tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post3049080193448103829..comments2023-06-02T12:22:11.624+10:00Comments on Playing Letters and Numbers: Ep 424: Jane Taylor, Andrew Boyden (April 12, 2012)Geoff Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-21474421382056131902012-04-14T12:31:28.842+10:002012-04-14T12:31:28.842+10:00Nice to hear from you, Bob, and I'm glad you a...Nice to hear from you, Bob, and I'm glad you are finding this enjoyable. Thanks very much for the corrections -- I've fixed them now.Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-82488626666520008482012-04-14T01:46:18.637+10:002012-04-14T01:46:18.637+10:00Geoff. Thanks for your blog - it's very illumi...Geoff. Thanks for your blog - it's very illuminating! In round 6, i think you have a couple of typos: para 2 has brackets in wrong place - should read 623 = (25*100 - 8)/4; and para 3 has a couple of errors - should read 623 = (10 - 4)*(100 + 8) - 25Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-73545388029936984872012-04-13T20:55:29.204+10:002012-04-13T20:55:29.204+10:00Ah, of course. That would make it pretty safe, th...Ah, of course. That would make it pretty safe, then. :)Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-21921311853928716562012-04-13T16:57:07.403+10:002012-04-13T16:57:07.403+10:00LASERING wasn't that risky, Geoff, it is one o...LASERING wasn't that risky, Geoff, it is one of the pre-checked high-probability words I have tried to learn.Sam Gaffneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-38570159382343403372012-04-13T12:04:11.686+10:002012-04-13T12:04:11.686+10:00Thanks, Mark, and it looks like you had a pretty g...Thanks, Mark, and it looks like you had a pretty good game, too. Certainly you'd have beaten both contestants, and well done finding HOMELAND in particular.<br /><br />Sam: It does sound like LASERING hindered you. It's one of those reasons that I do write down other words that I find, in case they lead me to a more profitable association. Of course, mostly it just costs me time...<br /><br />One thing I meant to mention -- I might get to it tonight -- is that the definition of LASER as a verb is probably not what one expects. It was perhaps a riskier play than you anticipated.<br /><br />(And yes, CUSTOMIZE is a one-away full monty, but that is not a change that could have been made with the last letter. After the first eight went up there was no possible full monty.)Geoff Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150696891132723600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-48407834772483179252012-04-13T10:27:27.107+10:002012-04-13T10:27:27.107+10:00In Round 1, I got LASERING straight away, but this...In Round 1, I got LASERING straight away, but this may have been a hindrance - if I had stumbled across EARNINGS or LEARNING, I may have had more chance of finding the nine. Well done to everyone that got it, nonetheless.<br /><br />As for Round 4, I really hate having the letter Y in letter mixes, especially when it isn't at the end.<br /><br />I got Round 6 straight away, then was disappointed to find out there were other ways to do it.<br /><br />Round 7 was actually only one letter away from having a full monty, with CUSTOMIZE.<br /><br />My answers:<br /><br />LASERING<br />HOMELAND<br />259 = 5*2*25 + 6 + 3<br />RUSTED<br />CARBINE<br />623 = (100*25-8)/4<br />COSTUME<br />599 = 6*2*50 - 5 - 3 +7<br />1.5sSam Gaffneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571384408188974384.post-13801604930671339662012-04-13T04:46:44.985+10:002012-04-13T04:46:44.985+10:00Congratulations on a great game, Geoff.
1. LEARNI...Congratulations on a great game, Geoff.<br /><br />1. LEARNINGS<br />2. HOMELAND<br />3. 258 = 25*(6+4) + 5 + 3<br />4. SAFETY<br />5. BRACED<br />6. 625 = 25*(10+4+8+3)<br />7. CUTEST<br />8. 599 = 50*(5+7) - 3 + 2<br />9. Got it a couple of seconds after the clock re-started.Marknoreply@blogger.com