Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, February 15, 2017

12:04 am

jessmom

ti8

12:04 am

pugmama763

re8

12:10 am

broll

li 8

12:10 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:13 am

broll

st 7, st 8

12:14 am

Frances

cot co8x2

12:15 am

Frances

should be co7 and co8x2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

flosey

flip and hi everyone

12:18 am

flosey

thanks Lickety

12:27 am

dizgrannie

140 down...BBL

12:30 am

pugmama763

paned

12:30 am

pugmama763

sorry

12:31 am

pugmama763

dont even know how the cursor ended up in this box

12:31 am

jessmom

fi7/8

12:33 am

rururocks

woof jess

12:34 am

jessmom

good fi4

12:36 am

rururocks

en7x2

12:41 am

chj

fagan's blues

12:56 am

flosey

too sleepy tonight, be back in the morning

1:54 am

Uneaixoise

105 to go and off to bed . . . . gnite :-)

2:16 am

marigold

ad

2:20 am

grannyrose

yes mari?? ad what?

2:27 am

marigold

a mistake hit wrong button

2:28 am

marigold

typing with one hand

2:35 am

grannyrose

why one hand?

2:36 am

marigold

i fell on my right hand. it is swollen. not broken.

2:44 am

grannyrose

mari, if the pain doesn't improve within a week, please go back to your health care person

2:47 am

marigold

I will. they said it was a bad sprain

3:13 am

grannyrose

mari, i was told i had a sprain and 13 months later an ortho diagnosed a fractured ankle. i walked and worked on that ankle, in pain and in tears.

3:14 am

grannyrose

sometimes the fractured bone is obscured.

3:15 am

grannyrose

a bone scan would show it up.

4:03 am

PMS

ad

6:00 am

hydra

I broke two vertebrae in my neck in a car crash and my GP refused to send me for an x-ray as he said it was only a pulled muscle. I had to soldier on, holding my chin up with my hand for months. This was 30 years ago, when you couldn't just walk into A&E yourself.

6:01 am

hydra

Make sure you insist on further investigations, marigold.

6:01 am

lynxxx

geez Hydra !

6:01 am

bichon

this must have been in the days when that ddoctor wouldn't have been sued

6:02 am

periwinkle

marigold is not on I will talk with her. she is my sister

6:02 am

hydra

You're right, bichon. He actually twisted my head round and said nothing was broken. I could have ended up paralysed! I only had my neck xrayed this year and it showed up the breaks.

6:03 am

periwinkle

wow hydra

6:03 am

hydra

Hi peri. I'm sure you'll do your best for her. My sister is still suffering with the ankle she broke last year.

6:04 am

periwinkle

often when there is an accident the areas is so bruised that it is not possible to see any fractures.

6:04 am

periwinkle

with x-rays or other equipment.

6:06 am

periwinkle

hydra your icon picture is very big

6:06 am

periwinkle

bbl. errands to do

6:06 am

bichon

I don't think the British have as much litigation as Americans

6:06 am

hydra

Is it? It looks small to me. I shall have to fix it.

6:08 am

hydra

No, bichon, they don't. I have spent upwards of Â£30,000 over the years, on chiro, physio, massage, trying to get my neck moving properly. I now have severe arthritis in it. But arnica cream helps with the pain, thank goodness!

6:10 am

bichon

In the US there would be tons of lawyer aggressively trying to get you case. But money can't buy you pain relief.

6:12 am

hydra

Unfortunately, it can't. But I was very lucky in that I didn't end up in a wheelchair so I must count my blessings.

6:13 am

hydra

Been trying to change my icon but every time I try to upload a new pic, the site crashes!

7:01 am

car.eeyore

Good morning

7:28 am

Jayk

i need the next to last de7. help?

7:35 am

Wolvie

the only one i have is one who wants. i have not listed yet so do not know if that is what you need or not

7:44 am

Aloyisius

t

7:45 am

Aloyisius

not awake yet, hi all

7:48 am

Wolvie

morning :-)

7:51 am

Wolvie

73 left and slowing down- bbl :-)

7:52 am

Aloyisius

74 left here, thinking about listing

7:53 am

Aloyisius

def. need a refill - brb

8:03 am

MollyL

de7 sounds like boats that carry cars across water

8:28 am

bichon

Molly, any word from Annie?

8:28 am

bichon

ad 6/30, pls

8:29 am

Aloyisius

floating aimlessly, bichon

8:30 am

bichon

ty Aloy

8:31 am

Aloyisius

yw

8:33 am

moolingwa

morning all

8:33 am

Aloyisius

hi mool

8:33 am

moolingwa

how goes aloy?

8:33 am

bichon

hi mool

8:34 am

moolingwa

hey bich

8:35 am

Aloyisius

pretty good for a Wednesday, mool. slow to wake up but getting there

8:35 am

Aloyisius

finally "seeing" some words

8:35 am

moolingwa

yeah, I hear that...my 5 year old decided to wake up at 6:30 this morning, so have been entertaining her

8:36 am

Aloyisius

does she go to preschool?

8:37 am

bichon

I woke up at 6:20. That woke up the dog. No going back to sleep

8:37 am

moolingwa

no

8:37 am

moolingwa

we're homeschooling

8:37 am

Aloyisius

ah so

8:37 am

moolingwa

yup

8:38 am

bichon

Who does the schooling? You or your wife?

8:39 am

moolingwa

well we're doing this thing called unschooling

8:39 am

moolingwa

which is not curriculum driven

8:39 am

moolingwa

The idea is that she's learning all the time

8:39 am

bichon

Does she get lonely?

8:40 am

moolingwa

no, we have kids come over, and she does have activities

8:40 am

moolingwa

she actually is having some kids coming over later today for instance

8:40 am

moolingwa

Monday's they have this open gym thing for kids, and what they call discovery days down at the library

8:41 am

moolingwa

yesterday was a home day...tomorrow more activities...etc

8:41 am

bichon

sounds terrific

8:42 am

moolingwa

yeah, when you think about it, the way we learn isn't really subject driven

8:42 am

moolingwa

we learn because we're interested in something, or because it allows us to get something

8:42 am

moolingwa

whereas in school it's less about learning and more about teaching

8:43 am

bichon

I remmber my g'daughter's kindergarten in parocial school. They started learning 60 sight words. Yuck

8:45 am

Aloyisius

am a fan of phonetics

8:45 am

hurshy

depends on a lot of factors. i tend to think gifted kids do better with something like that, unless their school happens to be really prepared to work with them.

