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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: NCLawman on December 26, 2009, 08:12:28 AM
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Trivia Question: What is the most number of hours a single player has recorded doing this ----> :joystick: in s single tour?
Answer: I don't know, that is why I am asking. :cheers:
So, I was having a "discussion" with the 'warm-fuzzy-other' after coming home from work and going right to the computer. Now, I like to come home and read the news (online) and then eventually might log on to AH and play for an hour or two. She naturally equates the computer to AH and was remarking about the hours spent (even though not all of them are AH). So, that prompted me to check the time (cause I like to argue with facts). I see that I have logged just over 40 hours this tour. It does not seem like I have been :airplane: for a full work week -- but hey, the facts don't lie. So that got me thinking about others......
Holy Time-Piece Batman! :O I started looking at a few others' times doing this ---> :joystick: and now I don't feel so bad. But I am curious how many people do AH for a full time job. :huh :D I saw some flight/play times approaching 170 hours this campaign. As this was only the 26th day of the Tour, that averages to nearly 7 hours a day (EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH). Assuming most people (yes, this is an over-generalization) work 160-171 hours per 28-day pay cycle, that would mean that some people spend more time playing AH than working! :x
Now, that is not to say that is a bad thing. It is great that people can take time for leisure and play (after all we are all kids at heart or we wouldn't be doing this... play is a good thing). But WOW, This game is apparently a full time job with overtime for some people. :lol Which brings me to the question above... Does anyone know the record for the most hours logged in a single tour?
:salute
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<S> NCLawman. IIRC, I saw a tour where someone logged over 200hrs in a 31 day tour. Think it was a few tours back. And...if memory serves me correctly, that player was an older gentleman (over 40) and was unemployed due to medical reasons. Don't hold me to this, but, I believe thats what I read in the score tallies.
<S> A8Chustr
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I've managed a whole 20 hours or so I think, this Tour. I don't miss being "stabbed in the back" as much. :aok
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I know when Grizz flew his 100 kill hop it took him like fore and a half hour's ...and that's just one hope ..
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i'm sitting at 21 hours right now.
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15 hrs.
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If this is what you are asking about, go to main page, Scores & Stats, Individual Statistics. Enter your ID.
thndrEGG's General Stats for Late War Tour 119
Total Sorties: 284
Total Sortie Time: 2 days 21:22:26
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In the past, there have been several 'Pasty Skin Awards' for those who spend the most time online.
You can search on 'pasty' and find a few pages worth.
For instance: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,110392.0.html
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A blistering 24 and change thus far (hours),,,,not likely to improve in near future as we've had no power at house since 11am on Christmas day
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14:24:34 for me so far this tour....
But in all honesty, my wife and I bought a new house last month and we are remodeling it before we move into it. Something possessed me to do the bulk of the work myself, so my leisure time is greatly reduced this month.
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You will notice some of the highest ranked pilots also have the most time online.
Practice makes a difference. :joystick: And a sore butt. :eek:
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You will notice some of the highest ranked pilots also have the most time online.
Practice makes a difference. :joystick: And a sore butt. :eek:
and those that don't have lots of hours, fly to avoid fights. :bolt: :noid
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and those that don't have lots of hours, fly to avoid fights. :bolt: :noid
This logic somewhat escaped me... :headscratch:
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Escaped me as well lol, I've not many hours this month (work intervening ho hum - despite having 3 weeks off at the start of the month), and I'm pretty sure I rarely run from any fights (well, cept VonMesa when I was in a 190 - did the running away like a little girl screaming thing then :D)
Wurzel
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This logic somewhat escaped me... :headscratch:
Lost me, too. I work my 40 hours outdoors. Usually come home tired (and cold in the winter), and don't have the energy or reflexes to fly fighters very much. That's why bombers are my thing, but that's not to say I avoid fights. In fact, the complete opposite has happened on a large scale.
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You will notice some of the highest ranked pilots also have the most time online.
Practice makes a difference. :joystick: And a sore butt. :eek:
That's not true ....But pratice makes a difference .
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Before this gets totally sidetracked into something different, I'm aware that Cap is joking :D
That said however, I must learn to egress fights earlier - preferably not screaming like a little girl ;)
Wurzel
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This logic somewhat escaped me... :headscratch:
HOW SO?
oops...sorry bout caps lock.
logic is simple. they want a high k/d. they avoid fights. pick. bnz. bomb the poop outta things. run a gv and blow up buildings.
anything they can to not have to risk cartoon death.
had a guy in a p47m ran from my 38. this after crying that he couldn't pick me out of a fight with his squaddie. he felt it more important to land his 2 kills, than to engage in a 1-1 fight. :D :bolt:
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Escaped me as well lol, I've not many hours this month (work intervening ho hum - despite having 3 weeks off at the start of the month), and I'm pretty sure I rarely run from any fights (well, cept VonMesa when I was in a 190 - did the running away like a little girl screaming thing then :D)
Wurzel
i run when the mood strikes me.........but have fun fighting.
