"Measure Twice, Solve Once" December 13, 2024

[halseymac]

Whew! Tough one. Would not have gotten ashore without a nudge from the 8:00 zoom. Beer me. Wrestling all weekend.

[scrabbler]

Thank you to the zoom muggles for the lift to shore! I think I *might* have gotten it if I tried for a month, as it was fair, but I wasn't going to get there today otherwise. I'll have some more Earl Grey tea, please.

[ReB]

On shore at last after a Zoom rescue tonight. Thanks.

[mikeB]

No can do, so it's on the ship for the duration. The reveal is going to be a neato experience, that's for sure. Congrats to all the solvers -- toughie for me.

[Hidden in 3D]

I'm staying on the ship AGAIN! After reading everyone's comments I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of time on this one. Going to see "Wicked" with my daughter was way more fun than banging my head against the wall!

[HunterX]

On shore after tonight's "Last Call" call.

Was it a tough meta? My answer:

Indeed it sure was.

[Bobj]

On shore after tonight's "Last Call" call.

Was it a tough meta? My answer:

Indeed it sure was.

A TOUGHIE FOR SURE

A VERY HARD PUZZLE

[WSJosh]

Still asea.

[Bob cruise director]

Good evening muggles

Our final count is 26 on the ship and 102 on the shore.

Good luck to all who submitted

[MatthewB]

Still on the boat... Need to wait and see

[3rdOf4]

The zoom, alas, was not at a time I could make BUT! with some v v kind DM help, I dove back into the spreadsheet and was able to swim to shore.

As a side question, has anyone made a similar template to the spreadsheet for Google sheets, for those of us without the MS products? If not, I might go exploring in the Google sheet macro world, to see if I can do it, but if the wheel has already been invented...

[steph]

Well we have been busy on our cruise - the solution didn’t jump out at me so I’m staying on the ship tonite

[erikfeng8]

Guess I'll have to concede defeat this week too. A couple of folks helped stop me from going down rabbit holes but I still have no leads on what the themers are

[DeuceMTN]

Yup. No dice for me this week. That’s two in a row. Boo.

[MarkD]

Thank you to the Zoom room guides tonight for an essential lesson on measuring! Appreciate your good cheer and help dispel the fog!

[erikfeng8]

NVM, I got it!!!

Guess I'll have to concede defeat this week too. A couple of folks helped stop me from going down rabbit holes but I still have no leads on what the themers are

[hcbirker]

[hcbirker]

[Bob Cobb]

Started measuring the themers, got to 5-2-2-3-3 and thought eh I need to move on, it can’t be this lame.

It was.

[JeanneC]

Bravo! This puzzle kept me going from Thursday afternoon until late Sunday. Did not solve. And that’s OK. The journey was just as much fun as the destination.