12:02 am
ursh
flip and hello all
12:02 am
Rainiqui
correction - st7
12:06 am
Onpaki
good afternoon everyone
12:09 am
rastapopolous
up6
12:15 am
cybernan
hi everyone -- anyone else have trouble logging on to expert?
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
rastapopolous
at7 x2
12:23 am
cybernan
gu 7 if not called
12:35 am
cybernan
no 8's found, but calling it a night -- see you tomorrow
1:27 am
sprite
good morning all
1:31 am
grannyrose
{{sprite}} hugs and kisses. how are you this day??
1:32 am
sprite
*hugs rose* Slightly better than yesterday. At least I slept :) How are you doing?
1:34 am
grannyrose
i'm doing well. no pain except both hips and lower back. have been to bible study, claimed some medical expenses from the government, and went shopping at my all-time fave place. reall cheap place. the guy buys up excess stock very cheaply. he has two wharehouses side by side to wander through.
1:35 am
sprite
wow sounds great. Sorry about the pain, but happy it isn't all over the place atm.
1:35 am
grannyrose
sleep is good. how are you emotionally?
1:36 am
sprite
wobbly. Yesterday was a bad day all over, felt very down and ill. Guess I have a bit of a flu. Today I feel more empowered to actually get some things done, though. Progress!
1:37 am
grannyrose
well done you, sprite
1:38 am
sprite
:) *smug - rose says I did well!*
1:41 am
sprite
I think I pop downstairs to turn on the heat and make a cup of coffee... will you be here when I get back in about 5 mins?
1:44 am
sprite
that is, if you are still with me still now, lololllll
1:45 am
grannyrose
i am excited. today i found some long,thin white candles which burn for 6 hours. am going to cut/slash a cross in the bottom of some styrofoam cups to push the candles through. then i have deep purple(the colour of lent) and white (the colour which represents the risen Lord) to make a two coloured bow on the candles. we light the candles at the midnight Vigil on Easter Eve so we can take the Light of the World home with us. we tried this last year, but the tapers which the church hands out only burn for about an hour.
1:51 am
sprite
wow, that is awesome, darling!
1:52 am
sprite
(am back, btw, with coffee and waiting for the temperature to rise, but you already guessed that)
1:53 am
grannyrose
i think it will look nice, and it hooks into what we have been studying. possibly, this may became an annual event at our church.
1:54 am
sprite
going strong there, rose. Inspiration from above :)
1:55 am
grannyrose
well, i would like to take the credit but the Orthodox Greek Church has been doing something similar for ages.
1:56 am
sprite
*grins* No matter. You are still the one who is inspired to bring it to your community.
1:59 am
grannyrose
sitting in an Ortodox Greek Church at the Easter Vigil is an amazing experience. the whole church is in darknes, and out of the Sanctuary a single candle flame emerges. that candle lights one candle on the two sides of the church. as row by row candles are lit, so does the light wihtin the building becomes brighter and brighter.
2:00 am
sprite
must be pretty impressive, to see the light grow towards you
2:00 am
sprite
thanks Rainiqui for the ap8, new word for me
2:00 am
grannyrose
then we take the lit candles home with us, and bless each and ever room within our home, beginning at the front door.
2:01 am
grannyrose
ahem... *every*
2:01 am
sprite
I like that tradition.
2:01 am
grannyrose
it becomes a very spiritual experience.
2:03 am
sprite
I can imagine it being so. It rings true for me.
2:05 am
grannyrose
hmmm, i haven't got your package finalised yet. still waiting for a final delivery. would you like me to include one of the candles?
2:05 am
sprite
ohhh yes please :D We'll transport the light from Aussie to the Netherlands.
2:06 am
grannyrose
exactly.... what a thought !!
2:06 am
sprite
isn't it? Oh wow, that inspires me too... not telling... you'll see :D
2:07 am
grannyrose
i am picturing it.... the thought brings me so much joy.
2:08 am
sprite
it'll knit us even closer. I feel the Big Guy smiling on us right now :)
2:09 am
grannyrose
so do i, honey. in fact He is smiling on all our family.
2:09 am
sprite
that is a very good thing
2:15 am
sprite
fireflies. Good grid.
2:15 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE !!!
2:16 am
grannyrose
right on time honey. i can hear the final preps for dinner in the kitchen.
2:16 am
sprite
darling, I am logging off right away. Need to have my blood taken for my appointment next week. Love and lots of *hugs*, dear friend. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers.
2:16 am
sprite
enjoy your dinner! And hug D** from me too :D
2:17 am
grannyrose
xoxox sprite
3:57 am
zoozzoom
First run through and I have 47 left to find. No 7s or 8s at this point. I keep seeing the word 'pathogens' but alas no.
3:59 am
zoozzoom
Back later to see if I can find any more words. Happy babbling everyone!
4:29 am
MollyL
Okay, that 8 is just a nasty, out there in left field, word.
4:41 am
Glantarell
My first run through leaves me with 71 to find, including the 7s and 8.
4:55 am
rubyfoo
Good morning
4:55 am
Glantarell
Hello Ruby :-D
5:17 am
rubyfoo
Isn't there a Scandinavian word for snuff, like snus?
5:17 am
rubyfoo
(not up on my Swedish LOL)
5:17 am
Glantarell
i have no idea LOL
5:17 am
Glantarell
but there are no SNs
5:18 am
MollyL
Yes there is Ruby, but Enable won't take it
5:18 am
Glantarell
sorry, 4 x SNs, all 4s and 5s
5:19 am
Glantarell
*waves at Molly*
5:19 am
rubyfoo
Hello mOLLY
5:20 am
MollyL
Hello all.
