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Well I don't know if that's a spoiler or not, but it certainly is a confuser. Now I am even LESS sure I will ever get this!FKelly wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:34 pm On the beach with a six-letter word that makes perfect sense, All Things Considered.
Some of the grid entries are down-right bizarre, A39 and D25. How's that for a natick
A bit concerned about the 'specialized knowledge' required to solve this puzzle. If you don't have it to begin with, there is really no way of getting it since nothing else even hints at this knowledge.
I may have a 'specialized knowledge' problem with "Playlist Omission", the August MMMM. Some are claiming it's too easy to be an August. I see nothing pointing in the direction of a method, which suggests I lack this 'specialized knowledge'. Even with the 'specialized knowledge' for Shenk's puzzle, I had to draw the grid and enter the answers in pencil before I realized that I knew this. I think better through the point of a pencil. Typing into the online puzzle didn't provide any cognition that I had the 'specialized knowledge'. Next step is to draw the grid for the MMMM, fill with pencil and see if the magic works again.
I don't believe there is any spoiler. Putting it through the point of a pencil is probably how most people solve it. I admit I was confused after the online fill. Without the pencil fill, I didn't realize that I knew it.DrTom wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:48 pmWell I don't know if that's a spoiler or not, but it certainly is a confuser. Now I am even LESS sure I will ever get this!FKelly wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:34 pm On the beach with a six-letter word that makes perfect sense, All Things Considered.
Some of the grid entries are down-right bizarre, A39 and D25. How's that for a natick
A bit concerned about the 'specialized knowledge' required to solve this puzzle. If you don't have it to begin with, there is really no way of getting it since nothing else even hints at this knowledge.
I may have a 'specialized knowledge' problem with "Playlist Omission", the August MMMM. Some are claiming it's too easy to be an August. I see nothing pointing in the direction of a method, which suggests I lack this 'specialized knowledge'. Even with the 'specialized knowledge' for Shenk's puzzle, I had to draw the grid, copy the clues beside it and enter the answers in pencil before I realized that I knew this. I think better through the point of a pencil. Typing into the online puzzle didn't provide any cognition that I had the 'specialized knowledge'. Next step is to draw the grid for the MMMM, copy the clues along side, fill with pencil and see if the magic works again.
The response from my wife was probably what you got from Mark. "thank goodness. now I don't have to suffer all weekend"Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:41 pm Oh, for goodness' sake, there it is! All of you must have been sending smart vibes my way because I GOT IT just a few minutes after taking a break from editing. (And yes, I texted Mark immediately.) See everyone on Tuesday evening!
Pretty much verbatim! Also relief that the Puzzle Clipboard will NOT accompany us on our jaunt to historical New Castle, Delaware, this weekend.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:10 pmThe response from my wife was probably what you got from Mark. "thank goodness. now I don't have to suffer all weekend"Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:41 pm Oh, for goodness' sake, there it is! All of you must have been sending smart vibes my way because I GOT IT just a few minutes after taking a break from editing. (And yes, I texted Mark immediately.) See everyone on Tuesday evening!
D'oh! Yep.
You win, I have never heard of a Jack Snipe. i had to google it. Did you see one in northern europe or asia?LadyBird wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:22 pm We are on vacation without access to a printer. I created a homemade--and frankly JACKed up looking--grid. I can only see the clues when I go to my phone screen to see the SNapshot that I took of the pdf. This is not a recIPE for success! Which means that I am on the boat.
I may have to try shooting some clay pigeons--haven't done that since I was a kid. Not sure why my grandpa thought it was a good idea to hand a shotgun to a preteen.
That's not Wrigley!sharkicicles wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:25 am Bob, I love your new graphic. Here's one from the Central Division. -->
In a pinch, I've been known to take a sheet of either plain or ruled paper and use a book as a straight-edge to draw a (not very pretty but still usable) grid.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:30 amIt is amazing how desperation sets inBrianMac wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:26 amDo you happen to have any puzzles that you printed out with you? If you turn one over (assuming you didn't print 2-sided), you can make a pretty good grid by tracing the grid on the back of the paper, assuming they are the same size (15 x 15 in this case).LadyBird wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:22 pm We are on vacation without access to a printer. I created a homemade--and frankly JACKed up looking--grid. I can only see the clues when I go to my phone screen to see the SNapshot that I took of the pdf. This is not a recIPE for success! Which means that I am on the boat.
I may have to try shooting some clay pigeons--haven't done that since I was a kid. Not sure why my grandpa thought it was a good idea to hand a shotgun to a preteen.
I saw it in County Wexford, Ireland last October. I met up with a local bird guide for 4-5 hours while my husband found a little village to hang out in. Turns out the guide wrote the field guide on the birds of Ireland, so I learned/saw a lot! And I had him sign my book.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:41 pmYou win, I have never heard of a Jack Snipe. i had to google it. Did you see one in northern europe or asia?LadyBird wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:22 pm We are on vacation without access to a printer. I created a homemade--and frankly JACKed up looking--grid. I can only see the clues when I go to my phone screen to see the SNapshot that I took of the pdf. This is not a recIPE for success! Which means that I am on the boat.
I may have to try shooting some clay pigeons--haven't done that since I was a kid. Not sure why my grandpa thought it was a good idea to hand a shotgun to a preteen.
Come to Massachusetts in June and I will take you where they are nesting - that will clean up your error.LadyBird wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:18 pmI saw it in County Wexford, Ireland last October. I met up with a local bird guide for 4-5 hours while my husband found a little village to hang out in. Turns out the guide wrote the field guide on the birds of Ireland, so I learned/saw a lot! And I had him sign my book.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:41 pmYou win, I have never heard of a Jack Snipe. i had to google it. Did you see one in northern europe or asia?LadyBird wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:22 pm We are on vacation without access to a printer. I created a homemade--and frankly JACKed up looking--grid. I can only see the clues when I go to my phone screen to see the SNapshot that I took of the pdf. This is not a recIPE for success! Which means that I am on the boat.
I may have to try shooting some clay pigeons--haven't done that since I was a kid. Not sure why my grandpa thought it was a good idea to hand a shotgun to a preteen.
My goal is to reference birds that I have actually seen. Of course, I messed up the very first week--I did Least Tern when I should have done Common Tern. But I've been good since.
Yes I get that response a lot too. Except I usually suffer all weekend.Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:10 pmThe response from my wife was probably what you got from Mark. "thank goodness. now I don't have to suffer all weekend"Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:41 pm Oh, for goodness' sake, there it is! All of you must have been sending smart vibes my way because I GOT IT just a few minutes after taking a break from editing. (And yes, I texted Mark immediately.) See everyone on Tuesday evening!