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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 14
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 3:16 am: | |
Can anybody win #1006122753??? |
paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Pondpaul
Post Number: 348
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 12:46 pm: | |
Hi ken
yes i have done it today after many tries
do you want me to send you the moves
Pondpaul@hotmail.com
Paul |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 15
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 12:02 pm: | |
Paul, Thanks a lot, but I kept plugging away, and I finally got it! Thanks anyway, Ken |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 37
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 5:59 am: | |
Richard, Can you work your magic on Triple Interchange #'s 1633677952 or 894401409? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 224
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 6:41 am: | |
Hi Hen,
Suggest you enlist the help of Harry Potter for 1633677952. Looks impregnable to me.
Haven't given up hope with the other one though.
Will be disappointed if I can't improve on my current best of 34.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 225
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 7:46 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Unless we can get get David Copperfield to redeal the cards for 894401409, I doubt if it's possible to exceed 34 with this one. What barrel did you scrape to access those two?
Richard.
See if you can crack Repair 1140077696. I've a feeling that it may have been in your barrel too. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 149
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 10:07 am: | |
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 38
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 10:52 am: | |
Richard, Thanks for trying. 34 was my highest score also. How about Triple Interchange #1505685760? I haven't given up yet, but it does seem like another difficult one. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 226
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 7:42 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Got to start 2007 on the correct footing.
Here's your Interchange #1505685760 puzzle duly completed. That was a beauty and it didn't give up without a fight.
Happy New Year to one and all.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 227
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 8:13 am: | |
Apologies to Ken Blackwell, I've just spotted your solution for my Repair game. Very well done!!
I'd decided to come back to it at a later date. Sometimes you get into a mindset and just cover the same ground over and over. If you try agian after a week or so, you often play it totally diferently. Works with crosswords too.
All the best,
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 228
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 12:49 pm: | |
Triple Interchange 1972649599 is worth playing. It's reluctant to come out, but is certainly winnable.
Richard |
paul forsdick (Pondpaul)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Pondpaul
Post Number: 379
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 3:45 pm: | |
Hi Richard
it certainly is a good game but it does come out
here it is
I hope i have done it correctly
Paul |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 229
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 5:11 pm: | |
Hi Paul,
Where have you been hiding?
Yes, I'd solved the game in question before I posted the game number. I thought it was too good to keep to myself as it needs quite a lot of persuasion to get it to play the music.
Have a crack at #1505685760 too. It's an absolute gem.
Richard.
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Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 150
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 9:29 pm: | |
Very nice. Good to hear for you Paul, was becoming worried.
Ken |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 39
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 10:30 pm: | |
Paul, Let me add my salutations to the other guys'. So, what have you been up to? Still trying to win the unwinnables, or are you on to another project?
Happy New Year! Ken M. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 40
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 01, 2007 - 11:10 pm: | |
Richard, What I find fascinating is what each of us finds hard or easy. I still can't get #1505685760, but now that I know it can be won, I'll persevere. But #1972649599 was incredibly easy for me. I guess it's better that way, so we can help our mates out! Ken M. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 230
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 5:30 am: | |
Hi All,
It is fascinating I agree. It depends pretty much on your initial moves how each game develops, and you can turn a "hard" game into an easy one and vice versa depending on which moves you have made previously.
Re 1505685760 Ken, why don't you run through the game I uploaded, and then try re-playing it yourself? It was a very difficult game (I thought) and getting it to pan out was a case of identifying which cards in the tableau needed to reserved for use by other cards in the tableau. You then know not to cover them up with cards from the stock.
I know I keep saying this, but it's a case of having fun and enjoying PGS, and I get a huge amount of pleasure from trying to solve other peoples sticklers. So keep them coming. It's of no importance to me who cracks them first, as long as one of us does.
Here's to us.....etc,etc.
Richard. |
Frances Cammisa (Yankeegal)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Yankeegal
Post Number: 150
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 8:19 am: | |
I won Triple Interchange with 1750045311---it took a while but I won it-- |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 41
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 1:52 am: | |
Richard, See if you find Triple Interchange #338351137 as challenging as I did. Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 232
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 5:25 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Knowing you had problems with it gave me a big advantage, and I guessed by looking at the tableau that the clubs were going to be the main problem. Even then I found it pretty difficult. Thanks for sharing it with me. As other people may be wanting to try it, I'm only posting a partial solution. You still have plenty of work to do from there, but the critical part has been achieved. Keep them coming mate.
Richard. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 151
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 8:38 am: | |
At first I thought it would be easy but it refused to relent at any point to the last card.
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 233
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 9:33 am: | |
Hi Ken.
