Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, July 17, 2016

12:01 am

jesdraggon

it's itty bitty

12:04 am

stidmama

oh flip...

12:04 am

hurshy

hey jess, stid

12:04 am

jesdraggon

lo7 and go7

12:04 am

jessmom

hi all

12:05 am

dizgrannie

no 7

12:05 am

jessmom

to7

12:07 am

rururocks

op7

12:07 am

jesdraggon

op7

12:07 am

jesdraggon

jinx ru :)

12:11 am

jesdraggon

o's obliterated

12:13 am

stidmama

go jes go!

12:14 am

hurshy

ca7

12:14 am

jesdraggon

i think i found all the easy ones, stid... pretty well stalled out :)

12:14 am

jesdraggon

thanks, hurst

12:14 am

jesdraggon

hursh

12:14 am

helensgirlkid

your little rescue bat is a wonder, jes! I'm always astonished at how much even such tiny little creatures take some control of the feeding.

12:15 am

jesdraggon

he's adorable, and very cuddly, helen

12:16 am

rururocks

he'd drive me a little batty

12:16 am

jesdraggon

i lurve the batties, but don't get many of them, and usually the ones I do get are very sick adults. This is only the second orphan I've raised

12:16 am

jesdraggon

yeah, but it's a short route, ruru :D

12:17 am

stidmama

2/3 done! :-)

12:17 am

rururocks

takes one to guano one jes :D

12:17 am

jesdraggon

yay stid!

12:17 am

rururocks

10 left here. .but it's hard now

12:18 am

helensgirlkid

I will keep rooting for him, jes!

12:18 am

jesdraggon

thanks, helen :) it's odd - i have had raccoon babies every spring for the past 5 years. no coons this year, but I've had 3 bats (2 sadly very ill and didn't make it)

12:18 am

hurshy

12 for me, can't see the to7

12:18 am

meliae

Vanna can I buy an I please?

12:19 am

stidmama

go hurshy go! :-)

12:19 am

hurshy

i'd rather sell 'em than buy!

12:19 am

jesdraggon

in5/10 not out

12:20 am

jessmom

think dustin hoffman

12:20 am

meliae

Hurshy little chocolate chewy candy to**** roll

12:20 am

hurshy

ahh thanks

12:20 am

jesdraggon

thanks guys, that was the last 7 i needed :)

12:21 am

hurshy

kind of hard to see words that end that way with no S following, you think of it as only the converted form of Y

12:21 am

flosey

half way and off to bed, bb in the morning

12:21 am

jesdraggon

g'night, flosey

12:22 am

hurshy

n's driving me Nutty

12:22 am

hurshy

aha there they are

12:22 am

hurshy

helps to vent

12:24 am

jesdraggon

nicely done, hursh :)

12:24 am

hurshy

what's everyone got left? me: PPCCST

12:24 am

m9f9l

Hello all. just starting

12:24 am

jesdraggon

27 relatively random things

12:25 am

jesdraggon

evening m9

12:25 am

hurshy

got one of the c's!

12:26 am

stidmama

well done hurshy! :-) watching a movie too... so I am slow....

12:26 am

jesdraggon

a's abolished (all 2 of them!)

12:26 am

hurshy

and the other!

12:26 am

jesdraggon

what movie, stid?

12:27 am

jesdraggon

phantom patio

12:27 am

jesdraggon

and pation

12:27 am

jesdraggon

caption

12:27 am

hurshy

got the S!

12:28 am

stidmama

It's a really awful one, actually -- I thought I had seen the end of this one, but now... I think it's not the one I thought it was. Wouldn't have watched it! Glad I don't know the name

12:28 am

rururocks

i'm missing n's, s, c t p

12:28 am

jesdraggon

q's quitted

12:29 am

rururocks

I watched out of Compton tonight

12:30 am

jesdraggon

l's lashed

12:30 am

hurshy

got a P!

12:31 am

Aloyisius

missing 2t's, 1 p, 2s's and an n

12:31 am

jesdraggon

if it's awful, why are you still watching?

12:32 am

hurshy

GAH

12:32 am

Aloyisius

got the n

12:33 am

rururocks

missing two n's still grrrr

12:33 am

Lizlin

Hi all

12:33 am

hurshy

ni4/5 and pl perhaps ruru?

12:33 am

rururocks

one n

12:33 am

jesdraggon

evening, liz

12:33 am

hurshy

ni4/4

12:33 am

hurshy

ni5/10

12:33 am

rururocks

I have all the fours

12:34 am

AnnetteL

Stoog

12:34 am

hurshy

STOOGIER that would be a great word!

12:34 am

stidmama

I don't think so annette....

12:35 am

hurshy

Which Stooge did you think was the Stoogiest? I'd say Moe was Stoogier than Larry

12:35 am

rururocks

shemp was the stoogiest

12:36 am

hurshy

i keep thinking i have one and then don't

12:36 am

hurshy

first i was sure it was tapiti

12:36 am

hurshy

then i was sure it was tasion

12:36 am

hurshy

GOT THE T!

12:36 am

hurshy

one P6 to go!