8:48 am

hurshy

and it presupposes that you're a very good parent. if you let your kid manipulate you and stuff, they probably won't learn much!

8:49 am

moolingwa

you are correct hurshy, this is not something just anyone can execute

8:50 am

moolingwa

You need a lot of resource...time, opportunity...money helps

8:50 am

hurshy

met a third grader this fall who said her mom told her that math isn't very important...

8:50 am

moolingwa

my wife doesn't work, if she did, this wouldn't be an option

8:50 am

moolingwa

well there are aspects of math that aren't very important

8:51 am

moolingwa

but it depends what you're doing

8:51 am

hurshy

third grade math is pretty important

8:52 am

hurshy

and this girl, when asked what 9 + 9 is, said, "ten?" now i could see getting it a little off, but how do you reach that age and not be able to easily see that it can't possibly be TEN?

8:52 am

bichon

I remember [way back when I was in HS in the 60's] a mother at Open House saying "What does she need Math for, she's only going to wash floors. That sounds bizarre today. What happens when hubby leaves her for a young womanand she needs to goto work to support herself?

8:53 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 8s? ty

8:53 am

hurshy

gotta love those parents with high aspirations for their kids...

8:54 am

Glantarell

I have been speaking to 13 year old grandaughter about maths - which she hates - and how she needs it in life, so evefry time we do anything which needs maths, I tell her which maths we're usingg.

8:54 am

mkg

just read the chat. amazing stuff.

8:54 am

mkg

math is crucial.

8:54 am

hurshy

can i co7 in you, tell you my troubles?

8:54 am

Glantarell

We've recently measured the area of the kitchen ceiling to see how much paint I needed to buy, weighed ingredients for a meal, worked out what my annual electricty bill is likely to bne...

8:54 am

hurshy

2 8s come from that

8:55 am

bichon

My 'daughger, now in 4th grade in a public school, is starting the basics of algebra

8:55 am

mkg

ty for co words. got them. two 8s.

8:55 am

MollyL

Bich, why did you ask after Annie? Is something wrong?

8:56 am

bichon

*granddaughter

8:56 am

bichon

I havenot seen her here or on QP for a week

8:56 am

Glantarell

measured fabric to see if I have enough to make a garment. I am inventing little tasks to help her see that she needs to understand numbers in everyday life, even if she doesn't need to know the more complex stuff. I am hoping that if she can get confident with basics, and stop hating maths, then the rest may come alonmg too

8:56 am

mkg

if kids dont get the basic concepts of math, something is wrong with their ability to reason. it should be intuitive that 9 + 9 is 18. i think in pre school they count things to show how to count and add.

8:57 am

MollyL

I don't know what QP is. Maybe she is visiting her daughter.

8:58 am

bichon

It's a set of word games. Annie, Scrabs, Haz and Welki do it

8:58 am

Glantarell

Which Annie? One has been on at the same time as me a few times recently - Anniebrock?

8:58 am

MollyL

I once knew a woman who, when her husband left her, didn't even know how to write a check. I find that sad.

8:58 am

bichon

yes Anniebrook. I think ruby has her email

8:58 am

bichon

yes Anniebrook. I think ruby has her email

8:59 am

Glantarell

she's definitely been on in the last 3 days

8:59 am

Glantarell

but not for long

8:59 am

moolingwa

Glant...those are the types of things we're doing, you could call it "applied" mathematics, in that it's not really math, but more part of trying to solve a problem

8:59 am

bichon

hope everything's okay with Bobby

8:59 am

moolingwa

versus teaching abstracts

8:59 am

Glantarell

yes, that's what I am trying to get across to my grandaughter

9:00 am

MLFAN17

ty for the co 7/48 and the 8/65 that goes with, my first two words

9:01 am

bichon

share, pls, fan

9:01 am

Glantarell

one thing which is kind of old fashioned but which has stood me in good stead throughout my life is that I learned my times tables 'parrot fashion' when I was aged 6-8. Now the answers are all just in my head without needing to work them out, when I need to multiply anything... and children here in the UK don't learn times tables that way any more - and they have to work out the calculations in theior heads each time...

9:02 am

MLFAN17

when you tell someone your troubles or maybe a secret.. you co ***** in them

9:02 am

MLFAN17

and the oen who does

9:02 am

mkg

need clue for R bottom rt. corner. ty

9:02 am

MLFAN17

one

9:02 am

Aloyisius

ti8 is a superlative of exhaustion

9:03 am

mkg

never mind. got the R bottom corner.

9:03 am

moolingwa

We already are playing addition and substractin games

9:03 am

bichon

ty fan

9:03 am

MLFAN17

yw bichon

9:03 am

mkg

ty for ti. got it.

9:03 am

MLFAN17

mkg stats for that pls?

9:04 am

bichon

ty Aloy

9:04 am

MLFAN17

corner r mkg?

9:05 am

bichon

Your daughter must be vey teachable

9:05 am

moolingwa

Well...it's more about making games out of things

9:05 am

moolingwa

or recognizing opportunities to explain

9:05 am

hurshy

the yeast makes the bread ri4, you punch it down and then it has to re6, and past tense. plus gets un-wet again.

9:07 am

mkg

ri4 4 and ri 5 10

9:07 am

MLFAN17

for the corner?

9:08 am

penquis

re 7/32 and re 8/45...

9:08 am

Aloyisius

yw.. fw, and with company coming, I'd better start some preps. Hagd everyone!

9:08 am

penquis

related words...

9:08 am

penquis

congrats, aloy...

9:08 am

mkg

sorry...correct. it is the 7 and 8 for corner.

9:08 am

MLFAN17

ty pen I got a re 7/32

9:09 am

penquis

those are for the fourth column R...

