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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 960
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 1:33 pm: | |
Richard, any tips on #12? BTW, did you re-try those #'s I e-mailed you yet? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2545
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 2:11 pm: | |
Didn't you tell me not to bother? Something about directing my "talents" elsewhere. Was Josephine not mentioned too? I'm going to have to tell your mother to keep an eye on you.
I scored 58 with #12 the last time I played it. I'll have a few more goes but it's not looking good. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 961
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 2:29 pm: | |
I guess it doesn't help when we're trying to be cryptic. I said don't bother with the 40 Thieves #'s but I am curious how my PGS idol didn't get Josephine #7 and it only took me 4 1/2 minutes. Distracted by the new cooker? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 962
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 2:36 pm: | |
BTW, Josephine #12 was on the list of winners you had e-mailed me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2546
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 3:14 pm: | |
Apologies re #12. Apparently it says 11. Hope you got that one. These are my new glasses too. Chronic waste of money.
I keep making life difficult for myself in Josephine by using Forty Thieves rules. Incidentally any game you've won in the latter must be winnable in Josephine as they are exactly the same games. That wasn't a great programming decision I don't think. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 963
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 12:21 pm: | |
Is #16 winnable? It certainly seems possible. My best score so far is 57. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2547
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 1:28 pm: | |
I've got it in my stats at 62. I'll have another go. Checked your emails today? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 964
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 2:18 pm: | |
Yes, I sent you a reply. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2548
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 2:54 pm: | |
#16 has capitulated. Who's a clever boy then? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 965
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 5:27 pm: | |
YOU and ME!!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2549
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:00 pm: | |
I'll drink to that. In fact any excuse will suffice. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 938
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 6:40 pm: | |
Richard. Now I am having trouble sending you an email. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2550
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 4:13 am: | |
You want to lay off those wine gums Mike.
I'll look into the situation. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2551
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 7:12 am: | |
THIS JUST IN.......Rare "Typing Finger Virus" sweeps North America. PGS Forum badly affected. Hopes of recovery pinned on priceless Scottish antidote. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 939
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 12:12 pm: | |
And it was so nice and quiet. Sometimes the antidote is worse than the disease. You are suppose to playing solitaire. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2552
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 1:45 pm: | |
"Nice and quiet" eh? There's a rumour going round that your neighbours are going to put their houses on the market? How are you getting on with your new Christmas present?
I have been playing Solitaire. I happen to be the 1 in 101. I'm beginning to think I'm the only one, the solitary one. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 940
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 3:42 pm: | |
My neighbors love me. Why would they want to move. I have lost interest in my present. I can't make it sound the way I want it to. My voice is a little tired. And it won't fix it. Trisha and I have been having a fun time playing Eight Off. I went back and restarted Josephine since you and Ken were talking about it so much. But I am stuck on number 1. It seems solvable but I can't get it. And I gave up on Thieves. Or at least I still haven't figured out the one you tried to help me with. And with all the Christmas stuff I have had to do I don't have that much time. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2553
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 4:36 pm: | |
I didn't manage to solve #1 either Mike, nor did Ken. I'd be interested to see how far you've progressed with it if you think it's solvable. Ironically I'm stuck on #17 which I know IS winnable. I won it before but can't figure out how I managed it.
Your singing voice is very good, remarkably so, given your age. Persevere with your presnt. Rome wasn't built in a day.
Forty Thieves is exactly the same as Josephine. The games are identical but just use different rules.