12:37 am

hurshy

AND I GOT IT!!

12:37 am

jesdraggon

whoo hoo hursh!

12:37 am

Aloyisius

wtg hursh

12:37 am

stidmama

YAY hurshy!

12:39 am

m9f9l

wtg!!

12:39 am

stidmama

well, under 20. Going to save a few for tomorrow. have a great rest of your weekend, all! *poof*

12:39 am

m9f9l

I'm at 1/2 way

12:39 am

jesdraggon

hve a lovely evening, stid. hope your movie gets better

12:39 am

rururocks

5 here

12:40 am

rururocks

stuck though

12:40 am

Aloyisius

3 here

12:40 am

Lizlin

Have a good evening, Stid

12:40 am

Aloyisius

me too

12:40 am

m9f9l

I still have a couple tiles to get one on

12:40 am

jesdraggon

18

12:40 am

rururocks

4

12:41 am

jesdraggon

17

12:41 am

rururocks

3

12:41 am

m9f9l

Go ru!

12:41 am

m9f9l

Go jes!

12:41 am

jesdraggon

16

12:41 am

cybernan

6 and at the rate I'm going I won't find them tonight!

12:42 am

hurshy

LIST IN PROFILE!!!

12:42 am

jesdraggon

phantom sapient

12:43 am

jesdraggon

thanks, hursh :)

12:43 am

Lizlin

Lickety is there, hurshy.

12:43 am

hurshy

o. i didn't see him say.

12:43 am

Lizlin

But thanks, anyway.

12:43 am

Lizlin

And congrats,

12:44 am

hurshy

he did NOT say. which is unusual.

12:44 am

jesdraggon

i didn't either, hurshy

12:44 am

hurshy

ty liz :)

12:44 am

Lizlin

I just checked - since he changed his timing, I check.

12:45 am

cybernan

c

12:45 am

hurshy

yeah he just forgot to pop in and say that it was up

12:45 am

hurshy

word that could have been an 8 today: patootie

12:45 am

Lizlin

More likely his computer glitched!

12:45 am

hurshy

my mitten cat is a cutie patootie

12:45 am

MollyL

Lickety's "clues are up" message is automated. The auto message must not be working.

12:46 am

hurshy

AUTOMATED CHAT MESSAGES?! what dark magick is this??

12:46 am

Lizlin

Technomagick!

12:46 am

rururocks

got the t.. finished

12:47 am

hurshy

ah well, nighters all

12:47 am

rururocks

molly.. you sure are up late

12:47 am

jesdraggon

yay ruru!

12:47 am

m9f9l

Yay ru!1

12:47 am

Lizlin

Congrats, Ru.

12:47 am

Lizlin

Sleep well, Hurshy

12:48 am

MollyL

Yeah well, it was my night to howl so I just got home.

12:48 am

rururocks

howl?

12:48 am

MollyL

It's an old country phrase. If it is your night to howl it means you have been out carousing.

12:48 am

rururocks

ah

12:49 am

rururocks

good for you

12:49 am

rururocks

I was fairly sedate today

12:49 am

Lizlin

Hope you had a good time, Molly.

12:50 am

cybernan

good night everyone :-)

12:50 am

Lizlin

Sleep well, Nan

12:50 am

jesdraggon

g'night, nan

12:51 am

m9f9l

26 left. THat's enough for now.

12:51 am

jesdraggon

g'night, m9

12:51 am

m9f9l

night jes

12:51 am

Lizlin

Sleep well, m9

12:53 am

rururocks

me too .. good night all my dog is trying to lure me to the bedroom to go to sleep

12:53 am

jesdraggon

5

12:53 am

jesdraggon

g'night, ruru

12:54 am

jesdraggon

3

12:54 am

Lizlin

Sleep well, Ru

12:55 am

jesdraggon

2

12:56 am

jesdraggon

1

12:56 am

jesdraggon

firewords. last word ca6 - gambling place

12:57 am

Lizlin

Congrats, jes and thanks for ca 6

12:58 am

jesdraggon

thanks, and your welcome :)

12:58 am

jesdraggon

you're

1:27 am

sprite

good morning all

1:40 am

chj

ca6 chinese house in Venice?

1:44 am

worzel

Hahaha look at all those I's !!!! Morning all xx

1:45 am

chj

aye aye worzel

1:46 am

chj

or is it eye eye?

1:46 am

worzel

well hello chj !!

1:46 am

sprite

morning worzel and chj

1:46 am

worzel

Morning Sprite x

1:47 am

chj

normally I'm fast asleep at this time of night, but am having a bit of insomia tonight

1:47 am

sprite

sorry to hear it, chj, but glad to see you

1:51 am

sprite

to optain - to acquire by using one's eyes

1:53 am

chj

phantom captain

1:53 am

chj

also caption

1:53 am

sprite

and pistol

1:54 am

chj

actor Topol

1:54 am

sprite

he is in there, at least. All dem phantoms...

1:54 am

chj

and Pogo, an opossum

1:56 am

chj

opossum, the only marsupial native to North America

1:56 am

sprite

brings Dame Edna to mind :D

1:56 am

worzel

Yay! nbt nbs!!

