"Global Powers" -- September 15, 2023

[Doug C]

On shore. Different, but fun.

[PhantomPhan]

Row row rowed my boat safely to the shore.
Already had my morning tea, and now I want some more.

[Bob cruise director]

Good Saturday morning muggles

First welcome to our newest muggle - dilli

And if you are along the Massachusetts or Maine coasts or anywhere else in the path of hurricane Lee, be careful. Although it has been downgraded, it is still powerful.

For our newbies, when you are stuck there are several resources to learn about metas under viewforum.php?f=18 including ways to approach meta as well as past metas and solutions. If you want a nudge on a particular meta, send a Private Message to someone who has solved the meta and tell them what you have done and where you are stuck. The person will get back to you by a PM and you can go from there. Finally there are the zoom sessions on Friday at 4:30 and Sunday at 8 pm ET to hear where other muggles are stuck and collectively come to a solution all under the watchful, emotive and helpful eyes of solvers like wendy walker

Mike has given us an interesting challenge and like we found out last night on the zoom call, a meta filled with interesting rabbit holes. We have 3 on the ship and 180 on the shore.

On the ship are

ray
dilli
Janet


On a moderately crowded shore are

MikeyG
norrin2
docison
Wendy
boharr
Al
clonefitz
MatthewL
Don and Cynthia
Larrry
Jordanian
sweetc
michaelm
Kay
hoover
stmv
jhseeman
pjc
D B Miller
Scott M
Mike H
Meg
Cindy
ky-mike
Laura
DCBilly
minimuggle
AaronT
Georgeall
Moi
Eric P
Beth A
Homer
MajorDomoTom
Heidi
whimsy
NebFaninCA
TeaJenny
krf
BrennerTJ
Les
MileHighSolver
SamKat9
Merry Potter
Lyman
HeadinHome
sjm
darth
Bird Lives
Gman
Sleepy
Trish
Jeremy
Tcassutt
DavyGravy
SamanthaA
JimJim
CallMeShane
Dave C
woozy
Jace54
Tina
MarkWoychick
ajk
markhr
benchen71
mbryant
joe
Jay
Toby
Joepickett
Don and Lisa
Flying_Burrito
Anita
Cinny
CAe39
Acarl
JeanneC
Beth T
TeamDoubleTow
Laurab
nosolvenosleep
Ergcat
Adajeo
jrdad
Miki
Barbara K
meowmiao71
BisbeeTam
mlvilv
RDaleHall
David K
Steveb
lxpeterson
Kwyjibo
b4alltime
mikeB
ladybird
mkmf
Chris
Googly
Schmeel
Berto
Alvibu67
haydendog
M and M
Rita and George
Henry Paul
kgiano
Lube On
SarasotaSun
Guffman
EmilyW
Tom S
mrmd
azdataboy
ColinM
Flamel616
Prozach
eagle1279
hottieruth
muggleunity
mydogsam
Mister and Mrs. Squawk
Peter
streroto
Fred
DrTom
MaineMarge
SingleMalt
Geezer Weezer
Katiedid
Al Laubenstein
JaneGummy
Nlobb
Jayboy1
Franky_T
chatger
kurtalert
turbotron
cbarbee
HunterX
Deb
Aragorn
hunkra
BigPear
lbray
halseymac
PlymouthRock
CdnMG
Anna
relic (and Maggie)
Crest
Susan G
WSJosh
Cindy N
will j
Barnhart6
Onaquest and Tim
Lacern
Debbie
FatJack
Fogway
Harbo
JoeFlanders
RichA2
zonkswonk
oldjudge
Ben B and son
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
Libbypibby
Luxmea
bigtuna
bread-girl
LarsCaine
Grover
Isw
Wescovington
Doug C
PhantomPhan

Good luck getting the meta is you are still on the ship.

[Relic]

[/quote]

Maybe today or tomorrow on Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. My first goto is Warsteiner Dunkel with a Limburger & onion sandwich. The sanch helps create space amongst the hundreds of thousands on 5th Street.

I do add a Sam's & other local suds.

Bearcats tonight!

https://youtu.be/UhY-zG_g9MQ
[/quote]

Limburger and onion . . . oy vey! Wouldn't it be easier just to carry an open slice of durian fruit?

[Tom Wilson]

I'm on shore ... and my Nittany Lions are on the board.

[CopperRiver]

On shore! I’ll take a Grey Goose martini with a twist in about 8 hours.

[Lee-Ann]

I LOVED this one! So clever and played to my strengths! Happily on shore!

[Notbitter]

On shore.

[Ann]

On the shore!

[otlaolap]

Good Lord. I can't believe I had to talk this puzzle over with my wife in order to see the hook. She uttered some magic words, and immediate illumination. But she didn't know they were magic -- there is that solace.

In any case, I'll be ashore shortly.

[Snavec]

Ashore.., with help

[Nlobb]

PS
I am ashore…a rare Thursday event for me…
Brrr only 37 degrees when I got up this morning!!

C or F? We had a cool front blow in, so this week we had the first day in a couple of months that we didn't get up to 37C. Oh, and rain! for the first time in a couple of months, also.

It was 37 degrees F. Rather chilly after such a hot summer!!

[schmidzy]

Forgot to post earlier, but I've been enjoying the sunshine ashore. This one was right up my alley!

[JerryF]

AHA! After going down 5 rabbit holes I found the shore. Bartender, an old fashioned, please!

[Penny_Keatley]

Ashore after many rabbit hole spelunking sessions. Beer me!

[C=64]

Ashore! I haven't visited the forum or done the puzzle for 10 months, but I was bored and looking for something that might spark joy. If you remember my career and personal interests, you'll understand how I solved this one about halfway through filling in the grid.

[Jackie J]

Ashore. Good fun sussing out the mechanism. Just in time to enjoy a glass of good Kentucky bourbon . Cheers!

[linsocalm]

Finally ashore after getting caught in a riptide and swimming many miles off course. Can’t believe it took me so long. Pursued many different rabbits and even came up with alternate solutions, but none of them seemed right. Thought I was missing something obvious and indeed I was.

[otlaolap]

8 or 9 entries above I said I'd be ashore shortly. Well, guess I'm gonna have to have another confab with my wife. Still at sea and feeling like that's where I'll stay if left to myself.

[Colin]

On ship, s’il vous plaît,
My favorite day to solve?
Sunday bien sûr!