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Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:43 pm
by regfish7
Ashore! Always fun to solve with mom ergcat in person
Beer me.
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:49 pm
by Ergcat
BarbaraK wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:13 pm
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!
On shore🏝
Yes, it is
… but hard to wait! Happy to say we got it done and it was a fairly quick swim to the beach!!! So happy to spend time with my daughter!
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:18 pm
by bread-girl
I ~believe~ I am on the shore! Happy March Madness, everyone!
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:42 pm
by Barney
michaelm wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:43 pm
On shore.
Wonder if Mike Shenk thought about making this one a Marie Kelly special for Saint Patrick’s Day.
I’m still irritated at the forced name change tbh
I *liked* Marie Kelly.
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:45 pm
by ZooAnimalsOnWheels
I'm still at the bar with Isaac. I've got the first part done, and I'm not sure if the inability to get further is from lack of diligence or lack of cleverness.
ETA: Aha! Just had a little of the sweet post-enlightenment. I am now firmly on shore. I can just chalk my earlier struggles up to spot blindness.
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:45 pm
by JeanneC
whimsy wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 4:05 pm
Back on the Ship
I have found out that my preferred answer is wrong, and I'm being put on a tender heading back to the ship --
"What's that you say? An interloper on the island? Here under false pretenses?"
Capturepolice.PNG
Yes. Caught planting “Bugs”.
Re: Deal Breaker March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:46 pm
by RicoTheSwede
DrTom wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:19 am
RicoTheSwede wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:11 pm
Back on the horse [anagram of "shore"], after last week left me feeling like a horse's ______
rare?
Sorry DrTom -- we're looking for a "nine-letter, two-word phrase"...
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:49 pm
by JeanneC
Comfortably at the bar with Isaac who has suggested I order some hare of the dog.
Thanks a bunch, Isaac!
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:38 pm
by rjy
ASHORE!! phew!
Some pretty serious rabbit-holes that I couldn’t convince myself to back out of…
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:42 pm
by mrmd
Ashore! That was a fun “a-ha” when I worked out the mechanism!
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:47 pm
by Kas
Mister Squawk wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:07 pm
Ashore.
Parenthetically, the best puzzles are the ones that you solve on Friday. Challenging enough that they take a day to figure out, but not so challenging that your weekend is ruined.
I get that opinion...but I'll argue that the best "A-HA Moment" is at 11:57 p.m. on Sunday, i.e., by the skin of one's teeth, and with mere moments to email the answer to Schenk & Co. (And my heart is oh so very heavy for you Page One-ers who will never know that frantic joy [insert crocodile tears here...lol].)
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:00 pm
by michaelm
Kas wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:47 pm
Mister Squawk wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:07 pm
Ashore.
Parenthetically, the best puzzles are the ones that you solve on Friday. Challenging enough that they take a day to figure out, but not so challenging that your weekend is ruined.
I get that opinion...but I'll argue that the best "A-HA Moment" is at 11:57 p.m. on Sunday, i.e., by the skin of one's teeth, and with mere moments to email the answer to Schenk & Co. (And my heart is oh so very heavy for you Page One-ers who will never know that frantic joy [insert crocodile tears here...lol].)
Seems like we need another Kas Scale - for Aha Moment measurement?
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:09 pm
by Preterosso
Ashore! Quick dip, so the ship must have been close to shore. Appreciate not having to “Ederle” this one!
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:17 pm
by jimbo1
Woodford Reserve makes coming ashore so rewarding.
Jimbo1
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:35 pm
by lbray53
On shore. Took me awhile.
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:09 am
by ImOnToo
On shore.
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:37 am
by M and M
Ashore and happy to be there.
As to the gradations of the head slap, suggested above, I offer as a starting point:
The Hair Pulling Out
The Head Banging on Wall
The Despairing Walk Around the Block
The Lying Awake
The Walking Away and Pretending to Ignore
The Vow to Take Up Macrame Instead of Metas
The Head Slap
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 6:29 am
by MaineMarge
Barney wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:42 pm
michaelm wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:43 pm
On shore.
Wonder if Mike Shenk thought about making this one a Marie Kelly special for Saint Patrick’s Day.
I’m still irritated at the forced name change tbh
I *liked* Marie Kelly.
I *loved* Marie Kelly
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:16 am
by Joe Ross
M and M wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:37 am
The Walking Away and Pretending to Ignore
Current therapy against MGWCC #720.
Re: "Deal Breaker" - March 18, 2022
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:16 am
by Commodore
On the top shelf, over at the starboard side. That's my drinking cup, Isaac. Fill 'er up.
Becalmed.
… but hard to wait! Happy to say we got it done and it was a fairly quick swim to the beach!!! So happy to spend time with my daughter!