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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 873
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 4:53 am: | |
Any luck with #1250189184? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2317
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 6:10 am: | |
Luck he calls it. Luck!
Surely you meant any SKILL with #1250189184?
It's a very dificult one Ken. My best score is 35. I can get irritatingly close to improving on that at times too. What great heights has K2 reached? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2318
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 6:15 am: | |
Make that 42. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2319
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 6:22 am: | |
Got it! In my excitement I forgot to save it though. Should be able to rewin it from my last saved position I believe.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 874
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 6:27 am: | |
You're the man! (As if I ever doubted it!) Let me try it again with your clues. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2320
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 6:42 am: | |
Hardly a clue there Ken. A decent one would be not to cover the QH in the tableau with the jack that's also there. The JC from the Reserve went on there. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 875
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 10:29 am: | |
I had figured that one out already. Let me see if I can match your lay-out. DM is a fun little game, isn't it? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2321
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 11:06 am: | |
Yes Aesop and company certainly agree with you judging by the number of wins they've had.
The screen shot doesn't really give you any clues other than the fact that the AH was the lst one I CHOSE to uncover. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2322
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 5:01 pm: | |
There's good news, and there's bad news. The good news is that the numbers on either side of 1250189184 are also winnable. The bad news is that one of them is difficult, but which one? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 876
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 9:48 pm: | |
..183 took me 9 minutes
..185 took me 39 minutes |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2325
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 4:33 am: | |
It wasn't difficult to figure out which was the easier game. Do you fancy seeing if we can knock up 50 consecutive wins? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 877
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 5:18 am: | |
Sure! How about you start at #1 and I'll work backwards from #100 and we'll meet in the middle? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2326
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 5:45 am: | |
OK, but if you intend posting the stats we'd better save them eh? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 878
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 6:18 am: | |
Roger Wilco |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2327
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 9:43 am: | |
Number six gave me problems. Let me know how you get on with it.
Mike's new doberman is called Anubis, (that's an old dog), a bit like himself maybe. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 879
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:01 am: | |
You're doing better than me. I can't even get the first one (#100)!!!!!!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2328
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:17 am: | |
Oh come on Ken! There are people who've won several hundred consecutive games of DM. You're gonna have to pull your socks up. I'll give it a try. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2329
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:38 am: | |
I've got it to 42 so far. It's a stinker. Anyway Mister Millar, may I refer you to my post of September 20, 2008 - 4:33 am ? How does #100 fir it with that? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2330
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:54 am: | |
53 now. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 880
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:57 am: | |
My socks are up to my armpits now! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2331
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 12:07 pm: | |
Don't get those socks too close to your nose Ken. I'm beginning to doubt if it's winnable.
Have a dabble with my best effort and see if it gives you any ideas. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2332
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 12:09 pm: | |
How about you start at FIFTY and work down? |
Patricia Traynier (Trisha)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Trisha
Post Number: 80
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 12:49 pm: | |
Just got Double Minerva #100.Here is the solution if it is wanted. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2333
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 1:32 pm: | |
Excellent job Trisha. I decided to have a break from it and see if I'd play it any different later. Just checking to see if Ken had got it before I resumed. That was quite a game. Well done. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 881
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 3:03 pm: | |
To paraphrase George Santayana, "The difficult is that which can be done immediately; the impossible that which takes a little longer (and the help of Patricia Traynier!)" |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 823
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 7:26 pm: | |
To paraphrase Michael Butler, " The difficult can be put off till later; the impossible can be forgotten about all together". |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 882
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:35 pm: | |
A man after my own heart! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2334
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 5:53 am: | |
Oh I don't think she'd put up with that Mike! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 883
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 7:57 am: | |
Richard, I should've followed your instructions more closely at the outset because not only are #'s 50, 49, 48 winnable but they are EASILY winnable! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2335
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 9:38 am: | |
Well done Ken. It's perhaps a bit too early to suggest that a very high percentage may be winnable. Is it possible that some players actually HAVE won several hundred without a loser? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 884
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 1:32 pm: | |
Maybe it's because you, me, and Mike are TI "experts", but I find this game more difficult (on average) than TI. The ones that are easy are easy, but the ones that are difficult are really difficult. For example, #94 and #98 were really easy, but I still haven't won #95, #96, #97, and #99 yet. (And we all know how hard #100 was!) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2337
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 1:56 pm: | |
I've just got 99. Will try the others before I insert my foot in my mouth. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2338
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 2:30 pm: | |
Sorry Ken. It was actually 95 I won! Oh dear! 99 is proving considerably harder. Maybe we could use a personal traynier. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 885
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 3:32 pm: | |
You could imagine how I felt when I tried to win #100 (and failed), and then went on to #99. Do you agree with my assessment that this game is harder than TI? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2339
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 4:00 pm: | |
It's WAY harder, but what I like about TI is that I can draw a definite line under a game and say with certainty that it's unwinnable. It would take a brave man to make such a statement with DM.