1:57 am

sprite

gratz worzel

1:57 am

worzel

Why thank you!!

2:04 am

chj

sprite . . optain is also the grade of petrol you choose at the pump

2:05 am

sprite

I like it. Am adding it to the dictionary

2:08 am

chj

oopa loopas - roald dahl creatures who didn't like the letter M

2:09 am

sprite

lolol

2:12 am

chj

OK, time to try sleep once more . . night all

2:12 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

2:13 am

worzel

Thank you lickety . . . you lazy monkey!!! lol

2:13 am

sprite

*hugs lickety*

2:14 am

sprite

nn chj, I hope you can sleep now

2:17 am

sprite

fireflies. Bye all!

2:18 am

worzel

wtg sprite and bye!!!

3:08 am

gran

pa 8/45 ?

3:13 am

Jivingjenny0

there are no 8s on licketys list

3:19 am

gran

So the pa 8/45 is an extra on lickety's list

4:04 am

rolotom

Hello, anyone here?

4:05 am

rolotom

acts

4:05 am

rolotom

oops, sorry, wrong box

4:05 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Rolotom.

4:06 am

rolotom

Hi zooz

4:06 am

rolotom

How is the puzzle going for you?

4:07 am

zoozzoom

not too bad to be honest I was surprised so as there are a lot of 'i' lol

4:07 am

rolotom

yes, it's an odd pattern

4:07 am

zoozzoom

How about yourself?

4:08 am

rolotom

OK, I'm about halfway through and haven't gone to the list yet

4:08 am

rolotom

So not bad for me

4:08 am

zoozzoom

Good going!

4:08 am

rolotom

thanks!

4:09 am

rolotom

rine

4:12 am

mattygroves

Morning all. Anyone have stats sfor the O and I in the second column?

4:13 am

MollyL

oo4/4

4:13 am

zoozzoom

oo4

4:13 am

mattygroves

Thanks! Thought I'd tried that. Obviously not ;)

4:13 am

zoozzoom

ig 5/14

4:13 am

mattygroves

And slap me with a fish. An Inuit fish, I reckon...

4:14 am

zoozzoom

lol

4:24 am

zoozzoom

à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ F.I.R.E.W.O.R.K.S à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ

4:24 am

zoozzoom

Happy babbling everyone!

4:59 am

rolotom

congrats zooz!

5:13 am

Marc Freeman

re5, please?

5:15 am

MollyL

re + almost all of the number after eight

5:17 am

Marc Freeman

thanks

5:20 am

Marc Freeman

re6 doesn't seem to work off the re5 correct?

5:30 am

Marc Freeman

re6, please?

5:31 am

TheByzantine

add another consonant to the re 5/10

5:34 am

Marc Freeman

there are no consonants only a vowel

5:35 am

Marc Freeman

got it thanks

5:47 am

Marc Freeman

pi6 the last one please?

6:14 am

MollyL

One who feels sorry for you

6:15 am

sukee

Thanks Molly :)

6:16 am

MollyL

Glad I could help

6:20 am

Jivingjenny0

any chance of a clue for the ca7 please

6:22 am

sukee

Washington DC is referred to as the CA.......

6:23 am

sukee

anyway, 11 left and all the 4s gone, time for a break

6:24 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks sukee

6:51 am

crosshair

Good morning, everybody :)

7:15 am

crosshair

Hairy-nosed dolphin in da grid :)

9:01 am

Judi

Good morning, all!

9:28 am

hego

Hiya!

9:30 am

hego

I just found all the vowels that were missing yesterday. Cheez!

9:33 am

origami

Hi babblers

9:34 am

Judi

Yes. It's good to see the vowels again, although not all together.

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii o

9:34 am

hego

:)

9:35 am

hego

Hi Judi and TO

9:35 am

hego

And Ori!

10:01 am

Judi

Ca7?

10:03 am

origami

seat of government

10:03 am

Judi

Ty.

10:04 am

origami

YW

10:09 am

Judi

With a nod to Lickety, that's fireworks!

10:11 am

kje

yay judi!

10:23 am

helensgirlkid

Really like your icon, judi

10:24 am

helensgirlkid

inion

10:24 am

helensgirlkid

Sorry

10:29 am

MollyL

Judi's icon is exceptional

10:40 am

bichon

op 7/32, pls

10:44 am

wvteach

OP 7 - your personal belief or thoughts

10:45 am

bichon

ty teach

10:59 am

cybernan

good morning all -- was stuck on last 4 when I shut it down last night

11:01 am

cybernan

3

11:02 am

cybernan

2

11:04 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

11:04 am

cybernan

hagd everyone

12:15 pm

Marc Freeman

pi6, please, did not understand the last clue?

12:19 pm

origami

someone who feels sorry for you

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

I have aquestion for somebody more knowledgeable than I (probably everybody) about computers: is there a way to isolate an e-mail without risking getting a virus. It could be from somebody's secretary?