9:09 am

penquis

the ones I clued....MKG, you were correct about the ri 4 / 5 coming from the corner R...

9:10 am

MLFAN17

nbt and nbs

9:10 am

MLFAN17

re 7/32that I found is from the corner

9:11 am

penquis

not the one i have...

9:11 am

MLFAN17

mine ends in s?

9:12 am

penquis

i have two that end in S....one is from the corner...

9:12 am

Glantarell

down to my last 100, saving those for later, happy babbling

9:12 am

MLFAN17

that would be the one I have:)

9:12 am

mkg

trying to get half way and not succeeding. darn. must go to doc. apt.

9:15 am

MLFAN17

greyed corner r

9:15 am

mkg

me too mlfan

9:15 am

mkg

all three are re words.

9:18 am

moolingwa

100 to go

9:19 am

mkg

go mool!

9:19 am

MLFAN17

202 left at the moment

9:25 am

MLFAN17

are any of the st 7's compound words?

9:26 am

penquis

none of the 12 that i have are compound words...

9:27 am

MLFAN17

only 3 st 7's pen

9:29 am

penquis

i have 3 st 7s as well...

9:29 am

penquis

i misunderstood your question....

9:30 am

MLFAN17

you said none of the 12 you have are compound words lol

9:30 am

MLFAN17

the st 7's

9:30 am

SamanthaJoy

Of the 8s, I have cox2, fi, li, re, st, ti.

Can anyone tell me which one I'm missing?

9:30 am

penquis

i meant none of the 12 seven letter words that i have are compound words....

9:31 am

penquis

es 7/8...

9:31 am

MLFAN17

pen oh lol:)

9:31 am

SamanthaJoy

Thanks pen

9:32 am

MLFAN17

thank you Samantha just got another 8. 7/8 to be exact

9:39 am

MLFAN17

174 left will be back

10:01 am

Trifioso

hello friends

10:01 am

penquis

hi...

10:03 am

grant

Namesake grid

10:03 am

Trifioso

hello grant and penquis

10:05 am

penquis

i am heading out....bbl to finish...bye all...

10:05 am

Trifioso

bye dear

10:06 am

Trifioso

I hate these short lunches of mine....I barely get settled and it's time to go....

10:10 am

grant

trash pick today?

10:10 am

Trifioso

usually, but it got delayed a day due to Monday's storm. You?

10:11 am

72 Temple Owl

hi and bye, trif.

10:11 am

Trifioso

here come the students....well, that was fun! LOL....history class next, tra la la. Bye!

10:11 am

72 Temple Owl

whoever wished for a large snow day grid got her wish!

10:12 am

mixi6

snow?

10:22 am

MLFAN17

we had rain this AM

10:22 am

MLFAN17

pa 5/14 pls?

10:24 am

72 Temple Owl

past tense of word before it

10:24 am

MLFAN17

hi owl and ty

10:24 am

72 Temple Owl

more accurately, adjectival form

10:30 am

periwinkle

help with either co8 pls

10:30 am

periwinkle

hello all

10:31 am

periwinkle

found co8/65 someone you tell secrets to

10:45 am

cybernan

good morning, everyone

10:46 am

mixi6

ty peri

10:46 am

flosey

fw - busy day, bb at flip

10:47 am

mixi6

bye flosey

10:53 am

cybernan

missing the st and ti 8's -- are either of them compounds?

10:54 am

bichon

en 6/27, pls

10:55 am

mixi6

no nan, most of.

10:55 am

mixi6

to put a cat or dog in a container bichon

10:56 am

mixi6

ae7?

10:57 am

mixi6

sorry an7? have ae7.

10:59 am

cybernan

found the ti 8, ty - a clue for the st please?

11:00 am

cybernan

nm - found it

11:02 am

cybernan

goto is a word -- it goes with ifthen in basic code

11:02 am

mixi6

fw.

11:03 am

cybernan

grats mixi

11:03 am

MollyL

Oh, we would all be in trouble in internet coding words were allowed

11:03 am

cybernan

a few more and I will list

11:03 am

bichon

ty mixi

11:09 am

cybernan

not seeing that an 7 that mixi found

11:10 am

MollyL

Add the three prefix at the end of the an4

11:10 am

cybernan

ty molly

11:13 am

bichon

fi 7/52, pls

11:13 am

mixi6

monkeys found it for me.

11:13 am

MollyL

Blazing stuff + canine

11:14 am

mixi6

fi4 + not cat

11:14 am

bichon

tyvm mixi

11:15 am

redshoes

Hello all. For those who are interested and didn't see it before, here is the obit I wrote for my mom: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kenos\nhanews/obituary.aspx?n=amber-reinke&pi\nd=183988819

11:18 am

mixi6

sorry to hear that red shoes. she was younger than I.

11:21 am

redshoes

Yeah. She was only 66. Just turned last November. Emphysema. She smoked for a very very very long time.

11:25 am

cybernan

sorry for your loss, redshoes

11:25 am

mixi6

my grandfather gave up his pipe at 90, when the doctor said he would probably breather better if he quit.

11:25 am

redshoes

Thank you.

11:25 am

redshoes

afts

11:25 am

redshoes

whoops. Not a word, any hooo.

11:28 am

mixi6

I am always sorry to see young people smoke. It can just be so awful later in life.

11:32 am

72 Temple Owl

hi shoes

11:33 am

redshoes

Definitely. Even after my mom was diagnosed in 1997, she and my sister still smoked. My mom quit with a couple of relapses and we found out my sister also had emphysema when she passed away four years ago. And still, despite all of this and despite seeing the effects smoking had on his grandma his whole life, started smoking as a teen. So dumb.

11:33 am

periwinkle

redshoes, I am so sorry to read about the loss of your Mom.

11:33 am

redshoes

Hi TO

11:33 am

redshoes

Thanks peri

11:33 am

periwinkle

help with ti8 pls

11:35 am

72 Temple Owl

shoes, you mentioned a band the other day and i forget who

11:36 am

72 Temple Owl

tomorrow is committee meeting day and i would like to check them out and propose them

11:36 am

redshoes

Paper Route

11:36 am

mixi6

most worn out peri

11:36 am

72 Temple Owl

ty shoes. back home yet?

