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Diana Wu (Diana)
New Solitaire Player
Username: Diana
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 10:07 pm: | |
Hi,
i'm new here. I recently downloaded Pretty Good Solitaire and all I can say in"WOW"!!!!
Can anyone tell me is this Three Bear game is winnable?
Thanks in advance,
Diana |
pgs348
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 6:37 pm: | |
Yes, it is. |
Diana Wu (Diana)
Solitaire Player
Username: Diana
Post Number: 21
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:22 pm: | |
Ok then,
Can you give me a hint as to the solution?
And while I'm at it, can you tell me if there is a solution for #215468147
Thanks, |
pgs348
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 11:43 am: | |
The trick with Three Bears is that cards in the foundation must be removed in order to move some cards. For example, if one Diamonds foundation is complete (built from Ace to King), and there is an empty space, and there is a lower rank of Diamond blocking a stack of cards, you can move the King back into the empty space and rebuild the pile until it meets the card on the stack - then simply move the card to the pile and the stack is open. (if the King plays it back to the foundation, just undo it and then move the Queen, and if it plays back the cards, just keep undoing the moves and play the next card - or turn AutoPlay off temporarily)
Diagram:
Foundation: Ace-King D
Pile 1: Empty
Pile 2: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Five D (play position)
becomes
Foundation: Ace-Queen D
Pile 1: King D
Pile 2: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Five D (King to empty pile)
becomes
Foundation: Ace-Five D
Pile 1: King-Six D
Pile 2: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Five D (Queen thru Six built from the foundation to the pile)
becomes
Foundation: Ace-Five D
Pile 1: King-Five D
Pile 2: ?, ?, ?, ?, Four H (Five D from this pile moved to the pile containing the diamonds from the foundation) |
Diana Wu (Diana)
Solitaire Player
Username: Diana
Post Number: 22
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:31 pm: | |
Ok I understand the logic in that. I have tried it on #215468147 with no luck.
Can you play this game to the end?
btw, thanks for the details. |
Diana Wu (Diana)
Solitaire Player
Username: Diana
Post Number: 23
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 5:11 pm: | |
Re: #704185089
I won it using what you showed me!
Thanks, psg!
have any thoughts on #215468147? |
pgs348
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:55 pm: | |
215468147 does not seem to be winnable, because most of the cards one would uncover seems to be Kings, and there are no possible ways to make empty spaces. I tried to play this game twice now but I ended up with a dead stock (no cards can be taken out) and a dead tableau (no cards can be played anywhere) and therefore the game is dead (unwinnable). That is, unless someone has another opinion. |
Diana Wu (Diana)
Solitaire Player
Username: Diana
Post Number: 24
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 8:42 pm: | |
Nice strategy, pgs. Ive played 42 games and they are all winners.
Any thoughts on #1716501547. I've tried it inside and out and still with no luck.
|
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 196
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 2:06 pm: | |
Three Bears 1716501547 is winnable. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 197
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 3:08 pm: | |
THREE BEARS "215468147 does not seem to be winnable".January 19, 2004.
I've won thousands of games of solitaire but this is undoubtedly the hardest one I've solved.
I will post the solution early in 2007 to give everyone a chance to crack this solitaire masterpiece. Best of luck, you're gonna need it. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 140
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 10:42 pm: | |
A challenge is issued.
Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 200
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006 - 6:48 am: | |
Hi Ken,
Apparently the challenge that you issued was to get your file to open. I had a problem with a previous file from you too. Have you noticed that some files in the forum have different logos? Why is this? No matter, I cracked it eventually. (See another of todays posts from me).
Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS for winning the game. It's ironic that it has apparently stayed unsolved for almost three years and now it's been mastered twice. It's slightly easier when you KNOW it's winnable though. There has been a number of other games lying unsolved in the "Is It Winnable?" section that I cracked recently too.
That's your next challenge. See if you can find one in there that's not been solved yet. If you can win it, please post the game number but not the solution, so I can have a crack at it.
Hope you have a great Christmas.
All the best,
Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 204
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006 - 4:20 pm: | |
Hi Ken,
No point in me hanging onto my solution any longer as you've posted yours. It's interesting to compare the two and to see what a difference a single move can make to it's progress. It was certainly a great game to get your teeth into.