Eight Off is a good game. I'd like to hear about any that you or Trisha fail to win. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 941
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 6:50 pm: | |
Trisha is to good. I will probably miss one first. Is she hiding just over the border from you. At least I know I can skip #1 in Thieves. It just looked like it had potential. But if you and Ken didn't get it there is no reason to think I will. It has just been so crazy around here I can't get the quiet I need to record. Plus the dogs are always trying to find ways to get the Christmas decorations. And we have a lot of them. Both dogs and decorations. |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 86
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 10:19 am: | |
Thanks Mike,but I don't think I am that good,just persistent.My times are much slower than yours.I am not just over the border from Richard though.Hampshire is in the south of England. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 942
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 12:07 pm: | |
I really need to study the geography of Britain and Scotland more closely. It's really not about the time. It's solving those hands. The way the scoring system is set up. I am ahead of Richard in one game. He has not lost a hand. I have lost a bunch. But I played my hands faster. I lose very quickly. Go figure. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2556
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 12:52 pm: | |
Is it something like the four minute mile Mike? |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 943
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 3:06 pm: | |
Like running in circles. Yes. That's what I am doing. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 976
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 5:25 pm: | |
Trisha, did you win Josephine #74? It's tantalizingly close! Thanks, Ken |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 101
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 5:35 pm: | |
I did not win #74.I only managed to score 44. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 977
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 7:00 pm: | |
Thanks! I got 52, but it seems like we should be able to get a better score considering we can get a space free with only 8 in the waste. BTW, congratulations on being top dog in Josephine. It is a fun game, isn't it? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2633
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 7:30 am: | |
Well done Ken. You improved on my best attempt. You know what this means don't you?
Gonna have to play it again! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 978
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 8:09 am: | |
Richard, I just bumped it up to 53. BTW, welcome back!!!!!! |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 102
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 8:11 am: | |
Thanks Ken.It is nice to be in top spot for a while.I have been replaying #74 but the highest score so far is 55.Yes Josephine is a fun game.I seem to have got addicted. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2635
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 8:20 am: | |
Thanks Ken, Nice to be back. I'll make a prediction that I can further improve on the above score. Stupidly I opened it in PGS and I could have worried back to good effect at least once but it was not allowed. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 979
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 8:25 am: | |
Well, with the Three Musketeers (you, me, and Trisha) working on it, we should vanquish this dragon in no time! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2636
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 8:39 am: | |
Sooner than you think mate.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 980
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 8:41 am: | |
You kill me! What was the card that broke it open? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2637
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 8:51 am: | |
See if these help. For some reason that amazes even me, I refused the 2D with an empty column at the time. This took me to shot 3.
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Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 103
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 9:55 am: | |
Well done Richard.I still have not got it. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2638
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 9:59 am: | |
Thanks Trisha.I've got it saved if either of you want it. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 981
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 11:06 am: | |
It wasn't easy, but I did get it from those screen shots. No more holidays for you! Here's a thought: Why don't you get a laptop to take on holiday with you? Or would "She-who-must-be-obeyed" not like it? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2639
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 11:30 am: | |
Well done Ken. We do take our laptop with us. Although it is wireless it's very rare to encounter an "open" connection so that you can log on. I think I've only done it twice.
Have you heard anything from D'Artagnon (M.B.) recently? |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 104
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 11:33 am: | |
I got it too. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 982
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 12:40 pm: | |
Speaking of the Three Musketeers, has anybody seen "Slumdog Millionaire"? Great movie! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 973
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 1:09 pm: | |
I am here. I am still stuck on game #4 in Josephine. Glad you are back safe. Looking forward to the pictures. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2640
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 3:14 pm: | |
Will get the photos sorted out asap Mike. I'm very pleased with some but others were marred somewhat by dull weather. It's nice to be back home though, back to normal, although we had a terrific (and expensive!)final night in our favourite Perthshire pub. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2641
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 5:27 am: | |
No Ken, I've not seen the film but I've heard lots of positive things about it.
See if you can unearth another "possible" Josephine for me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2642
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 8:07 am: | |
Has anyone had a decent score with Josephine #80? |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 105
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 8:38 am: | |
49 was my score for #80 |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2643
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 12:10 pm: | |
Thanks Trisha. I think it's unwinnable but I gave it one helluva scare.  |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 106
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 12:35 pm: | |
I have been replaying it and also scored 67.One more space and I think it would have come out. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2644
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 1:48 pm: | |
Well done Trisha.Here is my effort if you want to compare. It's oh so close but I think we've exhausted all of the variables. I'll stick to unwinnable. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 983
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 1:11 pm: | |
I got 58 with #37. Give it a go... |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2646
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 1:42 pm: | |
Thanks Ken.
