guesses

Spruce Pine’s system is so old that Butler has no idea when its pipes were laid, though she guesses it was 60 years ago.

They were charming, did not say or do anything outlandish and — without giving too much away — each had good and bad spins, as well as good and bad guesses.

Those adjustments are difficult to get right and pollsters still have to make educated guesses about other factors like who will actually turn up to vote on 5 November.

The court doesn’t say, leaving those questions for Chutkan to answer, with a high risk of reversal if she guesses wrong.

Martin makes a point of telling me it took him only two guesses to nail the puzzle yesterday.