12:20 pm

rubyfoo

hello origami

12:20 pm

Marc Freeman

Thanks origami but that was the clue I didn't get.

12:20 pm

origami

Hi Ruby!

12:22 pm

rubyfoo

do you know how to do that?

12:22 pm

origami

pi + what men wear around their neck + consonant

12:22 pm

origami

Sorry, no Ruby.

12:23 pm

origami

but I don't think you can get a virus by just looking at an email

12:23 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks I am done, hagd all

12:24 pm

rubyfoo

I just don't recogbize the name

12:24 pm

mael

hah, I call my daughter to7

12:26 pm

rubyfoo

to, to, to 7, good bye, to, to , to7, don't cry

12:27 pm

rubyfoo

choo choo train that takes m

12:27 pm

ChrissieDee

Ruby, I think the most important thing is do not open any links or attachments in the email

12:27 pm

Arcane123

tapis

12:27 pm

rubyfoo

Do you know the old song, mael?

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

aha, chrissie, it has an attachment and nothing on the subject line

12:29 pm

ChrissieDee

I would delete it ruby

12:29 pm

little mim

delete it Ruby

12:29 pm

origami

Definitely don't open the attachment. Those can be dangerous.

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

I think so, I feel uncomfortable with it

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

OK, following your advice. Thanks

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

curiosity killed the chat!

12:33 pm

origami

:-)

12:51 pm

MollyL

Never, ever, ever open an attachment in an email from someone you don't know.

12:53 pm

MollyL

Attachments in emails from people you do know (and you don't "know someone" by playing an internet game with them) is also dangerous.

12:55 pm

dan2bit

afternoon all! can I have stats only for the lone I?

12:56 pm

MollyL

I think it is in5/10

12:57 pm

dan2bit

can't be - left I in the 3rd row

12:57 pm

ls1

ig5/7

12:58 pm

ls1

sorry, ig5/14

12:58 pm

dan2bit

oh duh tx

1:10 pm

MollyL

Sorry 2Bit, bad clue.

1:10 pm

dan2bit

np Moll

1:10 pm

dan2bit

I'll take a clue for the last pi6 :-)

1:11 pm

MollyL

One who feels so sorry for you

1:12 pm

dan2bit

thanks for taking pi4 on me :-)

1:12 pm

dan2bit

that's firewords! tx is1, Molly, lickety and all cluers

3:57 pm

periwinkle

hello

3:57 pm

periwinkle

hello

3:59 pm

Soodle

Hi Peri :-). I'm painting my kitchen at the moment & just down off the ladder, aching in places I forgot I had places!! How are you?

4:01 pm

periwinkle

I am well, Soodle, Just made spicy peanut butter sauce to put on spaghetti for dinner. was at the beach yesterday.

4:02 pm

periwinkle

what color are you painting your walls. my toes are painted "Canyon, short of milk chocolate color

4:02 pm

periwinkle

sort of

4:04 pm

Soodle

I'm happy to hear that, Peri. Walls are yellow, ceiling is blue. But my kitchen is very big & I have a solid fuel cooker in it, which really destroys paintwork. It's three years since it was last done, so it's a big job. Sigh.

4:05 pm

periwinkle

I would help if I lived closer

4:05 pm

periwinkle

my kitchen is a yellowy orange. would like to paint it. not sure what color.

4:07 pm

Soodle

Aw!! Thanks Peri!! Luckily, all the kids are away, so nobody is being discomoded by my activities. Your toenails sound lovely!

4:07 pm

periwinkle

how is your daughter doing. the one in the US?

4:08 pm

Soodle

Peri, she is loving every mili-second of it!!

4:09 pm

periwinkle

I bet she is. what a wonderful experience for her.

4:10 pm

Soodle

I confess to being a bit concerned when she left, but she has immersed herself in Camp life, and is just having a blast. She is a very lucky girl!!

4:10 pm

periwinkle

:)

4:11 pm

Soodle

Oscar Wilde was right.... Youth is definitely wasted on the young!

4:11 pm

periwinkle

indeed

4:11 pm

periwinkle

what is the weather where you are? in the 90's F here

4:13 pm

periwinkle

fW for me. better let you continue your painting. cu later Soodle.

4:14 pm

Soodle

spectacular today. About 85, gentle breeze, blue skies.

4:14 pm

Soodle

Bye Peri x

5:53 pm

penquis

*looking around an empty room*....

5:54 pm

rolotom

Hi pen!

5:54 pm

penquis

Hi rolo...

5:55 pm

rolotom

how is the puzzle going for you?

5:55 pm

penquis

i just listed...i have 20 left to find...

5:55 pm

rolotom

I'm down to 25, haven't been to the list yet

5:56 pm

rolotom

But about to head over

5:56 pm

lynxxx

Must be an common problem - I have just listed at 20 as well.

5:56 pm

penquis

hah...hi lynx...

5:56 pm

rolotom

Hi lynx!

5:57 pm

rolotom

comrades of the list

5:57 pm

wvteach

and at 16 and need to list

5:57 pm

lynxxx

Good morning from down here

5:57 pm

lil*monkey

Good evening from coastal Virginia

5:57 pm

penquis

hi, lil...

