Code Break

[Outbackrr]

Crack the code to reveal the message

(76+89)-(20+8)
12-(31-(89-6)
79-(20-6)
86-7+(31-47)
(76+53)-14
26-(63-92)

31-(33-16)
50-((51+1)-107)
(83+19)-97
36-(44-92)
37-(97-19)
(67+16)-108
(74+98)-(6+9)
66-((70+53)-83)
42-(25-7)
84-((59+7)-86)
((51-16)-(97-19))+74

Hint: It goes up to where you are.

[Outbackrr]

No takers on this one?

Need more clues/hints?

[chrisb691]

I started it, but got sidetracked.

Meanwhile, you are missing a bracket on line 2.

[Swifty]

my interim answer is..."glmkkc naefpzazxze".
but might need a little more work

[fenderbelly]

got to admit i really have no idea what this is about.

[Outbackrr]

Crack the code to reveal the message

Bracketing amended

(76+89)-(20+8)
12-(31-(89-6))
79-(20-6)
86-7+(31-47)
(76+53)-14
26-(63-92)

31-(33-16)
50-((51+1)-107)
(83+19)-97
36-(44-92)
37-(97-19)
(67+16)-108
(74+98)-(6+9)
66-((70+53)-83)
42-(25-7)
84-((59+7)-86)
((51-16)-(97-19))+74

Hint: It goes up to where you are.

Another: What a well known detective often said to his associate is a vague reference

[prozac]

Elementary!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I keep coming up with 42.

I guess it really IS the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything!

[Outbackrr]

Prozac's comment is correct, apply that to the code, periodically.

42 may be the answer to the hitchhiker's question, but not this one

[Wongo]

137
64
65
63
115
55

14
105
5
84
-41
-25
157
26
24
104
31


How did I go??

[cadeuceus]

something to do with the periodic table in chemistry....

[elmoticus]

Woodworking Forums.........backwards!

.......thanks for the clues, wouldn't have got it without them

[Outbackrr]

Well done elmoticus

The numbers are from the Standard Periodic Table and relate to the symbols/letters for the elements.

e.g. (76+89)-(20+8) = (Os+Ac)-(Ca+O) = OsAc-CaO = s

[Swifty]

My goodness, outbackrr...you are quite subtle and obtuse...remind me no to leave any coded messages around where you are