11:36 am

periwinkle

ty mixi

11:37 am

redshoes

Thanks mixi. I didn't have that either.

11:39 am

mixi6

gotta go practice piano.

11:39 am

redshoes

bye mixi

11:40 am

periwinkle

st8 pls

11:40 am

periwinkle

I have one of the co8. help with other. I have the one you tell secrets too

11:41 am

wvteach

CO 8 - use the pl ending

11:41 am

periwinkle

ah, ty, that word goes in a circle at the end. hard to see

11:43 am

wvteach

cones

11:50 am

cybernan

desi4 should be a word! They have huge backhoes on barges that desi4 the yangtze and La Manche

12:00 pm

cybernan

de 6/24 please?

12:03 pm

cybernan

nm - found it

12:11 pm

cybernan

fa 6 please?

12:12 pm

bichon

take the fa 4/7 and open the **te

12:13 pm

Deeha

if only the e and the I were the other way round.........

12:13 pm

cybernan

no idea what to open

12:14 pm

cybernan

oh - got it - ty bich

12:25 pm

bichon

good

12:26 pm

bichon

re 7/32, the last one, pls

12:28 pm

mymuseisme

Hi Bichon, not sure if last but to make not wet again

12:29 pm

bichon

ty muse

12:48 pm

MLFAN17

I have co 7/8 to talk to someone about your secrets or problems help with the other one please?

12:50 pm

Deeha

the person that does the talking?

12:51 pm

MLFAN17

i have the one who does 7/8 combo 8 ends in r

12:52 pm

MollyL

The other co7 ends in what an epileptic person has

12:53 pm

MLFAN17

looking...

12:59 pm

redshoes

Molly, for your clue "what an epileptic person has" could that word also be something that is just the right size or possibly an appropriate description of something or someone?

1:03 pm

bichon

st 5/10, second one, pls

1:07 pm

mymuseisme

do you have shorthand?

1:08 pm

bichon

ty again muse

1:08 pm

mymuseisme

yw :)

1:22 pm

MLFAN17

redshoes if you are still here i don't have the word yet

1:26 pm

zoozzoom

Yes it is, Redshoes.

1:27 pm

MLFAN17

zooz can you reclue it pls?

1:29 pm

zoozzoom

Three letter word meaning to swindle or trick someone + one size ***s all.

1:30 pm

zoozzoom

Then plural for the CO 7/44

1:31 pm

zoozzoom

Or Three letter word meaning to swindle or trick someone + I do daily exercise to keep ***.

1:32 pm

bichon

tr 6/24, pls

1:33 pm

MLFAN17

ty

1:37 pm

CiociaJudy

tr6 - intake area for emergencies

1:37 pm

CiociaJudy

and plural

1:38 pm

bichon

tyvm Judy

1:38 pm

bichon

fw

1:40 pm

MLFAN17

ae 5/12?

1:44 pm

MollyL

Eagle's nest

1:45 pm

MLFAN17

that is an ey word?

1:46 pm

MollyL

It is also an ae word

1:46 pm

MLFAN17

molly that is a 5/10 i need 5/12?

1:47 pm

mymuseisme

MLF it is a mosquito, think of helpers misspelled

1:49 pm

MLFAN17

ty and hello mymuse

2:13 pm

periwinkle

de7/44 pls

2:15 pm

moolingwa

rehi all

2:16 pm

periwinkle

hi moo

2:16 pm

moolingwa

hey peri, how goes this fine day?

2:16 pm

periwinkle

I am well thanks.

2:16 pm

periwinkle

and you

2:17 pm

periwinkle

I am looking for the de7/44 and not seeing it

2:17 pm

periwinkle

just found it

2:18 pm

moolingwa

getting there, longish work day today

3:04 pm

cybernan

hello again -- still 38 to go

3:06 pm

penquis

hi nan...mool....peri....

3:08 pm

moolingwa

hey pen

3:09 pm

moolingwa

78 to go here

3:09 pm

Nef

Hello, Everyone. Big grid today (but so far doing fairly well with it)

3:09 pm

penquis

hi nef....51 left here...

3:09 pm

Nef

200 left here so far. :-D

3:10 pm

penquis

i worked on it this morning some....

3:10 pm

cybernan

se 6/27 please?

3:10 pm

moolingwa

hey nef

3:11 pm

Nef

Sorry, nan, I don't have it yet (but will look)

3:12 pm

cybernan

pretty sure it starts with the ocean

3:12 pm

moolingwa

don't have it yet, but looking now

3:12 pm

cybernan

it comes before the session with the medium

3:12 pm

Nef

The ocean goes both ways with that letter

3:12 pm

ivesy3

ocean plus a pet, not a cat but a ***

3:12 pm

penquis

ditto...

3:13 pm

moolingwa

oh geez

3:13 pm

ivesy3

then plural

3:13 pm

moolingwa

that makes me se****k

3:13 pm

Nef

Thanks ivesy!

3:13 pm

cybernan

ty, ty - of course I was going the wrong way

3:14 pm

ivesy3

yw!!

3:18 pm

cybernan

so 6 please?

3:19 pm

penquis

so + what a pet bird lives in....

3:20 pm

cybernan

ty pen

3:20 pm

penquis

yw...

3:20 pm

moolingwa

a forest?

3:21 pm

cybernan

more middle english -- like we'd ever need or use it

3:26 pm

MollyL

Playing a word game that uses Enable is like going into an antique shop for words.

3:27 pm

penquis

good description...

3:32 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!*
Thanks for the help

3:32 pm

cybernan

any clues wanted?

3:33 pm

penquis

congrats....i am good for now...

3:40 pm

cybernan

ok - need to work on some photos - back at the flip.
hagd everyone

3:40 pm

penquis

bye, nan...

4:00 pm

marigold

tr

4:15 pm

Soodle

Hi Marigold. I read earlier that you hurt your wrist. I hope you are feeling better & able to manage single-handedly! :-)

4:37 pm

Trifioso

soooooooodle!!!!

