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  2. Posted

    Beaten fair and square this year, but soooooo close.  I was only a Louis Gossett jr, Charlie Bird and Eric Carmen away from winning this match. :lol: I just don't have the research capabilities to find those bedridden African Bushmen like you big hitters do.  Congrats to @wannamaker and I will fade to the sidelines again.....

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  4. Posted

    Actually, I had missed your post entirely.  I just was familiar with Steve Lawrence so when he died I recognized him as a hit and did the update.  Got your point up for Guillemin now, and thanks for keeping track.

  8. Posted

    13 hours ago, theoldlady said:

    Here is mine: only 1 hit so far. @Wormfarmer. Perhaps you should send a Group PM to those who have not sent you their updates yet? I see several have replied already, but not many. (Hopefully everyone will get back to you before Jimmy Carter dies.)
     

    That is okay if it takes a while for some to see the post and respond.  I am in no hurry.  In fact, what I am asking for is a summaries closer to the game end, and I will create a leaderboard from that, double check frontrunner scores, and then just monitor the obits for the last couple of weeks for any late changes.  So far no one has proposed any idea what could have happened to my scoring page though, very strange thing I've not had happen here before . . . 

  9. Posted

    HELP!   I must confess I am at a loss here.  I realize I had neglected to update this pool for the last couple of months, partly because the hits seemed so few I thought it would be easy to catch up.  But now, as I attempt to do so, I cannot for the life of me find my scoring page.  It was in the first 3 or 4 posts of the thread, but I have searched this whole thread several times and it appears to be gone.  Unless there is a hide feature that I am unaware of?  I really dread going back through the obits all the way to last September to redo it.  I don't even have the hours it would take.  So unless someone can help me recover the lost scoring post, I am going to humbly try to do this another way.  Near the end of the game, Aug 31, would everyone that is playing please post in this thread, your own score, and the hits you had to earn it.  I will double check the leaders and those within striking distance to make sure we have the correct winner.  Unusual, I know, but hugely helpful in this circumstance.  Hopefully most teams are keeping loose track of their own scores anyway.   Here is an example of a simple post (of my current score) that would make my life easier . . . .

     

    Wormfarmer -  9 pts, Tweedale/Draper/Latour  

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  11. Posted

    I will try again to make it to the second round......I have been eliminated in the first round once by being beaten, once by failing to get a second round team in on time, and once by coin toss.  I take full responsibility for the former two.  For the latter, I respectfully request another type of tiebreaker be added to avoid the dreaded coin toss.  Say, number of letters in the names of the hits.  Number of non hits born in 1928.  Number of goals their favorite soccer team scored in last tuesdays match.  ANYTHING.  :lol:

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  13. Posted

    On 06/01/2024 at 03:49, BuffaloPhil said:

    @Wormfarmer I was about to post that I'd got a tac with Glynis but on checking the rules (to confirm the correct terminology!) I noticed that you'd spotted it and edited your previous post , but that doesn't bring the topic back up the list in the forum - would you mind making a new post as well when you do an update?

    I have been a visitor to this site for many years now but never understood how that works.  More posts = earlier listing on the home page?  Even one post can bring it up to the first page, maybe?  

    I will try to remember to add a post when I update, and thanks for the enlightenment.  

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  14. Posted · Edited by Wormfarmer
    added joker at 9:59 pm my time......

    shannen doherty - joker

    a j foyt

    andy taylor
    barbara babcock
    barbara barrie
    brian wilson
    chad gilbert
    chuck wepner
    danniella westbrook
    danny bonaduce
    derek draper
    dick cheney
    dikembe mutumbo
    edward james olmos
    frank field 
    gary pinkel
    george kooymans
    jack hanna
    james whale
    janey godley
    jason becker
    jim duggan
    jim otto
    joanne woodward
    jonnie irwin
    kareem abdul jabbar
    khaleda zia 
    kris kristofferson
    larry pressler
    linda nolan
    liza minelli
    michael tilson thomas
    mick ralphs
    nigel starmer-smith
    norm coleman
    pat priest
    peter max
    ramzan kadyrov
    rhod gilbert
    richard parsons
    rob burrow
    roberta flack
    rosie grier
    scott thorson
    simon cowell (zoo)
    steve mcmichael
    terri garr
    vladimir putin
    wilfred benitez
    william perry (football)
     
    subs
    jimmy carter
    dan rather
    michael flatley
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

  15. Posted

    agnes keleti
    arnold yarrow
    ella jenkins
    frank field 
    iris apfel
    iris cummings
    james clayton flowers 
    james whale
    jimmy carter
    john cruickshank
    josip manolic
    june spencer
    khaleda zia
    kris kristofferson
    linda nolan
    lloyd geering
    marita camacho quiros
    paul ignatius
    phillippe de gaulle
    ruth johnson colvin
    shannen doherty
    simon cowell (zoologist)
    steve mcmichael
    virginia halas mccaskey
    whang-od oggay
           subs
    barbara barrie
    brian wilson
    jim otto
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  16. Posted

    I just did a quick check for hits I was aware of and added 3.  They are added to the score table and highlighted in red in the teams chart.  If I have missed anyone please post it below.  Thanks! 

  18. Posted · Edited by Wormfarmer
    deleted an asterisk so that time can sleep better at night

    Still one of my favorite comedies ever is the 1970's sitcom, M*A*S*H.  Over the course of its 11 seasons, it had 11 different main cast members.  Six of them have already passed on (in real life): Col. Henry Blake, Col. Sherman Potter, Trapper John, Frank Burns, Charles Emerson Winchester and Father Mulcahy.  Which leaves five in no particular order:  

     

    Hawkeye Pierce  (played by Alan Alda)

    Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan  (Loretta Swit)

    Radar O'Reilly  (Gary Burghoff)

    Max Klinger  (Jamie Farr)

    B.J. Hunnicutt  (Mike Farrell)

     

    This pool is simple - put the five surviving characters in order you think they will pass on, the top name being the next to go, and the bottom name the last survivor of the show. 

