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The night of Saturday 15th March seems ideal.

Right, let's talk about some important stuff.

We need a GSIAD and a PARTY

My "mashton killed fixed gear" stickers just got a whole lot more real.

fuck that, it's the end times.
let the clue stand and let's tag as much as we can before it's over.

We need a BOOK.

Hippy is fat and Seb is a hunch back motherfucker.

These things will always be true.

I have so many things to say and just can't bring myself to say them just yet.

I am sat in a library, literally about to cry my fucking eyes out.

But, one thing I do want to say immediately is that @Velocio should indeed be knighted.

A few years back I actually tried to get the ball rolling to nominate you for an MBE. I dropped that ball and now I regret it whole heartedly.

You have done more good for more people than almost anyone else I can think of. You have always been inspirational for me. Thank you.

As for the more broad sentiment of this place, this amazing place, I will bring myself to write something. When I can.

This. Is. Awful.
Here. Is. wonderful.

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I was absolutely stumped and about to take a shot, when I had a a flash of inspiration.

Close one...

Not a pleasant scorecard to wake up to.

The last six posts are the most perfect illustration of how social media platforms are not perfect media of communication!

Just beautiful.

The stuff of dreams

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To get my half century in this second innings.

24 day streak, 52 under par.

(Yes, the fifty came up yesterday but I didn't notice)

Boom lol

Also, fnar, part of the process of solving it involves a word that is highly pertinent to where I solve the daily minute cryptic.

Yes, a pleasing clue to start the day.

Worth taking a step back and admiring the surface reading - I really enjoy it when the clue makes such consistent sense as a sentence, with a meaning that is (almost) nothing to do with the eventual answer.

"game" and "fearless" can totally be used synonymously.:

"mashton would like to jump over this shark to get to the treasure?"
"Sure, I'm game" / "Sure, I'm fearless"

Yes this is a bit tenuous, but these are cryptic crossword clues. Tenuous is par for the course.

I am still kicking myself for doing maths in a word play puzzle.

What a fool.

Yep, I just showed it to my son and noted that the use of numerals rather number words makes it even harder.

A final thought:

Nice clue.

I started watching the video and then figured it out whilst he was preambling.

That is a total result.

But I am still kicking myself for not working out the bloody clue.

I am currently studying and tutoring maths and so I am claiming that I found it hard to see through the surface of the word play. Schoolboy error.

An observation:

The Search function UX seems to have two too many touch presses in it:

1) From the home screen I press the search button.

2) Then I have to press in the search term input box to give it focus.

3) Once I've finished typing my search term I hit the tick button on the keyboard.

4) Now I have to press search to actually initiate the search.

Number 2 of those could certainly be got rid of with an auto focus. I don't know if you can combine 3 and 4, it probably depends on the text entry method being used by the user, so maybe not.

My ideal flow would be: hit search on home page; type a teem; press tick; see results list.

After that first search the user could then filter with further options and refinements etc, but the main use case would be streamlined.

1 under, took a letter and guessed the answer.

I still can't fathom the word play.

I am girding myself for the dulcet tones of the smug overlord.

Why was the lad still in Dubai when the girl and mum were back in Blighty? Is he a Dubai resident?

This is awesome.
Perhaps I will venture out with a wax tablet and a stylus to get the next one...

How has this had no interest? It's a banger.
GLWS