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..like the vapors rising o'er the waters round Keflavik

ANGELIC

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ANGELIC

L --> R

and presto, we have an Ode to a

GRECIAN...
[he said, earnestly]

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CARBINE

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..with, maybe, Keats' circular piece of pottery on which the guy never stops chasing the girl, etc etc

BRAINED

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BRAINED

add O

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..when I was part of USAREUR I had friends who were Rangers..but not me; I liked terra firma

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ANTERIOR


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ANTERIOR

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..the inside

INTERIOR

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..first major performance (1935, I think it was)..The

INFORMER

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..need not apply

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..that a field full of Fermi-Dirac quanta are sure to be

FERMIONIC

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From Quantum Physics to Ancient History in one easy step:

FERMIONIC

from U to I

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..I've found it healthier when I insist my guards be

UNIFORMED

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...wear body armor, too. Preferably the kind made in

UNIFORMED

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..step back; before,I meant well,but soon it was he falters then

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...because, after all, starting with

FLOUNDERS

and replacing S with W is

WONDERFUL!

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..I wanted to be shocked, awed..but I lost my underpinnings

UNFLOORED ... in short, I'm underwhelmed

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Shapeless? We can fix that -

UNCOLORED

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CONTOURED

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..let's do the twist

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CONTORTED

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COTTONED

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... and I can accept that.

CONNOTED

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CONDONE

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..might have something to say about that

CONTEND(which is what our 'Vi' always maintained)

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..she'd always give way to cousin Elsie, ever more placid, saying it'd be no

CONTEST ..Elsie always wore her carnations

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CONTEST

drop N

OCTETS

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..but I can't put my finger on it. Now my shoulder hurts

SOCKET

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COTTISE


you beat me aby 46 secs. Lucky you.

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How many time this year have we done

SOCKET, ROCKET, DOCKET, POCKET ?


pick any one

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Sorry ..and I'm not sure it was (good) luck, as I'd've much preferred your word, if --that is--I'd ever heard it before.


I'll go with

LOCKET and just hope we can get away from this string asap

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Not a criticism, please no offense.
It is just one I've noticed. And I've been tempted to as well.
There are others, one in particular, that I always go back
to, irresponsibly on my part.

I've studied heraldry a lot. It is also use in seargeants
arm insignia , e.g. chevron.


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..comes to mind; this was a staple on the family sales chart. But neither she nor her Mither and Father before ever dealt in the breed whose call is a

CACKLE

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..had SNAPPED it to Lynch on the 1 I think he'd 've POPPED the Pats'

TACKLER What a bonehead call that pass play was; maybe the fix was in???

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