Here's to the vintage that's going to do some serious damage to my pocketbook....

2001

Happy 5000th Vino Me!

-DRAB

So much wine.....so little time!!!

How do I spell this now
KKKKKongrats?
KKKKKngrats, then!

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Free Winona!

2719

4432 - Congratulations VM, keep 'em coming

Lady K has started the website: www.KillerB.biz

Am I the only dork who entered all the guesses into an Excel spreadsheet to analyze how big a range each guess had going for it?

I hate it when I reveal my true nature.

BTW, two people have guessed 4 and 3820... Careful about that!

I will sell mathematically good guesses for $1. Or three for $2.

1632

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Originally posted by grossie:
VM- I will choose the number 1559. This is the currrent first 4 numbers in AC155996.

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What the heck is all this AC... stuff???

I may be reading too much into this but you did say the contest was similar to the 2000 post contest so my guess is 278

1979

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"I've gotta be honest with you, guys. I need more cowbell."

By RS:

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Did I put too much thought into this ? I think I did.

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Uhh. Apparently not enough, I'm afraid. The letter "W" is the 23rd letter of the alphabet. Not the 24th.

[This message was edited by JimmyV on Feb 19, 2004 at 11:28 AM.]

This is a complicated contest Vino Me. Did you hire a lawyer to help you with the rules to make sure no one can argue the winner?

If there is a tie, can't we play online rock/paper/scissors to break it?

Oh by the way, I pick 100.

Passion turns intentions into habits.

Chicago area? Spiegels mail order 60609.

I'll go with 609. Not to be misconstrued with
069!

dbw- Someone already guessed 4. Please pick another number.

mwagner- AC155996 is the way many Cub fans keep track of time. Anyone who has been to Wrigley has seen the sign on one of the rooftops across the street on Sheffield. Here is a picture of the sign. "AC" stand for Anno Catuli which is Latin for "Year of the Cub". The 1st 2 numbers "15" stand for the number of years since the Cubs won a division title (here Grossie got it wrong because the 1st 2 numbers on the sign currenty read "00" since the Cubs won last year. The 2nd set of numbers "59" is how long it has been since the Cubs won a pennant (1945) and the last set "96" is the number of years since a World Series (1908).

Here is an updated list of numbers which have been taken:

1,3,4,12,13,52,56,68,69
100,111,205,218,278,351,516,609,617,645,777,810,982
1017,1234,1327,1423,1458,1559,1632,1729,1744,1855, 1864,1893,1908,1954,1963,1966,1972,1979,1984
2001,2004,2005,2024,2110,2174,2202,2374,2444,2500,2592,2719,2905
3124,3219,3232,3495,3594,3659,3764,3820,3921
4027,4192,4264,4318,4321,4432,4567,4700,4765,4791
5000

VM

4895

-J

Thanks!!! When I was doing my Masters at U of I @ Urbana, I went up to Chicago for a few Cubs games (my roomie went to Northwestern for his BS, so he was a huge Cubs/Bears fan). I never noticed the sign, however. Well, needless to say... my first visit instantly turned me into a Cubs fan!!!

What a blast up there... Goose Island for a quick pre-game beer, a Saturday afternoon game, blue skies, cool temps, Chicago dogs... man I think I'll start looking for a job in the Chicago area!!!

mwagner- During the Summer, we have open enrollment into the Chicago Wine Mafia. Be careful though, once you are in you cannot leave.

VM

1423 was my first choice.

shoulda jumped sooner.

funny wine quip goes here.

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Forgive me for I have Zinned, and will again ...

Congrats on 5K!

1492 is my guess

1468

One glass is never enough!
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1986 -- the last time da Bears won the Super Bowl.

2003. For the simple fact that this is the year Chicago finally took to a classier way of dealing with the Nubs: drinking wine. And much to the pleasure of the Chicago Mafia.

Soll denn doch getrunken sein,
trinke nur vom besten Wein.
- Goethe

Congrats Vino Me. Thanks for the knowledge and the laughs.

I will go with 155...the number when you total up the uniform numbers of the likely starting rotation that is going to take the Cubs to their first World Championship in a long, long, long, long...Tinkers to Evers to Chance...time.

2004

I will enjoy picking it out of the cellar.