"The Woman in White" February 17, 2023

[HunterX]

Ashore as of last night. (Wine was already poured when the zoom with the kids started, so I forgot to post when done.)

I saw step 1, and the key element thereof, very quickly, while my kids saw it but didn't make the connection to the key element. I assumed it was because of their age.

While the metanism is fairly straight-forward, there is one element to it that I am curious about. Nothing to change the answer, mind you. Just something that made me think, "Hmm....." May voice it after the reveal.

[ship4u]

Spent yesterday at the Mount Hope Auction in the Amish county of Millersburg, Ohio. It was chaotic to say the least. I had to listen carefully just to hear what the auctioneer was saying! Attached is a video to share the experience. It was worth the effort since I succeeded in coming home with an antique Trenton Anvil, made in Columbus, Ohio, about 100 years ago! I can't wait to use it.



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[HunterX]

TIme to turn on an old Gilbert Gottfried podcast to get back to sleep.

What a curious sentence. It would be like someone saying, "I hope they start jackhammering the street outside my bedroom window so I can go to sleep." Sure, I would enjoy having a repaired water/sewer system and a newly paved road. And it might make me relax and stop worrying about potential pipe problems. But as a sleep aid???

Guess that's what makes life so great. To each their own!

[boharr]

Spent yesterday at the Mount Hope Auction in the Amish county of Millersburg, Ohio. It was chaotic to say the least. I had to listen carefully just to hear what the auctioneer was saying! Attached is a video to share the experience. It was worth the effort since I succeeded in coming home with an antique Trenton Anvil, made in Columbus, Ohio, about 100 years ago! I can't wait to use it.



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That Trenton Anvil looks to me just like what I often need to be hit with to solve.

[HunterX]

Spent yesterday at the Mount Hope Auction in the Amish county of Millersburg, Ohio. It was chaotic to say the least. I had to listen carefully just to hear what the auctioneer was saying! Attached is a video to share the experience. It was worth the effort since I succeeded in coming home with an antique Trenton Anvil, made in Columbus, Ohio, about 100 years ago! I can't wait to use it.

Which one of you lost the bet and got to carry that sucker to and from the car?

Curious why the famed Trenton Anvil was made in Ohio but given the name of the NJ capitol. Reminds me of the sign on the train bridge across the Delaware: Trenton Makes The World Takes. (Or the irreverent version we used to say.)

[HunterX]

On the beach! Having a Tom Hanks cocktail as celebration.

You mean a "Diet Cokagne"?

Not sure I'm ready for that.

Not sure the world is ready for that!

[Guffman]

So concerned about the Rabbit that I forgot to mention I was onshore.

[CopperRiver]

Solidly confident in my step one. Have a step two but not confident in my answer. I’ll ponder a little more.

[ship4u]

Spent yesterday at the Mount Hope Auction in the Amish county of Millersburg, Ohio. It was chaotic to say the least. I had to listen carefully just to hear what the auctioneer was saying! Attached is a video to share the experience. It was worth the effort since I succeeded in coming home with an antique Trenton Anvil, made in Columbus, Ohio, about 100 years ago! I can't wait to use it.

Which one of you lost the bet and got to carry that sucker to and from the car?

Curious why the famed Trenton Anvil was made in Ohio but given the name of the NJ capitol. Reminds me of the sign on the train bridge across the Delaware: Trenton Makes The World Takes. (Or the irreverent version we used to say.)

That was a good one! You don't think I would put Cynthia through that torture, do you?! The noise wears you down after about an hour and I was there all day watching the Amish bid hundreds of dollars on collectable iron pots and pans!

Luckily, the boy scout in me thought in advance to bring my 2 wheeled cart with me. Friendly Amish fellows helped with the lifting.

Good point! Many people assume that Trenton anvils were made in NJ.

[Olaf]

Been ages since I have been here. And ages since I got any of these. But finally on shore. It seemed pretty easy to me and judging by the number on shore, I guess it was!

[MajordomoTom]

ashore

[RichA2]

With the crowd on shore.

[mflaminio]

On shore! Had to take a day to convince myself it was the right answer!

[debbierudy]

Ashore! This was a fun one. Close to 100% on the correctness of my answer because the last three steps revealed what I had already guessed - which is quite gratifying.

It's a beautiful sunny late winter day here in Ohio, and the maple sap is flowing and being turned into syrup. I led a maple sugar tour this morning at a local wooded farm and we sampled some at the end - so good!

[Janet]

I have joined the shore crowd.

[dk letter]

After two rough weeks, I am grateful for the quick swim to shore!

[JRS51]

On shore! Quick and satisfying solve!

[Dplass]

Very pleased to announce that I am ASHORE! I, of course, could not start the puzzle until this morning. (When will my friends and family realize that Thursday afternoon is when the WSJCC drops?!!! Or that this is something of great interest to me?) Anyway, the reason for my happiness at solving relatively early (for me) is that I was somewhat worried that I might experience Covid-19 brain fog. Yes, dear readers, the dreaded disease finally found its way to my husband and me. Our Covid-19 symptoms started appearing last weekend but the first at-home tests we did were inconclusive. Long story short, we're much better today and I feel like making dinner for the first time in several days. Everyone assumes we were infected in one of the foreign countries we visited while on our cruise, but we are fairly sure it was the passenger seated in front of Mr. Hidden on our plane trip back from Miami. As my husband so colorfully describes it, "He was coughing up a lung!". And indeed, it seemed that way for much of the flight back to Charlotte. GRRRR!

And he of course was not going to inconvenience himself by having to put up with a mask! Indeed GRRRR. As soon as I get any symptoms that might be Covid/Flu/Cold related I mask up and Purell load. Now granted I may be a bit more sensitive to the devastation all of these diseases cause (especially to those of use who have passed the half century mark or more) but what ever happened to concern for your fellow man? Sigh, color me dinosaur.

+1. If only there were a way to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens...

[martimeryard]

At the bar. Goodness. I know I should be able to figure this one out based on the comments and the obvious clues. Obvious?

[HunterX]

Spent yesterday at the Mount Hope Auction in the Amish county of Millersburg, Ohio. It was chaotic to say the least. I had to listen carefully just to hear what the auctioneer was saying! Attached is a video to share the experience. It was worth the effort since I succeeded in coming home with an antique Trenton Anvil, made in Columbus, Ohio, about 100 years ago! I can't wait to use it.

Which one of you lost the bet and got to carry that sucker to and from the car?

That was a good one! You don't think I would put Cynthia through that torture, do you?! The noise wears you down after about an hour...

Glad Cynthia didn't have to suffer. Though once you start pounding on that anvil with a heavy hammer, she may.

The noise wears you down after about an hour? Heck, it wore me down after only 55 seconds!

And what kind of an Amish auction uses an electrified sound system and SKU barcodes? Methinks it might have been Mennonites in disguise....