5:58 pm

penquis

hi wv...

5:58 pm

lil*monkey

hi pen and all Babblers

5:58 pm

wvteach

and good evening from the western parts of West Virginia

5:59 pm

rolotom

Greetings from Brooklyn!

5:59 pm

wvteach

hot and humid here but nice breeze if you cn stay in the shade

6:00 pm

lil*monkey

How hot is it in Brooklyn, rolo

6:00 pm

rolotom

90 today, 95 tomorrow

6:00 pm

lil*monkey

88 here, with humidity it feels llike 97

6:01 pm

penquis

nice here...low humidity...72F....

6:01 pm

rolotom

Jealous pen!

6:01 pm

lil*monkey

I'm watching the Wash Nationals v Pittsburg Pirates, it's the 17th inning believe it or not

6:02 pm

lynxxx

weather now? 13c or 55f and lovely clear skies

6:03 pm

lil*monkey

*complains for the eleventy billionth time: poot is not a word *

6:05 pm

astoria

hi, looking for help with the lo6 and no7. thx!

6:06 pm

penquis

lo + boo*** woogie bugle boy + hesitation word....it's a comparative...

6:07 pm

lil*monkey

no7 is even more not quiet

6:07 pm

lynxxx

no7 is even more boistrous

6:08 pm

astoria

Thank you so much!

6:09 pm

lil*monkey

dont' forget po6,21, Po**** Webber, a character on Happy Days, old TV show

6:09 pm

penquis

yw...

6:14 pm

lynxxx

all the Os and Is made for some very silly words. Bye all

6:17 pm

wvteach

** finito ** last word CA 6/21 (first one) - of course, no definition available

6:24 pm

rolotom

Congrats WV!

6:24 pm

rolotom

A clue please for your last word?

6:24 pm

lil*monkey

yay teach! I have a ca6, the place where you gamble. Your last word must be something else.

6:30 pm

big red

re 6/18 please

6:31 pm

Uneaixoise

double the consonant in the middle of re5/10 :-)

6:32 pm

big red

Thank you

6:39 pm

wvteach

change the last vowel in the CA 6 (second one) to get the first one

6:47 pm

big red

ca 7/36 please

6:52 pm

origami

seat of government red

6:54 pm

big red

thanks Origami

6:55 pm

origami

YW

6:57 pm

origami

Yay! Fireworks :-)

7:03 pm

origami

Any clues wanted before I go?

7:09 pm

penquis

i am back after internet connection problems....and i am done...

7:22 pm

lil*monkey

argh I need stats for the single I word in 2nd column pls.

7:22 pm

penquis

goodnight all who lurk...*waving*....

7:23 pm

MollyL

ig 5/14

7:24 pm

lil*monkey

well fish me

7:24 pm

lil*monkey

thank you Molly

7:26 pm

MollyL

It is hard to see words that are up and to the left. We are not trained to read that way.

7:38 pm

lil*monkey

Yes that's right

8:46 pm

Puddin

a clue for op 7 please

8:53 pm

Nef

Op 7/32= some thing you personally believe;

8:53 pm

Nef

And Good Evening Everyone.

8:53 pm

Puddin

thanks

8:54 pm

stidmama

hey Nef. down to 12. This is a tricky little one, isn't it?

8:54 pm

stidmama

hey puddin

8:54 pm

Puddin

hello everyone

8:55 pm

Nef

I put a few words in earlier & have just returned, stid. It is confusing me!

8:56 pm

stidmama

I got down to about 25 last night, listed at about 18. now down to 11, but slow going. Worked in the garden for over two hours with Tom! Looking so much better.

the garden looks better... Tom and I look tired~ LOL

8:57 pm

Nef

LOL! How are you doing out in the garden? I know you don't want to be out there without help....

8:57 pm

Nef

honnier

8:58 pm

Nef

OOPs!

8:58 pm

stidmama

With Tom there, I am able to be a little less fearful -- sawed a branch off one of the chestnuts; fell down when it released... LOL bruised a little, but not really hurt. Accomplished two goals, though -- removed that branch and encouraged Tom and Grant to do the rest!

8:58 pm

Nef

not a word; but I need to pay attention

8:59 pm

stidmama

I was able to work near some plants I am allergic too, also -- only a minor reaction, but glad that Tom was there just in case. Taking care of myself, but not willing to be completely inactive! Looking forward to getting out there again later this week and finishing up some small pruning and planting tasks.

9:00 pm

Nef

LOL! I get frustrated when I'm told I can't do some of the things that need doing (my son is incredibly busy -- & bossy; so I'm never sure when he says I can't do something when that job might get done)

9:01 pm

stidmama

YES. that is exactly how I feel! Thanks for understanding. I am "good" when I have to be, but... I LIKE being able to really challenge myself!

9:02 pm

Nef

Are you purposely growing something you're allergic too or is it a "volunteer" or a weed?

