Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 7201270 times)

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"W" is winnings
« Reply #18140 on: October 02, 2008, 12:31:18 pm »
Jack's rodeo winnings were either $2,000 or $3,000 a year, depending on the film or the story.

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Re: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 727! (Rules in first post)
« Reply #18141 on: October 02, 2008, 12:43:32 pm »
Let's roll 'em again! 

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"A" is augment
« Reply #18142 on: October 02, 2008, 02:38:59 pm »
Alma took a job at the grocery store to augment the family income.

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"B" is bonanza
« Reply #18143 on: October 02, 2008, 05:52:54 pm »
Jack's marriage to Lureen was a real bonanza to the starving young bull rider, whose previous income had been only two or three thousand dollars a year.
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"C" is changed
« Reply #18144 on: October 02, 2008, 06:10:09 pm »
"One thing never changed: The brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough."

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"D" is dividends
« Reply #18145 on: October 02, 2008, 10:51:20 pm »
Alma eventually faced a sad truth:  her investment in her marriage was no longer paying dividends.

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"E" is earners
« Reply #18146 on: October 03, 2008, 01:09:11 pm »
Both Alma and Lureen were earners in their respective families.

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"F" is finances
« Reply #18147 on: October 03, 2008, 03:53:01 pm »
Lureen handled Newsome Farm Equipment's finances.

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"G" is glittered
« Reply #18148 on: October 03, 2008, 04:52:45 pm »
Lureen's rings glittered on her moneyed hand as she held the telephone and told Ennis the sad tale of Jack's demise.

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"H" is hiring
« Reply #18149 on: October 03, 2008, 10:42:48 pm »
Joe Aguirre inadvertently brings Jack and Ennis together by hiring them to look after his livestock.