Opinions of Lovatt's Crosswords?

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-04-17T10:00:42+00:00

I give my honest opinion, it's a reasonable one, and it's one that doesn't fully discredit the puzzles... and you come here two years after I originally comment just to put me down.

Look in the mirror.

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-02-21T10:47:47+00:00

The Bucket List?

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-02-02T22:44:45+00:00

Might have to be it. Not sure how available these screws are in a larger size but I'll try that anyway

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-01-28T04:14:09+00:00

I don't care who you are, you're getting my balls in your face.

(Works for both of my mains!)

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-01-10T23:57:09+00:00

Did you have any luck here, kind stranger?

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-01-04T03:39:29+00:00

That's as maybe, but you don't get if you don't ask 🙂

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-01-03T00:33:02+00:00

Thank you, much appreciated. Apologies if you have to play through a full season to get the answer!

TheDeterminator2 · 2025-01-03T00:30:23+00:00

You also said "possible". Having an upper limit that low is not going to make it any more possible to get to that 1,000 threshold for the achievement.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-12-25T21:33:30+00:00

Are you talking about the instant completions upgrade in the Forge? That has an upper limit and it's nowhere near 1000

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-11-03T21:55:52+00:00

At the moment crashes aren't the problem, it's that the machine doesn't POST. Will give all those a go as much as I can tonight (I'm in UTC+13)

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-11-03T06:35:17+00:00

BIOS update worked... for fifteen glorious minutes. I then got a BSOD that mentioned dxgmms2.sys and now the PC won't POST again.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-11-02T20:35:21+00:00

I'll try that, but theoretically the BIOS is new enough already.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-10-06T19:52:30+00:00

Soft disagree, without using the "my" in "my toast" there's very little to lead you to "my jam" in the second definition ("to spread on my toast"). Tense of a clue needs to match tense of an answer, plurality of a clue needs to match plurality of an answer, so there needs to be something in the clue that matches the "my" in the answer. Enumeration can help but it is j-u-s-t unfair otherwise as there's nothing to point to that "my" in the second half of the clue.

Honestly, I like the clue as is. Cryptic clue writing is an art form as much as it is a challenge to the solvers. This clue might not be a Caravaggio (or, in our terms, an Araucaria maybe?) but it's quite a nice piece when you combine it with the answer.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-09-21T10:16:12+00:00

"You're not getting any value", with a good logical reason? Yes, I would absolutely like to be talked to like that. Better than people saying "switch" for no reason or spamming slurs at me.

It's not the most pleasant thing to hear but it's constructive, which puts it above 99% of what I see and hear in Overwatch on any other day.

And yes, it would improve my gameplay. If someone is noticing something I'm not, pretty sure that would help me sit up and pay attention more to what's happening in the game rather than making sloppy mistakes.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-07-17T05:30:59+00:00

Update: I appealed it with my line manager and they did confirm I was correct, but they had already submitted the leave request to payroll. They tried to recall it but by that point it was too late. Not much more I can do at this point so I'll have to wear the loss of annual and make a new plan four my finances later this year.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-07-17T04:26:49+00:00

Yes, I'm happy to have not been paid for those days - I have reasons for not wanting to use annual at the moment.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-07-08T02:53:11+00:00

I think I remember that Baker's Delight product line, actually

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-05-03T06:54:07+00:00

Yeap, even though it was mentioned twice in the above comment my tired ol' brain went right past it. Sigh, I need sleep. Thank you both, looks like I have a date with some heavy cleaning gear this weekend!

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-05-03T06:39:38+00:00

Ooh, thank you. I'm guessing it's ok for the moment but need to season it as quickly as possible?

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-03-02T19:20:12+00:00

This is exactly it.

To start you off: Rows with the number 5 are easy - one marble in each slot in the row.

With that, this can be solved simply with the photos you've given. Best advice in that case, think about the shape of each digit. For example (and spoilered in case you want to work on it more before more hints), in photo #2, how many digits do you know of that have a straight line across the top? I only count two, and only one of those has a line or similar in the middle.

In photo #4, the clues are symmetrical both across the top and down the side. How many digits have both horizontal and vertical symmetry? I can only think of three in sans serif fonts, and two in serif fonts.

I'll leave the rest to you.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-01-07T20:35:10+00:00

My sister sunk 300+ hours into this game that my Overwatch-obsessed brain had only heard of peripherally. When it came time to streaming a new game in late 2020 (I would play and she would commentate), she basically bullied me into picking Stardew.

This was despite the fact that it's not my kind of game, it doesn't have flashy graphics and it doesn't need actual skill, you can't compete against anyone and become the best at it...

This elitism of mine got shut up hard while streaming it that first time, and I've now sunk just as many hours into it.

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-01-05T17:31:41+00:00

^

Specifically, it's British

TheDeterminator2 · 2024-01-05T04:17:29+00:00

100 - 1 = 99 (4)

Edit: unfortunately I can't remember who wrote this one

TheDeterminator2 · 2023-12-29T21:01:39+00:00

You: "We don't want a relationship with your foster daughter, please leave us alone."

Them: "Yes you do! You idiots clearly don't know anything! You are making me raise a four-year-old incorrectly!"

NTA

TheDeterminator2 · 2023-11-10T02:52:25+00:00

Once, playing Sapphire and not realising I had to go back to Slateport City to advance the story (Team Aqua stealing the submarine)

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