"Some Real Duds In There" - August 27, 2021

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Bill_Swerski_13
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Ashore! Staking my claim on this soon-to-be packed beach.
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gdshort
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Got to shore quickly. BTW, has anyone how scarce butterflies are this year?I have not even seen a Monarch all season. Is this just Delaware or general?
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Ashore, I think.
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M and M
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Whew. After last week? Double whew. Bust out the sand pails and the sun screen - we are on the beach.
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SReh26
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#85

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Just finished the grid
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dpl11
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#86

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Ashore. Cheers.
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On shore. It's only ten past five. Hoping I can still make page one.
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Ashore and ready to relax all weekend.
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Meg
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Joe Ross wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:49 pm Title corrected.


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That was fast!! @Joe Ross must have somebody's email.
Check out and support http://CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Commodore
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Ashore. But taking swims on a crowded beach. Very, very hot day.
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On Shore. I'm surprised it's not already Page 10!
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Joe Ross
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Meg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:15 pm
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:49 pm Title corrected.


DUDS.png
That was fast!! @Joe Ross must have somebody's email.
I was merely an observer on this.
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hcbirker
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Last week we didn't hit page 5 until Friday.
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Anita
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Toes in what I expect to be some very crowded sand.
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sfed
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Ashore!
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gdshort wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:04 pm Got to shore quickly. BTW, has anyone how scarce butterflies are this year?I have not even seen a Monarch all season. Is this just Delaware or general?
I have the usual amount in Southern California. Maybe all the rain you've been having? I know Monarch's food source (milkweed) is scarce.
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SReh26
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ok I found something but .... ? might just be a start.

I think I’m on shore, which is... nice but... disorienting.

can I get a check please? aisle one...

UPDATE: firmly ashore!!! woo hoo to that!
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SReh26
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oldjudge wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:18 pm
boharr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:03 pm On shore*

*Solved yesterday. Admins: Feel free to move my post below Page 1.
How did you solve this yesterday? Is this the start of the great WSJ scandal?
there was a slight kerfuffle yesterday... nothing to see here....
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MamaE
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Ashore….I think there’s gonna be a huuuuge wait for that cabana boy though!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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A quick swim ashore. On the beach of Naboo with the locals snickering at my Speedo. :oops:
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