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Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:41 pm**

Saved this one for Sunday and had a fun swim to the beach. Ashore with a Fairhope IPA in hand in Fort Morgan.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:25 pm**

I’m stuck at sea again this week...still just the one solve from the country singer a few weeks ago. Was hopeful again for this one with the solve rate, but no dice

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:13 pm**

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:20 am Hmm. I didn’t need to google anything for WSJ, and I’d guess that most people wouldn’t need to either.

Now MGWCC - that’s another story.

Right you are. I had them confused. Old age and all that.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:29 pm**

Good luck all! May the odds be ever in your favor!

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:09 pm**

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:15 pm
JRS51 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:15 pm Well things didn’t click for me when i did the grid on Friday, and after a round of golf yesterday with the temperature 109 as we finished I wasn’t in any condition to solve anything. But I woke up in the middle of the night with realization of step 1, and a good idea what step 2 would be. It seems clear that my ideas work, though I’m a bit concerned after being in last week’s forty group. All in all I believe I’m on the beach, under an umbrella of course.
Why and where did you play in 109 degree temperature. I once played in 100 and thought I was going to die. It would have to be a free round at Pebble Beach to get me to play in those conditions

FWIW I'd rather play in 114deg of Palm Springs heat than 85+deg/85 relative humidity.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:11 pm**

Late to the solve. A very 60-A meta!

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:20 pm**

EdStrong wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:52 am Not seeing it yet - count me among the bar patrons, plenty of spacing capacity it would seem...

I'm still there with you, Ed. Maybe just you and me based on the many posts of a crowded beach.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:43 pm**

Our final count is 5 on the ship and 179 on the shore.

We have another new muggle from NC - Ricky

ALECgator13 joined the group keeping Isaac company

And getting to the shore are
NuYear68
JRS51
Carla
Jeremy
amheissan
Ed S
Bill T
ricky
Abide
RDaleHall
and Jarrod

In another couple of hours we will know who is on the right shore and who is on a deserted island.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:49 pm**

I always seem to miss the "final" count. I'm on shore. Given that many people seem to think it was an easy one, I hope it's the right one.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:14 pm**

SewYoung wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:20 pm
EdStrong wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:52 am Not seeing it yet - count me among the bar patrons, plenty of spacing capacity it would seem...
I'm still there with you, Ed. Maybe just you and me based on the many posts of a crowded beach.

Keep at it, Lisa. You’ve been doing this for a long time. We’ve seen this mechanism before.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:23 pm**

On shore and on vacation. I normally print out the pdf and carry it with me to look at if I don’t get the meta right away. This time I had a short time on a laptop to do the grid and send myself a picture of the completed grid. Fortunately I could solve the meta from that.

Posted: **Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:32 pm**

On shore. Finished the grid on Friday but didn’t return for the meta until this evening after the kids were in bed. Nice to arrive after a couple weeks missing out.

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:00 am**

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:18 am**

well, I thought I was on the E.T. shore, but turns out that I was standing in one of 7 buckets of sand on the Lido deck, looking at the sunset.

Nice construction and tip of the hat to those with G.I. answers (no GI problems, just GI answers).

Got the "Good for You", so 50% ain't bad for this weekend.

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:31 am**

Dang - went with MP. Anyone else do the same?

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:35 am**

EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:31 am Dang - went with MP. Anyone else do the same?

I think a case could also be made for MP

Probably not as strong as GI but certainly something not a bad answer

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:42 am**

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:35 am
EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:31 am Dang - went with MP. Anyone else do the same?
I think a case could also be made for MP

Probably not as strong as GI but certainly something not a bad answer

What's the logic behind MP?

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:58 am**

In my opinion M.P. is not as good as forty was last week.

I thought this was a fun meta.

I was afraid that there were other 2 letter initialisms for soldier but my first thought was G. I. so I went with it.

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:07 am**

I also was too eager with ET, thinking the "seven"th theme answer was hidden. Didn't actually find the shore this week, I guess.

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:37 am**

steveb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:42 am
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:35 am
EdStrong wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:31 am Dang - went with MP. Anyone else do the same?
I think a case could also be made for MP

Probably not as strong as GI but certainly something not a bad answer
What's the logic behind MP?

Both MP’s and GI’s are soldiers

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