benevolence

[davidicus]

Why are so many of you in such a hurry to answer fellow puzzlers problems? Most of the answers requested are for prize bearing puzzles, crosswords etc. The more entries correctly sent in surely lower the chances of YOU winning, or me! Sometime ago a reader of the Express asked how many entries where sent in for the Sunday crossword, the reply was 39,000. I would like to ask a second question, why do so many of QA users ask for answers when by doing a little research on the very machine they are using will in the majority of cases reveal the answer they require. These are only observations and I hasten to add I would happily help anyone if I could(after the closing date of comps!) Happy solving

[Babz]

It's just a bit of friendly help, after all the chances of winning are slim anyway so...as in life in general...why not help each other out with our problems, what is insoluble to one person is maybe easy to another..again as in life!!

I try every way I can to find the answer before resorting to asking but sometimes it just eludes me, and sometimes we're on better form than at other times.

Crosswords are for realaxing with, not getting high blood pressure over and winning though nice isn't the only reward. I've "spoken" to some very nice people on here that I'd otherwise never have come across

All the best! Babz

[patsyann]

It is called Friendship davidicus.Since joining answer bank I have had so much fun both by helping others and receiving help myself when every other source has failed me.Yes I send off my competitions and hope that I may be lucky one fine day but I am sure that helping others will make very little difference to my chances.

[carolegif]

I agree, I have used this site as a last resort and also to help others. Thousands enter these competitions every week and most are pulled out of the hat anyway.

carolegif

[eaglchris]

Sometimes no amount of research turns up an answer to a question so posting here often gets an answer to an "impossible" question, plus it is very nice to communicate with like-minded people.

[gen2]

It's the taking part that counts - rather than the winning.

[rogerr]

I think we've been here before, with two other miserable so and sos. I repeat, if you don't like the site then don't use it. It's only the same as asking a friend or family member for help.I help others in the village if the're stuck and they help me. It's not the winning that counts, we ask for help to stop us climbing the wall.

[beerbelly]

how can one justify asking for an answer , if one is not prepared to give to others ?
give & take !!!! good luck with your entry .

[kayakamina]

There are 3 types of puzzler. The first likes to try to solve all crosswords whether cryptic or general knowledge without recourse to reference books. The second is happy to google his way to completing a GK puzzle with calls for assistance when necessary and the third is the specialist cryptic solver of the Listener and Guardian puzzles who likes to share clue construction etc with the likeminded.

Everyone to their own!

[Celtigra3]

I use answerbank when I can't find the answer myself after googling, etc. I like helping others so give off the answers to them if I can. It is the taking part that counts and surely if by doing the xwords themselves we gain knowledge that is a plus? I presume that davidicus doesn't ask anyone for help as he is only willing to give others answers after the closing date! What a shame. It shows a poverty of spirit. Helping others in this world would make it a nicer place and it is a pity more people don't do it. thank you to all the people out there who have given me help.

[wideboy]

On that note can anyone help me with ..............

[bwl.abc]

This week I have completed all three of my crosswords without recourse to AB...but over the weeks, many people have helped me (usually the easy one!!) and I hope I have helped others.

I will continue to give (and ask for) help...surely we were put on this earth to help others !!

[kayakamina]

Well done bwl.abc Out of curiosity which three crosswords were they?

[Horatio]

Most people use this as a last resort and I do not really think that they are going to win.....just for the hell of it or the fun of it.....it is mainly a past time.

I hope you are not a miserable whatnot as you appear to be

Giz a smile!!

Horatio

[JoolsTwo]

We don't even enter ours - We have been doing the telegraph GK ones for years and never won anything so we save the postage. It is just fun and keeps the brain ticking over.

[blockhead]

two points, davidicus. 1) How did you get to this site if you weren't in a hurry? 2) The odds are already 38,999:1, anyway, so it isn't going to make a great deal of difference, is it? In any case, it all helps to build up your knowledge for the next time.

[auntiebertie]

Personally, I only do the MoS prize crossword and send it off every week [along with 40,000 others] in the vain hope of winning the �1500. I search this site first to see if anyone has asked any questions - which saves me time googling them, I then complete the rest and only post a question if I really cannot find the answer.

As to helping out others - it drives me mad when people ask the same questions that have already been posted - and I usually do not give them the answer but reply saying something along the lines of "see exactly the same question posted 18 rows below!" I think it is pure idleness not to have a scroll through first.....If it is a first time question then I will give the answer and ususally a hint on how I found it [eg: I googled the words 'x' and 'y']. As someone else said - we all have little hope of winning it but you never know!

[rd14962]

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   Davidicus you wrote 'I would happily help anyone if I could (after the closing date of comps!)

Well, as you are so generous, here, just for you are the national lottery results for LAST Saturday 1 25 26 27 39 49 Bonus ball 37

good luck to you

Rupert