9:03 pm

stidmama

No, it's a St. Johnswort plant my mother in law gave me (like so many allergies, this one is progressing and was not a contact allergy years ago). I pruned it back really severely. If it survives, we will transplant it in the fall to a location where it can grow unchecked and reach full size without being near the places I need to be able to work.

9:04 pm

stidmama

There are a few remnants of mints that I developed an allergy to after I planted them, but most of those are now removed. :-)

9:04 pm

Nef

Ahh! That makes sense.

9:04 pm

stidmama

Some plants are okay when I put them in, then I get allergic...

9:04 pm

Nef

That I understand.

9:05 pm

stidmama

I try to not plant anything I know I am allergic to.

9:07 pm

stidmama

I am really happy that I know "how" to garden -- even when I haven't been able to do much for a few years, I am pretty confident and can work quickly when I do have the help.

9:07 pm

Nef

That makes perfect sense. The only plant I have severe reactions to is burning weed; I'm not even very sensitive to poison ivy; but burning weed will make my arm or leg (or whatever touches it) numb for days!

9:08 pm

stidmama

Wish all of Grant's friends hadn't aged out of my price range... LOL if they aren't already fully employed, they are working on their final years of college and my paltry $10/hour rate isn't enough to really pay them back for the work they do.

9:08 pm

stidmama

I don't know what burning weed is. Mother has problems with members of the spurge family.

9:08 pm

Nef

I hear you there!

9:09 pm

Nef

I'm not sure if it's the same as burning nettle or not (& DH doesn't remember either)

9:09 pm

stidmama

three to go, a 6 and a couple of 7s

9:10 pm

stidmama

don't want to ask for clues because if they are fishy I will be embarassed...

9:10 pm

Nef

GO, stid! (I have 57 left!)

9:11 pm

Nef

I only have the 1 7 that I clued & I only have 3 of the 6's so far.

9:12 pm

stidmama

probably a nettle -- I LOVE nettles, and don't remove them where they grow in our yard (this year they were too mature before I got to them to harvest). They don't usually sting me, but the one time I got "bit" really hard, the joint pain in that hand was diminished for a couple days. I use it for the mild antihistamine properties of the tea.

9:13 pm

stidmama

But we have the urtica dioecia, not the "burning" one

9:14 pm

stidmama

two... the 6 was very fishy

9:14 pm

Nef

I don't know that one at all. And DH, with his agriculture degrees can't remember things like that any more.

9:15 pm

stidmama

and the ca 7 was fishy for me too... one to go.

9:15 pm

stidmama

I would imagine that your DH feels frustrated with the loss of knowledge. I would...

9:17 pm

Nef

He does. His memory is not as good as it used to be; but he has trouble with both recent memories & older ones. Which is odd.

9:18 pm

stidmama

That is odd... a more global issue than for many. Does he remember if he sees photos or other mementos? I forget many things, but if I see an artifact often it comes back to me.

9:20 pm

stidmama

and the no 7 was fishy, too.. :-( *sigh*

9:20 pm

stidmama

on the other hand, FW!!!

9:21 pm

Nef

Good question. He bought one of those things that you can put slides & pictures in & make DVDs from them several years ago & I'm trying to get him to do that; but he has never commented on the pictures when he can remember how to do it.

9:21 pm

Nef

YAY, stid!!! WTG!!!

9:23 pm

Nef

(and thanks for the clues. This is a tricky grid!)

9:31 pm

stidmama

I like digitized data myself, but sometimes the manipulation to make comments is more complicated than needed. Could he narrate to someone else who is doing the input?

9:32 pm

stidmama

When Mother and I look at family pics together I should record our conversations -- there is a LOT more information that comes out of her than just names, places, and dates!

9:34 pm

Bugsaw

LOL you two. I just arrived and looked up burning weed. All that is showed were pictures of huge piles of marijuana burning up!!!

9:35 pm

stidmama

hey bugs!

9:35 pm

stidmama

rofl

9:35 pm

Nef

I don't know if he could do that or not stid.
And Yes!! Do recored it! My 2 last remaining aunts were together on Friday, & I was there & tried to find out a few things from them. (they both have very severe heart failure, & were also the youngest of my mothers' family; so I doubt if they will be able to meet together like that again or not).

9:35 pm

Bugsaw

hello ladies. are you both sniffing away?

9:35 pm

stidmama

I am done bugs -- can help as needed

9:35 pm

Nef

Hi Bugs! That is hilarious! :-D

9:36 pm

Nef

I have 50 words left

9:37 pm

stidmama

I posted pics on fb just now of the young buck and doe that are daily visitors. I think they are the fawns from last year.

There is also an older (maybe 4 years) buck I see often, but haven't seen the mature doe so far this year. :-(

9:37 pm

Bugsaw

please write down the things that you learn from the elders. I didn't and asked my mother to write on the back who was in old family photos. When she forgot everytning the captions were things like, The aunts from back east". Nothing usefull

9:38 pm

stidmama

brb going to reheat supper.

9:40 pm

Nef

Bugs, this isn't "exactly" the plant we call burning weed here; but it's the closest picture of the plant I have problems with: http://tinyurl.com/gq9u3xv (it's the "stinging nettle" on this page)

9:45 pm

Bugsaw

Yes. We have stinging nettles and the young leaves make a nice tea and soup base.

