Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, May 9, 2018

12:02 am

TraderKate

big day tomorrow. good night all :)

12:04 am

cybernan

oh wow -- toooooo big

12:05 am

sammysmom

nice

12:11 am

vashongin

ai 7/8

12:12 am

harpjane

holy moly!

12:12 am

harpjane

found somebirdies

12:14 am

funhs

fireworks

12:16 am

meliae

Holy crap!

12:17 am

dizgrannie

nbt's

12:20 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

cybernan

ty lickety

12:21 am

broll

phantom - boisterous

12:21 am

harpjane

thank you lickety

12:22 am

ursh

or 5/7/7/8/6

12:24 am

cybernan

ty ursh

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

broli, that was the first thing I saw, and I was so disappointed that it was a phantom!

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

nbt

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

tx lickety!

12:32 am

SueMagee

Thanks for the or combo, ursh.

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

so9/10

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

nbs

12:37 am

melonheadjujube

actually so 9/9/10

12:38 am

melonheadjujube

gotta hit the hay. Work in 7 hours!

12:38 am

ursh

which s ?

12:41 am

cybernan

folding my tent --- see you tomorrow :-)

12:42 am

ARB

Leave it to melon to come up with musical terms!

12:50 am

meliae

Phantom tortoise

12:51 am

meliae

Nitrous

12:51 am

meliae

Scrap sorry

1:01 am

origami

Holy Moly

1:25 am

MaMaWA

I see Melonheads clue so but is it clueing 2 or 3 words?

1:25 am

MaMaWA

Two so 9â€s and one so 10>

1:26 am

MaMaWA

And hello to all

1:29 am

MaMaWA

Ursh, I found a so 9 and so 10 from the bottom s

2:57 am

MaMaWA

Whispering, I have never seen the chog so silent.

3:00 am

grannyrose

3 hours and still 98 to go.... having a ball. *dives back in *

3:41 am

sandy211

b

3:42 am

sandy211

b

4:05 am

rubyfoo

Hello! Great grid --HAPPY

4:17 am

jwr

hi ruby - everyone's pretty quiet, nose to the gridstone

4:25 am

rubyfoo

lt is so beautiful here after that awful, cruel winter. The house is filled with the scent of wisteria

4:34 am

MollyL

Glad to hear you have pretty weather and a house full of flowers.

4:38 am

rubyfoo

Hello Molly

4:58 am

rubyfoo

half and nbt, just before red boxes

5:18 am

Scrabbler

Add S, ED, or ER to every word.

5:36 am

dizgrannie

FWs a really enjoyable grid.

5:36 am

Scrabbler

Wow, grannie. You have been busy.

5:37 am

dizgrannie

yep and as you said just add endings to all words.

5:38 am

dizgrannie

night all xx

5:39 am

rolin

you have got to be joking...?? 504??... wow..

5:40 am

Sugrraleona

LOL rolin, I said the same thing

5:40 am

rolin

so basially its every wory i find and add 's'?

5:41 am

rolin

not spelling like that it won't...sorry

5:41 am

MollyL

It isn't quite that simple Rolin, but close

5:43 am

doseffing

ya gotta add er ers ed and es too

5:44 am

rolin

oh look and an 'ed'... cool

5:45 am

doseffing

... cooler cooled and coolest

6:11 am

rubyfoo

Hello again, half and nbt earlier; l love this grid!

6:37 am

periwinkle

good morning all

6:38 am

Uneaixoise

howdy! :-)

6:39 am

periwinkle

wish I could see the so9/9/10 and the or5,7,7,8,6

6:41 am

Uneaixoise

for the or's picture a satellite going around the earth

6:42 am

periwinkle

ty Une and ursh. found them

6:42 am

ivesy3

the first re 8 plz

6:42 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

7:05 am

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun: Dutch painter

7:08 am

MollyL

First re8 is re + a word that means "get" or "reach a goal". She ------ed her goal of losing 20 pounds.

7:09 am

bichon

don't understand Molly

7:10 am

MehNameIsHannah

me niether, "achieve" isn't in the puzzle

7:10 am

mixi6

renbrandt

7:11 am

bichon

nor van gogh

7:12 am

godthaab

rembrandt is about 100 years too late

7:12 am

godthaab

Actually, about 150 years

7:13 am

mixi6

hals

7:13 am

bichon

Bosch

7:15 am

godthaab

Bosch it is. You win a garden of earthly delights!

7:15 am

bichon

Yeah me!

7:17 am

mixi6

Frans Hals

7:19 am

godthaab

How can you have the so9/9/10, but not have sotto?

