
Didn't know Alan Alda was Second City, but directing that many MASH episodes, WECIB.
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Dang, Traci! Rough way to go. I started out rooting for Dennis because I liked him from yesterday. He's just a smooth, mellow guy. But you won me over with the game you brought. Even with the low DD bet--perfectly defensible in the moment if tweakable in hindsight--you had a commanding lead. So I was happy to say goodbye to old friend Dennis as it looked like we'd be congratulating a new champ. Then... it just didn't work out that way. Really sorry about that.Traci_on_J! wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:39 pmTraci here -- I am in fact good at the "fun stuff" I guess? I'm also good at the non-fun stuff.And yes, that DD wager haunts me to this day.
0+0 for me seeing The Office or Wonderfalls. On YT I did a search for "wonderfalls" and found what looks like all 13 available through a guy who uploaded complete. I tested a couple in different spots and they seem fine with good quality.alietr wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:26 pmWonderfalls! I'd been looking for somewhere to watch that, and never found anywhere. I had only seen the first episode and it seemed so promising that I still want to see the rest of them.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:22 pmOthers might remember it from The Office or from Wonderfalls. Some will remember it from, you know, having been on it. Back in 1974. Good to see the old girl's still chugging away.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:04 amWell done by Dennis for knowing how to open play in NIAGARA FALLS with the proper "Slowly I Turned" cadence. Credit to Superman II for my knowing the name of the water vehicle there.
Yep, I got the Robert Pirsig book and was a little surprised it went begging. I guess it dropped out of public consciousness rather than hanging around to be a symbol of the time. You never know which way those things will go. I got Folies Bergère from the song by that title in the Broadway musical Nine. You can have it too with your spelling as long as you didn't pronounce your final S.
Bruce Almighty hereopusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:22 pmOthers might remember it from The Office or from Wonderfalls. Some will remember it from, you know, having been on it. Back in 1974. Good to see the old girl's still chugging away.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:04 amWell done by Dennis for knowing how to open play in NIAGARA FALLS with the proper "Slowly I Turned" cadence. Credit to Superman II for my knowing the name of the water vehicle there.
It was released on DVD (I know because I own it), so I wouldn't be surprised if you can check it out of a local library.
You looked composed up there, and like you were having fun. Sorry you didn't win; you played very well.Traci_on_J! wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:06 pmThank you! I haven't seen the game yet so hopefully I look way less nervous than I was.
Coryat $29800 (39 R, 2 W)True North wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:07 pmCoryat: $31,000 (43R, 2W)
DD: 3/3
FJ:![]()
LT: groundhog, Ash Wednesday, Alan Alda
Blitzed SJ (ran Niagara Falls, Slowly I Turned and “Step” By Step) and struggled mightily with DJ (shut out on French Arts and Culture). Missed my first $2000 in a while when I misplaced UNIVAC with ENIAC.
Instaget FJ, I was 95% sure those would’ve been Cabinet posts from the beginning.
You looked and played super composed, Traci! Sorry it didn't work out in the end but you played a game we should all be lucky enough to emulate.Traci_on_J! wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:39 pmTraci here -- I am in fact good at the "fun stuff" I guess? I'm also good at the non-fun stuff.And yes, that DD wager haunts me to this day.
I also bit it on this one. From a little research, it looks like "first computer/WW2" is a good guideline for ENIAC and "early 1950s/Census/1952 election/first commercially available computer" is UNIVAC.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:50 pmUNIVAC! Dang. I said ENIAC with such confidence. Any rules of thumb on when to guess which one?
Except that the first major problem solved by ENIAC was related to the H-bomb. Metropolis and Frankel went to Philadelphia to set it up.
Are we the same person? Because I answered the same way.mas3cf wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:39 am
I had the same $2k neg, thinking that UNIVAC didn't come out in time for the 1950 census. Poll request?
Picked Lady Bird Johnson for DD3. Need to remember SMU = Laura Bush as a Pavlov.
Congrats to Traci for a strong showing. She experienced my biggest Jeopardy fear, leading at the end of DJ and getting overtaken on a tough FJ.
Similarly for me, State was an instaget and I struggled to find the second one. I think I might have gotten sidetracked by automatically thinking of cabinet members with Secretary in their title.DanKirshner wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:15 amThought Sect. of State was obvious. I went hunting for the second. AG never occurred to me, although it probably would have if I had more time to think about it. Went with Education based on the current office holder.
You played extremely well and I am not even sure what an optimal wager would have been with that DD. You opted to protect the lead which forces Dennis to get FJ correct while you get it wrong. It did sting to see that actually happen.Traci_on_J! wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:39 pmTraci here -- I am in fact good at the "fun stuff" I guess? I'm also good at the non-fun stuff.And yes, that DD wager haunts me to this day.