"Parting The Waters" - January 31, 2020

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On shore. I felt a lot like Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade. I made my way to the knight's tomb but needed Dad's grail diary to pass the three nefarious booby traps but got the right chalice on my own.
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Isaac, I'll be watching the game on your big screen, sans appetizers.
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Finally, on shore! Um... is there any Guinness left?
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Compass needle broke.
Sextant mirrors cracked.
GPS battery dead.
Lighthouse bulb burned out.
Fog rolling in.
HO 229 a sodden mass of sea water pulp.

Is that an iceberg?
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BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:56 am👃🐇
Once you smell that wascally wabbit you’ve got it!
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hoping this ship has enough lifeboats in case we sink
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Leslie wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:16 am
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:56 am👃🐇
Once you smell that wascally wabbit you’ve got it!
Yes, that was him!

Something I thought had to be part of it turned out to be part of it - but in an entirely different way than I expected.

And something that should have jumped up off the page and hit me in the face ended up being the very last thing I found.
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LAS. Staring blankly at the parentheses. Will try to devote more time to this prior to the deadline.
'tis... A lovely day for a Guinness!
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Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:46 am On shore. I felt a lot like Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade. I made my way to the knight's tomb but needed Dad's grail diary to pass the three nefarious booby traps but got the right chalice on my own.
That's encouraging!!
'tis... A lovely day for a Guinness!
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I'm with Isaac, probably for the duration. I think I'll start working my way thru the archived metas. Thanks to all of you that had a hand in posting them!
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A belated status as I was at my grandson's swim meet

and a welcome to our newest muggle Joe. Who picked a tough week to join the crowd so he is at the bar.

And for Al, there is always a cache of Guinness

we have 28 on the ship and 36 on the shore for what is definitely a nefarious Matt Gaffney challenge. Even some of the Pros are on the ship.

On the ship are:
MajorDomoTom
Janet
Cynthia J
Wendy
scooby
Kas
billkatz
seans
spotter
Bird Lives
Janet P
jenirvin
Ed S
auwade03
Tmart
the Thurman8er
boharr
elan
Jack
Lacey K
Susan G
Tom S
Rexthree
joe
Mark L
CallMeShane
Commodore
and Ann P

On the shore with plenty of room are
Scott M
LesY
Chris
Brian M
Hector
Frankie
Toby
Tina
laura
Heidi
oldjudge
Peter L
tim1217
JPMalone
anjhinz
Meg
Burak
dplass
Brian
Anita
Beth C
Matthew
Cindy
Beth A
rolias
Leslie
Beth T
steveb
Juliet
markhr
MaineMarge
joequavis
moi
Al
Bob E who we have not heard from in a while
and Barbara K


Good luck to all parting the waters.
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Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:00 pm A belated status as I was at my grandson's swim meet

and a welcome to our newest muggle Joe. Who picked a tough week to join the crowd so he is at the bar.

And for Al, there is always a cache of Guinness

we have 28 on the ship and 36 on the shore for what is definitely a nefarious Matt Gaffney challenge. Even some of the Pros are on the ship.

On the shore are:
MajorDomoTom
Janet
Cynthia J
Wendy
scooby
Kas
billkatz
seans
spotter
Bird Lives
Janet P
jenirvin
Ed S
auwade03
Tmart
the Thurman8er
boharr
elan
Jack
Lacey K
Susan G
Tom S
Rexthree
joe
Mark L
CallMeShane
Commodore
and Ann P

On the shore with plenty of room are
Scott M
LesY
Chris
Brian M
Hector
Frankie
Toby
Tina
laura
Heidi
oldjudge
Peter L
tim1217
JPMalone
anjhinz
Meg
Burak
dplass
Brian
Anita
Beth C
Matthew
Cindy
Beth A
rolias
Leslie
Beth T
steveb
Juliet
markhr
MaineMarge
joequavis
moi
Al
Bob E who we have not heard from in a while
and Barbara K


Good luck to all parting the waters.
A minor typo - you listed both parties on shore. And I think you missed me - I am still lost with the "Isaac shore" crowd, fighting to get his attention for service.

I hope your grandson swam better than I am doing so far this week!
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first list is the ones still with Fredo.
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KayW wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:45 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:00 pm A belated status as I was at my grandson's swim meet

and a welcome to our newest muggle Joe. Who picked a tough week to join the crowd so he is at the bar.

And for Al, there is always a cache of Guinness

we have 28 on the ship and 36 on the shore for what is definitely a nefarious Matt Gaffney challenge. Even some of the Pros are on the ship.

On the shore are:
MajorDomoTom
Janet
Cynthia J
Wendy
scooby
Kas
billkatz
seans
spotter
Bird Lives
Janet P
jenirvin
Ed S
auwade03
Tmart
the Thurman8er
boharr
elan
Jack
Lacey K
Susan G
Tom S
Rexthree
joe
Mark L
CallMeShane
Commodore
and Ann P

On the shore with plenty of room are
Scott M
LesY
Chris
Brian M
Hector
Frankie
Toby
Tina
laura
Heidi
oldjudge
Peter L
tim1217
JPMalone
anjhinz
Meg
Burak
dplass
Brian
Anita
Beth C
Matthew
Cindy
Beth A
rolias
Leslie
Beth T
steveb
Juliet
markhr
MaineMarge
joequavis
moi
Al
Bob E who we have not heard from in a while
and Barbara K


Good luck to all parting the waters.
A minor typo - you listed both parties on shore. And I think you missed me - I am still lost with the "Isaac shore" crowd, fighting to get his attention for service.

I hope your grandson swam better than I am doing so far this week!
Sorry - I missed you all together but Isaac is bring you another libation on the house
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I am also sipping some single malt Scotch with Isaac. Totally lost here, but will take a break to do some cross-country skiing to see if that trigger something for me.
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I think I've got it. If not, I'm drowning in the waters.
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On shore and loved the solving.
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Finally on shore! I was lost at sea for quite a while and was just about to send out an SOS.

I was even looking through the past WSJ Crossword Contests (thanks a lot for that), and while I'm not sure it actually helped, it may have gotten me thinking like Matt Gaffney.

As usual, my instincts were pointing me in the right general direction, but I was failing to choose the correct path. I was close to solving it Thursday night, but didn't realize how close until now. I actually shouted a little in celebration when I finally saw it. Good luck to everyone keeping Isaac company.
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Back from a 2-week trip to Blighty and feeling a tad rusty. Chilling with Isaac and a Stone IPA in the ship’s bar... for now at least.
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