"Group Outings" - September 18, 2020

[Laura M]

Thanks, that was awesome! I am grateful that I was not a meta-solver when TWOFERS came along, because...not in a million years!

I would not have solved ANY of the 4 puzzles they worked today - My best shot would have been the animals one and that was like 4-1 odds.

That was really fun to watch! I actually remembered doing all 4 of the featured metapuzzles, and I'd solved 3 of them, but "Toy Box" was my "not in a million years" one!

[TPS]

"Toy Box" was my "not in a million years" one!

I like to do puzzles and have done a lot of them over my life but I had honestly forgotten that Word Squares were even a thing - so aside from about 5 other things that would have made that one unsolvable for me - that would have certainly killed me.

Hard to believe that Toy Box had a higher solve rate than Pageant.

[JordanianTomlinson]

On shore after whiffing last week! Celebrating with an Alpha King - Indiana Pale Ale (that’s a pale ale from Indiana. Not an IPA).

[hcbirker]

I'm done pondering. Count me on shore!

[oldjudge]

To paraphrase Tina Turner in Proud Mary, you can do things easy or do them hard. I found both an easy and a hard way to get to shore.

So did I.

Both gave the same answer though

[Tom Shea]

On shore after whiffing last week! Celebrating with an Alpha King - Indiana Pale Ale (that’s a pale ale from Indiana. Not an IPA).

Did 3Floyds ever re-open or are they still just bottling? Spent many a Thursday evening there. And bootlegged a few hundred bottles into Illinois. Even bootlegged a few T-shirts to the east coast for bartenders (airlines don't allow beer in carry-ons for some reason). They have some of the best 'named' beers, as well as some of the tastiest. And what an audio visual experience dining there.

[oldjudge]

And catch the Q&A if you missed it, they did a great job

Does anyone have the link handy?

What boharr said. Is there a link for a replay?

https://accounts.wsj.com/auth/sso/login ... velogin=on

How do we access the video once we open the link?

[boharr]

What boharr said. Is there a link for a replay?

https://accounts.wsj.com/auth/sso/login ... velogin=on

How do we access the video once we open the link?

I just clicked on the picture and it began. Using Safari on a Mac.

[lacangah]

On shore - my wife and I enjoyed solving this.

Time to enjoy some ‘Bries and booze’ from last week good health and solving to you all.

[dudeski]

On shore.

[JordanianTomlinson]

On shore after whiffing last week! Celebrating with an Alpha King - Indiana Pale Ale (that’s a pale ale from Indiana. Not an IPA).

Did 3Floyds ever re-open or are they still just bottling? Spent many a Thursday evening there. And bootlegged a few hundred bottles into Illinois. Even bootlegged a few T-shirts to the east coast for bartenders (airlines don't allow beer in carry-ons for some reason). They have some of the best 'named' beers, as well as some of the tastiest. And what an audio visual experience dining there.

Oh man, that sounds amazing (the hundreds of bottles, not the closing). I'm not sure if they opened back up - moved from Indiana a few years ago and (besides the food) the number #1 thing I miss is the beer. We would take trips up from Indy to Munster, grab two cases of Zombie Dust each, and drink them like they were the elixir of life. One of my buddies came to visit me in Durham and brought a case of AK and ZD. Trying to save them for Sundays but the temptation is too much sometimes.

[JimmyJam]

Ashore!

[Bob cruise director]

"Toy Box" was my "not in a million years" one!

I like to do puzzles and have done a lot of them over my life but I had honestly forgotten that Word Squares were even a thing - so aside from about 5 other things that would have made that one unsolvable for me - that would have certainly killed me.

Hard to believe that Toy Box had a higher solve rate than Pageant.

The hardest five were
#5 What Not To Do answer Monotonous 36% (there were three others at 37% and one at 38%)
#4 Mismatch answer Eagles to Bears 33% (I have an arrow on this one but I don't remember why)
#3 Toy Box answer Clue 33%
#2 Puzzle People answer the infamous Yma Sumac at 26%
and the #1 of course with a record unlikely to be beaten is Play Grounds with the answer Pageant at 13%

[oldjudge]

https://accounts.wsj.com/auth/sso/login ... velogin=on

How do we access the video once we open the link?

I just clicked on the picture and it began. Using Safari on a Mac.

What picture?—I get a newspaper format, but don’t see a picture

[Commodore]

And it feels so good.

[boharr]

How do we access the video once we open the link?

I just clicked on the picture and it began. Using Safari on a Mac.

What picture?—I get a newspaper format, but don’t see a picture

I can't explain that at all. I think you need someone who knows more about this than I. I think it worked for tim1217.

[SusieG]

Good evening muggles, I am ashore. Fun puzzle.

Enjoyed the first 25 minutes of the WSJ+ conversation until I was rudely invited a work zoom. Will have to catch the rest later. Wish they’d do it every week!

[flyingMoose]

I just clicked on the picture and it began. Using Safari on a Mac.

What picture?—I get a newspaper format, but don’t see a picture

I can't explain that at all. I think you need someone who knows more about this than I. I think it worked for tim1217.

Try this.

https://www.wsj.com/live-qa/wsj-live-ac ... 9DB8E451D6

Even after you start the video, it will take more than a minute before Mike Miller appears.

I am a subscriber but logged off WSJ and was still able to play this. Hope this works for you.

[Dplass]

I got nuthin.

[boharr]

That's the link that worked for me as well.