"Jewel Case" - August 13, 2021
- SReh26
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Fair enough! Sreh26 it shall remain. Dr Tom, Ive used Plain Chacalaca elsewhere, so thank you!
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Sorry DrTom I think I win the contest of least original screen name....first initial plus last name.DrTom wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 6:01 pmAs the possessor of probably one of the least original screen names I too have thought of changing (PUNBELLINA, PUNTIF, PUSHER, FARM ECOLOGY all crossed my mind) but I figured I had better stick with what folks know me as. I mean I don't want to affect my META MOJO regardless of how unMOJOy it can be at times.SReh26 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:17 pm All, with all the witty and inventive screen names on here, Ive been thinking of changing mine, which seems mired in the 1990s.
Plain Chacalaca was one (thanks Dr Tom!). Snuffaluphagus was another, but Ive made no decisions yet. Poet Laureate is nice but entirely inappropriate given the quality of my attempts. I think there is already a Xanax. Lucy Van Pelt perhaps?
Thoughts? I am open to suggestions. I just want what’s best for all of you.
btw, some of my favorites of yours in no order are:
hashbrownoholic
whimsy
mntlblok
little grey cells
C=64
Senor Guacamole
Seadub
preterosso (the red priest! Vivaldi!)
periperi
otlaolap (paloalto backwards!)
SReh26 seems fine to me, every time I see it I think of bobbing along on the waves in a Sea Ray 26 foot boat (or a SEA CAT boat if you'd rather...). So given that the Sea Ray 26 footer is called the SUNDANCER I suppose that could be an alter ego, or naturally SUNDANCE.
sundance small.jpeg
- RPardoe
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Not the only one. But you win as I tried to be somewhat creative with the avatar!
- SReh26
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I cant get a pic in my avatar.
- Bob cruise director
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The avatar picture has to be 180X180pixels and not greater than 20K (I make mine 19K). If you have a picture that you want made into avatar size, send it to me in a PM and I will send it back to you.
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- boharr
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Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:10 pmNo Crazy Joe, Joe D, Joe Friday?rtwitchell wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:00 pmSend a PM to Brian Mac and Joe Ross. In general we have not gotten in the habit of changing names. The only time I am aware that we have done it is when we had a Ladybyrd (now Jennybyrd) and a Ladybird at the same time. We have lived with joe, joes, joedbee, joevdz, Joey Avacado, Joe and Cathy, joequavis, JoePickett, and Joe Ross. We have two Tom Wilson's, one of which is 31Down, three Beth's (A, C and T), and Olaf and an Olof.
- Richard
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OOPs
Forgot to post that I am on shore.
Took longer than it should have but not this long.
Forgot to post that I am on shore.
Took longer than it should have but not this long.
- BarbaraK
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There are instructions for re-sizing a picture to make it fit at
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I think I'm also in the running for uncreative screen name.
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Ashore…after joining the group two weeks ago and remaining hopelessly at sea last week, I feared that I was to be embarrassed once more. However, more careful study of the completed grid paid off. Judging from the speed with which others came ashore, it seems that I am in very clever company here.
- mntlblok
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Have gotten *much* better at embarrassment since joining this bunch. Practice (being embarrassed) helps. *Serious* clever around here. Love it.Waxford wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:19 pm Ashore…after joining the group two weeks ago and remaining hopelessly at sea last week, I feared that I was to be embarrassed once more. However, more careful study of the completed grid paid off. Judging from the speed with which others came ashore, it seems that I am in very clever company here.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I would still wager that there are a few in the group who are running out of space for their mugs.
- Mord
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Man this is a stumper! After cruising the past couple of weeks, we (mom and I) are totally lost at sea on this one.
SOS!
Would anyone be able to offer a little lifeboat nudge to help me and my mom to get to shore? Ty!
SOS!
Would anyone be able to offer a little lifeboat nudge to help me and my mom to get to shore? Ty!
- Colin
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Tonight - tried and tried.
Mañana - golfing and fried.
Perhaps I’ll catch the late tide?
Mañana - golfing and fried.
Perhaps I’ll catch the late tide?
One world. One planet. One future.
- SReh26
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ok I am going to have to attempt an adaptation of The Raven. Colin is my muse.
Once upon a midnight dreary
While I pondered, dull and bleary
Over a curious crossword full of metaphor
While I nodded, pencil tapping
Suddenly there came a rapping
Messrs. Shenk and Gaffney, rapping at my chamber door
“Tis cruciverbalists,”I muttered, “nothing more.”
Ah, distinctly I remember
it was in lockdown December 🗓
And each Muggle group member
wrought his shadow upon the shore.
Eagerly I wished the morrow,
vainly I searched the grid
but encountered only sorrow, more than before.
The wise and radiant Wendy
and the talented Al Sisti
who always got the meta by page two or before
are renowned for evermore.
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- sharkicicles
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Finally got to sit down with this one (it’s a race weekend in Joliet.) fell pretty quick but very enjoyable.
- KayW
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OK, I’ll be rude/nosey and ask…?
Signed,
One of the boring first name/last initial contingent.
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- BrennerTJ
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- SReh26
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It stands for shy deer
S is for scheues, which means shy
shy deer was a nickname a German friend had for me
and the 26 is part of an address
oh I see various Muggles ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing, for the uninitiated)
and I wasn’t called shy deer because I’m shy or quiet either
there’s a long backstory there too
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Had the pleasure of riding an elephant at that zoo 20+ years ago with my grandniece. I believe the pachyderm’s name was Gracie though I may be in error. Short time later I signed the petition to remove the elephants to larger roaming space. I still remember that ride and feeding the lorikeets nectar!HunterX wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:23 amI also spent many years riding the train to work from the burbs on a line that goes over the zoo. That made me a little sad, because you can see how limited the space is for all the animals. But it is the oldest zoo in the U.S., and quite a good one in many respects. Plus, it's surprisingly close to center city. When I go for a 5-mile run from Rittenhouse, I usually turn around at the Girard Bridge, just across the river from the zoo.mntlblok wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:18 amCan't see such references without googling. 7.1 miles from Germantown Cricket Club.
And only 2.5 miles from one of my favorite childhood memories - that zoo.
I had fond memories of the zoo as a kid, using the red elephant key we had to activate the talking boxes. Then I had kids, became a member, and the memories became less fond as I struggled to find parking, drag the kids in and keep track of them, and eat the food made more for kids than adults. Though having the Lorikeets sit on your head and arms while feeding them was a lot of fun for both adults and kids.
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- KayW
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You were reading my mindSReh26 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 11:12 pmIt stands for shy deer- reh is deer in German
S is for scheues, which means shy
shy deer was a nickname a German friend had for me
and the 26 is part of an address
oh I see various Muggles ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing, for the uninitiated)
and I wasn’t called shy deer because I’m shy or quiet either
there’s a long backstory there too
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.