7:19 am

Trifioso

YAAAAAS - four hours of state-mandated testing today, and a massive gird!!! Sorry for the students, happy for ME!

7:19 am

MehNameIsHannah

lol trif

7:20 am

MehNameIsHannah

haven't got there yet, not doing state-mandated tests yet

7:33 am

Trifioso

aren't you supposedly 14?

7:36 am

Deeha

HOW MANY!!!!

7:36 am

Trifioso

504! wahoo~

7:45 am

GMO

Hey...my dog is in the grid :)

7:46 am

GMO

ters

7:46 am

GMO

sorry...

7:47 am

Trifioso

isn't it fun when a "name" pops up? I was in the grid a couple of days ago, and i was entirely too smug

7:55 am

lynxxx

thanks for the hint godthaab

7:57 am

NatashaW

Oh.my.God. or is it Dr. God? 504 words... didn't think it possible! No fireworks for me today

7:59 am

phaeton

hello...stats for that center E pls?

7:59 am

Haz1558

ed4/6

7:59 am

lynxxx

et4.5

7:59 am

phaeton

ty

8:00 am

lynxxx

or what Haz said - Hi!

8:00 am

Haz1558

Hello!

8:01 am

Haz1558

I do love grids like this, lots of sequences etc.

8:02 am

lynxxx

just as long as you weren't planning anything today

8:02 am

Trifioso

nbt was a snap - greying tiles is another matter

8:02 am

Haz1558

Funnily enough I was out this morning, only opened up the grid at lunch time and I have an afternoon appointment. The evening is free, thank goodness.

8:03 am

EvaNadine

good morning, babblers!

8:03 am

Haz1558

Good afternoon, EvaN.

8:03 am

Trifioso

hello eva dear!

8:04 am

lynxxx

hi Eva

8:11 am

EvaNadine

how are we all today??

8:12 am

Trifioso

im babbling at work, so it's all good!

8:12 am

bichon

I'm doing well, thanks for asking

8:13 am

mixi6

I am doing very well, also.

8:14 am

Trifioso

spring is REALLY here now, and it is cheering

8:14 am

EvaNadine

updated my icon with a new photo of little man -- he is finally learning to "smile" for the camera. ;)

8:15 am

bichon

So adorable

8:17 am

Trifioso

he's really so cute, eva....

8:32 am

aslindy

hello all

8:32 am

lynxxx

hi Lindy

8:34 am

aslindy

this may be the highest word count I've ever seen

8:35 am

penquis

i think the highest was much higher....hard to believe, i know...

8:36 am

pcal2

Highest word count was 744...I remember it well. :-)

8:36 am

aslindy

I must have missed that day

8:37 am

pcal2

It was a few years ago.

8:39 am

aslindy

I've been around a few years...

8:39 am

NatashaW

My modest goal for the nonce is to get halfway...

8:41 am

aslindy

oldest email I can find about babble is from 09

8:42 am

penquis

someone took a picture of it.....

8:42 am

penquis

can't recall who...

8:42 am

pcal2

Date was 21 April...but no year given.

8:43 am

penquis

my phantom today is boisterous....

8:43 am

mkg

hi all. clues for the 10 please.

8:45 am

lynxxx

so10 an italian musical term

8:48 am

mkg

ty. dont know so many musical terms.

8:50 am

lynxxx

find the te6.21s - they are the end

8:53 am

NatashaW

nbt/nbs... and only 242 to go!!! LOL that's like a whole second grid... bbl

8:54 am

bichon

lynn, more of a hint for the so 10, pls

8:57 am

bichon

The thing I remember about the 744 grid was there wasn't Lickety

8:57 am

lynxxx

so & a ****ographer & a urinary tract infection

8:57 am

mkg

never saw a 500 grid. first time for me.

8:57 am

lynxxx

can change last vowel, and plural

8:57 am

mkg

dont know the grapher. photographer is all i can think now. but i will get it

8:57 am

Trifioso

sostenuti

8:57 am

Trifioso

dammit - sorry

8:58 am

bichon

ty so much Trif

8:58 am

lynxxx

thats what you call a good clue

8:58 am

mkg

ty tri. i would never have seen that one.

8:58 am

rururocks

Trif ...so giving a human being

8:58 am

Trifioso

im really sorry. trying to babble and talk to students at the same time, im SCARLET

8:59 am

mkg

happy to have that one. really happy. with 500, every single great clue helps. dont feel bad tri.

8:59 am

pcal2

yes, thanks ever so much!

