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     each in his own way, you get a bigA  for this one.looks like we need seconds in the time markers! :¬ ) 
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That doesn't fly! Too many changes from (where we will go back):GROANED toBADGER |  |  |  
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That doesn't fly! Too many changes from (where we will go back):GROANED toBADGERif you notice the posting times, Bran and I posted simultaneously, and her post didn't show when my went through. (it was "above the screen") 
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Okay, then, let's not getANGERED... :0)
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Does it or does not it escape your combined observation that the O is LOST again? :0 ? Oh, Lost, gone, off. Stuck with the A for ever and a day.   from GROANED to BADGER Hu ? How? COFFEEBEAN!)Somebody stole my vowel. |  |  |  
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GROA(N -->)B EDfrom GROANED to BADGER Hu ? How? |  |  |  
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add an I
 DRAINED
 
 afterthought:   Do you think among us we can turn this into DANDELION in another three steps?
 
Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 02/03/2009 2:05 AM. Reason:  afterthought! 
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TRAINED
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Drop D and get TAURINE  ( and please don't kick the U out) Still have a little apple to peel with twosleepy. GROA(N -->)B ED GROANED - change (N -->to B) and you are stuck with BADGOER. Ain't that bad? !!!   |  |  |  
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TAURINE
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Drop D and get TAURINE  ( and please don't kick the U out) Still have a little apple to peel with twosleepy. GROA(N -->)B ED GROANED - change (N -->to B) and you are stuck with BADGOER. Ain't that bad? !!!   You must have missed that I dropped the O ... go back a page and check! :0) |  |  |  
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SERENITY swaps Y for D to become
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RESIDENT
 
 Should I? Huh? Should I?
 
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hey! even the OED spells that TENDERIZE!! |  |  |  
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hey! even the OED spells that TENDERIZE!! That Zee is still a bit harsh for my Tendereyes Maybe I should've gone with President? |  |  |  
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This    Tenderfoot  eliminates S and Z to DETERMINE  ( SZ becomes mmm M ) |  |  |  
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hey! even the OED spells that TENDERIZE!! yeah but he's a New Sealander! |  |  |  
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TENDERIßE to DETERMINE
 Iß the perfecteßt legalleßt exßchange.
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Et, you're off your game! She meant it eliminated the possibility of either one, but both were never together in one word, silly! |  |  |  
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DETERMINE
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Do we need to have this
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...change N to O and
 
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Bad word.Useless. PICKETED  DEBTCODE  coming up soon to go with our social security number  |  |  |  
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DEPICTED
 Rats.  It would take two turns , so we can't get to CENTIPEDE cleanly...
 
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PREDICTED >> D to N PRENTICED >>  R to E CENTIPEDEHow many miles to millipede, to go or not to go?
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Nice links. Is that "prenticed" as in what happened when Fredrick Was a Little Lad?I suspect the search for the other 900 legs wouldn't be worth the brain power expended.
 
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