On shore.
Thanks, Muggles, for being a virtual community of welcome and needed distraction during this stressful time.
"What Not To Do" - March 27, 2020
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Bob cruise director
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Just think. In another year you will be a grizzled veteran helping out some poor innocent new muggle.
Bob Stevens
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DBMiller
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Got a late start, but quickly done and done.
If I'm around, I am willing to join the Muggle Zoom room at other times to lend a hand to those in need.
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tim1217
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On shore but with way too much help. Won't even bother submitting this week. Of course that's easy for me to say since I already possess a coveted mug.
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KayW
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Thanks Wendy. I hope I get it too! The weekend is young even if I am not...Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:30 pmKay, you are so awesome to donate platelets! I have seen the amazing impact that they can have on cancer patients. Hope you get the meta; it's a fun one!KayW wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:51 pm LAS. I'm fighting for a 113 sqft circle (pi * 6 ** 2) on the life raft with the others who see something but don't know what to do with it. Maybe BrianMac can lend me his social-distance donut. Preferably glazed, like my eyes.
Time to set this aside and let my subconscious work on it a bit.
I've been donating platelets for a LOOOONG time, tho I had to take a break for several years when life got crazy. My late husband had a condition that required many blood product infusions so I too have seen how much they can help. I'd been meaning to get back to donating but it took this pandemic - plus some inspiration from a fellow muggle - to get me off my butt and doing it. Or maybe I should say ON my butt and doing it.
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Homer Buckle
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I have an answer, but just don't feel very sure about it. I think I'm headed to have a drink with Isaac and ponder the mysteries of this puzzle and life in general.
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Alec
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ky-mike
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Still ruminating on this one as well as MGWCC. PGWCC came easy to me this week.
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spotter
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I was stuck on a method or idea and thought I had to move on, but eventually looked at that same thing in a slightly different way and was presented with the answer...SusieG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:18 pm I am also on the boat. In my cabin, of course. For some reason I am stuck on a method that seems to make so much sense to me, but it only gives me five letters. How do you get un-stuck from flawed thinking and move forward with something else? (Sounds like OCD.)
I also use Excel after I solve it online (if I don't pick it up immediately). Not sure it helps me. I don't paste a jpg in, I just have my column width set to 2.73, row height of 18 and use Calibri 11 font. Have it set for conditional formatting so blank cells are black. Honestly, I don't know how much the Excel helps me. I tend to either figure it out quickly or spend the weekend making myself crazy and never get it. I may be on track for the latter.
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UTHfan
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not a fan of this one so far, this guy's style feels basic to me.
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MajordomoTom
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get one of his books, you'll feel otherwise pretty quickly
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Scott M
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Stumped at Isaac's bar.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
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TPS
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Are they worth it? Once this social distancing ends I am taking a long train trip and was thinking of getting one of his books to do on the way.MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:51 pm get one of his books, you'll feel otherwise pretty quickly
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Al Sisti
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Well worth it.TPS wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:21 pmAre they worth it? Once this social distancing ends I am taking a long train trip and was thinking of getting one of his books to do on the way.MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:51 pm get one of his books, you'll feel otherwise pretty quickly
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Lucas S
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Still hanging with Isaac for now, but about to make my way to a different (virtual) bar for happy hour with some (non-virtual) family and friends. I’ll take a (non-virtual) Breckenridge Nitro Irish Stout for the (virtual) road, please.
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Cindy
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CPJohnson
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CPKdad
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Thurman8er
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I think I know the answer, but the way I got there is so sketchy I can't submit it. To be looked at again later.
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hcbirker
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I have an answer as well. Not happy with it. I’ll have a chat with Isaac (six feet away of course) before I submit. Count me in limbo Bob!
Heidi