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Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 73
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 7:31 am: | |
Finished #300-399
Wins = 47
Winning streak 7 (352-358)
Losing streak 6 (367-372, 385-390)
Larry
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6286
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 7:40 am: | |
You are way ahead of me Larry. I stopped at 250 but I will see if I can win any of the ones you losr. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6289
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 1:21 pm: | |
I've given your two losing groups a quick try Larry. I scored 61 with #368 and 63 with #390. Rubbish scores with the rest. Will replay the two best ones and see what happens. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1728
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 3:16 pm: | |
A little improvement on the scores. I can get 63 with #368 and 64 with #390. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6290
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 3:25 pm: | |
68 with #390.
And.......
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Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1729
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 3:30 pm: | |
I see the cold hasn't frozen your brain, Richard! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6291
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 3:43 pm: | |
Ha. I only go out for a few minutes per day to feed the birds. The cold hasn't had a chance. I'm going to have to hit the pub soon, before I start to feel really old.
Have a look at this partial. I got the 68 off of it by backtracking and introducing a KS into the tableau. I think it may be unwinnable due to the spades.
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2031
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 5:35 pm: | |
It would be better not to hit the pub. It might hit back. |
Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 74
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010 - 11:10 pm: | |
I replayed the high scoring losers and came up
with 4 more winners (including # 390).
Now standing at 51 ( that will be 52 with Richard's # 368).
My remaining high scoring losers (> 60) are
#313,#314,and #343.
Thanks
Larry |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6292
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 10:15 am: | |
My best score out of the last bunch was 64 with #343 Larry. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6293
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 12:09 pm: | |
67 with #314. Possible winner? |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1730
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 1:19 pm: | |
Larry, could you post the solution to #390? I worked on it for hours and could only match Richard's score of 68. Thanks! |
Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 75
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 11:16 pm: | |
Ken,
Definitely a tough one. Solution attached.
Larry |
Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 76
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 11:19 pm: | |
Richard,
Could you post your partial to # 314.
Thanks
Larry |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6296
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 4:07 am: | |
I didn't save it Larry. I have things to do today but I'll try to replay it later. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6301
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 12:22 pm: | |
It took me three attempts to get 67 with #314 again Larry. I still have another idea to explore
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6302
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 4:00 pm: | |
I've exhausted my ideas regardinf #314 Larry. Now I'm bored. I wouldn't mind having a stab at any of your "300's" where you scored between 40 and 60. I'm not looking for any scalps, just a reasonable challenge to see how far we can get, we few, we happy few, we band of brothers. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1552
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:58 pm: | |
I'd like to join in playing Forth Thieves, but I just can't seem to get the hang of it. Maybe I'm good at some games but not at others. Do any of you have that problem. For instance, I love Tuxedo, but no one else seems to like it as much. So perhaps I'm not good at Forty Thieves because I don't like it. Maybe it's that simple.
BTW, how's the weather, Richard? We're having a winter thaw right now in the Midwest. It's 40 degrees outside. Also, we had a slight earthquake this morning which I didn't even feel. No one thinks of the Midwest as being earthquake prone, but we're actually on a fault line. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2032
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 10:56 pm: | |
Just one fault line. We are sitting on a bunch. My fault lines trump your fault line. |
Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 77
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 11:59 pm: | |
Richard,
Scores greater than 40
313= 61
314= 67
343= 64
349= 46
350= 53
359= 41
360= 41
361= 54
371= 45
372= 42
374= 41
379= 49
380= 49
387= 41
389= 48
392= 45
393= 42
Larry |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6303
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 31, 2010 - 8:42 am: | |
Thanks Larry. I've had a very quick go at about half of them. #379 is winnable. Nothing very remarkable about any of the rest. Will post my scores later when I complete the list. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6304
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, December 31, 2010 - 12:07 pm: | |
Just the one major difference Larry. You did very well.
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Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 78
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2011 - 8:44 am: | |
Richard,
Thanks, knowing a game is winnable is sometimes enough to push you over the top.
Larry |
Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 89
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 11:32 am: | |
Forty Thievers,
Just managed to crack # 359. Once you get the feeling that one is solvable, it is hard to give up. We’re up to 54/100 on the 300’s.