4:59 pm

moolingwa

still 63 to go...too much work today ;)

5:01 pm

Trifioso

I'm struggling as well, but plowing on

5:02 pm

Trifioso

I really should start dinner soon

5:02 pm

moolingwa

chug chug chug :)

5:03 pm

Trifioso

word

5:08 pm

moolingwa

38 to go...so made some good progress

5:09 pm

Trifioso

wow, great work!

5:09 pm

Trifioso

I have 161 left!

5:09 pm

Trifioso

which I just realized now boooooo

5:09 pm

moolingwa

tx

5:12 pm

MollyL

Thanks for Trif's 161 left???

5:12 pm

Trifioso

157 now....

5:13 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I'm glad she has more left than me

5:14 pm

Trifioso

wow. tough room

5:16 pm

moolingwa

indeed

5:16 pm

Trifioso

I'm watching the news while I babble....sort of distracting and distressing really - trump continues he reign of terror

5:16 pm

moolingwa

If you need any clues, I'd be happy to help

5:16 pm

moolingwa

I too am multi-tasking

5:18 pm

moolingwa

Did you know that Paul Ryan is second in line behind Mike Pence?

5:18 pm

Trifioso

yes.

5:18 pm

moolingwa

Free imaginary sticker if you can guess who is next in line

5:19 pm

moolingwa

So we will not have Andrew Puzder as labor secretary it appears

5:19 pm

Trifioso

isn't it sessions?

5:20 pm

moolingwa

nope, sessions is actually #7

5:20 pm

moolingwa

Tillerson, Mnuchin and Mattis would be before him

5:21 pm

moolingwa

as well as this other guy

5:22 pm

Trifioso

hmmm. speaker of the house after the VP, right? And then whoever the president of the senate it?

5:22 pm

moolingwa

yep...

5:22 pm

moolingwa

that is correct

5:22 pm

cks

reign of terror? you are a moron

5:22 pm

moolingwa

or President pro tempore officially

5:23 pm

Trifioso

I'm going to get dinner ready.

5:23 pm

moolingwa

Orrin Hatch would be 3rd

5:29 pm

MollyL

Tra la la

5:45 pm

moolingwa

if you insist

5:50 pm

Smdnjv

en

5:50 pm

Smdnjv

oops sorry

5:51 pm

moolingwa

no worries

5:52 pm

moolingwa

I often like to randomly enunciate letters in text form too :)

5:54 pm

moolingwa

having some unplanned fun with these d's

6:10 pm

MollyL

Unplanned fun...yes...

6:11 pm

moolingwa

:)

6:24 pm

Smdnjv

to

6:24 pm

Smdnjv

sorry again

6:26 pm

Bugsaw

don't sweat it Smdnjv. Once I accidently posted my entire list of found words in here. I was mortified.

6:26 pm

Bugsaw

people just laughed

6:38 pm

MollyL

Oh, I thought it was JMC that did that (posted a word list)
I guess she wasn't the only one

6:39 pm

penquis

hello...

6:51 pm

penquis

i am done...

6:53 pm

MollyL

*We must quietly celebrate Pen's DONE* Shhhh

6:55 pm

moolingwa

WOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n!

6:56 pm

origami

Hi folks

6:56 pm

moolingwa

26 to go....

7:04 pm

penquis

um....ty....

7:07 pm

MollyL

Wow Pen, you got a WOO so long it involved a \n

7:07 pm

penquis

um....yes...

7:08 pm

Smdnjv

thx bugsaw...accidents happen. i had a stroke several that really did not affect much of me physically, except for a shake in my fingers I will start writing a word and 2 taps and whatever goes to chat.

7:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

i once posted the entire word list. perhaps even twice.

7:16 pm

hurshy

i love when i happen to be at the flip and lickety happens to not be getting the clues up and i can post the clues list, but i guess you mean the list of the whole words

7:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

how are you able to post the clues list when it is not up?

7:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

listed

7:24 pm

car.eeyore

Good evening

7:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi car!

7:29 pm

welki

'evening, all

7:29 pm

welki

rede

7:29 pm

welki

there she goes - guess it's in keeping with tradition tonight!

7:30 pm

rururocks

(free clues)

7:30 pm

car.eeyore

ty...needed those!

7:33 pm

car.eeyore

That's it for me. HAGN/D everyone!

7:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye car

7:35 pm

welki

hi/bye, car

7:40 pm

ronon44

FEDER

7:40 pm

ronon44

LFIES

7:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi buds, diving in (shproing!)

7:46 pm

origami

Hi Gwen

7:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

200 to go -- hi origami

7:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt

7:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

the last 30 or so are quite tedious.

7:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

you mean you finish??

8:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am watching a program about the origami revolution

8:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

100 to go

8:22 pm

hurshy

and what is the origami revolution?

8:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt

8:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i mean nbs

8:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

30 to go, that's it for me. Night all

8:46 pm

Nef

Hi again. Good for you, Gwen. I still have 198 to go (I was here earlier, but almost as soon as I got in to chat; I had to leave. So now I'm back to try to finish.

8:49 pm

sandyloo

hi Nef and everyone, I have 46 left

8:49 pm

origami

they are extending the concept of folding paper to other 3-D media. They are trying to develop an engineering algorithm. Very cool stuff for the geeks among us :-)

8:49 pm

origami

Hi Nef

8:51 pm

Nef

Hi ori & sandyloo! I just got home from taking my grandson to tae kwon do (I pick him up after school, get him fed, then take him to tae kwon do every Wednesday evening)

8:53 pm

sandyloo

Sounds fun, I am baby sitting at the moment, the baby is so good she lies on the floor and goos at me

8:54 pm

sandyloo

My daughter has gone to the doctor , I think she has a breast abscess (she is still feeding the baby)

8:54 pm

Nef

Ooh! that's the fun time; you get to be the center of her universe & she's the center of yours! :-)

8:55 pm

sandyloo

I take the older one to swimming lessons on Tuesdays. That really keeps me fit (or exhausted)

8:55 pm

Nef

how old is that one, sandyloo?

8:56 pm

sandyloo

Two and a half and the baby is four months

8:57 pm

Nef

I've found grandchildren are more fun that my own kids were.

