12:01 am
Rainiqui
flip and re 8
12:03 am
Rainiqui
re 8 x2
12:03 am
Lizlin
Hi all and thanks, Raini
12:16 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:20 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:24 am
jwr
Thanks lickety
12:26 am
flosey
Thanks Lickety
12:33 am
NatashaW
just found sq9. seems a good time to hit the hay. "only" 60 left! :-)
12:40 am
gapeach
Hello, Nanette.
12:41 am
flosey
oh wow, I am just too tired for this tonight, will hop into bed and try again tomorrow morning!!
12:41 am
flosey
Good night all, happy babbling
1:35 am
gapeach
Good morning all. May Ii polease have a clue for pe6-21 the 3rd? Thanks
1:38 am
Lizlin
Hi Peach. Just popped back after doing some other stuff. Sorry don't have it.
1:38 am
Lizlin
18 left for later.
1:39 am
gapeach
Thannks anyway, Liz.
1:52 am
sprite
good morning all
2:06 am
sprite
peach, I think that pe6 is the coin
2:46 am
grannyrose
cooee sprite, and g'day peach. {{HUGS}} XOXOX
2:47 am
grannyrose
nope.... all gone... xoxox
3:54 am
flosey
good morning Sprite and all, and what am I doing up at this hour!!!!!!! was wakened by a loud noise - no idea where it came from
3:55 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Flosey. Sorry you got woken up. Hope you will be able to return to slumber land soon :-)
3:56 am
zoozzoom
As for me I have just finished my first run through and have 44 words left to find but no nine.
3:56 am
flosey
think I'll try to find a few words gitdy
3:57 am
zoozzoom
JUst saw a post for the 9 below and found it!
3:57 am
zoozzoom
Brings me down to 42 words left.
3:58 am
zoozzoom
Good idea, Flosey!
4:00 am
zoozzoom
Back later to see if I can find any more words. Happy babbling everyone!
4:16 am
flosey
just looked up the first pe4 word, not in Oxford Dictionary!!
4:16 am
flosey
came across it by monkeying
4:21 am
flosey
not found in Oxford dictionary
5:03 am
flosey
oops, sorry, lazy thumb occasionally drops down on the space bar
5:05 am
rubyfoo
Hello, late start for me, busy morning
5:05 am
flosey
good morning Ruby
5:06 am
flosey
has become a very late night for me!!! 3:05 am - much too late to be up babbling
5:07 am
rubyfoo
Hello Flosey, it's just after midday here
5:07 am
rubyfoo
And maaybe spring has arrived. There is still frost at night, but the flowers have started and there's sunshine
5:08 am
rubyfoo
<-- happy
5:09 am
flosey
enjoy the day Ruby, 58 to go but think I'll try to sleep now and find them tomorrow
5:11 am
rubyfoo
Bonne nuit!
5:14 am
MollyL
Spring, ever the female, being fashionably late to the party. : D
5:14 am
rubyfoo
You think?
5:15 am
rubyfoo
You think?
5:16 am
rubyfoo
Yesterday l picked the sagging daffs so there's Spring in my kitchen
5:19 am
flosey
ah - promise of Spring, love to see the daffs
5:19 am
MollyL
The Sagging Daffs sounds like a British punk rock band
5:26 am
rubyfoo
After the nasty storm on Wednesday, they needed to be rinsed of mud. Usually, l leave themin place but they had mostly collapsed
5:26 am
rubyfoo
And the tulips are starting
5:32 am
MollyL
I've seen tulips coming up around here too. Right now we have crocus, hyacinth and daffodils.
5:36 am
flosey
oh my!!!! didn't realize how late it is - 3:30 am better get some sleep, bb in the (late) morning tp hopefully finish - 44 to go, good night all
5:43 am
rubyfoo
At this moment, spread out in the garden, some planted by God, others by me: pale yellow primroses, violets, dwarf tulips, two hiacinths, two colors of daffs, white allyssum, and, soon, Parrot tulips will open in a day or two.. And the flowering trees are getting ready.
