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Difficulty: Hard Monday, March 24, 2008

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CHAT LOG for Monday, March 24, 2008

12:22 am
tsianami

gk
2:03 am
eyeman

one green and done. back to bed.
6:05 am
brittlefish.com

go
6:11 am
Andy

Go (not sure I have time to finish)
6:15 am
BoredByPolitics

I enjoyed that one - took a leap of faith on my part that my logic was correct (felt correct, but couldn't prove it was correct). Once past that point it fell pretty easy. Still can't do Hards without greens though.
6:25 am
Andy

*pause*
6:29 am
brittlefish.com

yeah--not enough time. will restart later.
6:35 am
Andy

*resume*
6:44 am
smooth_pappa

start
6:55 am
smooth_pappa

done... used greens, but I don't think I needed to
6:56 am
Andy

I went green and am not making headway. Weird.
6:56 am
Andy

I always find it interesting how some people find certain puzzles dead easy and others find them very hard.
6:57 am
Andy

Well, I find it a lot more interesting when I'm the one who thinks a puzzle is dead easy. Right now, I'm frustrated.
6:59 am
Andy

OH CRAP
7:00 am
Andy

Note to self: The little "Bookmarks" icon in Safari's link bar does not just load a window to manage bookmarks. It actually moves away from the page you are on. In short, save a checkpoint before using it. Will restart later when I am not banging my head on the wall.
7:04 am
katmama

OH NO, Andy!!! how frustrating!
7:04 am
Andy

waaaah
7:05 am
katmama

i've had it before where i've been ALMOST done with a hard or an expert, and that's when the kitties decide to walk across your lap, stepping on the laptop and hitting the button that does the refresh
7:05 am
Andy

ugh
7:05 am
katmama

love the cats to death, but oh man does that tick me off!
7:07 am
katmama

well...this is definitely not the easy i was hoping for today...i'll have to come back to this one later. hope your retry goes more smoothly for you, andy!
7:08 am
Andy

thanks
8:55 am
franebrown

Needed greens and guesses. not happy about that!
9:07 am
spellacked

a hidden pair in a square fooled me for a long time
9:08 am
spellacked

doesn't need guesses, tho
9:15 am
spreadeagle

7 filled, struggling.
9:28 am
spreadeagle

I've found several pairs and a quad, still no relief...
9:31 am
spreadeagle

There's another quad, surely that will help
9:36 am
UDbmas

6 filled, went green...still stuck...brain still on vacation
9:38 am
spreadeagle

I'm moving now. Second quad did it :-)
9:39 am
yul

hello everybody
9:39 am
UDbmas

hi yul
9:39 am
spreadeagle

Hi yul, good one today...
9:40 am
yul

I hope so :)
9:42 am
yul

I don't feel very strong today. I don't won't a long struggle but I shall try.
9:43 am
spreadeagle

Done, finally. Needed greens.
9:59 am
spreadeagle

yul, are you going slow just to make me feel better?
10:13 am
mikehell

Darn, I've been so stuck at 7 for hours...
10:15 am
yul

omg i'm not looking forvard to it
10:26 am
yul

it looks evil. so green. I think i have to do it an easy vay
10:26 am
yul

way
10:33 am
yul

A hidden triple !!!
10:40 am
yul

another one!!!
10:41 am
spreadeagle

yul, I told you it was a good one today.
10:43 am
yul

I do believe you spreadeagle
11:02 am
yul

finally finished after having to restart. made a mistake during the degreening
11:03 am
yul

have a nice day everybody
12:13 pm
RodeoRogue

go\
12:27 pm
RodeoRogue

pause..
1:37 pm
Andy

Finally done. Very tricky today. Found a hidden triple and then a hidden pair and that broke it open. Used greens and stuff.
2:42 pm
RodeoRogue

going at it again.
2:52 pm
RodeoRogue

done, with greens and a guess
3:22 pm
drwho

Difficulty score 42. That was horrible. Theoretically, you only need some hidden and naked pairs. I didn't see any that I could use! Solved it with the Swiss Army Knife of Sudoku, Alternating Inference Chains.
4:01 pm
sandbox74

commence
4:17 pm
sandbox74

going green
4:35 pm
sandbox74

pause
5:00 pm
sandbox74

resume
5:12 pm
Montreal13

done...with plenty of greenage and 3 wrong guesses...ouf...have a great day all !
5:15 pm
sandbox74

arg... broke down and guessed... sigh
5:16 pm
Montreal13

sometimes sandbox, there's not much else one can do ... when time is limited...
5:52 pm
yul

drwho, are you there?
5:52 pm
yul

hello again
6:22 pm
brittlefish.com

go (again)
6:32 pm
brittlefish.com

done with auto g+r. either saw a pair or made a lucky guess. going back to puzzle this out for a while.
6:58 pm
brittlefish.com

hmm... was a lucky guess, i guess. scanraid shows a (rather obvious) triple that i didn't see on my own. drat.
10:35 pm
helenkeller

go
11:08 pm
helenkeller

done with greens
11:35 pm
abmoraz

start