Richard. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 608
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 5:13 pm: | |
Richard, I'm surprised that nobody has given you grief for this in 2 1/2 years. You said that #1716501547 was winnable but you posted the solution for #1139438464. Were you just excited about the Christmas present Liz had given you? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1849
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 5:48 pm: | |
Perhaps they were waiting for you to take the lead and post your solution. How it pains me to disappoint them. Huh! Have you been working on it all this time????? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 614
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 4:41 am: | |
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 3:08 pm:
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THREE BEARS "215468147 does not seem to be winnable".January 19, 2004.
I've won thousands of games of solitaire but this is undoubtedly the hardest one I've solved.
I will post the solution early in 2007 to give everyone a chance to crack this solitaire masterpiece. Best of luck, you're gonna need it.
Richard, It seems ironic that you posted this a couple of years ago, but I have yet to find a difficult Three Bears since. Can you help? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1866
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 5:12 am: | |
Sorry Ken, I've been looking but can't find one that hurts. I'd suggest searching for one with no aces showing and a whole load of queens and jacks of the same colour. A tall order!
Time you were moving onto something a bit more challenging, or have you still to do your 50 thing?
I've GOT to get some more gardening done. I'll search again later. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1867
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 6:56 am: | |
Stopped for a cuppa. 742982528 was a bit akward the way I played it. Could be totally different for you. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1868
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 7:16 am: | |
1919733375 is a bit of a troublemaker. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 615
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 9:44 am: | |
OK, I'll be moving on as soon as I get my 50 (only 20 more to do). The ones you posted weren't easy but they certainly weren't difficult. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1869
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 10:08 am: | |
Yes Ken I agree. It's a pity we haven't access to other people's unwinnable Three Bears. It wouldn't surprise me if we could win the lot, given time. I hope you pick something more difficult for your next 50. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 616
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 1:05 am: | |
It took some doing but I finally found one that isn't going away quietly. Try #1863428223. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1872
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 4:47 am: | |
THAT'S BETTER!!!!
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1873
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 4:50 am: | |
OOPS! Watch you don't overlook the second picture to the right. It didn't look like that in the preview. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 617
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 5:37 am: | |
Thanks, RM, but I couldn't sleep knowing there was a Three Bears to win so I got up in the middle of the night to finish it off. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1874
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 8:45 am: | |
You appear to be an authority on bears Ken. Well DO they? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 618
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 10:36 am: | |
Yes, Mike and I can smell it from here. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1875
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 10:58 am: | |
You are clearly too close to the source. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1876
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 4:30 pm: | |
Ken, How about tackling "Famous Fifty" for your next fifty? Sounds appropriate. I've just won 5 from 9 so it could be fun.
Mike, I'm giving TI a brief rest, but if you've any tough nuts, I'll give them a try. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 591
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 5:53 pm: | |
I haven't had any tough TI ones lately. I have not been playing that many hands per day. I was playing some "Three Bears" to see if I could find a unwinnable one. And I have been playing "Aces Up" also. As far as Three Bears. With all the moving around of cards that you can do. I don't see any unsolvable ones coming up. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 620
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:27 pm: | |
That's a possibility. How about Family Plot? |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 592
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 11:30 pm: | |
How did my message get so long. I sounded like Richard. I will take a look at Family Plot. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1878
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 1:55 am: | |
Yeah, better make it's aquaintance Mike. As the Beatles said, "It won't be long, yeah". Why do you guys keep digging holes for me to shove you into? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1879
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 2:51 am: | |
Ken, You've heard the saying about us becoming like the people we live with. Consider this! Someone was complaining recently about how QUIET the forum was, and is now complaining about the lengths of my posts. You don't suppose Mike is starting to sound like .......? No! Surely not!
A couple of Family Plots for you. 1482364544 and 1585101952 are winners. It's a game of pure luck though. Everything hinges on your cards not being buried in the Reserve pile.
