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- TPS
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I had to stop working on the Grid.
I really enjoyed the first part but then hit some clues that I just have no idea on.
I'll pick it up tomorrow and hopefully complete with the help of Google.
Not seeing anything meta related - I'll probably end up waiting until after the hints are posted before I try the meta since I really don't have even an idea.
I really enjoyed the first part but then hit some clues that I just have no idea on.
I'll pick it up tomorrow and hopefully complete with the help of Google.
Not seeing anything meta related - I'll probably end up waiting until after the hints are posted before I try the meta since I really don't have even an idea.
- Al Sisti
- Posts: 2069
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- Location: Whitesboro NY
"Off the Couch" recap, Day 1:
1. Meg
2. Cindy
3. ChrisKochmanski
4. Boharr
5. OldJudge
6. Laura M.
7. Abide
Obviously, I can't help but note that this is the lowest first day total so far, which we all know generally means that the fault lies with the constructor, not the solver. Brian and I suspected that might happen because this one is...different... from our normal metas. For that reason (and so I don't quit or get driven out of the world of meta construction), I'm moving Nudge Wednesday one day earlier for a hint that might help:
1. Meg
2. Cindy
3. ChrisKochmanski
4. Boharr
5. OldJudge
6. Laura M.
7. Abide
Obviously, I can't help but note that this is the lowest first day total so far, which we all know generally means that the fault lies with the constructor, not the solver. Brian and I suspected that might happen because this one is...different... from our normal metas. For that reason (and so I don't quit or get driven out of the world of meta construction), I'm moving Nudge Wednesday one day earlier for a hint that might help:
- boharr
- Moderator
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Never gonna happen.
- Abide
- Moderator
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- Contact:
BarbaraK post helped me guess what the answer was. I still have no idea how to get there.
The site is just a web page, a meeting place, a clubhouse - it's the group that's special.
—Brian MacDonald
—Brian MacDonald
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Monday was an off-line day for some people (due to Yom Kippur) so don't let it get to you.Al Sisti wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:58 am "Off the Couch" recap, Day 1:
1. Meg
2. Cindy
3. ChrisKochmanski
4. Boharr
5. OldJudge
6. Laura M.
7. Abide
Obviously, I can't help but note that this is the lowest first day total so far, which we all know generally means that the fault lies with the constructor, not the solver. Brian and I suspected that might happen because this one is...different... from our normal metas. For that reason (and so I don't quit or get driven out of the world of meta construction), I'm moving Nudge Wednesday one day earlier for a hint that might help:
Also, I'm with TPS. Can't even finish the grid...
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- Location: San Diego
Grid filled in so fluidly, I felt like I was tuned into the correct wavelength, and then.....
I have a collection of interesting things I have found in the grid that don't mean anything, and I've tried some mechanisms based on the title.
I guess I will look at the nudge and see where that leads me. I hope it's more helpful than "look for something that's not there yet," which pretty much describes all my clueless meanderings in search of a meta.
I have a collection of interesting things I have found in the grid that don't mean anything, and I've tried some mechanisms based on the title.
I guess I will look at the nudge and see where that leads me. I hope it's more helpful than "look for something that's not there yet," which pretty much describes all my clueless meanderings in search of a meta.
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- Location: Washington, DC
- BarbaraK
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- Location: Virginia
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- TPS
- Posts: 721
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- Location: Florida
Finally got back and finished the grid (well except one 2 clues but I highly doubt they are involved in the meta). Fun grid - I needed Google but much less than I thought I would last night.
No clue on the meta. Had a very obvious idea that didn't work.
No clue on the meta. Had a very obvious idea that didn't work.
- Hector
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Got it. I had the right idea early on but it took the spoiler to see how to apply it.
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- Anita
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- Al Sisti
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Tomorrow is another day. In fact, it's Nudge Wednesday!
- Al Sisti
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- Location: Whitesboro NY
Leaderboard, day 2:
8. FrankieHeck
9. BarbaraK
10. markhr
11. Hector
Nudge Wednesday hint #1:
8. FrankieHeck
9. BarbaraK
10. markhr
11. Hector
Nudge Wednesday hint #1:
- TPS
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- Location: Washington, DC
I thought I knew the answer yesterday... now I'm SURE I know the answer, but still no clue how to get there... going to keep working it.
- Bob cruise director
- Cruise Director
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Good news. There is only about 50,000 fast food chains in the US. Not as good odds as Tennessee but not infinite.
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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Same. Thanks for the puzzle! But, ... I'm laughing at my incompetence right now... I'm in the "this is a meta?!" stage of denial now.
- Al Sisti
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I'm hoping when all is said and done, you'll both be more like "Ah man, I could have gotten that" than "Never, never, never." I never want the latter to happen. Never, never, never.