"AP English" - January 8, 2021
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- Colin
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I am stunned at the warp speed that many muggles take when consuming this (and every) week’s fruits. I prefer to take time to admire the container, check the vintage, read the labels, carefully remove the cork, check for indications of mal-storage, leave to breathe for a while, carefully move the contents to a different container, inhale the unique qualities, take a small sip to see what we have, allow the flavors to flower, imagine the work that went into crafting this special product, visualize the place of origin, multiplex small sips with my dinner, put the stopper in and then repeat until finished. This can take hours or sometimes days but the feeling I get when finished is like being on some remote shore in paradise!
So far this week, however, I am still admiring the container.
So far this week, however, I am still admiring the container.
One world. One planet. One future.
- mbryant
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- Cindy
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Look at your grid.
- Kris Zacharias
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On shore, as of yesterday. Usually I wait to do the puzzle until the print version appears on Friday. Often I check the rating on Thursday, however, and when I saw 2 1/2 stars so early I got worried. So to give myself more time I went to work immediately. This mechanism has been used before, a fact that really helped in finding the solution.
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Ashore, with a hat tip to @boharr who assured me I was on the right track...sometimes we just need a little encouragement that THIS is the right rabbit trail.
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I also think this one should be rated as fairly challenging, even if you found the answer quickly.
- tigerfly222
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On shore, wheeee!
On Monday, I'll have a question about the path to the answer. I'm 100% sure my answer is correct but only 90% of my steps made sense in that distinctly meta-riffic way.
Happy weekend to all!
On Monday, I'll have a question about the path to the answer. I'm 100% sure my answer is correct but only 90% of my steps made sense in that distinctly meta-riffic way.
Happy weekend to all!
- Joe Ross
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Blah. Blah. Blah.Colin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:38 am I am stunned at the warp speed that many muggles take when consuming this (and every) week’s fruits. I prefer to take time to admire the container, check the vintage, read the labels, carefully remove the cork, check for indications of mal-storage, leave to breathe for a while, carefully move the contents to a different container, inhale the unique qualities, take a small sip to see what we have, allow the flavors to flower, imagine the work that went into crafting this special product, visualize the place of origin, multiplex small sips with my dinner, put the stopper in and then repeat until finished. This can take hours or sometimes days but the feeling I get when finished is like being on some remote shore in paradise!
So far this week, however, I am still admiring the container.
Gimme a bucket of ice & a bowl of Splenda®.
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With a fresh set of eyes this morning I am now on the beach.escapeartist wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:47 am Me and Isaac still chilling at the bar as I think through this meta.
I learned some new AP Eng vocabulary in the grid, that's for sure - that was tough.
The meta appears even more difficult.
Funny how that works.
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- LittleGood
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I had a tough time with the grid, and now I am sure I know the answer but I'm not able to make it work exactly. I must have some mistakes in the grid :-/ Count me on the boat.
- Colin
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Hmmm. You have a point. Some people just don’t appreciate the reverence of well-crafted beverages...Joe Ross wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:56 amBlah. Blah. Blah.Colin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:38 am I am stunned at the warp speed that many muggles take when consuming this (and every) week’s fruits. I prefer to take time to admire the container, check the vintage, read the labels, carefully remove the cork, check for indications of mal-storage, leave to breathe for a while, carefully move the contents to a different container, inhale the unique qualities, take a small sip to see what we have, allow the flavors to flower, imagine the work that went into crafting this special product, visualize the place of origin, multiplex small sips with my dinner, put the stopper in and then repeat until finished. This can take hours or sometimes days but the feeling I get when finished is like being on some remote shore in paradise!
So far this week, however, I am still admiring the container.
Gimme a bucket of ice & a bowl of Splenda®.
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One world. One planet. One future.
- whimsy
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Precisely! To bed last night after puzzling over meta --- the mechanism dawned on me while supine, and I suspected the answer from what I remembered (but not completely) of the grid. Sorely tempted to get up and apply it but resisted; confirmation waited until this AM.Joepickett wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:42 pmI disagree. This is not easy.Thurman8er wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:15 pm That was easy! Ashore!
Hey, you all stay safe and stay strong, okay? The nights can be dark, but joy comes in the morning.
So you are saying that I may get the answer when I wake up?
So now ASHORE!
- Bob cruise director
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Good Friday morning
Our report is a little early but we have 2 on the ship with Isaac and 88 on the shore basking in the sunlight.
Our report is a little early but we have 2 on the ship with Isaac and 88 on the shore basking in the sunlight.
Bob Stevens
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Safely ashore. Was mostly there last night, but needed to see one more thing to properly navigate.
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It was so nice to meet you on the Muggle Meet-up on Tuesday!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!