5:21 am
Glantarell
Do either of you have the so6/18?
5:22 am
Glantarell
NM, got it
5:31 am
rubyfoo
ffor once, l'm not doing this in order andd it seems tto go just as fast
5:31 am
MollyL
Doth thou haveth the word? (Double PB violation)
5:35 am
flosey
oh my!! think I'll go back for more sleep,
5:36 am
rubyfoo
l wish the MccDo fairy would come & bring me burger and mu mail
5:36 am
rubyfoo
lt's too cold to go outtside
5:39 am
rubyfoo
l'm going to have to re-group the "troups"
5:39 am
jwr
what is mu mail?
5:39 am
flosey
Ruby, you are reminding me of how we, as kids, were bundled up to walk a mile to school - long wooly scarf across our forehead, crossed behind head and across face so only eyes showing
5:40 am
jwr
darn it -- I thought it would be some new technology!
5:40 am
rubyfoo
flosey, l'k like that in my house -- two shawos, two blankets, three sweats, ythermal etc
5:40 am
rubyfoo
pls excuse the terrible typing
5:41 am
jwr
just joshing, ruby -- trying to warm you up
5:42 am
rubyfoo
Nott feeling festive; theey're predicting -10C tonight!
5:43 am
jwr
yipes! Do you have to go out?
5:44 am
rubyfoo
Just for the mail
5:44 am
jwr
can you invite the mailman in for hot chocolate or something?
5:44 am
flosey
wow ruby, no heat indoors!!! not good at all
5:45 am
rubyfoo
somethinjg! LOL
5:45 am
jwr
what WERE you thinking??
5:48 am
jwr
Sounds like a good time to have a houseful of Persian cats. Or friendly llamas. Something that would share the heat.
5:49 am
rubyfoo
The dogs try, but then l Wind up greyish and covered in dog fur
5:50 am
rubyfoo
Try to imagine two 745 lb Pertsian cats, in Spring no less!
5:50 am
jwr
Oh dear. Perhaps shampooed sheep?
5:50 am
jwr
75 is bad enough Ruby!
5:51 am
rubyfoo
lt's funny, becausee they behave much like cats
5:52 am
flosey
oops, sorry
5:52 am
jwr
I knew a Persian who lived next door but liked to come visit me for some reason. Would jump up on my chest and put her front paws around my neck. OK that far . . . . And then drool down the back of my neck.
5:53 am
rubyfoo
haha sounds like love to me
5:53 am
jwr
What kind of long-haired dogs, Ruby?
5:55 am
rubyfoo
Chows - the boy has long, straight hair and doesn't shed much, but the girl has extremely long, fine fur plus a thick undercoat and leave fur every place. lt'ss Worth it, though, because they aree MAGNIFIQUE!
5:57 am
jwr
I'll bet they're champion! Perfect hedgehogs made of fur.
5:58 am
rubyfoo
Funny you should say that, had a heedgrhog in the garden and the dogs thought it was a toy and went crazy!
5:59 am
rubyfoo
Are there hedgehogs in tthe US?
6:00 am
jwr
That's a giggle. Did it roll up in a ball or run away? I don't think we have hedgehogs though I know a politician who resembled onel
6:01 am
rubyfoo
lt rolled up in a ball & when l lured the dogs away, it disappeared
6:02 am
rubyfoo
but they may live at the bottom of tthe garden
6:02 am
flosey
Ruby, according to google, there aren't any in Canada
6:03 am
jwr
I looked it up. Hedgehogs NOT native to America, nor to Australia, for that matter. I think they are so familiar to me because I was raised on so much English (that's English-English, not american English) that all kinds of creatures seemed to live somewhere around the corner.
6:03 am
sukee
No, we have porcupines :)
6:06 am
jwr
Now, now Ruby. No faerie tales. Speaking of which, just saw a program in a local theater made up of the Oscar nominated short animation films -- one was a mix of some of Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes.
6:07 am
rubyfoo
lt was funny, watching the dogs barking at it.
6:07 am
jwr
Maybe they were waiting for you to throw it ...
6:07 am
rubyfoo
No public TV here; l spend my night binge-watching US series on Netflix
6:08 am
rubyfoo
Locals have told me they have fleas & othermaladies, so l didn't touch it.
6:08 am
jwr
Now that's an odd coincidence, ruby . . . I spend a lot of hours binge-watching British series on Netflix!
6:09 am
jwr
Hooray for Netflix!
6:09 am
rubyfoo
Lately, there has been a male "rouge gorge" who has come into the house 5 times un 8 days. The dogs chase him, thinking he's a Wind-up toy
6:11 am
rubyfoo
Which series? l loved Luther, Downton Abbey and The Crown.
6:14 am
jwr
The mystery series mostly. Some police procedurals. Dalziel and Pascoe, New Tricks, Misomer Murders, etc.
6:15 am
rubyfoo
l'll note them & look for them later
6:18 am
jwr
All the Christie, over and over. ... The first two are gone, ruby. The third has 19 seasons under its belt already and is going for more. Murder in Paradise is a good one on netflix .New Sherlock coming soon. However, we may be getting different choices in our geographical areas.. Downton Abbey was a big hit in the US, as you probably know. I do follow the PBS (public television) shows too.
6:19 am
rubyfoo
l think Nettflix in France as well as BBC (which l slavishly Watch for news) have different choices here
6:20 am
rubyfoo
The main advantages of being a widow (2 yrs now) are eating in bed and binge-watching TV
6:21 am
rubyfoo
<-- not PC!