It's ironic that I didn't bother to save the completed game the first time around, and I was a bit puzzled about you saying it didn't relent until the last card. I certainly must have made a far better job the first time,because I got it out far easier than I've done since. It just takes one clever move to make all the difference. Posting my imperfect 2nd solution for you to take a look at.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 234
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 9:35 am: | |
Take a look at the difference in our file sizes. My 2nd attempt can't have been that bad.
Richard. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 152
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 9:54 am: | |
It was my first attempt and I went through the redeal many times. Getting cards to play was easy but kept leading nowhere. I have been playing Thirteenpack #1305877376 over and over. It seems very winnable but get stuck at the end. See what you can do. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 153
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 9:57 am: | |
The smaller file size is the better game or at least more concise good job. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 235
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 11:40 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Back to torment you again. I sincerely hope that you find this game as unco-operative as I did. Also remembered to save it.
Enjoy,
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 236
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 12:03 pm: | |
Sorry you also need the game number :-)1841532543.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 237
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 1:07 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
Re your Thirteen Packs game, sorry you'll not get any help from me. Comprehending the rules is puzzle enough, whilst getting a card to play into an empty pile is totally impossible, whether I left click, right click, or drag and drop. I've tried shouting and swearing at it but that is equally ineffective.Gliche?
1347528320 was the only game I ever won, and I couldn't put it behind me quick enough.
Richard.
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Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 154
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 1:45 pm: | |
Yes a bit tricky. If you ment this Ken.
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Thomas Warfield (Support)
Moderator
Username: Support
Post Number: 1115
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 1:49 pm: | |
Richard,
To play a card in an empty pile in Thirteen Packs, the card must be of the same rank as the pile indicator. Also, note that the pile has be EMPTY - that is, no cards in it. In Thirteen Packs, a pile can look empty but it's not if the cards in it are lined up at the bottom of the screen. An empty pile has no cards in it at all.
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Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 155
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 1:50 pm: | |
I just right click usually It can be a very annoying game but also a very hard and great one. You should try it again.....also I got it, knew it had to be winnable!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 238
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 4:38 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Congratulations on solving both of those games. The Triple Interchange in particular was a beauty. Judging by the size of the file you posted, it looks like you found it difficult too.
They're the best kind.
I did suss out the Thirteen Packs problem, but I still don't enjoy playing it, so there's no point.
Richard. |
Frances Cammisa (Yankeegal)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Yankeegal
Post Number: 151
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 5:32 am: | |
Oh, 13 Packs is winnable--it took me over 2000 tries but I finally got it-- |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 239
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 6:37 am: | |
Hi Thomas,
Re Thirteen Packs. Thanks for clarifying the empty pile scenario, although it eventually dawned on me what I was doing wrong. I expect other players may have been confused too, so it was worthwhile raising the point.
Thanks,
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 42
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 9:33 pm: | |
Re: TI #1841532543
Richard, I hope you're happy because I was almost late to work Fri morning because I was trying to solve this # that you posted. (5 more minutes, 5 more minutes, etc.) I was thinking about it all day long, finally cracked it tonight! It WAS challenging! Ken M. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 43
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:10 pm: | |
Richard, You gave me a hard one. Now I'll reciprocate: #1765180160 |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 240
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 4:52 am: | |
Hi Ken,
If I'd have being going to work today I'd have been in plenty of time. It took me 12 minutes to blow your lame duck out of the water.
I should charge a tuition fee. I could also give lessons on how to wind people up and brass them right off. Any takers?
Keep taking the tablets,
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 241
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 5:02 am: | |
Postscript-
I'm working on a Big Apple number just now that is so infuriating and complex that you'll have to give up work completely to have any hope of solving it. It's the masochists jackpot. You'd better pray I fail, otherwise you're gonna need councelling.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 243
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 9:06 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Re the rotten Big Apple, you can relax. My psychiatrist insisted that I give it up. I'm going to pull my fingernails out instead.
(I may have the odd sneaky look at it, but mum's the word).
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 44
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 7:26 pm: | |
At the risk of raising your tuition rates, Richard, I have to say I'm duly impressed with your (quick!) solution to my TI problem child. As for the Big Apple, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, but it reminds me too much of German Patience (which I have never won), and I don't need any more frustration in my life. Achtung! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 248
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 5:29 am: | |
Hi Ken M,
Richard Richard Uber Alles,
Should he charge tuition fee?
Should he educate the wallies,
In USA, land of the free?
Don't worry sonny, save your money.
Accept this is mild mockery,
Richard, Richard, is not callous,
Just does this for his friends for free.
Robert Burns, eat you heart out!
Richard.
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 249
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 5:38 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Kill one of your demons today. From now on you can be germane with German.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 255
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 9:53 am: | |
Hello Guys,
This Triple Interchange didn't surrender without a fight. It's not one of the nightmare ones, but you'll enjoy playimg it. # 240503793.
