Bev from Carstairs, Alberta

Welcome Bev! Hope you enjoy your time here in Sudokuland with us. Lots of warm and friendly people...and of course, the great games. I look forward to seeing you on the pages! Blessings

Hello Everyone, I've only just discovered these pages. I wish they had come with a warning "Danger - Addictive, hazardous to productivity". I started with the Sudoku and then found the jigsaw puzzles. It's a lot easier to do jigsaw puzzles which the cats can't help with!

to you to Sudokuland, along with a Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie for you and your guests.

There’s lots to do around here, places to visit and chat. I'm just around the corner; stop in anytime for more pie and a video.

Hi there Bev.... to sudokuland...I and everybody in SA6 [sudokuaholics anonymous 6- look in forums under 'Off Topic'] are in total agreement with you. The puzzles are fun but even better are the forums, chat rooms and going visiting. It is great to go visiting and make new friends - I have learnt so much about our world through this site. ENJOY....

, to Bev.
Great to have you here with us.
I see you have already worked out how addictive this site can be. Say goodbye to housework!

Dear Bev.
You are to your own page.
You are to my own page.
You are to visit my Egyptian Guest House any and every time you wish.

Hello and Welcome, Bev! Yes, the pages ARE addictive!

On the easy puzzle today, you asked about Good mAen. John answered you a couple of comments later, but you may not have seen it. Since he explained it so well, I have copied it and pasted it here (I hope).

John From Knoxville, Tennessee
Good maEn Bev,

Since this is a global community, Good (Maen, mAen, maEn, and maeN) is shorthand for Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening, or Night. Thus, everyone is greeted properly. The current time period from the writer's perspective is capitalized.

Oh, by the way, did you know you can answer someone's question/visit someone else's page just by clicking on the "Check out my page" after their name? I hope to see you again soon.

Hello Bev, and a belated welcome to your own page. It's always nice to see another Canadian posting on this site. Enjoy my traditional page warming gift, a double chocolate fudge beavertail pastry from Ottawa. Cheers, and

Hello, Bev, and I, too, say welcome to the Land of Serious Addiction! I just had a small display of temper (which incorporated a certain amount of ranting and raving) when I could not get the internet to work, nor could I get my computer tech on the phone to ask him a question - and I needed my puzzle fix! I crawled about in the dust and cat hair examining 30 miles of assorted cords to discover an unplugged plug-in thing that, curiously, led to my modem! I feel so clever when I finally resort to common sense and fix something technical!!

I enjoyed your comments - I have a friend in Calgary, and I do intend to go visit her one fine day in the reasonable future, and would love to travel through Canada! My husband (deceased) and I had always wanted to go to Banf (hope I spelled that correctly - I can't go back to the puzzle page to check without losing my message) and we have enjoyed camping in the Eastern portion of Canada.

Again, welcome to this great site - our Webmaster, Gath, does a fine job keeping it going!

Thanks for the tour bus suggestion, Bev! I am getting itchy to travel more in North America. Perhaps when I visit family in Seattle I can just head north to Vancouver, then eastward through Canada.

Hi Bev. Just saw your comment on the jigsaw page & answered it there but thought I'd paste it here as well because you may not get back to that page! Sorry I haven't been to visit before!
It's an annual event. I submitted them last year in Nov after I'd been to see it. I resubmitted them in Oct this year because none had appeared, but I forgot to put Sulpture'07 on them & my name! I haven't submitted this year's photos yet! There's over 100 sculptures & some of them are very big, but they are brought in & taken out for a showing of not quite 3 weeks! It started in 1997 for one day & only a few sculptures; it has grown since!!! I haven't done the kids one's yet -probably have to wait till tomorrow now - have to go to tennis!

Wishing you all the very best for the Festive Season

Hello Bev - I just saw your comment to me on the jigsaw puzzle so thought I'd visit your page to answer you.
Yes, I did the grey pieces before there was a picture. As it was only a medium puzzle it really wasn't too hard.
Cheers
Anne

A belated to you, Bev!
So glad you dropped by the tough page to say hello! Congratulations on being the "Rookie of the Year"! You must love your job!

Hi Bev - how many cats do you have? I love seeing their pictures. I have 8 cats right now, but I do volunteer work at a cat rescue/sanctuary. There isn't a day that goes by that I'm not laughing at some sort of silly antic. We lost our oldest cat (18 and a half) last week.

Alfred's comment is a logical solution to the puzzle. See my comment there.

Bev, thanks for introducing Tinka to us! She's a beauty! I have two ageing cats; a black & white cat named Tuxedo (15.5) and a silver gray tabby, Nigel (11.5). Nigel is diabetic and I give him an insulin shot each morning. It's always a race to give him his injection before the new Sudoku day starts!