9:00 am

Trifioso

ruru!!!! I don't want to add ANY fuel to a fire, but something interesting did happen around 7:25 or so

9:00 am

mkg

we all are in agreement that this error was great.

9:00 am

mkg

any clues for 8s are welcome. i have none. and the only 9 i have is that so one. ty

9:01 am

lynxxx

change the last vwl mkg

9:01 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:01 am

mkg

is the ten from this? th

9:01 am

mkg

ty

9:01 am

lynxxx

hi Mool

9:01 am

moolingwa

hey lyn...hope things are good down there

9:01 am

Trifioso

all I will say is I do not see how ANY student in this country could have reached teenage years without taking a state-mandated test.

9:02 am

mkg

ty. got it. ty

9:02 am

moolingwa

ah, just saw how big this board is

9:02 am

mkg

got the 10. clues for 8s welcome.

9:02 am

lynxxx

chilly and getting wet thanks Mool

9:02 am

mkg

got other 9 as well. ty.

9:03 am

lynxxx

hormonal oe8's

9:04 am

mkg

ty. not seeing the end right.

9:05 am

mkg

got that 8! ty

9:06 am

lynxxx

Goodnight everyone

9:06 am

mkg

any clues for the E top corner

9:06 am

mkg

?

9:06 am

mkg

ty

9:06 am

mkg

night lynxx

9:08 am

mkg

also missing E in 3rd column. ty

9:09 am

Trifioso

that is the usual weird ed4, mkg

9:09 am

MLFAN17

can I get a reclue for the oe word pls?

9:10 am

MLFAN17

ty trif

9:10 am

mkg

mlfan, it is also es word with o in beginning. what women have that men dont, hormones.

9:10 am

Trifioso

no problem

9:10 am

mkg

ty tri

9:10 am

rururocks

oebreasts

9:10 am

mkg

ty.

9:10 am

rururocks

damn it

9:13 am

NatashaW

lol ruru

9:16 am

MLFAN17

got the oe 8

9:16 am

MLFAN17

first column a?

9:16 am

bichon

ab 5/16 is a preposition

9:17 am

MLFAN17

hi bichon ty

9:17 am

MLFAN17

hest

9:17 am

MLFAN17

sorry

9:17 am

jwr

the oe word means fertility time in mammals of all sorts. There is a hormone word like it.

9:17 am

car.eeyore

Wahoo! A Sunday-worthy grid!

9:18 am

Trifioso

during mcas bathroom coverage - WIN!

9:19 am

72 Temple Owl

how I want to use that -punt.

9:19 am

jwr

nose to the grid-stone, all. It's a wow.

9:20 am

car.eeyore

Trif!!!

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

p

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

punt. Hard to type on cell

9:20 am

MLFAN17

corner e is en ?

9:21 am

car.eeyore

en 5/12 & 6

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

I saw O but got p

9:22 am

mkg

i got en5, 6 and 6 from corner.

9:22 am

mkg

there is no p in the grid.......i dont get it owl.

9:23 am

MLFAN17

I just got et 4

9:23 am

mkg

i doubt i will get half way onthis grid.

9:25 am

anike

Yay. Fireworks

9:25 am

car.eeyore

Congrats!

9:26 am

MLFAN17

i gtg will be back...

9:26 am

mkg

fireworks? wow. anike, how long did it take you?

9:27 am

anike

TY. Happy babbling everyone. Just keep plodding on.

9:28 am

car.eeyore

I had such a treat in the yard this morning...a Mr. & Mrs. Baltimore Oriole! Never before have I seen them!

9:28 am

anike

9.5 hours since I started but have been to a meeting for 1.5 hours and cooked dinner etic so probably about seven hours and watching tv for a bit.

9:30 am

wvteach

stats for single E in center column pls

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

Nice!

9:31 am

anike

Ed 4/6

9:31 am

72 Temple Owl

This grid is loaded with hormones

9:31 am

mkg

et4

9:31 am

mkg

oops i guess it is ed. sorry.

9:32 am

mkg

not really a word teach. i think it is an electrical thing

9:32 am

mkg

anike, wow. such stamina.

9:32 am

72 Temple Owl

Nearly have testosterone for balance

9:32 am

mkg

my goal is half way.

9:32 am

wvteach

thnx - got it

9:32 am

mkg

always half way.

9:33 am

mkg

if small grid i once in a while finish.

9:34 am

anike

Had a quiet day. Have never done one this big before.

