When do the phone lines open?

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hbomb1947 · #1 Post by **hbomb1947** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:12 pm

Isn't it great that we can finally ask this question again and have an actual answer?

And isn't it even more awesome that the answer is now "in four days"?

MarleysGh0st · #2 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:18 pm

In 100 hours 42 minutes!

w00t!

NellyLunatic1980 · #3 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:24 pm

WOOHOO! PHONE GAME!

OK, it's out of my system now.

nitrah55 · #4 Post by **nitrah55** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:30 pm

It's taken me a while to remember how I used to do this.

I took a legal pad and drew 5 big representations of the 1 through 4 on the phone pad. 1, 2, 3 in a row and the 4 directly below the 1, two drawings to a sheet. On the call, I would scribble the key words of the question on the top of the sheet ("start earliest" "north to south") and then scribble the each answer under the number assigned to it. Then, I would take a breath, and visualize the correct order, and punch it in.

Of course, this only got me as far as Round 2 twice, so maybe I should try something else.

gsabc · #5 Post by **gsabc** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:46 pm

nitrah55 wrote:It's taken me a while to remember how I used to do this.

I took a legal pad and drew 5 big representations of the 1 through 4 on the phone pad. 1, 2, 3 in a row and the 4 directly below the 1, two drawings to a sheet. On the call, I would scribble the key words of the question on the top of the sheet ("start earliest" "north to south") and then scribble the each answer under the number assigned to it. Then, I would take a breath, and visualize the correct order, and punch it in.

Of course, this only got me as far as Round 2 twice, so maybe I should try something else.

The Feinberg method, IIRC, was to scrawl the relevant parts of the question, especially the order (highest to lowest, youngest to oldest, last to first, etc.), then arrange the words in their correct order as they are given to you, with the actual number next to them.

Example:
Q - Arrange these animals in size from smallest to largest, usually abbreviated as "animals small -> large".
Given order: 1 - dog; 2 - elephant; 3 - mouse; 4 - moose.

Written down as:
----

1 dog (leaving space above and below), then

----

1 dog

2 elephant (leaving space between them for an assumed animal between these, given the size difference here), then
----
3 mouse
1 dog

2 elephant, then
----
3 mouse
1 dog
4 moose
2 elephant

Punch in 3142, then await the next question (or celebrate if this was the last one).

Named for Mike Feinberg, a BB and PTBAM player, who came up with it. $32K or $64K winner, I forget which. Again IIRC, he may not have voted for McCain because of his last question.

KillerTomato · #6 Post by **KillerTomato** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:48 pm

Of course, this only got me as far as Round 2 twice, so maybe I should try something else.

As Ms. Peahen would say....

BITE ME.

#7 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:56 pm

ES is looking forward to picking up the phone......

lb13

hf_jai · #8 Post by **hf_jai** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:57 pm

KillerTomato wrote:
Of course, this only got me as far as Round 2 twice, so maybe I should try something else.
As Ms. Peahen would say....

BITE ME.

Me too.

I don't remeber how many times I qualified but it was a boatload. I never got a round two.

hbomb1947 · #9 Post by **hbomb1947** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:57 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:ES is looking forward to picking up the phone......

lb13

Found it!

MarleysGh0st · #10 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:59 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:ES is looking forward to picking up the phone......

lb13

Doesn't look like he's talking to Happy Hooligan, there.

#11 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:01 pm

hf_jai wrote:
KillerTomato wrote:
Of course, this only got me as far as Round 2 twice, so maybe I should try something else.
As Ms. Peahen would say....

BITE ME.
Me too.

I don't remeber how many times I qualified but it was a boatload. I never got a round two.

37 useless tries, 111 wasted hours for me.....

lb13

NellyLunatic1980 · #12 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:01 pm

gsabc wrote:Named for Mike Feinberg, a BB and PTBAM player, who came up with it. $32K or $64K winner, I forget which. Again IIRC, he may not have voted for McCain because of his last question.

You're confusing your Hot Seaters. Mike Feinberg was a member of alt.tv.game-shows and a $64,000 winner. Mark Dixon is a BB and a $32,000 winner... and the one who has been saying for years, "Charles Keating. I hate that guy."

gsabc · #13 Post by **gsabc** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:02 pm

hf_jai wrote:
KillerTomato wrote:
Of course, this only got me as far as Round 2 twice, so maybe I should try something else.
As Ms. Peahen would say....

BITE ME.
Me too.

I don't remeber how many times I qualified but it was a boatload. I never got a round two.