Regards,
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Intermediate Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 48
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 9:53 pm: | |
That was a fun one! Thanks! Ken M. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 53
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 11:11 pm: | |
Richard, Try TI #675217857. Was it an easy one for you, and do I need to quit my job and play PGS full time to keep pace with you, or did you find it difficult also? Ken M. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 286
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 11:03 am: | |
Ki Ken,
A man goes away for a couple of days well earned rest, and returns to find the Miss Piggy of all Triple Interchange games awaiting him.A complete an utter swine of a game which took me over an hour to kick into touch. Thanks mate, I need another holiday now.
One of favoutite watering holes beside the Black Isle was closed due to flood damage, maybe if I give it a week or two it will have reopened.
I've not got the handicap of a job to prevent me, and it also means I have much more time that you to fritter away in PGS. Yeah, perhaps you should quit your job!
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 54
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 11:36 am: | |
I'll go on the dole tomorrow! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 288
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:01 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
Sorry, it's not clear from your post whether you solved 675217857 or not. Can post my solution if you want. If you're still struggling with it, you should concentrate on getting the five of clubs out of the rightmost column, and not covering the nine of clubs from the stock.
Richatd.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 55
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:46 pm: | |
When I posted the #, I hadn't won it, but when I didn't hear back from you (I figured you were on holiday), I persevered, and finally got it last night! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 289
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 1:20 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
It was a complete stinker, and I doubt if very many people would manage to beat it.
Have you tried Four Stacks recently? It demands the same kind of persistance in order to win.
Also a Galloway and a Sevil Devils worthy of your attention.
Four Stacks _hard_807458048,
Four Stacks_hard_1374105344
Four Stacks_good_1006668224
Galloway_tricky_226054849
Seven Devils_difficult_485579745
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 57
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2007 - 11:53 pm: | |
Richard, I enjoyed that Seven Devils number. That's only the second time I've won it in 120 tries. Any more 7 Devils #'s for me? Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 291
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 3:32 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Was beginning to think nobody was talking any more. Glad you're still alive anyway.
Seven Devils :-) 265180817,375425505,109407289 are other winning numbers.
Got lots of other Triple Interchange numbers for you too. Wrap your brain cells round this one for starters. Triple Interchange_ugly_560072512.
Have classified all recent wins, and decided this one didn't fit in the "difficult" category. Made the decision just to play them as they were served up, and not skip any that looked dodgey.
How did you get on with Four Stacks? I rather like it, but I used to like Margaret Thatcher!
Richard.
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 292
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 4:44 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Just to ensure you don't get bored, here is the only Triple Interchange I've played today.Phew! 1669032063.I rate this as very difficult.Also a wee bit of a Scottish song for you and all the other absentees from the forum.
Haste ye back, I love you dearly
Call again, you're welcome here.
May your days be free from sorrow
And your friends be ever near.
May the path on which you wander
Be to you a joy each day.
Haste ye back, I love you dearly
Haste ye back on friendships way.
Richard.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 58
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 7:55 am: | |
Richard, I would love to 'Haste ye back' to playing PGS, but my application to be on the dole was denied, so it's off to work for me. Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 293
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 1:27 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
Did you have a nice restful day at your work?
Do you have any tranquilisers? Are you due any holidays? I think you're gonna need both. Whilst "ugly" is far from easy, "Auld Nick" is reserved for the devil alone. Not 666, but 2071638015. Be warned. You won't forget to save this one!!!!
Richard. |
Audrey G Schnell (Paxinc)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Paxinc
Post Number: 175
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 6:47 pm: | |
This mayn't be the place, but, I've found that my browser, Thunderbird, gets testy and doesn't always save my PGS files to the desktop; it took 3 attempts today. I'm working at crossroads, which I lost, while upgrading to 11.00. No, I'm skipping 11.1 as I lost six wins with the 11.0. Neither am I seeking hard puzzles.. tough is tough enough. Bye Audrey |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 59
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 10:46 pm: | |
TI #560072512 proves the adage that "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone" That was definitely a "bone-deep ugly" one, but it is now vanquished!!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 294
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 4:20 am: | |
Hi Audrey,
Why do you want to save games to your desktop anyway? When you want to save a game, go to "Game" top left of the screen, and click on "Save as". Simple. Guess how you then access the saved game. Have you ever considered a career in comedy?
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 295
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 4:26 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Glad you agreed with my assessment of 560072512 as "ugly". Could curdle milk that one.
NOW, the world and its dog are keen to see how you get on with Auld Nick, and anticipate you posting a solution even if this means you've to take time off work. We could send you food parcels.
Richard.
