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Ashore!

Ashore!

A_shore!

Ashore!

Ashore, and without help this time!

Joe Ross wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:02 pm That @MarkWoychick is something else. Thank him for the many new options in posting, please.


Grid filled. Will attack meta after dinner or tomorrow.

Thank you @MarkWoychick for giving us the new toys to play with!!!!!

Ashore, with a little backfill and a confirmation from @ship4u! A couple of deep rabbit holes for me this week. Glad I finally saw the light!

Good Saturday morning muggles.

First a great welcome to our newest muggle @pacecar. Always great to have more muggles.\

A fun meta from Matt and we were up to the challenge. We have 2 muggles keeping Isaac company and helping with the inventory. And we have 223 on the shore crowding the Tiki Bar.

The crowd on the shore includes

docison
Mme
MikeyG
schmidzy
paige
pjc
Georgeall
Cindy
Wendy
Al
Larrry
ajk
Brainbow
SHIWUTONG
Kay
Scott M
DCBilly
clonefitz
Jace54
krf
Meg
stmv
MatthewL
NebFaninCA
Dave C
Heidi
ladybird
Rita and George
Tcassutt
Bird Lives
Mister and Mrs. Squawk
MileHighSolver
Beth A
Tom Wi
Eric C
Beleaguered Castle
oldjudge
Jean
Laura
D B Miller
Jim and Anita
Mikey and puzzle buddy Jane
LarsCaine
darth
joe
M and M
Mirage
hunkra
CallMeShane
TeaJenny
JimJim
Homer
RPardoe
Trish
Powers2020
bagman
Blair
pacecar
Eric P
boharr
elvanya
lxpeterson
ELSavage
Commodore
benchen71
Char
woozy
Jkj
SamanthaA
whimsy
Beth T
Guffman
kurtalert
DavyGravy
Anita
nosolvenosleep
Bmacdo
ky-mike
BrennerTJ
will j
SarasotaSun
MajorDomoTom
Yoda66
Don and Cynthia
Don and Lisa
JoDave
Cindy N
girubato1
Harbo
Renee
streroto
escapeartist
lbray
Berto
Trey and Marion and Jill
RobM
CPJohnson
Mike H
Jeremy
Lee-Ann
HeadinHome
newbymar and brothers
rjy
Tom S
Jackie J
CdnMG
H and J
Les
chatger
harhanlake
nancymck
cjoloug1
michaelm
hoover
Barbara K
Cruise Director
sweetc
EVJ
SamKat9
CptnCodon
Merry Potter
haydendog
TeamDoubleTow
Acarl
JeanneC
Miki
Zobo3737
NDStegs
Toby
David K
Clpdlt22
Schmeel
Tina
AaronT
Steveb
Chris
Fred
Gman
Bill
Peter
BigPear
vandono
Wescovington
Henry Paul
mlvilv
cheekumbaldy
C=64
markhr
minimuggle
mattythewsjpuzzler
Ergcat
Cinny
Joepickett
Deb
Googly
Adajeo
ImOnToo
Susan G
Ron
otlaolap
MarkWoychick
DennyB
MaineMarge
Greg W
Joe R
SJMck
Birdbrain
batfella
Barnhart6
Al Laubenstein
Lyman
Nlobb
Ann
b4alltime
Beth C
IHeartMusic
SingleMalt
William
meowmiao71
Franky_T
sjm
Jayboy1
jimbo1
JaneGummy
LuscombeDriver
Justmarebear
turbotron
Onaquest and Tim
Libbypibby
Flying_Burrito
Wordnerd23
Katiedid
Sheila
Doug C
Dickie_Dunn
Bonnibel
RichA2
HunterX
caf.caf Cathy
DrTom
BetterMonday
Janet
Kaykay
sharkicicles
SewYoung
ignatiusJ
chocoholic
Bob B
PlymouthRock
Dow Jones
PQ63
PapZ
diplomatt
Ben B and son
mitchel674
Grover
rexthree
Sleepy
Aragorn
Zagman49
auee89
EmilyW
DTownHoldItDown

Don't forget the Last Call zoom call tomorrow at 8 pm after we Spring Forward tonight.

Ashore! Grid was harder than the meta for me!

turbotron wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:06 pm The grid was pretty tough for me, and the metanism stayed hidden for quite a while too. I don't think I would've found the beach without some nudges.. so thanks to reliable Zoom crew for an assist this week!

Special props to @clonefitz for his brilliant and hilarious music video unveiling!

I created a new topic in the Acapulco lounge. viewtopic.php?t=2744

Will post video once it is complete. But for now the lyrics are there.

Not seeing anything!! Will accept hints and if effective will buy drinks once on shore for my hinter

Sigh... after a few delightfully slight nudges from @BarbaraK, I am finally ashore. I had seen hints of the actual mechanic but hadn't looked at them thoroughly enough. Thanks for the suggestions to look closer!

For the record, Maggie and I are still keeping Isaac company. Maggie, in true bulldog fashion, is more interested in begging snacks than meta solving.

Too early to seek assistance. I'll move this from paper to spreadsheet to see if I can spot what has been hidden from my mind's eye.

Ashore after a nice ah-ha moment this morning!

Ashore!!

Ashore quickly this week. Alas I wasn’t able to start until Saturday! I’ll take a cold beer

I'm ashore.

Ashore at last! I actually started down the correct solving path on Thursday afternoon, but abandoned that metanism when I came up with gibberish. I'm blaming it on the meds I've been taking after out-patient surgery on Wednesday. Yeh, yeh - that's the ticket. It's the meds, not me!

I'm lost.

Quick solve by my standards. It went, hmm, interesting, oh, yeah, has to be. But wait, it's. . . Oh, you sneaky devil! Aha!

Happily ashore. Celebrated before the fact with some Glenlivet 15, hence the delay in solving. . .

I see we now have crawls and reverse video. Reminds me of my first web site.

Safely ashore.

Ashore, after giving up and then coming back to it. Unfortunately, I was under the weather for a couple of days and threw in the towel. Feeling much better today, I celebrated by giving the puzzle another look. It’s a truly different mechanism, although classic in certain ways. Different but classic – hats off to Matt for bringing us such a clever twist on things. Also, a lesson relearned: There may be multiple paths to solving a given meta, but giving up isn’t one of them. Even if we conclude we’re lost, our brain can continue solving in the background, and we’ll never know what it came up with if we don’t come back to it for another look.