I think KT, The Big Kahuna and me were the top three oh-fers. I may have been a little lower than third on the list, but not by much. My successful Round 1s were in the 70-80 range.

#14 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:02 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:ES is looking forward to picking up the phone......

lb13
Doesn't look like he's talking to Happy Hooligan, there.

But just look at the smile on ES's face..... is there nothing in this world as wonderful to gaze upon as a joyous squirrel.....?

lb13

hbomb1947 · #15 Post by **hbomb1947** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:04 pm

Is ES really still using a rotary phone?

NellyLunatic1980 · #16 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:04 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:ES is looking forward to picking up the phone......

lb13
Doesn't look like he's talking to Happy Hooligan, there.

But just look at the smile on ES's face..... is there nothing in this world as wonderful to gaze upon as a joyous squirrel.....?

lb13

Sprostie would debate that.

#17 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:04 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
gsabc wrote:Named for Mike Feinberg, a BB and PTBAM player, who came up with it. $32K or $64K winner, I forget which. Again IIRC, he may not have voted for McCain because of his last question.
You're confusing your Hot Seaters. Mike Feinberg was a member of alt.tv.game-shows and a $64,000 winner. Mark Dixon is a BB and a $32,000 winner... and the one who has been saying for years, "Charles Keating. I hate that guy."

Feinberg is a BB as well... registered here and in the rankings.....

lb13

#18 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:05 pm

hbomb1947 wrote:Is ES really still using a rotary phone?

Have you ever gone into Best Buy with a handful of acorns before and tried to buy anything.....?

lb13

NellyLunatic1980 · #19 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:07 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
gsabc wrote:Named for Mike Feinberg, a BB and PTBAM player, who came up with it. $32K or $64K winner, I forget which. Again IIRC, he may not have voted for McCain because of his last question.
You're confusing your Hot Seaters. Mike Feinberg was a member of alt.tv.game-shows and a $64,000 winner. Mark Dixon is a BB and a $32,000 winner... and the one who has been saying for years, "Charles Keating. I hate that guy."

Feinberg is a BB as well... registered here and in the rankings.....

lb13

I did not know that Feinberg was a BB as well.

But I am right about Feinberg not having the Charles Keating question.

gsabc · #20 Post by **gsabc** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:08 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
gsabc wrote:Named for Mike Feinberg, a BB and PTBAM player, who came up with it. $32K or $64K winner, I forget which. Again IIRC, he may not have voted for McCain because of his last question.
You're confusing your Hot Seaters. Mike Feinberg was a member of alt.tv.game-shows and a $64,000 winner. Mark Dixon is a BB and a $32,000 winner... and the one who has been saying for years, "Charles Keating. I hate that guy."

That's right! Thanks for the correction. It has been a while since thinking of (and missing) the two of them.

NellyLunatic1980 · #21 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:10 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
hbomb1947 wrote:Is ES really still using a rotary phone?

Have you ever gone into Best Buy with a handful of acorns before and tried to buy anything.....?

lb13

No, but when I was 5 years old, I tried to buy a Popple at a Kroger with 13 cents and a Dum-Dum.

SportsFan68 · #22 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:19 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:ES is looking forward to picking up the phone......

lb13
Doesn't look like he's talking to Happy Hooligan, there.

But just look at the smile on ES's face..... is there nothing in this world as wonderful to gaze upon as a joyous squirrel.....?

lb13

There are squillions of things more wonderful to gaze upon than some mangy squirrel regardless of his emotional status -- to wit, toenail fungus, shingles, moulting, and, speaking of mange, mange.

SportsFan68 · #23 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:20 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
Doesn't look like he's talking to Happy Hooligan, there.

But just look at the smile on ES's face..... is there nothing in this world as wonderful to gaze upon as a joyous squirrel.....?

lb13
Sprostie would debate that.

Yep. Already got my entry in.

Bob Juch · #24 Post by **Bob Juch** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:24 pm

hbomb1947 wrote:Is ES really still using a rotary phone?

Yep, he's SOL for the Phone Game!

#25 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:47 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
Doesn't look like he's talking to Happy Hooligan, there.

But just look at the smile on ES's face..... is there nothing in this world as wonderful to gaze upon as a joyous squirrel.....?

lb13
There are squillions of things more wonderful to gaze upon than some mangy squirrel regardless of his emotional status -- to wit, toenail fungus, shingles, moulting, and, speaking of mange, mange.

But the joyous squirrel is the best thing about your avatar......

lb13

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