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Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:07 am
by DrTom
Dino me! Fun Pandora, which just makes it harder to think we have to say “Au revoir” (not Adieu mind you!) to Will’s Sunday dinners.

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:45 pm
by benchen71
Dino me, after a nudge got me out of an inviting rabbit hole. :)

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:17 pm
by Berto
Finally Dino-me! Ugh, really need to remember to go back to pencil and paper when all else fails!!

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:36 am
by MatthewL
Dino me (finally). Needed several nudges from a very patient muggle to finally see it.

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:43 am
by Renee
xcb xfvnb

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:31 pm
by Alvibu67
Dino me!

I was grousing to myself about solvers who take a break from the puzzle, come back to it and exclaim, “There it is!”

So I took a break from the puzzle and … AHA!

So glad I became back to it. Thanks, Will!

Allison

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:19 pm
by hoover
Dang, I'm not seeing it. BRB... I'm going for a walk.

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:34 pm
by hoover
hoover wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:19 pm Dang, I'm not seeing it. BRB... I'm going for a walk.
Welp, that did it! Dino me!

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:08 pm
by woozy
Alvibu67 wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:31 pm Dino me!

I was grousing to myself about solvers who take a break from the puzzle, come back to it and exclaim, “There it is!”

So I took a break from the puzzle and … AHA!

So glad I became back to it. Thanks, Will!

Allison
All right. I'll try that!
hoover wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:34 pm
hoover wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:19 pm Dang, I'm not seeing it. BRB... I'm going for a walk.
Welp, that did it! Dino me!
Welp! I'll try that too.

And ...grouse mutter grumble.... jerks....

(I think I've had more success with staring and saying "I'm going to see something in the next five minute if it kills me" (It was successful once) than I've had with taking a break and coming back.

....

EDIT: Ah, there it is. Kind of amazing I missed it all along. I don't think this is either coming back are forcing it. But it's more "run it through my mind, again and again, and oh, it could mean something... oh, it has to mean something".

Really glad I stuck to it. And glad I didn't ask for a nudge.

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:31 pm
by ReB
Dino me finally with the help of a nudge from a fellow muggle.

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:52 pm
by Streroto
Still not seeing it, but plenty of time with MGWCC and WSJCC behind me.

Quick question though, in the instructions, what is meant by "As usual, no Google here"?

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:04 pm
by hoover
woozy wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:08 pm Ah, there it is. Kind of amazing I missed it all along. I don't think this is either coming back are forcing it. But it's more "run it through my mind, again and again, and oh, it could mean something... oh, it has to mean something".

Really glad I stuck to it. And glad I didn't ask for a nudge.
What I found most helpful was recalling that someone on this board had (more than) once said Everything is there for a reason.

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:06 pm
by hoover
Streroto wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:52 pm Still not seeing it, but plenty of time with MGWCC and WSJCC behind me.

Quick question though, in the instructions, what is meant by "As usual, no Google here"?
I think it means you won't need to Google "Margaret Cho" or "Yma Sumac" or "Tony-winning musicals" to answer the meta.

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:34 pm
by Streroto
Ohhhhh. Thanks!!!

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:06 am
by Qmark
Dino me. I kept coming back to my filled grid all week, trying different things...finally it clicked this morning! Thanks for another fun meta, Will!

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:32 am
by rjy
Qmark wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:06 am Dino me. I kept coming back to my filled grid all week, trying different things...finally it clicked this morning! Thanks for another fun meta, Will!
Ditto! Exact same scenario… glad I resisted the nudges. Gonna miss you when you’re (…er, your puzzles’re) gone, Will, enjoying them!

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:03 pm
by MajordomoTom
sadly, two walks and a few days and still in a daze

Re: "Dropdown Menus" - February 25th, 2024

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:43 pm
by Anita
After a friendly nudge, finally got this. Dino me!