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| Schrodinger's Cat | Sep 21 2012, 06:52 AM Post #1 |
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I'll just repeat the rules from the start of the old thread:
To continue: chapter (posted by w4at) preach |
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| tafkaj | Oct 23 2012, 02:49 PM Post #101 |
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isolated |
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| waiting4atickle | Oct 23 2012, 07:44 PM Post #102 |
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desolate |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Oct 23 2012, 11:34 PM Post #103 |
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delates (a pretty obscure word but I've had to cheat on this one - do let me know if "desolate" can lead elsewhere) |
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| waiting4atickle | Oct 23 2012, 11:51 PM Post #104 |
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Desolated, obviously...but best avoid being closeted in case you're molested. stalled |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Oct 24 2012, 12:09 AM Post #105 |
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lasted |
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| waiting4atickle | Oct 24 2012, 12:17 AM Post #106 |
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tassel |
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| tafkaj | Oct 26 2012, 11:10 AM Post #107 |
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stalest
Edited by tafkaj, Oct 26 2012, 11:10 AM.
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| waiting4atickle | Oct 26 2012, 04:47 PM Post #108 |
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saltiest |
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| tafkaj | Oct 27 2012, 12:17 PM Post #109 |
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tailless |
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| waiting4atickle | Oct 28 2012, 01:37 AM Post #110 |
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Antilles |
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| tafkaj | Oct 30 2012, 03:34 PM Post #111 |
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Satinelle
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| waiting4atickle | Oct 30 2012, 04:17 PM Post #112 |
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Had to look that one up - assumed it was a brand of toilet paper. satellite |
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| Caro | Nov 2 2012, 09:33 PM Post #113 |
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belittles (Wouldn't someone like to shorten our words?) |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 2 2012, 10:07 PM Post #114 |
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I think we need some better letters. belletrist |
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| Caro | Nov 2 2012, 11:02 PM Post #115 |
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I am dubious about belletrist but apparently it is a word. We do not need better letters - we need about 5 less letters. billeters |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 2 2012, 11:20 PM Post #116 |
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It's the combination rather than the number of letters which dictates the difficulty of this game imo. blistered |
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| tafkaj | Nov 3 2012, 01:03 PM Post #117 |
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5 FEWER letters, surely ... And, yes, belletrist is certainly "a word" - and a valid one at that!restabled |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 3 2012, 06:43 PM Post #118 |
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bolstered |
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| Caro | Nov 3 2012, 08:18 PM Post #119 |
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I think I'd used fewer earlier - I'm sick of fewer and even more sick of how people use it as a stick to beat people with. Just a silly 19th century rule added onto our language to make people feel superior. And it's still used that way - I hear normally perfectly polite people (my husband included) telling others in public that they have got it wrong. Annoys me no end.We don't have two words for 'more', why do we need two for 'less'? plastered |
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| Caro | Nov 3 2012, 08:21 PM Post #120 |
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Oh, I forgot - I was being specially nice to you, Tafkaj! Perhaps in view of that, you'll have to ignore previous post. |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 3 2012, 08:25 PM Post #121 |
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Plastered? So early in the morning! I think getting irate has clouded your judgement there, Caro. And I daresay taf was only teasing. |
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| Caro | Nov 3 2012, 08:48 PM Post #122 |
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Oh dear, I forgot somehow about your 'bolstered'. I had seen it, just ignored it. Sorry. Now I have to think and fiddle some more and whatever you say for me it's a lot quicker with just five letters. I don't expect Taf was teasing at all - he is keen on all these rules. |
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| Caro | Nov 3 2012, 11:13 PM Post #123 |
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rebolted |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 3 2012, 11:25 PM Post #124 |
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That just goes to show how many options there were for that one, Caro. I was expecting holstered or blustered or redoubles, but you've come up with something else. troubled |
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| Caro | Nov 4 2012, 02:02 AM Post #125 |
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That's because I was trying to get rid of a letter and now I've managed to get it down one more. Soon will take me more like 20 seconds than 5 minutes. (Though this one did just take me seconds, though of course you may tell me I've done something wrong again.) doubter |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 4 2012, 11:02 AM Post #126 |
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I'd have thought it would be quicker if you were less fixated on reducing the number of letters and just went with the obvious. redoubts |
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| Caro | Nov 5 2012, 05:18 AM Post #127 |
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I go with the first one I think of normally. It takes forever when it's a long word. There's always a letter too many to work with easily. Here I could have had stubbed, but there's an 'o' and an 'r' so that won't work. More thinking required. bestrode |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 5 2012, 06:39 PM Post #128 |
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breasted |
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| Caro | Nov 5 2012, 07:28 PM Post #129 |
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debater |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 5 2012, 07:51 PM Post #130 |
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waterbed |
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| Caro | Nov 5 2012, 09:58 PM Post #131 |
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Waterbed? You don't see many of them round any more. I won one in a raffle once - it was a single bed and my son used it, but every now and again the wster would all flow out and we would have to drag the bed outside and empty it. So the garden was watered |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 5 2012, 10:55 PM Post #132 |
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I don't recall ever seeing many of them around, although I think my American brother used to have one. Spoilt for choice now and nearly wavered, but this brought the most smiles... wreathed |
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| Caro | Nov 6 2012, 05:17 AM Post #133 |
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I hope this is not going to turn into a game of wits, one I would badly lose and then feel wretched |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 6 2012, 09:18 AM Post #134 |
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Don't worry, you won't be hectored |
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| Caro | Nov 6 2012, 11:12 PM Post #135 |
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And you might not be torched. (But I haven't made a full decision on that.) |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 7 2012, 12:13 AM Post #136 |
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chortled |
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| Caro | Nov 7 2012, 08:41 AM Post #137 |
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clothed [and that's my last contribution to this board for a week. I hope I am clothed properly and have enough books.] |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 7 2012, 08:44 AM Post #138 |
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What will I do without you, Caro? latched |
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| Caro | Nov 7 2012, 09:08 AM Post #139 |
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You'll cope. And now the computer really is going off. satchel |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 7 2012, 10:35 AM Post #140 |
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chastely |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 7 2012, 04:18 PM Post #141 |
