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Difficulty: Medium Thursday, December 18, 2008

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CHAT LOG for Thursday, December 18, 2008

12:03 am
drwho

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http://www.sudopedia.org/
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12:29 am
drwho

Difficulty score 24. No green.
12:45 am
mab

where is wb?
12:45 am
eyeman

asleep
12:46 am
mab

how do you know, eyeman?
12:46 am
eyeman

good guess, no?
12:47 am
mab

wb is here every night. every, every night. I miss him. or her.
12:48 am
eyeman

if he's in new england, maybe he's preparing for the snowstorm.
12:49 am
mab

are we really getting that?
12:49 am
eyeman

as of last night, Ch. 4 says 8 to 14 if you're in SE NE.
12:50 am
mab

weather prediction is better done by clairvoyants here in western mass
12:51 am
eyeman

i think you'll be ok - this one's coming up the coast, not from the west.
12:53 am
mab

drive carefully if you must drive at all
12:53 am
eyeman

thanks - gotta work in Hyannis tomorrow and Saturday.
12:58 am
eyeman

this puzzle is elusive
1:00 am
mab

i'm poking along all right, however, if there is a snag I shall surely find it
1:01 am
eyeman

gotta go green
1:03 am
eyeman

it's coming together unless I goofed
1:04 am
eyeman

yech. goofed. Backup time.
1:07 am
mab

must be all these christmas songs that are distracting you.
1:07 am
mab

i'm jewish and i even sing along
1:07 am
eyeman

It's those reindeer - Rudolph and Olive.
1:08 am
mab

elgar is coming up pretty soon though
1:08 am
eyeman

Pomp & Circumstance?
1:08 am
mab

olive? don't tell me, green nose?
1:08 am
mab

enigma var.
1:09 am
eyeman

No, Olive, the other reindeer.... see?
1:10 am
eyeman

Love Elgar cello concerto
1:11 am
mab

i pretty much love all elgar, but esp the cello concerto.
1:12 am
eyeman

indeed?! I remember Jacqueline DuPre playing it at Tanglewood. Have not seen Yo-Yo doing it, but watching him grimace is distracting
1:13 am
mab

you saw du pre? how wonderful!
1:14 am
eyeman

She wore a blue dress. Don't think Barenboim conducted, tho.
1:15 am
mab

so romantic that couple.
1:15 am
mab

until she got sick and he dumped her.
1:15 am
mab

but i'm sure it was more complex than that.
1:16 am
eyeman

You saw the film?
1:16 am
mab

I did see the film
1:16 am
eyeman

the title escapes me...
1:17 am
mab

barenboim came off rather badly
1:18 am
eyeman

Prima donna he thinks he is... or primo don
1:18 am
mab

the title was .... i think the two sisters' names
1:18 am
eyeman

you a musician?
1:19 am
mab

no. just love classical and jazz
1:20 am
eyeman

musicians need music lovers... I like jazz but know more about classical
1:20 am
mab

you play piano?
1:21 am
eyeman

used to - now in music management with pianists and a competition: www.clevelandpiano.org
1:22 am
mab

a blessing.
1:23 am
eyeman

I think so - work is endless abut fulfilling.
1:23 am
mab

i will misspell the name, but what do you make of lam lam?
1:24 am
eyeman

Lang-Lang ? He doesn't impress me. Tiresome after awhile.
1:25 am
eyeman

He sells tickets tho
1:25 am
mab

i think he thinks he channels horowitz. he will mature.
1:26 am
mab

and thanks for the proper spelling
1:26 am
eyeman

if all the money he makes doesn't spoil him
1:27 am
eyeman

You know there's a child prodigy named Peng-Peng? Really!
1:28 am
mab

no, i didn't
1:28 am
eyeman

google him. I saw him play Liszt 1 with Slatkin and the Nashville S.O. last year.
1:29 am
mab

lang lang is maybe poorly managed. fame surely has knocked him for a loop. he knows not who he is.
1:30 am
eyeman

agreed. I'll be in Lenox in April for one of my client's performances - Yaron Kohlberg, from Israel. Fine player!
1:30 am
mab

lovely
1:31 am
eyeman

he has a nice website like many musicians.
1:32 am
eyeman

back to the puzzle...
1:36 am
eyeman

Finished it 1
1:36 am
mab

and composes, the wee lad peng peng gong
1:36 am
mab

mazel tov
1:38 am
eyeman

Thanks. You almost done?
1:38 am
mab

no. i started googling around and forgot to save first!
1:41 am
mab

oh. one last question if you are still there. ever see rostropovich?
1:42 am
eyeman