Larry
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Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 90
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 9:56 am: | |
Statistical update:
Solvable = 60/100
Win streak = 9
Loss streak = 5
Larry |
Larry Dale (Lars)
Advanced Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 91
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 7:34 pm: | |
Possible final update: 62/100 solvable
Further progress will await the development of a
Forty Thieves solving program.
I will get right on that as soon as I solve the
global warming problem(after I thaw out from –33° F on Jan 21)
Larry
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6388
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 4:53 am: | |
I'm doing some work on un-splitting atoms. It would appear that any idiot can split them, but as yet all the king's horses and all the king's men have had no success in undoing it.
We were about 10 degrees warmer than you Larry. I was obliged to wear a vest under my T-Shirt. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6651
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2011 - 9:28 am: | |
I'm working on the 300's now, but this thread is quite confusing. Could you please post a list of your winners for this group Larry?
Mike, Your post of December 30, 2010 - 10:56 pm: on this page. Google the Urban Slang Dictionary for a definition of trump and then reread your post. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2149
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2011 - 1:39 pm: | |
I stand (but a little farther away) by my words. |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1813
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2011 - 2:36 pm: | |
And my hurricanes trump your earthquakes, Mike! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6652
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2011 - 3:24 pm: | |
The Japanese can maybe lay claim to the loudest trump of all. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6653
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2011 - 3:26 pm: | |
Apologies for that bum joke. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2186
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 2:36 am: | |
Fukushima is waiting for you, Richard. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6654
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 4:46 am: | |
I know I started it,but we shouldn't make jokes about the Japanese situation. We are all glad that it's not us who are undergoing such misery. Nobody deserves this. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2189
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 5:17 am: | |
That's why i was a little sarcastic.
After the earthquake and the tsunami i didn't talk about the normal school physics in my lessons but about Japan. My pupils have had a lot of questions about the problems there and i invested the time to answer as much as it was possible for me. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6655
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 6:55 am: | |
An excellent phrase Markus "invested the time". I sometimes attempt to do likewise, but I don't always succeed. Fukushima is a lesson to the entire world that nuclear generated electricity is not as safe as they had previously led us to believe. Perhaps this disaster will encourage physicists to develop better ways. Scotland currently (pun, laughter optional) leads the world with Wave Powered technology. In the near future we will be able to generate enough "green" electricity for our needs, and perhaps even export it.
I'd better explain the pun in case Google is having another day off.  Current = at this time. A tidal current is also produced by oceans and rivers. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6656
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 7:09 am: | |
Larry (and others), After just one quick attempt my winners so far are these. I'd rather not spend time on numbers that anyone else has won, so that I can try and catch up.
303,304,305
310,312,318,319
322,325,328,
333,335,336,
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Larry Dale (Lars)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 112
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 8:34 am: | |
Richard,
These are my unsolved 300-399
301=54
306=42
313=61
314=67
320=30
323=53
324=54
326=48
327=19
329=42
330=12
334=42
338=37
342=21
343=64
347=37
348=54
349=50
350=54
351=33
361=54
363=25
364=43
367=28
369=54
370=34
371=45
374=43
377=38
380=49
385=53
386=19
387=43
388=35
389=48
392=48
393=44
394=36
Larry |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2190
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 9:26 am: | |
No, Richard, they don't learn. In Estonia the government just agreed with building one in Estonia in the near future.
The Chinese are building pun 5, 20 more are planned, in Finland is just one in building, ...
And that all with no idea where to put the tons of rubbish. No one wants to have it and no one have a place where to put.
AND in Germany, they have sometimes to shut down wind parks, because the nuclear plants are producing too much energy and you cannot shut them down as you can do with wind energy. ...
A. s. o., a. s. o., ... |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6657
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 10:13 am: | |
Thanks Larry. That was a far superior method of posting your results. I am interested mainly in trying to increase the average scores per 100. This gave me plenty to work on. You beat several of my first attempts. I always like to replay the lowest scoring games the most often. Here are two that I've worked some magic on ....... 363=40.....369=51
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6658
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 10:18 am: | |
Your views on nuclear energy are in line with my own Markus. It just doesn't add up. Have a look at this! When in doubt, dump it in Scotland. The UK government was actually IMPORTING nuclear waste for Scotland to reprocess. I don't think it still happens though.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8047790.stm |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6659
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 10:23 am: | |
A typing error in my records Larry. I had your score for 369 much lower. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2191
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 3:27 pm: | |
Richard, only money counts. What else if some people more or less fell. A little like war.
