"Ahead of Time" March 1, 2024

[femullen]

Ashore. Pilsner, please, if there's any left.

[Katiedid]

Quickly ashore with the crowd.

[Momo]

Stuck! Will accept hints !!!! Want to say adios Issac!!

[JimJim]

On shore. Fun one.

[CdnMG]

Ashore without much paddling. Thank heavens - it has been awhile! Just a sip of cab.

[DannyWalter]

Well. Ashore. Not so much of an aha as an oh, duh. Still fun, but if I'd been quicker, I might have made page 9!

[Bulrich]

Ashore. Took me longer than it should have. Dales pale time.

[Scott Lindholm]

Just like the rest of the free world, done and done. Great to be on shore for the first time in 2024 ((God, I hope that's not true), and in honor of Anheuser-Busch bottlers not going on strike, enjoying a cool, refreshing Busch Light, the beer by which all others are measured, but you already know that...

Fun pic from a couple weeks back in our backyard with my iPhone. Orion in the center, working clockwise from the 7 o'clock position:
1. Sirius, which Orion's belt is pointing to
2. Procyon
3. Castor and Pollux at 10 o'clock
4. Aldebaran at 12 o'clock
5. Jupiter right by the house


The heavens declare the glory of the Lord.

[Damaged]

Ashore!

Club soda, splash of lemonade.

[MarkWoychick]

Finally able to look at the puzzles after an uplifting and exhausting trip to Austin - fun puzzle, ashore, solved and submitted!

[PapZ]

Ashore! It's been awhile for me. Good to see you all again!

[Colin]

Ashore, now I’m through,
Ahead of time - thank you crew.
And… ooo… déja-vu!

[Collegetowngirl]

On the beach. February was a tough month. Glad we are now in March!!

[bread-girl]

On the shore!!!

[Momo]

Ashore! Thank you for the nudges Frankie_T and IX Peterson!! I’ll buy you a drink at the cabana bar!!

[Trey]

Marion, Jill, and I are on the shore with many others........glad to be in the sand on our own wiles after a couple of tough weeks!!

[Archfrog]

Finally made it ashore to join the crowd. It was basically what I expected days ago, but it took me a while. Ice cream time!

[debbierudy]

Ashore. Came up with two answers and almost submitted the first one, but then remembered Mike Shenk's usual precision and went with the second. I had the same English teacher in high school all four years. (Very small rural school; but she may have been the best teacher I ever had over 20+ years of education. Freshman year was nothing but grammar, but then the next three years were like multi-topic seminars.) She definitely gets credit for help with this! It also brought back great memories of long ago high school.

As soon as it jumped out at me I submitted what seemed to be the obvious answer, but now regret it after further thought. I should have read these Muggles' comments first!

[DennyB]

Nice job Mike! On shore with my double Jack & Vernor’s Ginger-ale

[Dickie_Dunn]

Count me ashore after a rough patch these last few. Guess that’s sorta like the law of averages in baseball? What’s the meta Mendoza line? I must be hovering around that this year. As it’s a marvelous Midwest morning, I’ll have a cafe latte from Java World (won free for life in a law suit).