Oops. I was wondering about your profession. Oh, Slava Rostropovich? Yes, a couple of time.. I was in Philadelphia with Shostakovich wihen he premiered the composer's 1st cello concerto. (dates me a bit)...
1:43 am
eyeman

Met Shostakovich, too, there!
1:43 am
eyeman

They digned my program!
1:44 am
eyeman

signed it (sorry)
1:44 am
mab

i am presently without portfolio. i envy your career - i'm wordless
1:44 am
mab

did you call him 'slava?'
1:44 am
mab

did you know him that well?
1:45 am
eyeman

Yes, Slava was his affectionate name.
1:45 am
mab

oh my, eyeman
1:46 am
eyeman

No, I didn't know him well, but I had a friend who knew and worked with him. Unfortunately Esther passed away.
1:48 am
mab

he was a great favorite of mine, obviously. such a sound one hears so rarely this side of heaven
1:48 am
eyeman

Come to Kimball Farms in Lenox April 10 for Yaron's recital; 7:30 pm, and enjoy. Now I have to get some sleep - Nite, mab!
1:48 am
mab

sleep well eyeman
1:49 am
eyeman

nice meeting you. See you next time out here. Happy Hanukkah.
1:49 am
mab

happy holidays to you as well. see you next time
2:16 am
trueheart11

go
2:18 am
Ed-was_here

Go
2:19 am
Phil

go
2:30 am
trueheart11

done. no greens
3:00 am
Ed-was_here

Done with greens
5:39 am
kixx

go
6:11 am
kixx

done, with greens, kinda tricky in the middle
7:21 am
Andy

go
7:50 am
kaosangel

Go
7:52 am
Andy

done
7:53 am
Andy

needed quick peek at greens to find the solo. Hint: It's a single digit number in one of the rows.
7:53 am
Andy

;)
7:57 am
kaosangel

Done. No Greens.
8:46 am
gman

andy, nice clue. Why dont you just give away the whole puzzle?? :)
10:21 am
Prof_Neptune

Hold on to your hats, folks, and save your work. I'm restarting the server...
10:24 am
Dr_God

Oops. I was logged in under the wrong account there. :)
10:24 am
Dr_God

No worries, the server is back up.
10:25 am
UDbmas

Thank you Dr God... you're the best.
10:25 am
UDbmas

No matter what name you use... LOL
10:26 am
UDbmas

BTW, I see the ad for "Poker Sudoku" below...can we get there from here?
10:59 am
sandbox74

commence
11:35 am
sandbox74

going green
11:59 am
sandbox74

terminate... fie on that digit...
2:53 pm
helenkeller

go
3:04 pm
Inge

done
3:06 pm
helenkeller

no green
3:06 pm
helenkeller

heya inge!
3:19 pm
drwho

Pay no attention to Andy's hint. It was a single digit number in one of the COLUMNS, not one of the rows!
3:59 pm
yul

hello
5:14 pm
Montreal13

done...with greens..."sigh" - enjoy the rest of the day all !
5:14 pm
yul

yes, I was quite blind too
6:48 pm
waltzingandy

OK, I've now done this puzzle TWICE and it's complete and with no errors and it doesn't register as being done! ANybody else have that problem?
6:59 pm
Inge

I would make myself a copy of the finished puzzle. Then try reffreshing and see what happens. When this happened to me months ago, it turned out that I had a duplicate numbre in a quadrant. Good luck
7:25 pm
littlebit

andy...the same thing just happened to me...i'm not smiling!!
7:52 pm
dorens

oh my goodness. you'd think I'd pay attention to andy and littlebit before me? same here. no errors. not registering!
8:08 pm
Zugzug7

hmmm. It did the same to me. Complete but no credit.
8:27 pm
Mayan_Warrior

Send an email to Dr. God
8:35 pm
peep

I just turned 58 yesterday. I thought I had lost my mind. I know I did this puzzle earlier! I'm glad you are all having the same problem.
8:37 pm
mab

sainted aunt! iron sudoku is broken
8:37 pm
Mayan_Warrior

Dr. God is very immediate in her/his response
8:38 pm
Mayan_Warrior

Happy Birthday, Peep
8:43 pm
peep

thanks, I had a great day..and it spilled over to today!
8:43 pm
Mayan_Warrior

That's even better. I love birthdays
8:47 pm
mab

ever since i switched to firefox my breath is minty fresh, my souffles never fall, and my sudoku is whole and complete.
8:49 pm
Mayan_Warrior

Hmmm... Is this dire circumstance occuring on Firefox? Heaven Forbid! IE must remove itself from our Iron Sudoku Kingdom!
11:52 pm
Zugzug7

doesn't work on firefox either