Done, an easy medium, no guessing.

start

good morning

go!

Hi smooth

morning lady! :)

I just realised how much i had snoozed by looking at the time. Hi Hax to

i did that last night

Tried to take a powernap around 7:30, but didn't wake up till 11:30

I did the dog thing. Flat out on couch which is all warm and snoozed

Difficulty score 21. Very easy.

morning dr who

Yah on finishing still stuck here

Good morning Smooth.

Dr Who you got any hints on this one (naked pairs etc)

Well, technically there is no need for the pairs, but I saw one or 2 that helped.

thanks

I just cant see anything at all

I thought they were obvious, the most difficult thing for me was to cross-hatch some of the rows and columns.

Thanks that was wat i was thinking. the cross hatch thing

done.

o greens

God lordee smooth you work quick.

Are we going to see you at babble anytime soon?

maybe later tonight. I'm moving my brother into my apartment today and tomorrow

ewww to moving

yeah. no kidding. i'm doing it at work too. lol but that one is a MAJOR move. this shouldn't be too bad at all.

still havent unpacked from moving myself

actually, moving my brother isn't so bad... it's getting my apartemnt ready for him...

Oh thats a hassel

Tip: virtual cross-hatching is the biggest help on this one.

THanks lots i just restarted

I've never really gotten into nomenclature

virtual corosshatching?

right

ditto....virtual crosshatching?

Smooth think of X or #

I don't even know what crosshatching means, but I can't imagine how I don't do it :)

I know what crosshatching is... just never heard f the "virtual" variety

hi ypsi

Yes, when you determine that a digit can only go in 2 or 3 cells all in a row in the same 3x3 block, you can use that to eliminate them as candidates in the rest of the row or the rest of the block.

Oh ks

Thanks lots. YPS hello

ah

hello, actually bye... off to a wedding shower brunch

OOks thanks Dr that really does help. I just restarted

I have a description of the basic techniques at:
http://www.pauls-pc-repair.com/sudoku/sud
oku.html

thanks

wasn't it just so easy...

+2 pts

I have been at it since 3am grid time

(no greens :D)

yowzas!

dr who... do you have rankings for all the past puzzles?

I am still rusty that and i was babbling and falling asleep

hehe

awesome. my cat has some to sit on my lap. presumably to congratulate me

hehe

What colour sort is kitty?

black and white (imagine a black cat who has sat in white paint)

Oh cute

Thanks Drwho for those clues its all starting to click

well, I should probably tend to chores now

good luck!

thanks

Smooth - I keep a list of scores at:
http://www.pauls-pc-repair.com/sudoku/sco
res.php

thanks dr who

oh fantastic, I'm doing June 22 now (score 101!)

I'm back to june 10, 2006

Good luck Peter, June 22nd took me the better part of a day, whacking at it in fits and starts.

I've just gone three levels deep in guessing and it hasn't gotten any better, erk

I think I'll go do something more fun for a while

I think my program goes at least 3 levels deep in guessing on that one Peter.

I haven't got very far before things look tough.

5. Busy day today. I'll regrettably go green now.

Rats, missed a line crosshatch.

Done. But for missing two line crosshatches, I think I could have easily done it without greens.

uuuugggghhhhh.... a medium

this isn't so bad...

go

done

no green, not your regular horrible medium

done