Will be in Aberdeen all day, doing my mother's garden. Will give Mike some peace. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 621
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 12:16 pm: | |
I think that Family Plot requires some skill but ultimately, you're right (choke, gag, choke). The game is determined by what's in the reserve. How about Seven Devils? I'd like to knock off the #2 person in the stats. Can you help? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1880
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 12:34 pm: | |
I've done quite well with Family plot today, 5 wins from 6. Try them whilst I have a go at Seven Devils. There are at least two players that I'd like to knock off! Ha! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 594
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 1:35 pm: | |
#5 is not winnable. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 622
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:32 am: | |
Richard, Try Three Bears #545659648. If you can get a 2 of clubs into play you're a better man than I (but you knew that already!). |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1884
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 3:22 am: | |
I don't aspire to be better that anyone (unless that person is a cheat and a liar). I'll settle for "as good as".
 |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 623
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:48 am: | |
RM,Thanks,KM |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1885
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 9:14 am: | |
RM2KM, Not clear from your post whether or not you've won it yet. The missing twos came out thus:- First 2C in col 7, 2nd in col 11, 3rd in col 8. I found it pretty testing too. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 627
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 3:18 am: | |
Richard, what's your "broad spectrum" analysis of Three Bears #10962261? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 628
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 4:27 am: | |
Got it! But it is one of the rare challenging ones. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1906
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 5:07 am: | |
I didn't see your post in time Ken. I think you may have missed something with this one. I got it in nine minutes. You do realise that you can take cards back off the foundations don't you? I'm informed that it's called "worrying back". I've got one of those too, and so has the cyclops (Mike). |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 629
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 4:49 pm: | |
OK, RM, how quickly can you win this one? Three Bears #125911161 |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1908
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 5:39 pm: | |
23 minutes Ken. Much better!
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1910
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 3:29 am: | |
Have you won it Ken? Can post a clue if required. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 630
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 3:41 am: | |
Yes, please! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1911
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:07 am: | |
I don't believe it! I didn't save it! Have to go out now but will replay it when I ge back. What a twit! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 631
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 5:17 am: | |
Got it! Thanks anyway! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 632
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 12:13 am: | |
Boy, when you go out, you're gone for a while, eh? We both agree that Three Bears is a fine game but a little boring for us "challenge junkies". What if we removed the ability to bring cards back down from the foundations (as in the majority of PGS games)? Would any of the #'s posted become more difficult, or even, dare I say, impossible??? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1912
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 4:05 am: | |
Without being able to "worry back" Three Bears would become far more difficult, and the win rate would plummet. Since Mike and then you have described it as boring, aint it time we moved on.
Two more suggestions are Opus (a difficult Penguin) and Batsford which is similar to Three Bears. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 633
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 4:49 am: | |
What was the game that you were trying to win in just one deal? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1913
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 6:06 am: | |
TRIPLE INTERCHANGE!!!!!!
Try Batsford 2058423679
Opus 930185024, 1418002688, and 606907648.
It's not fair of us to describe Three Bears as boring. After all, it does "exactly what it says on the tin". We need something a bit more demanding. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 634
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 7:50 am: | |
Boy, I am getting old! Pretty soon I'll be in codger status like you and Mike. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 635
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 8:04 am: | |
BTW, you don't know boring until you've played Simplex for 50 times. (Sorry, Paul!) |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 636
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 8:08 am: | |
I know I'm getting old but I could have sworn we were talking about an EASY game and you said to make it more challenging that you try to win it in the first deal. Obviously, TI is challenging enough that you don't need that extra challenge. Or am I just dreaming? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1914
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 8:20 am: | |
Ah! That's right. Apart from TI I make a habit of trying to win Demons & Thieves in deal one. I've always managed to too. So far that is, but I suspect you may be thinking about trying to scupper my record. I bet that Mike can smell wood burning from where he stays. Take care you don't spontaneously combust.
Gonna try and win 50 Simplex with my eyes shut.
Where the heck is Mike anyway? And KenB? Abducted by aliens I suspect. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 604
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 12:45 pm: | |
I have a life after all. I was playing 50 hands of Yukon. I found lots that seemed to me to be unwinnable. They will not appear in my stats. I will be changing my name to Tom2. There are lots of others like Tom and I. We really are unbeatable. I never said Three Bears was boring. In fact that last game you posted was a bit up in the air for me for awhile. I didn't have to use the worry back part of the game on that one. But I have on some others. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1915
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 1:10 pm: | |
Given what side of the Atlantic you live on, Tom-Tom would be better than Tom2 surely.
