You Can Get There From Here by Peter Abide
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You Can Get There From Here by Peter Abide
You Can Get There From Here by Peter Abide.
The answer to this meta is a five-word phrase.
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The answer to this meta is a five-word phrase.
This puzzle is part of the CCCC bundle. To access the bundle and for more information, see this post.
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Thanks Will for shepherding this project. It’s been a lot of fun, and I appreciate you including me.
If anyone wants to check their answer or get a nudge rather than looking at the solution page, feel free to PM me.
If anyone wants to check their answer or get a nudge rather than looking at the solution page, feel free to PM me.
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I'm taking the alphabetical by author approach to these, so Abide was first up. And what a great way to start.
I quickly saw the first step but was then unsure how to go from there to a five-word phrase.
After playing around with some things that didn't work, I stepped away for a bit but kept pondering. Thought of what would be a good answer, but as it was it seemed more like a guess than a solution. Then I thought, now if he could have done ****, that would have been really cool, but I don't guess that would be possible. Then picked up the puzzle and looked again and lo and behold, he had done it!
Great job, Peter!
I quickly saw the first step but was then unsure how to go from there to a five-word phrase.
After playing around with some things that didn't work, I stepped away for a bit but kept pondering. Thought of what would be a good answer, but as it was it seemed more like a guess than a solution. Then I thought, now if he could have done ****, that would have been really cool, but I don't guess that would be possible. Then picked up the puzzle and looked again and lo and behold, he had done it!
Great job, Peter!
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Nice puzzle, Peter, from another Muggle who is doing these in alphabetical order.
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Does one get extra credit for knowing all those letters in the alphabet?
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Very cool, thanks. Many fun clues as well.
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I was trying to figure out the order of doing these. My first thought was like @BarbaraK and do one a day to enjoy the process. So P@Abide was first and a great lead off hitter. I stumbled for a while and then that AHA moment came.
I am still going to do one a day but save the metas from creators for last to enjoy the enjoyment you always get with a new constructor.
It is supposed to rain tomorrow so I will take my medicine and do @DrTom next and endure what I am sure is a barrage of puns.
Great job Peter
And thanks to Will for setting this up and all the constructors for their time and effort.
I am still going to do one a day but save the metas from creators for last to enjoy the enjoyment you always get with a new constructor.
It is supposed to rain tomorrow so I will take my medicine and do @DrTom next and endure what I am sure is a barrage of puns.
Great job Peter
And thanks to Will for setting this up and all the constructors for their time and effort.
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You can ration yourself to one a day? Wow, what discipline!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 4:41 pm I was trying to figure out the order of doing these. My first thought was like @BarbaraK and do one a day to enjoy the process. So P@Abide was first and a great lead off hitter. I stumbled for a while and then that AHA moment came.
I am still going to do one a day but save the metas from creators for last to enjoy the enjoyment you always get with a new constructor.
It is supposed to rain tomorrow so I will take my medicine and do @DrTom next and endure what I am sure is a barrage of puns.
Great job Peter
And thanks to Will for setting this up and all the constructors for their time and effort.
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
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@BarbaraK As Mike Tyson said "everyone has a plan until you they get punched in the mouth". And more than once I have been punched by a meta creator but keep coming backBarbaraK wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 4:56 pmYou can ration yourself to one a day? Wow, what discipline!Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 4:41 pm I was trying to figure out the order of doing these. My first thought was like @BarbaraK and do one a day to enjoy the process. So P@Abide was first and a great lead off hitter. I stumbled for a while and then that AHA moment came.
I am still going to do one a day but save the metas from creators for last to enjoy the enjoyment you always get with a new constructor.
It is supposed to rain tomorrow so I will take my medicine and do @DrTom next and endure what I am sure is a barrage of puns.
Great job Peter
And thanks to Will for setting this up and all the constructors for their time and effort.
Bob Stevens
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Cruise Director
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There are members of this group who will have all these puzzles finished before I can even get them printed out.
Late tomorrow I will have to help the poor Rabbit find something to talk about. I didn't work this hard while I was working.
Late tomorrow I will have to help the poor Rabbit find something to talk about. I didn't work this hard while I was working.
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Step 1 done but not after that, so I am chewing on it for a while! Glad the deadline is unlimited.
Great puzzle to start off the alphabetical parade!
Great puzzle to start off the alphabetical parade!
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Loved it! Thanks, @Abide!
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Déja vu, or is it a dim memory? Whether or not I did actually see it before, I still think it's a great puzzle.
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I liked this one a lot. This was a favorite phrase of one of my high school freshman teachers 55 years ago.
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From another member of Club Alphabetical: wow, great craftsmanship and aesthetic range on display here. Good fun for the solver.
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Been parked on step one all day… may have to try the next puzzle of the alphabet and bounce back…
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