Random Thoughts Thread

[a completely inoffensive name]

Stumped. Any suggestions for narrowing down a bit.

Give me an hour.

EDIT: lol, give me two hours

EDIT 2: Ok I solved it. First look at your 8's and see if you a can fill in another one. Then I suggest taking a careful look at the 4's. After that, it opens up quickly.

[Wulfburk]

heyo... thinking where should i post so i can reach the 3 posts counts so i can get in EB2 screenie competition... Hm *scratches his beard*

[A Nerd]

If you wish to visit more than one reality, visit your paranoia and it's many facets. It can take you to the strange and unreal, making both very concrete, believable, and best of all...all consuming. Fiction or rather, non fiction for the win.

[drone]

Paranoia is by far the best muse. I may have to start writing fiction!

Call the world setting "Alpha Complex".

[Fragony]

My nephew (he's six) to my mother: now that Bas (that's me) isn't here we can conclude that he's an idiot. To my sister ' mommy I tried but he doesn't listen to me'. That's so cute. Yeah I am guilty, congratulations mommie it's an idiot, but that's just me. Yeah I have been stupid.

Edit: love my sister. I told her to not worry al that much. Reply: I am not all that concered but very pissed off.

x sis

All better now, eyesight is back, bleeding stopped

Edit: might be bad, might lose 80% of my left eye, massive hit. That would kinda suck sucktechnically. But also a great excuse to keep wearing my eyepatch

[A Nerd]

I finally made an appointment and went to the dentist. I had been putting it off due to a degree of sloth I am tryings to remedy and fiscal reasons, no insurance. But I got it done finally. Nicotine, coffee, and tea had really done their damage I must admit. I sometimes would sport teeth that look as if they hadn't been brushed since medieval times. Ha ha. Now, they glow like diamonds! It is glorious! I plan to keep them this way until my next appt. in 6 months. No cavities or other problems at that! I just need to floss more.

Sorry to hear about your eye fragony. Hopefully things turn out better than you think. :)

[Hooahguy]

After the 11-hour work day I had yesterday, today's 8 hour day seems short by comparison.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Driving 6 hours to northern California to meet with friends I have not seen in 2 years, and going bar-hopping. I have never been in a bar. Lets see how my anxiety handles this...

[Vuk]

Weren't you already in Wisconsin? How much latitude did you lose?

I went from central Wisconsin to the southern coast of Lake Superior. Some have told me that the winters are not that much worse and other have told me to prepare for Armegeddon. I am not sure who to believe, but am preparing for the worst. lol
One thing I think is funny is that I have not turned my furnace on once and keep the windows open at my place and am walking around in a T-shit and shorts and the locals all have their heat on and are starting to dress warm. Maybe I will be ok.

Give me an hour.

EDIT: lol, give me two hours

EDIT 2: Ok I solved it. First look at your 8's and see if you a can fill in another one. Then I suggest taking a careful look at the 4's. After that, it opens up quickly.

Sorry for the late reply, I have been doing a stint of 18 hour shifts and have not had time to do anything but wash, eat, and work, lol. Let me take a look at this bad boy and see if the time off will lend new insight.

[Vuk]

Oh, what an idiot! It was right in front of my face! I filled in an eight and then forgot to remove the option for that row! Now to see if I can narrow anything down with the 4's.

EDIT: hhmmm...no luck yet. Care to share a little insight to help a dummy?

[a completely inoffensive name]

I would help you through the entire thing Vuk, but I am experiencing intense sadness and loneliness right now. If I remember correctly, the key to the 4 was that the top row has two cells one which has 2,5,7,9 and the other 2,4,5,7,9. Takes a bit of intuition but you know that since the numbers 4,5,7 appears among the other empty cells in the row, you can figure out that those cells are actually a pointing pair of 2,9. Since you have eliminated that top right cell to be 2,9 there is only one cell left in that 3x3 block for the 4 to be in.

[Vuk]

Sorry to hear about the loneliness ACIN. I am going through the same thing right now. Staying up late, writing poetry, and fighting the urge to call someone I have not talked to in years. Some times life can suck. This young lady always comes to my aid and some how makes me feel less depressed.

Her and Patsy Cline and Nastya Prikhodko really have a way of connecting with me when I am feeling lonely and depressed.
Thank you for the solution, I figured it would be something obvious that I was just overlooking. You will have to forgive my stupidity; I am new to Sudoku.

[Fragony]

For ACIN and Vukkie, with love Peggie

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eAf7HcK10d0

[Vuk]

Definition of creepy:
I just moved into a really bad part of town, and in the month I have been here there have been a string of crimes (half of them violent) within five blocks of where I live. My landlord actually asked me if I had a gun, and told me that if I didn't he would 'give' me one. Is it just me, or is that a really random, creepy thing for someone to just bring up out of the blue. Guns cost a lot of money, and there are liability issues at stake. Who just gives away a gun to a random person lodging in their building? I turned him down, but am amply creeped out. (I wouldn't need his gun anyway, as I could wallpaper my apartment with the guns I left behind at my parent's farm. :P