6:21 am
jwr
Actually, the ones I go for first are those that originated as books, favorite reads from long ago. What you said about the choices. Yes. I do get some BBC radio though: 4 and 4 Extra, the latter my favorite. News Quiz Extra is where I get all my political information (stifling chuckles).
6:22 am
rubyfoo
l also, regretfully, Watch CNN, but it'ss too repetitive and does too much advertising for itself
6:24 am
jwr
I wouldn't trust any of the tv news stations, Ruby. You mentioned the advertising. They are slaves to their advertisers and not at all objective. We are supposed to be a bipartisan country but the tv just feeds us one side. I have to go online to find out what's really happening.
6:26 am
flosey
oops again, sorry
6:27 am
jwr
Hey, Ruby. Great chatting with you but I've got to get some sleep now -- it's coming on 4:30am and I've been up all nite playing on the computer (started out working but got sidetracked by Babble). So one big warm hug (I'm a short-hair so I shouldn't leave any fluff behind!). Tomorrow....
6:27 am
Uneaixoise
Ruby, did you watch Broadchurch? Very good....
6:31 am
rubyfoo
bonjour, une, ': tying with one finger, eating paté for my lunch
6:33 am
rubyfoo
doing the brid "scattetshot" turns out to be more funand no less effective
6:34 am
Uneaixoise
Also The Fall.....series starring Gillian Anderson
6:34 am
rubyfoo
see you later, kids grid*
6:34 am
Uneaixoise
And Alias Grace was good!
6:34 am
rubyfoo
l saw the Fall
6:59 am
MehNameIsHannah
hi all
6:59 am
BzznBea
Morning, Hannah.
6:59 am
MehNameIsHannah
morning
7:00 am
MehNameIsHannah
omg its raining at my bus stop, good thing I have my umbrella
7:01 am
BzznBea
So it isn't a covered shelter?
7:02 am
MehNameIsHannah
nope, but it works
7:03 am
MehNameIsHannah
hey guys, just wondering, is there an app for babble?
7:04 am
BzznBea
I'm not sure.
7:04 am
MehNameIsHannah
ok
7:05 am
MehNameIsHannah
well Im gonna be getting an Iphone sometime this week, so I was just wondering
7:07 am
MehNameIsHannah
thats weird, all my words just cleared from lickety
7:24 am
suefrad625
clue for the ap8 please
7:26 am
Glantarell
difficult to clue but ends with the last th5
7:26 am
suefrad625
that was easy, ty
7:28 am
Glantarell
up6 is new to me. Not down + to4/4
7:29 am
suefrad625
me too
7:30 am
Glantarell
and 505/12 t +on4/5
7:31 am
Glantarell
to 5/12 (typo LOL)
8:02 am
bichon
at 7/28, pls
8:04 am
gramma
sorry, I don't have it
8:04 am
BzznBea
at + Broadway show award plural
8:08 am
BzznBea
Any other clues before I go?
8:09 am
NANCY
ap 8 please bzzn
8:10 am
BzznBea
Clued at 7:26.
8:11 am
MollyL
ap + consonant + ____ shalt not kill, plural
8:12 am
NANCY
ty Molly, got it.
8:13 am
mael
thanks molly
8:15 am
MollyL
Strange word
8:28 am
gramma
All do**. Time for breakfast then I 'll be ready to help.
8:29 am
Scrabbler
Congrats, gramma. ENjoy breakfast and your day.
8:30 am
mkg
any clues for 7s? ty
8:30 am
Scrabbler
I just started.
8:44 am
rururocks
nice easy grid for once
8:48 am
robwhy
bottom row G?
8:53 am
MLFAN17
hello all
8:55 am
MollyL
What? Not "easy peasy"? : P
8:56 am
rururocks
I almost said that..but didn't want to take the chance that ruby would show up :D
9:00 am
Trifioso
hello friends
9:00 am
Trifioso
hello friends
9:00 am
MLFAN17
hello trif
9:00 am
MLFAN17
UR 6 clue pls?
9:01 am
therealblah
bear-like
9:01 am
MLFAN17
trif is that the finished product?
9:02 am
MLFAN17
should have know ty blah
9:02 am
therealblah
yvw and hi mlf
9:04 am
MLFAN17
up word clue pls?
9:04 am
rururocks
up6 throw up
9:05 am
therealblah
upchuk
9:06 am
MLFAN17
first one that came to my mind blah:)
9:08 am
MLFAN17
and I don't know any other word either did you figure it out?
9:08 am
therealblah
yes...think of what you might do with a ball
9:09 am
MLFAN17
ohh that throw up lol
9:09 am
therealblah
yeah exactly...classic misdirection...
9:12 am
Trifioso
hi,sorry, got sucked into the babble void...yes, that is the final product, and the recipient!
9:13 am
MLFAN17
that is so awesome trif great job:)
9:13 am
Trifioso
thanks love.
9:14 am
Trifioso
I am, once again, indulging in "babble avoidance" - I have a million things to do, and yet I babble....
9:15 am
MLFAN17
another quilt?
9:16 am
Trifioso
I do intend to make another one, yes. I had forgotten how much joy and peace I get from making them, and the joy when giving them to the designated recipient.
9:16 am
Trifioso
this week is all about the house - painting, decluttering, filling the dumpster, etc
9:16 am
Trifioso
oh! there is an ad on TV for a new app called "babbel" = how ironic!
