12:00 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:00 am
flosey
thank you Lickety
12:04 am
Lizlin
Hi all and thanks, Lickety. Hi Flosey
12:12 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Tor. Looking.
12:13 am
Lizlin
Thanks :)
12:13 am
Uneaixoise
tx tor!
12:16 am
flosey
thanks tor, found it
12:16 am
aebmusica
got the ho9 !
12:19 am
dizgrannie
ca 7/8
12:20 am
m9f9l
nbt, nbs and 1/2 way :-)
12:20 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Diz
12:23 am
m9f9l
wonder what the one h I'm missing is.
12:23 am
Lizlin
Probably the same one as I'm missing :)
12:24 am
rururocks
ho 9 probably
12:24 am
m9f9l
No. have that one.
12:24 am
dizgrannie
try ho 7
12:24 am
Lizlin
Found mine - a plural.
12:25 am
rururocks
you have the hairiest one m9
12:25 am
torgone
ho4, 7, 5, 5, 9, 4, 4, 5
12:26 am
m9f9l
hmm.. it's the 7
12:27 am
Lizlin
More of the ho 4
12:37 am
m9f9l
Bingo! Right column :-(
12:37 am
m9f9l
OOps.. :-) not frowny
12:38 am
rururocks
finished
12:39 am
m9f9l
wow. wtg ru!
12:39 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Ru
12:39 am
grannyrose
*taps ruru on the shoulder* right behind you buddy. BOO!!
12:39 am
rururocks
*jumps out of his skin*
12:40 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Rose :)
12:40 am
grannyrose
hello everyone.
12:40 am
grannyrose
thanx lizgirl
12:40 am
grannyrose
thanx m9.
12:41 am
grannyrose
ruru, why the pope of fries again?
12:42 am
rururocks
I want you to have it your way GR :D
12:42 am
m9f9l
Bingo! 4th column!
12:42 am
grannyrose
oh yeah, right!!
12:42 am
grannyrose
yay m9
12:43 am
rururocks
I love seeing Nazis in funny get-ups
12:44 am
grannyrose
that would be all the time, right, ruru? that they are in funny get-ups.
12:45 am
dizgrannie
FWs...off to the hosp to see hubby soon
12:45 am
rururocks
I like the new pope.. this previous pope didn't do much for me.. and he had a sorted past
12:45 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Diz
12:46 am
rururocks
good luck diz. hope he comes home soon
12:46 am
grannyrose
WTG DIZ!!! please tell get well from me.
12:46 am
Lizlin
From me too :)
12:47 am
grannyrose
lolll auto correct strikes again !! sorted = sordid?
1:02 am
flosey
fw and off to bed, goodnight all
1:03 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Flosey
1:03 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Flosey
1:03 am
m9f9l
wd! and night flosey!
1:05 am
Lizlin
7 left but stuff to do so will finish later.
1:05 am
grannyrose
WTG FLOSEY!!! sweet dreams dear
1:06 am
grannyrose
WTG M9191!!!!
1:10 am
grannyrose
okay.leaving to play bingo. xoxox
6:01 am
sukee
Good morning all from snowy, rainy Kitchener.
6:10 am
crosshair
Morning, Sukee, snowy here as well
6:11 am
sukee
Hi crossy. Going to warm up too so it'll be a mess.
6:12 am
crosshair
Yup. Mud season is just around the corner :)
6:12 am
sukee
I can handle the snow, it's the freezing rain...
6:14 am
crosshair
We are in an apple belt here heavy freezing rain plays havoc on the apple trees :(
6:16 am
crosshair
Still cleaning up from last time farmers have lots of apple wood in the kindling bins
6:18 am
sukee
I keep thinking this is the last gasp of winter and then there is another one.
6:19 am
crosshair
In my area and a tad north where my da lives, we often see it snow I to the second week of May
6:21 am
crosshair
Rule of thumb here is to never plant till may 24 the at the earliest. Though as this gs keep getting warmer that will change I am sure
6:22 am
crosshair
I am on tablet so please excuse high than usual number of typos
6:23 am
sukee
That is okay
6:24 am
sukee
I want to put my boots away :)
6:24 am
crosshair
Slim chance of that just yet :)
6:27 am
sukee
Think I am stuck.