Your losing games are not going to appear on your stats! That's cheating.
You're not suggesting that Tom and Egil and Co. are cheats are you? Hard to believe!
You've been re-christened. It's quite appropriate for you to be called Cyclops since people keep asking you how your eye is.
How is your eye BTW? |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 605
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 1:30 pm: | |
I will never use the "C" word around here. I could see the games were unwinnable before I started them. You believe that, right. The eye is doing great. Things in the distance are clear and I can see the golf ball much better. I can't read small lettering on signs across the street with my right eye closed. They did the left one. But with both eyes it is very clear. So I guess everything is fine. I will get my new sunglasses next week and the new reading glasses sometime after that. Take a look at Yukon #2. I could not figure out a way to solve it. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1916
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 2:22 pm: | |
I think they use time travel. Every time they can't win a game their cursors travel up to the top of their screens and they load a saved game.
Re Yukon #2 I think it's unwinnable. I think that both red fives are underneath the 4C which it then unmovable.
Glad your eyesight has improved so much. I'll have to consider getting my left one attended to. It distorts everything (like an egil-eye). A large H on an eye chart appears like an A that's lost it's balance. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 1917
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 2:46 pm: | |
Knew I'd messed up that post. Confused two games. #2 I had just three covered cards in last column, 8D,4S and QH. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 637
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 4:55 pm: | |
Speaking of losing one's balance, I suspect that's why your eyesight is blurry, too much time at the pub? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1161
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 9:30 am: | |
Why did we ever stop playing this game? It's really fun! Did we get too good at it? I must be rusty because #1591339008 took me 20 minutes to vanquish. (BTW, there is some pretty witty repartee in this thread. I can't imagine anyone not being amused!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3285
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 9:51 am: | |
Victoria wasn't amused.
Don't know why WE! stop playing anything. I've always meant to ask you.
Will have a go at your number. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3286
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 10:17 am: | |
Excellent game Ken. I didn't start timing exactly on a minute so my time was between 18 and 19 something. I was beginning to think it was going to take MUCH longer. Those diamonds were tricky.
Reading some of the above posts makes me believe that we stopped messing with the bears because tough ones are hard to find. That said.....I'm going to see if I can find us one. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1162
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 10:20 am: | |
Hey, I was the last person to post on May 22, 2008, so "we" could have kept this thread going! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3287
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 10:59 am: | |
I thought you moved on. On reflection it was probably Mike's fault. Most things are apparently.
117053785 looks like it has the potential to frustrate. I was playing it earlier but WE had other plans. I have only used WE in connection one old queen. It would be uncharitable if you were to mention that eLIZabeth is another one. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1163
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 12:33 pm: | |
Richard, are you intimating that Liz going back to work might not be a bad thing? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3289
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 12:33 pm: | |
117053785 is winnable Ken. Far from easy. I seemed to be playing it forever. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1164
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 2:58 pm: | |
Got it! Now I'm tussling with #1310765 |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3290
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 3:39 pm: | |
Got it. Saved it. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1236
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 5:32 pm: | |
My fault. Sure. Why not. I am going to hibernate now. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3291
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 5:45 pm: | |
OK Mike, but please don't make a mess in those woods. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3292
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 5:52 pm: | |
Missed your question about Liz going back to work being a good thing Ken......How can I put this diplomatically (that's a first!)......maybe I should get a job. Maybe cleaning up the woods behind those darned bears. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1165
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 8:49 pm: | |
Nah, that's a crappy job.... |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3293
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 3:53 am: | |
So you'd advise me to turn my nose up would you? |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 391
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 12:18 pm: | |
1310765 is winnable too...hows it been? dead computer again. I seem to fry motherboards alot, guess its all the storms here in Fla. Yeah three bears is fun to re-visit |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3294
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 12:36 pm: | |
Hi Ken, I said yesterday that I'd got 1310765 out. It didn't give me that much trouble. There are frequently many alternative moves available in Three Bears, and it just takes one good or bad move to make a massive difference. I still think that a huge percentage of them must be winnable.
I've never fried any PC equipment. I have a long multiple socket that it's all plugged into. It has a surge protector built into it. You should try one.