9:45 pm

Nef

My daughter wanted the family story of my great (X3) grandmother during the Sioux Indian wars here in MN; so I called my older sister & she gave me this crazy hair-brained story that I'd never heard before; so I checked with our aunts & my cousins & none of them had ever heard this wild story either. But my sister says both the aunt who raised us & our grandmother told her this; & the one aunt looked at the other & they both said"well, she's Irish & they say the Irish "embellish" stories a lot!" (We've all agreed my sister was dreaming or smoking something!)

9:46 pm

Nef

How can you drink or cook with it?

9:47 pm

Bugsaw

Nef, you are right to be cautious but there is probably a kernel of truth in those stories so don't dismiss them entiredly. I have Irish ancestry too.

9:48 pm

Bugsaw

Apparently the sting disappeares with simmering and they do have medicinal qualities. Some people even eat the nettles like cooked spinach but I hate cooked spinach.

9:52 pm

Nef

Bugs, there is a cracked butter dish in the home I was raised in (my Aunt & Grandma both lived there). The story that the rest of us all know is that great Grandma had a baby, and some friendly indians stopped by their farm & told her that the rebellious indians were on the warpath & she should leave before they got there. Great (x3) grandma grabbed the baby & the butter dish & hid in the root celler for several days (which I understood was in the brambles). Why she would grab the butter dish has always confounded us.

9:56 pm

Puddin

a clue for the 2nd ti 6/18 please

9:56 pm

Nef

My sisters story involves great (x3) grandma taking the baby & heading into a local fort for safety; But stopping at a nearby farm & grabbing the freshly made butter & hearing a baby cry & finding a half scalped baby girl; which she packed up & took into the fort with her! And (according to my sister's story)20 some years later gr. grandma was working in her store & a young woman walked in and asked for her; pulled her hair off her forehead & showing her scar s to gr. grandma!
NO ONE serviving now ever heard of that before!

9:57 pm

Nef

Sorry, Pudding, I don't have it yet but will now look for it.

9:57 pm

stidmama

Maybe the same reason that Laura Ingalls Wilder grabbed the bread plate? It was the closest thing at hand...

9:57 pm

Bugsaw

I bet it was a true story. There were good natives who warned the settlers they liked and people used to hide in the root cellars. My guess is the the butter dish was the only thing they could bring from the "old country" because it was small and packable but was a memory of her mother. Cracked or not, it was a memory.

9:58 pm

Bugsaw

both stories are plausible!

10:00 pm

Bugsaw

IF you knew where they had settled you could check with historical records to see if a fort was close at hand. They opened the doors to neey people.

10:00 pm

Nef

Bugs, we know about the friendly Indians (& that our great (x3) grandparents were helping some of the Indians there, and we know the butter dish survived the Indian wars; it's the part about the buckboard & the scalped baby girl that was bizarre

10:01 pm

stidmama

That sounds reasonable, bugs.

10:01 pm

godthaab

FINISHED!! VERY EXCELLENT!!

10:01 pm

Bugsaw

It is bizarre but they may have hurt the baby and the mother panicked and ran thinking she was a goner.

10:02 pm

Bugsaw

Needy people, I meant , not neey people

10:02 pm

Bugsaw

YAY godhaab

10:02 pm

Nef

Oh yeah; we know all of that too. My one aunt is going to try & find the one cousins' family history because MaryJo was the family historian

10:02 pm

Nef

YAY godthaab!!! WTG!!!

10:03 pm

Bugsaw

Usually they would take the kids to be slaves but maybe not a baby. Who knows. It depends on which nation

10:04 pm

stidmama

I have several ancestors at various times (1600s and 1700s mostly) who were at or directly affected by the conflicts with native americans who were tired of being mistreated. Some survived the Mohawk attacks at Schenectady, another man was in town in North Carolina when a local group of revenge-takers slaughtered his family at home. :-(

10:04 pm

stidmama

YAY godthaab!

10:05 pm

Bugsaw

I have my grandmother's cake plate that came over from Ireland and was a much treasured plate. It has a thumb print in it from someone at the factory so it was probably cheap enough for them to afford. It has hand painted flowers all over so a man on a galloping horse would never notice.

10:07 pm

Nef

LOL! That "man on a galloping horse" phrase was one of my Grandmother's phrases, Bugs! :-)

10:08 pm

Bugsaw

Oh, how sad stid. My father's father''s family came to Canada in the early 1800's and his mother's family went to Illinois in the 1840ls if I remember correctly.

10:08 pm

Bugsaw

I got that from my mother's mother who came from Scottish stock, Nef. You are the only other person I know who has heard it. I love it. Keeps me from obsessing about the details.

10:09 pm

stidmama

Yes -- there was much sorrow (and bad blood) on all sides in the colonization of North America. It made me unhappy when I realized how the Europeans had thrown away so much good will and potential by insisting that they were overlords. :-(

10:10 pm

Nef

Pudding, I've found 2 ti6 words; both are ti6/18; one is a comparative size (smaller) and the other is the person who works with a common metal. (I will keep looking, though.

