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Difficulty: Hard Friday, June 27, 2008

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CHAT LOG for Friday, June 27, 2008

12:05 am
trueheart11

go
12:20 am
trueheart11

done. no greens
12:21 am
UnikeTheHunter

That's pretty fast, TH.
12:27 am
UnikeTheHunter

Done, no greens. I liked that one. There were several pair to keep in mind all at the same time.
12:35 am
drwho

Difficulty score 30. No green. Not too hard, not too easy.
12:42 am
WHB

Done
1:29 am
eyeman

Done with a red, so back to bed. 'Nuf said.
2:51 am
katmama

wow...a scan through lets me fill in 2. tis a good day so far :P
3:26 am
katmama

done, with an unashamed use of greens
4:12 am
Phil

start
4:33 am
Phil

only 3 filled have to use greens
4:51 am
Phil

Done, finally, a few greens and an educated guess
5:06 am
Andy

go
5:12 am
kixx

go
5:21 am
Andy

done
5:21 am
Andy

used all kinds of little colorful numbers
5:22 am
kaosangel

Morning. Go.
5:24 am
kaosangel

Switching on the greens ...
5:27 am
kaosangel

You have completed today's puzzle

3 points have been added to your Ranking
5:27 am
kaosangel

oops
5:28 am
kaosangel

Done. Greens turned it from mind-numbing to cake
5:29 am
franebrown

Eeks! Been at this toooo long even with auto-fill greens and still finding it very hard.
5:33 am
kixx

done, some greens. not so hard
5:36 am
myxtyplx

A great leaning site for newbies..like me.
5:38 am
myxtyplx

http://www.scanraid.com/sudoku.htm
5:39 am
myxtyplx

I meant "learningsite" http://www.scanraid.com/sudoku.htm
6:14 am
brittlefish.com

go
6:35 am
smooth_pappa

start
6:42 am
smooth_pappa

jeez, i can't even get a good start on this one
6:43 am
brittlefish.com

hey smooth. done. auto g+r. made it tooo easy.
6:44 am
smooth_pappa

good job brittle. I may go for greens, but I want to keep plugging along without for a few minutes, just to see if it clicks for me
6:46 am
brittlefish.com

there's one basic "technique" that opens waaaay up with greens. and there were at least two of them.
6:48 am
smooth_pappa

I've found a few numbers in the top three squares.
6:51 am
smooth_pappa

and done. with greens. you're right way easy with those
6:51 am
smooth_pappa

have a good day!
6:52 am
brittlefish.com

was it the naked triples?
6:53 am
brittlefish.com

see ya
7:08 am
angieplumptit

I suggest the Weinloff-Collicutt double tap method (but ignore the double reverse). Easy then.
7:09 am
angieplumptit

And a novena to St Cecil of Rhodes.
7:10 am
angieplumptit

And trust in the Lord. (God bless Him!)
8:04 am
ypsigirl

done, happy Friday
10:06 am
RodeoRogue

go
10:40 am
RodeoRogue

done, with greens, interruptions, and a partridge in a pear tree.
11:06 am
Inge

DONE with greens . NOw to do yesterday's
11:06 am
Atalante

wow! did the partridge help?
11:07 am
Inge

the sudoku faerie on my shoulder sure helps
11:08 am
Atalante

I think I need to borrow her ...
11:08 am
Inge

yesterday was its day off, so I did not solve the puzzle
11:08 am
dorens

does this faerie fly around and help others? i could use her too
11:08 am
Atalante

I think I have one that has 6 days off each week
11:09 am
Atalante

thats what I was wondering!
11:09 am
Inge

faeries do fly, don't they? Ask our babbler faeriekae or what ever. Where is she now?
11:10 am
Atalante

all happy with her man and no time for babbling, I guess
11:10 am
dorens

well,as long as she's happy, right?
11:11 am
Atalante

absolutely!
11:16 am
Inge

But she ought to report occasionally on the plants I sent her two years ago. :) :) :)
11:18 am
Atalante

she should! just a quick note to tell us how she is!
11:18 am
Inge

right!
11:18 am
Atalante

has anyone got her email address?
11:19 am
Inge

let me check
11:23 am
dorens

i promise if you send me plants i will thank you at least annually, inge
11:23 am
Inge

nope, I must have erased it , perhaps even after her move to OHIO, Lt me check the MY Friends list
11:24 am
dorens

