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Difficulty: Hard Saturday, March 22, 2008

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CHAT LOG for Saturday, March 22, 2008

12:13 am
trueheart11

go
12:27 am
trueheart11

done. no greens
12:27 am
drwho

Difficulty score 27. No green.
2:31 am
eyeman

Done. Hooray. Back to bed.
2:57 am
cricket

newbie here... I always see the "no green" what does that mean?
2:59 am
BoredByPolitics

Not using the shift-click facility to put what you think are the possible numbers into the cell - they show up in green
3:19 am
BoredByPolitics

Done, surprisingly easy for a hard :-)
3:58 am
MrOoijer

hard-- one triple and its done
4:32 am
tsianami

;L
4:32 am
tsianami

GOI
6:12 am
Andy

beginning
6:22 am
Andy

completed
6:22 am
Andy

no greens
6:22 am
Andy

Days like this make me seriously wonder exactly what criteria Dr God uses to rate these. "Hard"? I think not.
6:23 am
Andy

I never needed anything other than simple cross-hatching and missing digit scans.
6:24 am
Andy

With a "hard" I expect to need my copy of "The Sudoku Whisperer", my Tarot cards, a few calls to my Sudoku Guru, and a prayer circle with Angie.
6:26 am
martom

please try everything before involving Angie :-)
6:35 am
Andy

You don't want to know what I do for an "expert"
7:43 am
brittlefish.com

go
7:56 am
kixx

go
7:56 am
brittlefish.com

done. no green.
8:16 am
kixx

done, no greens, kinda easy
8:48 am
yul

hello everybody
8:51 am
lk911

Another surprisingly simple "Hard"...fun too!!!
8:55 am
katmama

and....she's off!
9:09 am
katmama

hmm...not going as easily for me as it seems to have gone for others...28 filled and feeling stuck-ish
9:10 am
yul

done
9:11 am
yul

no greens.very easy
9:20 am
smooth_pappa

start!
9:27 am
smooth_pappa

done. used one green to find a pair.
9:35 am
katmama

bah, i'm going to have to come back to this later with fresh eyes - i don't want to use greens when everyone is saying it's so easy!
10:50 am
ypsigirl

done
1:13 pm
jawilke

go
1:18 pm
jawilke

done
1:18 pm
jawilke

pretty hard
1:36 pm
Montreal13

done, no greens - have a great day all !
1:49 pm
NatLT

done, no greens, no snags, an easy hard
1:56 pm
katmama

done...needed greens - i just couldn't see it
2:14 pm
sandbox74

commence
2:29 pm
sandbox74

terminate.. no greens... felt slow though
5:30 pm
abmoraz

start
5:58 pm
abmoraz

done, ng, some interuption
6:35 pm
torgone

Piece of pie ..
6:47 pm
hurshy

or cake
6:47 pm
torgone

I like pie ..
6:52 pm
hurshy

i like both
6:52 pm
hurshy

boston cream pie is called pie but it's really more like cake, so that's sort of like a tigon
6:53 pm
torgone

Mmmm .. boston cream pie ..
6:53 pm
hurshy

guess what?
6:54 pm
torgone

WHAT?????
6:54 pm
hurshy

well you know me and my husband are reconciling. and we have been condo hunting for where we are going to move to, and we got an offer accepted today!
6:55 pm
hurshy

it is very exciting.
6:55 pm
torgone

That's great!
6:55 pm
hurshy

:) :)
6:55 pm
dalebo

Hoooorayyyy for Hurshy
6:56 pm
hurshy

thanks. have we met?
6:56 pm
dalebo

Nope...
6:56 pm
hurshy

ah well, nice to meet you then
6:57 pm
torgone

Boston area?
6:57 pm
Artimus

That felt more like an easy than a hard.
6:57 pm
hurshy

no, new haven
6:58 pm
hurshy

i agree, artimus.
6:58 pm
hurshy

but then, hards are always the easiest.
7:00 pm
torgone

Hards can be pretty hard for some of us ..
7:02 pm
hurshy

but we all agree that mediums are the hardest, right?
7:03 pm
torgone

I'm bashing my head against Thursday's medium right now .. so, yeah ..
7:03 pm
hurshy

do not bash head
7:03 pm
torgone

Although I don't have a lot of experts under my belt ..
7:04 pm
hurshy

well with experts you can always give up and force it. with mediums, you would hate yourself if you did that.
7:04 pm
torgone

It's ok .. I've padded the desk so I won't hurt it .. The desk, that is ..
7:04 pm
hurshy

i wasn't worried about the desk
7:05 pm
torgone

I hate myself enough already .. I have no pride in forcing one I've spent too much time on ..
7:05 pm
hurshy

do you still hate yourself dear?
7:07 pm
torgone

Not much ..It's just one of those self deprecating things I need to stop saying ..
7:07 pm
hurshy

it's ok, i'd rather you say it and not really mean it than mean it and not say it
7:09 pm
torgone

I guess I'm just not really satisfied with me at the moment, but I'm trying to do something rather than just hate myself over it ..
7:11 pm
torgone

I didn't know I was getting on the couch here .. So .. How about them Patriots, eh?
7:16 pm
torgone

Actually Thursday's got real easy once I invoked the greenery .. On to Wednesday ..
7:17 pm
torgone

