Solution to our last puzzle:
AS FAST AS EACH OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, USE IT. ROBERT COLLIER
Posted on 01/08/2020 3:08:42 AM PST by nikos1121
From today’s Arkansas Gazette, we finally get an easy one. Look this over carefully before you start then set your phone stop watch and go. Anything under 3 minutes is good, under 2 is excellent, and 1 minute or less igraduates you to star status. For an added challenge try doing this without pen and paper.....
Remember, if you post a visual clue, make sure none of the puzzle words appear....
MAC FGKM CPPCWMHUC BXD MG OG HM, HK MG OG HM. —XFCSHX CXZAXZM
You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications.
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).
Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips you might give the group on how you solve these puzzles as puzzle solvers love to hear how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram.
If you need a little help you can copy the cryptogram and paste it to Hal’s Helper below:
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper.
Solution to our last puzzle:
AS FAST AS EACH OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, USE IT. ROBERT COLLIER
That is a lot of two letter words.
I flew right through it.
Got the author, now what is the third word?
Got it.
Haha
Short words were key. Had to google the last name.
Today’s author is famous in her own right, but if you study her quotes, she is kind of a caption obvious....
Seriously?
3 min. I got lost.
1 minute. The author’s lost and confused, however...
Seriously?Yes, I was not familiar with that name :-) Interesting life story…
Oh, My God, another generational gap moment. lol Tell me if you know who the following people are, (with all due respect) My staff of nurses scored zero on all:
-Bob Hope
-Johnny Carson
-Eddie Rickenbacker
-Jimmy Doolittle
-Stonewall Jackson
-Red Skelton
-Ozzie Nelson
-Julius La Rosa
-Rudy Vallee
-Little Richard
-Soupy Sales
Cartan’s home page says he is German in Germany, so the details of US history and pop culture may not be so obvious to him...
Unlike your nurses, who are probably under 25 and victims of present day public education.
By the way, I wish I had a staff of nurses...
Good point...
Carten, I apologize profusely, if you’re reading this, for thinking you’re a dumbsh*t....lol
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.