hm, this IS a hard one
11:24 am
Atalante

it really is
11:25 am
dorens

glad it's not just me ata:)
11:26 am
Atalante

absolutely not :)
11:26 am
Inge

Eureka!!! faeriekay@yahoo.com was her email in her bio
11:26 am
dorens

good sleuthing inge
11:27 am
Atalante

woohoo! send her a quick email and check she's well and happy!
11:28 am
Atalante

darn. I was doing so well, than I hit pink. this is a stinker
11:28 am
dorens

i have to resort to guesses
11:29 am
dorens

either that or walk away for a while... think it's time to walk away, been sitting at the computer for too long anyway.... good luck
11:31 am
Inge

I wrote to faerie, but when I started her address another one popped up for her with sbc.global.net. I wrote to that one first. If no response I will try the other
11:33 am
Atalante

FM says its the sbcglobal one!
11:33 am
Inge

OK
12:08 pm
Inge

The message to sbcglobal. net was returned by the mail delivery system. I am now trying the other one
12:09 pm
FMitch

Oh, shame. That was in her profile :(
12:26 pm
Inge

and now I finished yesterday's as well. This is definitely a good faierie day! Dorens, Ata, you may borrow her
12:31 pm
Atalante

ty Inge! that worked!
12:32 pm
FMitch

you havent' done it have you?
12:32 pm
Atalante

yep!
12:32 pm
dorens

finally!
12:32 pm
FMitch

you rat bag!! :)
12:32 pm
dorens

guess inge's fairy really did travel, eh?
12:32 pm
Atalante

its my infinitely superior firefox giving me greens :P:P
12:33 pm
dorens

hahahaha
12:33 pm
Inge

i also have 14 angels from Hansel und Gretel that travel, if you can't fall asleep
12:33 pm
FMitch

I shall do it the old fashioned way!
12:35 pm
Atalante

go go FM!
12:37 pm
Atalante

so how come this isn't an expert?
12:38 pm
FMitch

cos Dr-G can't afford for us all to throw our 'puters out the window at once
12:38 pm
Atalante

you mean most ppl haven't today?
12:39 pm
FMitch

getting close Im sure
12:45 pm
Inge

Dr Who claims the difficulty score is 30
12:46 pm
Atalante

is that good or bad?
12:47 pm
FMitch

lower the number, the easier the grid. So this is quite a toughie
12:47 pm
dorens

t was tough. i needed autogreens AND guesses... that is expert in my book
12:48 pm
Atalante

well we know *that* LOL
12:49 pm
dorens

all right enough. i am stepping away from the computer. bye
12:49 pm
FMitch

Bye dorens
12:50 pm
Atalante

bye dorens!
12:50 pm
Inge

Bye Dorens
12:50 pm
Inge

And I too shall take my leave. *poof*
4:01 pm
Stephanie

go
4:15 pm
Stephanie

done, with greens
5:10 pm
BoredByPolitics

Done, finally, with greens ... enjoyed that one :)
5:38 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Only 2 in and I'm stuck. Going to go out and pick apricots.
6:12 pm
yul

hello everybody
6:36 pm
yul

stuck
6:40 pm
hurshy

apricots or aypricots?
6:59 pm
yul

ddone
7:00 pm
yul

had to use greens a lot thought. have a nice evening everybody
7:18 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Apricots. I picked a bunch, cut them in half, sprinkled with salt, vitamin c, and sugar... then set them out to dry.
8:26 pm
scsongbird

go
8:46 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Well, I'm stuck at 2. Going green.
9:08 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Done, awash in greens.
9:09 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Somebody please congratulate me. My score just reached exactly 1000.
9:11 pm
mamabear

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! ***!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!
9:11 pm
UnikeTheHunter

Thanks bear.
9:12 pm
mamabear

you're welcome hunter.......
9:12 pm
UnikeTheHunter

You'd be relieved to know, I'm not a bear hunter.
9:13 pm
mamabear

LOL... I was afraid to ask. Thought about it though.
10:17 pm
helenkeller

go
10:39 pm
helenkeller

done - easy going with the greens :)
10:39 pm
helenkeller

well, ok, i guess that was 22 minutes of easy going, lol
10:55 pm
sandbox74

commence
11:11 pm
sandbox74

terminate.. no greens
11:12 pm
sandbox74

it took me 10 mins to get started.. but once I found the crucial locked set.. everything just flowed