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  • PaloAltoCougar
    Semper infra dignitatem
    • Nov 2008
    • 16917

    #526
    Originally posted by beefytee View Post

    I'm guessing the point total is wrong on a few of those.

    It should be about 9950 for your first one. Also, some of those point totals look eerily similar to Bo's.
    Ha, yes. I sometimes cut and paste Bo's (I don't know how to copy my breakdown directly into my post without eating up too much storage on the site) and then edit accordingly, albeit mistakenly in this instance.

    My first two scores were 9950 and 4873. Interestingly, I got the same score as Bo on no. 4, albeit with slightly different guesses.

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    • Lost Student
      BAND!
      • Nov 2008
      • 4324

      #527
      42,225 with only one poor guess.

      1) 9800 - 2 yrs - 16.4 m. I was wrong about when the queen died (I put 2023). Turned out it wasn't for her anyway.

      2) 2635 - 28 yrs - 1730.6 km. Worst guess evar! I guessed Norway in like the 60s. This one really hurts.

      3) 9894 - 1 yr - 2.2 km

      4) 10000 - 0 yrs - 4.9 m I was going to guess early 40s but then thought Errol Flynn was after that. I was lucky to go later enough. I kind of based it on the clothing.

      5) 9896 - 1 yr - 2.1 km
      "Seriously, is there a bigger high on the whole face of the earth than eating a salad?"--SeattleUte
      "The only Ute to cause even half the nationwide hysteria of Jimmermania was Ted Bundy."--TripletDaddy
      This is a tough, NYC broad, a doctor who deals with bleeding organs, dying people and testicles on a regular basis without crying."--oxcoug
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      "I too was fortunate to leave with my same balls."--byu71

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      • Pelado
        Bald not naked
        • Sep 2010
        • 21092

        #528
        Bad.
        "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
        - Goatnapper'96

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        • Pelado
          Bald not naked
          • Sep 2010
          • 21092

          #529
          Originally posted by Lost Student View Post
          42,225 with only one poor guess.

          1) 9800 - 2 yrs - 16.4 m. I was wrong about when the queen died (I put 2023). Turned out it wasn't for her anyway.

          2) 2635 - 28 yrs - 1730.6 km. Worst guess evar! I guessed Norway in like the 60s. This one really hurts.

          3) 9894 - 1 yr - 2.2 km

          4) 10000 - 0 yrs - 4.9 m I was going to guess early 40s but then thought Errol Flynn was after that. I was lucky to go later enough. I kind of based it on the clothing.

          5) 9896 - 1 yr - 2.1 km
          Errol Flynn's first big movie was Captain Blood in 1935. One of my favorite movies as a youth was his next big movie - The Adventures of Robin Hood - released in 1938.
          "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
          - Goatnapper'96

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          • beefytee
            Board eye candy
            • Mar 2009
            • 7542

            #530
            I was going to go even earlier that I guessed (1951), but I saw a girl with a poodle skirt on. That's the only reason I got the decade right.

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            • Bo Diddley
              Senior
              • Jul 2012
              • 18717

              #531
              Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post

              Ha, yes. I sometimes cut and paste Bo's (I don't know how to copy my breakdown directly into my post without eating up too much storage on the site) and then edit accordingly, albeit mistakenly in this instance.

              My first two scores were 9950 and 4873. Interestingly, I got the same score as Bo on no. 4, albeit with slightly different guesses.
              So literally copying!

              When I go to breakdown, I do CNTL+A, CNTL+C, and then right click, paste as plain text.

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              • Donuthole
                Official Outgayer
                • Nov 2008
                • 25231

                #532
                45,521.

                Same as everyone here, #2 killed me. I guessed remote Norway, and pre WWII 1941, but I was intrigued by all of the short rompers in a place that probably rarely gets over 75 degrees. I should have figured it was somewhere a little more temperate than Norway. I was also EXTREMELY distracted by the fact that the gentleman had only the bottom button of his 3-button suit buttoned. A real sartorial travesty. Pretty sure this was eventually the reason for WWII. Shame.
                Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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                • falafel
                  loves to talk on things
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 37874

                  #533
                  Originally posted by Copelius View Post
                  40,841
                  1- 9950, 1yr, 41m, Went with the queen, didn't even think about Phillip
                  2- 2755, 72yrs, 1490km, Got fooled by the flag and suit looked late 90s ish
                  3- 8579, 3yrs, 521km, Should have thought Berlin, but guessed post commie Warsaw
                  4- 10000, 0yr, 7m, probably the closest distance I can remember getting
                  5- 9557, 3yr, 1.4km, guessed east of the hotel. Pitch looked to close to be across the bay
                  YOU THOUGHT THAT DUDE AND ALL THE SCHOOL GIRLS WERE FROM THE 90S???? LIKE THE 1990S????
                  Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                  Dig your own grave, and save!

