"Global Powers" -- September 15, 2023

[Merry Potter]

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

I do appreciate the Warsteiner options!

It’s gonna be a tough year rooting for all the “B” teams.

Bearcats. (vs Miami)
Bengals (vs. Baltimore)
Boilermakers ( my alma mater)
Buckeyes ( adopted team now with 2 kids in Columbus at OSU ) I was there for the last two games- next weeks going to be a bellwether game against ND.

[BarbaraK]

Don't forget, 8PM tonight is Isaac's Last Call Zoom. Anyone who's still at sea or just wants to chat about it is welcome!

[FloridaMan81]

I’m back after a couple of busy weeks where I was traveling and unable to even look at the Friday puzzle. Fairly confident I’m ashore.

[regfish7]

Ashore! Finally back! I guess it’s harder to find time to do crosswords once you’re married enjoyed the mechanism for this one though.

[Cbaudhuin]

Safely ashore in the nick of time.
Slight nudge from one of my two sons— the three of us frequently collaborate.
Enjoyable.

[Bob cruise director]

Good evening muggles

Our final count is 7 on the ship and 210 on the shore

Good luck winning the mug and have a great week

[mheberlingx100]

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

Bonne chance!

Merci! Mais les enfants sont arrivés, donc maintenant c'est demain!
Gotta love Google translation - replaces the French I forgot since school!

Learning French was my post-retirement project.

Je ne peux pas parler tres bien, mais je peux bien lire le francais.

Hope I did that right. Hard to write, especially with autocorrect.

[Jarrod]

Ashore at the last hour. I finally found it after putting the puzzle down a few times.

[KayW]

[escapeartist]

welp, I tried X^2 of the dates for giant numbers that didn't do anything

Didn't think to do the square root - *slaps forehead*

[GTIJohnny]

Something about Global Powers suggested to me Russia, the USA, Germany, and Japan. Related clues led nowhere. High School math led me to the answer. Brilliant.

[LittleGood]

KAS 4.

That's all I have to say about that.

[RDaleHall]

We love Mike Shenk math in the meta! Find your best and brightest math students and have them connect with us at https://www.soa.org/ and https://www.BeAnActuary.org/

[mntlblok]

The old "power" of one half.

[Kas]

KAS 4.

That's all I have to say about that.

Yep.

[regfish7]

This mathematician was really hoping to see a power greater than 2, but square roots are fun too

[Joe Ross]

This mathematician was really hoping to see a power greater than 2, but square roots are fun too 😉

Seems as if you've created half of your first MMM meta!

[MaineMarge]

I do know about square roots, but Bob had to help me with this one.
I’m much more into peony roots.

Here is a young newly dug peony root in the fall. Already showing, the pink and white buds will be next year’s blooming stems. Several more than the 8 you see from this year.

Now back to math class.

[DrTom]

I do know about square roots, but Bob had to help me with this one.
I’m much more into peony roots.
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Here is a young newly dug peony root in the fall. Already showing, the pink and white buds will be next year’s blooming stems. Several more than the 8 you see from this year.

Now back to math class.

Peonys roots....are they near the outhouse?

[DrTom]

Bonne chance!

Merci! Mais les enfants sont arrivés, donc maintenant c'est demain!
Gotta love Google translation - replaces the French I forgot since school!

Learning French was my post-retirement project.

Je ne peux pas parler tres bien, mais je peux bien lire le francais.

Hope I did that right. Hard to write, especially with autocorrect.

Well then this is appropriate for many of my Meta solving sessions:

Le Guignon
Pour soulever un poids si lourd,
Sisyphe, il faudrait ton courage!
Bien qu'on ait du coeur à l'ouvrage,
L'Art est long et le Temps est court.

Loin des sépultures célèbres,
Vers un cimetière isolé,
Mon coeur, comme un tambour voilé,
Va battant des marches funèbres.

— Maint joyau dort enseveli
Dans les ténèbres et l'oubli,
Bien loin des pioches et des sondes;

Mainte fleur épanche à regret
Son parfum doux comme un secret
Dans les solitudes profondes.
— Charles Baudelaire