6:36 am
TheByzantine
free one .... commandment: ***** thy father and mother and diva's forte
6:38 am
sukee
ty, I actually hadn't found that yet.
6:38 am
sukee
Found some more difficult ones though :)
6:46 am
sukee
So, it the 9 a continuation from ho 5/12?
6:49 am
zoozzoom
Yes the second HO 5/12
6:50 am
sukee
ty, and hi.
6:52 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Sukee :-)
6:54 am
crosshair
Plows going by and the snow is still falling :( was hoping to get out on the trails this week, but they will be a mess :(
6:54 am
sukee
We currently have rain and fog.
6:55 am
sukee
Not going out today
6:56 am
sukee
Found it, with a bit of help from word find
6:57 am
zoozzoom
glad you got it :-)
6:57 am
crosshair
I must. Five hours of T.A duties followed by an out of town appt :)
6:57 am
sukee
I had planned to go to the drugstore, maybe I'll get them to deliver :) I am so spoiled.
6:58 am
crosshair
Ours also offers free deliveries in town :)
6:58 am
sukee
It is great :) Except the woman who delivers it is older than I am :)
6:59 am
sukee
But, that way I am keeping her employed.
7:04 am
sukee
Well, need a break. 16 to go.
7:10 am
crosshair
Yup.it is hard enough for us 50 plus to get work sometimes. Spend our lives fighting college kids for "McJob s" Keep getting those meds delivered:)
7:14 am
crosshair
We are the "downsized, surplussed" generation.
7:15 am
EvaNadine
goooooooooood mornin babblers!
7:15 am
crosshair
Howdy, Eva :)
7:17 am
EvaNadine
how goes it, Crossy?
8:03 am
Scrabbler
Hi Crossy and Eva.
8:05 am
Scrabbler
Oh, you were here a while ago. Hello lurkers.
8:06 am
EvaNadine
good morning, Dr Scrabs!
8:07 am
EvaNadine
im still here, even if Crossy is MIA. ;)
8:07 am
Scrabbler
How are you, Eva? How many weeks are you now?
8:07 am
EvaNadine
16 weeks today!
8:07 am
EvaNadine
doing quiet well, i must say. no real side-effects to speak of, at the moment...
8:08 am
Scrabbler
You had no morning sickness? You were lucky.
8:10 am
EvaNadine
none at all, though for a few weeks my appetite was...off.
my biggest symptom was fatigue, but that lifted significantly after the first trimester.
now its just the normal (i presume) feeling of putting on weight. heh
8:11 am
EvaNadine
i do have a question for you, though!
i picked up some Vitamin D supplements over the weekend, but there were options + i wasnt quite sure if i got the right dosage.
1st - its D3, yes? (it's the only D they had, but they had a lot of choices in D3)
also, without having myself tested, what dosage would you recommend? they had everything from 400 up to 2000 (maybe higher) and i couldnt remember what id read. the most common dosage available was 1000, so i grabbed that -- would that be right?
8:13 am
Scrabbler
Do what the vitamin D experts recommend on that website. 6000 IU/day. You want to protect the developing fetal brain.
8:14 am
EvaNadine
gotcha (i didnt have internet access in the store, so i couldnt pull up the website)
8:14 am
Scrabbler
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant mother's is ONE known cause of autism.
8:16 am
Scrabbler
That website is written by vitamin D scientists and supported by science. It is not quackery.
8:17 am
EvaNadine
thanks -- i will up my dosage + pick up some more!
8:18 am
Scrabbler
Giving extra vitamin D to infants and toddlers that show autistic signs has been shown to reverse the autism, and I have one such boy that had full blown autism as a toddler and is a typical 5 yr old now.
8:19 am
Scrabbler
Vitamin D is not really a vitamin.It is really a hormone that our body produces but we require sun exposure to do so.