    The pool will remain open for entries until the first character passes.  Then the game begins, and only the players who have selected correctly (at the top of their list) will continue on, all who selected a different character are eliminated, right out of the gate.    Each time a character passes, all lists not having that character in the correct order are eliminated, until we only have one team remaining = the winner!  So the game ends when either: only one list remains that hasn't been eliminated, OR when the fourth character passes, and there are multiple lists left that have guessed the correct order!  In the latter case, we need a tiebreaker: which is to pick the date of the 4th character passing.  Closest date, whether before or after, will be the winner.  I will even come up with a prize for anyone who wins by getting the order of all 5 correct.  My entry will be in the following post, please use it as an example of format for your entries, which should all be posted to this thread.  

     

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  20. Posted

    12 hours ago, theoldlady said:

    True! It is definitely a Beer for the blue-collar working classes in the USA. American beers are becoming very popular in Scandinavia for those who have asthma, COPD and gluten allergies. (COORS Beer is popular with the Blue-collar classes as well in the USA.)

    Ha, I also had to chuckle here.  Back in my college days, Pabst was one of a few beers that we commonly drank only because it was so affordable.  I'm remembering less than $3 a sixpack, along with Schaffer's and Mickey's.  But even so we considered it barely palatable.  If we had funds to spare, we would splurge on Michelob or Heineken.  I have heard that a similar marketing feat has occurred with the Aussie beer Foster's, which we enjoy as a decent import but I've heard it is considered the dregs in its home country.    Enjoy what you enjoy!

  21. Posted

    9 hours ago, Toast said:

     

    I don't understand.  Are you saying that it's a case of scoring with names that begin with each of the vowels? 

     

    It seemed clear to me that you meant individual picks, as names that include all the vowels are uncommon. 

    Surely that's better, as it gives people a chance to score the bonus more than once.

    "Vowel Movement Bonus (VMB): hit all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) = 5 points /hit any four vowels + the letter Y = 3 points"

     

    Not very happy about this as it was the reason I chose some of my picks, this time and last time. :angry2:

    Yes, your top statement is exactly right.  One time is enough, as it may be enough to give someone the win!   5 points is a large bonus in this game, when many hits are only worth 1 or 2 points.  

    See above post for more detail.

  22. Posted

    2 hours ago, msc said:

    I assumed it was your A pick, your E pick, and so on. But tbf I screwed up my subs last year when Nichelle Nichols died on deadline day, so my sympathies.

    This is correct!  You can only score the vowel bonus once, if you hit the FIVE names on your list at all the vowel spots.  If you only hit four of those names, but also hit the Y (which is considered the sixth vowel where I went to school (nymph, tryst, shyly, rhythm, etc)) you earn the lessor 3 point bonus.  This is not an easy bonus, as nobody has done it yet.  If you have searched for included names because they had all the vowels in them, my apologies.  Did anyone do this and hit one last year?  I didn't award any bonuses if they did.  Polar Duck did not pose the question until a couple of weeks ago.  In my defense, as I read the description in the rules I still feel it is pretty clear what is meant by hitting all 5 vowels, AEIOU.  If the rule said, you get 5 points for hitting the G and P, I don't think I would be looking for names containing G and P.  

    As a remedy, I will reluctantly award a 3 pt bonus to anyone who hits a vowel loaded name that was included specifically to earn this bonus.  But you must bring it to my attention and I will award it only one time per list since most did not misinterpret the bonus.  We shall see if it has any relevance to the outcome in the game.  

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  23. Posted

    9 hours ago, Toast said:

     

    Probably contains blue curacao.  Try Difford's cocktail finder - enter blue curacao under liqueurs, and see what comes up. Results are images, so you can see at a glance which are the long drinks.

    Thank you.  It defintitey had blue curacao.  Also vodka, but then I'm not sure if it was pineapple/lemon/grapefruit/another liquer?  I have two bartender's guides but not Difford's.  Will look it up.

  24. Posted

    On 30/08/2023 at 08:05, Toast said:

    Team sent.

    They probably won't die, but five of them have all 5 vowels, and two of those have a Y as well! Although I don't think there's an extra bonus for the latter.

    I guess I have not worded this bonus well, which is not a new bonus but has perhaps been longer misunderstood.  There is no bonus for submitting (and hitting) a name with 5 different vowels in it.  To score the bonus(es), you have to hit all your names at the vowels, A-E-I-O and U.  OR any 4 of those names, and your name at the Y spot as well, for the lessor bonus.  Sorry for any confusion.  Polar Duck also had this confusion, but I assumed he was the only one.  

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  25. Posted

    OK, entries are closed.  I have to sort through my message folder but I think we got a similar number of entries as last year, maybe more.  Please give me a couple of weeks to organize and post the teams, and sort out any subs and other issues to get the teams in order.  

     

    My team was sent to Bibliogryphon before the deadline, and I shall post it here as well prior to getting all the teams posted on page one of the thread.  No hits for me yet.  I am working on the rosters . . . . 

    bud anderson (WW2ace)
    barbara barrie
    jimmy carter
    derek draper
    carl erskine
    frank field
    lloyd geering
    roy haynes
    paul ignatius
    abe jacobs (wrestler)
    ramzan kadyrov
    phyllis latour
    morton mintz  
    linda nolan
    maria oggay (tattoos)
    priscilla pointer
    marita camacho quiros
    rachel robinson
    june spencer
    eric tweedale
    ian underwood
    dick van dyke
    woody woodbury 
    xaviera hollander
    arnold yarrow
    khaleda zia
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