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Ashore! was vexing me, walked away, came back and there it was. Have a great weekend all and stay well

Ah the wonders of post enlightenment! I had the right idea all along I just could not put it correctly into play. I did try some wild gyrations before finally seeing the rabbit's butt (as Meg alludes to). Gosh I have a great pun here but I'm afraid it would be WAY too close to a spoiler, I'll wait until later. Dang and I do love puns, I'll satisfy myself with a beer and a sandwich instead -now what kind....

So that I'm clear, ASHORE!

Ashore!

Though I was 74A for longer than I somehow expected after completing the grid. Kept looking for something else ... and dozing off! Late afternoon is NOT my most productive time for puzzling.

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DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:02 pm Ah the wonders of post enlightenment! I had the right idea all along I just could not put it correctly into play. I did try some wild gyrations before finally seeing the rabbit's butt (as Meg alludes to). Gosh I have a great pun here but I'm afraid it would be WAY too close to a spoiler, I'll wait until later. Dang and I do love puns, I'll satisfy myself with a beer and a sandwich instead -now what kind....

So that I'm clear, ASHORE!

Finished the grid and hoping for the same post enlightenment as you by posting this!!

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Cool! Just so y'all can keep busy, is the star rating system not working on this puzzle, or is there a no-show period before it displays the average rating, or what?

PastWSJCCsolutions wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:14 pm You my now SEARCH on all past PUZZLE TITLES and SOLUTIONS using the Past WSJCC CCs & Solutions topic's search feature:


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Wow, the early ones were sure easy. I finished the first three metas in under a minute. Now I know what it is like to be Al.

On shore

Hector wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:21 pm Cool! Just so y'all can keep busy, is the star rating system not working on this puzzle, or is there a no-show period before it displays the average rating, or what?

I'm seeing it...

Windows 10, Chrome browser.

Edit: I disabled my ad blocker and the stars appeared. But re-enabling it doesn't make them disappear again, so I don't know . . .

Fun grid - Now to spend four days in a fight with the meta. Whats my prediction for that fight?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZ1ALkP5Ck

Hector wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:28 pm Edit: I disabled my ad blocker and the stars appeared. But re-enabling it doesn't make them disappear again, so I don't know . . .

Interesting. I heavily use ad-blockers, etc., except for this site & WSJ puzzles. I did check the star ratings on two other browsers running VPNs & ad-blockers and had no issue. :::shrug:::

Of course, when I try to download a mail-in ballot request form from the state of Ohio for our primary (Ohio is only allowing mail-in ballots for the primary), no combination of computer, tablet, phone, cookies-accepted, ads-allowed combination would work. This is life as we now know it, I guess.

I've a feeling that people under 20 will be recalling these days as my parents recalled the 1930's Great Depression.

I beat Dom to shore! The past few weeks have been weird, with Dom home with one brother home from college and another home from high school. I loved it, but once his COVID test came back negative (my wife and I (both physicians) suspected it was seasonal allergies and asthma, and I think we were right - but he had a lot of voices telling him he had "all the symptoms"), he went back home. So two sons are home with us still and Dom is back to his normal life. I did the grid shortly after it became available and took a look at the meta before leaving work - came together quickly. Kudos on the construction.

Another puzzle I am too stupid to do - the only sandwich I see is a "sh*t" sandwich!

Commodore wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:59 pm Ashore. Tiki Bar. With an endless 8-track loop of John Prine playing.
Kicka pooka mok a wa wahini
Are the words I long to hear
Lay your coconut on my tiki
What the hecka mooka mooka dear

I just listened to this song yesterday!

On shore - any Guinness left? Looks pretty crowded here.

TPS wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:59 pm Another puzzle I am too stupid to do - the only sandwich I see is a "sh*t" sandwich!

So I saw that the Yale "happiness course" is free on Coursera, and I started it this week. Perhaps you'd like to take it, too? I often tend to see the clouds rather that the silver linings, but you are starting to make me feel like a regular Pollyanna. And I mean this in the nicest, most encouraging way. Give yourself a chance to get these! Don't worry about the people who have done these for a while and sail directly to the beach. It's supposed to be fun, not to make your blood pressure skyrocket.

Deep breath now, and Ommmmmmm.....

Al Sisti wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:20 pm

I will say this: I'm drinking a LOT less now than before the quarantine. Between all our band jobs being cancelled and no trivia and no day drinking, why, I'm almost a saint. Almost.

I'm not drinking any less. I'm just drinking differently.

I have cut out drinking entirely. Now, with extra time, I freeze my drinks and eat them.

Done and done.