done, with no help, yeah. good night all.

go

done

go

done

woot

congrats - awazingly fast...

i'm proud

going manual green.

Difficulty score 33. If you're stubborn enough, it can be done without green.

not feeling that stubborn, had 11 filled but too many pairs to keep straight...

I think I only used 1 pair.

i feel like ive been getting dumber recently. sigh...

The computer didn't use any pairs. I know what you mean. I just went through a spell of using greens on the easy ones.

eep - i hate it when an easy one throws me... bleah! :)

I've done 2 experts without green, so maybe that makes up for all the other times I go green.

yup - it does in my book. course, nobody ever reads my book. ;)

You need an agent.

Done

maybe a secret-agent?

Maybe, or just one that could get you booked on Oprah.

maybe oprah would be-convinced that sudoku is a favorite-thing and give everyone a pro-membership.

She could afford it. But you probably could too.

At least you could afford your own membership.

yeah - prolly, altho i cant justify it. instead i went and took a date to see ghost-rider this weekend. fun, but not nearly as much enjoyment as a membership would be...

better look under your seat right now, h, Oprah may have put a membership there.

nope, just my pup cursed up under my seat... besides, i cant see any cameras and "clap-now" signs...

pup cursed? umm - curled...

You swearing at your dog?

typos on a dvorak keyboard always look different...

that right/left thing - i get mixed up too

yup - mouth-like-a-sailor on my pup...

at least it SMELLS like a rotting-boat when he tries to kiss.

i like dvorak's slovakian dances

not familiar with his keyboard however

no dancing - scary... slovaks should stick to pastries... ok - im just punchy now... and this darn sudoku is kicking my arse.=

Slavonic dances?

oh - the keyboard is just silliness really. some folks will claim it helps typing speed. nah, just bunk. but i like having all the major-vowels and consonants under the home-row.

dvorak

finger-dancing - it keeps the steps small...

cripes, im no farther along and im just going to let the autofill loose and see what obviousness im missing...

yuk - that just made it worse! waah...

aha - a single ray of hope...

doh!

done, finally. something about triples was screwing me up...

off to watch a rousing tape of gilmore-girls... yes, im a sucker for babbling-brunettes... ;) gn

For somereason, I'm stuck at 15...

Took Waaay too long for a medium

wow, a pentupple, dont see many of those

this is slow going

finally

a pentupple???

I didn't see any pentuples! I think auto-fill green can make it over-complicated, sometimes. I do manual greens, and often that shows me several pairs or triples straightaway, making it relatively straightforward.

go

done

this one difficult without green. or may be weather is too nice

I found this one to be a lot harder than the hard the other day...maybe I just want to be outside ;o)

Yes, it's so great out there

to be honest I wasn't making any headway with this puzzle so I went for a walk around town then came back and finished the sucker hahaha

that's the best way

i sall do the same

have fun out there...it is beautiful

thanks

sure this isn't an expert? Back later... Stumped

This puzzle is highly disturbing.

Time to putz around and look for hiddens.

Seems to be working, although slowly.

easy with greens

Greens are yucky

but weather is too nice

it's one degree above freezing here.

balmy 31 here

aha, an x-wing.

like dark wing duck?

Although I'm not particularly enjoying the situation with these 4's.

There we are, done.

hi all

ugh. this is a medium??

im glad im not the only one

i have 11 filled in and am ready to move on to greens

you've done better than me... i started with greens, and have just 3 filled in!!

ready to gouge eyes out

ah ha, one more, been staring me in the face all this time

Oh my... from the chat I think I may be a long time at this one.

just had a breakthrough. i think.

Did it hurt?

ah! done!!

well done moedog

i started with the greens and have filled in 5 more so far, still not a major breakthrough, but a start

I am still in first scan mode...filled in one...

i think I found a three-way with an odd 9, and that started the cascade for me.

yeah, first scan didn't give me much at all

three

done

WTG!

ty, now back to feb 13th's expert

im pretty much reduced to guessing, but i really dont want to

good luck... I think it was easier

yay...done

gj

im severely stuck on last tuesdays

Go.

finally got it, but i did have to guess, stupid expert puzzles

definitely an expert puzzle... but only 2 points

but got it finally. Whew.

today's didn't give me a lot of trouble but last friday's killed me

sorry, last tuesdays

What a dysmal prospect.

Two guesses made. So far, so good. Stuck again.

Glad it's not just me.

Rats. One of my guesses must have been wrong. I'll get to work now.

Yay, done!

The hidden pairs and triples are hard to find

Pretty ugly for a Medium - done but think it was more luck than skill.

bottom middle square is the key

In my experience there's no such thing as luck . .

Don't go for the key! It's under the door mat! It's a trap!

go

The solution to this one is as elusive as Robert Denby . . .

SAAAMAK

done. with a lot of distractions. needed greens.

With the auto-fill, this wasnt' too bad.

i never understood how filling yourself is any different from autofilling

Some times I can get a better feel for the puzzle by filling myself instead of using autofil.

go

done

piece o' pie (once it broke open)

todays was nothing

trying now to do Mar. 28 in the archives

its killing me

Piece of pie ..

go

16 filled in. So far, it's been just a matter of finding singles.

Done.. All singles.

go

done finally

slow start on this one

Finally finished.

I just wasn't seeing it earlier today. Came back and saw it.