Nothing much has changed around here. Too few people make any contributions to the forum (in my opinion).
See if you can dig up one or two ugly Bears for us. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1168
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 11:29 pm: | |
Hey, roomie, try #530060833. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3304
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 4:49 am: | |
Roomie? Why are you being so complimentary about Mike's pants?
Good game Ken. Gave me a fair bit of trouble. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 392
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 6:41 pm: | |
#2131824383...you asked for so have fun. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1169
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 6:40 am: | |
Thanks, Ken. That was fun! Ken
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1170
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 6:42 am: | |
For some reason, my solution didn't come through. If anybody wants it, I will try to post it again. Ken M |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 393
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 12:19 pm: | |
nice going Ken! You must have found it easier than me. It was kickin' me.
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Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 394
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 12:21 pm: | |
But two Kens are better than one, doubt Richard would say that but.... |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1171
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 4:35 pm: | |
And Ken also don't forget it's always easier for the second person to try a # because of the fact that since I knew it was kicking your butt, I never did the obvious play. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3307
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 3:18 pm: | |
Would those be bear butts you were referring to guys?
Watched this one being born a couple of days ago. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1238
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 4:26 pm: | |
Where is his Kilt? Welcome home. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3309
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 4:58 pm: | |
No kilt......It's a Bare!!
It's nice to be back Mike.......however briefly it may be. Was just about to email you anyway.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1173
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 5:15 pm: | |
Richard, did you try Ken's # to see how you got on with it? I posted my solution and titled it "in Memory of Richard" but for some reason it didn't post. (Does Thomas have a 'bad taste' filter as well as a forbidden word filter for the forum?) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3310
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 5:45 pm: | |
I will try it tomorrow Ken when I've caught up with some sleep.
Not sure about a bad taste filter, but I heard a rumour that there has been some work done on developing an effective Richard filter. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1174
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 9:46 pm: | |
Would that qualify for a Nobel Peace prize? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3311
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 5:47 am: | |
I'd rate 2131824383 as possibly the hardest yet. A NoBull Piece Prize would be appropriate. I hardly had a minute's peace whilst playing it so I can't tell you how long it took.
Anyway it would appear that I've risen from the dead and that the "In Memory Of Richard" tag was premature.....hence I have..... |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1175
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 6:09 am: | |
Richard, I noticed your solution was way to the right, so I went back up to my post for Sep.22 at 640am and noticed that my solution actually DID post (in case you wanted to check to see how I did it). It took me about 25 minutes. Ken |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3312
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 7:13 am: | |
I knew that your solution had posted Ken. I'll get round to having a look at it. I would say that anyone who can solve this in 30 minutes or less should feel VERY pleased with themselves. I had wanted to time it, but we had a spate of phone calls and two separate visitors whilst I was playing, so I've no real idea how long it would have taken me. At any rate, you have every reason to be pleased with yourself................ for once! (Just proving that my holiday hasn't made me soft). |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 395
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 7:25 am: | |
Try 509085281 I havent found a solution yet. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3313
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 7:48 am: | |
Not in the same league as your last one Ken. Worth playing anyway. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 396
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 7:53 am: | |
always the way it goes. I won it easily the next try. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3314
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 8:01 am: | |
It just takes a single good or bad move to totally transform these Three Bears Ken. I could just as easily have made a botch of it. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1177
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 7:33 pm: | |
Howdy boys! How about #59313521? Am I the only one who finds this one difficult? |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1239
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 12:04 am: | |
I got it. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3319
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 5:00 am: | |
That's all the proof you should need Ken. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3320
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 5:15 am: | |
I just had to try it too, just to see if Mike had played a stormer or if it was as difficult as you thought Ken. 8 minutes 20 seconds. Read that and weep Mr.M. That's EIGHT minutes. Looks like old age has caught up with you mate. You're becoming a vegetable. Welcome to the club. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1178
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 6:25 am: | |
This is me hanging my head in shame!
(P.S. to Mike: Are you going to let Richard talk to you that way?!?!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3321
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 6:45 am: | |
Go easy on Mike. He's be under the weather of late. (I was going to say that he's not been feeling himself lately, but I decided to rephrase it). It would have done his ego good to kick your butt, even the latter is becoming increasingly affected by gravitational pull, and becoming easier to hit, a softer target so to speak.
