"Body Language " October 6, 2023

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles

Welcome to our two newest muggles @B Wayne and @Patricksmeme . Always great to have more muggles.

another interesting challenge from Mr. Gaffney but we have 8 on the ship with Isaac and 123 on the shore.

On the ship are

jrdad
ladybird
MajorDomoTom
Kas
cheekumbaldy
femullen
B Wayne
Patricksmeme

and on the shore are

MikeyG
ajk
boharr
NebFaninCA
Meg
Wendy
jhseeman
michaelm
Heidi
Tina
Kay
Beth A
Guffman
Tom Wi
schmidzy
ColinM
Mme
H and J
Cindy
Jim and Anita
BrennerTJ
Les
SamKat9
DCBilly
minimuggle
darth
Barbara K
Jace54
Chris
relic (and Maggie)
D B Miller
Deb
MileHighSolver
escapeartist
Jordanian
tmitchell
C=64
AaronT
oldjudge
mydogsam
Flying_Burrito
Nycerjohnnie
Mike H
Joepickett
ky-mike
Brainbow
Joe R
Beth T
dudeski
MarkWoychick
Tmart
meowmiao71
Justmarebear
Al
benchen71
Schmeel
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
ImOnToo
Mister and Mrs. Squawk
Josh
Miki
Dannyvee
mrmd
Peter
Katiedid
Jean
HeadinHome
nosolvenosleep
MatthewL
Eric P
lxpeterson
Trish
Al Laubenstein
Jayboy1
Bob B
Don and Cynthia
turbotron
Lyman
sjm
DavyGravy
JaneGummy
DrTom
Franky_T
Don and Lisa
EVJ
jimbo1
Cindy N
Sleepy
Char
Harbo
Gman
TeamDoubleTow
HunterX
mbryant
Ron
joe
RDaleHall
Fred
lbray
Berto
Penny_Keatley
SarasotaSun
mikeB
halseymac
Adajeo
Aragorn
Jack
arecibo
Kaykay
Ergcat
whimsy
Acarl
Tom S
milaniatl
Scott M
CPJohnson
Cinny
Jarrod
clonefitz
streroto
Moi
MaineMarge
ricky

Good luck winning the mug. And make sure you mark your calendar for three weeks from today when we have the Q&A with Matt.

[PhantomPhan]

Ashore an already crowded beach. Cheers to all!

[Bird Lives]

Ashore. I give thanks that on this board, a PM isn't fully delivered till the sendee opens it.

I got only 60% of Step One, wrote a PM asking for a nudge, then saw what I was missing and snatched the PM out of the outbox. The same sequence happened with the next two steps. Thanks to the people I requested nudges from for not checking their PMs right away.

[Henry Paul]

Reverting to old times and extended stays with Isaac. I swear what we think are "promising" leads are nothing more than holes...

Safe weekend to all; look forward to realizing what we didn't get Sunday night.

[BigPear]

Still lost at sea. Not even sure I am on the right ship.

[Kas]

You know how sometimes the Meta just clicks, and everything falls gorgeously into place?
This is not one of those times.

I really felt the opposite here - well not gorgeously, more like slogging through a bog with an 80 pound backpack - but it all fell into place quite nicely IMHO.

Well, PLLLLBBBTTTTT!!!

Uh, I mean, "Yeah! I love when that happens."

[Fogway]

Just as my under-powered dinghy was about to be washed out to the open seas, Wendy W's tug magically appeared and shoved me (twice) to shore. Thank you Wendy!

[mlvilv]

still at the bar. based on what people are saying I'm assuming I've found step one but I'm stuck after that. cheers

[hunkra]

Finally got my toes in the sand. Needed one extra shove to get there and was so close! Rewarding myself with an Ommegang ale of my choice and a big bowl of my freshly baked apple crisp.

[rjy]

Wow, quite a journey on this one with all kinds of dead ends, but oof! finally made it ashore… Cabana boy still working on Saturdays, no? How’s about a Bijou, good sir!

[BigPear]

Ashore! Looks like I’m a little late to the beach but it was a nice swim.

[HeadinHome]

I seem to be on the shore but not quite certain how I got here. Something hasn't quite clicked. I'll have to work at filling in the blanks.

Schmeel! Prayers for you and yours in these crazy, infuriating days! Hope all is well with you. Tell us how you all are faring… how is life different today from 48 hours ago?

[B Wayne]

Just joined. Looking for a nudge or clue. Thanks!

Welcome to the group. There are several ways to get help. First is to send a Private Message (PM) to someone who is on the shore telling them what you have done and where you are stuck. There are also two zoom meetings using the link at the top of the page. The first happens every Friday afternoon at 4:30 pm ET and the second is the last call at 8PM ET on Sunday.

Good luck

Thank you

[mattythewsjpuzzler]

Sorry late solve and late post. Ashore. Pretty good one. I have some issues with the final answer but none that I can share now.

[JeanneC]

Still with Isaac aboard ship this week. A small matter given the events of today. May all impacted be safe. Prayers for you.

[woozy]

WOW! What an intricate... Don't know if I love or hate it.

Someone accidentally told me the answer assuming I had solved it. Even so it was really tough.

I guess it is probably getable but there needs to be a lot of back and forth. And even if there is a rabbit hole that seems like it can't work... keep following it (and others).

I guess I won't submit. Knowing the answer really only turned out to be not much more than a nudge, but ... even so, that's just a little too much wouldn't you think?

EDIT: On second thought you don't need that much back and forth. Toss a grenade at it. Put the pieces on a table. And *then* get to work.

[Trey]

Marion, Jill and I are safely ashore.........sand's warmer than Kansas City today!

[Ann]

Joint solve with brilliant daughter. On the shore!

[hcbirker]

For a bit of levity, my puppy rolled up the area rug and tried to drag it out the doggie door. Why? He’s a Labrador.

[Laura M]

I'm on shore at last! Like last week I got the second step before the first one, but I wasn't sure what was going on until I saw the rest. This was amusing in one particular aspect, and I'll be interested to find out if it was intentional.