When the next accident don't happen in Japan, then it is happening in the USA. There is a nuclear power station on the west cost and they are waiting there for a big earthquake. ... |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6660
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 4:31 pm: | |
Big business views everyone as expendable pawns. The pursuit of money takes precedence over everything else. They have taken over from where the Church of Rome left off. Their empire was ruled by greed. So too are the boardrooms of multi-nationals. If you ever get the chance to see the epic film "The Kingdom of Heaven" it will leave you in no doubt that the church of that era should hang it's head in shame. The Crusaders who took Jerusalem were ordered by the Pope. They would be excommunicated unless they complied. They slaughtered every last person within that city. Ironically the forces of Saladin,(Islamic) allowed their Christian enemies free passage out of city when it became obvious to them both that the Crusaders couldn't manage to hang onto their ill gotten gains indefinitely. Watch the film with an open mind and draw your own conclusions. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2193
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 10:17 pm: | |
Richard, you know my opinion about church and i think you know, how i will see the film, when i once will see it. Maybe i cannot see it even till the end, because while watching it, i get so much hater in me, that i cannot watch it till the end. Ok, it was in history, but documentations about nowaday (?) things, where you just shake your head (i. e. about Monsanto, ...) i often have to stop watching before the end. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2150
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 - 10:30 pm: | |
Markus. There has been a lot of discussion about the nuclear plant at San Onofre around here since the Japanese disaster. The scientists beleive that they have all the right precautions in place for a quake of seven on the Richter scale. They say they have studied all of the siesmic data available and that a seven is the largest for that particular area in California. To that I say BULL. Mother Nature will do whatever she damn well pleases. The plant is roughly thirty miles from us. I am not that concerned. If we get one ( which we will at some point) as strong as the quake in Japan I will be digging us out of the rubble. At least I hope to be digging out. |
Kathy Quade (Kathyquade)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Kathyquade
Post Number: 1624
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 4:45 am: | |
It seems as if most people only want to condemn the Catholic Church for events in the past but never report about all of the good that the Church has done and still does. I don't hear any condemnation against the Muslims. Enough Catholic bashing. And don't believe everything you see in a movie. It seems all the faults of the world came about through the Church. Somehow that doesn't make sense to me. I'm sorry but I have a duty to defend my faith, and by the way the Church has apologized for the Crusades. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6661
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 8:18 am: | |
I didn't condemn the Catholic Church Kathy, I condemned the Church of Rome. It was the only Christian church of that era, so ALL Christians no matter what their current denomination must shoulder equal blame. In fact everyone of European extraction can be included. Our ancestors were an uneducated lot and they caused huge problems that persist to this day. They believed they were doing the right thing. History has proved them wrong.
Your BULL! would also sum up my opinion regarding your nuclear plant Mike. "Experts" have a depressing track record of getting things wrong. Put half a dozen experts in a room and all you will get is an argument. They will hold contrary opinions but each will be convinced that it's the others who are wrong.
Disturbingly they are only talking about a quake of 7 on the Richter scale. The Japanese quakes were stronger than that. Perhaps Congress will legislate that quakes above that severity become illegal. Then you can all sleep soundly in your beds at night.(...............................) Insert your own sarcastic comment in the space provided.
On a cheerier note, I took Liz and her son, plus his fiancé. and her daughter out for a bar meal last night. Great food, super prices! An old friend I'd not seen for years spotted me and came over to greet me like a long lost brother. He has written his autobiography. A thick hard back book of A4 size. He gave me it home to read, and I was astonished to see one of my poems occupying an entire page. And he spelled my name correctly! |
Ken Millar (Tpa_ken)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Tpa_ken
Post Number: 1814
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 8:41 am: | |
Richard is a poet
And we didn't know it! |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6662
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 9:45 am: | |
He really is a card.
He's the Scottish bard.
In an attempt to get this thread back to PGS, this for Larry.
You're been particularly thorough with your scores for this group. After one or two attempts you've bettered my score with several numbers. Vice versa also applies. I'd just logged on to say that I've just won #390. You've already won it. Drat. I really must get a new keyboard, one with numbers and things on the keys. The amount of typing errors etc I'm making is ridiculous. I had it marked down as a loser.
