Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, March 24, 2017

12:00 am

Nef

Flip!

12:01 am

flosey

flip

12:01 am

flosey

flip

12:04 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:05 am

flosey

hi Nan

12:05 am

cybernan

wa 7

12:05 am

Nef

Hi Everyone.

12:06 am

Nef

mesh

12:06 am

Nef

OOPS! That's my sign I need to go to bed again. Sorry

12:10 am

cybernan

trump must love enable -- alternate spellig and no fracking

12:16 am

cybernan

has anyone found the bottome e?

12:17 am

cybernan

I mean a?

12:17 am

dizgrannie

ac 5

12:18 am

cybernan

ty diz

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

flosey

thanks Lickety

12:21 am

cybernan

crashing -- see you tomorrow, but probably not til late

12:24 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

1:21 am

ursh

stats for the 8's please

1:27 am

flosey

ac8/45

1:27 am

flosey

gi8/55

1:31 am

ursh

ty flo - looking

1:32 am

flosey

they're both pl of previous word

1:34 am

ursh

got them with their matching 7's ' tx

1:35 am

flosey

yw

5:04 am

gapeach

FW at 604AM

5:05 am

snags

hh

5:05 am

mattygroves

Congrats! Do you, by any chance, have stats for the A in the third row, first column? The one below the E?

5:07 am

dofith

am4/6 and plural

5:07 am

zoozzoom

AM 4/6

5:08 am

dofith

snap, zoom!

5:08 am

zoozzoom

lol

5:10 am

mattygroves

Thanks - I must have tried every other possibility. Sigh. Is everyone well this morning?

5:12 am

zoozzoom

I am well thank you, Matty. Hope you are well too?

5:12 am

dofith

yes indeed. And you? We're getting much coverage events in London.

5:13 am

dofith

so much coverage, I mean

5:15 am

zoozzoom

Yes there is a lot of coverage here too as to be expected. Another person has died from their injuries.

5:17 am

MollyL

Hi Zoom. How is your Dad doing?

5:17 am

sukee

Morning all. Yes, we are getting lots of coverage too. I have been in that area, as lots have obviously.

5:19 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Molly :-) WE have done lots of tests at the hospital and thankfully the cancer has not come out of the prostate. So can be managed. but he is stil porrly and we are trying to work out why he keeps fainting and other things that are happening.

5:19 am

zoozzoom

So in all better than what we were first told..but still a lot to do to make him in less pain. But he is more upbeat which is good.

5:20 am

zoozzoom

Many thanks for asking. It has been a nightmare for a whle now lol

5:21 am

sukee

Well, sounds like some positive out of a bad situation.

5:21 am

zoozzoom

Hello, sukee :-)

5:21 am

sukee

Hi zoo.

5:22 am

zoozzoom

Yes, too be honest it is not so much my dad who is that bad with all of what is going on..It is the upset it is causing to my mother & sister.

5:22 am

dofith

I was sad to see the picture of a certain young woman passing by, apparently unaffected. How can anyone possibly know what she was thinking? We don't need that kind of judgement - so hateful.

5:22 am

sukee

Yes, as a former cancer patient and helping a parent with cancer, it was easier being a patient.

5:23 am

dofith

Sorry for your troubles, zoom. All the best.

5:23 am

zoozzoom

Not seen that photo, Dofith, Papers will do anything to sell a paper.

5:24 am

sukee

I heard it mentioned on the net, you really never know what to believe.

5:24 am

zoozzoom

Good to hear you are a former, Sukee :-)

5:24 am

sukee

Yes, almost 20 years now.

5:25 am

zoozzoom

Wow! Now that is good to know.

5:25 am

mattygroves

I am indeed (sorry, multitasking)

5:25 am

zoozzoom

I was annoyed that they put the killer on the front pages of the paper. Probably what they wanted.

5:26 am

dofith

It was a random picture of an injured person lying there being helped, and she is walking past, complete with headscarf, looking at her phone. Some people have made comments about her apparent disregard - or worse. Good to see others jump in and call it for the uninformed garbage it is.

5:27 am

sukee

I was annoyed too that Donald Trump Jr. had the nerve to attack London's mayor.

5:27 am

zoozzoom

Somthing I have been trying to learn but doing it badly, Matty. Men...well me are not very good at multitasking lol

5:28 am

zoozzoom

Yes that was a quote that was made before the tragic killings and then used to make it seem like he said it afterwards, Sukee.

5:29 am

zoozzoom

Sorry to leave but I need to carry on with some work at parents. Have a great day everyone. And happy babbling!

5:29 am

sukee

Typical. He had no right whatever...

5:29 am

sukee

Take care

5:31 am

dofith

Best wishes to your Dad, zoom.

5:34 am

sukee

These As will be the end of me :)

5:43 am

dofith

Just finished the a's - need any clues?

5:43 am

sukee

How about the ac 7 and 8?

5:45 am

dofith

ac - a 4 letter word for a measure of land minus last letter, then a 4 letter continent

5:46 am

sukee

ty :)

5:49 am

sukee

Okay, down to 3 As :)

5:59 am

sukee

And the As are history.

6:00 am

dofith

:)

6:05 am

sukee

BBL, breakfast.

7:17 am

periwinkle

ty for ac7/8

7:17 am

periwinkle

help with gi7/8 pls

7:17 am

periwinkle

hello all

7:19 am

evanonut

howdy peri

7:19 am

periwinkle

hi there nutty

7:19 am

periwinkle

how have you been?

7:19 am

evanonut

a-o-kay, hows the winkle?

7:19 am

periwinkle

doing very well thanks

7:22 am

Deeha

gi - an odd word imagine taking a gun away from somebody -change first letter and add a vowel at end

7:23 am

periwinkle

???

7:24 am

evanonut

wow, that clue actually worked for me

7:24 am

periwinkle

thanks but I cannot figure out your clue

7:25 am

Deeha

if you take a weapon away you di...... someone change that to g and add vowel to end

7:25 am

periwinkle

I got them too, ty Deeha

7:25 am

evanonut

um, software that garmins use, the thing your arm is attached to, and a vowel

7:25 am

evanonut

nvm

7:25 am

periwinkle

ty nutty

7:25 am

evanonut

LOL!

7:25 am

evanonut

my typo

7:30 am

periwinkle

bl

7:43 am

car.eeyore

Hello everyone! Finally a good-sized grid!

7:53 am

suefrad625

hi all

7:53 am

suefrad625

i hate vowel words, olo

7:56 am

car.eeyore

hi suefrad!

7:57 am

car.eeyore

There are a LOT of AAAAAAA's in this one

7:57 am

suefrad625

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii know

7:57 am

car.eeyore

;p

7:58 am

phaeton

hello...stats for that bottom A pls

7:58 am

car.eeyore

Still working on it....

8:02 am

Deeha

ac5.12

8:03 am

Scrabbler

Aaaah, a good-sized grid.

8:03 am

suefrad625

clue

8:03 am

phaeton

a vehicle vowel

8:05 am

phaeton

a...vehicle...vowel = ac5/12

8:05 am

wvteach

good morning all

8:06 am

wvteach

thnx phaeton

8:06 am

suefrad625

ty

8:06 am

Scrabbler

Hi wv.

8:06 am

phaeton

yw

8:06 am

wvteach

stats for an 8 pls

8:08 am

phaeton

ac8/45

8:08 am

phaeton

gi8/55

8:16 am

evanonut

hey scrabsy

8:18 am

Scrabbler

Hi Nutty and pup.

8:18 am

evanonut

he'll be 3 on the 29th

8:18 am

Scrabbler

Labs are always puppies.

8:19 am

evanonut

i think he might be an old man actually

8:20 am

Scrabbler

Physically or spiritually?

8:20 am

evanonut

spiritually, the looks he gives me

8:20 am

Scrabbler

Some babies give me that look.

8:21 am

evanonut

i bet! my youngest niece could work for the secret service she has such a look

8:22 am

Scrabbler

Some babies look as if they have so much to say but their bodies just haven't developed to be able to do that yet.

8:23 am

evanonut

yep, good thing i don't have one. i'd be all like, just tell me already baby!

8:24 am

Scrabbler

Yesterday a 10 month old boy said hi to me. Blew me away. I was looking down at my computer and heard a little voice, realized it wasn't his 4 year old sister. He can already say 10 words--very early talker!

8:25 am

evanonut

so when do they normally start? i literally know nothing about such things.

8:25 am

Scrabbler

At 12 months babies usually say 1-3 words, such as mama, dada, baba.

8:26 am

evanonut

impressive then!

8:26 am

Scrabbler

He was so personable and sociable. I had a med student with me too.

8:26 am

evanonut

10 months and already more outgoing than me

8:27 am

EvaNadine

mornin all!

8:27 am

evanonut

hay-lo eva!

8:27 am

EvaNadine

allo, nutty!

8:27 am

Scrabbler

He hasn't had time to dislike people yet, Nutty. Give him time.

8:27 am

Scrabbler

Hi K's mama.

8:28 am

evanonut

hope he never does

8:28 am

bichon

somebody has a puppy?

8:29 am

EvaNadine

i expect i shall be known that way for quite some time to come, eh, Dr Scrabs?

8:29 am

Scrabbler

Arf, arf, bichon.

8:29 am

evanonut

if you call an almost three y/o lab a puppy bichon, yes

8:29 am

Scrabbler

Yes, Eva.

8:30 am

EvaNadine

nutty, our 3+ year old, 60+ pound husky mix is still referred to as puppy. ;)

8:30 am

evanonut

i guess that answers that eva! and graphite is my furbaby

8:30 am

bichon

I wish we could have a puppy again, but they are so much work [training]. At 70 I don't know if I am up to taking a puppy out at night

8:31 am

Scrabbler

Hey, Babblers, I wrote to Inge, long-time ElderBabbler and her daughter emailed me back yesterday. Inge has not been here in several years due to macular degeneration but I have still emailed with her. Now she has developed mild dementia and balance issues.

8:31 am

evanonut

oh my, i remember Inge!

8:31 am

EvaNadine

oh dear, im so sorry to hear.

8:32 am

Scrabbler

She is in her mid to late 80's now. She was able to enlarge the font on her computer so could read my emails.

8:33 am

evanonut

i always took her for younger, but i guess that meant she is young at heart.

8:33 am

Scrabbler

It is sad when our ElderBabblers move on (AnnieBrook) or cannot be here. Or when regular Babblers lose interest. *gasp*

8:34 am

evanonut

do i count as lose interest???

8:35 am

EvaNadine

i think i am one of the "oldest" (account-wise) babblers here. i have seen so many come and go...

8:35 am

EvaNadine

ive faded away a few times, myself, but i always come back. :)

8:35 am

evanonut

eva you were here they day i joined

8:35 am

Scrabbler

I do wish you would be here more frequently, Nutty.

8:36 am

Scrabbler

How did you discover Babble?

8:36 am

evanonut

I am sorry. Blame the ipad. Even the browser on this old computer totally freezes up if i let the screen saver start.

8:37 am

evanonut

Babble was listed on some website or blog or something as great free things to do on the internet.

8:37 am

Scrabbler

I was using StumbleUpon and had listed word games as an interest.

8:38 am

EvaNadine

i think a friend of mine was babbling (that was long before we had paid accounts) and turned me onto it, knowing i was a word-nerd.

8:38 am

evanonut

i remember stumbleupon! i think theres an app for it now, but i don't have it. my husband does.

8:39 am

EvaNadine

i have since turned a few others onto it, though none are quite as chatty as i am. ;)

8:39 am

suefrad625

need stats for any A of top one for the first column and the 4th column

8:39 am

Scrabbler

I paid for my membership within 2 hours of playing.

8:39 am

suefrad625

then time for work

8:39 am

evanonut

bye sue!

8:39 am

evanonut

and i waited a while for my membership, maybe six months or more.

8:39 am

Scrabbler

ag4/7 then plural

8:40 am

suefrad625

I signed up after a few days. It is the people i love the most.

8:40 am

Scrabbler

am4/6 then plural

8:40 am

evanonut

it was mostlyl antics with rennie that suckered me in.

8:41 am

suefrad625

ty for the ag's

8:41 am

Scrabbler

How I loved those pirate and travel antics with you, Rennie, and sometimes Torgone.

8:41 am

evanonut

we had fun. i recall we put new stories in our bios daily for a while.

8:42 am

Scrabbler

Yes, the two of you were funny. And you changed your flags as you traveled.

8:42 am

suefrad625

except now. because of your great clues, i have to go to work :) BBL

8:42 am

evanonut

haven't found a goof soulmate since.

8:42 am

Scrabbler

Bye Sue

8:42 am

evanonut

oh the flags! i forgot!

8:43 am

Scrabbler

I need to call the hospital soon to check on my sister.

8:44 am

evanonut

i hope all is well still. it sounded good what i read yesterday.

8:45 am

Scrabbler

Yesterday her husband visited for 30 minutes. She had a headache (surprise) and wanted to sleep so she sent him home. I am not sure if it is worth driving 50 minutes to the city for her to tell me the same thing.

8:48 am

evanonut

yeah, she may very well just want to rest again. i spent one night in the hospital and was annoyed by all visits but husband. besides, who needs a visitor for one night?

8:49 am

bichon

I saw a college student playing and was hooked from then on

8:49 am

evanonut

well spotted bichon!

8:50 am

CiociaJudy

If ound Babble when my Dad moved in with me. Quiet time for me while he watched TV!!

8:50 am

Scrabbler

Good eye, bichon.

8:50 am

CiociaJudy

*found

8:51 am

Scrabbler

Hi CJ

8:52 am

RoundBarn

scrabs, I watch the people, wish I could meet you and some--what has happeened to crossy? lost interest? too busy? I liked his word for the say--

8:53 am

Scrabbler

Crossy grew tired of the bickering and bullying on the chat. I do too, but I retreat or lurk when the bullies appear.

8:54 am

evanonut

there is that on occassion

8:54 am

bichon

Amen to that

8:55 am

RoundBarn

me too-- I refrain from retorting--another I like is Kaplan the magn--since I love the book and she quoted Alice a while back--fainting in coils--lives near boston but no way of emailing her--

8:56 am

Scrabbler

RB, I am not a confrontational person, so I ignore bullies. Some ElderBabblers have confronted the bullies though.

8:57 am

evanonut

don't see a point bullying

8:57 am

RoundBarn

my kids put me on to babble--they won't let me on my facebook till I finish the current book now 2 years late--but it's moving again. We'll all be in Vt again this summer--there is a grma I think she calls herself in Middlebury--

8:57 am

Scrabbler

Kaplan the Magne is a wise and kind person.

8:58 am

Scrabbler

I am glad you are here, RB. I enjoy your website. I have a pen drawing of a round barn from Shelburne Farms in Burlington, VT.

8:58 am

CiociaJudy

I mostly lurk these days unless I see a familiar "face" in the chog.

8:59 am

CiociaJudy

And I enjoyed the two Babble meets I attended

8:59 am

bichon

Hi Judy

8:59 am

RoundBarn

that is obvious. Maybe some day I will find a way to tell her I appreciate her. We need to install an efficient environmental toilet at the camp in vt--this summers project!

8:59 am

CiociaJudy

Hello everyone! Morning here. Working but Babbling. Shhhh

9:01 am

Scrabbler

I have met nrkii, Doren, Owl, jrb, Hego, Featherbee, and uusue, over 3 separate meet-ups.

9:01 am

Scrabbler

*waving to Judy's boss*

9:01 am

CiociaJudy

You're definitely on my "meet up" list Scrabs!!

9:01 am

Scrabbler

You are in eastern PA?

9:02 am

bichon

Would like to meet Scrabs too

9:02 am

CiociaJudy

yes / more in the middle I think

9:02 am

RoundBarn

scrabs, AFTER the book, I want to see your art work and show you some of my daughter's original art--the one who died. Rasta's birthday yesterday--I made her a Where's Waldo book called where's Gillian--full of pix of her when she was 7, some of them--her--are hard to find. It seems lost in the mail.

9:02 am

evanonut

and i was going to meet scrabs until my cat bit me and it got infected.

9:03 am

CiociaJudy

aren't you in western pa, nut?

9:03 am

MLFAN17

hello all

9:03 am

CiociaJudy

Hi, MLFAN

9:03 am

evanonut

Barn I love the name Gillian

9:03 am

evanonut

yep Judy

9:03 am

MLFAN17

hi ciocia

9:03 am

Scrabbler

I am driving to Acadia NP in late Aug, but my friend will not tolerate me meeting with a Babbler. My friend is an alpha female bossy boss, but we have fun biking, hiking, and kayaking.

9:04 am

CiociaJudy

I LOVE Acadia NP

9:04 am

bichon

Acadia is beautiful

9:04 am

MLFAN17

is your friend jealous scrab?

9:04 am

CiociaJudy

I've met some Babblers while traveling

9:04 am

MLFAN17

First column First A?

9:05 am

bichon

We also went to Monhegan Island [off the coast of Maine]. No cars allowed

9:05 am

Scrabbler

Good theory, MLFAN. She wants all of the attention, for sure.

9:06 am

TheByzantine

am 4/6 and 5/14

9:06 am

Scrabbler

Is Monhegan Island near Acadia NP?

9:06 am

bichon

It must be difficult to get along amicably

9:06 am

RoundBarn

eva, my four daughters' names are Damaris, Megan, Gillian, and Elspeth. When we named Megan it hadn't caught on here yet. Gillian is Rastapopolous and she comes on here infrequently to tell about a hard word--she is fabulous and now she knows what her present will be--

9:06 am

MLFAN17

scrab she will get over it lol

9:06 am

Scrabbler

am4/6 and plural

9:07 am

MLFAN17

ty scrab

9:07 am

MLFAN17

Third column bottom A ?

9:08 am

TheByzantine

ac 5/12

9:08 am

Scrabbler

MLFAN, I am calm and easy-going introvert, she is strong and egocentric extrovert. We share interests in kayaking, hiking, biking, snowshoeing, but her personality overwhelms me quickly.

9:09 am

Scrabbler

Hi Byzantine. I haven't seen you in a while. How are you today?

9:09 am

RoundBarn

scrabbler, if I ever get an address for you I will send you the RB books--my "life work"--I have met Nef in Mlps--and her husband, a few years ago. Only babbler in person except my own kids--

9:09 am

MLFAN17

I wouldn't doubt that scrab not an easy type of personality ot deal with

9:10 am

evanonut

you are all stealth then Barn!

9:10 am

Scrabbler

All of us that are friends with her struggle with her, yet she is kind and fun too, just bossy and controlling.

9:11 am

evanonut

i have only met temple owl and rennie.

9:11 am

MLFAN17

i don't like that type of control personality/behavior scrab

9:11 am

MLFAN17

hi byz....clue please?

9:12 am

bichon

I almost met Peri

9:13 am

evanonut

i still want to meet mom, she's not terribly far

9:13 am

Scrabbler

I don't like it either, MLFAN, so I accept that I cannot change her and focus on her good qualities.

9:14 am

MLFAN17

good idea scrab :)

9:15 am

Scrabbler

I need a break now after passing halfway.

9:15 am

MLFAN17

clue for the ac 5/12?

9:15 am

MLFAN17

never mind i have to go no nbt or nbs yet will be back...poof

9:16 am

bojazz

Byz - an awesome and appropriate prayer...

9:39 am

MLFAN17

hello again

9:45 am

MLFAN17

ac 5/12 clue please?

9:46 am

HarryHood

like the video game maker at5

9:46 am

MLFAN17

ty and hello harry

9:46 am

MLFAN17

nbt

9:46 am

HarryHood

hi :)

9:47 am

HarryHood

halfway! got stats for the second column A?

9:48 am

MLFAN17

I think its am 5?

9:49 am

HarryHood

that would be very strange

9:50 am

HarryHood

got it. nm

9:50 am

HarryHood

nbt

9:50 am

MLFAN17

nbt and nbs

9:50 am

MLFAN17

harry what was it?

9:51 am

HarryHood

ac 4/6 and pl

9:51 am

MLFAN17

and I have that one too

9:52 am

HarryHood

what are the stats for the 8s?

9:53 am

ursh

ac 7/32 and plural

9:53 am

MLFAN17

harry one is gi 7/40 8/55

9:53 am

bichon

ac 8/45

9:53 am

MLFAN17

hi ursh

9:53 am

ursh

gi 7/40 and plural

9:53 am

HarryHood

ty all :) will search

9:55 am

MLFAN17

I used morewords to get both of them

9:56 am

HarryHood

oh - are they unusual?

9:56 am

MLFAN17

i have not seen either of them that i can think of?

9:56 am

HarryHood

ok then. 100 to go! gotta get some work done.

9:57 am

MLFAN17

bye harry

10:04 am

bichon

ma 6/24, pls

10:05 am

rururocks

ma6 Spanish instrument

10:05 am

bichon

tyvm ru

10:07 am

rururocks

there was a nutty sighting this morning .. (waves to Evan)

10:08 am

evanonut

no way!

10:08 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

10:08 am

evanonut

crap, it is still morning

10:10 am

cybernan

not awake yet -- can't think of the name of the percussion instrument, although I could draw a picture, and no ideas on the 7-8 combos just called

10:12 am

HarryHood

I had to search the log for the 7/8 clues. The clues are quite good :)

10:12 am

wvteach

when were the clues given

10:12 am

aebmusica

cyber....it is a shaken instrument

10:13 am

rururocks

gi7.. what soldiers would like to keep on themselves

10:13 am

cybernan

darn, was thinking of maracas but that isn't there and neither is marimba

10:13 am

aebmusica

think singular

10:13 am

cybernan

mmm - must me maracas spelled incorrectly

10:13 am

cybernan

got it

10:14 am

aebmusica

you can play your word with only one of them.

10:14 am

HarryHood

5:45 am, 7:25 am

10:15 am

cybernan

gi 7-8 and ac 7-8 were called

10:16 am

cybernan

doesn't that stupid duck say "afrack"?

10:16 am

mixi6

quakers nan

10:17 am

cybernan

no, I guess it is "aflack"
quakers? for?

10:18 am

MLFAN17

aflack or aflak is what it says

10:18 am

wvteach

thnx harry

10:18 am

bichon

frack not in Enable

10:18 am

MLFAN17

bichon i tried that too

10:18 am

cybernan

no - trump has decreed that it doesn't exist!

10:19 am

cybernan

was quakers a clue for something?

10:20 am

MLFAN17

mixi was answering you with your comment about the duck what it says

10:21 am

cybernan

but then neither does global warming nor melting glaciers -- however apparently usa steel made in china does

10:21 am

MLFAN17

th7?

10:22 am

bichon

This is even more annoying for us Americans We [not me] elected him.

10:23 am

MLFAN17

bichon neither choice was a good one anyway

10:23 am

cybernan

yeh -- well we didn't get to vote against him, but everything he does affects us

10:23 am

dalia

ma6,24 anyone?

10:24 am

cybernan

latin instrument singlular

10:24 am

MLFAN17

cyber unfortunately true

10:24 am

wvteach

musical instrument

10:24 am

evanonut

sounds like this conversation can go downhill fast, specially if i put my two cents in, so gonna head on out for a bit.

10:24 am

MLFAN17

hi evan

10:24 am

dalia

thx

10:25 am

MLFAN17

ty cyber

10:25 am

cybernan

the sad part is that I think that all those people who decided not to vote for anyone would now vote against him -- even Hillary wouldn't have been this bad - at least she had some smarts

10:26 am

cybernan

and we all know now who told the biggest lies

10:26 am

MLFAN17

cyber i didn't vote and wouldn't have i don't think we would be better off with her

10:27 am

cybernan

well, as it turned out, no vote was a vote for trump

10:28 am

MLFAN17

as it should have been

10:29 am

MLFAN17

th7?

10:31 am

cybernan

I think a lot of people bought into trumps smear campaign just as he hoped they would now there is a pres. who can't recognize truth when it slaps him in the face and is so out of it that he believes his own lies

10:32 am

MLFAN17

i have a feeling Obama Care will stay as i saw on tv this AM that is being voted again. Trump said it would stay if they couldn't come to an agreement

10:33 am

mael

I dream of a world where Hillary Clinton is president, to be honest. I like that world much better.

10:34 am

MLFAN17

i think we can do better then either of them somewhere. Too bad Michelle Obama didn't run

10:34 am

rubyfoo

me, too, Mael. I wept at her loss

10:34 am

cybernan

One thing for sure ... I will not step foot in the US as long as he is in control and a lot of people in my country feel the same. A lot of school trips have been cancelled because of him.

10:34 am

mixi6

I hope Obama care stays. a single payor would probably be better.

10:35 am

rubyfoo

I let my passport expire

10:35 am

MLFAN17

mixi i do too i don't think messing with medical insurance related things is good for so many people everywhere

10:35 am

mixi6

Michele doesn't have the ego-centric personality.

10:35 am

cybernan

lol - not going that far, ruby -- still hope for one more trip to Europe

10:36 am

MLFAN17

cyber some ports players have said they wont go to the White house because of him being in office

10:36 am

cybernan

which is why she wouldn't run, mixi

10:36 am

MLFAN17

Hillary is the one who thinks she is better then thou

10:36 am

rubyfoo

I can't travel anymore, anyway

10:37 am

MLFAN17

my last long trip was in car from where i came from to where i am now

10:37 am

mixi6

I agree, but she is also a woman and black, there would be too much smear, just because of that. ugh.

10:38 am

mixi6

se7?

10:38 am

cybernan

And trump doesn't? ---- trump thinks he is god and the only one who knows anything -- doesn't the condescending tone he uses whenever he speaks bother you?

10:38 am

MLFAN17

mixi do you have th 7?

10:38 am

MLFAN17

mixi i will look for se7 too

10:38 am

mixi6

yes

10:39 am

MLFAN17

clue please?

10:39 am

rubyfoo

His condesccending tone drives pme crazy

10:39 am

mixi6

th + we breathe *** + plus a nasty disease **

10:40 am

rubyfoo

I'm just praying that he doesn't poke the wrong bear and start a war

10:40 am

MLFAN17

ty mixi

10:40 am

cybernan

ty mixi

10:41 am

MLFAN17

ruby if you mean trump he started a war before he got in offic

10:41 am

EvaNadine

how is it possible that i have had TWO large cups of coffee, yet im STILL ready for a nap??

10:41 am

mixi6

keep praying ruby.

10:41 am

MLFAN17

i wonder if se7 is a compound word somehow?

10:41 am

mixi6

never had a cup of coffee.

10:41 am

MLFAN17

eva i got up earlier then usual i have had coffee too and still need a nap lol

10:41 am

rubyfoo

It's very depressing and it seems to be getting worse

10:42 am

MLFAN17

Trump needs to be impeached

10:42 am

evanonut

re hillary: i have been a fan of Hillary since 1997. Somehow people expect her to be better than all her male counterparts. She's a politician. Things she was demonized for, example, the state dept email drama, are the exact same things that are currently being done by the 45 administration. As a feminist, I would never, i repeat, never vote for Trump. He is an incompetent boob who spends his time bloviating in a manner that can barely be understood. I could make a list, but this is babble, so walking away again. I was hoping I'd been gone long enough before.

10:42 am

evanonut

10:42 am

evanonut

10:42 am

cybernan

i keep praying that saner minds will find a way to impeach him, but then I'm not certain that next up to bat is any better

10:43 am

EvaNadine

MLF -- SE7 is sort of a compound...
not the ocean, but the SE* + color with magic ****ers

10:43 am

rururocks

(agrees with nutty).. although I'm not a huge Hilary fan either

10:43 am

rubyfoo

Do you think it could happen -- article 25 of the Constitution evoked?

10:43 am

mixi6

ty eva. fw.

10:44 am

MLFAN17

i am not a feminist i wouldn't vote for either of them but it would depend on the female

10:44 am

EvaNadine

"bloviate"
this is an exciting new word for me!

10:44 am

rubyfoo

((evanonut)) for being honest

10:44 am

MLFAN17

thanks eva....mixi did you get the clue?

10:44 am

cybernan

I think at least we can agree that there is a lot of frustration with what is going on

10:45 am

MLFAN17

or not going on cyber

10:47 am

MLFAN17

made it to 100 words:) 133 left will keep going....:)

10:49 am

bichon

pa 6/24, pls

10:49 am

mixi6

Played my first (team) tennis match of the year yesterday. My partner and I won our match. First USTA match I have won.

10:50 am

bichon

Wow! you go girl

10:50 am

mixi6

you might be a pa6 on babble if you are for trump. lol

10:50 am

bonkler

If articles of impeachment are exercised against the President and his agents for acting in collusion with a foreign power to subvert the election, then the entirety of the presidency would be invalidated. As a result, the Trump executive would or at least should envelop Pence. With that in mind, the order of succession would place Speaker Ryan in the oval until an unprecedented constitutional crisis is resolved. It could mean a new election with a pro-tem President. It will institutionally cripple America's ability to rule itself and the breadth of potential charges that might arise is daunting to imagine.

10:51 am

bonkler

By the way, good morning!

10:51 am

penquis

Pa 6....even in golf + me + **a! I caught you!

10:51 am

rubyfoo

excellent analysis, Bonkler

10:51 am

cybernan

grats, mixi

10:52 am

bichon

tymixi, like your clue

10:52 am

MLFAN17

pen i don't understand the second part of that clue?

10:52 am

MLFAN17

hi bonk

10:52 am

helensgirlkid

It's not really clear that Pence was kept in on all the goings on - it's hard to say which would be worse, Pence or Ryan!

10:52 am

cybernan

I thought Ryan was part of the collusion, bonkler

10:53 am

penquis

A brouh*** is a big to do....a commotion...

10:54 am

redshoes

Pa 6 -- an outcast. Sounds like a flesh eating fish.

10:54 am

cybernan

pa 6 = someone who is shunned

10:54 am

penquis

Congrats, mixi!....What level are you playing?....i just fnished a 3.0 forty and older season....now going to play an 18 and older season with the same team...

10:54 am

bichon

bonkler, you have agood grasp of American politics

10:54 am

cybernan

gi 7 please?

10:54 am

rubyfoo

Pence is much moree right-wing ideologue and women's rights, gay rights and voting right wouldall be at risk

10:54 am

helensgirlkid

Yes - but have you seen what Ryan is like?

10:55 am

cybernan

ryan is a smart trump - scary

10:55 am

MLFAN17

cyber it ends in not you but **

10:55 am

rubyfoo

I think Ryan has been lobotomized

10:55 am

MLFAN17

ty for pa 6

10:55 am

helensgirlkid

Well, yes - but that doesn't keep him from signing things!

10:56 am

rubyfoo

And Pence is a robot, programmed by Bnnon

10:56 am

bichon

Maybe I should move to Israel

10:57 am

cybernan

I think ryan is just biding his time waiting for an opportunity to advance his own agenda

10:59 am

rubyfoo

A Moroccan friend asked me if I would move to Israel, but I'm too old to move again

10:59 am

cybernan

gi 7 please? -- last 2 letters doesn't help

11:00 am

penquis

Gi 7....soldiers _ not your leg _ myself....

11:00 am

cybernan

ty pen - great clue

11:00 am

bonkler

Ryan was never a Trump guy and there have been no allegations made regarding the congressional and senate races. Invalidating the executive would have to include Pence as part of that corrupted election. There'd be little choice but to place Ryan in the oval. I imagine it would also destroy the Republicans in 2018 mid-terms. The houses would be tasked with the constitutional crisis, hearings and prosecutions. The Watergate hearings essentially nullified Ford's time in office.

11:00 am

cybernan

and a new word for me

11:02 am

evanonut

eva, you're welcome, learned that one from pam. fell instantly in love with it.

11:04 am

penquis

Too many As in this grid...

11:05 am

redshoes

"Frack" should be a word. I use it all the time. :D

11:07 am

redshoes

Frickety-Frack. Stuff like that. ;)

11:08 am

wvteach

the fracking industry has been a controversial issue in this areaa for many reasons

11:08 am

penquis

Yes...and it IS a word...

11:08 am

redshoes

See, it is a word.

11:08 am

redshoes

I just tend to use it as an expletive. heh

11:08 am

evanonut

short for hydraulic fracturing though, so i guess i forgive it not being in the grid.

11:09 am

penquis

It's in Dictionary.com....

11:09 am

MollyL

What? There is politics talk here and no one is complaining? Did hell freeze over last night?
: D

11:11 am

bonkler

Enable doesn't spend much time updating. Frack is a word by common usage, email isn't in Enable either.

11:11 am

redshoes

Just trying fracking to ignore it Molly. Ha.

11:11 am

redshoes

*to fracking ignore it.

11:12 am

MollyL

I'll say the same thing here I say everywhere else. If you are not happy with the way things are, make sure you are doing something to change it. And complaining on the internet doesn't count.

11:13 am

evanonut

true true molly, and do you know none of my reps are answering their phones. so i fax them with resistbot. i will be heard gosh darnit.

11:15 am

redshoes

Seriously, though, I figure people can choose to chat politics and I can choose to ignore it, just like any other topic. And I agree with Molly. To be fair, I also find it kind of fascinating to read what people have to say when among intelligent company, such as the Babble chog.

11:16 am

rubyfoo

This feels like a safe place to express our views

11:16 am

redshoes

Agreed rubyfoo.

11:17 am

rubyfoo

Nobody is force to read it or participate

11:17 am

mkg

hi all.

11:18 am

MollyL

There are no rules for this chat forum so I say any topic is up for discussion. As has been previously stated, people can feel free to turn off chat if the discussion at hand is not to their liking.

11:18 am

rubyfoo

I'm sorry for typos, but I'm lying down and the laptop keeps slipping

11:19 am

redshoes

Agreed again. As long as a convo doesn't interfere with Babble-related convo, chat away.

11:21 am

redshoes

Heading over to sudoku for a bit. Later skaters.

11:21 am

MollyL

To be fair, there are a lot of people who are not big fans of the constant cluing in chat, so everyone has their likes and dislikes.

11:21 am

penquis

It is what it is... ;o)

11:21 am

rubyfoo

I find having friends across the political Spectrum interesting

11:22 am

rubyfoo

Capricious computer capitalizes crzily!

11:22 am

MollyL

Oh no, Pen is using buzz-word phrases. Next she will be saying "at the end of the day" and "I just wanted to reach out to you"
: D

11:23 am

penquis

Gag me with a spoon... ;o)

11:23 am

mkg

hi all. cant find the word pa 6 that means person who is shunned. i think i know it but not sure

11:24 am

EvaNadine

"in 10 years, none of this is even gonna matter"
and you know youre screwed where the optimist says that, because it means they cant find a bright side either...

11:24 am

rubyfoo

Is buzz-word like buzz-feed (whatever that is)

11:24 am

bonkler

I used to write for a political blog. Glad I quit, I'd never be able to sleep.

11:24 am

MollyL

Mkg changed her icon *faints*

11:24 am

evanonut

that's why i dog blog, so much more relaxing and fun

11:25 am

rubyfoo

that's so 70's, Laugh-in?

11:25 am

mkg

molly, and i cant get the photo to be right either. too too bad.

11:25 am

MollyL

Dog blog?

11:25 am

penquis

Pa 6....even in golf + start of a large brook + **a! I got it!

11:26 am

bonkler

PA6 even in golf + you or * + eureka obscurantist clue

11:26 am

MollyL

That pink baby has been crawling around here for years. I almost didn't know that was mkg

11:26 am

penquis

Obscurantist???....oh my.....

11:26 am

EvaNadine

there is a kids show called Dog With a Blog. its kinda cute.

11:26 am

rubyfoo

woof

11:27 am

mkg

yup. that baby is now 10 years old.

11:28 am

evanonut

molly, adventurouspaws.com - we talk dog

11:28 am

penquis

Snowing again here... :o(

11:29 am

evanonut

LOL Eva, always i learn how little i know about childrens shows, my nieces seem to be moving away from shopkins

11:29 am

rubyfoo

Today I learned the difference between daffs and jonquilss -- there is none

11:29 am

mkg

any clues for the As in left column? dont have any for either a. ty.

11:30 am

rubyfoo

They're all narcissi

11:30 am

mkg

oh just got one. sorry. need only A words for A that is third row. ty. also one for second column A . ty

11:30 am

rubyfoo

af4 distant

11:31 am

penquis

A + Chevy + me...

11:31 am

rubyfoo

am4/5 nanny

11:32 am

rubyfoo

ty pen, l was dancing around that ac

11:32 am

mkg

ty.

11:32 am

penquis

Yw...

11:33 am

mkg

not getting nanny word. but looking

11:34 am

mkg

got others. and ty for clues.

11:34 am

rubyfoo

Nursemaid, actually

11:34 am

cybernan

ac 7 please?

11:34 am

rubyfoo

in China, I think

11:34 am

cybernan

think india, mkg

11:34 am

mkg

dont know what they call a nanny.

11:35 am

cybernan

lol - or maybe china

11:35 am

mkg

ah

11:35 am

mkg

oops.

11:35 am

mkg

got it. ty

11:35 am

rubyfoo

I don't really know, just guessing

11:35 am

cybernan

ah 4

11:35 am

penquis

India and the far east...i looked it up....

11:36 am

mkg

i found it. ty ty

11:36 am

cybernan

oops, meant am 4

11:36 am

cybernan

ac 7 please?

11:37 am

mkg

just need an A word clue for the A in 2nd column. ty.

11:38 am

aebmusica

am4= Asian nanny

11:38 am

EvaNadine

i am still missing the A to the left of the M tile...

11:38 am

rubyfoo

peak

11:38 am

penquis

Sorry, nan ....don't have it yet...

11:38 am

rubyfoo

ac4/5 peak

11:39 am

penquis

Eva.....not close...

11:39 am

penquis

Sorry...mine was for the bottom A in the first column....

11:40 am

mkg

all clues help pen. so ty.

11:40 am

penquis

Yw...

11:41 am

mkg

actually your clue did give me that word so ty. i did need it.

11:41 am

mkg

now just need one of the words for the a in second column.

11:41 am

penquis

:o)

11:42 am

mkg

anyone have any of the A words for A in second column? please? ty

11:43 am

cybernan

ac 7: scrambled rainbow + oriental continent

11:43 am

rubyfoo

ac4/6 and plural peak

11:44 am

penquis

Ty nan....i was all around itã€‚ã€‚ã€‚ã€‚

11:44 am

mkg

ty for ac 7. wow. great clue.

11:44 am

mkg

looking ruby. ty.

11:44 am

rubyfoo

ty nan

11:45 am

cybernan

yw everyoen

11:45 am

rubyfoo

This is a kind grid, even though I can't finish

11:45 am

rubyfoo

Lots of nice little words

11:45 am

rubyfoo

rips

11:45 am

rubyfoo

sorry

11:46 am

mkg

i dont see the plural peak word. peak is apex and no X in grid so i am confused

11:46 am

penquis

Different peak word.....pinnacle....ac 4/5...

11:47 am

mkg

i guess can you reclue the ac word pen? is it a ac 4?

11:47 am

penquis

Yes, i just said it is ac 4...

11:48 am

mkg

ok so ac 4/5. from A in second column right? ty

11:48 am

penquis

Yes...

11:49 am

penquis

Yes...

11:49 am

mkg

oh i got it!!!!!!!!! wow. how did i miss it. duuuhhh. ty pen. got it and back to work now. ty so so much.

11:49 am

penquis

Yw...

11:50 am

EvaNadine

im still missing the A beside the M....unless the cloe got lost in the shuffle?

11:50 am

rubyfoo

Eva, that's the nanny words

11:50 am

penquis

That was the nanny clue.....far east nanny...

11:51 am

EvaNadine

oh...i thought i had gotten that one, but i didnt check the definition...

11:52 am

penquis

This one has a slightly higher value...

11:53 am

EvaNadine

TY. i had the right sound, but was missing a letter

11:54 am

penquis

Yw...

11:57 am

rubyfoo

Bye, this was fun, 71 left

11:58 am

penquis

Bye ruby...

12:01 pm

cybernan

fa 5/24 please?

12:02 pm

bichon

sounds llike someone who pretends something is real, but spelled with different 2nd vowel

12:04 pm

bichon

hindu or musim person

12:05 pm

bichon

*muslim

12:05 pm

cybernan

ty bich

12:05 pm

cybernan

meeting friends in town for an early lunch, so had better get ready -- bbl

12:07 pm

penquis

Bye nan...

12:09 pm

bichon

ri 6/33, pls

12:09 pm

penquis

Don't have it...

12:10 pm

bichon

totally baffled

12:12 pm

EvaNadine

Ri 6/33
tear + cutting tool

12:12 pm

penquis

Ty eva...

12:16 pm

penquis

Just realized that the 8s are plurals...

12:24 pm

bichon

ty eva

12:29 pm

penquis

Well i am down to 40.....have to go to a meeting...bbl to finish....

12:36 pm

bichon

sa 5/14, pls

12:37 pm

wvteach

add another vowel (2nd) to SA 4/6

12:37 pm

EvaNadine

plural of SA 4/6 -- long tale

12:38 pm

LuvWordGames

sa 5/14 add a vowel in the long tale

12:38 pm

bichon

sorry, second sa 5/14

12:38 pm

wvteach

then pl for SA 6/24

12:38 pm

anawaltgal

8s

12:39 pm

bichon

I don't have the second sa 5/14

12:39 pm

LuvWordGames

I clued it below

12:40 pm

wvteach

second SA 5 - add a vowel to the first A 4/6

12:41 pm

bichon

tyvm teach, luv

12:41 pm

wvteach

then pl for SA 6

12:41 pm

LuvWordGames

as 6/21 please?

12:41 pm

wvteach

yvw

12:43 pm

bichon

a + male sheep + vowel

12:44 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks bich

12:45 pm

bichon

yvw Luv

1:17 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with bottom A pls

1:22 pm

EvaNadine

AC 5/12, i believe

1:31 pm

evanonut

Three weeks I've been at this job, and still they can't get me working. As in I can't get into the computer.

1:33 pm

MLFAN17

evan really?

1:34 pm

MLFAN17

hello again, isn't a male sheep a ewe?

1:35 pm

evanonut

for realzies, government contracting at its finest.

1:35 pm

mael

no, ML, that's a female sheep :)

1:36 pm

MLFAN17

evan ohh that explains it

1:36 pm

MLFAN17

ty mael duh me

1:37 pm

evanonut

doesn't it though?

1:37 pm

EvaNadine

:: high-fives fellow contractor ::

1:38 pm

MLFAN17

evan sadly yes

1:40 pm

MLFAN17

are [a 6/7 a combo?

1:41 pm

MLFAN17

pa sorry

1:45 pm

evanonut

:: high fived back :: to eva

1:49 pm

wvteach

yes they are a combo

1:49 pm

MLFAN17

ty wv

1:50 pm

MLFAN17

wv clue pls/?

2:09 pm

periwinkle

help with the ac5 pls

2:09 pm

Uneaixoise

plural of ac4/6

2:09 pm

periwinkle

I found it and it was not a pl

2:10 pm

Uneaixoise

aahh - before that -- ac + mr. onassis

2:13 pm

Wolvie

i have a gi 8- what is the other 8 please

2:13 pm

penquis

ac 8...

2:14 pm

penquis

it's a pl....

2:14 pm

Wolvie

hmm- okay- ty :-)

2:15 pm

penquis

do you want a clue?

2:16 pm

Wolvie

sure- that would work- been a long day :-)

2:16 pm

penquis

ac + consonant + continent,,,,

2:17 pm

Wolvie

ty very much :-)

2:17 pm

penquis

yw...

2:17 pm

Wolvie

i keep forgetting there are 2 s today

2:18 pm

penquis

me, too....just too many As....

2:19 pm

Wolvie

yes that too lol

3:07 pm

penquis

i am done....had to use a 2 z for my last word....

3:27 pm

periwinkle

pa6/24 pls

3:27 pm

penquis

pi + chevy + vowel....

3:28 pm

penquis

sorry....you said pa...

3:28 pm

penquis

pa 6....is one who is shunned by others....

3:28 pm

periwinkle

ty pen

3:29 pm

penquis

yw...

3:31 pm

periwinkle

ma6/24 pls

3:32 pm

periwinkle

my last word and I do not see it in morewords

3:33 pm

periwinkle

nm

3:33 pm

periwinkle

FW

3:35 pm

penquis

congrats....

3:35 pm

penquis

my last words were th 6/7 combo...

3:38 pm

penquis

snowing again....ugh...

3:52 pm

MollyL

We are expecting temperatures in the 70's over the weekend. Yay!

3:53 pm

penquis

nice!

3:54 pm

penquis

we were supposed to get a dusting, but it has snowed on and off since noon....that wet snow....yuck...

4:00 pm

Norma

r

4:01 pm

penquis

s

4:06 pm

MollyL

Oh boy! The alphabet game!

4:12 pm

penquis

i am a sucker for those...

4:15 pm

wht

Hi all. Clue for the kr5 please.

4:16 pm

penquis

hi....kr + i don't want to w***....gonna do it now!

4:16 pm

wht

ty penq

4:17 pm

wht

Penq, It does seem that we got spring in the winter and now we are getting winter in the spring.

4:20 pm

penquis

yes....almost all of our snow came in the last week....

4:23 pm

penquis

meant to say the last month....

4:25 pm

wht

It just feels that way penq.

4:27 pm

MollyL

One last ass kick from Old Lady Winter before Miss Spring comes on in full force.

4:27 pm

penquis

yup...

4:27 pm

wht

One can only hope, Molly

4:27 pm

penquis

some will melt tomorrow....temps will peak in the low 40s, i think....

4:44 pm

penquis

well dinner awaits...bye all...

5:17 pm

MollyL

In Maine, the low 40's must seem like a Spring thaw.

5:21 pm

MollyL

But pretty soon all areas in the EST time zone will be in warm temperatures and enjoying life. Hooray for that.

5:34 pm

mkg

where are you pen and where are you molly?

5:57 pm

MollyL

mkg, for a VERY limited time, your resized icon is in my profile. Copy it, paste it into your profile and save.

6:01 pm

MollyL

Oh well, mkg left, that icon goes now.

6:02 pm

rururocks

can you resize everything :D

6:02 pm

MollyL

I'm better at making things bigger
: P : P

6:03 pm

rururocks

ha

6:03 pm

rururocks

(looks at spilled tea)

6:08 pm

rururocks

anyone have the pa6/24?

6:09 pm

MollyL

<---Naughty, naughty girl

6:09 pm

rururocks

I'll say :D

6:09 pm

cybernan

pa 6 = outcast - one who is shunned

6:10 pm

cybernan

hello again everyone

6:10 pm

MollyL

Oh Nan just jumped right in to clue before I could even type

6:11 pm

cybernan

lol, molly

6:11 pm

rururocks

thank you nan

6:11 pm

cybernan

ok molly --- as 6 please?

6:13 pm

lynxxx

as & male sheep & vwl

6:14 pm

MollyL

Again Nan, no time to clue. There you go.

6:15 pm

cybernan

ty ru

6:16 pm

MollyL

*Checks to make sure Ru is not masquerading as Lynxxx

6:26 pm

cybernan

nice garden, molly

6:26 pm

MollyL

I love Spring flowers.

6:32 pm

cybernan

me too --- sadly, so do the deer and field mice

6:39 pm

hurshy

stressed and unhappy... going to bury my head in the sand of the grid and try to ignore my emotions for a bit...

6:40 pm

origami

sorry hursh ... hope the grid helps

6:44 pm

hurshy

sometimes you really see why self-handicapping is so appealing...

6:44 pm

MollyL

Self-handicapping??

6:47 pm

MollyL

Does that mean thinking bad thoughts when bad thoughts are not necessary?

6:48 pm

Bugsaw

I think it is when you avoid something saying, I would have been successful if I tried, I just choose not to try. My eldest son was a master at it.

6:49 pm

hurshy

yeah - what bugsaw said. i just tried something and got shot down. makes me wish i had not bothered trying.

6:51 pm

hurshy

cause you know, people say, "you never know until you try" like it's a good thing. but it's only a good think the 10% of times you try and succeed, and it sucks the other 90% of the time.

6:51 pm

hurshy

*thing

6:52 pm

Bugsaw

don't let other people's opinions get you down, hurshy. You still learned something -- that way didn't work. Just try it again another way

6:52 pm

hurshy

it's not even their opinions

6:53 pm

hurshy

i applied for a job only to be told that they are "most likely" (read: definitely) going to hire an internal candidate. and i'm like, well what did you POST it for then? i worked for like four hours on the freakin cover letter for it, all for nothing. it's not like they have a union and would be required to post jobs because of that.

6:54 pm

MollyL

I can't keep up with all the "new terms".
That used to be referred to as "self-sabotage"

6:54 pm

hurshy

and they already know me there, and i felt like, i really NEED that "in" in order to get hired, because i have such a lack of self-confidence, i need the advantage of people who have seen that i'm good. i can't sell myself in interviews. i need someone else to believe in me and encourage me, not be convinced by me that i'm good.

6:54 pm

Bugsaw

that is disappointing for sure. I am sorry that happened to you. I had it happen lots of times but it just means you wouldn't have liked working with those types anyway

6:55 pm

hurshy

no bugsaw, i don't know why they did that particular thing but in general i do like the people

6:56 pm

hurshy

but yeah, self-sabotage, same thing mollz

6:56 pm

cybernan

when my daughter reached her 30's she thanked me one day for my standard response to "I can't", which was "How do you know if you don't try". As she used to stomp off as a teen whenever I said that, I was flabbergasted --- so a double message there keep trying and never give up!

6:56 pm

hurshy

i guess i think of that more as doing something, but doing it in such a way that CAUSES you to fail

6:56 pm

Bugsaw

you didn't self-sabotage, hurshy. they were less than honest

6:57 pm

hurshy

i know i didn't. i'm saying i wish i HAD self-sabotaged by not applying.

6:57 pm

hurshy

cause it hurts too much.

6:57 pm

MollyL

Hursh, didn't you just move to a new area of the country? Sometimes it is hard to find new work in that situation if you did not already set something up.

6:58 pm

Bugsaw

if you hadn't applied you would have always wondered if you would have got the job and been even more unhappy with yourself.

6:58 pm

hurshy

we moved in august 2015. i have been pursuing an MA, working part-time, and am now wrapping up my degree and having to do the job search.

6:59 pm

MollyL

Sorry, I guess I don't get the difference between self-handicapping and self-sabotage.

6:59 pm

hurshy

and it's just... been very stressful since Jan 1... and now that that job isn't an option, that means i DEFINITELY have an unknown period of continued stress instead of maybe getting settled quickly and happily.

6:59 pm

Bugsaw

I don't interview well either, hurshy but I know when I can do the job.

6:59 pm

hurshy

there probably isn't one molly - sometimes i imagine a nuanced distinction that doesn't exist

7:00 pm

hurshy

yeah i know i'm really good. but i really hate to try to convince other people of it. i'm like, just talk to my references, don't talk to me at all.

7:00 pm

cybernan

Hurshy it could be they were required by law to advertise the job. In Canada, jobs at federally or provincially funded workplaces must advertise available positions, whether they can be filled internally or not. (hospitals, universities, colleges, etc)

7:01 pm

hurshy

this is a private company, i am pretty sure they aren't required to.

7:01 pm

origami

It is hard hurshy ... I have been applying for a new job without a lot of success. I get to the second interview point usually and then nothing. It can be hard on you.

7:01 pm

hurshy

they aren't funded by anything but people paying.

7:02 pm

hurshy

don't worry guys, i am not expecting you to make me feel better, i just wanted to vent

7:03 pm

MollyL

Self-sabotage...inflicting injury on yourself by placing yourself in a situation where failure is predicted...Self-handicapping seems to be the same thing

7:04 pm

hurshy

lol molly, you are very determined to figure this thing out :)

7:05 pm

hurshy

the G's are Grumpy

7:05 pm

Bugsaw

when applying for work, failure is not predicted, just a possibility.

7:05 pm

hurshy

in that i can only find 2/3 of them

7:05 pm

MollyL

No, I just think it is a matter of semantics. Nan, our job postings and federal requirements are not the same as Canadian ones.

7:06 pm

hurshy

but this makes it sound like simply not trying would NOT be considered self-handicapping, then, which i thought it would be.

7:07 pm

MollyL

Failure is not predicted...depends on what job you apply for and how qualified you are and what the job posting requirements are.

7:08 pm

hurshy

failure IS predicted if you don't apply. it's guaranteed!

7:08 pm

MollyL

Again, it's semantics.

7:08 pm

hurshy

oh, random other topic - scrabbler or any other medical babblers around?

7:09 pm

Bugsaw

I am with hurshy, but yes, it is all semantics.

7:10 pm

MollyL

Hursh, you sound well qualified for the kind of job you had in Connecticut. I'm sorry you are having trouble finding work in your new area.

7:10 pm

hurshy

i HATED my job in connecticut!

7:11 pm

MollyL

Well then, here's to you finding something better where you are now.

7:12 pm

hurshy

it isn't that i'm having trouble. i'm just starting to look, now. and i saw that one and it seemed like my dream come true, and i was just so hoping that that could be it and drastically shorten my job search and my stress could end quickly.

7:13 pm

hurshy

the ending of my degree program has just been a stressful period as well, so i feel like, ACK! i just can't handle moving from that to now the stress of the job search, and like, zero rest in between - in fact, some overlap.

7:14 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! the land the Pharisees looked down on

7:15 pm

Bugsaw

Samaria

7:15 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!

7:15 pm

Bugsaw

I only knew that because of the story

7:15 pm

hurshy

'tis a good enough reason.

7:16 pm

cybernan

thought sa 4/9 was a proper noun too --- either a tall ship or a scotch!

7:17 pm

Bugsaw

I think it is the style of ship, nan

7:17 pm

cybernan

the one that was moored at Greenwich before it burned down?

7:18 pm

Bugsaw

not sure about that. I just picture the ship on the bottle. ;)

7:19 pm

cybernan

yes that is the one --- the Cutty Sa4/8 was written on the stern

7:20 pm

cybernan

sa 6-7 please?

7:21 pm

Bugsaw

just looked it up, nan. the word is a Scottish word for shirt

7:21 pm

Bugsaw

take a vowel out of the proper noun I guessed

7:21 pm

cybernan

was amazed when we toured the ship that anyone would cross an ocean in such a tiny little tub

7:22 pm

zoozzoom

Same as the word written @ 7:15 but with out the 'i' then plural.

7:22 pm

Bugsaw

Me too. Those sailing ships were puny

7:23 pm

cybernan

ty zoom

7:25 pm

hurshy

funny how sometimes my proper nouns are so dangerously close to grid words

7:25 pm

hurshy

didn't realize it, of course, when i did it

7:27 pm

zoozzoom

No worries :-) On the positive side of it. It made it easier to clue :-)

7:32 pm

grannyrose

mornin' all. zooz, did you see my email a while ao?

7:32 pm

grannyrose

*ago*

7:33 pm

zoozzoom

No sorry, Rose, Have been busy with father being very ill at the moment. So have not checked emails for a while...Will check in a minute.

7:34 pm

grannyrose

okay, mate. sorry your Dad not well. is he better now?

7:36 pm

zoozzoom

Just checked it, Rose. Not sure if I can make it. Very hard to plan ahead as I am rounf d parents every day at the moment.

7:37 pm

zoozzoom

No he is still rather ill. Thankfully the Prostate cancer has not come out of the prostate so that can be managed. But he is still fainting and is very fragile at the moment.

7:38 pm

grannyrose

okay. not there until early July.

7:38 pm

hurshy

how old is he?

7:38 pm

grannyrose

oh, zooz. how worrying for you and your Mum.

7:38 pm

zoozzoom

Mother & sister are besides themselves..which is harder to handle than I thought it would be.

7:39 pm

zoozzoom

He is 84 years old, Hurshy.

7:39 pm

hurshy

that's a lovely number, 84

7:40 pm

zoozzoom

I am sure he would tell you he would prefer it being the other way round LOL

7:40 pm

hurshy

well, yes, 48 is lovely too

7:40 pm

hurshy

any multiple of 12 is bound to be a nice number

7:42 pm

zoozzoom

He has high blood pressure too, Rose and has terrible shakes which he can not control which makes drinking a nightmare for him.

7:42 pm

hurshy

can he use straws?

7:42 pm

uusue2

Many hugs to you, zooz!!!

7:42 pm

zoozzoom

He rufuses, Hurshy. He is a very stubborn man!

7:42 pm

zoozzoom

Refuses*

7:43 pm

hurshy

what if you buy him a fancy one?

7:43 pm

grannyrose

poor man. poor all of you. how upset he must be to be causing so much alarm around him.

7:43 pm

zoozzoom

((Uusue)) Thank you.

7:43 pm

uusue2

Oh, zooz, that all sounds so familiar! Just lost my very stubborn 95-year-old dad in January. Hope things improve soon.

7:44 pm

cybernan

maybe one of those travel mugs that won't spill when tipped over

7:44 pm

grannyrose

will hold all of you in my prayers, zooz.

7:45 pm

zoozzoom

We have all offered different types of cups but he said he will use his fave mug and that is it. He just has it filled a quarter of the way.

7:46 pm

grannyrose

ttfn. {{zooz and his family}}

7:46 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!*
Thanks for the help

7:46 pm

zoozzoom

Thanks, Rose. He seems to be fine with it all. He says when his time is up it is up. But my mum & sister are not doing too well. And I have to keep telling them it is his decision to make not theirs.

7:46 pm

hurshy

i don't understand that kind of stubbornness. i mean, nobody LIKES having to do things because of illness or age. i don't LIKE having to be on meds, but i still take them.

7:48 pm

zoozzoom

No I do not either, hurshy. But that is just the way he is.

7:48 pm

zoozzoom

Bye , Rose. Sorry I did not see your email earlier.

7:48 pm

hurshy

what about... like... if you'll use the straw, then, what you get to drink with it could be (beer, wine, favorite bev)!

7:48 pm

zoozzoom

Okay time for me to go to bed. sorry for the rant.

7:49 pm

hurshy

you didn't rant

7:49 pm

uusue2

hugs again, zooz!

7:49 pm

hurshy

night zooz

8:09 pm

maggiej

ha 5 20 any hints?

8:10 pm

maggiej

kris

8:10 pm

maggiej

oops

8:11 pm

hurshy

bottom?

8:11 pm

hurshy

i mean bottom A?

8:13 pm

chrisk

the ha 5 is spelled similar to the short form of Japanese poetry - just change the vowel at the end

8:15 pm

chrisk

the bottom a is ac 5/12

8:17 pm

chrisk

for the ac 5 rhymes with maker of video games

8:19 pm

hurshy

thanks!

8:34 pm

hurshy

swai is a fish. like trout. i see it in the supermarket.

8:57 pm

rururocks

Swai is delicious in a wok

8:58 pm

hurshy

see?

8:58 pm

rururocks

Walk this swai. ðŸ˜‚

8:58 pm

hurshy

do you have as6 by any chance?

8:58 pm

rururocks

Iyes

8:59 pm

rururocks

Yes that is

8:59 pm

rururocks

Kind of like a butt festival with out one s

9:00 pm

hurshy

um ok

9:00 pm

rururocks

Too obscure?

9:00 pm

hurshy

no, i mean, i get the idea, but can't think of the festival part, just thinking "fair"

9:00 pm

rururocks

Think the copy machine guy on SNL

9:01 pm

hurshy

don't watch SNL

9:01 pm

rururocks

Oh

9:01 pm

hurshy

well i've seen some of the political stuff

9:01 pm

hurshy

but the rest of it just... doesn't make me laugh

9:02 pm

rururocks

Ends in doctor association

9:02 pm

JBsAnno

butt fetival

9:02 pm

JBsAnno

too ru

9:02 pm

hurshy

I GET IT!

9:02 pm

rururocks

???

9:03 pm

JBsAnno

The rurumeister

9:03 pm

hurshy

she is saying it is very in keeping with your character, i believe.

9:04 pm

JBsAnno

hurshy gets me. I get ruru. This is what makes the chog fun!

9:04 pm

hurshy

lol

9:05 pm

JBsAnno

Also, confirming that hursh gets it!

9:10 pm

hurshy

ma6?

9:12 pm

JBsAnno

one of a pa4/5 of percussion rattles, hursh

9:13 pm

hurshy

ah, thanks!

9:13 pm

JBsAnno

yw :)

9:17 pm

JBsAnno

Ah, finally fireworks. My last word was very appropriately sm5/22, as in hit me with a fish. So Babbly. Any more clues or stats wanted in the next few minutes, hursh?

9:19 pm

hurshy

th6/7 combo?

9:21 pm

JBsAnno

It's one of those words you only see in Enable, I'm thinking on how to clue it...

9:21 pm

hurshy

i've monkeyed so many things!

9:22 pm

hurshy

oho, stop your thinking, my monkeys finally succeeded!

9:22 pm

JBsAnno

Okay, there's also a th5/6 combo right after it, adding that "t" to a very hurtful word. Do you have that?

9:22 pm

JBsAnno

Oh, good for you! I have Friday brain :)

9:23 pm

hurshy

:) thanks that makes fw for me too

9:23 pm

JBsAnno

Sweet! Yay!! Goodnight! I can't stay awake for the flip.

9:35 pm

rururocks

Night jvb

9:35 pm

rururocks

Jb

10:32 pm

mkg

hi all.

10:32 pm

mkg

back to try to find more. just passed half way so far.

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