Googol
Going by daily activities I do not feel that I have reached mid seventies agewise, still keeping the vigour of youth in learning, reading and other activities in day to day life. One of recently acquired skill is competing in the spellbee contest published by the New York Times. Joined as an enthusiast some months back the puzzle attracted me. Initially it allowed me to fill the puzzle and as days progressed put conditions for filling, by withdrawing the facility asking me to subscribe by paying the news paper subscription annually. The subscription being prohibitive I restrained myself by seeing only the synopsis given in the email version. Later they started offering concessional monthly offer on trial basis and I opted for 3 months subscription and started filling the puzzles ritually. Thus earlier practice of doing the crossword puzzle in the Hindu daily has become secondary. Daily hooking into the spellbee puzzle attracted my grandson Arya...