9:16 am
MLFAN17
trif their is a webpage with that name too
9:17 am
MLFAN17
trif a little spring cleaning before actual spring?
9:19 am
MLFAN17
Is the ap word anything I might know?
9:19 am
Trifioso
sort of - pipes burst in the playroom in January, I have to do all the painting and demo before the builder comes in to lay the floor again
9:20 am
MLFAN17
trif yikes was anyone home when it happened?
9:25 am
MLFAN17
I gtg will be back...
9:27 am
moolingwa
morning all
9:29 am
rubyfoo
l saaw ruru's comment. How right he is!! These arenever "easy peasy" or even plain easy for me, but they're still enjoyable
9:30 am
Trifioso
oh bummer sorry
9:31 am
rubyfoo
l'm better at scrabble, but the conversation in here, plus ru's puns, make this more fun, as long as l stay away for and hour or so in the morning
9:33 am
Trifioso
count for lone I in left column, please?
9:33 am
rubyfoo
l don't have it or either u or 7 and 8
9:34 am
rubyfoo
ty for the i
9:34 am
kje
yw - weird one
9:34 am
Trifioso
thank you
9:35 am
rubyfoo
ls it welsh?
9:36 am
Scrabbler
Back for a bit before I go to the YMCA.
9:37 am
Scrabbler
kje, I submitted an essay to Stanford Med School in Nov, for the Paul Kalanithi Award, but, alas, I did not win.
9:38 am
Trifioso
hello scrabbler dear!
9:38 am
Scrabbler
Hi Trif. How goes the painting, etc?
9:38 am
kje
good for you for trying!
9:38 am
bichon
Hi folksie, we're hving a heat wsve here
9:39 am
Scrabbler
Yes, 62 here now and my beloved snow is melting away after days of rain. :-(
9:39 am
Scrabbler
kje, I may submit it to JAMA Pediatrics.
9:40 am
mael
72 here, I hiked in a tshirt yesterday
9:40 am
Scrabbler
kje, just to know that Abraham Verghese and Lucy Kalanithi read it makes me proud.
9:40 am
kje
you should! I submitted a poem once
9:41 am
Scrabbler
And to The Pharos--AOA journal. There is a writing award for that journal.
9:41 am
Scrabbler
And how did you do? (KJE)
9:41 am
bichon
gu 5/18, pls
9:41 am
kje
as one of my mentors once said... there is a journal for every piece. You just have to find it ; )
9:42 am
kje
submit, resubmit is the game
9:42 am
Scrabbler
Yes, I have been exploring. I wonder if I can resubmit for the Kalanithi Award?
9:42 am
mael
gu+ sometimes language can be ha***
9:43 am
Scrabbler
What is language sometimes?
9:43 am
kje
I don't know if you can submit the same piece, but I'm sure you can submit a different story
9:43 am
mael
I should have said comments, not language :)
9:43 am
Scrabbler
Good idea, kje.
9:43 am
kje
have you read "A History of the Present Illness" by Louise Aronson?
9:43 am
Scrabbler
That worked, mael. TW.
9:44 am
Scrabbler
No, kje.
9:44 am
kje
collection of short stories by a geriatrician here at UCSF - check it out, great examples of medical writing
9:44 am
MLFAN17
clue for the 8 pls?
9:45 am
Scrabbler
I just looked on Amazon, kje, and added it to my wish list. TY.
9:46 am
kje
and if you haven't read God's Hotel - it is great also - makes you long for another time in medicine though
9:46 am
Scrabbler
ap8 = type of ulcers. ap + consonant + th4/6 (old word for you) + consonant
9:47 am
Scrabbler
Yes, I read that, kje, and do yearn for those old days when we had autonomy and time to do our job, to truly care for the patient.
9:48 am
Scrabbler
we see kids with ap8 ulcers in their mouth/throat all summer from Coxsackie virus. There is your pediatric infectious diseases lesson for the day.
9:49 am
bichon
that sounds reaally painful
9:49 am
Scrabbler
kje, we just had a kid diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis. That made me read and recall med school teaching.
9:50 am
mael
hand foot and mouth is so awful for such a "mild" disease
9:50 am
Scrabbler
Yes. This toddler presented with an orbital mass that eroded into the bone. Good prognosis. Vinblastine x 1 yr.
9:50 am
kje
wow - never good to be interesting in medicine
9:51 am
Scrabbler
Yes, kids get really miserable. They drool. They refuse to drink.
9:51 am
Scrabbler
Yes, kje. We were all shocked and saddened for this family, but he should do very well.
9:51 am
mael
my daughter looked at her food and cried for a couple of days
9:52 am
Scrabbler
Poor thing. Kids do not understand why they are sick.
9:55 am
kje
gotta get goin - listing with 15 left
9:56 am
Scrabbler
Bye, kje.
9:56 am
kje
and have missed easy ones of course
9:56 am
Scrabbler
Of course.
10:00 am
bichon
I've been binge watching House MD. He is so annoying
10:02 am
Scrabbler
He sure was, but he was damn smart. Just very flawed, as we all are.
10:09 am
car.eeyore
Hello friends
10:14 am
Scrabbler
Hi Car! I was just checking in before I leave for the YMCA.
10:14 am
car.eeyore
I'm at work...zoning out for a bit
10:15 am
Scrabbler
Good. Zoning out in Babble is ideal.
10:17 am
car.eeyore
you good?
10:18 am
Scrabbler
Some winter blues--sluggish and want to sleep/eat a lot- but I am making myself go to the YMCA anyway.
