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Difficulty: Hard Friday, December 8, 2006

Not Completed Play This Puzzle

CHAT LOG for Friday, December 8, 2006

12:55 am
lawfully

done, not bad... must first fill in all greens first, though
1:07 am
kebek

anybody having success without greens?
1:08 am
drwho

Only 6 or 7 numbers before I went green.
1:09 am
kebek

yeah, i appear to be stuck. sigh. green it is.
1:23 am
augurus

What a neat Hard puzzle.
1:30 am
kebek

so easy with green, but i couldn't see it without. maybe someday i'll get there.
1:31 am
mikehell

Well I'm still stuck, even with greens in play. I'm just missing something
1:32 am
itzie

same here
1:33 am
drwho

Look for hidden pairs.
1:34 am
itzie

What are hidden pairs?
1:35 am
drwho

http://www.scanraid.com/AdvanStrategies.htm
1:35 am
itzie

Thanks
1:42 am
drwho

Difficulty score 45. Techniques needed: cross hatching, missing digit scan, region intersection analysis, naked pair and hidden pair analysis.
2:26 am
mab

once marked with green, the chink in the wall is immediately evident. interesting.
2:26 am
mab

once marked with green, the chink in the wall is immediately evident. interesting.
3:32 am
grzybu

quite easy ;)
4:35 am
bzikofski

what the ? the lines are darker.. why ?
4:38 am
bzikofski

the diagram looks worse now.. there should be an option for people who don't want the dark lines
4:39 am
sprite

I don't see any difference?
4:57 am
bzikofski

the thin lines
4:59 am
bzikofski

the thin lines are darker
6:49 am
jwjjjcjh

done
8:07 am
yul

hello everybody
8:07 am
Moozey

hey yul how are you?
8:08 am
UDbmas

god morning
8:08 am
yul

hay, Moozey, I'm fine :)
8:08 am
Moozey

good to hear it ;o)
8:09 am
yul

And you?
8:10 am
Moozey

not too bad thank you, just tucking into a late lunch, flighting between sudoku, Times crossword and reading entertainment weekly. So a bit all over the place hahaha
8:10 am
UDbmas

Today's puzzle is a particularly nice one... I like this level
8:11 am
Moozey

I'm at the greenie stage UDmas...too tired to attempt it without them
8:11 am
yul

Energetic ;)
8:11 am
UDbmas

Green's here too, but I don't mind using them
8:11 am
Moozey

nah just not able to focus on any one thing at the moment hahaha
8:12 am
UDbmas

one of those "2 martini lunches???"
8:12 am
Moozey

oh I don't mind using them too, just a little lost hence flitting between things. Martini's ...I wish haha
8:13 am
UDbmas

you know, I have never had a martini... margarhitas, white russiands, cape cods...yes...
8:14 am
Moozey

actually I have never had a martini...always fancied one though
8:14 am
UDbmas

umm... ignore the spelling booboos... 18 degrees here & my hands are still cold
8:14 am
yul

Moozey, did you ever had a lunch at Oxo tower restaurant?
8:16 am
Moozey

yes last week...how did you know ;o)
8:16 am
Moozey

I made a guess and I was lucky hahaha, that is me done ;o)
8:17 am
yul

18 degrees is very cold... When I woke up it was 21 and freezing...
8:17 am
Moozey

so are you going to eat there yul?
8:17 am
yul

I just wanted to know is thre a set price for a lunch there
8:18 am
Moozey

Not on the 8th floor but the bistro on the 2nd probably does
8:19 am
Moozey

I can always check for you because I work in the incredibly tall building opposite it
8:19 am
yul

I think the 8th floor is too much for me at the moment :[
8:20 am
Moozey

hey I only went to the 8th because I was taken...I wouldn't spend that money there
8:21 am
Moozey

and to be honest the food on the 8th wasn't spectacular for the money spent and the service wasn't anything to right home about
8:21 am
yul

