#662 - "Name Redacted"

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#662 - "Name Redacted"

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"This weekโ€™s contest answer is the three-letter first name of Kristinโ€™s and my daughter, who was born at 6:53 this morning in Harrisonburg, Virginia."

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Guessing leaderboard updates will be a bit less frequent than usual.

Congrats, Matt!
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Congratulations!
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Congrats, Matt!
Beam me up!
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Congratulations to Kristin and Matt!!
In less relevant news, beamed aboard. :D And have a fancy 10 next to my name thanks to the friendly folks around here. :)
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A new baby and an early puzzle. What a great day for all. Beam me up!
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Oh this is delightful! Congratulations to Matt and Kristin. I didn't know they were expecting another child.
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Congratulations indeed. I'm on the board, and so finally got my coveted "10" badge.
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Well that puzzle warmed my cold little heart! Congratulations, Kristin and Matt!
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stmv wrote: โ†‘Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:01 pm Congratulations indeed. I'm on the board, and so finally got my coveted "10" badge.
My streak is up to 1... pressure's on!
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Hey, I have a 100 by my name on the leaderboard!

99 others answered before me.

Congratulations to Matt and Kristin.

Based on a 7 letter name that is quite often at the top of the leaderboard, I could have come up with another 3-letter girl's name for Matt's daughter if he hadn't chosen the one that he did.
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Surprise! It's a bouncing baby Meta!
Good thing I had pencils (and hot water) handy just in case!
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Well that was a lovely surprise! Congrats to the entire family! Now what am I going to do on Friday?
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Way too cool!

CONGRATULATIONS, KRISTIN & MATT!

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Oh, and beam me up!
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A nice surprise. Beam me up.
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Al, I have confidence in you; Iโ€™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 โ€œIโ€ in META.
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Congrats Matt and Kristin!
Beam me up!
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For a week 1, I'm not getting a solid click... ah well. I submitted my best guess.

Congratulations to Matt & family!

Update: Beam me up.
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Congrats to Matt and Kristin! Beam me up!
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