Go any more difficult Three Bears for us? I've got a few minutes to spare. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1240
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 12:56 pm: | |
I am start to feel a little better. I was surprised I got that 3 bears #. You know I hate those kinds of games. it did seem straight forward though. Do you think sometimes we make them harder than they really are? Right now looking at that many cards in the layout just make me ill. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3322
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 2:02 pm: | |
Glad you are feeling a bit better Mike. With 3 Bears there are often several plays available, picking the right one is often a matter of luck. Conversely you could quite easily pick the worst of the bunch. After that things can quickly work out for you or dig you deeper and deeper into a hole. In effect we ARE making them harder than they should be, but quite by accident. It can be a fascinating and frustrating game, but usually I find them a bit too straightforward. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1179
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 4:45 pm: | |
ME go easy on Mike? said the kettle to the pot! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3323
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 5:40 pm: | |
Pot-shots are legit. Not sure about kettles spouting.
Have you not got any more "problem" games for us? I'm bored. Thank God we're going away on holiday on the 16th. It's been a-g-e-s! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1180
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 03, 2009 - 12:47 am: | |
That's what you get for making fun of me. It'll be A-G-E-S before I post another # that I haven't totally vetted!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3324
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 03, 2009 - 2:53 am: | |
Touché Monsieur. |
Ken Blackwell (Blackie9)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Blackie9
Post Number: 398
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, October 03, 2009 - 10:14 am: | |
once in a 'coons age im guessing |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1195
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 11:03 pm: | |
My brain might still be addled by riding my bike in the heat but I can't get #915668352. HELP!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3351
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 8:44 am: | |
Just because you volunteered to fry your brain doesn't mean that you should try and frazzle mine.
I nominate this one as the daddy of the all, the worse yet. Could they come any harder and still be winnable?
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1196
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 9:01 am: | |
Well, you DID grieve me last week about posting easy ones! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3352
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 9:26 am: | |
Hoist by my own petard it would seem. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1197
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 10:22 am: | |
Trisha, are you out there? Haven't heard from you in a while. Are you having any luck cracking this game?
Ken |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 127
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 10:51 am: | |
Ken, I have had a few tries but I have had no luck. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3353
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 11:39 am: | |
Are either of you trying the two Big Harp games that have been posted recently? They are giving me a hard time. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1198
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 4:37 pm: | |
Richard, no luck with my #? I thought you were mad at Einstein for stealing your quote, "Everything is possible; the impossible just takes a little longer". Also, no response to my e-mail about the USA securing a place in the World Cup for the SIXTH consecutive time? Have you gone on holiday already (Mentally or Physically?) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3357
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 5:03 pm: | |
One of us has been out in the sun too long. Unless my eyes are deceiving me I posted the solution on Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 8:44 am. You'll have to take up drinking so that at least you have an excuse. Go and stand on the naughty step. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3358
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 5:17 pm: | |
Just checked my emails Ken. Congratulations to the USA for fielding a FOOTBALL team in the genuine world arena. Isn't it a lot more fun when other countries turn up? I'm afraid that Scotland has a pathetic international team meantime. The domestic situation is even worse. Starved of money. Gone are the days when the top English teams used to plunder Scottish football with their cheque-books. I remember seeing Celtic win the European Cup with a team of players all born with 20 miles of their stadium. This feat will NEVER be emulated. Even Aberdeen managed to win the European Cup Winners Cup in 1983. It is very sad particularly as we are a nation that is football crazy. Maybe I'll support England this time. Naaa! We'll do what we always do and support their opponents. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1199
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 7:02 pm: | |
MY APOLOGIES!!!!!!!!!!!
I keep forgetting to check WAAAAY to the right when there are pictures or screenshots posted previously.
(My apologies also for Scotland not being able to field a football team as good as the USA. Here's a thought: why don't you support us!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3359
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 7:32 pm: | |
Mmmmm! And what lame excuse are you going to offer for the post itself. Font too small for your tired old eyes? Sun blindness? Strange thing is that the solution is just slightly off centre on my screen. Uploaded solutions must be programmed to go to the centre of the screen. I've tried messing with them to no avail.