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 296
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 4:34 am: | |
Hi Audrey,
Crossroads 393240705 is winnable, but it's one of the VERY few that are. I played thousands of it before I had a win.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 297
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 3:15 am: | |
Hi Audrey,
Perhaps I'd better explain my comment re comedy. It looks peculiar out of context.
A famous astrologer was given the details of an unnamed person and asked to do a chart. This turned out to be extremely accurate, and contained the the comment that the person "thought sideways". The chart was for the lateral thinker Billy Connolly.
I felt that you demonstrate that trait in the manner in which you approach some things PGS. It was a bit of an obtuse compliment from yet another sideways thinker.
Tried to win another Crossroads for you most of yesterday. It's even more difficult than I remembered.
Richard. |
Audrey G Schnell (Paxinc)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Paxinc
Post Number: 176
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 10:22 am: | |
Hi, Richard: not to worry, I'm not too self-analytical, just rather obtuse and certainly not a computer geek. That's why my solutions are both rare and disfigured. I've been working, with Paul, on Heads & Tails, getting lost in the eye to screen transfer of his instructa, of steps which will solve the puzzle. My aim, to solve one of each puzzle is lacking 70 wins and, probably, won't be done. It seems that I cannot be satisfied by the efforts alone. Comedy has not been my aim but has perhaps come due to your phrase. Maybe I need a break ... not physical, but, PGSful?? Audrey |
Audrey G Schnell (Paxinc)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Paxinc
Post Number: 177
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 10:29 am: | |
I thought that I'd run out of space when the scroll bar didn't work, but, not so. More rambling; are you one of the "Scots wha hae"? Audrey |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 298
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 12:48 pm: | |
Hiya Tex,
Am I one of the "Scots wha hae" what? I am one of the Scots wha hae plenty of holidays. I am one of the Scots wha hae a very active sense of humour. I am not however one of the Scots wha hae a job. I am one of the very few Scots wha hae "smouldering leukemia" hence the lack of a job and the necessity to have a sense of humour, and a supply of people in PGS to entertain me. Life is good!
I've just had my PC engineer here to relieve me of a further $40 to carry out a task which, according to the box, was "simple". Codswallop!
You and I have that in common, we can switch the beast on but don't ask us to do anything too complex. And do we care? No!
Give my regards to Mr.Bush if you bump into him.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 301
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 3:32 am: | |
F.A.O. Kenneth Millar,esquire.
Hi Ken,
The silence is deafening. Looks like you're having a devil of a time with Auld Nick.
To be fair, I played it over and over and over and formed the opinion that it was unwinnable. But you know me, I just had to have a few more stabs at it. Don't give up. You'll get one helluva buzz when you finally make the decisive breakthrough.
Don't be afraid to ask for clues, because I certainly have far more time than you to devote to problem games.
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 60
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 9:55 am: | |
Sorry to inform you, Richard, but I don't have that game. I have PGS 10.3.1, and haven't gotten around to downloading the new version. I'm afraid my OLD computer has about had it. That's why I'm working so hard so that I can buy a new one with a lot more speed and memory. What about the other Ken? Will he take up the gauntlet?
Cheers! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 302
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:13 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
Excellent. I've just learned what version I'm running thanks to you. Version 11.
You have my sympathy re a new computer. The one I'm on is pretty much like myself. Old and decrepit. Ha! You could add cranky, unobliging and self opinionated too if you like, but just for the PC I hope. I'm struggling along in Windows ME and have a RAM that's so small it should be called a LAMB.
Bought a new laptop in October, but it has a talent for brassing me off completely. I just got it connected to the internet yesterday and it took an IT engineer to achieve that for me. The minute it starts talking to me in jargon I inform it that its parents didn't get married, and confine it to darkness for the rest of the day.
Re Ken Blackwell, perhaps his computer is worse than ours (Windows 89), and that's why he hasn't appeared here of late. (That was me laying some groundbait to see if I get any bites).
Incidentally my interest in Auld Nick is just academic. I'm keen to see if it was as difficult as I think, or whether it was me who manufaactured the difficulty.
Good luck with the new PC. Keep posting.
Richard. |
Audrey G Schnell (Paxinc)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Paxinc
Post Number: 181
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:36 pm: | |
Richard: If you'd give me your email address, I'd not have to expose my lack of expertise to the whole Forum. Audrey <paxinc@earthlink.net> |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 303
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 1:15 pm: | |
Hi Audrey,
En route now. Check your in box.
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 304
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 1:19 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
I think I may have confused you. The game that I'm referring to as "Auld Nick" is actually a Triple Interchange # 2071638015. I christened it thus because it was a devil of a job to solve.
(Auld Nick is a Scottish name for The Devil).
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 61
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 1:24 pm: | |
Yep, you did confuse me (it doesn't take much). I'll try it when I get home from work tonight! |
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