i just got reprimanded last night for landing too much though. :noid :airplane:
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Lost me, too. I work my 40 hours outdoors. Usually come home tired (and cold in the winter), and don't have the energy or reflexes to fly fighters very much. That's why bombers are my thing, but that's not to say I avoid fights. In fact, the complete opposite has happened on a large scale.
now see.....i spent time climbing to 25k last night....to set up nice attacks on a set of lancs at about 23k. they simply vanished.....as if the dude pulled the power cord out.
going after buffs that're well gunned is massive fun...and to me, much harder than shooting down a fighter.
having fighters come after me when i'm in buffs....also massive fun. :aok
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Before this gets totally sidetracked into something different, I'm aware that Cap is joking :D
That said however, I must learn to egress fights earlier - preferably not screaming like a little girl ;)
Wurzel
well, i was semi joking.........
mom's staying with me for a couple more weeks...i have to curtail the "little girl screaming" :noid
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logic is simple. they want a high k/d. they avoid fights. pick. bnz. bomb the poop outta things. run a gv and blow up buildings.
anything they can to not have to risk cartoon death.
But doesn't all that generally take longer time per kill?
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That's not true ....But pratice makes a difference .
What's not true? Overall ranks in late war: 1. Hoagi 137 hrs.
2. Pacerr 108 hrs.
3. Shawk 121 hrs.
4. Snailman 107 hrs.
5. Chalenge 183 hrs.
Now Chalenge has more hours but may fly differently than Hoagi but still is ranked in the top 5.
You have only 38 hours total time in late war thus your ranking.
I think I'm near 50 hours.
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But doesn't all that generally take longer time per kill?
Nope.
they fly out over the furball. drop, shoot, repeat, rinse. run home n land.
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Nope.
they fly out over the furball. drop, shoot, repeat, rinse. run home n land.
Well, I have to disagree then. :) IMO, flying more conservatively "generally" takes more time per kill but allowes less risk per kill and therefore a better k/d.
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Well, I have to disagree then. :) IMO, flying more conservatively "generally" takes more time per kill but allowes less risk per kill and therefore a better k/d.
there's a couple players in mw i see doing it all the time. one was regularly landing 2 and 3 kills at a time last night.
you don't do that getting down n dirty.
gonna go duct tape some allisons in my forked tail devil now. :aok
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Somewhere along the way, I think this thread fell of the track. :lol
I didn't mean to spark up a conversation about fighting tactics (run, pick, HO, conservative or aggressive). My apologies. :salute I was merely curious about the number of hours people spend playing AH. :banana:
If this topic were to digress in any direction, I would wonder ... what does a person do for a living that he/she can afford to spend over 200 hours a month playing AH (and where can I fill out an application for that job :lol) ? :headscratch:
<Salute>
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Somewhere along the way, I think this thread fell of the track. :lol
I didn't mean to spark up a conversation about fighting tactics (run, pick, HO, conservative or aggressive). My apologies. :salute I was merely curious about the number of hours people spend playing AH. :banana:
If this topic were to digress in any direction, I would wonder ... what does a person do for a living that he/she can afford to spend over 200 hours a month playing AH (and where can I fill out an application for that job :lol) ? :headscratch:
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first off....i think i should be apologizing. i took it off track.
as for job? i'd say some retired, or on medical leave....or possibly just being sneaky and hittin the computer when everyone goes to bed.
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What's not true? Overall ranks in late war: 1. Hoagi 137 hrs.
2. Pacerr 108 hrs.
3. Shawk 121 hrs.
4. Snailman 107 hrs.
5. Chalenge 183 hrs.
Now Chalenge has more hours but may fly differently than Hoagi but still is ranked in the top 5.
You have only 38 hours total time in late war thus your ranking.
I think I'm near 50 hours.
Yeah but take someone like KOOL . He don't even have 2 hour's in and is rank 402 and I bet he was not even trying .
Late War Tour 119 Statistics for KOOL
Fighter Bomber Attack Veh./Boat Total
Kills 13 0 0 0 13
Assists 4 0 0 0 4
Sorties 4 0 0 0 4
Landed 4 0 0 0 4
Bailed 0 0 0 0 0
Ditched 0 0 0 0 0
Captured 0 0 0 0 0
Deaths 0 0 0 0 0
Discos 0 0 0 0 0
Time hh:mm:ss 01:41:55 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 01:41:55
Rank 402 4175
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Somewhere along the way, I think this thread fell of the track. :lol
I didn't mean to spark up a conversation about fighting tactics (run, pick, HO, conservative or aggressive). My apologies. :salute I was merely curious about the number of hours people spend playing AH. :banana:
If this topic were to digress in any direction, I would wonder ... what does a person do for a living that he/she can afford to spend over 200 hours a month playing AH (and where can I fill out an application for that job :lol) ? :headscratch:
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There's been people who have spent over 300 hours/month. Joker2 played 395 hours playing tour 103... 395 hours! He had several tours in the high 200's as well.
