A Tribute to abra a collection of her comments

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FINALLY!!!

"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred." — Woody Allen


Barnabas
July 21, 2011, 3:02 pm
Well said, Woody.
dovid1946
February 15, 2015, 11:48 am
another witticism authored by the alleged father and brother-in-law of Satchell Ronan Farrow.
Jalapenoman
April 28, 2015, 3:39 am
...like marrying your step-daughter?
darkyr
September 22, 2017, 6:30 am
Maybe I'll settle for 99 1/2 years.
maradnu
January 2, 2018, 3:22 pm
So what did George Burns give up?
vintage38
December 12, 2018, 3:35 am
36 seconds
abra
July 14, 2020, 6:48 pm
NOT his step-daughter. I know nothing about the relationship between Woody and his wife, but I do not that she was not his step-daughter.
Elephino
April 6, 2022, 1:36 am
OK, so apparently Soon Yi Previn is/was Woody Allen's adopted daughter which actually makes it weirder than her being a step-daughter: From law.cornell.edu - A stepchild is a child born to or legally adopted by your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you legally adopt the child, your parent-child relationship is the same as if the child were biologically related to you.
Cys Bacon
May 1, 2023, 4:01 pm
So you looked up "stepchild" but didn't bother to look up Soon Yi Previn? If you had, you would have found that she was NOT Woody's adopted daughter. (Didn't you wonder how she got a last name like Previn?) Not saying the relationship isn't a bit strange, but it wasn't 'legally incestuous'.

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I forgot the quote

wvwoman
March 18, 2013, 5:05 am
nice.
puzzler86
April 1, 2014, 8:37 pm
74 seconds
JD_1947
November 20, 2014, 11:15 am
. . and he said 'follow the sun' . . 88 seconds
wshanley@sbcglobal
November 12, 2015, 3:28 am
Great quote.
abra
April 22, 2016, 2:42 pm
One day you'll find that I have gone But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun
Barnabas
June 17, 2016, 2:23 am
As he so often liked to point out, "My initials are GBS not GPS!"
abra
October 25, 2016, 3:21 pm
^Ha.
imsoeasy
January 15, 2021, 8:02 am
George's early job was as an attendant at the Philosophical Gas station where he was frequently asked directions.
Wordigo
January 16, 2022, 10:04 pm
If everyone followed the sun, we would all end up in California.
LLapp
August 8, 2023, 9:34 pm
Sounds like somebody blamed him for giving bad advice and George, as always, was blameless.


"The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down - aspires and not despairs."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

LLapp
May 28, 2016, 1:34 pm
This quote is a great example of what I have always liked about Emerson's teachings. He was so good at reconnecting people to a more meaningful, higher truth, without depending on theology as his rationale. He truly believed in the goodness, intelligence and creativity of humans, and was passionate about reminding people of their own humanity.
montyb
July 24, 2019, 10:28 pm
And a great guy with which to share lunchtime.
abra
June 9, 2020, 1:31 am
You probably shouldn't have lunch with him on those days when he goes to open his wife's coffin to have a peek. Oh< you mean read is book at lunch. That's a great idea. Carry on.
abra
May 10, 2022, 9:12 pm
*his
Wordigo
September 13, 2024, 4:50 pm
Looking up and loving is great but an occasional downward peek may be necessary to make sure everything is in good working order.
badbob
April 24, 2025, 10:52 am
you should look down if you walk in parks that have large flocks of Canada geese

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Hi Blu3, I posted a personal message to you a few days ago about abra, but here is the message: "Hi Blu3, Your question about abra. She passed away in January 2023. She was a wonderful player for many years and we loved her dearly, for she was honest and not snarky. A genuine nice person that would tell it like it is and not intentionally try to insult or demean a player. We keep her alive on this site and in our hearts. Her avatar is attached." Cheers, Synonymous
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Oh, I'm so sorry,

Hello, fellow crypto's. Thank you for being here to honor Abra, the cryptograms player. It is hard to find the right words to capture who she was, but warmth, laughter, and kindness are the first things that come to mind.
I remember Abra most for always being able to lift my mood with her comments. They had this incredible ability to make everyone feel special. It showed exactly who they were—kind, generous, and compassionate.
Abra’s legacy isn't just in the big things they achieved, but in the small, consistent ways they made our lives better. Her dedication to cryptograms was unmatched, and that impact will be felt for generations.
While this loss deeply saddens us, I hope we can find comfort in the memories we shared. Abra, thank you for the love and laughter you brought to cryptograms. You will be missed, but never forgotten. Rest in peace.

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"the most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. " — plato

llapp
december 6, 2019, 3:54 am
i saw this lovely explanation in social media, of why you should read to babies: "the crazy thing about babies is that like, some people would think that reading a baby a book about farm animals is teaching them about farm animals, but really it’s teaching them about the concept of a book and how there’s new information on each page of a single object, but really, beyond that, it’s teaching them how language works, and beyond that it’s really actually teaching them about human interaction, and really really it’s them learning about existing in a three-dimensional space and how they can navigate that space, but actually, above all it is teaching them that mama loves them."

abra
august 19, 2020, 9:04 pm
the days when your baby is just big enough to sit in your lap and look at picture while you read, are so sweet. I loved your comment, llapp.

oh i got that one once!