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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #25 on: November 16, 2016, 12:55:26 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on November 16, 2016, 12:43:32 PM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 16, 2016, 03:27:21 AM
You are a tenacious resurrector of puzzles long-abandoned - good on you!

I reckon the Black Hole should only contain "unsolvable" puzzles (cars unknown by the poster himself and puzzles abandoned by inactive members). There are currently way too much puzzles in the hole.

Therefore, all solvable puzzles must be solved !
I agree!
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #26 on: November 17, 2016, 04:29:43 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on November 16, 2016, 05:48:42 AM
Can the builder be found online ?

This picture, and its description can be found online.
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #27 on: November 17, 2016, 04:33:05 AM »
Quote from: Oguerrerob on November 16, 2016, 12:55:26 PM
Quote from: oko94 on November 16, 2016, 12:43:32 PM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 16, 2016, 03:27:21 AM
You are a tenacious resurrector of puzzles long-abandoned - good on you!

I reckon the Black Hole should only contain "unsolvable" puzzles (cars unknown by the poster himself and puzzles abandoned by inactive members). There are currently way too much puzzles in the hole.

Therefore, all solvable puzzles must be solved !
I agree!

I don't.
That would leave far too many old puzzles on the Pro's board.
The intention is to provide old puzzles with a place after they have spent a couple of years unsolved with the Pro's and it has always served its purpose well.  There's nothing to stop puzzlers solving puzzles which are there, as I'm pleased to see oko is doing - and getting 2 points for instead of just 1!
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #28 on: November 25, 2016, 03:07:37 AM »
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #29 on: November 25, 2016, 03:21:25 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 16, 2016, 03:38:12 AM
He appears to have graduated high school in 1965; the picture is from the same decade.

Was the picture shot between 1966 and 1969 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #30 on: November 25, 2016, 04:09:10 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on November 25, 2016, 03:21:25 AM
Was the picture shot between 1966 and 1969 ?

I don't know - the source is not that specific.

Correction - the picture could not have been taken in the 66-69 period.
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #31 on: November 25, 2016, 05:44:41 AM »
Is the source an online newspaper archive ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #32 on: November 25, 2016, 06:42:26 AM »
The site includes information and images from many sources, including newspapers
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #33 on: December 03, 2016, 04:03:01 AM »
The gicing spirit of the holiday has prompted me to afford an assist.

A crafty AutoPuzzler could, through judicious digging through the heap of Q & A and clues in this thread, construct a search leading to the solution. .
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #34 on: December 13, 2016, 12:59:46 PM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2013, 04:56:46 AM
Remove one letter from his last name, and he'd share a name with a virtually unknown baseball pitcher for the  Chicago Cubs. 

Has this pitcher played with the Chicago Cubs after WWII ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #35 on: December 14, 2016, 03:28:49 AM »
Yes
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #36 on: December 14, 2016, 04:24:41 AM »
Has this pitcher played with the Cubs before 1980 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #37 on: December 15, 2016, 04:17:03 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on December 14, 2016, 04:24:41 AM
Has this pitcher played with the Cubs before 1980 ?

Yes. (Don't forget, this is a car puzzle, not a baseball quiz)   ;)
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #38 on: December 15, 2016, 05:03:25 AM »
I know, but I can't find the solution the classic way, so I'm trying the other one.

So, has this pitcher played with the Cubs before 1963 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #39 on: December 16, 2016, 02:49:06 AM »
Yes
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #40 on: December 16, 2016, 04:04:23 AM »
Has this pitcher played with the Cubs before 1954 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #41 on: December 17, 2016, 04:25:39 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on December 16, 2016, 04:04:23 AM
Has this pitcher played with the Cubs before 1954 ?

No
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #42 on: December 17, 2016, 04:57:18 AM »
Has this pitcher played with the Cubs before 1959 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #43 on: December 17, 2016, 04:58:12 AM »
Yes
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #44 on: December 17, 2016, 05:31:29 AM »
Has this pitcher played with the Cubs in 1955 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #45 on: December 17, 2016, 05:34:02 AM »
Nope
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #46 on: December 17, 2016, 06:20:50 AM »
1956 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #47 on: December 17, 2016, 08:52:20 AM »
Did he play for the Cubs in 1956? No
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #48 on: December 17, 2016, 09:11:45 AM »
1957 ?
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Re: Obscure Custom #468
« Reply #49 on: December 18, 2016, 03:35:04 AM »
No
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