5:46 am
MollyL
We have a lot of flowering trees around here. And if anyone has had the pleasure of visiting DC when the cherry blossoms are in bloom, you know it is a beautiful experience.
5:47 am
rubyfoo
When l was a kid l visited DC once to see them
5:48 am
MollyL
When I was a kid, there was a street in our neighborhood that had lots of cherry and apple blossoms that all came out at once. We called it "Fairyland" in the Spring. It was gorgeous.
5:49 am
rubyfoo
Those are the best memories!
7:00 am
sukee
Good morning. What month is it? It is snowing heavily here today and the ground is covered.
7:04 am
MollyL
This year goes on record as the most depressing Spring ever. I have never had winter clothes out this long.
7:05 am
sukee
I did find a picture I posted on Facebook 9 years ago and it was the same.
7:14 am
MollyL
I think you Canadians are more used to winter lasting this long. It doesn't happen very often 'round these parts.
8:38 am
MLFAN17
hello all
8:40 am
MLFAN17
third column t?
8:41 am
origami
good morning, fan. I have a tw 4/8
8:41 am
MLFAN17
good morning origami and ty
8:42 am
origami
you're welcome
8:44 am
MLFAN17
is the 9 a compound word?
8:51 am
MLFAN17
des it start with sq 5/18 as in a sq*** car?
8:52 am
parisla
sort of, it has a suffix
8:54 am
MLFAN17
clue pls?
8:58 am
MLFAN17
I found it
9:01 am
wvteach
help with DE 7/40 pls
9:02 am
kje
plural of ballet artist mr edgar
9:03 am
MLFAN17
hi kje ty
9:18 am
moolingwa
morning babble fans
9:43 am
aebmusica
did u get the ga6, MLFAN?
9:44 am
aebmusica
pt of ga4/11
9:47 am
MLFAN17
that de clue is for the 5/7
9:49 am
NatashaW
still need ga6?
9:50 am
MLFAN17
I don't have ga 4/11 or the ga6
9:50 am
car.eeyore
Hello everyone...TGIF!
9:51 am
NatashaW
it's a variant of ga5,18 with one xtra consonant in the middle
9:51 am
NatashaW
it actually means the same thing pretty much as ga5,18
9:52 am
MLFAN17
thega 5/18 I have is a pt
9:52 am
NatashaW
indeed! the ga4/11 is the present tense
9:52 am
NatashaW
ga6 is pt
9:53 am
MLFAN17
then I have the wrong one, mine s ga 4/7 ga 5/18 ga 5/16
9:54 am
NatashaW
like I said, it's a variant of that word
9:58 am
Judi
Greetings, one and all.
9:58 am
MLFAN17
what does the ga 4/11 end with?
9:58 am
rururocks
mlf you are being lazy.. monkey it
9:59 am
moolingwa
it ends in a "vegetable" ;)
10:00 am
moolingwa
hey ML, happy Friday
10:00 am
moolingwa
no thanks, bit early
10:00 am
MLFAN17
is that a word?lol
10:01 am
MLFAN17
gelato is though
10:02 am
moolingwa
yes, and legato too
10:02 am
MLFAN17
yes I know that word too
10:09 am
Judi
I know Mr. Roboto.
10:11 am
rururocks
bottom two rows greyed :D
10:12 am
car.eeyore
Nice!
10:16 am
car.eeyore
I am missing one of those D's.
10:20 am
car.eeyore
Stuck at 37...pulling up the list
10:21 am
moolingwa
47 to go here
10:22 am
rururocks
29 here.. but struggling
10:22 am
rururocks
to wrap this up this am
10:23 am
moolingwa
nice save
10:25 am
rururocks
lotsa p's to go
10:25 am
car.eeyore
Some of the words you are missing I can say are strange.
