November 7 2021

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JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

Isn’t she cute!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
3 years ago

If you go for that type.

Tigressy
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

Spot on.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

Nice puppy! 🙂

StelBel
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3 years ago

DennisinSeattle
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3 years ago

So that is a hurdy gurdy! Such a versatile instrument. It must take some time to learn.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  StelBel
3 years ago

Wow. What a sound! I hear a little sound of the accordion, too.

The things I learn reading the comics. Fun.

StelBel
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3 years ago

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Arfside
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Reply to  StelBel
3 years ago

Nice job of animating it.

SusanSunshine
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3 years ago

Funny that whoever did the animation didn’t credit Picasso…

But in a way, the cut off arm animation sort of foreshadows Cubism.

Tigressy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

So what? We do know who the artist is.

SusanSunshine
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3 years ago

Well, for one thing, I’m sure a lot of people DON’T know that the original, painting is a Picasso, because they only recognise his cubist work, and not his Blue Period.

For another, even though this is a pretty well educated group, who mostly MIGHT recognise it…

I prefer to credit an artist, as a courtesy, even if EVERYBODY knows.

In any case… I’d like to think you don’t realise it, but to English speakers, the expression “So what?”, in reply to a polite thought, is considered pretty rude.

It kind of took me by surprise.

DennisinSeattle
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

Me too.

Tigressy
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3 years ago

Not without food.
And way to ruin a good tablet. – Is it dishwasher safe at least?

Alexikakos
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3 years ago

 
And you thought your Sunday morning would be dull.
 
From:
“BRAIN GAMES” (I’m listing only the publisher and C.E.O.)
Louis Weber, C.E.O.
Publications International, Ltd.
7373 North Cicero Avenue
Lincolnwood, Illinois 60712
ISBN 13: 978-1-4127-4546-8
ISBN 10: 1-4127-4546-2
Manufactured in China.
 
Cross Sums (page 26)
 
I had to put the puzzle layout in an attachment because tables don’t post.
Don’t forget you can click on the attachment to make it bigger.
Again, I’ve done some editing for clarity.
 

 

The Solution

 
TOP TO BOTTOM / LEFT TO RIGHT
(Givens in { x }
 
101
40 – { 33 } – 28
14 – 15 – 11 – { 7 } – 10
3 – 6 – { 5 } – 4 – 2 – 1 – 7

 


 
Have Fun    🙂
 

 

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happyhappyhappy
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3 years ago

Yes! Yes It Is!

happyhappyhappy
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3 years ago

The Janis Ian piece can still get to me.

Alexikakos
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3 years ago

 
If you have logged in I have discovered that the “Spoiler Box” coding can be inserted directly into a “Join the discussion” box. after you’ve clicked the { } symbol.
You can have “Paragraph(s) above” “Spoiler Box” and “Paragraph(s) below as usual.
 
See the attachment below.

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SusanSunshine
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3 years ago

Sorry…I’m not quite sure what you’re talking about… or what you mean by a “join the discussion” box, unless it’s the comment box at the top of the page … ie, the only one that’s not a reply.

But AFAIK {} is for displaying or writing in source code…

It’s easy to put as many spoiler tags as you want into any comment box, without using or knowing code or making it complicated..

just by highlighting the text and clicking [+}… and typing in the tag that opens.

I’m all for simple.

Like this
This is spoiler one

Or this.
This is spoiler two.

Et cetera.

Sorry if you mean something else… in which case I’m not following.

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Alexikakos
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3 years ago

 
I named it the “Join the discussion” box because that’s what’s in it after you log in.
Now that I know I can do it, I’ll just fill in the spoiler box coding where I want it in my comment and post everything all at once.
I use Word to type my comments, then copy and paste them.
 

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SusanSunshine
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3 years ago

Ah… I see.
Thanks for replying.

Just a thought, but it might not be a bad idea to start with something like “when composing a comment in a word processor”.

….

I don’t think I’d be too far off in surmising that most commenters here either compose directly in the comment box,

or would simply add formatting and tags after pasting into it, using the toolbar, rather than coding them, themselves, and having to insert {} tags.

It’s might not be the “best” way, but it’s the easiest…. And I keep going back to it.

DennisinSeattle
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3 years ago

Cleo, you are in luck! Tonight you will eat one hour earlier, tummy-time.

Those poor kids doing the stroll, they look so embarrassed.

I don’t care if it does have some interesting parts, a 26 min. video at bedtime is not getting airtime on my channel.

But Janis Ian, OMG, such a talented lass. This song speaks for everyone who was not adept at high school social politics.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  DennisinSeattle
3 years ago

Agreed on all counts.

perkycat
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3 years ago

Those kids doing the stroll did not look at all like they were having fun. I think I saw one almost smile, though.

MontanaLady
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3 years ago

They all looked so nervous! Camera shy? Or was this the all-girls school meeting the all-boys school for the first time?

SusanSunshine
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3 years ago

Now we can add “Stonemason” to Cleo’s impressive list of jobs and accomplishments.

Unless she didn’t just go make the sign herself, but had it hidden away in case the need ever arose.

….

Maybe she ordered it from StonesЯUs.

It never hurts to have your dinnertime written in stone.

Sometimes I wish I had someone who would feed me by a certain time… though I generally enjoy cooking, and don’t actually mind feeding myself.

In fact if the cooking helper wouldn’t mind doing a bit of cleaning instead, I’d be happy to feed us both.

But I digress.

When I first looked at that picture of the numbat, for a moment I thought it had little grey antlers.

Ooops… silly me.

Anyway, I Googled “Numbat”…. which Wikipedia informs me with a straight face is also known as a “noombat’…

It’s a small Australian marsupial…
like just about every other animal you’ve never seen before.

….

This one is very fashionable looking… amazing how mother Nature knows just where the reddish brown stripes stop and the charcoal ones start… a precise number of them, kinda like a Hudson’s Bay blanket.

Also, this one isn’t nocturnal, so it can occasionally be seen in daylight… though not often, cos it’s unfortunately endangered.

Good luck, little numbat!

I’ll be rooting for you!
Only better not use that word in Australia… it means something totally different there.

Instead… here’s to your making a comeback!

Liverlips McCracken
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3 years ago

Cleo has heard that “etched in stone” line more than once, and she is having none of it!

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

yum, yum, yum!!!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

Its called Chocolate Volcano cake. LOL

Alexikakos
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3 years ago

 
Oh, if anybody’s interested (from the “Elections Alberta” website):
 
The referendum question on Daylight Saving Time asked electors:
Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?
Electors could vote “yes” or “no” on the question.
The Chief Electoral Officer has announced the following results for the referendum:

 
“Yes” – 531,782 votes, representing 49.8% of valid ballots cast
“No” – 536,874 votes, representing 50.2% of valid ballots cast
Elections Alberta is an independent non-partisan office of the Legislative Assembly responsible for administering provincial elections, by-elections and referenda.”
 
The common opinion is a very measurable portion of the “yes” voters were simply voting to stop the time change, and had we been offered standard time all year round that’s what we’d now have.

 

Last edited 3 years ago by Alexikakos
Tigressy
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

“Pet lost somewhere between… and between…” – if (which I highly doubt) they care…

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

No!

perkycat
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

Interesting, but why would you not want your sweet baby inside the car? And that doesn’t look safe or comfortable. I guess that one went out with running boards….thankfully.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

One of the most bizarre “products” I’ve ever seen. I hope to Dog they never sold any.

Alexikakos
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3 years ago

 
More for your viewing pleasure at this link to…
 
Paulo Medeiros.
 

Alexikakos
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3 years ago

 
Who wasn’t thinking?
 

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

Eeeek!!

P51Strega
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3 years ago

Wow, those kids doing “the Stroll” look miserable!

Old Phart Plods
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3 years ago

Apparently, it is set in stone. Snerks

Good morning Cleophanatics and nighthawks!
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I hope everyone got up at 2AM to set their clocks back one hour and their scales back 10 pounds.
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Y’all have a great start to the week! (((((HuGz!)))))

perkycat
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Reply to  Old Phart Plods
3 years ago

Dang! Noboby told me about the scales. Is it too late to do it now???

Arfside
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Reply to  Old Phart Plods
3 years ago

Canine Lymphoma is another good reason for pet insurance. We were able to give our golden another 5 years or so after it was cured.

Arfside
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Reply to  Old Phart Plods
3 years ago

Some people dread Daylight Savings Time more than others.

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MontanaLady
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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

I just had a LOL moment……without coffee!

Alexikakos
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3 years ago

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StelBel
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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

Best one of the day!!!!!

perkycat
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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

Thanks for that laugh!!

perkycat
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3 years ago

Cleo is on top of it! Don’t let them get away with anything, Cleo.
My husband is kind of like this. We are retired, but he so lives by the clock. Drives me nuts sometimes……well, all the time.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  perkycat
3 years ago

The only time we watch the clock is waiting for the sunrise.

SusanSunshine
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3 years ago

I occasionally watch the clock before sunrise, too… but hoping I fall asleep before it gets light.

Sigh…

Luckily not every night.

perkycat
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

Same here.

happyhappyhappy
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3 years ago

I’m still working. I hope my internal clock dies the day i retire. 🙂

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