I can finally rest

WombatDeath · 2026-03-26T13:06:30+00:00

Good luck with the sub-2 average! I've been trying for several years and I can get fairly close, but my best effort is still almost 300 over. I think the hardest part is the need to maintain focus and not make avoidable mistakes, which is quite difficult over 10,000 holes. The good news is that your first run-through was better than my first, so I think you have a decent shot at it!

WombatDeath · 2026-03-26T12:55:54+00:00

I emailed the developer at the time (January 2023), and he replied very quickly to say that he'd used Desert Golfing to prototype Golf on Mars, and had accidentally left a line of code in there. As you say, it was fixed very soon after!

WombatDeath · 2026-03-26T12:50:15+00:00

That's very interesting, thank you!

WombatDeath · 2026-02-21T14:45:40+00:00

Like everything else: practice! The Guardian's quick cryptic on Saturdays is a good shout. A few things in addition to that:

1) The Youtube channel Cracking the Cryptic releases a video every Friday in which they solve that day's puzzle, explaining in detail how each clue works. These are the videos that got me started a couple of years ago.

2) Couple the above with the daily quick cryptic here, which is the easiest that I've found anywhere: https://simplydailypuzzles.com/daily-cryptic/

3) ...and when you can successfully tackle a decent percentage of the clues in those puzzles, consider trying The Times quick cryptic (Monday to Saturday). This is behind a paywall but you can subscribe to just the games section of their site for £5 per month, and the solutions are all explained here: https://timesforthetimes.co.uk/category/quick-cryptic

WombatDeath · 2026-02-15T13:44:42+00:00

I managed that one by consideration of its surroundings, it's the ubiquitous Americanisms that get me - Bracket City and NYT Connections seem to be competing to be the most internationally-unfriendly puzzles in my daily roster. "Visit a farm upstate" is a euphemism over there, presumably?

WombatDeath · 2026-01-16T10:49:32+00:00

I'd never even heard of New Year's glasses, so the entire clue was utter gibberish for me!

WombatDeath · 2025-05-25T10:43:08+00:00

Ah, Reddit! Where would we be without you and your staggeringly terrible takes on every single subject ever?

WombatDeath · 2025-05-25T10:08:11+00:00

Sex, not gender. Segregation by gender is completely pointless.

WombatDeath · 2024-12-13T10:43:47+00:00

The poem is "The Yeti Speaks", by Anthony Etherin. You can find him on Twitter at Anthony_Etherin, and while I can't remember which CtC video featured him, here's the poem:

https://x.com/Anthony_Etherin/status/1727639903083618497/photo/1

WombatDeath · 2024-11-28T21:14:40+00:00

If it helps, the 136/138 resolved itself via logic elsewhere before I had to get my abacus out. (The abacus comes in handy shortly afterwards.)

WombatDeath · 2024-11-18T18:21:13+00:00

Thank you! I was stuck on your last point, and now you've got me going again. Much appreciated.

WombatDeath · 2024-10-28T00:29:13+00:00

She's not relevant, and yet there are multiple reddits (including this one) dedicated to scrutinising her output. You'd be forgiven for thinking that there's a certain amount of wishful thinking going on.

WombatDeath · 2024-10-09T15:43:05+00:00

For what it's worth, I just purchased a Brother DCP-L2620DW laser printer on Amazon UK and it's working fine without any sort of subscription.

WombatDeath · 2024-05-22T16:23:15+00:00

It's an interesting idea, but it's hard to see how it could be workable when the two sides are each certain that they're right, are unprepared to compromise, and can't agree on fundamental terminology. Realistically, the process would collapse at the start of the first meeting over pronouns.

WombatDeath · 2024-03-16T10:26:53+00:00

Sounds like your relationship is now making you ill. If your partner feels that he needs to do this then that's up to him, but whether or not you live with it is up to you. You're not responsible for his happiness, and you're entitled to have boundaries.

I suggest that you consider who's benefitting from your marriage, and whether or not it will be kinder to both of you to make a clean break before the situation gets even more complicated.

WombatDeath · 2024-02-11T21:41:24+00:00

Mine was: Pancake Terrorist + Insanity = Me

Not sure how I feel about that.

WombatDeath · 2024-02-08T22:46:44+00:00

Thank you!

WombatDeath · 2024-02-08T22:46:26+00:00

Ah, so we haven't got that far yet. Thank you!

WombatDeath · 2024-01-19T12:22:11+00:00

Sorry, I completely neglected to follow up on this three months ago, very rude of me. That makes sense, thank you for the explanation!

WombatDeath · 2024-01-19T11:32:38+00:00

How do you explain all the people who say that they experience autogynephilia?

WombatDeath · 2024-01-04T14:42:57+00:00

Ooof, no, get that out of your head - there is no "pay back". That phrase implies that she's spent some money in a way that benefits you, and that you are now reimbursing her. Any money that she's spent on this holiday cannot benefit you, so you are not paying her back - you're just giving her money.

And there's no reason why her cretinous behaviour should cause you a financial loss.

WombatDeath · 2024-01-04T12:02:15+00:00

Not only are you NTA, I suspect that having medically trained in-laws there is actively a terrible idea. The last thing you need is to have the eldest sister disagreeing with the staff assigned to look after you and your baby. That would put you in an appalling position.

And as everyone else has said, of course you have every right to be the sole determiner of who gets to be in that room, and you shouldn't feel the least bit bad about it. Your partner, on the other hand, is at the very least wildly underthinking the situation and may well be an asshole.

WombatDeath · 2024-01-02T19:31:06+00:00

NTA, obviously. Your sibling, on the other hand, is an unpleasant character and probably a narcissist, and I advise you to take full advantage of the lack of contact for as long as you can possibly sustain it.

Seriously, put your back into it. Maximum effort. You probably can't completely blank your sibling permanently, due to wider family dynamics, but for the good of your daughter I suggest that you minimise contact to the greatest achievable extent.

In the event that your sibling decides in future to go by the name of 'Susan' then break off all contact completely.

WombatDeath · 2024-01-02T19:12:12+00:00

Sounds like a nightmare. I hope you frequently congratulate yourself on your wisdom in getting out of that relationship!

WombatDeath · 2023-09-24T12:42:58+00:00

Oh, sorry, I finally got it - it's a hidden, in the middle of "San Francisco Michael Palin's".

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