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    From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Sun Aug 24 17:46:16 2025
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    Can you complete the following sequence of letters?

    V, NU, SU, F, C, F, T, D, F, GB, H, T, D, W ...
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Mon Aug 25 08:31:26 2025
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    On 24/08/2025 17:46, David Entwistle wrote:
    Can you complete the following sequence of letters?

    V, NU, SU, F, C, F, T, D, F, GB, H, T, D, W ...

    Apologies, I should have added that the sequence is based on trivia and
    is of geographical nature perhaps not best suited to USENET.

    SPOILER.
    POILER.
    OILER.
    ILER
    LER.
    ER.
    R.
    .

    These are the initial letters of the thirty one sea areas included in
    the UK Shipping Forecast, which will shortly have been broadcast by the
    BBC for one hundred years.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_Forecast

    The sequence is readby the BBC continuity announcers and proceeds:
    Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne,
    Dogger etc...
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  • From Charlie Roberts@croberts@gmail.com to rec.puzzles on Mon Aug 25 18:04:53 2025
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    On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:31:26 +0100, David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> wrote:

    On 24/08/2025 17:46, David Entwistle wrote:
    Can you complete the following sequence of letters?

    V, NU, SU, F, C, F, T, D, F, GB, H, T, D, W ...

    Apologies, I should have added that the sequence is based on trivia and
    is of geographical nature perhaps not best suited to USENET.

    SPOILER.
    POILER.
    OILER.
    ILER
    LER.
    ER.
    R.
    .

    These are the initial letters of the thirty one sea areas included in
    the UK Shipping Forecast, which will shortly have been broadcast by the
    BBC for one hundred years.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_Forecast

    The sequence is readby the BBC continuity announcers and proceeds:
    Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne,
    Dogger etc...

    Not sure why it would be unsuitable for USENET -- after all it is a
    puzzle -- but, rest assured, I would never have come anywhere close
    to it.

    My meagre contact with the shipping forecast is Mrs Bale in "As Time
    Goes By".
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