18 December 2006

A tardy set result

Setduelwinner_1 Somewhat belatedly, I see that I won the set competition on Saturday. If you go to the link in the previous sentence, you will be at the deblog and can find out more about this puzzle that a group of addicts voluntarily put themselves through most days. Apologies for the delay in posting this compelling piece of news -- I guess I didn't think for a minute I would win in the new-look format, so never thought to go back to check my score. If you like the puzzle, please join in over at the deblog, where you will find plenty of other pastimes of that ilk, discovered by the currently technologically euphoric Debra Hamel.

18 Dec 2006 21:44:57 | Games

6 Comments

Debra Hamel

A lovely post, Maxine!

Posted by: Debra Hamel | 19 December 2006 at 00:47

Amy

Congrats, Maxine!

Posted by: Amy | 19 December 2006 at 11:18

Susan Balée

I love your badge!

Posted by: Susan Balée | 19 December 2006 at 15:22

Maxine

Thanks, all -- the nice thing about this competition is that it takes 1-5 mins (depending on how slow one's brain is on a given day).

Posted by: Maxine | 19 December 2006 at 16:29

Susan

Closer to ten minutes for me! Congratulations, Maxine!

Posted by: Susan | 20 December 2006 at 04:10

Maxine

Now come on, Susan, you've had some aces recently I believe ;-) (as you are on a blog that allows smileys ;-) )

Posted by: Maxine | 21 December 2006 at 15:36

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