Posted on 10/31/2024 3:37:32 AM PDT by nikos1121
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You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.
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.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.
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!
I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.
From The Arkansas Gazette
One year, I think it was 1955, when the Dodgers won their first World Series, I filled a grocery bag with goodies. Then I went home and picked up another empty bag. Those were the days.
For all of you gear heads
Found on telegram this morning
https://t.me/GMCcomments/20540
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Love it !
N’PP LQHG ORFMNBT WPFXY OERB QERD KFYR F JFMYRM XHPHM. —ORJBRLJFD FJJFKL, “QER FJJFKL SFKNPD”Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
I’LL STOP WEARING BLACK WHEN THEY MAKE A DARKER COLOR. —WEDNESDAY ADDAMS, “THE ADDAMS FAMILY”
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
We need “president size” or “Trump size” candy instead of “king size”.
Thanks.
Anthracite or bituminous?
Urbanite
Huh?
Scientific American, January 9, 1858
Coke and Coal
In practice it has been found, that, for a small concentrated fire, to melt metals or glass in crucibles, coke is a better fuel to use than bitumen coal, but is not superior to anthracite. A mixture of coke and coal makes the best fire under short boilers and in pottery kilns, but not under long boilers.
caption, "I got a rock."
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