"Play With Matches" November 10, 2023
- elvanya
- Posts: 36
- Joined: Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:41 pm
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
I felt extremely confident when I submitted but now all these posts are making me doubt my answer
“Your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Adajeo
- Posts: 125
- Joined: Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:31 pm
I think it best to keep Isaac company the rest of the weekend so I don't fall into another rabbit hole. I will leave you with a lovely dancing match.
"To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom" Ralph Waldo Emerson
- mheberlingx100
- Posts: 538
- Joined: Sun Jul 14, 2019 11:39 am
This one is unambiguous. If you have it, you’ll be 100% confident.
- Trish
- Posts: 84
- Joined: Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:22 pm
- Location: Dallas
Had just about given up but my daughter saw something and then everything just clicked. I actually thought that was the answer and was trying to back solve for it. No way that would have worked!
On shore!
On shore!
- MajordomoTom
- Posts: 1426
- Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:09 am
- Location: St. Louis, MO
yesterday made it to the beach, not sure if I posted here or not
apologies if redundant
no apologies if unique
apologies if redundant
no apologies if unique
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
- TeamDoubleTow
- Posts: 445
- Joined: Fri Jan 01, 2021 1:58 pm
Thanks to a very kind muggle we are on shore. Wouldn't have gotten this other wise. Won't be submitting but we definitely appreciate the construction and the help!
Team DoubleTow=Ali who posts here, Alex & Maya the hound(with occasional assistance from son)
- whimsy
- Posts: 2875
- Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:51 am
- Location: Hopkinton MA
Still on the Ship.
I've revisited this enough the last couple of days that it's becoming not so much fun, so I'm just gonna throw in the towel.
No! Wait! Gimme that back! I'm heading for the pool deck.
I've revisited this enough the last couple of days that it's becoming not so much fun, so I'm just gonna throw in the towel.
No! Wait! Gimme that back! I'm heading for the pool deck.
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- Posts: 74
- Joined: Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:19 pm
I seem to be completely stuck. Anyone willing to provide a nudge?
- LadyBird
- Posts: 896
- Joined: Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:20 pm
- Location: Chicagoland
On the ship. Could we pLEASe have a spider web again! I have been ouTFLanked and psYChed out--I am no mATCH for Patrick Berry. But....it's not ovER yet.
- Relic
- Posts: 208
- Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:29 pm
- Location: Fort Worth, TX
OK, cruise director, after chasing a couple of fruitless rabbits, I can declare with absolute confidence, I am lost at sea. Thanks, Isaac, for keeping the cabernet flowing. I plan to look for a little help on Sunday. For now, one more refill and then off to bed.
Good luck to all for a successful solve. If you see that I'm ashore - rare occasion of late - message me if you'd like a nudge. Be sure to include your progress so I can know better how to assist.
Alan A. and Maggie Muggle
Alan A. and Maggie Muggle
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- Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:56 pm
With a slight nudge from a solving buddy to confirm I was on the right track, I have finally made it ashore. Typical Patrick Berry puzzle--elegant and very well thought out. 55D, I say.
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- Joined: Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:43 pm
- Joey Avocado
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Sat May 23, 2020 2:59 pm
The Joey Avocados are ashore with help from a Sunday morning coffee.
Patrick …. amazing
Patrick …. amazing
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- Posts: 81
- Joined: Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:08 pm
- Location: Wyndmoor, PA
Took three days but I’ve washed up on shore. Struggled to get from four to six.
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- Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:32 pm
I won't be able to join the ZOOM call tonight, and I'm still at sea.
Anyone willing to send me a gentle nudge? I got nuthin other than completing the fill.
Addendum: Got it. Right after I hit SEND...
Anyone willing to send me a gentle nudge? I got nuthin other than completing the fill.
Addendum: Got it. Right after I hit SEND...
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- woozy
- Posts: 2320
- Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:40 am
I feel like I should be giving this more effort but knowing it is hard, having house guests this weekend, and wanting to keep my dignity in tack and nut grub for a nudge. I'm trying to simply walk away. But I'm worried learning the answer will be clever and cursing that I didn't try harder
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
- Bob cruise director
- Cruise Director
- Posts: 4604
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:38 pm
- Location: Any golf course within 500 miles of Littleton MA
Good Sunday morning muggles
Not much progress but the ship's team is enjoying Isaac's buffet and mimosas while watching the NFL from Germany
We have 30 on the ship and 97 on the shore.
Emerging to the ship's lounge are
relic (and Maggie)
TheKater
Ergcat
whimsy
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
Adajeo
ladybird
Momo
Penny_Keatley
StunGun
and making it to shore are - including Heidi who was there all along
Heidi
Trish
MajorDomoTom
Harbo
meowmiao71
ImOnToo
TeamDoubleTow
CptnCodon
markhr
Joey Avocado
Not much progress but the ship's team is enjoying Isaac's buffet and mimosas while watching the NFL from Germany
We have 30 on the ship and 97 on the shore.
Emerging to the ship's lounge are
relic (and Maggie)
TheKater
Ergcat
whimsy
ZooAnimalsOnWheels
Adajeo
ladybird
Momo
Penny_Keatley
StunGun
and making it to shore are - including Heidi who was there all along
Heidi
Trish
MajorDomoTom
Harbo
meowmiao71
ImOnToo
TeamDoubleTow
CptnCodon
markhr
Joey Avocado
Bob Stevens
Cruise Director
Cruise Director
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I might need to resign myself to drinking with Isaac for the rest of the weekend. My workspace looks like this
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Fluctuat Nec Mergitur
- SingleMalt
- Posts: 91
- Joined: Sat May 30, 2020 5:28 pm
- Location: Columbus Ohio
- BarbaraK
- Posts: 2661
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 2:37 pm
- Location: Virginia
The answer is clever.woozy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:33 am I feel like I should be giving this more effort but knowing it is hard, having house guests this weekend, and wanting to keep my dignity in tack and nut grub for a nudge. I'm trying to simply walk away. But I'm worried learning the answer will be clever and cursing that I didn't try harder
It’s not so much that the meta is hard, it’s just hard to not get sucked into rabbit holes on the simple elegant path
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)
(And if I help you win a mug, I’ll be especially delighted.)