10:18 am
Scrabbler
How about you?
10:18 am
car.eeyore
Atta girl
10:19 am
car.eeyore
Hanging in. had a bit of the flu...not the stomach one though...thank GOD!
10:19 am
car.eeyore
Just trying to get through each day a bit better than the day before.
10:20 am
Scrabbler
Agreed.
10:23 am
car.eeyore
Alright...back to work. HAGD!
10:23 am
Scrabbler
Take care, Car. I am off to the Y to produce endorphins.
10:36 am
moolingwa
oh that s7 is lame
10:48 am
cybernan
good morning everyone
10:51 am
moolingwa
hey nan
11:00 am
bichon
morning nan
11:05 am
suefrad625
so is the up6
11:07 am
MollyL
Well, if you are talking about the su7, back before clocks, that was a common directional term.
11:11 am
bichon
Molly, don't understand after the first 3 letters
11:13 am
cybernan
don't think I have any of the su's under discussion
11:14 am
MollyL
If you mean you don't understand the su7, it is yellow warmer in the sky + what the Three Men who visited the baby Jesus were
11:15 am
cybernan
ty molly -- was looking for a clock of some sort
11:15 am
suefrad625
ty molly
11:16 am
MollyL
Well before there were clocks, there were ___dials and they moved in a su7 direction : D
11:20 am
tceicher
Why not unsouth..........meaning north
11:21 am
MLFAN17
ty molly
11:22 am
MLFAN17
run 6/21
11:24 am
suefrad625
ru+si4/4
11:24 am
MLFAN17
hi sue ty
11:25 am
suefrad625
hi all
11:26 am
MLFAN17
wisenup is not a word bummer
11:26 am
bichon
hi sue, fan
11:26 am
MLFAN17
hi bichon
11:27 am
suefrad625
power is back up, guess i have to get back to work. well, maybe after these last 11
11:28 am
MLFAN17
sue are you using a cell phone?
11:29 am
suefrad625
no, this dealership is up, it is across the street that went down
11:29 am
MLFAN17
oh interesting
11:29 am
MLFAN17
sue did you see who did this AM?
11:30 am
Jen34
Don't have it yet, sorry
11:32 am
Jen34
Got it -- si7 winding, like a snake
11:32 am
MLFAN17
Billy Graham
11:33 am
suefrad625
i did MLF, I am so happy for him. He can be with your savior and wife
11:33 am
MLFAN17
I had forgotten he was from NC
11:34 am
suefrad625
need more jen, please
11:35 am
MLFAN17
agreed sue
11:37 am
MLFAN17
jen another clue pls?
11:41 am
suefrad625
got it, starts with the same as the curse agains GOD + 3 vowels PL
11:41 am
Jen34
Sorry, am in and out -- at work :)
11:42 am
Jen34
glad you figured it out!
11:42 am
suefrad625
against GOD + not me, but * + mine, y**r* & **r*
11:42 am
suefrad625
and that is fireworks for me and I am back on duty.
11:43 am
suefrad625
anyone else need a clue before i go?
11:44 am
tceicher
lone i first column please
11:44 am
suefrad625
iw4/8
11:44 am
suefrad625
funny little word
11:49 am
suefrad625
bye all
11:57 am
MollyL
I think enui needs two Ns
11:58 am
MollyL
si7 describes a snake, curvy and moving in a curvy manner.
11:59 am
bichon
un 6/27, first one, pls
12:01 pm
suefrad625
takes the sh4 off a horse
12:17 pm
bichon
he 7/36, pls
12:18 pm
Dippnall
really horrible a he..... crime
12:20 pm
bichon
ty Dipnall, fw
12:20 pm
cybernan
hi again - repairman break
1:18 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help with ap8 pls
1:18 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help with ap8 pls
1:20 pm
cybernan
don't have it either peri
1:21 pm
Minveryork
ap 8/60 word is ap plus consonant plus th 5/14 word peri
1:22 pm
periwinkle
ty will look
1:22 pm
periwinkle
ty Min got it
1:24 pm
Minveryork
blouse
1:25 pm
Minveryork
I am playing Family Feud and typed in the wrong screen.
1:27 pm
hego
Never would have gotten that ap word. ty Min!
1:29 pm
LuvWordGames
clue forap 8/60 please?
1:30 pm
Minveryork
Hi LuvWordGames. I just clued that word at 1:21 for Peri
1:31 pm
LuvWordGames
Thanks Minver, that gave me fireworks :-)
1:31 pm
cybernan
grats luv
1:31 pm
LuvWordGames
thanks nan
1:31 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations LuvWordGames on the fireworks! Hooray
1:32 pm
LuvWordGames
thanks Minver
1:35 pm
cybernan
*!* - hagd everyone
1:52 pm
cybernan
an American friend passed the following on to me and I pass it on to you...,
1967 - When Jayne Mansfieldwas killed in an accident that caused her car to go under a semi and be crushed, laws were passed requiring DOT barss at the rear of trailers.
1982 - 7 people died from Tyenol pills in bottles that had been tampered with - now it takes a PHD, channel locks and a sharp object to open a bottle of pills.
1995 - when a dirty bomb containing an ammonium nitrate fertilizer killed 168 people, the goverment placed severe restrictions on the sale of that fertilizer.
2001 - one person tried to blow up a plane with a shoe bomb - now all passengers must remove their shoes and have them scanned before boarding a plane.
2018 - gun violence kills on average 168 people in the US every 2 days - but apparently the problem can't be solved except with thoughts and prayers.
