Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:01 am
Count me ashore, and grateful that this one wasn't too taxing!
Good health and good cheer,
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"Double Trouble" - December 3, 2021
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Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:12 am
Ashore! Got it on second down
Good health and good cheer,
Good health and good cheer,
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 4:33 am
Ashore. Fun and different. It came to me as I was falling asleep last night.
ALS
ALS
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:28 am
Ashore at 6 AM. What time does the tiki bar open?
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:43 am
Groggy and on shore!
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:13 am
Update: am ashore. A rare aha moment while trying to fall asleep after a bad day.
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:46 am
FAWM -- Falling Asleep While MugglingDplass wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:13 am Update: am ashore. A rare aha moment while trying to fall asleep after a bad day.
(Hope today is better.)
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:56 am
A fun and quick swim to shore for me. Have a wonderful weekend
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:12 am
Made it to shore, a wake up in the middle of the night "aha" moment! Verified with my muggle mentor, another clever meta.
Dora and Benny are happy for me
Dora and Benny are happy for me
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:14 am
Ashore, solved and submitted
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:16 am
WUTM -- Waking Up To MuggleJaneGummy wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:12 am Made it to shore, a wake up in the middle of the night "aha" moment! Verified with my muggle mentor, another clever meta.
Dora and Benny are happy for me
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:27 am
You appear to have a gold mine there!! Coveting…MaineMarge wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:15 pm On shore! Loved it.
And loved the reference to my beloved 1999 classic VW.
65,000 miles on her. Has spent every winter in the garage. Mint condition.
A little old lady from Pasadena.
(Go Granny,go)
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:36 am
ASHORE, and based on the formula above, I can consider myself toward the bottom of page one! When I retire some day, maybe I can do the puzzles when they release, and be on the ACTUAL page one sometimes!BarbaraK wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:22 pm I solved this one on the way home, which meant that my poor beleaguered husband, who was driving, was a captive audience and had no choice but to listen to me explain exactly how it all worked and how very clever I thought it was.
Easy! Just note what time you start and what time you finish; then compare your total time to the last post on page 1. If you're faster, consider yourself a page 1 solver and feel free to announce it here.Kas wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:10 pm Just getting off from my, you know, Actual Job (which is not Doing The Meta...would that my work were more Gaffney-esque, but alas...), and my thought for the moment is that there should be a handicap system for those of us who will never make the Solvers' Page 1.
I acknowledge that this assumes I would actually make Page 1 anyway, and based on the last 4 weeks, that's clearly a fallacy.
But I can dare to dream, my fellow Muggles...DARE TO DREAM!!!
Enjoyed the grid and the fun AHA moment too! The phrase describes me way too often (my dad says this all the time), but I try not to let that get me down!
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:41 am
I see all the aforementioned cleverness in this one, but I’m lost at sea trying to piece it all together.
EDIT: This is the first time I’ve gotten to edit a post to announce myself to be ashore! It came to me not long after my post. What a great feeling! Nice meta!
EDIT: This is the first time I’ve gotten to edit a post to announce myself to be ashore! It came to me not long after my post. What a great feeling! Nice meta!
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:45 am
On... The... Shore!
Too early for a Guinness, but perhaps one tonight!
Too early for a Guinness, but perhaps one tonight!
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:51 am
I'm safely on the beach...just had to sleep on it and it all came together quickly this morning.
I'm struck by the weird memory from being a teenager when 17-A was a big hit, and every time they'd play it on rock radio and do the back announce, the DJ would always turn the artist's name into a phrase, "Lou Gramm from Foreigner". I would hear that and think - who could possibly be listening to this song on a rock radio station right now and hear that voice and, even if you didn't know who Lou Gramm was, not figure out who he was?
I'm struck by the weird memory from being a teenager when 17-A was a big hit, and every time they'd play it on rock radio and do the back announce, the DJ would always turn the artist's name into a phrase, "Lou Gramm from Foreigner". I would hear that and think - who could possibly be listening to this song on a rock radio station right now and hear that voice and, even if you didn't know who Lou Gramm was, not figure out who he was?
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:55 am
I DOn't have a ship/shore status to sUBmit yet since I haven't been abLE to check out the latest meta CREation. InSTEaD of puzzling, I'm sitting at the airport (first time since covid). Hoping to come up with the CORrect answer on the flight, as I might not have any MORe time. I'll have more importANT things to do like celebrating an early Christmas with the kids--and a certain grandbaby!
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:57 am
FWM - Flying While MugglingLadyBird wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:55 am I DOn't have a ship/shore status to sUBmit yet since I haven't been abLE to check out the latest meta CREation. InSTEaD of puzzling, I'm sitting at the airport (first time since covid). Hoping to come up with the CORrect answer on the flight, as I might not have any MORe time. I'll have more importANT things to do like celebrating an early Christmas with the kids--and a certain grandbaby!
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:58 am
Had all the elements yesterday, but the click just now happened. Very fun little puzzle...good job, Matt.
Re: "Double Trouble " December 3, 2021
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:00 am
HeadinHome wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:36 amAha! Just the nudge I needed for that evasive "Aha!" I hear that it's best not to even do shallow shore dives whilst drinking, so I shall hold off on the Miller Lites (with plastic "squeeze" lime. But, it *is* Friday. . .BarbaraK wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:22 pm
Enjoyed the grid and the fun AHA moment too! The phrase describes me way too often (my dad says this all the time), but I try not to let that get me down!