                  "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                  "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                  GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                  • PaloAltoCougar
                    Semper infra dignitatem
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 16917

                    #534
                    Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

                    So literally copying!

                    When I go to breakdown, I do CNTL+A, CNTL+C, and then right click, paste as plain text.
                    Yes! But only after I've completed the game.... Let me put my techno-ignorance on full display by asking if your instructions work with a Macbook, 'cuz that ain't gettin' it done. I can copy the breakdown by using Shift-Command 4, but that only produces an image of the breakdown which, I'm told, consumes excessive storage, and I don't see a way to paste it as plain text. Anyone who helps me resolve this problem can have my Jello at dinner this evening.

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                    • Bo Diddley
                      Senior
                      • Jul 2012
                      • 18717

                      #535
                      Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post

                      Yes! But only after I've completed the game.... Let me put my techno-ignorance on full display by asking if your instructions work with a Macbook, 'cuz that ain't gettin' it done. I can copy the breakdown by using Shift-Command 4, but that only produces an image of the breakdown which, I'm told, consumes excessive storage, and I don't see a way to paste it as plain text. Anyone who helps me resolve this problem can have my Jello at dinner this evening.
                      Never used Apple, so go fish!

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                      • beefytee
                        Board eye candy
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 7542

                        #536
                        Here I just did it from my mac:

                        49,797. (Select the total and hit Command-C), then hit Command-V to paste it here.


                        Then, after goinng into the breakdown screen, hitting Command-A, Command-C will produce what is below when hitting Command-V here. Then just clean it up.



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                        1)

                        10000 pts

                        0 yrs off

                        -

                        13.8 m

                        2)

                        9851 pts

                        0 yrs off

                        -

                        12.2 km

                        3)

                        9998 pts

                        0 yrs off

                        -

                        90.4 m

                        4)

                        10000 pts

                        0 yrs off

                        -

                        4.6 m

                        5)

                        9948 pts

                        1 yrs off

                        -

                        96.8 m

                        Exit breakdown




                        It sucked not having a touch screen on the Mac and having to zoom in with the touch pad.

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                        • Lost Student
                          BAND!
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 4324

                          #537
                          Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

                          So literally copying!

                          When I go to breakdown, I do CNTL+A, CNTL+C, and then right click, paste as plain text.
                          Where have you been with this useful information? I've tried to highlight the numbers to copy but that's never worked. I didn't think about CTRL+A.
                          "Seriously, is there a bigger high on the whole face of the earth than eating a salad?"--SeattleUte
                          "The only Ute to cause even half the nationwide hysteria of Jimmermania was Ted Bundy."--TripletDaddy
                          This is a tough, NYC broad, a doctor who deals with bleeding organs, dying people and testicles on a regular basis without crying."--oxcoug
                          "I'm not impressed (and I'm even into choreography . . .)"--Donuthole
                          "I too was fortunate to leave with my same balls."--byu71

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                          • PaloAltoCougar
                            Semper infra dignitatem
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 16917

                            #538
                            Thanks, beefy! I'll put that to the test tomorrow.

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                            • Bo Diddley
                              Senior
                              • Jul 2012
                              • 18717

                              #539
                              Originally posted by Lost Student View Post

                              Where have you been with this useful information? I've tried to highlight the numbers to copy but that's never worked. I didn't think about CTRL+A.
                              I can't take credit. Someone else mentioned it before (probably BeefEater).

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                              • Pelado
                                Bald not naked
                                • Sep 2010
                                • 21092

                                #540
                                Using Bo's method to display how poorly I play this game:

                                38849 total

                                1)9591 pts

                                3 yrs off - 456.9 m

                                2)2811 pts

                                11 yrs off - 3444.4 km

                                3)6998 pts

                                15 yrs off - 119.1 m

                                4)9513 pts

                                3 yrs off - 4.2 km

                                5)9936 pts

                                1 yrs off - 679.8 m
                                "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                                - Goatnapper'96

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