PS - you are not alone - I think Canada needs stiffer gun control laws too.
2:12 pm
ch1212
Thank you, Nan ♥
2:22 pm
Trifioso
Thank you nan. I am on school vacation this week, and, although I can't really say why, this last shooting has me seriously jiggy. I am just so shaken.
3:02 pm
KnightTime
145 children killed in mass shootings at school since Newtown (2012 - 6 years ago). 4300 children killed by alcohol related accidents in 2017 alone. Sounds like we need to ban alcohol.
3:03 pm
KnightTime
it kills far more children than guns
3:03 pm
hego
We tried that it was a disaster.
3:04 pm
KnightTime
so it only matters HOW a child dies.
3:06 pm
hego
Sorry didn't read carefully.
3:07 pm
KnightTime
it's just a little weird that the two corner g words in this puzzle are firearm related
3:08 pm
poodletoes
wine is in another corner and shot in the other.
3:10 pm
hego
Letter order is computer generated and random.
3:12 pm
poodletoes
sometimes it seems like it is generated by monkeys.
3:12 pm
hego
That's computers for you.
3:13 pm
KnightTime
i am still waiting for the one word puzzle
3:13 pm
hego
I wonder if that can happen.
3:16 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Once we had a 700+ puzzle
3:16 pm
hego
I remember Kap.
3:17 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I don't understand probability laws, but it can be possible to have the same grid two days in a row.
3:17 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Or a grid with only vowels
3:17 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Or all z's
3:17 pm
KnightTime
sure that is possible if the guy running the site does not check out the generated puzzle first
3:18 pm
hego
I don't think so about the same grid as they scramble. But only vowels! A nightmare!
3:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Is Dr God a guy? And does he really comb through the grid?
3:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne
aeiou!
3:19 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Sometimes y
3:19 pm
KnightTime
if you look at the old puzzles - you can see where he has played some grids
3:19 pm
hego
Dr God is a guy, I think.
3:19 pm
Kaplan the Magne
How can he "play " some grids? If there is intelligent design, it makes it less fun.
3:20 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Random is good.
3:20 pm
KnightTime
Moniker aside, he has played some of the old grids
3:21 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I got annoying on Wordplay because I said the NRA is a terrorist group in the chat. You can apparently have a political name, but not say anything political.
3:21 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Oh, you mean "Play" them, not alter them
3:22 pm
KnightTime
Checkout the ironsudoku site = they have politcal discussions on there all the time
3:22 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I don't do anything that involves numbers
3:22 pm
KnightTime
I would be the opposite of you politically since I am an NRA member
3:22 pm
KnightTime
Can we count on you for that?
3:22 pm
Kaplan the Magne
And I said Im-peach the Orange.
3:22 pm
hego
Me either Kap
3:23 pm
Kaplan the Magne
You can count on me. Ten fingers and ten toes, these are my mementoes.
3:23 pm
KnightTime
hilarious
3:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Even if sudoku is not about numbers really, it has numbers so I can't look at it. I have an arithmetic disorder.
3:25 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I have trouble with subtraction if there are too many zeros, and I cannot do long division.
3:25 pm
KnightTime
you could go on the site and just talk politics. You would have lots of people agreeing with you on that site
3:26 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Yeah. It's such a nice day I should be outside.
3:27 pm
MollyL
Another left leaning chat site, Knight? I'm shocked. Not.
3:31 pm
KnightTime
Neither am I.
3:34 pm
Tomago
Yeah. I'm sure you are. NRA members and other neo=Nazi types are always shocked when they learn that most folks that have more than two or three functional brain cells tend to lean left.
3:34 pm
KnightTime
Let me know when you get some.
3:35 pm
Tomago
Fact is the NRA and other neo-nazi types fully support the killing of children as long as they can profit from it.
3:35 pm
KnightTime
Name calling - the calling card of the left
3:36 pm
Tomago
What I don't undertand is how you can live with yourself
3:36 pm
hego
No bigger name caller than Dumb Donald.
3:36 pm
KnightTime
Just like the alcohol and tobacco industry - which kill far more children than the gun industry
3:36 pm
Tomago
But I suppose that you russian trolls don't really care as long as you can excite your moronic targetsx
3:37 pm
Tomago
Bull shit. No one has ever shot up a school and killed scores of babies with a bottle of gin.
3:37 pm
KnightTime
you get the numbers, then we will talk
3:37 pm
Tomago
You simply disgust me. You and your Russian overlords.
3:38 pm
Tomago
Numbers? Show me where some has shot up a scholl and killed babies iwth a bottle of whilsky.
3:38 pm
Tomago
Show me the numbers you're so sure of.
3:38 pm
Tomago
Russian troll arsewipe.
3:39 pm
KnightTime
let's see, I paid to used this site and I did not start name calling and I'm the troll?
3:41 pm
Tomago
Of course you did. On your russian troll expense acct. Courtesy of Mr Putin. He spends a million dollars a month to support scum like you.
3:42 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Oh, my- what happened here?
3:48 pm
PJDR
Left-wing liberal here, just looking for an 8 letter word, not a fight...
3:48 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Same here. what does the 8 start with?
3:50 pm
lynxxx
ap apparently
3:52 pm
zoozzoom
Can try and give you a nudge if you like?
3:52 pm
PJDR
I'm new here, and don't really understand the jargon
3:53 pm
PJDR
what does 8/60 mean?