8:19 am
EvaNadine
wow -- im intrigued to know whether my friend (whose son has autism) has come across that information. she has done a lot of studying + research on the topic.
8:20 am
Scrabbler
It is on that website. Dr Cannell has done and continues to do research on this.
8:21 am
Scrabbler
It is ONE cause as their are many causes including genetics.
8:23 am
EvaNadine
im sold. now im just gonna make sure im getting the right dosage. :)
8:25 am
Scrabbler
Read the info on autism on the website. Read about the "Swedish disease" (autism) in Somali immigrants in Sweden.
8:25 am
Scrabbler
Especially because you have a male fetus and autism os more common is boys.
8:26 am
Scrabbler
I made sure my great-nephews had 1000 IU/day during infancy too and stay on it.
8:32 am
hurshy
if it's not a vitamin why is it called a vitamin?
8:32 am
Scrabbler
It was wrongly named.
8:32 am
Sam
Hello all. Chiming in on the vitamin D connversaton... Remember that D3 is fat soluble, so either use the soft gels that contain olive oil, or make sure you eat something with fat when you take dry D3. I get 5000iu soft gels from Swansonvitamins.com and take at least one a day, on average. Cool thing is it's got a half life, so if you miss a day or three, just load up again. And on the rare occasion i feel any illness knocking at my door, I take 50,000iu a day for three days and it's gone. My two cents.
8:33 am
hurshy
what period of history was it wrongly named?
8:34 am
Scrabbler
I buy my vitamins and supplements from Swanson too, Sam.
8:34 am
hurshy
i saw the thing about having a blood level over 40 could lower cancer risk, wondering if i should double my dose
8:34 am
Scrabbler
I don't know, Hurshy, but it is a hormone that we produce from sun exposure.
8:35 am
Scrabbler
Read: www.vitamindcouncil.org for expert advice and fascinating info about the role of vit D deficiency in so many diseases.
8:35 am
Scrabbler
Over 70 is even better.
8:36 am
hurshy
i'll have to see if i still have the results of my last blood test so that i can see what my level was
8:36 am
72 Temple Owl
is d level routinely tested in cbc?
8:37 am
Sam
I read "The Vitamin D Book" (don't recall the author), and it turns out D toxicity is very hard to achieve. You could take 150,000iu a day for 30 days and still not get there. So if you have any doubts, and don't want to pay for the test, just chug a few hundred thousand units and then go the 5,000iu a day. It's almost guaranteed you'll have enough. BTW, 5,000 a day is right for most adults.
8:38 am
Scrabbler
No, Owl, it is a separate blood test.
8:38 am
hurshy
i know i've had mine tested tho that included vit D
8:38 am
Sam
The vit D toxicity they yell about is really vit A toxicity, because D was so often sourced from cod liver oil, which is loaded with A. Pure D3 is utterly safe.
8:38 am
hurshy
i don't know what you call the test but
8:38 am
72 Temple Owl
effects of deficiency on adults?
8:39 am
hurshy
without vit D you can't absorb calcium, so it puts you at risk for osteoperosis
8:39 am
hurshy
plus your immune system is not as good
8:39 am
Scrabbler
I take 5000 IU/day Oct-April and 2000 IU/day the remainder of the year. I allow myself 30 min of sun exposure before putting on zinc/titanium sunscreen.
8:39 am
Sam
You can test yourself. Just tap your shin. If it hurts, you are deficient.
8:40 am
Scrabbler
Owl,vit D deficiency causes MS, cancer, depression, fatigue, worsens asthma, etc
8:41 am
Scrabbler
Yes, people low in D get sick more often during the winter too.
8:44 am
Scrabbler
Enjoy the day, kids. I must go do my mother's shopping and visit with her. Then I will play with my great-nephews for a bit and have some fun.
8:44 am
Scrabbler
Hi and bye Welki!
8:47 am
72 Temple Owl
stats for the 8 pls? or 7/8,perhaps?
8:48 am
aebmusica
hi welki!
8:49 am
hurshy
ooh i just found! ca7/8
8:54 am
MLFAN17
hello all
8:54 am
MLFAN17
4th column n?
