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Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:49 pm
by hoover
Forgot to shay, I've been on the boat for a few daysh.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:58 pm
by EVJ
Ashore! Love the mechanism. Very clever. But not getting the “aha!” from the five-letter word. Maybe the connection to the title will eventually dawn on me.
In the meantime I’m heading to day 2 of the Polish Harvest Festival (Dozynki) in Yorba Linda, CA. While there I’ll celebrate with a Zywiec while nibbling on golabki, pierogi, nalesniki, and paczki.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:52 pm
by Cindy N
And just like that, helpfully nudged in the right direction and on the shore!
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:13 pm
by CPJohnson
On the shore at last, with a hint from @Cinny , who got a hint from someone else. Sometimes I just don't see the obvious.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:28 pm
by sweetc
Ashore, I think!
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:48 pm
by Homer Buckle
I don't feel great about my answer, but submitted it. I hope I am ashore and it's not just an optical illusion.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:55 pm
by Hidden in 3D
ASHORE at last, after far too much floundering! I do so love those AHA moments when the lightbulb finally comes on! Only problem is I now have no excuse for not returning to my invasive-species-eradication-project in our back yard.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:46 pm
by DrTom
EVJ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:58 pm
Ashore! Love the mechanism. Very clever. But not getting the “aha!” from the five-letter word. Maybe the connection to the title will eventually dawn on me.
In the meantime I’m heading to day 2 of the Polish Harvest Festival (Dozynki) in Yorba Linda, CA. While there I’ll celebrate with a Zywiec while nibbling on golabki, pierogi, nalesniki, and paczki.
What, no Chruściki?
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:51 pm
by DrTom
femullen wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:01 am
DrTom wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:18 am
femullen wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:51 pm
At 1800 we splice the mainbrace, and once that tide comes in, there'll be no spare brain cells.
Hmmm, wonder where you are at that the sun doesn't come over the yardarm until 1800. Is this an Arctic expedition ship?
Aye, Dr. Tom, a polar icebreaker: the former USS
Glacier later US Coast Guard Cutter
Glacier, and probably this morning what you snapped in your Gillette.
We had shipmates this evening spanning three and a half decades of the ol' girl's life. Sobriety was not tolerated.
No I only shave with the USS Columbus CG-12 (which we swore meant Constantly Gone 12 months a year). I consider it payback for all of the pipe I fitted and plumbing I ran.
T
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 4:58 pm
by DrTom
Wendy Walker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:20 am
Sunday morning roll call, with Muggles reporting in from all over the world! Joining the beach party are ArchaicMage, Bob Cruise Director, Burak, Dr. Tom, HeadinHome, Hunkra, Inca, JeanneC, MisterSquawk, Omnibus, PJC, ReB, TeaJenny, and Woozy. Still puzzling away on the ship: Femullen, ImOnToo, Janet P, LadyBird, Susan Goldberg, ZooAnimalsOnWheels.
Remember, there's a Last Call group solve via Zoom at 8 p.m. (Philadelphia time) this evening. All are welcome, whether they've solved or not.
ALSO: Tomorrow's MMM puzzle was created by the regulars on the Tuesday Zoom meet-up. Give it a go!
Today's photo is a cute little guy I found while doing garden clean-up. I believe it's a juvenile red-spotted newt (
Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens).
OMG it turned her into a newt! (but she got better).
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:00 pm
by Janet P
Beach nowhere in sight.
Hoping for help from grown son
After I feed him!
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:50 pm
by Kris Zacharias
On shore. Working on genealogy all weekend to be able to give a family history to a cousin for her 80th birthday this week, I decided to ignore the crossword puzzle until dinner today. Afterwards I was sitting at the table staring at the grid in dismay and suddenly the mechanism appeared. Back to the genealogy.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:17 pm
by lisajoy
Sunday Update: gotcha! sneaky! loved the aha! am on shore now - even more fun than on the ship!
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:43 pm
by haydendog
Ashore thanks to a nudge from @DrTom.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:10 pm
by ky-mike
Still on the ship at the bar. Though I was on the USS Yorktown this afternoon. The Love Boat pales in comparison.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:16 pm
by littlegreycells
Ashore after a nudge!! I barely made it though
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:22 pm
by edestlin
Thanks to the Zoom last call for the nudge I needed to get ashore. Phew!
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:24 pm
by Efox999
Ashore thanks to the nudge in the zoom room. My boat was circling the dock and unable to find anchor, and without the nudge (just a point of the compass), I'd still be adrift.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:25 pm
by Katiedid
Wow, just solved! That was fun. I hadn't seen a thing all weekend, but maybe making and eating Catfish Pastalaya tonight woke up my brain.
Re: "Chit Chat" Sept. 26, 2022
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:28 pm
by rjy
Thanks zoomers! Had my rabbit-hole confirmed, just hadn’t dug sufficiently to get to the answer. Fun solve after staring off and on all weekend, but will cede my mug chances to someone a little more worthy. Cheers all, looking forward to the MMM!
