"You Need Glasses" - August 14, 2020

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michaelm
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On Shore.
Hope all had a great puzzle weekend.
Good luck everyone!
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MajordomoTom
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Bob cruise director wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:32 pm Good afternoon muggles. An extended report as we have 15 on the ship and 107 on the shore

First we welcome our newest muggles: Grover, BeTheLight, answerPfinder, and crosswordnewbie

Without further ado, here are the muggles keeping Isaac company
JoePickett
femullen
SewYoung
spotter
Gman
Dow Jones
Cindy N
MajorDomoTom
Richard
MaineMarge
seans
your humble cruise director helping Isaac as a way of paying for my bar bill
jag
crosswordnewbie

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Hopefully those on the ship will see the light
Bob - been on shore since post #158.

Thx,
Tom
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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FrankH
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#203

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Still on the boat.
Gpiggies
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#204

Post by Gpiggies »

Ashore. Great puzzle, my favorite so far these past few months since I started metas!

Enjoying a glass of wine. Cheers!
burak
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I'd have probably liked anything after last week's debacle but this was a legit good meta.
Ksoav
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On shore 👌
edot
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On shore!
Hidden in 3D
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The progress report:
Friday morning - Grid done. Took too long because I'm trying to be more like femullen and avoid Google if possible. Not possible this time. Gotta get some yardwork done.
Saturday morning - See something; can't be a coincidence. Don't have time to keep staring. Yard is calling and thunderstorms are in the forecast.
Sunday morning - That "something" is still bothering me. Why won't it work?!! Oh wait, it does! I'm ON THE SHORE and heading back out to the yard!
Sara
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Whoopee-do! That was as fun a find as I’ve finally found this year! Bob, move me from ship to shore, and fast please.
Great going Matt. 🙋‍♀️
Hidden in 3D
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whimsy wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:04 pm
hcbirker wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:02 pm
KayW wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:29 pm On shore! That was fun. I've never had 36D - maybe I'll try it one day. But today I think I'll have [INSERT META ANSWER HERE]
They stopped making it in 2007.
I just had to Google it because I remember my husband's grandmother drinking it when I first knew him (and her.) It actually does still exist (but no longer as a Kraft product because they did discontinue it.) But some other much smaller company picked up on it and you can now, in fact, get it at Wal-Mart---even next day delivery if you want to pay an arm and a leg!
And that much smaller company, Eliza’s Quest Foods, is right down I-85 in good ol’ Charlotte, NC! (Can’t say that I’ve ever tried this product, or ever will. I’ve been a coffee fanatic for most of my life, even if it is decaf these days!)
Sara
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OGuyDave
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Done (Thursday) and done (I think) (just now).

Based on the coincidences I've yanked out of this puzzle, it has to be the right answer, but I sure as heck am missing something that's supposed to be leading me to it.

...And just before hitting the "Submit" button, I see what's going on here. Nice puzzle. I can hit the "Submit" button now, feeling much better.

TFTXWD
Ann
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On shore!
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PeterLeea1a
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Sandy toes.
SeanS
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Wendy Walker wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:41 pm
SeanS wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:10 pm To borrow a few lines from 51A
Sean, fantastic band, saw them in 1981 or so, with Flock of Seagulls as the opening act.
WLW.
Jealous! I was born in '88 so I never got to see them live but I have a lot of fond memories of listening to the "Singles: 45's and Under" cassette tape in the third row of my parents' Suburban as a kid.
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WOW, it just jumped out at me. Saw part of it early on and discounted it as a path. Happily on shore after maxing my credit card with Isaac.
JeanneC
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On shore with a submitted answer but I think I have fallen down the deepest rabbit hole ever created in a Gaffney puzzle. 😬

And for the record, neither my husband nor I consider ourselves “geezers”, but we saw 36D, remembered the answer and had a good laugh!
“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions”. Lillian Hellman
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On shore
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cbarbee002
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I was in the biggest rabbit hole ever, forever. Wondering if others went down the same path. Will follow up tomorrow.
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Wendy Walker
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SeanS wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:21 pm
Wendy Walker wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:41 pm
SeanS wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:10 pm To borrow a few lines from 51A
Sean, fantastic band, saw them in 1981 or so, with Flock of Seagulls as the opening act.
WLW.
Jealous! I was born in '88 so I never got to see them live but I have a lot of fond memories of listening to the "Singles: 45's and Under" cassette tape in the third row of my parents' Suburban as a kid.
I'm sure I speak for many of us when I say that I'm thrilled to have a younger person here on the Muggles Forum! There IS hope for the future!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Wendy Walker
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cbarbee002 wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:39 pm I was in the biggest rabbit hole ever, forever. Wondering if others went down the same path. Will follow up tomorrow.
Can't wait to hear this one! BTW, I live in the far western suburbs of Philadelphia, in rural Chester County. Far enough out to call hoagies "subs."
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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