8:58 am
MLFAN17
hurshy does it extend from another ca word?
8:59 am
TheByzantine
na 4/4
8:59 am
TheByzantine
na 5/10
9:01 am
TheByzantine
ca 4/4; 5/12; 7/32; 8/45; 6/21
9:02 am
MLFAN17
byz can you clue the na 5/10 pls?
9:02 am
TheByzantine
google iwo jima Hayes ... add his first name
9:09 am
MLFAN17
is the base word for the ho 9 an ho 5/12?
9:09 am
Uneaixoise
yes -- fee paid
9:10 am
Uneaixoise
hey -- just passing thru! :-)
9:12 am
MLFAN17
I don't have an7s 8s or the 9 I will be back
9:31 am
helensgirlkid
That's a really sweet little dog, une!
9:38 am
rururocks
*anyone need the a's?*
9:50 am
MLFAN17
ty argon I got two more words
9:51 am
MLFAN17
can someone clue the ho9 please?
9:51 am
Argon
My bad, sorry.
9:51 am
rururocks
a fee paid for a speaking engagement ho 9
9:52 am
rururocks
we all do it argon
9:52 am
rururocks
but usually not that many in a row :D
9:55 am
MLFAN17
the word it should be does work in the grid?
10:01 am
MLFAN17
does not work in the grid sorry
10:01 am
MLFAN17
is ca8 a pl?
10:03 am
rururocks
sounds like a sailing boat sort of
10:04 am
cybernan
good morning all -- ty for the 8 and 9 clues
10:04 am
rururocks
hi nan.. yw
10:04 am
TheByzantine
food ordered from a business for delivery + an indefinite article; pl
10:04 am
MLFAN17
ty ruru great clue
10:09 am
EvaNadine
phantom:
Reject
10:14 am
cybernan
stats for the lone o's please?
10:16 am
rururocks
os 4 for both of them I think
10:16 am
cybernan
ok - found one of them, ty ru
10:17 am
cybernan
nbt, nbs
10:41 am
roncook
can i have a clue for the ro07/28 please brain has gone to mush
10:41 am
rururocks
a rose garden ron
10:42 am
roncook
thank you.
10:46 am
cybernan
ar 5 following the operatic songs, please?
10:48 am
rururocks
ar + a bunch of sun gods
10:49 am
cybernan
ah - the tapestry
10:49 am
cybernan
ty ruru
10:50 am
cybernan
what kind of word is no 6? -- woman isn't good enough any more?
10:51 am
rururocks
no idea
10:51 am
Aloyisius
hi all, lunchtime Babble for me (-:
10:52 am
cybernan
giving up on the oa 7 -- any clues, please?
10:53 am
therealblah
what you row with + a guy
10:53 am
EvaNadine
OA7 - a male who paddles
10:54 am
cybernan
ty -- I was trying to go with about 10 guys!
10:54 am
cybernan
*!* ta da *!*
10:54 am
origami
Hi babble friends
10:54 am
therealblah
yw and congrats
10:55 am
therealblah
morning all
10:55 am
Aloyisius
congrats, nan!
10:56 am
cybernan
hagd everyone - have shopping and gardening on the agenda this am, so can't hang around. :-)
10:57 am
Aloyisius
hagd too, nan
10:59 am
EvaNadine
hints for the far-right O?
10:59 am
EvaNadine
or the S beside the M?
10:59 am
therealblah
os4/4, bone-related
11:00 am
rururocks
morning ori
11:01 am
therealblah
cane
11:02 am
therealblah
oops sorry
11:03 am
TheByzantine
so 5/14
11:07 am
Aloyisius
found it Byz, took a while
11:07 am
TheByzantine
Good for you
11:07 am
Aloyisius
used your previous suggestion of counting points
11:09 am
Aloyisius
fw.. and off I go - laundry awaits, whoopee.. Happy Babbling !
11:10 am
TheByzantine
Be well
11:16 am
MLFAN17
ty for the oa7
11:20 am
therealblah
more ho4/5
11:21 am
EvaNadine
got the OS4, but still noodling for the SO5...
