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Reading back on my last entry I realise I was not doing as well as I thought I was yesterday. The effects of the anaesthetic, the arthroscopie itself, fatigue and heavy duty analgesiques took it out of me and I shouldn't have tried to post When I got home.

So I leave you to it for the coming days, until I'm up to it again.

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medediCAL - ASHcan

<img src="/images/emoticons/laughing11.gif" alt="laughing9"> ms - asa fetida

asafetida - Any of several plants of the genus Ferula in the parsley family, native to dry regions in Iran and Afghanistan and having long, sturdy, hollow stems and roots yielding a brownish, strong-smelling resin.
2. The resin obtained from these plants, especially from the species Ferula assa-foetida, used as an ingredient in medicine and remedies and as a seasoning in South Asian cuisine.

Welcome back Lisa! <img src="/images/emoticons/hello.gif" alt="hello2">

Cen ter - med edical

Bugb ear - wig glers

<img src="/images/emoticons/eusa_think.gif" alt="Think"> Since it was my fault that I provided the difficult situation, I shall make a ruling. I am happy to accept place names but ONLY when no other option exists. Acronyms are not actually words so not acceptable unless they appear as an accepted word in the OED. i.e. SCUBA. Agreed? <img src="/images/emoticons/thumbsup.gif" alt="thumbup">



Perfect, thank you.

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verb ose-tra vels

This is a bit of a conundrum. Words starting with "els" are rare and I couldn't find any that allowed a secondary word consisting of five or six letters. Anything starting with "ls" is an acronym, as far as I could discover, and it seems to me those have been avoided in this word challenge.

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So... Allow an acronym? Or substitute travel for travels? Or there is a word solution that evades me and someone else can find? Which is entirely possible. <img src="/images/emoticons/dontknow.gif" alt="dontknow">

to be continued... <img src="/images/emoticons/hello.gif" alt="hello2">

Edit: i did find that there is a neighbourhood called Elsen in a German town by the name of Paderborn. Somewhat obscure but I'll give that a go until you can rule on this, Anna.

Trav Els - en tangles

Ee rie - ver bose

Thank you! I am going to try that, it sounds great.

I love thunderstorms. Our recent ones came to nothing, just an occasional distant rumble. <img src="/images/emoticons/crybaby2.gif" alt="crybaby">



That's disappointing. The one we had was quite intense for an hour or so, with sheets of rain that obscured the view of the street and flooded the gutters, then it moved off.

We're in a valley and surrounded by mountains, so sometimes we'll get storms that lash us, ease off, then circle around for a second or third go.

Right now it's street noise, the window creaking as the wind shifts it on its hinges, and people eating at a restaurant patio nearby.

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