A Little Game of Scrabble

Karen, my friend from California, and I were just talking about how we don’t forward those emails that say “send this email to 10 people within three hours and you will have your most fervent wish come true. If you delete this message before forwarding it on, you will have 10 years of bad luck.”

Okay, you may not have gotten one with the same verbiage but you know the kind of email I mean. By my count, I have about 10 LIFETIMES worth of bad luck. (Hey, wonder if I can “serve” my sentences concurrently and speed things up to say 5 LIFETIMES?) Anyway, the next day I received the following email from one of my geneablogger buddies:

  Scrabble Ok the game is on... Afternoon Scrabble - Keep it going!!! Change one letter of the bottom word posted and let's see who gets stuck and can't continue! Rules: You cannot add letters. You cannot use foreign languages. You can only change one letter. Send it back to the person that sent it to you, plus 10 new people. Add your entry to the bottom after you hit Forward, or to be neater please Copy and Paste!??? Don't forget: send it back to the person that sent it to you, plus 10 new people. To make it even more interesting, let's add what city and state we are from & the date to see how far this goes and how long it's been out...

This one I did participate in and pass on. I did it for two reasons. 1. NOBODY was being threatened if they did not pass it on. 2. It was extremely interesting to see the number of places this little chain email had been. I sent it to people in the geneablogger world (see Karen, I was good to you.), and my apologies to anyone who may have been offended by being included in this little email. My apologies to anyone I didn’t send it to and who, upon reading this, realized that they would have WANTED to be included. You just can’t please everybody.

It started in the UK, but I don’t know which country in the UK because the originating person was not that specific. However, the following countries are represented: England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, Barbados, and the United States. Twenty states are represented in the list. I am the second Ohioan on this particular list. Below is the list. I have deleted names from it, but I thought it was interesting to see the dates, and the places where this game of scrabble has been. 

The first date is listed as 18/08/08, which is August 18, 2008. This form of date changed to the more common form used in the US in Baltimore, MD. 

A special thanks to the fellow geneablogger who included me in this game. I was feeling in a funk, and this perked me up. If anybody recognizes this list, and would like to drop me a comment, I would love to hear from you. The world has certainly gotten smaller! 