3:53 pm
moolingwa
8 letters long, worth 60 points
3:54 pm
PJDR
Ah, yes. thx
3:54 pm
moolingwa
basically the point system is: 4 letter words equal the tile values, 5 letter = double...6=triple etc
3:54 pm
lynxxx
Read the Help just above for how to play
3:54 pm
lynxxx
morning Zooz and Mool
3:54 pm
zoozzoom
Hello, Lynxxx :-)
3:55 pm
Naches girl
Atone
3:55 pm
zoozzoom
Not here long just quickly popped in before I retire for the evening.
3:55 pm
Naches girl
Atones
3:56 pm
periwinkle
help with su7 pls
3:56 pm
moolingwa
oh, it's lame peri
3:56 pm
moolingwa
it rhymes with a w word
3:56 pm
moolingwa
er u word, not w
3:57 pm
zoozzoom
Compound word . star in sky + as bright as an owl
3:57 pm
periwinkle
ty dumb word
3:58 pm
periwinkle
60 left but I don't care anymore if I finish
3:58 pm
moolingwa
23 left here
3:58 pm
hoyamd
wow that was a lame word!
3:58 pm
moolingwa
and I gave up caring years ago :)
3:58 pm
moolingwa
told you
3:58 pm
zoozzoom
As long as you enjoy playing, Peri, that is all that matters.
3:59 pm
periwinkle
and I don't babble first thing in the morning. guess I am no longer addicted.
3:59 pm
hoyamd
zoom do you still need that ap clue?
4:00 pm
periwinkle
still like the game and most of the people playing
4:00 pm
moolingwa
omg peri, we need to get you to a doctor!
4:00 pm
periwinkle
been playing since 2004. that is a long time
4:00 pm
zoozzoom
No I already have it thanks, Hoyamd. I was offering to clue it :-)
4:01 pm
hoyamd
i was happy to get that one. quite juicy, but i couldn't remember how to spell it!
4:01 pm
periwinkle
missing a 7 but I do not know what it starts with
4:01 pm
moolingwa
me too, wonder if it's the same one
4:01 pm
moolingwa
have that one
4:02 pm
periwinkle
I don't have that one lyn
4:02 pm
moolingwa
have those
4:02 pm
zoozzoom
A He7 crime has been commited
4:02 pm
moolingwa
ah, that one
4:02 pm
lynxxx
he = hateful, odious
4:02 pm
periwinkle
help with gu7bpls
4:03 pm
zoozzoom
GU 7 compound word involving bullets.
4:03 pm
moolingwa
compound word peri
4:03 pm
moolingwa
stagpun didn't work for some reason
4:04 pm
periwinkle
ty for gu7
4:04 pm
periwinkle
77 degrees F here. sunny and glorious but it will not last
4:04 pm
moolingwa
stagpun - whatever you doe, don't give a deer a buck, it'll just start fawning after you
4:05 pm
moolingwa
It was -5 here last night :)
4:05 pm
moolingwa
Maybe got to 32 today
4:05 pm
zoozzoom
Time for me to retire for the evening. Happy babbling everyone!
4:05 pm
moolingwa
Nope, it's just 26 at the moment
4:06 pm
lynxxx
no - meant Zooz of course
4:06 pm
moolingwa
of course
4:06 pm
moolingwa
maybe it was just a pre-bye
4:06 pm
moolingwa
in case I mysteriously vanished
4:10 pm
MehNameIsHannah
hi all
4:11 pm
MehNameIsHannah
did mool mysteriously vanish?
4:23 pm
MehNameIsHannah
bye lyn
4:29 pm
eieios
Is the 8 a pl? If not, can i get a clue, pls?
4:30 pm
MehNameIsHannah
i haven't got the 8 yet sorry
4:41 pm
MollyL
ap + consonant + ____ shalt not kill, plural
4:41 pm
clg47
ap8 is a medical term - who knows if the s at the end indicates plural.
4:42 pm
MehNameIsHannah
its not plural, I tried it as if its a single and it didn´t work
4:43 pm
nrkii
Thanks, Molly!
4:49 pm
MehNameIsHannah
i had to present my speech today in my class, and I think I stuttered a lot, I don´t usually stutter though, I´ve got past that, I only stutter mostly when I´m nervous
4:53 pm
moolingwa
I remember I was horrible at doing speeches at school
4:56 pm
MollyL
Plural in a clue means add an S, not that the word is actually a plural
5:31 pm
NatashaW
it's a canker sore I think
5:33 pm
MehNameIsHannah
sorry i was eating dinner, and mool did you mysteriously disappear earlier?
5:50 pm
penquis
hello....can someone please give me STATS for the left column I and the middle column U?
5:56 pm
penquis
got the U word....still looking for STATS for the first column I word...
5:58 pm
Minveryork
iw 4/8
5:58 pm
penquis
ty, min....nice to see you....
6:04 pm
penquis
i keep seeing sensuous...my phantom of the day, i guess....
6:07 pm
Minveryork
You're welcome penquis. Nice to see you too.I have been stuck on my last 17 words since 12:46 this afternoon.
6:09 pm
MollyL
Pen's too sexy for her shirt, too sexy to get sensuous, too sexy for this grid...(pop culture song lyrics that the elderly may not understand)
6:10 pm
MollyL
And look, there is our long lost Min. Hi Min, nice to see you around.
6:13 pm
penquis
hi molly....
6:15 pm
libarebel
I'm 68 & I get it-- I'm just too sexy for anything :)
6:15 pm
penquis
heh heh....i am just 9 weeks from your age... ;o)
6:16 pm
libarebel
Plus or minus?