10:25 am
moolingwa
4 to go here
10:26 am
moolingwa
I like p's
10:26 am
rururocks
I need to stop talking here
10:26 am
moolingwa
yes, otherwise you'll never finish
10:26 am
moolingwa
33 to go
10:27 am
rururocks
6 here
10:28 am
moolingwa
nice ru
10:28 am
moolingwa
on the home stretch now jude, ML
10:29 am
MLFAN17
not that close but ty mool
10:29 am
moolingwa
top and bottom rows greyed out
10:30 am
moolingwa
ah, there's the 9
10:30 am
MLFAN17
you hadn't gotten that yet mool?
10:30 am
Judi
What does that 9 start with?
10:31 am
moolingwa
was beginning to think that there were no words in this board with that ending
10:31 am
Judi
Got it. Ty.
10:32 am
MLFAN17
I wondered that too was expecting more
10:32 am
moolingwa
oh, some of those 8s are lame
10:32 am
moolingwa
8s done...18 to go
10:32 am
car.eeyore
I agree
10:32 am
car.eeyore
Fireworks
10:32 am
MLFAN17
i have two re 8
10:32 am
car.eeyore
I can stay and clue for a bit if anyone needs help
10:33 am
moolingwa
yeah, the other two are the lame ones
10:33 am
MLFAN17
yes mool,i got the easy ones that make sense:)
10:34 am
rururocks
finite.. finally
10:34 am
moolingwa
well I got those one's first too :)
10:34 am
moolingwa
yay ru...you rock!
10:34 am
MLFAN17
congrats ruru
10:34 am
rururocks
I did it tile by tile it went quicker that way
10:34 am
Judi
Well done, Ru!
10:35 am
MLFAN17
i used to do that...
10:35 am
moolingwa
I have a somewhat arbitrary system I use :)
10:35 am
moolingwa
Normally start without looking at the stats, and try to get a word on each tile...then once I have 2/3 I start looking at the stats and go after the tiles I have the most left on
10:36 am
moolingwa
At the end I just think really hard, and hope they come to me
10:36 am
moolingwa
Finally I resort to ritual sacrifice and begging
10:36 am
moolingwa
If none of that works, I go find something to do
10:36 am
MLFAN17
i start that way too mool but after i try to finish the letters with the least amount of words
10:37 am
MLFAN17
mool you have to think?
10:37 am
moolingwa
It hurts
10:37 am
MLFAN17
i thought they all just came naturally to you lol?
10:37 am
moolingwa
ah, yeah...but no
10:38 am
MLFAN17
shocking
10:38 am
moolingwa
sorry to let you down ML
10:38 am
MLFAN17
oh well i will get over it ...maybe:)
10:39 am
moolingwa
I will be appropriately repentant
10:40 am
MLFAN17
mool ok:)
10:40 am
moolingwa
Well, looks like work is calling...should probably do some of that too
10:40 am
MLFAN17
bye mool
10:41 am
MLFAN17
i will be back....
10:43 am
Judi
Work... so overrated.
10:49 am
Judi
Effing vowels completed.
10:50 am
NatashaW
39 left to go... but from here it looks like climbing El Capitan
10:51 am
Aloyisius
there should be a special room in the PB for those who miss the volcano.. and I'd be there today! Hi all
10:55 am
Judi
29 left. Will be back after lunch to polish them off. *POOF*
10:55 am
Aloyisius
hi MLF , ciao Judi
10:57 am
Aloyisius
looking now
10:58 am
Aloyisius
oh, a pl of relaxing
10:58 am
MLFAN17
oh duh ty aloy
10:59 am
Aloyisius
h'mm, "yvw" did not post
11:01 am
MLFAN17
I see it?
11:01 am
Aloyisius
ok, it never showed on my screen
11:01 am
MLFAN17
hmm like my icon that disappeared when those updates came
11:02 am
Aloyisius
was wondering why you are "in the dark", lol
11:02 am
MLFAN17
yeah and I have no idea how to fix it?
