This was a different sort of Time for Tea, and a fun one. Thank you! The Cryptogram Puzzle thing sounds like just my kind of fun. I may explore that. Not right now, though, as I am immersed in The Almaniac, and have only a month left to find all the answers. (Look it up if you haven't heard of it, you might enjoy it; or you might prefer their map contests, which are very ingenious and which I also do.) Cheers!
Thank you, I wasn't sure what to talk about this week, and I was thinking about Pokemon let's go coming out on the 16th so then I thought, Ill just share my procrastination addictions! I will definitely look up the Almaniac for sure, I love a good puzzle.
The Almanac etc. people have been doing their 3 or 4 annual contests for about 4 decades now, and they're always ingenious. In addition to giving out top national prizes to everyone with a perfect (or near-perfect) score, they give certificates for best in each state or country. Which works out well for me in little Delaware (Del Guy!), as only 2 Delawareans entered and the other one didn't finish. Automatic certificate for me! Hurray!
@@DelGuy03 OMG THERE ARE PRIZES?! oooohhh, also, loving the Origin Story of your name. Mine is a little weird- There was an antenna on the roof of a building opposite my flat in Edinburgh, and I became obsessed with it, as it was such a weird shape. So then, all my usernames became starfish related. And here I am. What should I search for for this Almanac thing? I tried searching but wasnt sure which was the official.
@@ColinsTimetoBake There are indeed prizes -- paperweights or little plaques engraved with the name of the contest. Here is the Almaniac (note spelling): home.earthlink.net/~oldmaltese/Almaniac.html They do 2 Almaniac contests a year, plus the St. Valentine's Day Massacre (big map-following contest using an atlas) in the winter, and a half-length one in the summer. They used to do a Circumglobal Trophy Dash as well, using a booklet of maps that they would send, but that's been retired. (They tried an online version once -- using Google capabilities -- and you can still play that one at the website and see how you would have done. It's interesting but I suspect they found it a headache because those online resources are constantly updating.) Can you tell I love puzzles and maps?
