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Tom Shea wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:06 pm I had the square root of -1 in my answer, but my wife told me to get real, so i abandoned that rabbit hole.

yep, that's too complex for this one.

Tom Shea wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:06 pm I had the square root of -1 in my answer, but my wife told me to get real, so i abandoned that rabbit hole.

I had that too but my answers were all imaginary

Ashore! Quick solve, enjoyed the clean fill and meta mechanism.

LaPetiteFlora wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 2:28 pm ... Was convinced OMAHA crossing QUANT in a plus sign with the clue "Financial wizard, for short" had to be a Warren Buffet reference... sigh...

Shhh. I don't think you're supposed to give any answers at all even if you're sure everyone has gotten them. OTOH, I didn't notice this and am glad you pointed it out.

OK, quick grid but the meta was infuriating. We dog paddled for a couple of days backfitting multiple possibilities (we were both math students), but with no orderly way to get there. It finally just popped out. Ashore and exhausted and we should have been here 3 days ago. (Note from the wife: he thinks he is ashore).

Eureka! Suddenly, a shot rang out...

Got it!

Apropos of very little, other than previous ancient computer technology discussions, I had the privilege to DVR & watch "Hot Millions", circa 1968, starring Peter Ustinov, a very young Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, and Bob Newhart, today. It aired on TCM. Not the best cinema, but very watchable! I was 8 when it was in theaters and I doubt many of alls y'allses' were much older, but it struck a number of (rather ancient) chords.

Recommended!

we're going to a Fathom events showing of the original King Kong on 3/15 for my wife's birthday.

expecting to just laugh at the old special effects.

The puzzle title is familiar. The model demonstrates my issue's Year-by-Year College Graduation Stratagem.

I am ashore. Recuperating.

AHA!

Got it.

Nothing to drink just now, going out tonight to a charity function.

Richard

I’m ashore, finally, with a shove from the daughter.

The center of gravity in this forum seems to be around New England, so it makes sense that on my cross-country flight to Boston, it was somewhere over Fitchburg that I found my way to shore. I'm not sure if it's the right one, but it seems to add up.

Bird Lives wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:19 pm

grwinski wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:53 am We abandoned Laplace as well, and thought about using Maxwell's equations, and finally completed with Boolean algebra!

Boolean algebra -- isn't thatwhat they teach at Yale?

Darn, beat me to it...I was just gonna say Boola Boola to them!

Made it ashore!

Geoduck wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 4:19 pm Eureka! Suddenly, a shot rang out...

Got it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEoUa0Hlso

Should be in the rotation for theme songs on the ship (or the landing craft)

Tom Shea wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 7:47 pm

Geoduck wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 4:19 pm Eureka! Suddenly, a shot rang out...

Got it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEoUa0Hlso

Should be in the rotation for theme songs on the ship (or the landing craft)

Ha ha! Perfect!

Progress to shore has come to a halt so the final report is 8 on the ship and 109 on the shore.

Making their way to the shore after settling up with Isaac and leaving him a big tip are

Commodore
Inca
NuYear68
memay131
diplomat
matthewmoravec
joes
Geoduck
Ksoav
Richard
CynthiaJ
and Softie

good luck winning the mug. and there will be a quiz on all the mathematical jokes/comments tomorrow

I am still at sea (granted, without much time this weekend to work on this). Making one last effort here, with my terrier by my side on the couch, to plumb a couple more rabbit holes...

there will also be a test, using circular slide rules.

MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 9:47 pm there will also be a test, using circular slide rules.

If they're good enough for Spock on the Enterprise, they're good enough for muggles!