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chattels |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 7 2012, 06:33 PM Post #142 |
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chaplets (Small chaps, I suppose.) |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 8 2012, 12:12 PM Post #143 |
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chapels |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 8 2012, 12:18 PM Post #144 |
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scalpel |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 9 2012, 07:44 AM Post #145 |
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places |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 9 2012, 09:23 AM Post #146 |
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clasped |
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| tafkaj | Nov 10 2012, 01:19 PM Post #147 |
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delaces |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 10 2012, 11:54 PM Post #148 |
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descaled |
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| tafkaj | Nov 12 2012, 12:39 PM Post #149 |
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resaddle |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 12 2012, 12:44 PM Post #150 |
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dreadless |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 13 2012, 12:14 PM Post #151 |
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saddlers |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 13 2012, 06:55 PM Post #152 |
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address |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 14 2012, 12:11 AM Post #153 |
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sadder |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 14 2012, 12:56 AM Post #154 |
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spared |
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| Caro | Nov 14 2012, 01:29 AM Post #155 |
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(See. Plenty of people to play with. I am pleased that dreadless was put up when I didn't have to worry about it. I am not at all sure about dreadless as a word anyway (and nor is my computer, but then it doesn't like humour or kea). drape |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 14 2012, 09:44 AM Post #156 |
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parted |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 14 2012, 11:36 PM Post #157 |
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I'm tempted to put "gparted" which is one of my favourite bits of software but instead I'll try: damper |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 15 2012, 12:34 AM Post #158 |
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pomade |
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| Caro | Nov 15 2012, 04:12 AM Post #159 |
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mopped |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 15 2012, 08:25 AM Post #160 |
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pumped Btw Caro, did you have a good break? |
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| Caro | Nov 15 2012, 09:53 AM Post #161 |
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Oh, yes, lovely. Nice to see my very lovely country in its most scenic parts and we had some good meals out, including one our friends paid for that was exorbitant and minimalist but very good, even if my husband said he was still hungry at the end of it. You did need three courses to be full. And we saw Mount Cook/Aoraki clearly which doesn't always happen. I went shopping to buy a top - found a plain tee-shirt in a poncy shop for $205. I bought one for $10 in el cheapo department store. upped |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 15 2012, 12:18 PM Post #162 |
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prude |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 15 2012, 12:26 PM Post #163 |
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dupes |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 15 2012, 02:58 PM Post #164 |
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super |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 15 2012, 07:19 PM Post #165 |
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peruse |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 16 2012, 12:12 AM Post #166 |
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spree |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 16 2012, 12:37 AM Post #167 |
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rupees |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 16 2012, 01:55 AM Post #168 |
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puree |
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| Caro | Nov 16 2012, 03:01 AM Post #169 |
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repel |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 16 2012, 07:10 AM Post #170 |
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repeal |
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| Caro | Nov 16 2012, 08:32 AM Post #171 |
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pearl |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 16 2012, 08:59 AM Post #172 |
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player |
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| Caro | Nov 16 2012, 09:08 AM Post #173 |
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relay |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 16 2012, 09:50 AM Post #174 |
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barley |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 16 2012, 03:26 PM Post #175 |
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arable |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 16 2012, 05:57 PM Post #176 |
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barrel |
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| Caro | Nov 16 2012, 08:28 PM Post #177 |
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rabble |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 16 2012, 10:00 PM Post #178 |
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barbell (Time, ladies and gentlemen, please.) |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 17 2012, 01:01 PM Post #179 |
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barbel |
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| Caro | Nov 17 2012, 10:54 PM Post #180 |
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blear |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 18 2012, 12:43 AM Post #181 |
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early |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 18 2012, 01:23 AM Post #182 |
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really |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 18 2012, 11:45 AM Post #183 |
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rally |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 18 2012, 12:05 PM Post #184 |
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orally |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 18 2012, 06:23 PM Post #185 |
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royal |
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| Caro | Nov 18 2012, 08:07 PM Post #186 |
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lorry |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 18 2012, 10:34 PM Post #187 |
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glory |
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| tafkaj | Nov 20 2012, 03:08 PM Post #188 |
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growl |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 20 2012, 03:24 PM Post #189 |
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world |
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| tafkaj | Nov 20 2012, 03:26 PM Post #190 |
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drawl |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 20 2012, 03:37 PM Post #191 |
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drawn |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 20 2012, 10:20 PM Post #192 |
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warned |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 20 2012, 10:25 PM Post #193 |
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inward |
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| Caro | Nov 21 2012, 05:46 AM Post #194 |
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drains |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 21 2012, 10:54 AM Post #195 |
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snared |
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| Caro | Nov 21 2012, 08:08 PM Post #196 |
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endear |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 21 2012, 09:20 PM Post #197 |
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grenade |
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| Schrodinger's Cat | Nov 22 2012, 08:54 PM Post #198 |
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danger |
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| waiting4atickle | Nov 22 2012, 10:20 PM Post #199 |
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gardens |
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| Caro | Nov 23 2012, 09:22 AM Post #200 |
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dragons |
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And, yes, belletrist is certainly "a word" - and a valid one at that!
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