11:03 am
MLFAN17
i don't need an icon to show me how much i am in the dark aloylol
11:03 am
Aloyisius
can you just start over on your account/profile screen to import an icon?
11:04 am
MLFAN17
i tried to change it
11:08 am
MLFAN17
are both da 5/20s pl words?
11:09 am
MLFAN17
hi momof:)
11:10 am
Aloyisius
yes they are
11:10 am
momof5
good morning
11:10 am
Aloyisius
hi momof5
11:10 am
MLFAN17
found it ty
11:11 am
Aloyisius
fw - have a mo if a clue is needed, then have to get to -eek- work
11:12 am
MLFAN17
no fun aoy
11:12 am
momof5
I only need 2-3 words from every tile that is not blackened
11:12 am
Aloyisius
so true MLF
11:13 am
Aloyisius
well, there are not too many weirdos in this grid, so Happy Babbling - see y'all next time - poof (-:
11:13 am
Aloyisius
ends with how old you are, MLF
11:14 am
momof5
it's a compound, then pl for 7
11:14 am
Aloyisius
and it refers to being in an old age!
11:14 am
Aloyisius
yw, poof again
11:19 am
momof5
it uses the high pt tile, and is past tense
11:21 am
MLFAN17
oh geez weird word
11:21 am
momof5
yes, a few similar
11:23 am
MLFAN17
just found the sleeping disorder
11:31 am
72 Temple Owl
Hltnbhnti
11:31 am
72 Temple Owl
Hltnbhntiu
11:36 am
MLFAN17
is te 6/21 a pl?
11:36 am
NatashaW
no, a pt
11:37 am
MLFAN17
sorry i have it
11:37 am
NatashaW
es4,4 anyone?
11:38 am
MLFAN17
Natasha type the same two letters again
11:38 am
momof5
repeat same letters
11:39 am
NatashaW
thought of everything BUT that. typical!
11:40 am
MLFAN17
found them
11:40 am
NatashaW
long form of pa4,9
11:46 am
NatashaW
cheerio!
11:48 am
MLFAN17
i have se 6/18that is pl i need the other se 6/18?
12:47 pm
doseffing
... sorry for the delay .... looks like a group of six
1:45 pm
MLFAN17
dose if you are still here I am looking....
1:54 pm
penquis
need something, MLF?
1:58 pm
MLFAN17
hi pen the se6/18 I am looking for dose said it looks like a group of six?
1:58 pm
penquis
se + cowboys often wear ****son hats....
2:03 pm
penquis
yes....lol
2:03 pm
penquis
but do what the clue says...
2:04 pm
MLFAN17
finally geez ty pen
2:21 pm
periwinkle
hi all. any gin drinkers here?
2:24 pm
penquis
i have been known to imbibe... ;o)
2:25 pm
periwinkle
just wondering what brand people like. I had been drinking Beef Eaters but Bombay was on sale so I bought that. I prefer Beef Eaters.
2:25 pm
penquis
i like Tanqueray (sp?), but Beefeaters and Bombay are good, too....i am not a connoisseur...
2:26 pm
periwinkle
I am no a connoisseur either
2:26 pm
periwinkle
I have not had Tanqueray in a long time
2:27 pm
periwinkle
help with wa7/8 pls
2:28 pm
penquis
to desire + how long you have been around....pl...
2:28 pm
penquis
i think it means something lacking....
2:29 pm
periwinkle
ty pen
2:29 pm
penquis
same ending as pa 7/8 and re 7/8...
2:29 pm
periwinkle
I am missing one 8. I have re8x2,
2:30 pm
periwinkle
ty needed the pa7/8 too
2:32 pm
penquis
i am also heading out for a while....bbl to find my last 36...*waving to the lurkers*....
2:36 pm
NatashaW
anyone got that last pe6?
2:36 pm
NatashaW
monkeying isn't working for me. I'm guessing it's really obvious as I always seem to miss those.
