A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2019 12:03 pm
We have six keeping Isaac company for now since most have an answer but want to be sure and we have 107 on the shore. Our record for the crowded shore is 132
It sure is crowded here - I think you missed me. I've been on shore for a while, drinking Stiegl Radler grapefruit. NO Malört!
Still with Isaac. I definitely see something, but, sadly as has been the case more often than not lately; I don't know what to do with it. Will continue to look at it periodically and hope the answer reveals itself.
CORRECTION TO YOUR STATS:
Tim Maness, Mt. Pleasant, MI - 2 Mugs Won
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Hey! I don't think there are too many Mid-Michiganders around here. I went to school in Mt. Pleasant and have now landed not too far away in Midland. Congrats on the double mugs, hopefully they'll send one my way one of these days!
billkatz wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 5:28 pm
But at least in Massachusetts each bit of land is in exactly one town/city. (I grew up in Pittsfield, the county seat of Berkshire County). And the city provided all of the services you need. When I was in high school the town of Mount Washington (the SW corner of Mass) was well known for being the smallest of Mass towns, with a population of 49. And they still had selectmen and an annual town meeting.
Mt. Washington also has a great fair, which I have attended for the past two years, even crossing state lines to get there. I picked up a very good immersion blender for $2 this year.
Stern Garden is looking shipshape and Isaac needs some exercise, so I’m handling him the shovel and shoving off to shore.
Come on guys, let’s get some more warm bodies onto Bob’s Excel shore party column so it might exceed its own personal best this time.
MJD_NY wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:00 am
First time ashore.
Congratulations and welcome to the land of the muggles. If you have any questions feel free to ask. There is a lot of background and hints for solving these contests under Come Aboard
Colin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:25 am
Ashore! Funny how the brain works... the solution came to me with eyes closed, just as I was drifting off to sleep last night Zzzzzz
It is scary but we see that all the time - getting the answer while we were asleep. Amazing to think that your brain is working while you are not.
I have an iPad and since I did the last download of new version, I can’t get wsj or NYT to open in acrosslite. Anyone else have this problem and know how to get it to work?