If you are in the restaurant next time, please, look it up for me?
8:22 am
yul

I see... I shall better go to bar Shu. Have you been there?
8:22 am
UDbmas

oops... I hat it when this happens... meant to "save as checkpoint" but clicked "start over"... oh well... maybe I'll try again later. Have a good one guys.
8:23 am
Moozey

well the restaurant on the second floor is called tamesa and they have Christmas menus.... http://www.oxotower.co.uk/tamesa.html
8:24 am
yul

oooh, never mind, see you soon UDbmas
8:24 am
Moozey

not tried the Shu bar where is that?
8:24 am
Moozey

bye UDbmas
8:26 am
yul

Bar Shu is the new Chinese with an authentic Sichuan coocking
8:27 am
yul

The food tastes so unusual and it is very popular right now.
8:30 am
yul

If you avoid fish and sea food (which are prised from £18-£70) per main course you could find great beef, vegi and pork mains around £8.
8:32 am
yul

It is 28 Frith Street W1D 5LF. www.bar-shu.co.uk
8:38 am
yul

and the portions are very large, even the starters
8:40 am
bzikofski

i can't finish it . any clues
8:41 am
bzikofski

i mean, any clues, people ? ;)
8:43 am
Andy

I'm just starting so I can't help yet...
8:44 am
yul

I'm just started
8:52 am
Moozey

sorry got pulled away there yul, sounds quite interesting and I think I will need to chck that out.
8:54 am
Moozey

sorry i made a guess and a lucky one
8:56 am
yul

I recommend it highly, especially sea bass in pepper broth for £28 ( feeds 4 people easily) and 'smacked' cucumber
8:57 am
Moozey

cool
8:58 am
Andy

Found an x-wing... that helped.
8:58 am
yul

i can only think of bar shu now
9:03 am
Andy

That x-wing blew it open. All done!
9:03 am
Andy

Anyone need clues?
9:07 am
Andy

Ok, heading out. Have a good day all!
9:07 am
yul

good day Andy
10:48 am
yul

done! with an x-wing! thanks for the clue, Andy
1:26 pm
Minski

what's an x-wing?
1:55 pm
yul

it's when you have only 2 same figures in two rows or columns and exclude extra same numbers beyond the 'rectangle' made from 'same' numbers
1:56 pm
yul

it's better explained on simple sudoku site
1:57 pm
pabtrek

do you know a site yul
1:57 pm
yul

t is on my machine which is in repair now :(
1:58 pm
pabtrek

sorry to hear that
1:58 pm
yul

google simple sudoku, pabtrek
1:59 pm
pabtrek

thanks
1:59 pm
yul

you are wellcome
1:59 pm
hurshy

yul, it's your season
2:00 pm
yul

ha, hello hurshy :D
2:01 pm
hurshy

hello
2:02 pm
hurshy

just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too
2:02 pm
hurshy

come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
2:02 pm
hurshy

outside the snow is falling and friends are calling yoo-hoo
2:02 pm
hurshy

come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
2:02 pm
yul

I would love it
2:02 pm
hurshy

i went on a sleigh ride in vermont one time
2:03 pm
Zugzug7

we don't get snow here :(
2:03 pm
hurshy

it would be better if you could drive yourself though.
2:03 pm
hurshy

where is that zug?
2:03 pm
yul

i used to do it in Russia
2:04 pm
Zugzug7

California of course. 50 miles from Tahoe
2:04 pm
hurshy

ah. california.
2:04 pm
Zugzug7

We are currently in what I would call Spring, after growing up in Washington State.
2:05 pm
yul

fresh snow and not too many trees on the way... such a fun
2:05 pm
Zugzug7

Two seasons here. Hot and Wet.
2:07 pm
Zugzug7

my son and I saw a sleigh a few months ago in Northern California. He didn't know what it was. "It doesn't have wheels Dad".
2:07 pm
hurshy

lol, doesn't he watch any christmas specials?
2:08 pm
Zugzug7

not so much any more. He's 16.
5:15 pm
Minski

Done!
9:28 pm
eyeman

Whew, after several weeks I got the hardest easy on the archives: 7/28.
9:41 pm
Stephanie

Hi
9:52 pm
Stephanie

bye!