3:06 pm
hoyamd
mexican money
3:08 pm
MollyL
*Still don't understand the "monkeying" thing
3:08 pm
hoyamd
its when you know how many letter and points and you keep trying different combos until one hits.
3:09 pm
hoyamd
anyone have the de7/40?
3:09 pm
NatashaW
tx hoya!
3:11 pm
NatashaW
de7/40 plu form of de5/16
3:12 pm
NatashaW
not plu actually but looks like a plu
3:12 pm
NatashaW
got 7 left
3:13 pm
MollyL
I know what it is, I just don't understand why people call it "monkeying"
3:13 pm
hoyamd
ugh that should have a double S in it!
3:13 pm
NatashaW
not necessarily...
3:13 pm
NatashaW
do you ride on buses or busses?
3:14 pm
hoyamd
busses! but i should tried it nayway
3:15 pm
hoyamd
molly i think it refers to the theory that if a million monkeys sat typing without stopping for infinite time, they'd eventually type the bible (or some other long book). in this game, if you out your monkeys to work, they'll eventually get the word you need.
3:17 pm
hoyamd
or just one monkey...
3:17 pm
hoyamd
The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. (wikipedia)
3:28 pm
MollyL
Yes, it does. It has just been an endless reference here. Just like the made up word "Babblet".
4:16 pm
Kaplan the Magne
OK, explain "fish"
4:20 pm
zoozzoom
I suppose it comes from fish slap. So if you missed such an easy word to find you are annoyed with yourself so you say slap me with a fish.
4:23 pm
Kaplan the Magne
ahh. I have never asked to be slapped with a fish. Would it be snapper?
4:24 pm
zoozzoom
LOL nothing to big, Kap! maybe a little guppy or stickle back :-)
4:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I have a friend who hates when people say tunafish. Why don't they just say tuna? We don't say salmonfish.
4:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne
guppyfish? gefilte fish?
4:25 pm
Kaplan the Magne
bluefishfish?
4:25 pm
zoozzoom
Puffafish
4:25 pm
origami
lutefisk :d
4:26 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Phish.
4:26 pm
zoozzoom
Haha! good one :-)
4:28 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Goldfish.
4:28 pm
Kaplan the Magne
FIche.
4:29 pm
zoozzoom
fishsticks
4:30 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Dr. Fish is my dentist.
4:31 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I knew an obgyn named Dr. Finger and that is real.
4:33 pm
zoozzoom
For names that I was wowed was a man I worked with years ago called Mr gotobed.
4:35 pm
Kaplan the Magne
My husband knew a man Honoroff and if he was a judge he would be Your Honor Honoroff.
4:35 pm
Kaplan the Magne
There was a guy who applied for high school principal but his name was Woodcock, and I don't think he would have survived.
4:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Lipschitz is bad and so is Fallek.
4:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Schitt's Creek is a funny show.
4:37 pm
zoozzoom
Had to google that one. Not heard of it here.
4:40 pm
zoozzoom
But on the surnames I often wonder how people managed to have names like gotobed, honoroff etc.
4:40 pm
magazinemom
I once knew a girl whose last name was Offer. Her dad's name was Jack.
4:41 pm
zoozzoom
LOL oh dear.
4:44 pm
zoozzoom
https://tinyurl.com/yb2g2l3c
4:45 pm
zoozzoom
A subject on where last names come from for those interested.
4:45 pm
zoozzoom
For me it is time I retired for the evening. Nice to see you all. Happy babbling everyone!
5:13 pm
stoningtoncat
My dentist is Dr Reamer
5:36 pm
penquis
My friend's husband had three doctors: Dr. Paine, Dr. Leather, and Dr. Lash....no joke...
5:37 pm
MollyL
He must be into S&M
5:38 pm
penquis
you would think so, but no....just coincidental....
5:55 pm
penquis
i am done....
6:46 pm
dan2bit
congrats Pen
6:58 pm
stoningtoncat
Anyone there?
