Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:43 pm
Thanks fur the nudge, on shore two weeks in a row (with help) 
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"Summer Wear" - October 16, 2020
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Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:46 pm
The boat is taking on water and starting to list! I'm just gonna keep staring though!
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:51 pm
On Shore
Tried to make it much harder than it is.
Richard
Tried to make it much harder than it is.
Richard
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:21 pm
Could use a nudge if anyone is inclined to DM me... have tried several angles to no avail. Thanks!
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:54 pm
Got it! On shore. Went down a couple of rabbit holes for a few minutes; walked away; looked at it once more and figured it out immediately.
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:16 pm
I had to take a walk around the neighborhood to clear my head as I was overcomplicating this one. I’m now happily on the beach.
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:46 pm
Ashore! Beginner’s luck continues!
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:51 pm
Got it. Nice.
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:57 pm
Ashore.
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:06 pm
Yep! That's some really good detective work!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:39 pmAs we have migrated from the WSJ comments to this blog, I have tried to associate the muggle's blog names with their WSJ comment's name so I don't double count our clan size. When you made the comment that you had not been here in a while, I knew I recognized the name so I searched on my excel file. Am I correct in that your husband's name is Bill and it looks like a Dutch name?LizD wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:09 pmBob cruise director wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:17 pm
I finally found you - welcome back - we missed you
Hi Bob! Were you looking for me?!
(and it's French Belgian 
)Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:46 pm
Marion and I are BBBBBBBAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK! Took a couple of weeks in the sewer for some stupid reason(s). Glad to be on shore with the Muggles and looking for the mug...........
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:56 pm
I went down way to many rabbit holes. Took some time off to enjoy the snow coming down outside my window, and then got the answer. Looking forward to what I hope is a nice cold, snowy winter.
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:01 pm
On shore. Finished the grid and let it sit.
Took the dog for a walk and then found it.
Took the dog for a walk and then found it.
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:19 pm
Made to the shore after keeping Isaac company for a couple of weeks.
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:30 pm
Ashore. Feels like 100%er.
Got to it this evening, and was just in a groove on the grid and the meta. Perhaps a thank you is owed for the assist from Vodka and Tonic 'clearing' my brain.
Life has kept me from being able to solve them all on time, but this makes 4 metas in a row for me. After weeks (and weeks, and weeks) of not much success - also known as utter futility - this is a great feeling. Thanks for the muggle support.
Now if only someone could give me a good 'nudge' of advice to help explain to my wife what I'm doing in these 'chat rooms' on weekends...
Got to it this evening, and was just in a groove on the grid and the meta. Perhaps a thank you is owed for the assist from Vodka and Tonic 'clearing' my brain.
Life has kept me from being able to solve them all on time, but this makes 4 metas in a row for me. After weeks (and weeks, and weeks) of not much success - also known as utter futility - this is a great feeling. Thanks for the muggle support.
Now if only someone could give me a good 'nudge' of advice to help explain to my wife what I'm doing in these 'chat rooms' on weekends...
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:49 pm
On shore! Enjoying a merlot while watching baseball.
Enjoy the weekend everyone!
Enjoy the weekend everyone!
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:55 pm
LAS, starting to think I'm just rubbish at these and I only solve the meta when it's a gimmick that no one else seems to like. My group tried a bunch of things since there were a few answers that seemed to be obviously related to a solution, but after a few hours of trying I think the whole thing (and the multitude of rabbit holes it caused) was totally wrong. I think I'll just sleep on it.
Does anyone else feel like they always notice double letters way too much, even though I don't think I've ever had a meta that involved that mechanism?
Does anyone else feel like they always notice double letters way too much, even though I don't think I've ever had a meta that involved that mechanism?
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:57 pm
Keep at it. You'll get it. And, yes, I'm always noticing double letters.clueless_solver wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:55 pm LAS, starting to think I'm just rubbish at these and I only solve the meta when it's a gimmick that no one else seems to like. My group tried a bunch of things since there were a few answers that seemed to be obviously related to a solution, but after a few hours of trying I think the whole thing (and the multitude of rabbit holes it caused) was totally wrong. I think I'll just sleep on it.
Does anyone else feel like they always notice double letters way too much, even though I don't think I've ever had a meta that involved that mechanism?
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:01 pm
Nudge: tell your wife you are chatting with Jake from Allstate!Tripod wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:30 pm Ashore. Feels like 100%er.
Got to it this evening, and was just in a groove on the grid and the meta. Perhaps a thank you is owed for the assist from Vodka and Tonic 'clearing' my brain.
Life has kept me from being able to solve them all on time, but this makes 4 metas in a row for me. After weeks (and weeks, and weeks) of not much success - also known as utter futility - this is a great feeling. Thanks for the muggle support.
Now if only someone could give me a good 'nudge' of advice to help explain to my wife what I'm doing in these 'chat rooms' on weekends...
Re: "Summer Wear" October 16, 2020
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:06 pm
No one and I mean NO ONE is worse at these than me - if the method isn’t a basic theme answer solve - I go through 20 crazy iterations in 30 minutes looking for methods - making origami out of the grid or turning it into a Banksy- at one point on this one I drew something that looked like a bird connecting letter and started googling summer water that looks like a bird.clueless_solver wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:55 pm LAS, starting to think I'm just rubbish at these and I only solve the meta when it's a gimmick that no one else seems to like. My group tried a bunch of things since there were a few answers that seemed to be obviously related to a solution, but after a few hours of trying I think the whole thing (and the multitude of rabbit holes it caused) was totally wrong. I think I'll just sleep on it.
Does anyone else feel like they always notice double letters way too much, even though I don't think I've ever had a meta that involved that mechanism?
So you are not alone.