Yet Another QuikSand Puzzle [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

QuikSand

12-21-2005, 12:03 PM

albionmoonlight

12-21-2005, 12:20 PM

Something to do with flight numbers and when they are leaving? That would make some sense during the holiday travel season, and fits with packing bags.

I would say that you were looking at the screen in the airport, but they why aren't your bags packed by that point?

Subby

12-21-2005, 12:22 PM

Yeah - I finally solved a QuikSand puzzle!

Dutch

12-21-2005, 12:30 PM

Seven three in thirty-five?
Nine ten in thirty-nine...

If you read this backwards as time

5:30 is half-way between 3:00 and 7:00.
9:30 is half-way between 10:00 and 9:00.

EDIT: Wait....actually, not quite, my mind was playing tricks on me...

dacman

12-21-2005, 12:36 PM

numerically:

73 in 35
910 in 39

albionmoonlight

12-21-2005, 01:04 PM

Another way to look at it:

73 in 30--five?

910 in 30--nine.

I'm still lost in the woods on this one.

QuikSand

12-21-2005, 09:57 PM

Bumping for evening crowd... and hoping for progress.

lighthousekeeper

12-21-2005, 10:14 PM

arrgggghhhhhhhh! i hate not figuring these things out! :mad: :mad:

Eaglesfan27

12-21-2005, 10:16 PM

arrgggghhhhhhhh! i hate not figuring these things out! :mad: :mad:
me too. :(

I've got nothing.

oliegirl

12-21-2005, 10:29 PM

The other day, Mrs Q and I were having a conversation. It stuck me that I had an opportunity to create from it yet another puzzle to share with the crowd here. Hope you enjoy.

Here's a deliberately abbreviated synopsis of the conversation... it's now yours to figure out on your own:

- - - - -

Seven three in thirty-five?
Nine ten in thirty-nine...
We'd better pack our bags!

The first thing I thought of when I saw this was that the first set of numbers (before the "in") sound like baby weights...seven three is 7 lbs 3 oz, but I don't know what it would have to do with the second set of numbers, unless it's the number of hours in labor?????

Eaglesfan27

12-21-2005, 10:31 PM

Hmm, twins aren't usually that big, so I doubt it is babies unless two different people had the babies.

That's better than the track I was taking. I kept trying to analyze the numbers as coordinates on a map.

Celeval

12-21-2005, 10:31 PM

Seven wins, three places in 35 games, nine wins, ten places in 39 games... pack bags for Vegas?

Buccaneer

12-21-2005, 10:33 PM

The 2nd line appears to be an answer to question in the 1st line. The 3rd line appears to be the reaction to that answer.

Bags could mean more than luggage, like shopping bags, golf bags or a slang for packing it in.

Buccaneer

12-21-2005, 10:35 PM

Seven wins, three places in 35 games, nine wins, ten places in 39 games... pack bags for Vegas?That could be an appropriate reason for packing bags. It does appears that the 2nd line is an increment over the 1st. Or a correction.

timmae

12-21-2005, 10:56 PM

Jack Schmitt, the 12th man on the moon... was born on July 3rd of 1935. That and travelling... probably not related to the puzzle.

timmae

12-21-2005, 10:58 PM

september 10th, 1939 canada declared war on germany...

dacman

12-21-2005, 11:04 PM

oliegirl

12-21-2005, 11:11 PM

It's a baby!?!?!?!

7lbs 3 oz at week 35
9lbs 10 oz (projected) at week 39

Back you're hospital bags--that baby's coming soon! (i.e. we ain't gettin' to 39 weeks).

edit: if I'm not mistaken, human gestation is 38 weeks, so that lines up.

Good work! I couldn't figure out what the second set of numbers meant...Where is quiksand to confirm?

dacman

12-21-2005, 11:13 PM

Well, hell. I meant gestation is 39 weeks, but I'm not completely sober and it's after midnight.

Solecismic

12-22-2005, 12:08 AM

Well, let me be the first to offer congratulations. Post pics soon.

Alf

12-22-2005, 03:05 AM

Hurray, baby Q !

Shkspr

12-22-2005, 04:51 AM

Even assuming you can accurately determine the weight of a fetus to the ounce in utero, wouldn't the correct terminology be "Seven three at thirty five"?

"Seven three" and "Ten nine" sound like references to length, either in feet or inches ('Three' and 'nine' would correspond to 1/4 and 3/4 of a foot) or as a shorthand for decimal (metric?). "in thirty-five" does sound like a time interval of some sort.

But any other random guess would be crazy talk on my part. ;)

QuikSand

12-22-2005, 05:51 AM

It's a baby!?!?!?!

7lbs 3 oz at week 35
9lbs 10 oz (projected) at week 39

Back you're hospital bags--that baby's coming soon! (i.e. we ain't gettin' to 39 weeks).

Congratulations to dacman, with a big assist from oliegirl!

Wonderful news from our household, we are very excited for our first!

cthomer5000

12-22-2005, 06:45 AM

Wonderful news from our household, we are very excited for our first!
Congratulations!

albionmoonlight

12-22-2005, 06:56 AM

Woo-hoo.

Congrats. It's like the Christmas present you give yourselves!

Airhog

12-22-2005, 07:00 AM

Congratulations to dacman, with a big assist from oliegirl!

Wonderful news from our household, we are very excited for our first!

So are you having a blade server? or maybe a SAN? Congratulations you two. No matter what kind of machine is born to you :D

Bee

12-22-2005, 07:13 AM

Congratulations!

