Posted on 05/12/2024 4:11:49 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
Z IY CWAV JXIJ ZT JXV YEJXVAC ET HIAZEWC SIJZESC GEWPM YVVJ, JXVAV LEWPM RV SE YEAV LIAC. — V. Y. TEACJVA
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, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.
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You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!
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You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
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4 minutes good
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2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
WFO MLTWFOTM JFOOZ LS WFO FOBIOMD,Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
XN B DCYYOM VELTN ZRDDOY,
XECDFOY WL WFO WRMW LS TLDOD,
BMY FRY RM BM BAXOT ARDW,
BMY WFTLCVF WFO MLTWFOTM QBWFUBN,
WTBRERMV FOT TLXO LS SEBAO,
WFO PCOOMEN XLTOBERD
RM FOT YBHHERMV XOBCWN JBAO!-ABN TREON DARWF
The northern cheek of the heavens,
By a sudden glory kissed,
Blushed to the tint of roses,
And hid in an amber mist,
And through the northern pathway,
Trailing her robe of flame,
The queenly Borealis
In her dazzling beauty came!-MAY RILEY SMITH
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Got it
Better check with the Democrats first.
They’d probably try to stop it from happening.
Not good for business and their friend’s portfolios.
Sounds good and was easy to solve, but I don’t believe it for a second.
There would likely be more than ever.
Obviously you have watched a little league game. I hear ya.
There was a time when only two countries in the entire world were headed by females, Thatcher in Britain, and Indira in India. Both were engaged in shooting wars, with Argentina and Pakistan, respectively.
I disagree, PIAPS might be there
Thanks.
I agree.
Karen would cause more.
I am quite sure this is a myth, but like any man, I want peace, so I’ll be agreeable. Especially on this day, when those of the fair sex are so easily triggered.
Today’s author was a veteran of World War I. I think he may well have been indulging in wishful thinking.
There was a time when only two countries in the entire world were headed by females, Thatcher in Britain, and Indira in India. Both were engaged in shooting wars, with Argentina and Pakistan, respectively.
You see Palestinian mothers offer their sons to Allah on a daily basis.
I believe it was Robert E. Lee who is supposed to have said that it is well that war is so horrible, or we should grow fond of it. It makes a small, sane, humane part of me wince to see reenactors celebrating war.
When I read the history of events leading up to the Civil War and read the statements of leaders on both sides, it makes me almost ill knowing what came next. The same with the First World War. If anyone knew the pending horrors, they would have moved heaven and earth to avoid those tragic, pointless conflicts.
The Civil War did yield one beneficial effect, the end of slavery. But anyone reading contemporary accounts knows that “the peculiar institution” was already moribund, and probably would have been phased out in a generation or two, but a generation or two is a lifetime to the bondman. We are still dealing with the mess that the Civil War generated.
I agree with everything you said.
That lie - that The Civil War was fought in order to end slavery - is no different than the lie we are always told:
That the purpose of giving the government more power is to protect the little people from the rich and powerful. The government IS the rich and powerful!
It’s just sad to see how easily people can be convinced of something so patently absurd.
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