#662 - "Name Redacted"

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Well, I'm back with a one-week streak. I don't know about being beamed up, but I'm sure Matt is beaming now...

Congrats to the new parents!
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Any earlier and she would’ve had to bear the name Candide 😬.

Congrats, and Beam me up, Jim.

Harrisonburg is my hometown by the way. That was fun to see today! (GO DUKES!)
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HeadinHome wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:09 pm Any earlier and she would’ve had to bear the name Candide 😬.

Congrats, and Beam me up, Jim.

Harrisonburg is my hometown by the way. That was fun to see today! (GO DUKES!)
Lol I was gonna make the same Candide joke. Great minds, etc. :)
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Beam me up.
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Beamed up and beaming with happiness for Kristin and Matt.
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Congratulations to Matt and Kristin! Beamed up!
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Ok, finally signed up and entered the contest. Think I probably screwed that up as I got a "this was last weeks and it's closed" then tried this sweek and got a already entered with this email...

Think I got it correct, though.

UPDATE
Finally figures out to look on the website and YES, I've been beamed up. First time....YEAH! Feels great....of course there's the nagging feeling in the back of my mind that in the next 2 or 3 weeks I'll walk straight into a buzzsaw of a Meta. But will enjoy the victories when I can get them.
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Had no idea of the pending arrival - - congrats Matt! Beamed up!
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Beam me up!

Our fourth granddaughter, born this last August, shares the same lovely name!
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Beamed up!

And congratulations to the Gaffney family!!
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Congrats, Matt and Kristen! Beam me!
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Well I don't want to hold the congratulations while I try to derive the answer, so CONGRATULATIONS! May you have no more Cross Words for her (well until adolescence of course)
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Super excited to beam up for the first time!
Congratulations to Matt and family! That’s really super exciting.
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oldjudge wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:44 pm Al, I have confidence in you; I’m betting that you can at least double that streak. Congratulations to Kristin and Matt. Hopefully all are doing well.
And as a corollary to 71A, remember that there is no “I” in META.
Ah but there is 71A in META. Which reminds me of what my then-smartass teenager used to say to us: “there is no ‘I’ in 71A but there is ‘ME’”

Beam me up BTW. I am overjoyed for Matt and Kristin. Nothing better in life. And I love the name!!!

Stay well all
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BarbaraK wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:12 pm Beam me up!

So do you think Matt had this one prepared ahead of time, ready to send out whenever baby Name Redacted was born? Or was he sitting in the hospital room this morning with pen and paper (OK, laptop) in hand, writing clues in between cooing over his new daughter?

Congratulations!
I’m betting done during labor...
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Congratulations to the family! Beamed up!
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Well, after a head-slap moment.....
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Solved. Congrats to Team Gaffney!
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Precious!
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Sara Dacus wrote: Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:33 pmPrecious!
precious is good.

precocious is less so.
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