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2195
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 10:30 am: | |
"I really must get a new keyboard, one with numbers and things on the keys. The amount of typing errors etc I'm making is ridiculous."
All i say is: AGE.
Mike, you forgot four letters: S H i T. Don't be so kind not to say the hole lot in that context.
When scientists say, that the maximum is 7, then you can be sure, that it can also be 8 or 8.5. In Japan they have had another one some days ago with 7.4 !!! Did you already decide where to go? 30 miles is not much. How about Yetiland? |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6663
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 10:48 am: | |
To heck with Yetiland. Try Scotland. All of our volcanos have been extinct for centuries and we are no longer near a fault line.
Don't forget Marcus, AGE is something that many people fail to achieve.
See if your young brain cells can compete with my old ones in winning FT #302. I've just won it in an excellent time.
Just in case you miss it Larry. #302 is a new winner.
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Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2151
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 2:11 pm: | |
Moving parts of the discussion to Misc. |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2152
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 2:13 pm: | |
I meant General Discussion of course. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6664
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 2:25 pm: | |
#321 has now entered the winner's enclosure. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2197
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 2:38 pm: | |
"See if your young brain cells can compete with my old ones in winning FT #302."
1. I have not your experiences with FT.
2. I am in rumania and have very less time.
3. I am working meanwhile on those 17. games, i still haven't won.
4. I am working with Gregg on the new Beta in PGSME.
5. Young men don't have the patience wise very old men have.
6. ... |
Mike Butler (Butler77)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Butler77
Post Number: 2156
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 2:57 pm: | |
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6666
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2011 - 3:39 pm: | |
..... and the band played..... etc. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6668
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 5:08 am: | |
Giving up on the 300's now.
I make it 50 winners with an average score of 74.35.
The average is calculated using a combination of Larry's top scores plus my own. |
Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2199
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 5:28 am: | |
"See if your young brain cells can compete with my old ones in winning FT #302. I've just won it in an excellent time."
Richard, what was the problem with #302? I won it the first try, without even using the undo-button. It just fell. Pure luck i think.
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Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6670
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 6:25 am: | |
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2200
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 6:50 am: | |
Richard, it was no fake-picture. Just believe it or not.
Here is more of the stats-window. But as i said before, i have had luck.
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2201
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 6:52 am: | |
BTW "I've just won it in an excellent time." What was your excellent time?
Another btw "See if your young brain cells can compete with my old ones in winning FT #302."
It seems, that SOMETIMES my young brain cells can compete with your old ones. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6673
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 7:43 am: | |
I've started the 400+ group now. I clear my stats at the start of each group so I can't post a screenshot.  It was certainly well under 2 minutes, perhaps even less that one. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6674
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 8:37 am: | |
My genuine time would have been somewhere in the region of 6-7 minutes. I got into a bad habit of not saving games I'd won, so now I usually stop and do it and update my manual records before moving on. After I'd done the latter I clicked on the AutoMove and completed the game. I was surprised that it only showed 9 minutes to completion.
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Markus Reischl (Markus)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Markus
Post Number: 2202
Registered: 7-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 9:21 am: | |
I replayed it to solve it. This time, i needed two attempts. The first time, i made two important decisions and it fell. But i remember, i used one time the undo button to put the other 10C onto the foundation. But i am glad that i could stand your challenge. |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6676
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 9:49 am: | |
I am playing the numbers that Larry has not solved, therefore I am deliberately playing at a slow pace, trying to avoid missing any smart moves. As you have said, sometimes we just get lucky and everything falls into place. The next time it can be a very different story. |
Larry Dale (Lars)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Lars
Post Number: 114
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Friday, May 06, 2011 - 8:21 am: | |
Richard,
Just wondering if you received my e-mail on Forty Thieves 300's 400's update. If not, could you post your solutions for # 348 and # 400. # 301 and #459 were added to the solved list.
Thanks,
Larry |
Richard Mechen (Richardscotland)
Master Solitaire Player
Username: Richardscotland
Post Number: 6736
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, May 06, 2011 - 9:54 am: | |
Got it Larry.Thanks. Have been kept busy with the garden etc recently. Will probably email you tonight. |
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