8:57 pm

origami

I get to see my fairy goddaughter on Saturday. She is the closest I am ever going to get to a grandchild. She just turned a year old! Love that little munchkin.

8:59 pm

sandyloo

They can be delightful , there is no doubt and I really love it when Annabelle is naughty as my daughter is a school teacher and used to boast of her excellent "child control skills"

8:59 pm

sandyloo

'used to' being the operative words

9:07 pm

Nef

ori, I "adopted" my neighbor when she went through post partum depression years ago. Her husband had emigrated here from Iran 20+ years ago; he'd gone back to see family when his brother was ill & met & fell in love with her there. They had a 3 year courtship (mainly because the US wouldn't let her enter the country) finally got married & she had lived here for about a year when she had a baby & the post part depression. She IS like a daughter to me & her 2 kids call me "Gramma." (Their real grandparents are all dead).

9:07 pm

Nef

sandyloo, that's so funny!

9:09 pm

sandyloo

that is a lovely story - is she recovered

9:11 pm

Nef

Oh yes. We still are very close even though they moved about 20 miles away (they needed a bigger house closer to his work).

9:12 pm

Nef

Even my 7 year old calls their kids "cousins" & we get together frequently for family visits.

9:13 pm

sandyloo

it is true saying 'it takes a village to raise a child'

9:13 pm

Nef

(My point to ori was that even though they aren't "blood" relatives, we're relatives by love).

9:15 pm

sandyloo

Families are made up of so many people and not all of them related by blood

9:15 pm

Nef

yes, that's so true.

9:16 pm

Nef

eder

9:16 pm

sandyloo

I have to finish this puzzle 30 left

9:16 pm

Nef

oops. (Not a word)

9:17 pm

Nef

GO, sandyloo! You can do it!

9:25 pm

sandyloo

I can't get that so6- any clues please?

9:26 pm

Nef

I don't have it but will help you look

9:28 pm

Nef

so 6/27 so + another name for a kennel

9:29 pm

sandyloo

looking and thinking

9:29 pm

Nef

or SO + where people keep birds; in an bird ****

9:30 pm

origami

Yes, people come into our lives who are not genetically family. But we love them every bit as much. If we're lucky.

9:30 pm

sandyloo

very true origami, I have quite a few friends like that - I am very lucky

9:31 pm

sandyloo

got those words thanks nef

9:31 pm

Nef

Indeed, ori. (I consider myself very lucky!) :-)

9:34 pm

sandyloo

I have two very good friends both of them I met in Grade one at school when I was 5

9:37 pm

Nef

And my best friend from the age of 13 lives just 2 miles from me; she's a retired nurse midwife; & I'm a retired RN.

9:39 pm

Nef

Our kids are spaced a year apart for her 3 & my 2; we shared maternity clothes (even though she was 6 or 7 inches taller than me! -I wore several of her tops as dresses back then!)

9:40 pm

origami

Friends are so important. I have large circle of friends, but am only really, really close to 3 people. And I cherish them. I have known my best friend for 30 years and don't know what I would do without her!

9:43 pm

Nef

I also have a very close circle of nurses who are internet friends; we've been together on a small private bulletin board for 15 years now & there's nothing we wouldn't do for each other. Some us have met & some others we may never meet; but we share a very close common bond.

9:51 pm

sandyloo

I was a little concerned when we moved to the farm that I would miss my friends , but amazingly I have met some really special people down here and have become fast friends . People here have helped us and been there for us when we needed help - they have been amazing

9:52 pm

sandyloo

my friends visit frequently so all is good with the world

9:52 pm

Nef

:-D

9:53 pm

hurshy

*jealous of the people with all the friends*

9:54 pm

origami

There are people I know online that I consider friends too, Nef. Lots of Babble folks included. Including Nef.

9:54 pm

sandyloo

babblers are never without friends

9:55 pm

Nef

Aww, hurshy, as long as we've known each other through Babble; I think of you (& so many others here) as friends too!)

9:55 pm

origami

Ah hurshy, I don't have that many friends. A few good ones.

9:55 pm

hurshy

my sisters are my best friends. started to lose touch with my college best friend when she started having kids, was always afraid to call and wake up the baby...

9:56 pm

Nef

and yes, ori, I consider you a friend too

9:56 pm

hurshy

well thank you Nef :)

9:59 pm

origami

I am sort of an introvert. A social introvert, but an introvert nonetheless.

10:02 pm

Nef

hursh, my cousin & I were very close (her mom raised my siblings & me when my mom died); & we lived together when we moved to the Twin Cities. When I got married I didn't understand why I didn't hear from her much; then when I had my 1st kid about the only time I heard from her was when I went Up North to my home town (she was a veterinarian & had her own business; so I never wanted to "interrupt" her when she was working).
Later we talked about that & realized that our "not wanting to interrupt" the other was what kept us apart.

10:03 pm

hurshy

yeah - unfortunately in my case, after the part where it was just that, then other things came in which made it even harder...

10:03 pm

origami

Well, time for me to give up this grid and listen to a Van Morrison album and crochet for a while. See ya'll.

10:04 pm

Nef

(BTW, *I* am the "Quiet" one in my family! I'm not kidding; I know I seem like a real talkative person here, but if you guys thing *I* talk a lot; you should meet my family! :-D

10:04 pm

hurshy

an album!

10:04 pm

Nef

Bye ori! Take care of yourself!

10:05 pm

sandyloo

I come from a large extended family, my mother from a family of 8 and her mother from a family of 21 (father married twice 10 then 11 children) and we are not catholic but staunch anglicans LOL- I have 36 first cousins and keep in contact with them all

10:06 pm

sandyloo

8 left

10:07 pm

Nef

LOL, sandyloo! My mom had 8 siblings & they all had 5 & 6 kids (except the 1 that raised me); so I think that we had 56 first cousins just on my mom's side

10:07 pm

Nef

Go, GO sandyloo!

10:09 pm

sandyloo

Nef, you don't seem like a quiet one that is for sure.

10:11 pm

Nef

LOL! That's why I say you should see my family if you think I'm talkative!