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Joker2 played 395 hours playing tour 103... 395 hours!
Yikes! That's 13 hours per day.
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There is someone that has spent;
194:24:12
in December and the month isn't even over yet.
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^he must be asleep in a tank under a tree , lol
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Yikes! That's 13 hours per day.
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Yes, that is exactly my point...... Where can I get an application to work (or lack thereof) where he does? :D :cheers:
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There's been people who have spent over 300 hours/month. Joker2 played 395 hours playing tour 103... 395 hours! He had several tours in the high 200's as well.
But you also never know if some people do share the same account, even though it's not allowed. But Father/Son flying on same computer is happening for sure and can explain some very high numbers.
My own record is at 235 hrs, but I found that to be extremely exhausting and it had a negative impact on my life, even though I'm not working for a living and don't have a large family to care for. Nowadays I'm "only" playing for ~120 hrs per tour.
What makes me wonder isn't how much people are playing.. it's the fact that the "constant complainers" (you know, those guys always blaming everyone for not winning the war, not porking enemy fields an generally wasting resources) are mostly people playing several hours each day. Some guys really seem to confuse a game that you can play if you want to with going to work, whether you like it or not.
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Total Sortie Time: 11 days 02:24:23
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Somewhere along the way, I think this thread fell of the track. :lol
I didn't mean to spark up a conversation about fighting tactics (run, pick, HO, conservative or aggressive). My apologies. :salute I was merely curious about the number of hours people spend playing AH. :banana:
If this topic were to digress in any direction, I would wonder ... what does a person do for a living that he/she can afford to spend over 200 hours a month playing AH (and where can I fill out an application for that job :lol) ? :headscratch:
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That is an easy question to answer. In my case I am retired, kids are grown, and wife doesn't nag me. :old: I don't watch very much tv, and why would I when I have 200 available. It's better than any show on tv.
I think I logged my most hours in Tour 94 which was 169 hours. At that time I had some medical issues that kept me pretty much tied to the house.
It does goes to prove a point though that more hours does not equal better skills. I still get killed all the time. :D
:salute
Fred
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That is an easy question to answer. In my case I am retired, kids are grown, and wife doesn't nag me. :old: I don't watch very much tv, and why would I when I have 200 available. It's better than any show on tv.
I think I logged my most hours in Tour 94 which was 169 hours. At that time I had some medical issues that kept me pretty much tied to the house.
It does goes to prove a point though that more hours does not equal better skills. I still get killed all the time. :D
:salute
Fred
we ALL get kilt a lot. the question is who is willing to admit it. :aok
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I have 27 hours in this tour.
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What's not true? Overall ranks in late war: 1. Hoagi 137 hrs.
2. Pacerr 108 hrs.
3. Shawk 121 hrs.
4. Snailman 107 hrs.
5. Chalenge 183 hrs.
Now Chalenge has more hours but may fly differently than Hoagi but still is ranked in the top 5.
You have only 38 hours total time in late war thus your ranking.
I think I'm near 50 hours.
Drex could log into the Arena and smack anyone online down.
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7 hours this tour
17 hours the one before that
44 minutes the one before that
back to 17 hours...
Looking through it would seem that I rarely break 20 hours a tour
Highest was 79 I think
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what does a person do for a living that he/she can afford to spend over 200 hours a month playing AH (and where can I fill out an application for that job :lol) ? :headscratch:
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You can work for me :devil
if you dont mind spending hours editing, mixing and producing music.
Oh and 85% of time i work from home unless im at the studio engineering.
I have all kinds of cool fun little gadgets here :D :rock
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o223/bmoore_2007/myhouse.jpg)
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I think I remember someone logging 420 hrs. in a tour. Not gonna name drop but whew. 8hrs sleep, an hour for food and the rest Aces High. Give that guy a free month or something gezz. :D
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22h 33m 47s for me this tour and if not for the holidays, probably not that much.
Cya "outdere" :salute
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You can work for me :devil
if you dont mind spending hours editing, mixing and producing music.
Oh and 85% of time i work from home unless im at the studio engineering.
I have all kinds of cool fun little gadgets here :D :rock
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o223/bmoore_2007/myhouse.jpg)
I need to get serious with a music program I've toyed with (Renoise www.renoise.com) I've put a few short tunes together, all instrumentals from samples. But, I'm just a novice. Still need to figure out a lot of stuff, such as mixing it so as not to blow out subwoofers, lol!