6:16 pm
penquis
not quite there....
6:17 pm
libarebel
oh foo!
6:17 pm
penquis
also a fellow New Englander....tried southie in the grid today... ;o)
6:18 pm
libarebel
Had I seen it I would have too-- I'm in beautiful downtown Dorchester ;D
6:19 pm
penquis
ha!....midcoast Maine here...
6:21 pm
Minveryork
Hello Molly! I've been popping in and out of here all day.
6:22 pm
libarebel
I am a silversmith & have taken to making REAL seaglass pendants-- Old Orchard beach is a treasure trove, as is Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor-- there was once a dump there...
6:22 pm
phandmd
Good evening. Sitting on the couch not feeling well. Hoping I will be better tomorrow...
6:23 pm
penquis
nice...i have a friend who lives in Owls Head....she makes seaglass jewelry....nice stuff....
6:23 pm
libarebel
I have always loved seaglass :)
6:24 pm
penquis
yes, true seaglass is quite nice....i have collected some in my travels around the area....
6:25 pm
penquis
my friend also makes pieces with rocks....i made one in a workshop she conducted once....
6:26 pm
libarebel
Your friend really should try to check out Spectacle Island-- nice ferryride, and more seaglass than I've ever seen in one place...
6:26 pm
libarebel
ooh-- rocks rock!
6:27 pm
penquis
where is it?...Spectacle Island, I mean...
6:28 pm
libarebel
It's in Boston Harbor-- one of several accessible by ferry...
6:31 pm
Minveryork
Hello phandmd. Sorry you are not well. Feel better soon!
6:31 pm
penquis
cool....i will mention it to her...
6:31 pm
penquis
hope you feel better, phan...
6:31 pm
phandmd
Thanks, Min.
6:31 pm
phandmd
Thanks, Pen.
6:31 pm
libarebel
maybe you could accompany her :-)
6:34 pm
MollyL
Phan, you have been sick for a long time. What's wrong?
6:35 pm
libarebel
It' really nice, since they've cleaned up the harbor well enough that you can safely bathe there--
6:36 pm
penquis
nice....i know little about the Boston area....been many a time, but always to attend an event in the city....like a Sox game or a music festival...
6:38 pm
libarebel
Ah-- I went to school here & stayed, except for time off for good behavior in Newburyport-- I hope to move back there...
6:39 pm
penquis
city life is not for me....nice to visit, but i like living in a small town....
6:40 pm
libarebel
I agree-- Newburyport is the smallest city in MA, but has a small town/resort feel to it...
6:41 pm
penquis
like my town....bigger in summer....
6:41 pm
phandmd
Molly. I am fine, Just a cold, I guess I have a few off and on not feeling well moments recently. But overall haven't been long term sick. thanks for the concern.
6:41 pm
libarebel
Definitely
6:43 pm
libarebel
oops...
6:44 pm
libarebel
wrong anyway...
6:46 pm
penquis
i am done.....went pretty quickly after I listed....
6:46 pm
phandmd
well done, Pen. about to list now. got 84 first run through.
6:51 pm
libarebel
WTG, Pen...
6:53 pm
penquis
a + greek letters...
6:53 pm
penquis
ty, lib...
6:54 pm
phandmd
almost like the insect that loves to eat my roses! Thank you!
7:01 pm
penquis
wear + the ***ge of Stalingrad.....cutting off the city during WWII....
7:02 pm
MollyL
do6...do + consonant + ending of a fake boob you stuff in a bra
7:03 pm
MollyL
Offered another clue because I have no idea about the Stalingrad
7:03 pm
phandmd
Thanks to both of you!
7:04 pm
MollyL
You're welcome and I hope you feel better soon.
7:04 pm
penquis
i thought "cutting off the city" would help...
7:04 pm
libarebel
Got it'' TY, both
7:05 pm
phandmd
It did, Pen!
7:06 pm
MollyL
Okay, I will let Pen do the rest of the cluing.
7:06 pm
phandmd
Molly, You clue helped me too!
7:08 pm
penquis
why, molly?....people often need more than one clue because no two people think exactly alike...
7:23 pm
penquis
well i am off to do the crossword....goodnight all....
7:23 pm
phandmd
Night, Pen.
7:28 pm
Minveryork
That ni 5/12 is n plus popular tv show th** is ** phandmd
7:30 pm
phandmd
thanks, Min
9:10 pm
rururocks
pu5/6 on what a jokester sleeps in a hippy apartment
9:20 pm
MehNameIsHannah
guess what y´all, I got a new phone, and Iphone to be exact
9:30 pm
MehNameIsHannah
night all
10:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all
10:31 pm
dan2bit
congrats Turt!
10:50 pm
ursh
i am stuck on the two un6 - hints please
10:51 pm
dan2bit
not closed and not smart, ursh
10:53 pm
dan2bit
stats for the lone U?
10:53 pm
ursh
ty i have the not smart and not shut what is the other
10:54 pm
dan2bit
without footwear
10:55 pm
ursh
fw thanks for help
10:55 pm
dan2bit
woo hoo!
10:56 pm
dan2bit
49 left, trying to stay awake for 2 more periods of gold medal hockey
10:56 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
upthis? lol
10:58 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
got the lone U -- nbt and 15 words to go -- thanks ursh!
11:06 pm
NatashaW
up6/24 think the NBA allstars
11:08 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
fireworks, haven't finished a grid in a while, feels pretty good 8 - )
11:08 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
gonna hit the hay, night all
11:20 pm
ursh
can help over 2nd cup of morning coffee if need