.. Guess I cleared the room .. again ..
7:46 pm
torgone

Gorilla walks into a bar ..
7:48 pm
hurshy

oops sorry tor i wandered off
7:49 pm
torgone

s'okay .. I'm trying to write a joke ..
7:50 pm
hurshy

i dunno where there is to go with that one...
7:51 pm
torgone

Yeah, me either ..
7:52 pm
hurshy

this would only work out loud, not written out, but...
7:52 pm
torgone

Yeah?
7:53 pm
hurshy

the bartender says, we don't negotiate with terrorists
7:53 pm
torgone

*chuckles*
7:54 pm
hurshy

how's your bracket?
7:54 pm
torgone

Bent ..
7:55 pm
hurshy

i'm all messed up in the midwest
7:55 pm
hurshy

and this OT game is stressing me out, i have stanford going all the way
7:56 pm
hurshy

wow, they keep trading 3's.
7:56 pm
torgone

The only reason I could muster an atom of caring is that an SD team is in ..
7:57 pm
hurshy

i like major sporting events and things, i like the sense of camaraderie from knowning that so many other people are watching the same thing i am
7:57 pm
hurshy

makes me feel like i'm part of something bigger than myself
7:58 pm
torgone

o/~ o/~ We are the world ..
7:59 pm
hurshy

only i can't stomach the world series, baseball bores me too excessively. i can watch golf, bowling, billiards, bball, football, tennis, many olympic events... but not baseball.
8:00 pm
hurshy

and i love world's strongest man!
8:00 pm
torgone

About the only time I watch college hoops is to do something with my son .. He likes it ..
8:01 pm
hurshy

how old is he?
8:01 pm
torgone

I wonder if they test for steroids in that ..
8:01 pm
hurshy

of course! if you're not on steroids, you can't compete.
8:01 pm
torgone

About to turn 20 ..
8:02 pm
hurshy

ah, so has he passed the difficult phase yet?
8:03 pm
torgone

He pretty much has, but he still doesn't have much direction ..
8:04 pm
hurshy

well, i'm 30 and i don't either
8:04 pm
hurshy

so don't hold your breath.
8:04 pm
torgone

I'm over 50 and I don't really either, so that's his example ..
8:05 pm
hurshy

i have the parachute book on my wishlist.
8:05 pm
hurshy

i also read "what should i do with my life?" and found it quite good and thought provoking. it wasn't at all what i expected but it was... important.
8:06 pm
torgone

I plan to be a bitter old recluse, yelling at kids to get off my lawn ..
8:07 pm
hurshy

that's always fun to be
8:08 pm
torgone

Well, if you can't have fun in your dotage, why bother?
8:10 pm
torgone

Monday is giving me a headache ..
8:10 pm
hurshy

i don't want a dotage.
8:10 pm
hurshy

i'm sorry monday is giving you a headache.
8:11 pm
hurshy

lemme know if there is anything i can do to help.
8:11 pm
torgone

I don't do much of anything gracefully, so I don't expect to grow old gracefully .. I mean when I start to get old ..
8:13 pm
torgone

Starting to come together ..
8:14 pm
torgone

There we go .. Take that, Monday!
8:16 pm
torgone

A little sweet revenge for all the crap Monday has put me through over the years ..
8:17 pm
torgone

Django Reinhart walks into a bar and orders three fingers of whiskey ..
8:18 pm
hurshy

i am sure that would be funny if i had any idea who django reinhart is/was
8:20 pm
torgone

If you were a cool, hip musician like me, you would have chuckled appreciatively ..
8:21 pm
hurshy

i am not any kind of musician at all.
8:22 pm
torgone

I'm not really either .. I just noodle around on the guitar ..
8:22 pm
hurshy

i kin play my recorder pretty well... and i can read music, so i can pick out a melody on the piano, and i know G C and D chords on the guitar.
8:22 pm
hurshy

oh and like E or something, whatever is that real easy one.
8:23 pm
torgone

That makes you 2/3 more of a musician than me .. but I am actually trying to learn some stuff and play better ..
8:24 pm
hurshy

are you taking lessons or just teaching yourself.
8:25 pm
torgone

Self teaching at the moment, but I think I'll take some lessons somewhere along the way if I stall out or something ..
8:26 pm
hurshy

my husband plays quite well
8:26 pm
hurshy

but of course, you're on the wrong coast for taking lessons from him.
8:27 pm
torgone

I've fiddled with the guitar since I was a kid, but never got very good due to my complete lack of musical talent. But I figure I enjoy it, and there must be a level I can get to through hard work where I can have fun and play with other people and such ..
8:28 pm
hurshy

a fine idea, certainly
8:28 pm
hurshy

i ought to have a thing like that.
8:30 pm
torgone

I've been searching for something I can do to be creative and get some enjoyment back in my life, and I'm giving this a shot ..
8:30 pm
torgone

I haven't really been enjoying myself for a long time ..
8:31 pm
hurshy

i get enjoyment without being creative, at the moment. although i suppose finding good scrabble plays is sort of creative
8:34 pm
hurshy

i'm going to wander again, just so you know...
8:35 pm
torgone

Well, I have to go be creative in the kitchen now .. Time to throw some chicken and shrimp on the barbie .. I always like chatting with you Ms. hurshy, and I shall look forward to doing again anon ..
8:36 pm
torgone

Ask your hubby about Django ..
9:04 pm
jellyzero

go
9:27 pm
jellyzero

done!
11:42 pm
helenkeller

go
11:57 pm
helenkeller

done - whew