17 August 2006

C U L8er

If you don't read anything new here for a week or so, rest assured, "I shall return".

17 Aug 2006 21:42:33 | Miscellaneous

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crimeficreader

Have a good holiday, Maxine and family!

Posted by: crimeficreader | 17 August 2006 at 22:02

Susan

Have a wonderful trip, Maxine! Drive carefully, eat heartily, play joyfully, sleep well and come back safely.

Posted by: Susan | 17 August 2006 at 23:03

Marie

Have a lovely time!

Posted by: Marie | 18 August 2006 at 11:49

Clare

Bon voyage - have a great time.

Posted by: Clare | 18 August 2006 at 11:52

Minx

Be naughty!!

Posted by: Minx | 19 August 2006 at 16:05

Maxine

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

Posted by: Maxine | 04 September 2006 at 21:55

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Polygon 17 August Polygon puzzle Using the given letters no more than once, make as many words as possible of four or more letters, always including the central letter. Capitalised words, plurals, conjugated verbs (past tense etc), adverbs ending in LY, comparatives and superlatives are disallowed. How you rate: 11 words, average; 14, good; 18, very good; 22, excellent. Source: The Times Click here for rules and tips on how to play Polygon Answers on the continuation page. acid, acrid, adit, admit, amid, arid, cadi, card, cardia, damar, dart, data, diram, dirt, dram, drama, drat, maid, raid, trad, triad dramatic is the word using all the letters. Can't believe I didn't get that, Susan. I didn't do too well on this one at all, only got 15 in total. By the way, Susan, this will be the last polygon for a couple of weeks or so on Petrona, but you can go to the Times online and find a new one each day. If it works, go to this link and you should see a montage of newspaper front pages. Click on the day you want; when the contents list comes up, scroll down a long way until you get to "games" and...
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