Runner Up Telegraph Gk Crossword

[aelmpvw]

ok, only a bridesmaid but it's still nice to win something

[dannyk13]

Well done ael :-)

[mallyh]

well done x

[grumpy01]

Well done.Always nice to hear of winners.

[Lie-in King]

Nice one, ael! :-)

[curlyhair]

Great

[brainiac]

Me too, ael! Couple of weeks ago, and received the dictionary and thesaurus (disappointingly small paperbacks) last week. Also won the Sunday Times gold pen just before Christmas - still waiting for a MOS win, must have spent a fortune on postage these past years....

[aelmpvw]

well done brainiac :-)

[cashier]

Well done aelmpvw and also brainiac.

[Lie-in King]

Another "nice one!" for brainiac :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Congrats Ael and Brainiac!

[dannyk13]

Well done Brainiac.

[jourdain2]

Well done aelmpvw! We won the GK about 5 years ago and keep on trying, but I'm thrilled that last year I got a runners-up notebook and pen for the cryptic. MrJ2 asks me why I don't use them! As if!

[dannyk13]

jourdain// MrJ2 asks me why I don't use them! As if!//
Know what you mean, I have four Telegraph fountain pens all unused.

[brainiac]

I have one of those, too, danny, though I do use it from time to time. I gave the recent gold ST one to my friend's grandson, who was delighted - boys these days don't get fountain pens any more, it seems, not like back in our day. I think I used to have certain homework that had to be written in fountain pen :)

[aelmpvw]

there were ink wells on the desk when i was at school ...

[dannyk13]

Brainiac //homework that had to be written in fountain pen :)//
When I was at school ball pens weren't around so it was always a fountain pen.

[brainiac]

I remember just holes in the desks where the ink wells would have been!

[dannyk13]

Inkwells and blotting paper, those were the days.

[brainiac]

Blimey, blotting paper....I wonder if you can still buy some

[dannyk13]

Apparently so:-
https://www.officestationery.co.uk/office-supplies/desktop-accessories/blotting-paper/