Re my solution.....run through it a few times and then see if you can do it solo. My money is on failure. It took me a LONG time to crack it.
I'm not unduly upset about us not qualifying for the World Cup. There was quite a period when we did so and the Auld Enemy did not. I will of course shout your guys on. It's only a matter of time before the other shaped "football" gets kicked into touch in America anyway. It's also only a matter of time before you get put into a qualifying group with some of the South American teams. There is not a bad one amongst them. Similarly, European teams tend to be tough nuts and Scotland and England have frequently been stuck in some formidable groups. Still, you must be capable of beating anyone if you are to have any chance of winning. USA are getting better all the time. They will go all the way sooner or later.
Re my solution....run through it a few times and then try it solo and see how you get on. I'm b-etting on failure. That game took me a LONG time. It is as bad as they come.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1200
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 9:26 pm: | |
My eyesight?
I'm not the one repeating "Re: my solution...etc" TWICE!!!!
(It looks like the holiday is coming up none too soon!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3361
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 4:31 am: | |
It was way past 1am. I'd typed that bit in and then hit the preview tab. It had disappeared so I put the same bit in again. The cursor must have shifted the first time.
The holiday countdown is well underway, but I have the dentist today and she is going to do her best to ruin me. She doesn't seem to appreciate that I have a publican to support. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1201
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 6:06 am: | |
When I saw the time you posted, I knew that was the reason, but I still had to tease you. (It's the law!!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3362
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 7:22 am: | |
Yep! You can't mess with the law.
I got a pleasant surprise at the dentist today. The old dragon has retired and there were two nice young women looking after me instead. Of course when you get to my age nearly all women are young by comparison. (Saved you the trouble there Ken). My bill was also way below what I'd estimated. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1202
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 7:35 pm: | |
Richard, Here's a send-off present for you.
#475037569 |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3368
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 3:53 am: | |
Thanks Ken, I needed something to do whilst I waited for the kettle to boil. Ha!
SOLUTION POSTED
SOLUTION POSTED
SOLUTION POSTED
SOLUTION POSTED
DO YOU SEE IT?
CAN YOU FIND IT?
(It's the Law). |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1203
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 6:17 am: | |
Thanks, Richard!
P.S. I got it 20 minutes after I posted it.
P.P.S. Have a GREAT holiday! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3371
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 5:25 pm: | |
We did have a great time thank you Ken. We got home about 5 hours ago. Disappointed not to have a teaser or two waiting for me though.
I found temporary accommodation for a considerable quantity of beers including some "real ales". It's hard work being me.
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1259
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 9:35 pm: | |
Glad you are home safe. Looking forward to the pictures and the stories. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3372
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 3:58 am: | |
Nice to be home again and getting back to "normal" Mike. Most peculiar tale from this jaunt:- I went into the village shop in Dirleton one morning and the shopkeeper asked me if I wanted eggs. She held out a tray of five XL hens eggs that a farmer had just given her. "They're free", she assured me. After I'd agreed to take them she informed me that I had to bring two of them back boiled! She wasn't yolking. I went away and cooked them and returned within 15 minutes with her breakfast. Now that's initiative. Crafty mare!
Got a few more golf course shots for you. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1208
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 5:10 am: | |
Richard, glad you didn't end up with egg on your face.
Welcome back! |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 1260
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 11:57 am: | |
He deserves some for the "Yolking" joke. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1209
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 9:10 pm: | |
Richard, Here's one for you while the kettle's on for tea.
#1625480447 |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3379
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 4:44 am: | |
A sweet little victory, just one cube. Should I milk it and tell you it was just my cup of tea? You'd not tealeave how quickly I quenched the little fella.
(I fought the law but the law won). |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1210
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 5:15 am: | |
Next you'll be telling me that you shot the sheriff, but you did not shoot the deputy!
Good show! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3380
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 5:44 am: | |
I used to have an extremely formidable collection of Eric Clapton LP's, right through his entire career from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to the present day. He's weathered well despite his early addictions to drink and druugs. Should I let this deter me from sampling a few more beers on my next jaunt? I think not. I'll not be hanging up my gun for a long time. That deputy is not out of danger yet. |
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