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[seekeerz]

He ho, here we are, it's Monday morning again and I still can't work out the time diff, - well anyway for the early risers among us - here is your link for this morning's words.

[JoolsTwo]

Afternoon Steff I am hoping for a glimse of the link words before I dive out the door for work. I think we are 9.5 hours behind you here, that should make you at about 5.30 in the evening and us at about 8.am. :-)

[sarumite]

Hi Steff, a bit tricky this morning, so hope these are right !

Puffin Crossing
Clove Hitch
Cookie Fairy
Shrimp Cutter

Hope all is well 'down under' ... best wishes :o)

[JoolsTwo]

I wish I hadn't bothered big fat ZERO for me and for Jim. Thanks Steff and sarumite.

[sarumite]

Good morning Jools ... same non-score for me .. have a good day at work :O)

[seekeerz]

thanks to you both, JJ and sarumite - well I know how I faired - not good!!!

Jools, it's 4.20pm here now, when your clocks went forward ours went back and that gets very confoozing for my little brain
[and you can stop sniggering, too, Big S, I can hear you from here!!]

ok I'll go away and do sums and come back later - little S

[seekeerz]

think we might have to rearrange two of those, sarumite -

think it might be

Cookie Cutter
Fairy Shrimp

what do you think ??

[dr john]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but isn't it Cookie Cutter, Fairy Shrimp?

[seekeerz]

yes, drjohn, we seem to be in agreement

[sarumite]

Well I did say that the links were a bit tenuous, although I did find reference to them all on-line!
Thanks Steff and dr john ... agree your pairings are more logical ... should have taken more water with it !!

[seekeerz]

malt whisky for breakfast - I don't know sarumite, you're really coming off the rails

[seekeerz]

Just to confuse everyone - I'll put the scores here instead of doing an extra heading - after some debate the links for this morning are -

Puffin Crossing {I'm assuming this is not for zebras]
Cookie Cutter
Clove Hitch [very popular]
Fairy Shrimp

and as usual there were several answers very quick off the mark to make the Hot Shot matches.

Aquagility first off, with Clove Hitch - 2 points

then Jan1956 with two hits, Puffin Crossing and Cookie Cutter, plus 1 for clove hitch, puts Jan on top for this week with 5 points - nice going !!

not to be outdone, paulineward then picked up 2 points with Fairy Shrimp plus 2 more matches gives her 4 points.

so all the extra points were gone in the first flurry and it was time for the inspired guesses, and top of this group was twosearch with 3 points, followed by cliffyg, [making up for not being able to play his own game] crofter & Mrs O-ice each with 2 points

22 members of our select little group each scored one point, a large number of those from matching Clove Hitch.

And that about wraps it up from me for this week - as I mentioned at the start of the weekend, things may be a little disorganised - the first link will have to be posted fairly early - will probably be Friday night still, however after that it should be pretty much ok -

Congratulations to all the points scorers, better luck next time for those members of the ZIP club, yours truly included, bye for now, Steff

[paulineward]

Sarumite...you changed the links around because I had them both!!!!...ooooohhh dirty tactics!!!!

[paulineward]

seekeerz....won't you give me 2 points for puffin crossing as well, with jan....only 1 min later??....pretty please!!!

[paulineward]

As reputations are won and lost on this game seekeerz!!!...and I take it oh so seriously!!!!:-)...can you check my score for me?.....I mean the whole world will come to a standstill if I am deprived of vital points!...and I need them!!!

[sarumite]

I thought it was a good wheeze Pauline, but Steff stood up for you and put things right .. guess it wasn't cunning enough!!

[paulineward]

Yes....I'm on to you Sarumite...pretending to be my friend...luring me into a false sense of secuity...and then go for the kill!!!!!! Reminds me of working with you men!!!!
I demand a recount on my points anyway, think I've been diddled!...double check for me, before I stamp my feet!!

Glad you enjoyed The Week. K helped me via e-mail, he is a star! I wouldn't have had time to go on line last night...visitors in the afternoon who had no regard for me being an ABer!!!!

[sarumite]

You're certainly on a roll with both links games at present Pauline .. perhaps Steff has forgotten the 2 minute rule !
(These Sheilas down under are a breed apart, but don't tell her I said so!!)
I did see that you were on line at a very early hour yesterday, no wonder you needed an early night.

[paulineward]

Yes S....trouble sleeping! Nothing escapes you does it??!!!!
I actually love that time in the morning, just before the whole house awakens..take a coffee and sit outside, lovely and peaceful...good thinking time! It was a lovely morning as a bonus!

[seekeerz]

Profound apologies to you pauline and also cliffyg, you both scored so closely with Puffin Crossing that you both earned an extra point - can only plead a case of too much on my mind at the moment, glad you spotted it

amending the scores - Jan1956 & paulineward both with a top score of 5 points for this week and cliffyg moves into second spot with 3 points.

When I post next weekend's link I'll update the scores and try not to pull that stunt again. mea culpa Steff

[Ont-ice]

Morning Steff. Looks like I did better in the KM that either of us did in the MM. Cliffyg's mind must be even more devious than we thought.
Thanks for your time and effort in doing the count - and recount.
Steff: We have friends in Oz and try not to phone them at the wrong time so before making the call I always have a look at this site which may be of use to you:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
You will see at a glance that right now it is 11:11 pm in Melbourne, 9:11 am in Toronto and 2:11pm in London, UK.
Hope this helps.
O-ICe