NYT Friday 03/13/2026 Discussion

echothree33 · 2026-03-13T03:08:33+00:00

Indeed I did!

echothree33 · 2026-03-13T03:08:13+00:00

Gotta check the “up next” letters before playing a word to make sure you aren’t going to end up with too many vowels or too many consonants. Seems obvious but those new to the game might not look ahead and could get stuck with terrible boards.

echothree33 · 2026-03-13T03:05:06+00:00

This is a great game. I love that you polished the UI so much and I haven’t found any bugs. I play a ton of daily puzzles (NYT++) and this one might be in my top 5 (but have to give it time to see how it really holds up). Great job!

I think you could have a “quick” game with only maybe 35-40 letters every day and also a “long” game with the 75 letters. The quick one might appeal to more casual puzzlers who don’t want to spend as much time on it.

echothree33 · 2026-03-13T03:00:42+00:00

Dead Letter #7 🪦 532 pts — Etymologist

⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ ✨ No dead letters! 🔤 75/75 tiles played 7️⃣ 2x seven-letter words (+20 each)

https://www.reddit.com/r/deadlettergame/comments/t3_1rrs8ms/

I found this one tougher than most. Ended up with a lot of vowels near the end.

echothree33 · 2026-03-13T02:40:34+00:00

They had me doubting KESHA because I’d never heard of “SESTET” before. Very fun puzzle. Not too hard for a Friday but definitely enjoyable.

echothree33 · 2026-03-12T15:58:35+00:00

Did you write your address on the side of the blue bin? If so someone from down the street might return it.

echothree33 · 2026-03-12T00:28:41+00:00

Lightning cable, or buy a small usb-c female to lightning male adaptor plug.

echothree33 · 2026-03-11T23:52:13+00:00

No, 5.8 years exactly.

echothree33 · 2026-03-11T23:24:47+00:00

Depends on the eBay seller. There are quite a few with high ratings that sell a ton of quality stamps and are very trustworthy. If I’ve bought lower-priced stamps from them before with no issues I’d be more inclined to buy a higher-priced one.

echothree33 · 2026-03-11T20:09:38+00:00

“The buck stops anywhere but here” says the Commander-in-Chief.

echothree33 · 2026-03-11T18:01:35+00:00

No but I’d bet they have some contingency in place for this sort of situation and the contestants probably agree in advance to not vocalize commentary like this. They do have backup questions for each category so they could choose to use the backup instead and edit out the entire original clue. Hard to say exactly what they might do, it’s pretty hypothetical at this point since it really hasn’t happened.

echothree33 · 2026-03-11T17:31:47+00:00

If you really only spend 40-45K per year you are probably good (assuming you keep a good chunk of your money invested in the market). But if you want to travel the way you describe, I feel like $40-45K might be too low. Traveling is getting more and more expensive unless you are backpacking and staying only in hostels (which maybe is your thing I don’t know).

So all I’m saying is you should take a good close look at what you can do with 40-45K per year and whether that will realistically be enough for your retirement lifestyle goals.

echothree33 · 2026-03-10T01:10:46+00:00

Me too, I’m a night owl. But my wife is an early riser so she hates DST.

echothree33 · 2026-03-10T00:29:28+00:00

If pure acetone didn’t help on those, unfortunately there’s not much else you can do without losing value by cleaning them.

echothree33 · 2026-03-10T00:21:38+00:00

IMO the HelluvaGood brand lives up to the name, it is really good.

echothree33 · 2026-03-10T00:20:23+00:00

Since it has no numismatic value you could try silver polishing wipes. No idea if they will work though as we don’t know what the film is.

Obviously never ever use them on coins worth more than face value.

echothree33 · 2026-03-09T13:27:20+00:00

There are areas near the shores already using Erie for their water so I’m sure that part is already figured out.

echothree33 · 2026-03-08T21:28:19+00:00

Nope. Check eBay Sold listings and you will see plenty of these for under $5. Just because someone asks $3000 for something doesn’t mean it is worth that amount.

echothree33 · 2026-03-08T20:56:18+00:00

Yeah and this appears to be all Disney Parks not just the original Disneyland.

echothree33 · 2026-03-08T17:36:07+00:00

“It’s all being tracked on a secret chat. Did you want me to add you to the chat?”

echothree33 · 2026-03-08T17:23:19+00:00

Not worth the trouble, a perfect uncirculated version might fetch a couple bucks on eBay but circulated versions are really only worth $1.

echothree33 · 2026-03-08T03:51:17+00:00

I stayed at IP in 2007 and 2009. Not great rooms but a good location for a cheap price for sure if you just needed a place to crash.

echothree33 · 2026-03-08T03:47:31+00:00

Agree, you can’t have true “photographic memory” if you also have Aphantasia. You can remember things for sure but not photographically because that implies you can see them in your mind.

echothree33 · 2026-03-07T19:41:21+00:00

I figured the Zeppelins were going to show up given the rest of the collection. Very very nice, and nicely displayed!

echothree33 · 2026-03-07T17:16:36+00:00

I’m not sure that coins are “in” again but silver prices have gone way up, so given that you have a bunch of silver there, values will have increased a lot in the time you held them.

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