10:12 pm

Nef

(A big Irish Catholic family; I had 5 Aunts & they would all talk at once & after being together they'd all be talking the whole time & would all know what everyone else said once they left!)

10:13 pm

sandyloo

Our family is the same Nef, I am not quiet but struggle to get a word in'

10:14 pm

sandyloo

I do love having a large family like that. As children we always had somewhere to go for a holiday with our cousins and very lucky for us a lot of them had sheep stations where I loved to go

10:16 pm

Nef

(The Uncles that married into the family used to have a saying that I'd never heard until my husband was told it when we got married: "You can telegraph or telephone, but to get the news out, tell a Whelan!"

10:18 pm

sandyloo

LOL Our family is the same, if anything happens to anyone we all know within a couple of hours

10:19 pm

Nef

YES! There weren't any farms in our families, but we often were lucky enough to have a cousin stay with us or stay at a cousin's home for a week or so. And at Christmas; I remember sleeping 4 -5 girls sideways across a bed when we were small! :-D

10:20 pm

sandyloo

the baby on my icon picture is not really that large , I will try to change it

10:21 pm

Nef

LOL! When DH & I decided to get married, I called my aunts & uncle, then my sister, then WE got a call from another sister congratulating us before we could place the 3rd phone call ourselves!! That

10:23 pm

Nef

One of my cousins just died; she was just a year older than me (lung cancer) & the funeral is this Saturday. Now a days the sad news travels just as fast. :-(

10:29 pm

sandyloo

Just had to go down to the back paddock. My uncle died last week. It was very sad. There are three left now - one aunty 99, another aunt 87 who has just been put into a home and my amazing mother (89) who has the most spotless house and still gives dinner parties .

10:31 pm

Nef

How lucky you are, sandyloo! I have 2 aunts left; the youngest 2; and the 86 yr old is getting very forgetful this year. :-(

10:33 pm

sandyloo

I loved my aunts and uncles and always remember the great times as a child when I would go and stay with them. I have one brother and one sister who I am very close to . We all want to be like mum tho,

10:34 pm

sandyloo

how many words do you have left Nef? I have 5

10:35 pm

sandyloo

also how did you get started playing babble? I used to play Tangleword and still talk to some friends I used to play with all those years ago

10:35 pm

Nef

I have 135 left, sandyloo. Do you need help?

10:36 pm

sandyloo

lol do you need help?

10:36 pm

sandyloo

I just got a tr6 which reminded me of your job as an RN

10:37 pm

sandyloo

and the tr7 & 7 come from that word

10:39 pm

sandyloo

fws

10:39 pm

Nef

YAY, sandyloo!! WTG!!!

10:40 pm

Nef

I had all those tr words already. But you don't have to help me; I haven't listed yet (But will be doing soon since I just saw the time)

10:42 pm

Nef

I came over from a role-playing game that ended;I think I'm the only one still playing from that group though.

10:42 pm

sandyloo

I list as soon as it comes up otherwise I would never finish - not that that is important

10:44 pm

Nef

I try not to list until I'm at least half way; I like to challenge myself.

10:45 pm

sandyloo

in fact that reminded me of a game "Serpentine" which I played after Tangleword and I just logged into it again. LOL I was sooo bad! Lucky Im not proud

10:45 pm

Nef

LOL! :-D

10:46 pm

sandyloo

Even now I can see a lot of old Tanglers still there. It's amazing how long we go on playing these games.

10:47 pm

Nef

Were these word games?

10:49 pm

hurshy

years and years of babbling and i still cannot stop myself from entering 'fest' even though i know as i am doing it that it will not go

10:50 pm

Nef

This was a role playing game called Pyroto and we made up characters & would sort of be "scored" by our language skills (I think; I can't remember anymore)

10:51 pm

sandyloo

Tangleword and Serpentine are both word games like this but with a time limit .the game i just played was 2 mins . the winner got 162 points I got 40. LOL

10:51 pm

hurshy

i don't do that well under time pressure either sandy

10:52 pm

Nef

Same with me hurshy! And it doesn't help that local churches use "Fest" as part of their fund raisers every fall ("Fall Fest", "October Fest", etc)

10:52 pm

sandyloo

tangleword is no longer but serpentine is still going. A lot of babblers used to play Tangleword

10:52 pm

hurshy

and other word games DO take fest, also

10:53 pm

sandyloo

Hurshy, it is all a matter of practice but I was never very good at it, but enjoyed it immensley

10:55 pm

hurshy

well we just watched 2 of 3 episodes of a BBC/Netflix show that has come out called "Our World War", put together from documents and survivors' stories. i know people generally think more about WWII bc of the holocaust and everything but something about WWI just really gets to me, and no matter how much i read and watch about it, it never ceases to boggle my mind and turn my stomach.

10:56 pm

sandyloo

Hurshy , I find those war documentaries extremely interesting and watch them all the time, my husband loves them too

10:57 pm

hurshy

this one is interesting because it's like sort of a combo or compromise between a documentary and a drama

10:58 pm

Nef

hurshy, I think my DH was watching that too yesterday. I caught part of it where a young man was accused of desertion, & he was shot by a firing squad -- is that it?

10:58 pm

hurshy

it's acted, but it seems to be based as closely as possible on reality, even down to very detailed aspects of the events

10:58 pm

Nef

(I can't watch things like that; it gives me nightmares)

10:58 pm

hurshy

yes, that was episode 2 - but one of the guys on the firing squad, around whom the episode centers, did not think that the guy had deserted at all, that he had just gotten lost in the fog (as he himself had done).

10:59 pm

Nef

yes! That was it!

11:00 pm

hurshy

i used to not be able to watch things like that, but, idk if it's being on psych meds or what, but now i can. idk i guess it depends on the thing. i can't watch some things.

11:01 pm

hurshy

i think some people are like, if they watch fiction that is full of scary stuff, able to think "well it's all just pretend, none of this really happened" and that helps, but for me it is the opposite

11:01 pm

Nef

I just got sick thinking about it; I wasn't watching it but had walked into the room just as the chaplin spoke with him & then the firing squad; I saw that & had to leave the room

11:02 pm

hurshy

i think, if it really happened, i feel some sort of responsibility to know history, to pay homage to these people in my mind, to learn from it, etc etc. and then with fiction, i'm like, geez, the world is dark enough in reality, give me PG Wodehouse and Jane Austen...

11:02 pm

hurshy

if i don't remember them and learn from their sacrifice then they really did die for nothing

11:02 pm

sandyloo

I never used to be able to watch but now for some reason I can. and it is very educational

11:04 pm

Nef

Same here, hurshy. I have terrible nightmares, especially if there is scary music, suspense, or people killed; so I leave the room when stuff happened. I don't know yet if I've ever watched the first trilogy of star Wars all the way through because of that

11:04 pm

hurshy

nef how do you do with the women's side of things? there's another good one I watched called Anzac Girls, so that's less battle and more nursing - but of course that is still all awful stuff

11:05 pm

sandyloo

bbl

11:07 pm

Nef

hurshy, I've seen enough stuff in real life; and my family learned years ago that I shouldn't watch medical shows on TV because I yell at them doing the wrong things. (like talking with"breathing tubes" in, or waiting for the doctor to do CPR or run codes.)

11:07 pm

hurshy

but i got so fond of some of those women - and it was like this one - real people - i read as much as i could about them and what they did after the war back home in Australia and NZ.

11:08 pm

Nef

My daughter used to get so mad at me when she was watching ER because they showed the doctors doing everything when it's actually nurses who do that!

11:09 pm

hurshy

yeah

11:09 pm

hurshy

i asked one of my doctor friends once about ER and she said that the cases that come in are fairly realistic in terms of what a city ER like that would get, only in reality, like 10% of people with those injuries would live, and on the show, only 10% of them die.

11:09 pm

Nef

I can READ those things & it doesn't bother me; but I don't care to see a TV show diminish what nurses do or portray fake stuff.

11:11 pm

hurshy

and another doctor friend refused to watch House, MD because MOST of what THEY showed WAS correct, but not EVERYTHING - some details would be wrong (even on purpose for dramatic effect, when the consulting docs for the show TOLD them it was wrong), and she was afraid that at some point she would do the wrong thing herself for a patient because she'd mixed up something from the show with the truth

11:12 pm

Nef

House! I would yell at him for using his cane on the wrong side of his body! Geez!

11:12 pm

hurshy

well, there is at least one occasion where a health professional does chastise him for that very thing

11:13 pm

Nef

(I SO wanted to teach him how to use a cane right!)

11:13 pm

hurshy

he knew how to use it right, he just didn't want to

11:13 pm

hurshy

the character, i mean, not the actor

11:13 pm

Nef

LOL! I know, I'm sounding nuts now, aren't I?)

11:14 pm

Nef

no wonder he used drugs then! If the character was so dumb stubborn; then he shouldn't have had pain meds!

11:15 pm

hurshy

i LOVED dr park, the asian doc in the last season. she was a riot. i wish they could've kept the show going just so i could see more with her. but they couldn't - i mean, it was an 8 year run so there were many reasons factoring in to it, but one of them was that Hugh Laurie's leg was getting like actually messed up from all the fake limping.

11:15 pm

Nef

Yep; I bet that would mess up a good leg.

11:16 pm

hurshy

i love hugh laurie SO MUCH. he is married to his original wife, their kids are grown, she isn't even like, a glamorous middle aged woman like an actress would be - she looks like a totally ordinary middle aged woman. you gotta respect that.

11:18 pm

Nef

That's true. I think that there are more "normal" actors & spouses than we know because we never hear about the normal ones.

11:19 pm

hurshy

my dream in life is to get the message through to him and implemented that he needs to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a new movie version of Christmas Carol. because every christmas i ask myself, "which version do i feel like watching?" and the answer is always, "the Hugh Laurie version", only it doesn't exist yet.

11:21 pm

Nef

LOL! That would be a great character for him to play!

11:22 pm

Nef

Maybe you should write a screen play for him!

11:22 pm

hurshy

well, i mean, i have no experience writing screenplays... but i did send a message to his agent about it.

11:24 pm

hurshy

i wonder what the Make a Wish foundation would do if someone came in with a wish like that. but i suppose they only do kids, and no kid would have that wish.

11:26 pm

Nef

Somehow someone needs to write a screenplay for Laurie as Scrooge.

11:27 pm

hurshy

but not Moffat. he'd kill Tiny Tim or something.

11:28 pm

Nef

Oh, Yeah, I guess one would have to pick out the other actors you'd want in that screen play also.

11:29 pm

Nef

BRB, I need a sweater since I'm chilly right now

11:29 pm

hurshy

i'm not picky about the other actors. just the people in charge. Moffat is showrunner for Doctor Who for the last several years, and for Sherlock he also plays a big role, and to fans, he's famous for killing off all the people you love.

11:31 pm

hurshy

and i need to go and NOT brb, but, nice chatting Nef, ttfn!

11:34 pm

Nef

back

11:34 pm

Nef

Good Night hurshy!

11:37 pm

ursh

my last s - st5/10 after the upward walkway please

11:39 pm

chj

s + arcade game ender

11:42 pm

chj

OR rumpelskin insertion

11:44 pm

ursh

nope dont ge t it chj - dumb it down please

11:44 pm

Nef

Long poles kids used to walk around on to be taller

11:44 pm

chj

type of cheese *****on

11:46 pm

ursh

got that - this one is directly after the steps

11:47 pm

ursh

nm thank - found it and fireworks

11:47 pm

ursh

was looking the wrong way

11:48 pm

chj

shucks . . I was gonna go to Wilt Chamberlain next

11:52 pm

chj

For you basketball fans, saw a funny post this morning. Someone had taken the famous photo of Wilt after he scored 100 points in an NBA game (holding up a sheet of paper with the number 100 written on it) and pasted a photo of Geno Auriemma over Wilt's face

11:58 pm

Nef

Unfortunately, I don't know who Geno Auriemma is, so I Googled him'

11:58 pm

Nef

(I know he's a coach & sort of the wrong color....

11:59 pm

chj

His team just won their 100th consecutive game

11:59 pm

Nef

Thanks!

11:59 pm

chj

"Wrong color?"

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