QuikSand

12-22-2005, 07:50 AM

Post pics soon.

Well, since we look at it literally every night... here is our latest:

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/QuikSand/35weeks.jpg

The technology is just fascinating... and just look at those chubby cheeks!

KWhit

12-22-2005, 07:53 AM

Congrats!

Subby

12-22-2005, 08:00 AM

That picture is awesome!

lighthousekeeper

12-22-2005, 08:00 AM

nice turtleneck

Draft Dodger

12-22-2005, 08:05 AM

man, for a bunch of dorks who play text sims...we sure do seem to crank out a bunch of babies.

FrogMan

12-22-2005, 08:15 AM

Well, since we look at it literally every night... here is our latest:

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/QuikSand/35weeks.jpg

The technology is just fascinating... and just look at those chubby cheeks!
Man, another clone of Cam Edwards!!! :eek:

Seriously, congratulations and good luck with the rest of the pregnancyu. As you said, technology is amazing....

FM

gstelmack

12-22-2005, 08:37 AM

Just remember that those weights are ESTIMATES. They thought our first was going to be huge (projecting close to 10 pounds or something) so they would not let my wife go past her due date. 7 lbs 12 oz, but she was tall (long and thin) with a big head. That really screwed up the ultrasound size estimations.

Huckleberry

12-22-2005, 08:48 AM

Well, hell. I meant gestation is 39 weeks, but I'm not completely sober and it's after midnight.
You were right the first time, IIRC. Human gestation is, on average, 38 weeks. However, pregnancies are often referred to in weeks from LMP, which is roughly gestation plus 2 weeks. So 39 weeks LMP is actually 37 weeks gestation.

Eaglesfan27

12-22-2005, 09:36 AM

Congrats Quiksand!

digamma

12-22-2005, 09:52 AM

Congrats!

Solecismic

12-22-2005, 12:21 PM

It's true that these are estimates. At 39 weeks (our child took 40) the ultrasound technician gave my wife a worried look and said Gregory was well over 10 pounds and might hit 11. He came out 8 pounds, 11 ounces, which is not too bad for a late baby.

Icy

12-22-2005, 12:27 PM

Congrats! we got a 3D pick like that since yesterday, our girl will be born in 12 weeks from now.

Antmeister

12-22-2005, 12:32 PM

Congrats on the baby! Awesome pic.

Dutch

12-22-2005, 12:46 PM

Congratulations, Quik.

But I still think I was on to something by reading the puzzle backwards...

QuikSand

01-11-2006, 08:42 PM

Mrs Q and I are absolutely overjoyed at our wonderful news -- after more than 20 hours of labor and a pretty rough go of things, she delivered at a bit past 1:00 Tuesday morning. The 8 pound 6 ounce baby girl is named Elisa Kay, and both baby and mom are doing well and preparing to come home tomorrow morning. Baby has been doing just great -- early returns are that she's a very good sleeper and eater -- she has cried less than a half hour in total of the first (nearly) 48 hours of her young life, and she is taking to feeding pretty well in day two.

Dad is making a pass by home to rack up a few quality sleep hours... and to finally exhale after the undisputed best days of my life.

Dutch

01-11-2006, 08:47 PM

Outstanding!

cthomer5000

01-11-2006, 08:47 PM

A hearty congratulations to you. :thumbsup:

Toddzilla

01-11-2006, 08:51 PM

My most heartiest of congratulations, Dad!

Now the real puzzle begins.... ;)

FrogMan

01-11-2006, 09:06 PM

congrats to the new family!!! :D

FM

kcchief19

01-11-2006, 09:08 PM

Wonderful news ... congrats!

Buccaneer

01-11-2006, 09:13 PM

It's funny, I sent him an email yesterday saying it must be getting close. Guess he was busy.

Congrats. Now a different life starts.

Maple Leafs

01-11-2006, 09:15 PM

Congratulations.

Easy Mac

01-11-2006, 09:30 PM

Does anyone shorten this thread title as YAQ P?

Draft Dodger

01-11-2006, 10:19 PM

congratulations!

Neuqua

01-11-2006, 10:22 PM

congratulations!

Schmidty

01-11-2006, 10:31 PM

Congrats!!

I usually never click on these puzzles (no offense), but I'm glad I did.

digamma

01-12-2006, 12:41 AM

Wonderful news! Congratulations!

sabotai

01-12-2006, 12:48 AM

Woo-hoo.

Congrats. It's like the Christmas present you give yourselves!
An 18 year long present...

I'm sure QS and Mrs. QS will be great parents. Congrats!

MIJB#19

01-12-2006, 05:30 AM

Congrats to the QS family.

WSUCougar

01-12-2006, 06:20 AM

Wonderful news, Quik. Big time 'grats!

Now the real puzzle begins.... ;)
Heh. He'll be getting less than 2/3 of his sleep. :D

Radii

01-12-2006, 09:03 AM

congrats :)

FrogMan

01-12-2006, 09:42 AM

Wonderful news, Quik. Big time 'grats!

Heh. He'll be getting less than 2/3 of his sleep. :D
Was more thinking that he'll lose 2/3 of his sleep and be left with 2/3 of his sanity :D

FM

Icy

01-12-2006, 10:23 AM

Congrats QS!!

gstelmack

01-12-2006, 11:14 AM

Woohoo!

And the estimates did end up being over, didn't they?

oliegirl

01-12-2006, 11:36 AM

Congrats! I can't believe I missed this yesterday!

Beautiful name :) Can't wait to see some pictures!

Oh, tell your wife good job...