Guess I needed that holiday.
 |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 984
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 8:41 am: | |
Any tips on #76? (And just when I thought I was getting good at this game...) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2661
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 10:29 am: | |
Ha! Is it possible you were deluding yourself Ken? See if these help. Take care you don't take the first QH is my best tip.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 985
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 1:29 pm: | |
Very possible, Richard. Extended company stays do that to me! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2662
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 3:01 pm: | |
I feel your pain Ken! My mother has been acting up since Christmas and has been in hospital for three days now. We've been running back and forward to Aberdeen several times a week. She suggested that Liz pack in her job and become her full time carer. Liz then suggested to me today that it may be a better idea if I moved into my mother's house for three days a week to do cooking and things for her. She'd have me up the wall in no time flat, and no computer and PGS to retreat into. I find communicating with deaf people particularly frustrating. They always seem to think that they are just a wee bit deaf. Huh! It's your fault because you don't speak clearly enough etc. I expect you're getting much the same. If it wasn't for Goodsol I'd be seeing a shrink.
"I hope I die before I get old
Talkin' bout my generation".
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 986
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 5:56 pm: | |
Tell me about it! If I speak at a normal volume, my dad can't hear me, and if I speak loudly my dad gets irritated and says, "You don't have to shout!" |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2663
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 6:08 pm: | |
One cynical remark I heard ages ago was something along the lines of...."I have no sympathy for the old. They had ample opportunity to get themselves killed during two world wars".
You see? There are people out there who are worse than me. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 987
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 8:21 pm: | |
Hard to believe! After the Queen of Hearts, the key card was the 10 of spades. Once that was out, the rest was easy! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2664
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 3:51 am: | |
Well done Ken. It's frequently just one card that the entire game hinges on. They can be damned hard to identify at times though. It's a case of trial and error in many of them. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 992
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 10:17 pm: | |
Richard, #101 seems winnable. Give it another go and tell me what you think. Ken
(58 days, 7 hours, 27 minutes) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2688
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 4:29 am: | |
I've played it several times and my scores range from 50 to 54. There is a whole patch of diamonds that appears in the stock just a couple of cards too early to take advantage of them. I'll work at it some more and see if inspiration dawns.
I burst out laughing when I saw the time clock. It's as if you were banged up in the State Pen. awaiting your freedom. Ironically Liz and I have been into Aberdeen to see mine every day for over two weeks. This is likely to continue. The doctors will not be breaking the bad news to her until tomorrow. Palliative care is all that they have left to offer. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 993
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 8:56 am: | |
It seems so close, but you might be right about the diamonds. (Sorry to hear about your mom). |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 995
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 1:44 pm: | |
Richard just informed me that his mother recently passed away peacefully in her sleep. I'm sure I speak for the rest of the PGS forum when I say that our thoughts and prayers are with you, Richard. |
Gregg Seelhoff (Seelhoff)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Seelhoff
Post Number: 365
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 1:25 pm: | |
[moment of silence] |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 997
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 5:09 pm: | |
Richard, how are things? Any thoughts on #135? Like giving up? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2727
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 5:36 pm: | |
All OK here now Ken. It's been a hectic few weeks. I'll email you.
I've had a few tries of #135 and it's not giving off any good vibes so far. There appears to be too many duplicated cards in the tableau. They're just getting in the road. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2728
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 5:48 pm: | |
I can get it to 50 Ken. Have you done better? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 998
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 9:13 pm: | |
That was my top score also. Moving on..... |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2730
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:29 am: | |
I'll have to see if I can improve it a little first Ken, but I think I've already exhausted all of the potential openings. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2734
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 6:55 am: | |
I don't think it's possible to score any more Ken. Moving on too. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1002
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 9:48 am: | |
How about #138? I can get a space right away, but I'm not having much luck. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2735
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 1:16 pm: | |
I'm not doing any better Ken. The only score I recall was a 49. It looks like a gimmie too! Gimmie is a golf term Ken......... but as you probably know........ golf is DEAD. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2737
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 1:37 pm: | |
53 now. It never looks like going much further though. Will play it some more before I move on. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 997
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 1:56 pm: | |
Remember. You are talking about your national sport. Or are you still pushing (ha) for curling.
