"Two's Company" - September 27, 2019

[juliet]

I have what seems clearly to be the answer to the meta, but am staying on ship for now. I'm hoping to find some resolution with some additional features of the grid, and Isaac has been offering specials to cheer those of us who are still hanging around!

[OGuyDave]

Submitted what appears to be the obvious answer. Nice to see you all here on the shore.

Up later tonight than last night, when I was watching (Inquirer headline) the "Pick of the Pack"

[Tom Shea]

Sent in my answer. Hopefully not pageant.

On the beach in Falmouth shortly.

[Beth C]

Fairly squeezy grid and clever meta. Done and done on Friday evening. Good luck Muggles!

[MaineMarge]

Count me as gardening out back today Bob, where I do my best thinking. Looks like I may have some visitors strolling by mulling over the correct meta answer, as I am. Looks straightforward to me, but it’s always prudent not to jump ship til Isaac’s last call on Sunday.

[Bill Harts]

Count me on shore, but chatting with all the others at the tiki bar who aren’t 100% sure they have the right answer.

[WDunbar]

Like others,I think this is the shore, but not completely sure. Hopefully not the ocean version of s mirage...

[Patty]

Bob, may we borrow your truck & re-wrap it with the Cuervo label?

No problem. Where do you want the driver to bring it?

Thank you, Bob!

Ummm… There's a lot of sand & a palm tree, or three... My golfing GPS & map apps are having trouble with coordinates. Does anyone have the longitude & latitude - or even a zip code - for The Island of Misfit Toys?

I have submitted my answer am either with the crowd on the correct shore or hanging out with Joe Ross and Charley-in-the-box.

[Guy]

Another week, still afloat....

[ccmac]

I’ve been lurking around this forum for a while, only managing to solve a few metas in the past 2 months or so. I think I have this one but have some reservations for the same reason mentioned by a few others. PS - I greatly admire those of you who solve week after week!

[Bob cruise director]

I’ve been lurking around this forum for a while, only managing to solve a few metas in the past 2 months or so. I think I have this one but have some reservations for the same reason mentioned by a few others. PS - I greatly admire those of you who solve week after week!

This is one of the few places where lurkers are welcome. Posters are even more welcome so we are pleased that you have joined us as a muggle. We all start out slow and make mistakes - many, many mistakes. Two of the great aspects of this forum are the post mortums on Monday and the hints for solving metas in Come Aboard. The best post mortums are the ones where you wind up on the wrong island or the back of a whale as you find out that you are not alone in the wrong answer. But we all learn from both ours and others wrong answers.

Good luck this week and in the future and do not be afraid to ask any or all questions.

Again, welcome to the land of the muggles.

[ccmac]

Thanks so much!

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles. We have a crowded beach to the extent that we may have even spilled over on a second beach. Time will tell if the second beach is on a deserted island or links to the right beach.

First we have seven new muggles: spotter, ErikThor, blau10, Glinda, HiJack and ccmac on the shore and Eschie (Evy) who posted in the Welcome Aboard page and is working on making her way to shore.

So far we have 5 on the ship with Isaac pondering their answers before jumping into the abyss and 104 on the shore.

Keeping Isaac company at least for now are
Bird Lives
DrTom
Juliet
Guy L
and MaineMarge

And the shore contingent includes:
Les
Al
Leslie
Wendy
Frankie
Chris
Mike H
Beth T
Mark L
Heidi
damefox
Cindy
sharkicicles
Diana
Your humble cruise director
Glyn
Ed S
joequavis
Eric P
Tmart
Steveb
Joe Ross
spotter
Michael S
GlennG
Tom Shea
Darryl
Meg
scooby
oldjudge
Julie O
ALS
Jim and Anita
Janet P
ErikThor
Beth A
DBMiller
Brian
streroto
Doug M
John B
burd
ImOnToo
Tony
Mary F
inca
Tina
Jeremy
Brian M
Jeff S
Frank
jakeorjacob
Gerry
Fred
David K
Commodore
Anne
Trey and Marion
Jazzvibist
Bill K
Laura M
Daniel G
Sean
31 Down
Rita and George
Timothy
Alan H
Tom Wilson
Doug C
bunella
Bill T
the Thurman8er
Geoduck
lusophile
Nalugirl
blau210
Kris
Arnold
Anomander
Janet
Peter L
troysail
Jennifer
Richard
Rad26
Blair
Glinda
HiJack (said very softly)
Deb
Cynthia J
Kay
James C
Matthew
Barry
Gwyneth
Joel
OGuyDave
Darlene
Beth C
Bill H
Diane
Patty
William D
ccmac

Good luck to all in winning the mug. Odds may be long this week.

[Colin]

I will have a Stone IPA. Also enjoyed the Eagles win.

Richard

Love Stone IPA - the best!
Eagles? - not so much

[Colin]

Ashore, but just as the beach cane into view, i got this nagging feeling that maybe I left something behind on the ship....?

[Olaf]

Oh dear - I am with the small group with Isaac! I see step one but don’t know where to go from there. Comments indicate I am missing the obvious. I’ll look again later, otherwise I may be slapping my forehead Monday morning.

[Olaf]

I’ve been lurking around this forum for a while, only managing to solve a few metas in the past 2 months or so. I think I have this one but have some reservations for the same reason mentioned by a few others. PS - I greatly admire those of you who solve week after week!

Welcome - I just joined last week after lurking for a while and dabbling in the contest puzzles on and off for the last couple of years.

[Olaf]

Brand new here but I have been reading your forum for about two weeks. I believe I got this one and can say that I am safely ashore.

Hurrah! Another newbie! Welcome!

[DrTom]

Could stand it no longer. I looked for rock-solid confirmation of what I feel HAS to be the answer but cannot find it. Now I admit it is a leap of faith (and that leap one holiday season landed me in a pageant) but now I am blinded to anything else by what I came up with during my initial AHA. So, submit I will, and cower I shall, as I wait for what I hope is my 'right' answer to be THE right answer. Headed for shore right now in a somewhat less than watertight conveyance.

[Deb F]

With you on the Eagles, Colin