Here's a couple, but I'm not real great at it: http://www.mediafire.com/?jyqnqdmqdmu
http://www.mediafire.com/?zywowj1jzfd
EDIT: Way out in left field and off topic, sorry guys.
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This type of thread crops up every know and then. Players hours and an opinion that it's very bad to play alot. Well! ... one mans Taliban is an others Mujahideen.
In the day I've clocked 272 hours and I've regularly done 220. I think nothing of it for various reasons. I could for instance spend my time in front of the TV...watching the crap soaps or the repeats of shows that have long since had their day. Then most shows that are near worth watching have some kind of soap style hook to get you to tune in same time next week. (yer watch me) Big Brother! whats that about... who are the sad gits that watch that? Shows like cops that repeat... that repeat and repeat the same clip 4 times. Shows that do the repeat thing are nothing more than a tool for selling advertising space. They ain't worth anyones times.
As for the bloody adverts they drive me insane. Consumer brain washing is all it is. We've got kids in the UK wearing perfume (for men haha) and drinking pink coloured alco-pops and they think their cool...FFS. Most adverts don't even sell their products and punt a fairy tale life style... you might be a big fat ugly chick but if you eat more of our sexy chocolate prince charming will marry you. Or Dude you is one hell of a guy, a stud, a chick magnet, worldly wise and our 5 bladed (as if you need more that 1) razor will make you the managing director. FFS
I could of cause go down the pub. Talk the same bollocks that I did the night before with the same bunch of guys.
Then again I could just have some fun doing the stuff that pleases ME. Irrespective of being ill,poor, out of work and with no kids to tie up my time.
Taliban or Mujahideen?
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Shows that do the repeat thing are nothing more than a tool for selling advertising space.
Umm... Isn't that exactly what all TV is about?
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American to English translation Muhaaaa. After a few beers its all sounds the same to me LYNX! :salute
420 hours (cough) Bigpat :bolt:
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Like this thread LAw..
I think in my prime, me and prowl3r logged around 120 hrs for 3 months straight.. Was very addicted.. ! :lol
Now .. My kids are needing much attention,,
I am pulling anywhere from 20 - 40 hrs a tour...
Spending most time in specail events.... :salute
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Umm... Isn't that exactly what all TV is about?
Not on my planet. I have the BBC which is advert free. They used to make some entertaining shows back in the day. Unfortunately its soaps, reality TV and repeats of those entertaining shows. Honestly the only show I've watched recently was "spooks", until it put in the soap style hook to tune in next week. They used to be 1 hour stand alone shows. And the only advert sponsored show I've made a point of watching is "Flash forward". Not only is it an entertaining show it's a ground braeking, big budget piece of syndicated TV. Think it goes to 25 countries in the same week.
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Yeah but take someone like KOOL . He don't even have 2 hour's in and is rank 402 and I bet he was not even trying .
Late War Tour 119 Statistics for KOOL
01:41:55
Rank 402 4175
Kool's Overall rank is in the 3000 range. Not very impressive.
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10:38:33
Not very long.
Too much happening right now to play AH.
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I think the longest time I have spent on was way back when I first found the game.
Time hh:mm:ss fighter 107:49:14 bomber 30:48:52 attack 18:57:48 vehicle 41:31:10 total 199:07:04
That was back in tour 24, I dont have all my records anymore used to keep up with everything, read everything I could find on planes, acm (turning speed, climbing speeds,diving speeds, compression and how to break it), bombs (what angles to drop, how far they travel at what speeds)
So all total If I was working and back then I only worked about 6 hrs a day I was reading or on aces high less the 4 hours I sleep a day.
ab8aac/dmdchief
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Kool's Overall rank is in the 3000 range. Not very impressive.
That has nothing much to do with time. He simply flies fighters only, so he gets a "0" in three out of four categories. Same as with Croft, who is #7 in fighter but "only" 3089 overall.
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Scores and time mean nothing. Some log on and forget they are on too.
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35 hours 57 mins for me this tour. :salute
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Scores and time mean nothing. Some log on and forget they are on too.
The time recorded is for ingame(playing) time only. Tower time is not considered.
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Bkhawk had 293 hours in Tour 34 and 255 in Tour 35. That's pretty awesome!
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Oh , I see now ...
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American to English translation Muhaaaa. After a few beers its all sounds the same to me LYNX! :salute
420 hours (cough) Bigpat :bolt:
Didn't find the 420 tour, but I did find his 374 tour in LW tour 103. Sheesh. :eek:
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Didn't find the 420 tour, but I did find his 374 tour in LW tour 103. Sheesh. :eek:
I'm pretty sure BigPat and "Little" Pat both use that account.