MM Links December 2010 (Week 1)

ulysses100 | 08:49 Sat 04th Dec 2010 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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Good Morning and Welcome to another month of pitting your wits to predict MM Link Words. This will be my second reign and in the past I was dubbed by crofter as “King Ulysses the Valiant”. I am more than happy to continue with the same moniker

Saturday Times Prize Crossword 900 Saturday December 4th 2010

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When I last set the link words (all of two years ago) the timing was not ideal. I had just moved house, had suffered a recent bereavement and was having computer trouble. However, crofter got me going and then a few weeks later it was swiftly over. Over the past few months, I have marvelled over the life histories that have been described here, but mine has not been as privileged or varied in comparison. My parents were working class, my father worked as a toolmaker with SKF (which was the major ball-bearing manufacturer at that time) and he gradually worked his way up from the shop floor into middle management. As was the custom at that time, my mother was a housewife who looked after the family and home.

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What wasn’t diagnosed at the time was that I had been short-sighted since birth. It was finally picked up when I went to school and an observant teacher realised that I couldn’t read the blackboard. Once I had NHS spectacles with those “Harry Potter” styled frames (all the rage in the 1950s, but hardly a desirable fashion item) there was no stopping me and my reading and learning skills improved dramatically.

To add to my misfortune (in this age before routine vaccinations and immunisations) it wasn’t long before I succumbed to chickenpox, mumps and measles in quick succession, and then had to have my tonsils out. Consequently, I lost a lot of school time, but I managed to rebound quickly – in spite of a couple of cruel teachers, who made it difficult for me. Eventually, I sailed through my 11+ and was one of the lucky few to go to Grammar School, where I concentrated on the Sciences with a view to going to University to read Medicine.

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By and large, I enjoyed my time at Grammar School -- apart from being one of the targets of the school bully, who once dangled me out of a third floor window by my armpits! Eventually, I found the courage to retaliate and thereafter he left me alone, but I still remember his name to this very day. It is remarkable how childhood experiences affect us well into adult life. In fact, I was almost the last boy in my class to graduate into long trousers too, and I must admit that I still prefer wearing shorts to this day. From late March to late October, I am rarely seen in trousers!

According to normal practice, for the everyday running of MM, I will follow the usual rule on word length as introduced by crofter. Each of my pre-selected link words contains at least four letters and at most eight letters. Stray outside this range and you will be wasting one of your attempts! Each of my selected link words may go in front or behind my challenge word! The competition will officially close on Sunday Evening at 7.00pm, when crofter will declare my pre-selected words and then apply the same rules for awarding points that have been applied during all MM Link Games in the past.

My first set of four words to have their links predicted should appear below at 9.00am.

ulysses100

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Why "Mark as best answer" keeps appearing I know not why. Please ignore

boxtops

It always does ulysses, on your own posts - only you can see it!

ulysses100

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I also see from the Shrubbery last night that there was a mix up with the scoring, and that in fact, centrino had pipped me at the post by just one mark. With crofter's even-handedness he explained why I should still set the links for this coming month. Well done, centrino.

paulineward

Schooldays. You always do remember the bad teachers as well as the good ones.

teacher1

..... and teachers always remember both good and bad ! lol ;o)

ulysses100

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I, King Ulysses the Valiant, challenge you to predict my link words based on the following theme:

Coughs & Sneezes

CHICKEN

GERMAN

SCARLET

FEVER

Good Luck, everyone!