Neil from UK-Hertfordshire

Hello Neil - let me be the first to to our wongerful, crazy world of sudoku and your own personal page.
Here's some and some to help you get started with your decorations.
I'm leaving you a bottle of our local Wignalls Chardonnay for you to enjoy and share with your visitors.

Gday and Neil. Great to have you here. I hope you enjoy your stay as much as I have.
I look forward to seeing you around the pages.

Hi there Neil, and Welcome to Sudoduland. Hope you have as much fun here as the rest of us do. Looking foward to getting to know you better. Please drop around over to Foxhaven Resort any time you want. My door is always open.
Will leave you some refreshments, to help you settle in. Enjoy.

and Neil, It's early morning here near Chicago - the sun hasn't come up yet and the day hasn't changed over yet. Looks to be a nice day after a chilly start - but Chicago weather is always a series of ups and downs. I'm getting a kick out of the price of Super Bowl Tickets - over a thousand dollars now. I'm not really a fan of the Packers - being from Chicago - but I may even check it out. Enjoy your day, Mary

Welcome to Sudokuland Neil.

Hope you enjoy your visit. Pull up a chair and stay awhile.

Neil, Welcome, as with anything, the more you give the more you will receive, hope you enjoy the challenges of the puzzles as well as the people!

Take care,
Aimee :-)

Just dropping by to welcome you to your new page Neil. I hope you enjoy the website as we all do!

Hi Neil, Nice to welcome a fellow Hertfordshire resident to Sudoku. Enjoy the puzzles and even the chat on SA3 if you have the time.

to you to Sudokuland, along with a Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie for you and your guests.

There’s lots to do around here, places to visit and chat. I'm just around the corner, stop in anytime for more pie and a video.

Hi Neil! - to your own page here in SUDOKULAND. It is good to have you with us! I have brought you a plate of warm chocolate chip cookies to enjoy and share with your guests. Please stop by sometime for a chat. The door is always open!

Hi Neil and to this wacky friendly world. Hope you enjoy your time here.

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Hi Neil, and a belated welcome to your own page on the site! I sent you a message regarding the photo issue. I'll also leave you my traditional page warming gift, a double chocolate fudge beavertail pastry from Ottawa. Enjoy, and cheers!

Hi Neil, in response to your cry for help, it is possible to cheat and view the photo without solving the puzzle - some of which are pretty daunting.
Just click on the 'Show Solution' button which is just below the puzzle, then the idea is to remove one number and replace it again. So, if you click on the number nine (for example) in the completed puzzle, it will be replaced with either a number one or a blank square. Then go back to the row of optional numbers just below the puzzle and click on the number you 'removed' and put it back in the blank square in the puzzle. Behold - a photo emerges slowly from the puzzle!
I do hope I have explained the procedure properly, just let me know if I have confused you.

Hello Neil - I just read your comment on the "tough" sudoku page about the iron ore truck. I took this photo last year with my grand-daughters in front of it to show how huge the truck is. It is at a park for tourists & visitors to see in the north/west town of Wickham where one of my daughters lives with her family. The town was a satellite town of the 60's when there was a big mining boom in the Pilbara area where it is very rich in iron ore. My son-in-law works on the trains that deliver the ore from the mining towns to the port to be shipped out.
Cheers
Anne

Thank you, Neil! Makes me feel a little normal! It has been a pain in the neck spelling it different because most spell it the usual way.
Where is Hertfordshire? Near Hereford?

Thanks for the lovely wishes. I'm such an attention seeker and all. But I love birthdays. Everyones really. They're great. Anyway, thanks for popping in.

Just in case I don't pop back in soon - I hope your preparations for Christmas don't spoilt your celebrations. Have a wonderful and blessed Christmas.

Hi Neal. I have posted a comment on today's (Dec.9th) Tough page on my opinion on UPs.Regards,Alfred.

Have posted another comment on Dec.9th page. See you, Alfred.

Hi Neil.Thanks for the comments on today's tough. I left a reply for you there. Regards, Alfred.

Hi Niel.I aggree with you that UPs go to 49 on today's tough. I think Mathman and Sotir probably miscounted. For step 2. , I found :"wherever you place 4 in the middle left box, a8 and b1 always become 5".Regards, Alfred.

Hi Neil.I think Sotir is right today in needing step 2.Step 3 relies on d4 becoming 9 when a4=6.d4 (without e5=7) can =6/7/9.So for d4 to =9 when a4=6,e5 must already =7.BTW, at UP 40,if d1=8,the 18 rectangle at be89 cannot be resolved.So e1=8,giving 5 more UPs,but unfortunately,this doesn't help much.These 5 only seem to be by-standers.Regards,Alfred.

Hi Neil. I "solved" your puzzle on the May 5th. comments page.Regards,Alfred.

Thanks Neil for offerring to help,but g1=8 (in solution),not 4.UP33 must be somewhere else.Unless Sotir miscounted.
Regards, Alfred.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas



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Thanks Neil.I did miss the two quads (one is in box h7 BTW),which gives UP26.
I followed your solution up to step 7.Could you please check your conclusion to step 7? My understanding of it is: "If g7=3,e7=5=b4=g3;or if g7=5,g3=6=b4".So can't g3 still be 56?

All the best, Alfred.

Hi Neil.In your step 4 today,you show d1<>3,but I can't see how this helps.What is your next UP?
Regards, Alfred.

Hi Neil,

Re your Jan 15, '10 message about SSTs and my Jan 9 post --

Double thanks.

Regards,
Brenda

Hi Neil.I only got to UP34 for the Jan. 20th. Tough(including d2=4=f6,f2=8).What are your other 2 UPs ?
I found a promising attempt in :If i2=9,b1=1;to avoid the 57 AUR at bg12,which means,if b2 is not 1,i2=7,but I couldn't find a short chain after this.Maybe your extra 2 ups might help.
Regards,Alfred.

Neil, I have seen you commenting lately so came to welcome you. It seems you have been on site for sometime. I try to get on everyday but I have missed as many days as I have been able to be here.
Sue

Hello Neil - it's nice to see you commenting on the site these days. We have very few from people the "old" country anymore.
Cheers
Anne

Whoops, I just realised I had FFS, getting the "from" and "people" back to front.

Hello Neil - it's nice to see you on easy a lot lately and telling a few jokes.

That's one timely story of the bunny and the snake. In the U.S., Nov. 2 is a serious election day......we all need to lighten up!
There ARE many snakey critters running for office, for sure. Thanks for the giggle !

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Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Very Happy New Year 2011.

Hi Neil. I am sorry I never came to your page to welcome you back in 2008. I didn't realize you have been around for so long. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I am glad to see you commenting on Easy often now. I enjoy your keen wit very much. So for a quick summary & wishes for the future:


Merry Christmas

Hi Neil, Niel or Kneel,
I just wanted to send season's greetings to you and all your loved ones. I'm sure you celebrate Christmas, so I hope you enjoy the season and have a wonderful time, and my best wishes for a happy new year as well. Take care, enjoy, have fun and know you have friends out there thinking of you. Cheers!

What the heck.... since I'm here....