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Yes I don't get that bit totally, but a winning smile could be a part of being charming I suppose.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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WIN-SOME Victory, part of. def: charming
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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And you are up tomorrow! 
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I guessed the correct answer, but I was not certain of your formula:
Victory - WIN
is a part of - substring of
being - someone -> SOME
charming - definition
! make it a sentence
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Firstly, always assume punctuation is there to confuse you ... except when it isn't ... 
My thoughts were:
Victory WIN
is a part of SOME being charming!
WINSOME
So you were pretty close!
Better luck next time - keep going, you'll get there.
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See why I did not answer…
I thought “being” aka human being -> someone was a bit of a stretch.
I thought part of CCC rules is that there is a single word for the definition and it must be the first or last word.
I would say that hyphenating being-charming to make it one word might work, but it would be pretty obvious which word was the definition. So scratch that.
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I finally got one at first glance 
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Yay! We'll have you posting CCC's in no time! 
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Happy indeed!!!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Happy birthday! and a pat on the back from me (also for the cat) 
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Thank you!
I got a chair from Herself, which is revolting to look at: somebody painted a Victorian Captains Chair white and covered it in "patchwork" velvet very, very badly. I'm really looking forward to ripping that cr@p off and seeing what is underneath it all ... then recovering it sympathetically, and reworking it to be my new office chair! It's really comfortable, but hideous to look at! This is the original advert picture: Please don't vomit over your keyboard[^] All the studs are fake, the "Buttons" in the back are plastic "crystal", the colours are vile, and the upholstery itself is pretty amateur. The cat likes it though: I think it's the feel of the velvet under his claws!
But ... it's a heavy, solid frame, with a spring and horsehair seat, so I'm hopeful there is a good chair under that lot ... only time will tell ...
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Sadly Nitromors is not what it once was but even so a liquid / gel based stripper will be kinder than a heat gun, after which a progressive rub down with finer and finer wire wool (to at least 000 or even 0000) and finally a good application of wax will bring the wood up beautifully.
I'd, be tempted to re-upholster in leather although that wouldn't be cheap.
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White spirit to start with, it looks like domestic wall paint rather than anything proper. Nitromors is a bit heavy duty if there is still any patina under that.
Leather is what I was thinking - I've got about a hide and a half left in Burgundy but I've never tried to do the traditional "Button back" work and I suspect it'll be a challenge!
It depends what I find when I take the base fabric off - it'd be really nice to find mahogany or oak under there and the weight plus the original looking castors makes me suspect I might.
But anything has to be better than that velvet!
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I bet he'd have preferred a "stripper" if herself would have let him...
Mardi Gras!
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My God that is an ugly looking chair, with decent upholstery it would look quite good.
I am never surprised by the lack of good taste that people have.
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 The things that people do to an innocent chair!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Happy birthday, mr. Chairman!
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Happy birthday, Paul.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I have a feeling that those are healing crystals strategically placed to align your chakras!
Thanks for the trigger warning! And the subdued lighting.
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Happy birthday Griff and many more
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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Happy Birthday Griff! (chiming in late from the left side).
The chair: Sometimes ugly is really beautiful. Keep it like it is, maybe
just spill some tea on it.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Yes. Happy birthday to a good guy
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