I've got to a position with 99 where I just need to lose a 2C and I'm fairly sure it will capitulate. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2340
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 4:11 pm: | |
That was good advice I gave myself. I got it! I'll back peddle a bit and see if I can get a decent partial for you. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2341
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 4:16 pm: | |
Try it from here Ken. I'll have a go at your other ones next. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2342
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 5:45 pm: | |
Got the others too. Look how long! Ouch. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 886
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 6:16 am: | |
Just like we can have a string of bad luck from #100 on down, I having a string of good luck from #50-#44 w/o any major problems. (Of course, I've now probably jinxed myself for subsequent numbers.) |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2343
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 6:20 am: | |
I got as far as #11 without any major problems. Am spending a lot of my time with the Beta test and hitting many challenging games. Just stuff that we've played before, but it's a refreshing change. We've been ignoring many great games with our obsessions. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 825
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 11:32 am: | |
I did #51 and #52. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 889
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 9:39 pm: | |
I know you don't like Carol, but I'm sure Minerva will treat you better (since there's twice as much of her to love). I also know that for most of us PGS players you're #1 in our programmes; #1 in our hearts. So how about some clues on #1? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2354
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 3:39 am: | |
You want pictures of my naughty girl eh Ken?
Here's one of her being prety modest. She is just about to divest herself completely of column nine. See if you can sweet talk her from here. More intimate shots available if this doesn't turn you on.
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 890
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 10:06 am: | |
Richard, your girlfriend was quite the tease but she finally succumbed to my charms! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2355
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 10:23 am: | |
As if I should be surprised at that!
I've not been playing a lot recently but have got to #15 OK. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 832
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 11:53 pm: | |
KenM. Have you had any word from Richard? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2356
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 6:01 am: | |
Hi guys, Got a huge problem just now.(Nothing life threatening). Have no PC either. Posting this via a friend. Will email you as soon as I can. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 833
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 11:47 am: | |
Oh. Good. I thought you fell into a Haggis Pot. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2357
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 5:33 am: | |
The only pot on the horizon is your own belly.
I'll email you and Ken later today as soon as I stop spitting feathers. Things are returning to normal at high speed.
I may also have a brilliant opportunity to win a load of cash on a TV show. They don't know what they're letting themselves in for. I've to travel to Newcastle for an interview later this month. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 891
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 6:08 am: | |
Enough money for a trip to the States???
(Good to see that you're alive and kicking!!!) |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 834
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 3:35 pm: | |
(Good to see that you're alive and kicking!!!)
At least for the moment. of course he will still be kicking when he has gone to the great beyond. (Is that London)? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2359
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 2:20 am: | |
If I won a lot of money Ken, I think I'd be looking to go to somewhere a little less frantic than the USA. I'd be looking for somewhere a bit cooler too,(although you and Mike are really cool). Ive heard that there is a little country over in Europe that exactly fits the bill. I forget what it's called. Where God lives. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 892
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 7:52 am: | |
Mike, it's all about perspective, isn't it? If it gets down to 75F where you or I live, break out the jackets!! But 75F for Richard and his ilk would be a heat wave!! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 2360
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 8:25 am: | |
The temperature today is about 37F. I've been out most of the day wearing a short lightweight jacket above a sleeveless shirt,(no vest). We may have to consider puting on the heating in a few weeks time. Tell me this guys, in a country with so much sunshine, why don't you have solar panels everywhere to generate ultra cheap electricity? Our little country is generating lots it's power from wind farms and hydro-dams. We are also already way ahead of the entire world with wave powered generators. In the future we'll be exporting electricity. Scots inventors have still got it. If there is anything else you want invented, just let us know. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 836
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 10:24 am: | |
Ken. I don't like it when it's above 75f. That's why we live at the beach. You know the dry air humid air thing. 80f is a little uncomfortable here unless you are actually at the beach. But that's just me. As far as the electrical thing. We just drive about forty miles from here and you can see miles and miles of wind generators and lots of solar panels. But remember how many people we have around here. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1214
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 5:39 pm: | |
Richard, here's a number for you to sleep on:
Double Minerva #6 |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1215
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 5:50 pm: | |
Richard, I'm re-reading these posts from a year ago and saw that you had problems with #6 back then. Did you save it? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 3405
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 7:07 pm: | |
No Ken,I didn't save it. Good game though. |
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