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tele could also be telly, tv, or box
is 26 to do with bill gates?

26 Golden Gate Bridge, perhaps (Bill Gates is more associated with Seattle).

yes, of course, buddy. we had the bridge in an online pub quiz last week!

Buddy
You've reminded me of the story of a pilot taking a couple for a pleasure ride in a helicopter from Seattle airport. Simultaneously his GPS and radio failed and a fog rolled in, so he was disorientated. He found a skyscraper, and had a bright idea. He hovered by a window and held up a card on which he had written "Where are we?". A person behind the window held up another card that said "You are in a helicopter", so the pilot was able to set a course back to the airport.
After they had landed, his passengers asked him "How were you able to do that?"
"Simple" he said, "the message was completely accurate and absolutely useless - it had to be the Microsoft Tower"

Indeed, my Windows 10 desktop has developed a disconcerting tendency to tell me I have a "kernel security check failure". Completely accurate, I'm sure, but...

chrise: apologies for being so late in thanking you for your help. I had convinced myself that 40 in Roman numerals was D and so the X never appeared in my reasoning.