11:22 am
gramma
Put the sometimes vowel on the end
11:23 am
MLFAN17
no idea on the ho7?
11:23 am
TheByzantine
ends with the penultimate
11:23 am
therealblah
do you have the ho4, rime or ice
11:24 am
gramma
I have 3 left and all 3 are 7's. I feel like I'm missing some sort of ending for them all.
11:24 am
TheByzantine
mlf add the comparative to the frost
11:24 am
MLFAN17
blah I have no idea
11:24 am
EvaNadine
i have a SO5/14, but its from the center S, not the one beside the M...
11:25 am
gramma
Is it the submarines use it one?
11:25 am
EvaNadine
nope. thats also from center S...
11:25 am
therealblah
mlf, h + what you row with
11:26 am
MLFAN17
yes have that one
11:26 am
therealblah
add the comparative ending
11:26 am
therealblah
oh good
11:27 am
therealblah
eva, i thought the so5/14 or maybe its pl came from that S
11:27 am
therealblah
something in my grid came from there, lol
11:29 am
EvaNadine
whatever it is, it's something i dont already have - thats for sure!
11:29 am
therealblah
hard to tell which word attaches to which s...
11:31 am
TheByzantine
and you have the plural of the sub thing?
11:33 am
TheByzantine
SOund Navigation And Ranging
11:34 am
TheByzantine
the middle s has the singular
11:35 am
TheByzantine
the middle s goes the end on the pl
11:41 am
rbud
the sub thing pl is the one, I just now got it, thanks
11:42 am
EvaNadine
TY byz -- had the singular, but it was the plural i was missing!
11:43 am
EvaNadine
NBT and NBS for me!
taking a break for lunch now. :)
12:15 pm
periwinkle
help with the ho9
12:16 pm
periwinkle
please
12:16 pm
therealblah
a payment for speaking or other service
12:17 pm
wvteach
stats for the 8 pls
12:17 pm
periwinkle
I tried what I thought was the right word but it was not accepted
12:17 pm
periwinkle
ca8/45 pl of the ca7/32
12:19 pm
EvaNadine
HO9 is a compound of 2 other grid words.
HO5 + AR4
may i have the HO--- + opera solo
12:19 pm
Deeha
You Americans you sure spell funny!!!!!!!
12:20 pm
periwinkle
ty don't know what I was doing wrong
12:21 pm
EvaNadine
we dont need no stinkin extra U's on our words!
12:22 pm
Deeha
Excuse me my u's do not stink!!!
12:23 pm
EvaNadine
::sniffs:: Deeha's U's
actually, yours are quite pleasant!
12:24 pm
Deeha
Just dont get any closer you might change your mind!!!
12:27 pm
EvaNadine
funny story:
my parents are both from england, but my brother + i were born + raised here.
in 2000, when my brother got married, their wedding invitations were intended to read "we request the honor of your presence..."
however, no one who proofread the invitations noticed that they actually read "we request the honour of your presence..."
of course my parents wouldnt notice!
(and my brother is severely dyslexic, so he wasnt going to catch it either)
i was away at college at the time, so they went ahead and ordered + sent them.
as soon as i set eyes on it, i said "did you mean to spell it the british way?"
they just decided to tell folks it was intentional. yknow, to pay homage to my parents.
;)
12:28 pm
Deeha
I am sure everybody went aaaah how nice!
12:29 pm
EvaNadine
similarly, no one noticed when my mother spelled MY NAME wrong on the invitations to my college graduation party.
::sigh::
12:31 pm
Deeha
Have to say I have 50 to go and I'm already bored with this grid!!
12:33 pm
EvaNadine
i only have 35 left, and my monkeys are DONE!
12:36 pm
Deeha
think I'll toddle off and have a break. Good luck everyone
1:31 pm
serenitynow
Good morning.
1:33 pm
EvaNadine
hello serenity
1:58 pm
suefrad625
hi all
1:58 pm
suefrad625
what are the stats for the 4 column N
2:02 pm
suefrad625
the 4 is a pl, correct?