10:10 pm

Bugsaw

I think the early early settlers were the ones who started the scalping by taking topknots as trophies too.

10:11 pm

Bugsaw

thanks for the clues Nef

10:11 pm

Nef

Me, too Bugs; if a man on a galloping horse won't notice something; it isn't worth obsessing over.

10:14 pm

Puddin

thanks Nef...only 5 to go

10:15 pm

Nef

Here in Minnesota, The Sioux Uprising was caused by the white man's out & out greed and crookedness. The Indians didn't get the money promised by the white man & the trading posts stole the money that the Indians were owed & were almost starving the Sioux too.

10:15 pm

Nef

GO, Puddin!!!

10:16 pm

Nef

and YW. :-)

10:16 pm

stidmama

go puddin go!

10:17 pm

Bugsaw

same here in Canada, sadly. I have old letters from my ancestors where they said the natives were starving and treated badly by the while soldiers and traders. My grandmother said that she did not know any white person who would have taken the disrespect and starvation with as much dignity as the natives. She admired them and helped when she could .

10:20 pm

Nef

I remember reading some things back in grade school about the "Indian Wars" and now as a grown up and reading what *really* happened; I feel very sad that history was that twisted.

10:22 pm

Bugsaw

there was so much misunderstanding back then that has filtered down to today. It is only thru education that our two peoples can truly reconcile and start a new beginning.

10:22 pm

Bugsaw

stid and I are both firm believers in that

10:23 pm

stidmama

I try to be clear with my students that NOT all colonizers and settlers and such were aware at the time that they were or intended to take away the lands and rights of natives; some were kind and did the best they could to get along. But there were many who really did intend to harm.

10:27 pm

stidmama

What I really struggle against is how to explain that, truthfully, many people in the past really were NOT aware of so much. I teach very young children... I do not want to disillusion them of the possibility of people getting along; but I also try to make it clear that sometimes bad things happen on purpose -- and then history teaches us to stand up for what is right. It's a challenging tightrope...

10:27 pm

Nef

That is true, stid. And yes, Bugs, it's just sad that it's taken this long for the general public to try to work together & begin again.

10:28 pm

Puddin

i have 3 to go...2 t's and a pi 6/21....anyone have a clue for me?

10:29 pm

Nef

It is indeed, stid; & right now that's so hard for children to understand because the media has to bring all the bad stuff into their homes 24/7.

10:29 pm

Puddin

and one is a to 7

10:30 pm

Nef

pi 6/21 is a western (or southwestern?) tree

10:33 pm

stidmama

to 7 is a sort of candy chocolate roll. also the name of a robin williams movie

10:34 pm

Nef

to 7 is a movie with Dustin Hoffman in drag

10:34 pm

Nef

Robin Williams? I don't remember anymore.

10:36 pm

Nef

I need to list because I just keep typing in the same words all the time.

10:36 pm

stidmama

oh no -- it was dustin hoffman *facepalm*

10:36 pm

stidmama

Mrs. Doubtfire was Robin Williams.

10:40 pm

Nef

Thanks, stid. There are times I wonder about my own memory these days!.

10:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

10:43 pm

stidmama

hey gwen!

10:45 pm

Nef

Hi Gwen

10:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

halfway, woot

10:54 pm

stidmama

wow gwen! you're zipping along! I am going to take a break and be domestic for a bit -- back later if I can. *poof*

10:56 pm

Nef

bye stid.

10:57 pm

Nef

Gwen, make me feel better & tell me you didn't get to half way in just 7 minutes please.

10:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ummmmm

11:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

does this make you feel better, i don't have nbt yet, stuck on one darn tile

11:00 pm

torgone

ig5/14

11:00 pm

HarryHood

ty for the i. can I have the lone o pls?

11:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nope, stuck on the O under the Q, but thank tor

11:01 pm

Nef

Ok, it does. I Could clue it (an Eskimo house)

11:01 pm

torgone

oo4/4

11:02 pm

HarryHood

ty tor. nbt.

11:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

thanks again tor! i swear i typed that!

11:02 pm

Nef

Common Babblet; also reminds me of Dr. Whop character

11:02 pm

HarryHood

I'm quitting with 37 to go. I'm exhaustinized.

11:02 pm

HarryHood

hagn

11:04 pm

Nef

Niters, Harry. I should quit also for the night. My typing is terrible

11:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uno

11:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fw

11:21 pm

Nef

YAY, Gwen!!! WTG!!!

11:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

aw gee thanks 8 - D

11:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i seem to miss a few puzzles every week and when i do show up it's a puzzle with under 100 words, argh

11:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

anywho need a clue?

11:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nighty night all, and good luck with the new gristle, i mean grid

11:25 pm

Nef

I know how that goes; the grids have been either too small or too big on days when I either had lots of time to do the long grids (but those are the days with the tiny ones) or not enough time to do huge grids.

11:25 pm

Nef

Good Night, Gwen.

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