And when was the last time you went out and tossed that big pole thing.(and I am not talking about that one). The Kaber. Or however you spell it. I do feel like the walking dead lately playing golf. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2738
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 2:17 pm: | |
and do you go, putt,putt,putt when you walk? You'll be all right now, in fact it's a gas. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1000
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 2:22 pm: | |
Believe me it's more like puff,puff,puff if I have to walk. |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 109
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 4:48 pm: | |
I have Josephine 138 in my stats as a win, so it is winnable. |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 110
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 6:25 pm: | |
Here is the solution to Josephine#138 if required. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2739
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 4:19 am: | |
That is brilliant Trisha. I was still a long way off. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1011
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 5:12 pm: | |
Trisha, Do you mind saying how many games you won out of 150 games played? Out of 200 games played? (Just trying to see what to shoot for.) Thanks, Ken |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 112
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 5:33 pm: | |
Ken,I don't know how to do that.The stats just show the times. |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 113
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 6:09 pm: | |
Ken,I do remember that my averages were between 46 and 47 per cent for a long time. So I would think that out of 150 games played I would have won about 70 games,and about 92 out of 200. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1012
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 5:24 am: | |
Thanks, Trisha. I guess the only way you could do it would be to count the "smiley faces" (wins), and that would be pretty tedious. I'm averaging 46% myself. (You must have hit a winning streak lately, though, since you're now over 48%. Good job!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2778
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 6:42 am: | |
Am I missing something? (There is an opening too good to miss).(ATBSTTA). Your stats in 101 can tell you how many you've won out of the total played. Trisha could tell you that, but asking for an analysis at 200 games when she's way over that WOULD entail counting the smiley faces. She'd not have a smiley face after that exercise though. Attached is where I gave up on Josephine. I will probably get back together with her at some point. (Don't tell Liz).
How many days left of your sentence now Ken?
I would like to hear of any LOSING games anyone has had after #100 say. The forum is pretty dead so I'm not getting my fix. |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 114
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 10:02 am: | |
Thanks Ken,
Never thought of counting smiley faces. Iam aiming for 50%. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1027
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:32 pm: | |
I aim at Smiley Faces too.
Richard see if you have the golfer smiley in your collection and send it to me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2779
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:56 pm: | |
Fore!
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1028
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 3:10 pm: | |
That's the one I saw too. I was just concerned about downloading the collection. Guess I will go ahead and do it. Since you are in the country of origin. Where do you think the term/yell of "Fore" came from. Some Celtic word meaning "I am going for your head". Or "DUCK!". |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1029
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 3:41 pm: | |
Make this work
I guess I figured it out. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2780
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 3:53 pm: | |
Had it originated in Ireland I may have hazarded a guess at Fore Folks Sake Look Out. However I believe it refers to a fore-caddy who was sent out in front to spot where the ball landed. Doesn't sound like a great career choice. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1030
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 5:49 pm: | |
Good work. That sounds good. I hope not to be yelling that for my golfball in Thursdays tournament. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1013
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 3:49 am: | |
Richard, on both #'s 128 and #135 I got a score of 50. Is either winnable?
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2781
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:27 am: | |
No joy with either of them Ken. Typical though, I've been twiddling my thumbs for days looking for a game to tackle, and the minute I get a couple "we" decided to do the garden. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1032
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:47 am: | |
Hee, Hee, Hee. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2782
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:21 pm: | |
No. She,she,she. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1014
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:34 pm: | |
OK, Richard, how about #150? Can you beat my score of 52? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2785
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 4:35 am: | |
Have matched it Ken, but not exceeded it. I'm trying to get a 9S into play, or at least I should say I WAS trying to. Looks like we're gardening again! I'll get back to it later, but maybe we've already topped it out. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1015
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 5:10 am: | |
Trisha, what was your score on #150? |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 115
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 7:29 am: | |
I only got 28 on #150. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2786
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 8:52 am: | |
I've had a few more goes at it Ken. Most of them were far lower than 52 due to trying different things. I doubt if it's winnable though. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1016
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 3:44 pm: | |
Ok, thanks to both of you... |
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