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas



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Hi Bev! I've just read your comment on the page where my kiddo is climbing on historic 'unsafe' playground equipment in Blackheath ... there was an intriguing study done recently in Australia that demonstrated that too safe playgrounds actually increased the risk of injuries because children made them challenging by using them in ways that were not intended!

Bev, the story about your kitty choked me up. How tough that must have been. Thanks for sharing the cute picture with us.

Hey Bev! Go back to today's easy jigsaw and revisit the caption on the picture. (I explained it in my post below yours) Cheers!

Hi Bev. Somehow I have missed you in previous posts during the past two years! Just today I noticed your cat photo & comment about mammals. Hope you will list the 6 things tomorrow. I even googled to find out, but couldn't come up with 5 things that showed up in the photo. I am very curious.

Glad your carrot wasn't !!!

the pic of the pretty flowering plant you've had for years is something I know as Swedish Ivy - how nice that it bloomed for you! You must be doing something right!

Hello Bev - I just saw your comment on the jigsaws so thought I'd reply on your page. I would never have taken a photo of the new entertaintment centre only I was near there with three of my grandchildren and took photos of them. I probably shouldn't have vented like I did but some things like that annoy me. It's all a case of who you are or who you know, and anything is possible. I believe in progress but the right kind in the right place and that's building is neither. We have a local council who seem to spend all their time arguing so this particular project was taken out of their hands and that's what we ended up with.
I do hope all is well with you and yours and you're not getting too much snow or cold weather.
Kind regards,
Anne

I believe that you are the Birthday Girl today!
If that is so, a very to you. I hope you have a lovely day spent with your family and friends.

Best wishes,
Anne

Happy Canada Day, Bev!

Hi Bev. I just wanted to wish you and all those you care for a very happy Christmas, and all the best in the year to come. Cheers!

To you Bev from me and my three cats.

8/4/13 Bev, this is about the picture of your adorable cat. OUCH! At least, we all now know how your spent ($) your summer vacation!! Hope he heals well. Though, I've never had a cat break a bone, I do know that small dogs break bones every now and then and heal fast. At first there is a limp but with time and a little TLC, they are good as new. Too bad our checking accounts don't recover so fast!

I'm with you on the darned jigsaw for the easy. I'm 75 and do all kinds of puzzles to keep my brain working. My Mom is 101 & Dad died last year just shy of 100. I want to stay sharp. I live in beautiful Oaxaca de Juarez in Mexico - no need for heat or air conditioning. The weather is gorgeous year round!

I'll watch for your geese to fly over - we live in the center of the city of Oaxaca so they won't land nearby though.

Hello Bev!
Thanks for your comments on my photos!

Just answered your question re Soursob/Soursop! Name apparently comes from the American drink Soursop, which apparently is quite sour!
Here's the info if you want it!
http://www.herbiguide.com.au/Descriptions/hg_Soursob.htm

Bev... Didn't you know that the challenge for the 'easy' jigsaws is to see how/if you handle frustration! I love the jigsaws as well and have found it my challenge to get most of the 'important parts' of the puzzle into a solid form without getting an 'unneeded' outer puzzle piece that makes it impossible! What else can I say!!!

This is copy & paste message about the Sudoku Easy Jigsaw Problems:
They went wild after one of Gath's changes. If you go back in the beginning (15th May 2005) & check the photos in the archives you'll find that the only jigsaw is the torso in the black jumper with the white coffee cup, you'll find that photo as the jigsaw on every Easy Sudoku page up till the 12th of January this year. I did comment on this earlier this year, but I'm usually commenting when no one's around!!!
I'd say the photos we're getting are the ones from the Easy pages that don't have a home any more! And the off sized ones are possibly the very early reward photos for finishing the Sudoku!
So I think we just have to accept that the Easy Sudoku jigsaw is going to too big or very small, more frequently than being a good size!!

I'm frustrated with the easy jigsaws too!

Hi Bev! I answered your question on the med JS page, but thought you may not go back to it! So here it is again! (sorry it's a a bit long winded!!)
It's an ''Artist's Walk'' along the foreshores of Sydney Harbour from North Sydney to Lavender Bay! The Artists themselves don't walk (unless they need a break!!). Their easels are dotted along the walk & they're painting harbour views or whatever, The musicians are a moving band along the foreshore & there are mimers, clowns, face painters - just a fun day!!

Bev, I gave a little history on the petroglyphs on today's tough puzzle...

That bee picture is amazing. Wish my husband could see good enough to appreciate it. Bless his heart, he tries, but at this point he can no longer drive at all and I don't really trust him to go out to walk alone unless he is just going to walk around our block. His hearing is amazing but at 88, I just want to take care of him!