Pray Bray -.UK 18/08/08 Tray - Jenny, Essex UK 18/7/08 Tram -, Essex UK 18/07/08 Trap - 18/7/08 Trip -, Essex 19/08/08 Grip - l,Essex , UK 20/08/08 Grid -, Scotland 20/08/08 Grin - , Barbados 21.08.08 Gran - - England 21.08.08 Bran -, Kent, 24.8.08 Rant- England 27.08.08 Pant -, South Australia 27/8/08 Pint - Hervey Bay Queensland Australia Punt _ Craignish Qld. Australia Puny - - Pt Elliot South Australia 29/08/08 Punk - - Goolwa Beach South Austraila 01/09/08 Pink - -Canterbury UK Sink - Herne Bay Kent Link - Herne Bay Kent . 2 Sept 08 Line - Essex 2nd September 08 Lint - Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex 02/09/08 Tint - - Orpington , Kent 03/09/08 Tent - - Sevenoaks , Kent 3/9/08 Rent - - Fairseat , Kent 3/9/08 Dent - - Bromley Kent 3/9/08 Bent - - West Wickham , Kent 3/9/08 Sent - - Borough Green, Kent 6/9/08 Went - - Southport UK - 06/09/08 Want - -Kay Southport UK - 06/09/08 Wart - -Lee , South Grafton20AU -07/09/08 Fart - South Grafton AU -07/09/2008 Cart- Brisbane Au- 08/09/2008 Tart - Maryborough AU - 08/09/2008 Dart - Brisbane Qld Australia 08/09/08 Dirt - Brisbane Qld Australia 8/09/09 Girt - Brisbane Qld Aust 09/09/08 Gift - Brisbane Qld Aust 09/09/08 Rift - Brisbane Qld Aust 09/09/08 Rife - Brisbane Qld Aust 09/09/08 Life - Qld Aust 10/9/08 Wife- WA Aust 11/9/08 Waif - WA Aust 11/09/08 Wait - WA Aust 11/9/08 Bait - WA Aust 11/09/08 Gait - Glasgow , Scotland 15/09/08 Gain -, Coulsdon, Surrey 15/09/08 Pain -, Woodmansterne, Surrey 16/9/08 Rain -, Banstead, Surrey UK 16.09.08 Raid-, Surrrey UK 16.09.08 Paid -, Hants , UK 17.09.2008 Laid - Wales UK 17.9.2008 Lair - South Wales UK19.09.2008 Lain - South Wales UK 22.09.2008 Lean - Birmingham 22.09.08 Loan- -Hampshire-23.09.08 Moan - West Sussex 24.09.08 Moat - Val Wingate West Sussex England 24.9.08 Boat -, West Sussex . England Beat--, West SussexUK 24/9/08 Neat -, Cambridge England 24/09/08 Peat--, Chicago ,USA Feat-- Mountain View , CA 26/09/08 Teat - San Carlos CA , USA 26/09/08 Meat - Baltimore , MD 9/27/08 seat- Raleigh NC 27609 9 /28/08 sear- Boca Raton , FL 9/30/08 rear- Pikesville Maryland bear- Baltimore Maryland 09/30/2008 tear- Baltimore , Maryland 09/30/2008 team- Owings Mills , Maryland 10/1/08 teal- Owings Mills. MD 10/01/08 seal- Phoenix , MD 10/2/08 sell- Framingham, MA 10/2/08 bell- Framingham , MA 10/2/08 lobe- Framingham , MA 10/2/08 bowl - Framiingham , MA 10/5/08 cowl - Framingham , MA 10/5/08 coal - Weston , MA 10/05/08 COAT- Hollywood FL 10/5/08 Goat - Weston , MA moat Marlboro MA Boat -- Framingham , MA Toad-- Framingham , Ma 10/5/08 Told--- Westwood, Ma 10/6/08 bold - Den nis , MA 10/7/08 bald - Arlington , MA 10/8/08 bale - Troy , OH 10/7/08 balk- Pittsfield ,Ma 10/7/08 bank-,lee,ma 10/8/08 tank- Stamford CT 10/9/08 talk- Wood dale IL 10/9/08 walk-, Wood Dale IL 10/9/08 wall - - RLB , IL 10/9/08 wail - - Glenview , IL 10/9/08 pail -, Chicago , IL 10/09/08 sail - - Torrance , CA. 10/9/08 nail - - Torrance , CA 10/9/08 rail - - Santa Clarita, CA 10/10/08 bail - - Burbank Ca 10/13/2008 hail - - Riverside , CA 10/14/08 fail –– Lakewood, Ca 10/19/08 tail –– Huntington Beach , CA 10/19/2008 toil –~ Ceres, CA 10/20/08 boil- ~ Turlock , CA 10/20/08 coil- CA 10/20/09 cowl- Tracy , CA 10/20/09 fowl ~, Tracy, CA 10/21/08 bowl~ Tracy CA10/21/08 bawl- Tracy, CA 10/21/08 ball–Tracy, CA 10/21/2008 mall- Stephanie Waddoups, Tracy, Ca. 10/22/08 call -, Roy, UT 10/22/08 hall - Carrollton, TX 10/23/08 hail - Ponca City, OK 23 Oct 2008 haik – Laguna Niguel, CA23 Oct 2008 hair - Fort Wort , TX 10/23/08 hail - Anchorage , Alaska , 23 Oct 08 Tail - Houston ,Texas , 10/23/08 @ 1:03p.m. Teal - TX 10/24/08 @ 6:21 Meal- TX 10/24/2008 6:30am Lame –Houston , TX 10/24/2008 Lime –, Corpus Christi , TX 10-24-2008 Dime –Corpus Christi , TX 10/24/2008 Mime -- CC, Texas 10/24/08 Mine - Covington , LA 10/24/08 Mind- Sonora , CA 10/25/08 Mild –Pt. Reyes CA 10/25/08 Milk - Ford CA 10/26/08 Mile- Beach Ca 10/26/08 Mole -, Petaluma CA 10/26/08 Pole –, San Francisco, CA 10/26/08 Hole –Napa , CA 10/27/08 Home- Portland , OR 10-28-08 Hope –Lake Oswego , OR 10-28-08 Rope –Lake Oswego , OR 10-28-08 Rose-- Lake Oswego, OR 10-31-08 Rise-- Portland, OR 10-31-08 Wise-- Concord, Ma. 11-1-08 Wipe-- Portland, OR 11-2-08 Wimp-- Portland, Or 11/3/08 Limp –Borrego Springs, CA 11/03/08 Pimp - Vista, CA 11/5/08 Pump - NV 11/6/08 Jump- Incline Village, Nv. 11/6/08 Hump -, Aleaxndria, Va 11/7/2008 Lump - Hernando, FL Lamp - Lecanto, Fl. 11/07/08 Ramp- okeechobee, fl 11/10/08 camp- Taylorsville,NC 11/10/08 damp - Millville, NJ 11/10/08 tamp - Rosenhayn, NJ Vamp - Millville - NJ pave- Millville, NJ pale - Millville, NJ Bale –Millville, NJ Bake- Millville, NJ Rake—Woodstwon, NJ Make - Mannington, NJ cake- Clearwater, FL sake - Naples, FL Wake- Daw Ca. Wade- V.H. AZ Wide - Viejo, CA 11/21/08 Wipe - Ladera Ranch, CA 11/21/08 Wise - CA 11/21/08 Wish - Whidbey Island WA 11/22/08 Fish - Brookdale, CA 11/22/08Fist -- Chula Vista CA 11/22/08 List - Fulton, Mississippi USA 11/22/08 Last – Fremont, Ohio 11/22/08

© 23 November 2008, Desktop Genealogist Unplugged, Teresa L. Snyder