"Who Says?" - January 3, 2020
- Lucas S
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- Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:51 am
- Location: Denver, CO
Made it to shore earlier in the weekend, but I forgot to post due to my emotional investment in the Bills game (anticipation, excitement, anxiety, and sorrow - in that order).
- Bob cruise director
- Cruise Director
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- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:38 pm
- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Right now I have 130 on the beach. The record is 137 on February 1, 2019.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
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- Bob cruise director
- Cruise Director
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- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Good Sunday morning muggles. The beach is getting more crowded every minute.
We have another couple of new muggles: dplass and asehres. As always we welcome everyone to our continually growing clan.
We have 2 on the ship with Isaac. Both have answers but are afraid of getting pageanted!!
and as noted above we have 130 on the shore.
new since yesterday are:
Carla
Howard H
dplass
Colin
streroto
Tom S
Patty
rexthree
Julie O
Natalie
garryj
asechres
jag
Niobb
Brian M
dennis
and Lucas
I expect a record number this week - most likely over 2500. And it will either be 98% right or 98% wrong.
We have another couple of new muggles: dplass and asehres. As always we welcome everyone to our continually growing clan.
We have 2 on the ship with Isaac. Both have answers but are afraid of getting pageanted!!
and as noted above we have 130 on the shore.
new since yesterday are:
Carla
Howard H
dplass
Colin
streroto
Tom S
Patty
rexthree
Julie O
Natalie
garryj
asechres
jag
Niobb
Brian M
dennis
and Lucas
I expect a record number this week - most likely over 2500. And it will either be 98% right or 98% wrong.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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- Scott M
- Posts: 458
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:10 pm
- Location: Charlottesville, VA
Searched fruitlessly for a path to a pageant, so I'm going to submit the obvious answer. Long odds this week.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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- Joined: Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:53 pm
New here. Ahoy from Minnesota!
Been attempting metas for a while now so decided to join the community. This week’s meta seemed quite straight forward compared to the usual but I gather these go through a cycle wherein they get progressively harder?
Been attempting metas for a while now so decided to join the community. This week’s meta seemed quite straight forward compared to the usual but I gather these go through a cycle wherein they get progressively harder?
- Bob cruise director
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- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
There is no planned cycle like you get with the NYT crosswords (Friday harder than Monday) or Matt Gaffney's subscription service (each week in the month is harder than the previous week). However some weeks are definitely harder than others.Tennisfan826 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:56 pm New here. Ahoy from Minnesota!
Been attempting metas for a while now so decided to join the community. This week’s meta seemed quite straight forward compared to the usual but I gather these go through a cycle wherein they get progressively harder?
And welcome to the clan. Always great to have another muggle. And I suspect that any tennis you are playing for the next few months is indoors.
Bob Stevens
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- DrTom
- Posts: 3781
- Joined: Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:46 pm
- Location: Jacksonville, FL
Wow, approaching a record number of beached solvers. I wonder if this were Venice, CA would they refer to it as "Muggles Beach".
Getting to that prodigious number though reminds me of a bad math joke:
OK, the teacher says, what is 12 x 12?
Ewww, that's gross, comes the reply!
and while I am on bad math jokes (as alluded to last week I am math challenged, but gosh I like a good silly joke):
What tasty dish's volume can be described by a cylinder with a radius of z and a height of a?
Pizza of course!
Infinitely many mathematicians converge on a bar. The first says, "I'll have a beer." The second says, "I'll have half a beer." The third says, "I'll have a quarter of a beer." The barman pulls out just two beers. The mathematicians are all like, "That's all you're giving us? How drunk do you expect us to get on that?" The bartender says, "Come on guys. Know your limits." (hint - converging series)
or the corollary
Infinitely many mathematicians harmoniously walk into a bar. The first says, "I'll have a beer." The second says, "I'll have half a beer." The third says, "I'll have a third of a beer." The barman bellows "get out of here, are you trying to ruin me!" (hint - harmonic series)
Getting to that prodigious number though reminds me of a bad math joke:
OK, the teacher says, what is 12 x 12?
Ewww, that's gross, comes the reply!
and while I am on bad math jokes (as alluded to last week I am math challenged, but gosh I like a good silly joke):
What tasty dish's volume can be described by a cylinder with a radius of z and a height of a?
Pizza of course!
Infinitely many mathematicians converge on a bar. The first says, "I'll have a beer." The second says, "I'll have half a beer." The third says, "I'll have a quarter of a beer." The barman pulls out just two beers. The mathematicians are all like, "That's all you're giving us? How drunk do you expect us to get on that?" The bartender says, "Come on guys. Know your limits." (hint - converging series)
or the corollary
Infinitely many mathematicians harmoniously walk into a bar. The first says, "I'll have a beer." The second says, "I'll have half a beer." The third says, "I'll have a third of a beer." The barman bellows "get out of here, are you trying to ruin me!" (hint - harmonic series)
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
- Richard
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- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:06 pm
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- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:43 pm
- Location: Lincoln, NE
You can add me to the list of cave dwellers who made it ashore with confirming help from Google. Who knew this was a YouTube series? Oh, wait, I guess everyone except me and a few other spelunkers!
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- Location: San Diego
- Lucksta
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Sun May 05, 2019 8:59 am
Think I am safely shoreside, but we shall see. Seems too easy by half.
- Kas
- Posts: 268
- Joined: Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:23 pm
- Location: Usually in a rabbit hole.
On shore! Calling this a Kas 1.5—but pleased to break a MetaFail streak for the new year!
- pookie
- Posts: 137
- Joined: Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:46 pm
Hi Bob, cruise director. Count me onshore too. I took the plunge. It's such a nice day, the swim felt good.
Hope we all beat the record!
Hope we all beat the record!
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I will definitely keep at it! I am already addicted and look forward to each week's new puzzle! Great fun!
Nlobb
Nlobb
- sphorning
- Posts: 118
- Joined: Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:24 pm
- Location: Steamboat Springs, CO
Back at it! Busy day, but managed to swim to shore. Happy 2020 everyone!
- jhcogan
- Posts: 17
- Joined: Sat Oct 05, 2019 5:48 am
- Location: Frontière Québec / États-Unis
I spent parts of two days on the grid. Enlisted my girlfriend for help, too. Then, I could not come up with the easy answer that the blog was assuring me I'd find. After a couple hours, I'm satisfied that I finally found it Only my 2nd time on shore!!! Finishing up the eggnog Happy 2020 -John from Vermont, but sitting in Quebec as I submit my answer (girlfriend's place).
- Hector
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- Location: San Francisco
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Oh, so you're telling us that you have a Canadian girlfriend??
(Just kidding!)
(Just kidding!)
- jhcogan
- Posts: 17
- Joined: Sat Oct 05, 2019 5:48 am
- Location: Frontière Québec / États-Unis
Oui
- Bob cruise director
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- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Our final count is 144 on the shore - A NEW RECORD!!!
and contributing is our newest muggle Tennisfan826
Putting us over the record line by coming on shore since lunch are:
Janet
Joe R
Beth C
Juliet
Tennisfan826
LacyK
Kas
DavidWa
SusanH
Richard
Luckst
pookie
Joel
and jhcogan
Good luck to all in getting the mug but the odds will be long.
See you on Thursday
and contributing is our newest muggle Tennisfan826
Putting us over the record line by coming on shore since lunch are:
Janet
Joe R
Beth C
Juliet
Tennisfan826
LacyK
Kas
DavidWa
SusanH
Richard
Luckst
pookie
Joel
and jhcogan
Good luck to all in getting the mug but the odds will be long.
See you on Thursday
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director