Tough Sudoku for 6/June/2006

Rose - Thanks for your help! I meant colors as part of proofs, though.

Meg - ditto. I hang out with a lot of men that much my senior, though, and they aren't leacherous, just appreciative. I'll call us the same.

Sundance - Thank you! I gave the site a glance and saved it. I hope to study in more depth - but not now! I should have gone home hours ago: it's nearly midnight and I've been sitting in front of this machine since about 3:00 this afternoon.

8.51 - PB

Larryville, perhaps you are already using simple sudoku and still want more clarification than can be gleaned easily from the above-mentioned site. A couple of comments here may help. Colours eliminations always take into account only one number. In today's example it is the 8. Steve has translated it into a chain. It could be expressed logically as: If d2=8 then d7 is not 8.
Also if d2 is not 8 then g2=8 so i3 is not 8 so i7=8, so again d7 is not 8. So either way, d7 is not 8. The use of linked colour pairs makes this easier to see. Simple sudoku for today's puzzle uses green/blue and orange/pink. Generally there will be a green in the same col/row/block as the cell from which we are trying to eliminate a number. There will also be an orange in the same block/column/row as that cell we are looking at. See if you can follow the logic as per my explanation above. I could ramble on at greater length, explaining in more detail, but at least this much may point you in the right direction.

Great looking son and niece, Deb

what a hottie...how old is he?

No Rose, just an alert and aware woman!! At least speaking for myself as well!! I also have followed Glenn's advice and don't time any more, and find myself enjoying the puzzles more with less performance anxiety!!

Great maEn everyone

with a guess

07/08/06 poss , one guess (right)

SE=6.6

23:53.