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RIA (Financial service?)
CAME (past tense from come?)
YET (not till now?)

Clearly I have no clue if that makes any sense. But in general crossword puzzle all three are possible.

hes looking for a hidden joke not what the letters are. the puzzle on its face is nonsense

02-09-2018 , 01:26 PM

#177

gregorio

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ie the 41 and 44 which can't be across or down entries.

02-09-2018 , 02:56 PM

#178

El Diablo

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Greg: the 41 and 44 are the key to the message in there.

Lfs: while it sounds boring to me, that sounds like a pretty great diet. If you ever get bored, it’s easy for you to just modify it by switching up your protein sometimes or doing some stuff like going with roasted veg instead of greens. What kind of endurance stuff you doing?

02-09-2018 , 03:27 PM

#179

LFS

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Doing a sprint-distance reverse triathon in about a month, then a half-marathon a few weeks after that. Not sure what the plan will be for what's next, either a longer triathlon or a full marathon I guess.

02-09-2018 , 03:44 PM

#180

cs3

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Knowing what your background is now, your diet diet makes sense. Sounds like you've come a really long way LFS. I imagine it took a ton of work and self control.

I eat pretty terribly and I know at some point it will catch up to me. I don't think I have the discipline to eat anywhere near as healthy as you do though.

02-09-2018 , 03:52 PM

#181

chopstick

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LFS - if you're going to make an exception to disciplined eating and gorge on something occasionally, sushi is an excellent choice.

02-09-2018 , 04:55 PM

#182

El Diablo

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LFS,

Nice. What half are you doing?

02-09-2018 , 05:34 PM

#183

LFS

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The Pacific Half at The Great Race of Agoura Hills

It's a fantastic event, I did the 10K there last year.

02-09-2018 , 05:37 PM

#184

cs3

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gregorio

ie the 41 and 44 which can't be across or down entries.

Why not?
40 down (not pictured) - Florida
41 down - Ida (2013 movie starring Agata Trzebuchowska)
41 across - I

44 down - DA (district attorney)

of course I have no idea what rules crossword puzzles follow, so that could be complete gibberish

02-09-2018 , 05:43 PM

#185

UpHillBothWays

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Quote:

Originally Posted by El Diablo

Rexx,

GS cookies aren't really that good imo. People buy them for a combination of nostalgia and mainly because friends' kids, relatives, little girls at cookie stands, etc are selling them.

That reminds me, I need to buy a few boxes from a friend's daughter.

S'mores and Toffee-tastic are new, rolling the dice with them!

i was just randomly viewing some threads (first time viewing an oop monthly thread) and i'm sorry to report that your order, while not the nut low, is about at the 15% order quality range. terrible terrible stuff there good sir

i realize you're not a big fan, but still, up your order game.

02-09-2018 , 06:13 PM

#186

2/325Falcon

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41 and 44 would both be across entries imo.

41. The ___-Team
44. I pooped so much I blew out my ___-ring.

02-09-2018 , 06:14 PM

#187

gregorio

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Yeah, I'd never seen that in a crossword and felt pretty embarrassed after El D's post.

02-09-2018 , 06:21 PM

#188

2/325Falcon

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Also, not sure why 50 across has just a P there.

02-09-2018 , 06:48 PM

#189

2/325Falcon

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Also, 52 is on there twice and 46 across shouldn't come before 45 down.

02-09-2018 , 06:56 PM

#190

dkgojackets

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$5 a box now?

02-09-2018 , 07:14 PM

#191

chopstick

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Quote:

Originally Posted by UpHillBothWays

i realize you're not a big fan, but still, up your order game.

looool that was absolutely a top 10% order. His only mistakes were:

- he should have gone with a second box of Samoas (either just +1, or over the lolS'mores)
- not getting a box of Trefoils, but the Trefoils error is debatable.
- getting lolS'mores instead of something edible

02-09-2018 , 07:17 PM

#192

El Diablo

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UpHill,

Quote:

Originally Posted by UpHillBothWays

i realize you're not a big fan, but still, up your order game.

To be fair to me, the order is really 2 Thin Mints and 1 Samoas, then just got the S'mores (terrible) and Toffee-tastic (OK) to try because I'd never heard of them before. How does my 2 Thin Mints, 1 Samoas order rate?

edit: chop, I like trefoils fine, but if I want shortbread I'll just get a box of Walker's. I almost got a second box of Samoas!

02-09-2018 , 07:29 PM

#193

Ungoliant

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Any purchase of non-Samoas is a tragic missed opportunity to be eating more Samoas. Though lol girl scouts, the Keebler knockoffs are just as good and readily available at half the price.

02-09-2018 , 07:29 PM

#194

chopstick

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ED - there is hope for you yet.

+1 on everything Ungoliant just said. Now that is a Samoas Jedi Master right there.

02-09-2018 , 07:34 PM

#195

cs3

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Savannah Smiles
Isn't she a girl scout turned porn star?

02-09-2018 , 09:27 PM

#196

Didace

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ungoliant

Any purchase of non-Samoas is a tragic missed opportunity to be eating more Samoas. Though lol girl scouts, the Keebler knockoffs are just as good and readily available at half the price.

One of the two bakeries is owned by Keebler. It shouldn't be surprising they have similar cookies.

02-10-2018 , 10:04 AM

#197

DoctorZangief

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I remember when OOT was so excited at Adam Carolla's first few podcasts. They were longform, had great guests and were light and funny. The decline has been slow but dear gravy it is complete garbage these days. Just ignorant old man rants about how kids don't understand, minorities don't have it that bad, berating Dr. Drew until he can't speak, terrible guests that get ignored for phone calls and TMZ headlines. Just awful. He got a good reaction from a couple rants and he now just cycles through the same 5 stories about how stupid and angry he is.

02-10-2018 , 01:30 PM

#198

UpHillBothWays

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Yes the s’mores and lack of Tagalongs (and thin mints and coconut) are what I was focused on. Thin mints and coconut are a personal pet peeve. Either you love mint with chocolate or you hate it. Same with coconut. I hate both. But I’ll admit you might love them. But for me that was nearly the nut low order. How can you like coconut and mint and chocolate but not chocolate and peanut butter?

02-10-2018 , 01:44 PM

#199

El Diablo

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Uphill,

When I want chocolate and peanut butter, I’ll get a delicious Reese’s instead of Girl Scout Cookies.

The fact that you hate Samoas makes your opinion on this matter worthless!