6:59 pm
origami
Hello, I'm here
7:03 pm
stoningtoncat
Have 183 to gp!
7:04 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help with de5 pls
7:06 pm
grannyrose
de5. de + not electric
7:07 pm
grannyrose
and good morning from my side of the world
7:08 pm
periwinkle
ty rose
7:13 pm
dan2bit
morning rose!
7:14 pm
grannyrose
evening dan. nice to see you made it home in one piece.... loll
7:15 pm
grannyrose
how are all of you?
7:17 pm
dan2bit
thanks! the 2bit house is a bit under the weather, but I am (so far) unscathed
7:18 pm
grannyrose
oh no.... not the flu i hope.
7:18 pm
dan2bit
also we hope not. miss2bit has a tummyache but no fever, and mrs2bit has a bad ankle sprain (brace and crutch)
7:20 pm
dan2bit
but our woes are few and our gratitudes are many :-)
7:20 pm
grannyrose
awww poor people. my empathies to the mrs, and a gentle hug for the miss.
7:21 pm
dan2bit
shall do!
7:21 pm
grannyrose
it's a gorgeous autumn/fall day here. bright sunshine, a briskness t the air, hopes for mid-twenties C later.
7:22 pm
dan2bit
lovely! we have just hit "peak bloom" for the cherry blossoms here, but expecting cold and blustery weekend that may put the blossoms on the ground
7:22 pm
grannyrose
and we are expecting a 30+C early next week. it's gonna be a late winter methinks.
7:23 pm
grannyrose
how lovely to see the cherry blossoms. are the trees ornamental or do they bear fruit?
7:25 pm
dan2bit
ornamental - most were a gift from the emperor of Japan in the early 20th c. they make a lovely time here in DC
7:25 pm
grannyrose
from Don...are you over the jet lag yet? loll
7:27 pm
dan2bit
haha yes. took a few days of waking up in the wee hours, but I'm switched back now for sure
7:27 pm
dan2bit
did you get the link to the beach photos?
7:28 pm
grannyrose
yes we did thanx. thy were lovely, and something, for me at least, to treasure
7:30 pm
dan2bit
likewise - St. Kilda's was lovely and I won't forget that cake!
7:30 pm
dan2bit
nor the company, of course :-)
7:31 pm
grannyrose
lolll. i'm sure you won't. especially as it is probably now attached firmly to certain areas of your body.
7:31 pm
grannyrose
of course... the company. it was fun, wasn't it?
7:32 pm
dan2bit
it was. I really enjoyed my whole Melbourne visit
7:33 pm
grannyrose
am putting your cherry blossom time on my bucket list... loll
7:34 pm
grannyrose
brb...
7:39 pm
grannyrose
back. call of the wild. son on doorstep with a dozen eggs from his chickens. bless him.
7:49 pm
dan2bit
got the 9!
7:50 pm
grannyrose
yay dan!!
7:50 pm
gapeach
Good evening all. May I please haver
7:50 pm
gapeach
a clue for pe6-21 the 3rd? Thanks
7:51 pm
gapeach
Perhaps one day I will learn to type.
7:51 pm
grannyrose
a coin, from spain
7:51 pm
dan2bit
spanish coin gapeach
7:51 pm
grannyrose
snap dan
7:52 pm
dan2bit
oops penalty box for granny :-)
7:52 pm
gapeach
Thanks much, Rose and dan.
7:52 pm
grannyrose
mwah.... only if there's cake
7:52 pm
dan2bit
9 left, all A's and G's
7:54 pm
dan2bit
thanks grannyrose and lickety and all cluers!
7:54 pm
grannyrose
WTG DAN2BIT !!!!
7:57 pm
grannyrose
hope you have a great night dan. xoxox to you all.
9:38 pm
gapeach
May I please have a clue for se5-12? Thannks
9:43 pm
gapeach
FW fiinally. Thanks for all the help.