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Difficulty: Expert Monday, November 19, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Monday, November 19, 2007

12:13 am
abmoraz

start
12:28 am
lawfully

tough... like an expert puzzle should be...
12:30 am
moedog

hi all
12:37 am
lawfully

done
1:01 am
moedog

oof
1:01 am
moedog

done
1:01 am
moedog

finally
1:14 am
trueheart11

go
1:32 am
trueheart11

done...no greens!
2:20 am
Phil

start
3:55 am
e84

go
4:22 am
e84

done
4:26 am
angieplumptit

Off to the races...
4:48 am
spreadeagle

Stumbled at the gate........
5:02 am
spreadeagle

7 filled. Stuck. Started over to see if i made a mistake. Now I have 7 filled, stuck. Maybe I need to come back after I wake up....
5:02 am
Katydid0615

nope, that's where I'm at too!
5:14 am
kixx

go
5:19 am
Katydid0615

done with one wild guess.
5:43 am
angieplumptit

Done with the help of the Lord, God bless Him.
5:44 am
angieplumptit

So....what'll we do now?
5:45 am
kixx

done
6:49 am
smooth_pappa

start
6:50 am
spreadeagle

Mornin smooth, I'm trying to find a way to slove this one without guessing.
6:52 am
smooth_pappa

hey eagle... yeah, I'm just getting going, and itlooks like a real toughie this morning
6:52 am
smooth_pappa

I'm hoping my coffee decides to work quickly today ;)
6:53 am
spreadeagle

It's probably something simple that I'm missing. Somebody said they did it without greens......
6:54 am
smooth_pappa

really? wow! good for them! i'm only a couplein, so maybe I'll find something...
6:54 am
spreadeagle

Keep me posted on your progress
6:56 am
smooth_pappa

7 in so far. lol
6:57 am
spreadeagle

That's where it gets interesting.....
6:57 am
smooth_pappa

hehe
7:00 am
smooth_pappa

15 now... I just found a little help in the upper right square
7:02 am
spreadeagle

You obviously know something to look for that I don't
7:02 am
smooth_pappa

I dunno... I'm not really up on my techniques at all.... I wish I ould give you a name of something to look for :(
7:07 am
smooth_pappa

done! wow! that corner must be the key. once I got that solved, the rest of the puzzle reall fel together nicely
7:08 am
spreadeagle

Good job! I'm trying something that looks like it might work.
7:09 am
smooth_pappa

good luck eagle! I'm off to get ready for work now. Have a good day!
7:09 am
spreadeagle

See ya tomorrow....
7:20 am
spreadeagle

Done, I know what I did, but I don't know why I did it. So, I guess it's about the same as guessing :(
8:59 am
RodeoRogue

go
9:05 am
ypsigirl

done
9:06 am
ypsigirl

with 1 guess and greens I am afraid to say.. :)
9:07 am
UDbmas

ACK...starting over...for some reason the sudoku genie didn't like my putting two 4s in one box...LOL
9:15 am
spellacked

blew it once, went green, took two threads to get through the long chain
10:20 am
UnikeTheHunter

Go.
10:25 am
UnikeTheHunter

Several cute little loners.
10:25 am
btwrt

wait, are you talking about me?
10:25 am
UnikeTheHunter

No. (Yuk!) If you're cute, you're probably not a loner.
10:26 am
btwrt

lol good point!
10:26 am
btwrt

i am so not a loner ;)
10:27 am
UnikeTheHunter

That's my name for what DrWho calls Missing digit.
10:27 am
btwrt

ahh, gotcha :) i figured it was something like that
10:45 am
UnikeTheHunter

Going green.
11:20 am
btwrt

hows it going, unike? i had a break in the middle for a while but now i'm back to it and i'm pretty stuck
11:49 am
Limer

ha
11:49 am
Limer

nailed that puppy!
11:50 am
Limer

LOTS of green
11:50 am
Limer

multiple checkpoints.
11:50 am
Limer

Nix theme muzak
11:50 am
Limer

(sigh)
11:53 am
btwrt

did you guess, limer?
2:15 pm
Montreal13

done no greens - bye all
2:28 pm
drwho

Difficulty score 50. This bring up the average score for the month to just slightly lower than the next lowest month (May 2007).
2:29 pm
drwho

Alternating inference chains solved this one for me.
2:31 pm
bethanyej

finally finished - that took me a while
2:50 pm
sandbox74

go
3:02 pm
abmoraz

start
3:22 pm
sandbox74

going green
3:34 pm
abmoraz

done
3:51 pm
helenkeller

3:59 pm
sandbox74

I'll fess up and say I had to make one guess... grumble grumble
4:05 pm
Zugzug7

i'm at my in-laws for thanksgiving break. had a spare moment to get on the pc. what a day for an expert to come up. and i don't have the auto=fill on this pc. yikes. wish me luck.
4:18 pm
helenkeller

needed the greens
5:06 pm
Inge

done, done, done, about 5 restarts and lots of greens, but I made it!!!
5:34 pm
Zugzug7

amazing. i don't know how i did it. two guess and did it on one try.
5:49 pm
danreed121

yea.. guessed once in the upper right.. rest fell into place
8:11 pm
TheBuzzer

http://www.ironsudoku.com/action/show_billboa
rd?command=congrats&points=10000
9:51 pm
jawilke

Oooooh. Expert. ty dr god. And..... go!
9:58 pm
jawilke

done
9:58 pm
jawilke

one
11:09 pm
FranMag

start
11:33 pm
FranMag

done
11:37 pm
brittlefish.com

go
11:59 pm
brittlefish.com

done.