3:13 pm
mo
hello everyone. I finished earlier and thought I would come and see if anyone needed a hint or two,but you will have to bear with me as I ama bit slow at cluing.
3:20 pm
mo
oh! It seems everyone has also finished so I will leave and have an early night. byee all and see you soon!
3:27 pm
car.eeyore
Good afternoon/evening
4:29 pm
car.eeyore
Is anyone here that has a clue for the third AR 5/10? Please and thank you.
4:30 pm
car.eeyore
Found it. Fireworks
4:32 pm
MollyL
Car's on fire.
5:21 pm
Judi
*calls 911* Whoo hoo! Break out the marshmallos!\
5:22 pm
Judi
Marshmallows, rather. Greetings, all.
5:35 pm
MollyL
You're killing me Smalls.
5:52 pm
Judi
Clue for the Ho9? Is it a compound word??
5:52 pm
lynxxx
Not really but two words do make it up
5:53 pm
Judi
Color me befuddled.
5:54 pm
lynxxx
it's a type of payment - put the operatic word on the end
5:54 pm
Judi
*** blank stare ***
5:55 pm
Judi
Okay. Light dawns. Ty.
5:57 pm
Judi
Gotta go fetch the stuffed peppers. See y'all later.
6:00 pm
MollyL
A compound word is the result of two words being joined. Ergo the combination of the two words to make ho9 is a compound word.
6:15 pm
lynxxx
I am no English expert, but I don't believe ho9 should be called a compound word which is why I said 'not really but....'. I wouldn't call ca7 a compound however oa7 is
6:30 pm
Argon
Definitely not a compound word, but it is a plural.
6:34 pm
Argon
The fact that it includes two words is not sufficient for it to be a compound word. No more than something like nutritiousness is a compound word even if you can find two legitimate words in there.
6:43 pm
MollyL
*Sends out memos to all the definers of compound words that they are wrong*
6:45 pm
Argon
necessary and sufficient
6:45 pm
Argon
necessary and sufficient
6:46 pm
Argon
And as for your "definers" it's not two words being joined, like boneyard, it's a word that happens to contain two words. Sorry but there's a difference. /pedantry
6:50 pm
LuvWordGames
ma 7/32 please?
6:54 pm
MollyL
: D : D : D
6:55 pm
LuvWordGames
nm, fireworks for me
6:57 pm
dan2bit
woo hoo LWG!
6:58 pm
LuvWordGames
thanks dan
6:58 pm
MollyL
<---Won the bet
6:59 pm
LuvWordGames
any clues needed?
7:14 pm
penquis
*waving to the lurkers*....
7:23 pm
MollyL
Hi Pen *not a lurker*
7:25 pm
penquis
hi molly...
7:40 pm
penquis
i am done....
7:53 pm
sukee
Hi all. 16 to go :)
7:54 pm
HarryHood
I'm actually still missing two tiles - hadn't even noticed!
8:06 pm
penquis
i am heading out....goodnight all....
8:06 pm
HarryHood
2/3 done. I'm listing.
8:06 pm
HarryHood
good night pen
8:07 pm
sukee
I have gone to the list too.
8:19 pm
HarryHood
good night
9:24 pm
crosshair
Interesting discussion earlier regarding compound words. :)
9:31 pm
crosshair
As a babbler said earlier, it is a tempest in a teacup. Some purist claim that words are compound only when hyphenated, while others are fine with any word that contains more that one word--regardless of whether the joining was intentional or circumstantial..
9:36 pm
crosshair
I live in a writers world where every last word must be in american English prior to submission or it gets rejected, so I am used to the flexibility needed when dealing with arguable finer details of our wonderful language.
9:37 pm
crosshair
Tc all and have a great night :)
9:53 pm
mkg
hi all. clue for the 8 please. ty.
9:54 pm
mkg
anyone here after cross and harry left? if so hi!
10:00 pm
Marc Freeman
ho9, please?
10:02 pm
grannyg
ho5 + opera solo
10:03 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks