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Gath

Lovely photo of Melbourne with all the yachts in the foreground.

I'd like to see same scene will all sails up.

13:18. Gray Day

10:35 Maen

25:39

Pretty Melbourne--loved it there.

Melbourne - nice picture! 16:12 Hmmm... first time under 20', but today is not T....

where do I live?...where?...where?...let me ask my daughter...wait a minute, ttt...:). But I know there's no boat around me.

10.01 without guess

Good morning to all! Nice picture.

not a tough again:

1) start with 22, UP 27
2) naked triple h654 = 567: ~(g56, i6, h983)=567
3) naked triple e654 = 456: ~(d54, f65)=456
4) locked g21=3: ~g987=3
5) hidden pair eh5 = 56: ~(e5=4, h5=7)
6) naked triple d987 = 145: ~(f98, d41)=145, UP 30
7) f9=6 == f9=3 -- More...

Possible proof of tough?? sudoku of 10 26 06:

1) Start at 22 filled - the given puzzle. Unique Possibilities to 27 filled. (UP 27).
2) Hidden pair 36 at f79 forbids f56=6,f7=145,f9=15 UP 28
3) Hidden pair 38 at h89 forbids g789=3, h9=1567, h8=156 UP 29
4a) Locked 4's at e456 More...

Sorry I guess I should have looked before I posted: Pat's proof and mine are functionally identical.

Possible shorter proof of tough?? sudoku of 10 26 06:

1) Start at 22 filled - the given puzzle. Unique Possibilities to 27 filled. (UP 27).
2) Hidden pair 36 at f79 forbids f56=6,f7=145,f9=15 UP 28
3a) hi8=6 == a8=6 -- a8=8 == h8=8 -- h8=3 == h9=3 == f9=6 forbids: hi9=6, More...

Obviously I cannot add:
Sets:10. Max depth 4. Rating: .24

'Delurks'
1) up27
2) {f79=6,f79=3,h89=3,ai8=8,ahi8=6}=>f79=36,g789~3,hi9~6,f56 ~6 up 28
3) {i19=57}=>i378~5,i36~7 up 29
4) bc6=2=>b5~2 up 81

its past 11 pm here..but this puzzle made me stay up till now..just chked in to see how it is and cant help but solve it :)...good one and enjoyed doing it,and nice pic too..nice way to retire for the day..took some 12 to 15 minutes to see these boats/yachts
cheers

Hi Anna!
Congrats on a proof with 8 total sets!

4:05

Nice shot!

i hope it isnt the calm before the storm
mAen all

Dang it, Greg!!! I had to solve the sudoku all over again just to see Anne. Which one is she: redhead, blond or brunette?

Melbourne is one of my favorite cities in the world. The shopping is the best, the people are very friendly and the weather is great. We are hoping to make another trip there.

Got this after some effort. Encourages me!

Lovely picture of the yachts. Love the geometry of it, the layers of clouds horizontally, the masts and buildings as vertical elements, and then the horizontal lines of the boats and the water...

Easier tough than usual today?

I have a very similar photo to this but taken from the other side of Port Phillip bay off the St Kilda pier. The weather when we were in Melbourne at the end of September was just beautiful. Glorious blue skies and pleasantly warm about 16 - 26C. We really enjoyed our time in Victoria.

8.03 Way too easy today

Oh, but the 'sails up' would block the Melbourne skyline. Like the view through the lens, through the empty sails, into the concrete jungle, against a cloudy backdrop.

Love the boats. Hope to make it to Australia some day. I've been enjoying this site for a couple months. Best Sudoku site I've ever seen to on the web! It's also my first time posting anything. I love the pictures (and yes, I am a dog lover) and I've really liked the pictures of places I've never been. Peru, Australia....etc. My thanks to the site hosts.

This is just down the road from where I work, although Williamstown is a lot prettier than Footscray.

We are lucky to have such a wonderful city as Melb.

wah.... a bit lost.... wonderful....

I got it out without looking at the solutions! Melbourne is the town I was dragged up in. I love it.

That's Melb from Williamstown. It's my birthday today- great to have a photo up to celebrate it

Oct. 23, 2007.