Sudokuaholics Anonymous 3

Rena, I was waiting for you to post for #4000 but I am just letting you know, my girlfriend is coming over for drinkies and will be here soon, so if I disappear, that's why!

Any chance of making it into a youtube that you can post?

I never thought of that. I should check into it.

It'd be brill, Rena.

Sorry, had to separate two daughters!

How's the schooling going so far this year?

Sisters, I have two and I'm sure we gave our mom a few grey hairs.

I am one of six children, five of them being females. Luckily, I was the baby of the crowd, separated from the rest of the girls by the only boy. The fights my sister's used to have were the stuff of legend!

School is going good this year. She likes the curriculum. It is in a workbook format and she tends to do best with that. How old are your children?

My one and only son will be 23 (eek) in Oct and three darlings, 20, almost 18 and 13!
Saints preserve me!

I know you've said it to all of us at one time or another, but how old is Amber?

Amber is 9, she's my youngest. In the middle is Kyle at 18. Their birthdays are in December. Then my oldest, Michael is 22, birthday in Jan. He lives on the coast in Vancouver.

When did they grow up!
Must go now ,girlfriend has just blown in and you must go to bed!
Thanks for the chat.
Bye, my virtual girlfriend.
See you next time.

It is getting on to 1 am so I am off to bed. Nice chatting with you Gail, hope to do it again soon.
Good night Sudokuland.

a pretty wet miserable day here in Perth today !!

Rolanda, Much the same here. My dog is not used to rain. He wants to go out to chase the possums, then finds out its cold. I stand at the door and wait for him to do his u-turn and come back inside.

hehe.. Dino !!!

Nobody about so will go and leave something for Linda/Pioneer who should be home from her trip to Australia and NZ any day now.

Good morning all! A little warmer this morning, 55F. Can't tell what kind of day it will be but I don't see the sun through the trees at the mo.

June, where is Pioneer? Do you know?

What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentences below?

The spurned lover decided to take the ________________ revenge. He resolved to ________________ her most expensive possession: a world-famous portrait.

ultimate, mutilate

Stella, Pioneer is in California near Lake Tahoe
ie East of Sacramento and SF. Linda was flyimg from NZ to Sydney, staying overnight, then straight to SF (about 14 hours) and overnight in SF before going home. Not sure of the exact dates and I have not heard since they were first in Sydney. I am sure she will tell us all about the trip when she gets home and put some photos on her page.

Dino, how did you figure that out so fast? You're right!

The Lake Tahoe region is very beautiful. That's a long flight! And I thought going to Hawaii from here was long!

Stella, I love word puzzles, too. I'm waiting for the new jigsaws but they're not online.

I think I'll have to give up on the jigsaws. Its a cold,wet and windy night and my bed calls.

Good night dino. I love going to bed on cold wet nights, especially if I have a good book to read.

G'nite, June. Don't stay up too late.

We did 22 hour flights to UK with about an hour in Bankok on the way over and in Singapore on the way home. Linda said the flight to Sydney was OK.
Went to a funeral today(greenkeepers wife who I had not met). She was in her 50's and died of the big C. However she had picked the songs for her funeral. She was a Queen's fan and at the beggining they were playing "another one bites the dust". She must have had a wacky sense of humour.

I might go to bed as well. We have Laura staying overnight so will be up much earlier than usual.

Good night Dino and June! Have a good night's sleep!

That is a wacky sense of humor. I don't think I would have the guts to play a song like that. However you die, the people left behind are still trying to deal with it and grieve. I wonder how the family felt about it?

Hello from not here!
Just read last posts before turning off. Can't help recalling the funeral of a friend's mother when we were in our mid twenties. She also died of the big C and therefore had planned her own funeral. It was a lovely solemn yet happy memorial to her. As it was time to leave the chapel, the last song played. It was an incredibly upbeat song from many years ago called 'Clap Clap' and it just put a smile to everyone's face as we filed out!
Sorry to butt in then run, just a memory.
Bye.

I don't know if this will come out right typed, and I couldn't figure it out, but here goes.

An interesting statement is coiled in the grid below. To spell it out, start with one letter and move to an adjacent letter in any direction. (hint: start with "F." One null.)

(dashes are to keep the letters separated)

E_D_O_N_A_R_S_C
R_S_T_L_I_F_N_A
U_G_I_E_L_I_G_U
F_I_B_U_T_X_R_E

The letters are supposed to line up vertically.

My guess, Figures don't lie, but liars can figure. X isn't used.

Time to start my day. School is in full swing. I'll be back later.

On the topic of funerals; my SIL's sister dies the way she lived--with a tremendous sense of humor. the first song played at her funeral was also "Another One Bites the Dust", followed by similar music throughout. She didn't want it to be a solemn affair, but rather a great party celebrating her whacky, fun and humorous life. She died from a "benign" brain tumor.

You're right Rena! How did you figure that out? Is that what "one null" means, that one letter isn't used?

Hi Cyndi! How are you doing?

The 18 letters below can be anagrammed into a five-word phrase meaning "try it out."

What is the phrase?

A E E F G H I L L N O

P P R T T U U