"Under Wraps" December 20, 2024
- Colin
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Phase One of project,
Done but kept me with Isaac.
Phase Two… add built-ins. Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and safe 2025 to all!
Done but kept me with Isaac.
Phase Two… add built-ins. Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and safe 2025 to all!
One world. One planet. One future.
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Ashore after help from the zoom crew! I decided not to submit, although as it happens my would-have-been-Hail-Mary guess turned out to be right. But none of my attempts to back solve worked without the nudge on zoom.
- Bob cruise director
- Cruise Director
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Good evening muggles
our final count is 23 on the ship and 139 on the shore
Have a happy and safe holiday
@Colin Your work looks great. Did you do the gas or have a plumber do it? Gas is about the only thing I don't mess with.
our final count is 23 on the ship and 139 on the shore
Have a happy and safe holiday
@Colin Your work looks great. Did you do the gas or have a plumber do it? Gas is about the only thing I don't mess with.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
- lacangah
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- hcbirker
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Loved your “aha” moment on the Zoom call!scrabbler wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 8:57 pm Ashore after help from the zoom crew! I decided not to submit, although as it happens my would-have-been-Hail-Mary guess turned out to be right. But none of my attempts to back solve worked without the nudge on zoom.
Heidi
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I’ve been asea all weekend but never declared my status.Bob cruise director wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:58 pm Good evening muggles
our final count is 23 on the ship and 139 on the shore
Have a happy and safe holiday
@Colin Your work looks great. Did you do the gas or have a plumber do it? Gas is about the only thing I don't mess with.
I’m pleased to report that I am finally ashore! Better late than never. It seems everyone’s gone home and the tiki bar is closed.
- Colin
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@Bob cruise director Thanks. No gas… I wouldn’t mess with that either. It is an electric fire from SimpliFire… umpteen flame and bed color combos including a couple of fairly realistic ones. Glad it looked convincing though! Only 1500W so not a major source of heat, just warms the room aesthetically. I could write a book on the research and design of this apparently simple, but quite complicated, project. But then, everything is relative!Bob cruise director wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:58 pm
@Colin Your work looks great. Did you do the gas or have a plumber do it? Gas is about the only thing I don't mess with.

One world. One planet. One future.
- hcbirker
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- hcbirker
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Hopefully I can pay it forward in a future week!hcbirker wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 10:15 pmLoved your “aha” moment on the Zoom call!scrabbler wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 8:57 pm Ashore after help from the zoom crew! I decided not to submit, although as it happens my would-have-been-Hail-Mary guess turned out to be right. But none of my attempts to back solve worked without the nudge on zoom.
- Tom Shea
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I thought that was you next to me at the bar!Colin wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 8:36 pm Phase One of project,
Done but kept me with Isaac.
Phase Two… add built-ins.
IMG_1001.jpeg
Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and safe 2025 to all!
Your finish work is waaay better than mine. Do you do outside work? Asking for a friend...
Rufus T. Firefly
- Tom Shea
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Once again, needing to look at the clues is my downfall.
Lucy does the same thing with the football, and I always fall for it.
Lucy does the same thing with the football, and I always fall for it.
Rufus T. Firefly
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Same here. I stare too much at the grid and don't look carefully back to the clues when I'm stumped.Tom Shea wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:29 am Once again, needing to look at the clues is my downfall.
Lucy does the same thing with the football, and I always fall for it.
- femullen
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Palm to forehead! It's another can't-believe-I-didn't-see-that weeks.
Merry Christmas, Muggles all.
Merry Christmas, Muggles all.
For nudges, feel free to PM me. I won't have a clue how to help you, but you might shove me ashore.
- Colin
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‘Fraid not. I’ve found that I’m the only one willing to pay my outrageous rates and put up with my blue language every time something is out by 1/64thTom Shea wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:27 amI thought that was you next to me at the bar!Colin wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 8:36 pm Phase One of project,
Done but kept me with Isaac.
Phase Two… add built-ins.
IMG_1001.jpeg
Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and safe 2025 to all!
Your finish work is waaay better than mine. Do you do outside work? Asking for a friend...

One world. One planet. One future.
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Darn! Again a very clever one I'm sorry I didn't get. I should've spent more time looking at it.
- escapeartist
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I went down a rabbit hole that I spent too much time on - I was searching for alternate answers that had the word "Santa" in it.
The only one I could wrangle out was "Santa Maria" in place of "Nina"
The only one I could wrangle out was "Santa Maria" in place of "Nina"
* 2022 WSJ Mug Winner - I bask in its Glory *
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No secret here! GrandBaby (Regfish7’s baby) wasn’t scared in his first photo with Santa! Merry Christmas, Everyone!
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Fun one! I just didn't see it in time. Maybe all this holiday revelry has me slow on the draw or otherwise distracted 
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and blessings to all!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and blessings to all!
- Beccabecca
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Am i the only one who got distracted by the elf in myself thinking it was an elf on the shelf????