"Trade-Ins" - April 1, 2022

[Gman]

At sea. I think I see step 1, and even have a good idea for step 2, but none of the connections make me feel like "this is too purposeful to be a coincidence." Will keep battling away.

[Bob cruise director]

On the shore of the Tiber River in the beautiful city of Rome! It’s a limoncello spritz for me.

@Amanda Hugginkiss If you can and they are still open, go to the Catacombs.

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles

Another clever meta from Mr. Shenk - tricky but a tremendous AHA moment when you get it.

And welcome to our newest muggle - VickiF - always great to have more muggles

We have 18 on the ship with Isaac and 127 on the shore basking

On the ship are
CPJohnson
JimJim
Nlobb
LittleGood
Kas
FeelingSlow
barney
RobM
drbockel2
ladybird
Tom S
Elizabeyth
relic (and Maggie)
beccacollins
C=64
Dow Jones
jrdad
Gman


And the shore contingent includes

Sneaky Peter Abide
docison
Al
Beth T
Brian M
Chris
Georgeall
Heidi
higgysue
joe
Joe R
Kay
ky-mike
Mike H
streroto
Wendy
pjc
Anita
Barbara K
Cindy
Dannyvee
Dave C
David K
Deb
oldjudge
Laura
Les
Meg
shalmanezer
Tmart
CromsFury
benchen71
NebFaninCA
Moi
Glyn
Larrry
darth
VickiF
boharr
dplass
eagle1279
Guffman
EmilyW
Jace54
Jack
Hammertime
MatthewL
NDStegs
Prozach
Steveb
Tina
whimsy
meowmiao71
Miki
Omnibus
otlaolap
Scott M
TeamDoubleTow
Trey and Marion
woozy
ColinM
Shirley
Flying_Burrito
Andrew B
Beth A
Beth C
Bird Lives
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
Eric P
Jeremy
MaineMarge
mikeB
Schmeel
BrennerTJ
SJMck
archaicMage
Bonnibel
rjy
Don and Cynthia
Fred F
Henry Paul
Janet P
Jean
Plymouth Rock
Cap'n Rick
Zagman49
atom
joequavis
Richard
Stukmn
Acari
Adajeo
livpolfan
Onaquest
DrTom
lbray
M and M
Tom Wi
mindle
Katiedid
SusieG
GTIJohnny
Bill
bread-girl
HeadinHome
Homer
JeanneC
michaelm
MarkWoychick
iggystan
Ben B and son
Crest
dudeski
ErikThor
Cruciverbalisticexpi
turbotron
vandono
Joepickett
minimuggle
Amanda Hugginkiss
Franklin
katnahat
mbryant
patpatchica
Peter L
jimmyd
hunkra
Janet


Good luck to those who are keeping Isaac in business

And congratulations to the UConn women's basketball team and their fans. And to Stanford and their fans. It was a great game by some tremendous athletes.

Also congratulations to the South Carolina and Louisville teams and their fans also. I missed that game regretfully.

Do we have any Duke/NC muggle family rivalries? I know we have a lot of muggles from North Carolina?

[femullen]

Logging more sea time this weekend, Cruise Director Bob. I see something, but it might be a mirage brought on by my terrible thirst.

[Annabelle]

still no aha on this one. My idea for last week was a bust too, my toe slid off the sand and I was back in the water, swimming for the ship and a nice glass of wine.

[Barney]

Abandoned hope, not ship.

[jenirvin]

On the boat (I was late so had to meet it at the next port). Isaac, set me up. I see some intriguing things, but will have to come back after busy-ness of the day.

[Susan Goldberg]

Done! Totally overthought that one. Fun!

[Ergcat]

On the ship. Finished the grid and saw Step 1 in about 10 minutes but none of my five shallow rabbit holes are going anywhere.

Yessssss, same for my DD (Regfish7) and me! Saw something right away but no idea what to do with it/them. Tried a few things (I.e. shallow rabbit holes) but coming up empty!
We just arrived in Sarasota for Spring Break so will be nice to be ON a beach… will have to settle for the literal beach as the meta beach eludes

🏝🏝UPDATE: minutes after posting the above, we found the meta answer! ON SHORE

[Flying_Burrito]

Do we have any Duke/NC muggle family rivalries? I know we have a lot of muggles from North Carolina?

oh yeah, let's make it coach K's last game ever

[regfish7]

As mom ergcat said, On Shore! Now, time to enjoy a nice daiquiri on a Florida beach 🏖

[CPJohnson]

On shore, thanks to a push from Cinny.

[katnahat]

Good Saturday morning muggles


Do we have any Duke/NC muggle family rivalries? I know we have a lot of muggles from North Carolina?

No affiliations in our family with either one, but I did go with my then 7th grade granddaughter Hannah and my daughter to the Duke TIP awards. We toured both schools, and I'm the proud owner of umbrellas from both. Hannah loved Duke; it looked so much like her idea of Hogwarts. Who wouldn't love that beautiful campus? So I'll go with Duke. Besides, I'm still mad at UNC for knocking Baylor out of the party.

[ReB]

I will declare myself on shore now.

I had an intuition as to the mechanism and answer yesterday, but it wasn't until today with a fresh look that I found confirming evidence to justify my answer. Not a single AHA moment, but rather a series of AHAs.

[Wendy Walker]

Following through with last week's urinary theme, I present these photos of the ladies' and men's bathrooms at a rural sportsmen's club we visited today.

[Gman]

Ashore with a helpful push!

[Commodore]

Asea wtih good Cap'n Stormalong.

[Cindy N]

Step 1 presented itself nicely.

Step 2 Not so much.

[lisajoy]

Well... hmmm... *sigh*

Guess I jumped off the zoom a little too quickly yesterday, as I am still on the ship with Isaac mulling over my solid step one, a few nudges, and some rabbit holes! lol

That said, enjoying a lovely day with my mom! Perchance my aha moment will arrive tomorrow.

[LittleGood]

On the beach. Mrs. Little Good and I dragged each other.