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« on: May 16, 2011, 08:32:42 »

http://www.sporcle.com/games/thecheshirecat/networkrailwords
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 09:16:17 »

30/52.  Cheesy

Good find TJ.
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 11:16:34 »

29/52

Kept me amused for 10 minutes Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2011, 11:59:13 »

I was feeling quite pleased til I came back here with my score of 23!   Grin
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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2011, 12:59:28 »

27 which consisted of 2 and a half mins of easy ones 6 min memory blank and 1 and a half mins of oh yeh...
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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2011, 13:50:00 »

26 - blind panic at the end and utter disgust that I didn't get 'xxxx'!  Thanks for the link, TJ.
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« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2011, 15:48:20 »

27.  I found it harder then IO thought I would.  Kicking myself at missing the compass points
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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2011, 15:53:37 »

28. I can't believe I missed xxxxxx.

modified to remove answer.

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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2011, 17:28:18 »

i know i have already done this myself but perhaps it may be curtious to the people that have not played yet if you refrained from blurting the answers out.....  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2011, 17:41:44 »

Very good point!  I've modified my post...
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2011, 18:07:40 »

A surprising 30 for me, one of the answers I didn't get could have been achieved without any guesswork, so sot a grrrr from me!
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« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2011, 20:07:54 »

27 which consisted of 2 and a half mins of easy ones 6 min memory blank and 1 and a half mins of oh yeh...

I achieved (?) a rather pitiful 21 - which included about three minutes of memory blank on my part, too ...  Roll Eyes Shocked Grin
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« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2011, 20:17:06 »

Thanks Chris. I don't feel so inadequate now!  Wink
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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2011, 21:02:27 »

31/52 would have been 32 if it accepted one without and 's'
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« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2011, 23:08:36 »

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Annoying, isn't it, how obvious some of them seem as soon as the answers are revealed at the end...
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