Eagles Dare
thanks!
Cat wrote: "Marie, sweetness, please can I get this OKed for humour?'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy': On Where Eagles Dare
thanks!"
Genre noted. (Marie's due back any day, but I didn't' what it to disappear on you... ;-)).
Thanks! I'd forgotten she was in her hols!
Sorry Cat and Thanks Kristina I am back now
Just checking if this works for purple?
and to make note of humor as genre just in case :)
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Just checking if this works for purple?and to make note of humor as genre just in case :)"
this is good to go for purple humour Tea
Thank you :)Now to find other book.... :p
Checking to see if this works for green? According to TinEye, it's over 70% green but my eye just says "blue".
Alycia wrote: "Checking to see if this works for green? According to TinEye, it's over 70% green but my eye just says "blue"."it works for me tin eye is saying the lettering is a shade of green there is also some form of greenery on the arch to the left as you look at the picture. The task only needs some element of green I will put it in approvals
Does this:
look purple to you? It looks purple to me, down at the bottom of the page especially but colour is a bit subjective at times.
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For the second year running I was lucky in the ballot for Wimbledon Tennis Championships. This year I got tickets for MENS SEMI FINALS day and What a day it was. We were there from 1030 until 2300 and saw some or all of 3 matches.
• This is a two book task from Different options. Required: State which options you chose when you post.
• Page count must equal at least 600 pages
• Our day was all about the men. So, ONLY MALE authors will work. If you read a book with 2 or more authors, ALL must be Male.
• To truly represent Wimbledon and its Colours ONE of your books must have GREEN or PURPLE (I will accept Violet) on the cover. This need not be the whole cover just an object or part of it will do
Required: Include the green or purple book cover when you post.
Option 1
Play on centre court starts later than on the outside courts so we went to watch the start of a Gentleman’s Invitation doubles
Jeremy Bates and Andrew Castle v
Mansour Bahrami and Goran Ivonisovich
Bahrami is an entertainer and comic and the match was really fun to watch – it was a shame to leave but the Semi’s beckoned
In honour of the Comic of the Invitation doubles read a book with MPG Comedy/Humor.
Option 2
The first Semi Final was also the longest match of the day played between
John Isner and Kevin Anderson
which went to 26 – 24 in the final set – overall they played 99 games to complete the match
To remember the longest match of the day read a book whose page numbers include 2 of the numbers 2, 4, 6 OR includes 99 intact in the page numbers e.g. 249; 426 or 299 all fit
Option 3
We saw the first 3 sets of the match between
Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovitch
with the roof on centre court. This match went on until the latest allowed finishing time of 2300 This is the first time I have watched with the roof on the court
Read a Book where the title has three words or more and all the words in the title start with a letter from CENTRE COURT ROOF (letters can be used only as many times as they appear in the phrase; subtitles can be ignored)
Option 4
To celebrate all those fabulous sportsmen, read a Book written by a single author that shares first and last initials with one of the players we saw: AC, JB, MB, GI, JI, KA, RN, ND. Initials may only be used in the order shown.
Option 5
We walked to the tube station in the dark thank goodness for London transport we arrived tired and hungry at our hotel at 0030
In honour of our Journey to and from London and then Wimbledon read a nonfiction book with the MPG Transport.
Ex: