Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, July 3, 2017

12:06 am

flosey

flip

12:06 am

jessmom

hi flo

12:07 am

Lizlin

Hi Flosey and Jess. Hi all

12:07 am

LadyMudbutt

Hi everybody

12:07 am

flosey

hi jess, Liz, Lady

12:08 am

gapeach

Hello to all.

12:08 am

pugmama763

ad8

12:09 am

Lizlin

Thanks - so obvious once you called it!

12:10 am

pugmama763

:)

12:10 am

Lizlin

su 8

12:12 am

broll

an 7

12:12 am

Lizlin

Thanks

12:12 am

hurshy

more baby grid!

12:13 am

broll

yw - thank you!

12:13 am

Lizlin

:)

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Lickety

12:17 am

hurshy

phantom (kinda): antidote

12:19 am

harpjane

thank you lickety!

12:20 am

hurshy

if the "Clues are up" is an automated message, why do people say thank you?

12:20 am

harpjane

it is?

12:20 am

flosey

thanks Lickety

12:21 am

mkg

there are days when there are no clues. also it is nice of lickety to let us know.

12:21 am

flosey

because Lickety has very kidnly posted them

12:21 am

flosey

kindly

12:22 am

hurshy

but if he's not going to see the thanks...

12:22 am

harpjane

volcano poker alert

12:22 am

flosey

who knows!!!

12:22 am

hurshy

some of our posts musts sound so weird to newbies, lol

12:22 am

harpjane

we aim to scare them!

12:25 am

mkg

i dont like this grid. period.

12:25 am

Lizlin

Lickety is automated but he is a person and does sometimes chat in the grid, so I say thanks in case he happens to look at the grid because I appreciate the clues.

12:25 am

harpjane

So hurshy, you mean to tell me that part of the process, when Lickety puts up clues, is for a message to be automatically posted to the chog?

12:25 am

harpjane

same here mkg

12:25 am

Lizlin

Yes, Jane - it's an automated message

12:26 am

hurshy

that's what i was told like, sometime in the last few days, harp, yeah

12:26 am

hurshy

anyone have the bottom O?

12:26 am

harpjane

yes od 4/6

12:26 am

Lizlin

od 4/6

12:26 am

hurshy

na8 is the third 8, don't think it was called yet

12:26 am

hurshy

oh duh, thanks gals

12:26 am

Lizlin

Thanks

12:28 am

hurshy

just tried a totally whimsical di6/33 and it worked, lol

12:31 am

hurshy

4 left...

12:31 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:31 am

Lizlin

Hi nan

12:32 am

hurshy

3...

12:33 am

hurshy

2...

12:34 am

dizgrannie

FWs

12:34 am

harpjane

hursh I just did that with a du 6.... no clue what it means

12:34 am

Lizlin

Congrats both of you

12:34 am

hurshy

well, mine i can at least guess at a meaning

12:37 am

sprite

good morning all, an early start because I have to leave early

12:37 am

Lizlin

Hi and hugs, Sprite. How are you?

12:37 am

hurshy

i am STUMPED on my last word di6/30

12:37 am

Lizlin

And how was the weekend?

12:37 am

sprite

*hugs Liz* Good evening to you. I am fine, had a lovely weekend. And you?

12:38 am

sprite

hiya hursh

12:38 am

Lizlin

Good thanks. Hubby had 2nd cataract op this morning. Sleeping it off now!

12:39 am

sprite

I hope he will recover quickly and see better. Please tell him I said to get well pronto :)

12:39 am

hurshy

morewords to the rescue! night all

12:39 am

sprite

sleep well, hursh

12:39 am

Lizlin

I will and he will. He was amazed but the quick improvement to his sight after the last one.

12:39 am

Lizlin

Congrats and sleep well, hurshy

12:40 am

sprite

aw that is good

12:40 am

Lizlin

He said the details were amazing. Hadn't realised what he wasn't seeing.

12:41 am

sprite

subdiet - eating even less than your diet orders

12:41 am

Lizlin

Not possible

12:41 am

sprite

I remember that from the first time I got glasses. You don't realise because it declines slowly, and then wham, details come back.

12:42 am

sprite

ah, you are right, it is a phantom

12:42 am

Lizlin

Exactly. He can't wait to go back and reprocess some of his photos.

12:42 am

Lizlin

No not possible to eat less than a di4 demands!

12:42 am

sprite

please tell him he has to revisit the netherlands too now

12:42 am

sprite

hehehe okay, true

12:43 am

Lizlin

We will sometime but no idea when.

12:43 am

LadyMudbutt

I used to work for an ophthalmologist, and the reactions of ppl after their cataract surgeries were great.

12:43 am

LadyMudbutt

Funniest was the lady who had bought what she thought was a brown comforter for her bedroom.. turned out it was purple and didn't match anything else in the room. LOL

12:43 am

sprite

hiya ladyM. It is almost magical, isn't it

12:44 am

sprite

lol!

12:44 am

LadyMudbutt

She'd gone years not knowing

12:44 am

Lizlin

He had his first eye done a month ago - had to wait 2 weeks longer than necessary for the next eye because the surgeon went on holiday. Outrageous!!!

12:44 am

LadyMudbutt

that's too bad :( drags out the drops schedule too

12:45 am

sprite

how dare he. Tsk.

12:45 am

Lizlin

:)

12:45 am

sandyloo

is this today's puzzle??? I thought we had 67 yesterday.

12:45 am

sprite

hiya sandy, yes, today as well *hug*

12:46 am

sandyloo

I cant remember when we have had so many small puzzles. and Hi everyone, Sprite liz and all

12:46 am

cybernan

41 down - enough for tonight

12:46 am

sprite

night nan

12:46 am

Lizlin

Sprite have you heard from Rose? Is she continuing to have an amazing time?

12:46 am

Lizlin

Sleep well nan

12:47 am

sandyloo

Sprite what is the largest you remember, I remember a 600 puzzle

12:47 am

Lizlin

Hi Sandy

12:47 am

sandyloo

Yes I haven't seen Rose for a while

12:48 am

sprite

yes I have, Liz, and the only reason she is not in babble and not sending emails is because she is thoroughly enjoying her journey, getting out early, and once back, dinner and off to bed. She is feeling great and having a brilliant time. And so is Don.

12:48 am

movieman

clue for the di6/30 plz

12:48 am

sprite

744 was the biggest so far

12:48 am

Lizlin

That's great. Is she managing her pain OK and where is she now?

12:48 am

sprite

she is doing great with managing her pain and fm. They are in Scotland now.

12:48 am

Lizlin

Sorry movie man - don't have it.

12:48 am

sandyloo

I would like some larger ones while I watch the Tour

12:49 am

sprite

me neither, movieman.

12:49 am

Lizlin

I'd've liked a larger one yesterday so I had something else to do while waiting for my hubby.

12:49 am

sandyloo

I loved Scotland and England. I particularly loved haggis and black pudding as well as their gorgeous smoked salmon

12:49 am

Lizlin

Time zone confusion there - I'd've left the grid until this morning.

12:50 am

sprite

it is a shame we cannot do older grids we missed, like with the sudokus

12:50 am

Lizlin

Love smoked salmon. There was a Loch Fyne restaurant near where I lived in London and the fish, especially the smoked salmon, was just amazing. Sent down from Loch Fyne

12:51 am

sprite

smoked salmon is food for kings

12:51 am

rubyfoo

Good morning, babblibng in bed

12:51 am

Lizlin

Hi Ruby - a good place to babble from :)

12:51 am

flosey

good morning Ruby, Sprite, Lize, all

12:52 am

Lizlin

Hi Flosey

12:52 am

sprite

*hugs flosey* Good evening to you, I hope your day was nice?

12:52 am

Lizlin

10 left - BBL - enjoy your days or sleep well. Hugs,

12:52 am

rubyfoo

It's nice to see everybody -- like a reverse pajama party

12:53 am

flosey

yes thanks Sprite, had a lovely day but very tired now

12:53 am

sprite

have a lovely evening, Liz, and sleep well

12:53 am

rubyfoo

If only somebody would bring me a coffee....

12:53 am

sprite

maybe turn in early tonight, flosey?

12:53 am

flosey

yes, will do just that Sprite, very soon

12:53 am

flosey

finish this tomorrow

12:54 am

sprite

it can be so nice, turning in early after a lovely day. I hope you will fall asleep easily and sleep through the night

12:55 am

flosey

just half way and too tired, good night all

12:55 am

sprite

*hugs flosey on her way out*

12:58 am

maccafixx

di 6/30?

12:59 am

sprite

hi macc, we don't have it yet

1:00 am

maccafixx

Hi sprite. only one I have left.

1:00 am

broll

di 6 - the last 3 letters sound like "not hard"

1:01 am

movieman

same here macca, and it's pissing me off

1:01 am

sprite

hiya broll *looking*

1:01 am

movieman

what's the 3rd letter broll

1:02 am

broll

you only have 2 choices - monkey it!

1:03 am

broll

oh sorry - more than 2, go right, young man

1:08 am

maccafixx

Fireworks!

1:09 am

movieman

clue for that di6 plz macca

1:09 am

sprite

d + 3 vowels + room in the hotel = vacan**

1:09 am

sprite

wtg macc!

1:09 am

maccafixx

third letter is a vowel

1:10 am

maccafixx

round vowel!

1:11 am

movieman

Got it at last.....*FIREWORDS*

1:11 am

sprite

wtg movie ma man!

1:11 am

maccafixx

then use rolls clue from 1:00am

1:11 am

maccafixx

wtg

1:13 am

sprite

I am off for now too, back later today. Y'all have a blessed day and a peaceful night

6:06 am

rubyfoo

37 this AM, looking for a few more now

6:07 am

MollyL

Hi Ruby. Have you been enjoying your biker boys?

6:16 am

rubyfoo

r died for a minute. My favorite, Valverde, had a terrible crash the first day and it probably was a career-ender.

6:17 am

rubyfoo

Computer*

6:17 am

rubyfoo

Now I'm looking for a new hero

6:21 am

sandyloo

hey ruby and molly, I am watching the tour as we speak

6:22 am

rubyfoo

Today's Ã©tape or yesterday's

6:22 am

sandyloo

except for sipping wine and doing this

6:23 am

rubyfoo

I'm afraid to write to you about it, don't want to spoil the pleasure

6:23 am

sandyloo

Im watching live as it happens

6:23 am

sandyloo

Thats why I have to watch at night

6:24 am

sandyloo

they have 172.3 kms to go

6:24 am

rubyfoo

OK, on my way upstairs, laptop in hand, so we can watch together

6:24 am

sandyloo

I was thinking of that Ruby , Molly do you watch it?

6:26 am

bichon

Do they ever have women racers?

6:26 am

rubyfoo

OK, blankets deployed. At least it's not wet today

6:27 am

rubyfoo

Separate races, bichon, but it's not very popular with French women

6:27 am

sandyloo

Bichon they don't have women in theTour but there are women cyclists racing in female grand tours I believe - but I don't watch those

6:27 am

rubyfoo

Sandy, is the coverage in French or English?

6:28 am

sandyloo

Our coverage is of course in English with our australian commentators that are at the tour

6:28 am

bichon

I've never heard about them. Must be like the WNBA. It's there, but without the popularity

6:29 am

rubyfoo

It's a very good French lesson for me every year, a 3-week intnsive course

6:29 am

sandyloo

Phil Liggit He's English) Michael Tomalaris

6:29 am

sandyloo

You must think in French by now

6:30 am

sandyloo

168.5 ks to go here

6:31 am

rubyfoo

Yes. Right now they're having a protracted (and very stupid),discussion of what to do with the empty water bottles and other trash tossed by the riders.

6:32 am

sandyloo

They had that discussion here yesterday and went into great detail. However if I was watching I would be one of the ones to grab some of their trash LOL

6:33 am

bichon

I'm sure that if it wa in the US, there'd be people to pick up the trash

6:33 am

rubyfoo

Me too

6:33 am

sandyloo

They are discussing Chris Froome at the moment

6:34 am

rubyfoo

Each day, after the race, there is a veitable army ofcleaners!

6:35 am

sandyloo

There is a grand tour in the USA bich and here in Australia and in Italy. But there is no race like the Tour de France

6:35 am

sandyloo

I am surprised Ruby, they said here that anything the riders throw is gathered by souvenir hunters

6:37 am

sandyloo

Ruby I wander if we are seeing the same thing

6:37 am

rubyfoo

There are stretches of forest and countryside with few spectators. I think the race is run very resonsibly

6:38 am

rubyfoo

I'm sure as the mileaage you mentioned is the same.

6:38 am

sandyloo

Cool, eh?

6:39 am

sandyloo

The countryside is soooo gorgeous

6:39 am

rubyfoo

I only know one other woman herr who is interested

6:40 am

sandyloo

LOL I have taught my grandaughter to say "Vive le Tour"

6:41 am

sandyloo

Now we have an advertisement!! too many of those

6:41 am

sandyloo

I will be back in 15

6:41 am

rubyfoo

One year when I went to see it in person (Lance and Richard Virenque werr still riding), I was so tongue-tied that I couldn't even say "Allez" when Lance passed in a yellow blue

6:42 am

rubyfoo

blue*

6:42 am

rubyfoo

blur**

6:47 am

gran

na 8/40 ?

6:49 am

lynxxx

finishes like a copy or imi******

6:50 am

rubyfoo

hello Lynxx

6:50 am

rubyfoo

Sandy and I have been sharing simultanbous glimpses of the Tour.

6:50 am

lynxxx

hi Ruby! how are you? - and your puppies of course

6:51 am

rubyfoo

We're fine, thanks

6:53 am

rubyfoo

And you? Are you rooting for Richie Porte?

6:55 am

lynxxx

I probably should be - and I do enjoy watching bike racing but haven't been watching

6:55 am

rubyfoo

I think most people fid it very dull

6:57 am

lynxxx

I do prefer the track riding...exciting and so skillful

6:58 am

rubyfoo

Chacun a son sport! LOL

7:00 am

rubyfoo

I think half the pleasure is seeing the countryside

7:01 am

lynxxx

does it go anywhere near your village?

7:02 am

sprite

back for the rest. Hi lyn :) xxx

7:02 am

rubyfoo

It has, several times since I've been here, but it's much better on television

7:02 am

lynxxx

Hi Sprite!

7:03 am

sprite

nice to see you, it's been a while. How are you and yours?

7:03 am

rubyfoo

Today it'smostly Luxembourg and Belgium, not even France

7:03 am

sandyloo

Im back too. Yes the countryside is magnificent and they give a lot of history about various buildings on the way.

7:03 am

sprite

wb sandy

7:03 am

lynxxx

All pretty good down here. Hi Sandy

7:04 am

rubyfoo

They do something funny: when they pass a fiekd of cows grazing, they insert moos

7:04 am

sprite

good to hear, lyn

7:04 am

lynxxx

What a beautiful child Sandy. Your daughters?

7:04 am

sandyloo

Hi lynxx how are you? How is the weather where you are?

7:05 am

lynxxx

Dry and quite cold this year, although they promise some rain over the next week.

7:05 am

sandyloo

LOL lynxx, you are talking about the huge baby. I really want to put up a photo of our new Jack Russell puppy . I am working on it /

7:06 am

lynxxx

I am sure the puppy will be very cute but not as much as that child

7:06 am

sandyloo

It has been really dry here but finally some rain over the last week to put water into our tank. We rely on rain for our water . No scheme water on the farm. Saves on water bills

7:08 am

sandyloo

Of course it is my grandchild. She is called Rosie and is really sweet .

7:08 am

lynxxx

bore water?

7:08 am

sprite

best name ever, sandy

7:09 am

sandyloo

We have a bore but the water is fraught with minerals. Not even good enought for stock. We have a dam . We use rain water in the household

7:09 am

car.eeyore

Good morning everyone

7:09 am

sprite

hiya car.ee :) *hug* How's life?

7:09 am

EvaNadine

good morning, babblers!

7:09 am

car.eeyore

Still moving forward...slowly but surely.

7:09 am

car.eeyore

You?

7:10 am

sprite

strong lady, car.

7:10 am

sprite

hiya EvaN :)

7:10 am

sprite

I am doing very well, thanks

7:10 am

lynxxx

Hi Car and Eva

7:10 am

car.eeyore

Hello everyone!

7:10 am

car.eeyore

Good to hear!

7:11 am

car.eeyore

House hunting sucks :(

7:11 am

sandyloo

hi guys, Eva is that your first baby?

7:12 am

EvaNadine

yes, my little man!

7:12 am

sprite

he is adorable

7:12 am

car.eeyore

He is so sweet!

7:12 am

sandyloo

Congrats, I haven't seen you on Babble for ages

7:12 am

sandyloo

Yes very cute

7:13 am

Scrabbler

Hi kids.

7:13 am

EvaNadine

TY all - im pretty smitten!
work has kept me busy these days, but i have been trying to squeeze in some babble time. :)

7:13 am

car.eeyore

((Scrabs!!!!))

7:13 am

Uneaixoise

hey scrabs et al :-)

7:13 am

lynxxx

hi Scrabbs

7:13 am

sprite

hey Scrabs :D Good to see you

7:13 am

sprite

hiya Une *hug*

7:13 am

Scrabbler

I didn't even turn my computer on yesterday. I was too busy with my little nephews. We had a fun weekend.

7:13 am

sandyloo

Ruby they are interviewing Chris Froome at the moment

7:14 am

car.eeyore

The pics of them in the pool are adorable!

7:14 am

sprite

too busy for puters is a good thing, Scrabs

7:14 am

lynxxx

Hello Une

7:14 am

Uneaixoise

scrabs, loved the pic of the boys zonked after their fun day :-)

7:15 am

Scrabbler

Before we got in the car, to go meet their mother, Ryder, age 30 months said, "I'm driving!" He is a brute, physically and otherwise. Fearless.

7:16 am

sprite

:D

7:16 am

Uneaixoise

hee hee

7:16 am

car.eeyore

Ryder....driver....fits!

7:16 am

sandyloo

LOL Scrab, we make sure there are no keys in any vehicles with our little 3 year old around

7:17 am

Scrabbler

He is a typical bossy toddler.

7:17 am

Scrabbler

Smart, sandy.

7:17 am

sandyloo

Soon to be 3

7:17 am

rubyfoo

Bonjour une, scrabs, car.. totally French at this moment

7:18 am

car.eeyore

Bonjour!

7:18 am

EvaNadine

::takes notes::
(1) hide keys from toddler

7:18 am

car.eeyore

:p

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

hey ruby, car, et al :-)

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

Ruby, we do love our guys -- you've been watching the Tour and right now Nadal is about to play his first match at Wimbledon 2017! woohoo!

7:19 am

rubyfoo

Eva, I didn't see you, bonjour

7:20 am

Scrabbler

Bon jour, Ruby. I don't know which TV channel has the Tour de France.

7:20 am

rubyfoo

I love this; it's a grand annual pleasurem

7:20 am

Scrabbler

Eva, boys are especially sneaky, fast, clever, and fearless.

7:21 am

bichon

hi Scrabs, Eva, ruby

7:21 am

sprite

hiya bichon

7:21 am

Uneaixoise

hey bichon :-)

7:21 am

rubyfoo

<Maybe a cable sports channel, scrabs?

7:23 am

sandyloo

Ooh I like Nadal but unfortunately the Tour takes precident

7:23 am

Scrabbler

The race used to be on NBCSN but I don't get that channel anymore.

7:23 am

bichon

hi Une, sprit

7:23 am

sprite

fireflies. Have a lovely day/evening all

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

on my tv the Tour is right now live on NBCSN

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

bye sprite!

7:24 am

lynxxx

bye Sprite - have a good day

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

i subscribe to the sports channel that carries tennis -- i guess that's why I have NBCSN, eh?

7:24 am

doseffing

google "le tour" ... they have a list of about fifty outlets ... I recall from last night that NBCSN is one of them

7:24 am

rubyfoo

There used to be a wonderful "color" commentator, Jean-Paul Olivier, with whom I was smitten, but he's retired now, replaced by a dullard

7:25 am

sandyloo

Our commentators are good but there was one - can't remember his name that I really loved. I think he died

7:25 am

Scrabbler

It's on NBCSN so I will have to follow the race on the website.

7:26 am

rubyfoo

I Wonder how all the slack-jawed riders keep from swallowing insects

7:26 am

rubyfoo

Prhaps it's an added proteint for the Tour di**

7:26 am

sandyloo

LOL I don't know but I bet they all are very smelly at the end of these stages

7:27 am

rubyfoo

I think of that when they're all hugging at the end of each day -- yuck!

7:27 am

sandyloo

I always wonder how their rear ends hold up!

7:28 am

gran

Last one - di 6/30 any clues available?

7:28 am

rubyfoo

My bottomhurts after 5 minutes on the stationary bike

7:28 am

lynxxx

di6.30 a church district

7:28 am

sandyloo

Those seats look very narrow

7:29 am

lynxxx

I'm going for the night - bye everyone, nice to see you all

7:29 am

JesDreher

how bout the di 6/33?

7:29 am

rubyfoo

Sandy, did you just see those lovely small horses?

7:29 am

rubyfoo

Bye lynxx

7:29 am

lynxxx

di6.33 nip a flower off

7:30 am

sandyloo

Yes those palamino looking ones are a breed known as Haflingers , they are beautiful

7:30 am

JesDreher

thank you@

7:30 am

JesDreher

!!

7:30 am

rubyfoo

Hah, I knew you'd know!!

7:32 am

Scrabbler

I am still thinking about those di6 words.

7:32 am

rubyfoo

That'swhat I do to the roses, to make the central flower stronger

7:32 am

sandyloo

me too , I have the first but 'pick a flower off?'

7:33 am

dan2bit

got the flower one, but can't get past "diocese"

7:33 am

dan2bit

which isn't right

7:33 am

Scrabbler

That is the word that I typed, Dan.

7:34 am

rubyfoo

unborn flower

7:35 am

sandyloo

do + a circle + another vowel + the hotel had a vacan**

7:36 am

sandyloo

Thanks Ruby

7:36 am

Scrabbler

Got it finally.

7:36 am

sandyloo

not do , di

7:37 am

dan2bit

ty sandy

7:37 am

sandyloo

great shot of the pelaton there Ruby

7:37 am

rubyfoo

It's "good boy cookie" time, each dog gets 10 apÃ©rosnacks

7:38 am

rubyfoo

brb

7:49 am

rubyfoo

back, those pups are angels!

7:49 am

sandyloo

Our pup is no angel

7:50 am

sandyloo

She is very good at night tho

7:51 am

bichon

di 6/33, pls

7:51 am

sandyloo

They are throwing their rubbish away now

7:52 am

bichon

Do any other cocuntried have bottle return deposits? Maybe Canada

7:53 am

bichon

*countries

7:55 am

sandyloo

we used to but not now. any body got a clue for the te5/12 please. I am so stuck on this one

7:57 am

rubyfoo

They pretend to recycle here, but unless bottles are sorted by color, it's not real.

7:57 am

bichon

no, sorry, don't

7:57 am

welki

'morning folks

7:57 am

rubyfoo

hi welki

7:57 am

bichon

We have single stream recycling

7:58 am

MollyL

Three vowels in the middle of that te5/12

7:58 am

welki

(yep, we recycle like crazy here)

7:58 am

sandyloo

yay thanks molly

7:58 am

sandyloo

9 left

7:59 am

welki

caveat - calgary recycles like crazy

7:59 am

rubyfoo

what is that, bichon?

7:59 am

bichon

We have everey other week curbside pick up of recycling. Glass, plastic and paper

7:59 am

cybernan

good morning all -- who though daylight saving as a good idea?

8:00 am

welki

yeah nan, i hear you - 4:30 and feels like it's time to get up

8:02 am

bichon

I never understood DST. It's based on an agricultural economy

8:02 am

sandyloo

I hate daylight saving cyber, it is too hot here and the best time of the day is 5pm when it starts to cool. Daylight saving makes our long hot days even hotter. When we had a trial for it here it was too hot to even have a barbie the trial failed

8:03 am

sandyloo

I would like it in the winter when we could do with a bit more daylight

8:04 am

cybernan

if we had it in the winter here, the kids would be coming home from school in the dark

8:05 am

cybernan

but 4:30 am birdsong is a little early right now!

8:06 am

bichon

I sleep with window fans and ceiling fan and they drown out all noise

8:06 am

sandyloo

the kids here might go to school in the dark in winter but would come home in the light and have some time to do something before it got dark

8:07 am

penquis

except that baseball players could not play evening games....not enough time before dark... ;o)....hello all....

8:08 am

bichon

di 6/33, pls

8:08 am

penquis

there are arguments on both sides....during the energy crisis in the 70s we didn't use daylight savings for some reason...kids did have to go to school in the dark...

8:09 am

bichon

People at norther latitudes get used to having their day in mostly darkness

8:09 am

sandyloo

the only reason they want it here in west aus is to fit in better with the eastern states stock market trading times

8:10 am

penquis

but that's all they are used to....

8:10 am

sandyloo

in the summer here we have long sunny days. My neice lives in Sweden where she says it almost never gets dark

8:10 am

penquis

there is a movement here to change Maine to Atlantic time....that would be weird for us....

8:11 am

sandyloo

I guess that is in their summer

8:12 am

penquis

i have been in northwestern Russia in the winter and summer....in summer, it's great.....light till midnight....but in the winter it's terrible....dark at 3 until 10 the next morning...

8:12 am

penquis

and it's worse in Dec. and Jan. ... i was there in mid Feb...

8:12 am

periwinkle

good morning all. not liking this grid but will plod along as usual

8:13 am

penquis

hi peri...

8:14 am

penquis

i hate this grid...

8:14 am

rubyfoo

sandy: do you know who got the "pois" yesterday? I missed it

8:14 am

periwinkle

I have 5 blank tiles

8:15 am

rubyfoo

hi peri and pen

8:15 am

penquis

hi ruby...

8:17 am

periwinkle

help with lone A and lone D pls

8:18 am

penquis

i have the A....it's a slower tempo in music....walking pace....an + italian poet...

8:19 am

periwinkle

stuck on the Italian poet

8:19 am

periwinkle

dante?

8:19 am

penquis

um...yeah....

8:19 am

penquis

why not just try it?

8:19 am

periwinkle

uh oh, I tried ad instead of an. ty pen

8:20 am

cybernan

du 6 rhymes with your pal

8:21 am

penquis

yw...

8:21 am

cybernan

id 6/30 please?

8:21 am

periwinkle

not getting your clue nan

8:22 am

penquis

rhymes with your bosom pal...

8:22 am

Uneaixoise

id6 stupidity

8:22 am

sandyloo

Sorry Ruby , excuse my ignorance, what is the 'pois'

8:22 am

cybernan

bu 6 - extend the unopened flower. du 6 rhymes with it

8:22 am

periwinkle

got the du6 ty nan and pen.

8:22 am

cybernan

ty une

8:23 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:23 am

penquis

thanks for the id....did not have that one...

8:23 am

periwinkle

Anne of Green Gables was one of my favorite books as a young girl

8:24 am

sandyloo

sorry computor is in demand bbl

8:24 am

Uneaixoise

peri, I think my fave was The Secret Garden :-)

8:25 am

periwinkle

I liked that one too, Une

8:25 am

Uneaixoise

:-)

8:25 am

periwinkle

top O and middle E pls. need to get ready for ex. class

8:26 am

Uneaixoise

on5 on + muscle spasm

8:26 am

periwinkle

ty Une

8:26 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:26 am

periwinkle

not seeing the bu6 I do have the du6

8:26 am

penquis

et 4...

8:26 am

dan2bit

et4/5 like the on5 without the on

8:27 am

Uneaixoise

there's no bu6

8:27 am

periwinkle

ty dan

8:27 am

periwinkle

and pen

8:27 am

cybernan

na 8 please?

8:27 am

penquis

yw...

8:27 am

dan2bit

no bu6 - 3 x bu4

8:27 am

Uneaixoise

na8 swimming

8:27 am

periwinkle

ok someone said there was a bu6\

8:28 am

periwinkle

I have no 8's

8:28 am

dan2bit

na8 = country, with a british goodbye in the middle

8:28 am

periwinkle

great clue dan, ty

8:29 am

periwinkle

ty Une

8:29 am

periwinkle

bbl

8:29 am

dan2bit

yw

8:29 am

cybernan

ty dan - good clue

8:29 am

Uneaixoise

10 to go -- BBL to finish -- byeee

8:31 am

bichon

di 6/33, pls

8:33 am

cybernan

I don't know any words beginning with oi

8:34 am

cybernan

ends with the unopend flower, bich

8:36 am

penquis

there is an oi 5...

8:38 am

cybernan

I know pen -- just can't find it

8:38 am

penquis

do you want a clue?

8:39 am

cybernan

yes please

8:39 am

penquis

ends with spanish day...

8:39 am

bichon

ty nan

8:41 am

cybernan

don't know spanish

8:41 am

penquis

ends with most of what you would do to make a call in the old days...

8:42 am

cybernan

ty pen

8:42 am

cybernan

new word for me

8:43 am

penquis

me, too....i monkeyed it...

8:43 am

penquis

can someone please clue the su 8?....

8:44 am

bichon

no 6/21, pls

8:44 am

cybernan

french south + most of country (drop first letter)

8:45 am

bichon

ty nan

8:45 am

cybernan

no 6 ends with facial twitch

8:46 am

cybernan

di 6/30 please?

8:47 am

Dianne

Can someone please clue the di 6/33 - can't see it at all.

8:47 am

grant

end with unopened flower

8:47 am

penquis

ty nan.....

8:48 am

cybernan

di 6/33 ends with unopened flower

8:48 am

cybernan

yw pen

8:48 am

penquis

di 6/30 is my last word....the one i can't find, lol...

8:48 am

cybernan

di 6/30 please?

8:48 am

Dianne

Thanks - I did not know that was a word.

8:48 am

MollyL

Unopened flower...I just wanted to post it again
: D

8:48 am

cybernan

me too, pen

8:48 am

cybernan

nobody did, dianne

8:49 am

Dianne

nan - that c/30 has to do with the church

8:49 am

MollyL

di6/30 sounds like a division of the Catholic Church but ends in sometimes vowel, not ese

8:51 am

MollyL

It actually has nothing to do with the church, it is a Greek word meaning "contains male and female"

8:51 am

grant

dite

8:51 am

grant

oops

8:51 am

cybernan

mmm - not diocese not diocey

8:51 am

cybernan

got it

8:52 am

MollyL

So close Nan

8:52 am

penquis

not working for me either...

8:52 am

cybernan

*!* - ty

8:53 am

MollyL

Hint: Sounds like doesn't mean spelled like

8:53 am

cybernan

a little like old macdonald's farm in the middle!

8:55 am

cybernan

off to start my day -- have a good one everyone

8:56 am

penquis

bye, nan...

9:01 am

penquis

well i give up on that word...

9:15 am

penquis

i am heading out...bbl to work on that stupid word... ;o)

9:17 am

penquis

oh...tried one more thing and found it... i am done...

9:18 am

penquis

heading out....bye all....*waving to the lurkers*....

9:41 am

HarryHood

found the 7!

9:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

what's with this pathetic tiny grids

9:46 am

hego

It's an epidemic

9:54 am

rolotom

Hello all!

9:55 am

MollyL

I bet there will be a huge grid tomorrow, when everyone has holiday plans.

10:04 am

rururocks

Praying for tiny grids all week

10:08 am

Judi

*sniffs* I smell grid conspiracy.

10:09 am

MollyL

Ru, just a thought. You could actually ENJOY your vacation and not be concerned about playing a word game when you are off on a lark.
: P

10:20 am

rururocks

oh.. I'm sure I'm going to enjoy my vacation.. if there are giant grids. I am just not going to do them

10:24 am

rururocks

if they are smaller..i'll bang them out

10:27 am

Ouwachita

any clues for the di6/30 and di6/33?

10:29 am

Ouwachita

got the di6/33...still need the di6/30

10:30 am

rururocks

I don't see either of them

10:31 am

Ouwachita

di6/33 = "not quite bloom"

10:31 am

Judi

Yes. Pondering those 2 myself.

10:34 am

rururocks

wow.. never heard of that word before

10:34 am

rururocks

thank you ouw

10:36 am

Judi

Fireworks!

10:36 am

Ouwachita

judi...what is the di6/30?

10:36 am

Judi

Hateful grid!

10:40 am

rururocks

I found it ouw

10:40 am

rururocks

relates to the catholic church

10:41 am

Ouwachita

ruru ... need a better clue...thanks

10:42 am

Ouwachita

brain dead today

10:42 am

m9f9l

hello all. and thanks ru, got it from that

10:43 am

rururocks

related to the dioceses

10:43 am

m9f9l

throw an extra vowel in there ouw

10:43 am

MollyL

Not making any comment on Ru...bang...vacation...nope...not me

10:43 am

Ouwachita

thanks...that helped

10:44 am

rururocks

.... wistfully... in my dreams

11:04 am

Judi

I have no idea how to clue that Di6/30.

11:04 am

Judi

Gotta jet. People at work are annoying me.

11:12 am

MollyL

Work? I thought everyone took today off to make it a long weekend.

11:12 am

bichon

no 6/21, pls

11:13 am

bichon

Daughter is working.

11:13 am

bichon

she's in human services

11:14 am

ch1212

bichon, I posted a no6 about the upcoming meeting.

11:15 am

bichon

sorry, need the first no 6/21

11:15 am

MollyL

I guess Bichon didn't no6 your no6

11:16 am

MollyL

The other one sounds like po6 license

11:17 am

MollyL

Something Walt Whitman might use

11:17 am

ch1212

lol! (and thanks for that clue)

11:17 am

bichon

tyvm Molly

11:19 am

bichon

Has anyone noticed that that our grids have been shrinking

11:36 am

rururocks

<---loves small grids

11:40 am

Christa

I thought it was just me, but yes bichon our grids have been shrinking. I do enjoy 250 plus word grids

11:45 am

rururocks

hoping for 25 word grids for the next week

11:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

Like mega grids. More fun

11:54 am

HarryHood

help with the bottom O or D please?

11:56 am

HarryHood

got the D.

11:56 am

HarryHood

just need the O

11:56 am

HarryHood

found an 8! nbs :)

12:02 pm

HarryHood

oh well. 22 to go - bbl to find my sad lonesome missing O

12:04 pm

JBsAnno

stats or clue for your missing o, HH?

12:04 pm

JBsAnno

stats or clue for your missing o, HH?

12:04 pm

origami

Harry, it is OD 4/6.

12:05 pm

JBsAnno

hi, ori! Hope your fraud ordeal got sorted out!

12:07 pm

JBsAnno

Back to work, lunch is over. I

12:08 pm

JBsAnno

I was one of the few who didn't take today off. Not like it's a stressful day, though! Nice and quiet.

12:08 pm

mkg

hi all. any clues for any of the 8s or the 7? ty

12:09 pm

mkg

harry please clue the an 8 for me. ty.

12:09 pm

origami

Hi JBs. Still working on the fraud, but have taken steps in the right direction.

12:14 pm

mkg

is the an 8 two words with first being "against"?

12:19 pm

gwenski

there's not an an-8

12:24 pm

origami

Good to know. I spent about 10 minutes looking for one :D

12:24 pm

mkg

oh i thought someone said they found it. sorry

12:25 pm

hego

an 7

12:25 pm

mkg

ok i get it: the person said they found an 8 and i assumed ....silly me. any clues for 8s welcome with stats.

12:25 pm

MollyL

This is how chat goes awry. Harry posted "found an 8"...meaning he found an 8 letter word. Then someone assumes he means an/8. And off people go on wild goose chases.

12:26 pm

mkg

when you assume you make an ass out of u and me.

12:26 pm

mkg

i did it. i admit it. i am guilty

12:26 pm

hego

i have the ad 8. opposite of subtraction

12:26 pm

mkg

so all clues welcome.

12:26 pm

gwenski

Sorry, no clues. Stats only: ad8/50, na8/40, su8/50

12:29 pm

MollyL

Thanks Gwen. That is why it helps to consult the list if you are unsure.

12:34 pm

gwenski

mkg, the an7/32 is a musical term meaning slowly.

12:34 pm

KnightTime

na 8 - academic word for swimming

12:35 pm

KnightTime

su 8 - medical word for sweating

12:35 pm

rururocks

(won't make a comment about molly posting about 8")

12:35 pm

hego

ty Knight, I was wondering what it meant.

12:35 pm

hego

Hi Ru

12:35 pm

MollyL

Ha, I gave up writing fiction.
: P

12:37 pm

MollyL

I'm so behind the times. I thought the medical term for sweating was diaphoresis.

12:38 pm

hego

that's excessive sweating.

12:38 pm

gwenski

me too, Molly

12:38 pm

rururocks

(wistfully thinking about excessive sweating)

12:39 pm

hego

:D

12:39 pm

MollyL

Oh, that explains it. For me, there is only one kind of sweating. Excessive.

12:40 pm

hego

True

12:41 pm

MollyL

And since my experience is with medical transcription, diaphoresis is the only one I had to commit to memory. Doctors don't usually mention regular old sweating in their notes.

12:41 pm

hego

true again

12:42 pm

rururocks

I don't easily sweat

12:42 pm

rururocks

diaphoresis sounds like wet depends to me

12:43 pm

MollyL

And I doubt anyone will ever read about su8 on her swelling cleavage in a Harlequin romance novel.
: D

12:43 pm

hego

Kind of does

12:44 pm

rururocks

swelling cleavage sounds interesting as a subject

12:44 pm

MollyL

Whot? Not a soaked nappy? Blimey.

12:44 pm

rururocks

toodle piss... oops I mean toodle pips :D

12:45 pm

hego

Bye...

12:45 pm

rururocks

I'm not leaving .. I'm joking hego

12:45 pm

rururocks

your beer drinking brother was in the grid the other day hego

12:45 pm

rururocks

Kego

12:46 pm

hego

hahaha

12:47 pm

hego

God, I hate these annoying little grids. GRRRRR...

12:47 pm

hego

nation

12:47 pm

rururocks

not quite hego

12:48 pm

hego

oops!

12:48 pm

hego

How'd that get in there?

12:48 pm

MollyL

Oh, I thought Kego was that lady parts exercise

12:48 pm

rururocks

LOL

12:49 pm

hego

close

12:49 pm

rururocks

for women who are tapped out?

12:51 pm

rururocks

see you guys later.. thanks for the laughs

12:51 pm

hego

bye again

12:58 pm

HarryHood

I can't believe I was missing that od4.

12:58 pm

HarryHood

21 to go!

1:21 pm

mkg

sudoriferous for swimming is more than 8.

1:21 pm

mkg

got hyperhidrosis and daprhoresis for sweating. hmmmm

1:21 pm

mkg

well ty for clues but sorry i am not getting the 8s.

1:24 pm

mkg

further clues welcome for the 8s and the 7 as i did not have any luck.

1:26 pm

mkg

tried suition and many others. not gettibg anywhere

1:28 pm

mkg

got su from more words. ty

1:28 pm

HarryHood

na8 is country with an added british goodbye

1:29 pm

HarryHood

I'm listing.

1:31 pm

mkg

got them from more words. ty harry

1:31 pm

mkg

have two of the 8s. but not the an 7.

1:32 pm

mkg

anotate

1:33 pm

mkg

oops sorry. not in grid. trying to get an 7

1:33 pm

HarryHood

7 is musical tempo

1:37 pm

HarryHood

done!

1:37 pm

HarryHood

hagd mkg :)

4:11 pm

dan2bit

firewords! ty cybernan, lickety and all cluers. su8 was my last

4:21 pm

Marc Freeman

di6/30, please?

4:22 pm

MollyL

No sweat 2Bit. Enjoy the 4th

4:38 pm

KnightTime

di 6/30 - sounds like a word catholics would use

4:39 pm

KnightTime

although I think it has to do with plant life reproduction

4:40 pm

Marc Freeman

I am not Catholic so that doesn't help and I know nothing about plants, sorry

4:42 pm

Marc Freeman

I tried 'diocey' but that didn't work

4:43 pm

Bugsaw

right letters, marc. just change the order

4:43 pm

Marc Freeman

got it thanks

4:44 pm

Bugsaw

had no idea how to clue it tho

5:07 pm

rururocks

(picks up the pope off the floor)

5:30 pm

penquis

*still waiting to hear if the pope is ok*....

5:30 pm

mkg

hi all.

5:31 pm

penquis

hello....i am in and out...

5:31 pm

mkg

weird word that di.

5:31 pm

mkg

i have so many blank tiles still with 39 words.

5:35 pm

rururocks

he's good pen.. he's washing some peasant feet right now

5:37 pm

penquis

ah....what a relief!....he seems like such a nice person...

5:38 pm

penquis

i was worried about the most humble taking a tumble...

5:45 pm

MollyL

Dominus vobiscum

5:47 pm

penquis

et cum spiritu tuo...;o)

5:52 pm

dan2bit

fedum clam scit

5:52 pm

penquis

well, you got me there...

5:52 pm

penquis

i was not a latin scholar....just a church goer...

5:54 pm

rururocks

pact with who?

5:55 pm

rururocks

I guess the world is Dan's oyster :D

5:57 pm

rururocks

anyone know what you call a sexually confused clam?

5:58 pm

rururocks

... a bi-valve

5:59 pm

rururocks

(ducks from tomatoes)

5:59 pm

dan2bit

"he knows the faith secretly" is the translation

5:59 pm

penquis

cool...

6:00 pm

dan2bit

but it's funny to adolescent boys taking latin because church latin pronounces "sc" as "sh"

6:02 pm

rururocks

I think i'll have a gin and tonic and contemplate that by the pool in the sun
:D

6:04 pm

rururocks

agrees with Pen.. I think this is the best and most honorable pope in a long, long time

6:07 pm

penquis

amen to that...

6:18 pm

Dorens

At the very least he isn't a ex-nazi like the last one

6:19 pm

rururocks

Amen to that too

6:20 pm

mkg

what are you all talking about? did i miss something????????an ex nazi????????

6:26 pm

rururocks

The previous pope had a connectio. To the nazi regime and had ties to some terrible things

6:28 pm

periwinkle

help with no6 pls

6:29 pm

rururocks

Which one peri?

6:30 pm

periwinkle

first one please

6:30 pm

rururocks

The first one rhymes with well-versed

6:31 pm

rururocks

The second it to pay attention to something

6:31 pm

periwinkle

hmm, well versed thinking

6:32 pm

rururocks

Like a poem ðŸ˜œ

6:32 pm

periwinkle

got it ty

6:33 pm

rururocks

Great

6:33 pm

periwinkle

done

6:33 pm

rururocks

Crappy clue on my part

6:49 pm

moolingwa

back for final 11..maybe

7:00 pm

MollyL

Crappy clue? Scatophilia!

7:04 pm

fit1

last word. di 6 33. Any help please

7:05 pm

rururocks

Wizeldict!!

7:06 pm

rururocks

Di6/33 to trim roses

7:07 pm

rururocks

Di6. Drink a six pack if anheiser busch

7:08 pm

rururocks

Di6 pull the best part of the pot plant and smoke it ðŸ˜Ž

7:09 pm

fit1

What a great clue. Ruru. Thanks. Got the fireworks

7:10 pm

rururocks

At least my clue didnt go up in smokeðŸ˜‚

7:12 pm

rururocks

I was trying to hash out some clue of some kind ? ðŸ˜„

7:13 pm

rururocks

I guess like the old saying goes. Just put that in your pipe and smoke it

7:15 pm

rururocks

I guess I am reefering to some old puns

7:18 pm

rururocks

Some of us don't know right from bong.

7:19 pm

rururocks

Trying not to get people's nose outta joint

7:21 pm

rururocks

I am zig-zagging through the chat

7:22 pm

rururocks

Weeding through jokes?

7:22 pm

moolingwa

down to 5

7:24 pm

moolingwa

4

7:28 pm

moolingwa

3

7:28 pm

moolingwa

3

7:40 pm

MollyL

Ru, Ru, Ru, you know that pot clues go over as well here as rock music clues. Stick to flowers and classical.
: D

8:15 pm

Dink

di 6/30 please

8:27 pm

THE.MRS

go moolingwa!

9:09 pm

moolingwa

1 to go

9:16 pm

moolingwa

stuck on the a7

9:26 pm

nrkii

a7 is a musical term that is Italian I believe

9:49 pm

pam

an+_____'s Inferno

10:09 pm

rururocks

andarin

10:09 pm

rururocks

damn it

10:09 pm

Christa

TY nrkii for a7

11:09 pm

Onpaki

missing di6. both of them.

11:12 pm

Gillie

di6/33 is a bit like "deflower"

11:16 pm

Onpaki

Thanks Gillie

11:17 pm

Gillie

For di6/30, I'll use sprite's clue:

11:17 pm

Gillie

d + 3 vowels + room in the hotel = vacan**

11:18 pm

Onpaki

oh, that helps :) thank you again.

11:49 pm

chj

"Di____'s for you!!!"

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