A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
Ergcat wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:28 pm
I am visiting my DD and fellow muggle, Regfish. She has requested that I wait until after she’s off work to do the grid and meta with her! It is killing me to wait!!! Hopefully it will be a quick solve for us!
Waiting to do a meta? Now that is love!
I have to say, during the pandemic, I convinced my two kids, who are in their 20's and live elsewhere, to get on a Friday evening (or weekend) Zoom with me each week with the excuse of doing the grid and solving the meta. Best idea I've had in years. It certainly makes waiting to work on the meta totally worth it.
Though if they are "busy" and make me wait until late Saturday, or even Sunday.....
ship4u wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:13 pm
Ashore! @Joe Ross graciously took time this afternoon to teach my wife and I how to use his Excel Spreadsheet technique for solving metas. Whilst in the process, enlightenment occured as if clouds drifted from blocking the sunlight. I feel so lucky to be a part of this group!
I will be there at 4:30 to support other muggle friends.
I dropped out of the labor force some years back owing to my refusal/inability to use Excel.
Funny. I'm in the opposite position (sort of). I'm about to retire, after almost 35 years with the same company, partly because my company decided to discourage, tightly control, and eliminate when possible, all spreadsheets. Over the last 20+ years, a part of my job involved maintaining several Excel templates I created, one of which underwriters throughout the company would use to originate and maintain a ~$25B portfolio of construction and term loans. So this was perfect timing for me to sail off into the sunset.
Bob cruise director wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:50 am
Good Saturday morning muggles
One of the enjoyable parts of being the cruise director is reading the comments here this week - a combination of creativity, humor, wisdom, and friendship. Thanks to you all for making my job so much fun.
And a welcome to our newest muggle - Al Laubenstein. As always great to have more muggles
A very clever challenge from Mr. Shenk this week. So far we have 11 on the ship and 125 on the shore.
Enjoying Isaac's company while the track their NCAA brackets are
While on the shore are
Don and Cynthia
Good luck to all winning the mug and stay safe
Good one, Bob!
Don & Cynthia
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
Anagrams can be a nonstarter for some or the straw that broke the camel's back for others or a showstopper for others still.
Yet, I believe I found an escape clause that leads to resolution.
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atom wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:13 pm
Happy to say for the first time in the forum that I have made it “on shore” !
Welcome - glad to have you. What school are you going to working on your pHd?
Thanks! I will be going to University of Wisconsin-Madison to study gene therapy
Good for you! That is a field of much needed study and a great school. Welcome!
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Don & Cynthia
We are always happy to get to know other muggles and help in any way! PM's are always welcome. The next best thing to winning a mug is helping a fellow muggle win a mug!
Still hanging with Isaac--I'm working my way through his March Madness themed cocktails. Lately, I've been SUnning on the beach by this point in the weekend but my chances of hitting the beach are getting sliMMEr by the minute. But I've still got time to soRT this all out. If I get desperate, I might resort to using an ANAGram creator with every stinking grid answER!
Little Red Schoolhouse, Willow Springs IL, May 2009
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