9:35 am

anike

Must go and clean up kitchen. G'night everyone

9:36 am

mkg

night anike

9:36 am

mkg

i never saw one this big

9:37 am

flosey

there was a 744 a while back

9:38 am

NatashaW

yikes, that's just terrifying to contemplate!

9:39 am

moolingwa

Half way....*puff* *puff*

9:39 am

crosshair

I made a screenshot of the 744 and turned it into a puzzle on Jigidi. :)

9:39 am

flosey

hi there Crossy

9:39 am

wvteach

hello crossy - have enjoyed your puzzles on jigidi

9:40 am

mkg

wow cross. very interesting. dont recall a 744.

9:40 am

mkg

how do i find the puzzles?

9:40 am

crosshair

Howdy, Flosey, wvteach. :)

9:40 am

penquis

hi crossy.....do you know when that grid occurred?

9:41 am

crosshair

Been a while, mkg, but i think you type my name in the seach engine on Jigidi, and my puzzles come up.

9:41 am

mkg

crosshair?

9:42 am

wvteach

just checked on Lickety and it just says April 21 but not the year - it was 2 -3 years ago (I think)

9:42 am

72 Temple Owl

Stats for the 9/10 pls?

9:43 am

penquis

yes, i would have said about 4 years ago....

9:43 am

crosshair

Hold on, MKG my computer is bogging down atm

9:43 am

mkg

its ok. i went on jigidi and nowhere to search for a name. so thats ok.

9:43 am

penquis

TO....there is a so 9/60 x 2 and so 10/77...

9:45 am

mkg

owl, scroll back in chat and someone typed in the 9 and other 9 change last vowel and then 10 plural

9:45 am

crosshair

here is the puzzle for those who wish to try it: https://www.jigidi.com/solve.php?g=5&i\nd=W32L0R25

9:45 am

wvteach

mkg - when you are on jigidi, click on tab "Puzles" then you will see "By User" and that would be where you enter crossy

9:45 am

72 Temple Owl

Ty pen. On my cell and beginning to wonder if I was really connected

9:46 am

mkg

ty

9:46 am

NatashaW

I see there are 10 ce words... as my bubbie would say, oy vey...

9:47 am

crosshair

Just type in "crosshair" to see other puzzles I have posted.

9:47 am

mkg

ty

9:47 am

crosshair

Quite a few babblers have puzzles in jigidi. :)

9:47 am

mkg

natasha, as I would say oy vey!

9:48 am

mkg

i want to protest that aint is not allowed........

9:51 am

jwr

what ain't lowed,mkg?

9:53 am

jwr

no idea you had puzzles on Jigidi, crossy. I will look as soon as I get three more words - a round 300 is good enough for me.

9:57 am

penquis

heading out....bbl to try to find the remaining 175 words....bye all....

9:59 am

jwr

hi/bye pen - good day

10:01 am

herinfernallady

Hi. I am just dropping in. Is anyone else missing letters? I have in the top row A nothing NNE and so on

10:03 am

NatashaW

tried refreshing the screen/browser?

10:03 am

THE.MRS

504 is too many words. I usually only play little grids, but this one might be worth it.

10:03 am

herinfernallady

Yes and different browsers

10:04 am

NatashaW

reboot perhaps? dunno...

10:04 am

herinfernallady

If I highlight and past into a word document it works. Totally weird

10:04 am

mkg

first 100 are easy.

10:05 am

jwr

eros

10:05 am

jwr

eros

10:05 am

jwr

sorry - thinking about sex i guess

10:05 am

mkg

why isnt soso a word? my father always said it was soso....

10:05 am

rururocks

if at first you don't succeed jw

10:06 am

herinfernallady

On that note I give up on trying to figure out where my missing letters went. Have a good day.

10:07 am

jwr

don't you start, ru. I can't concentrate on the grid if I have to be laughng.

10:07 am

mkg

herin turn off your computer and maybe..........

10:07 am

bichon

hi herin, long time no see

10:08 am

jwr

besides, you missed my grid-stone pun --

10:08 am

rururocks

don't worry about it jwr.. people pull boners all the time and put in words in the chat every day :D

10:09 am

Wolvie

oh geez- why don't we get these on a rainy sunday lol. will do what i can :-)

10:09 am

mkg

that top corner a..........still have only 3 words from it, one six and two 4 4s.

10:09 am

mkg

a rainy sunday would have been the perfect time for this. yes. and snowy sunday best.

10:09 am

therealblah

there's an ab7/36

10:09 am

jwr

pull WHAT? No. I'm getting outa here

10:10 am

bichon

yet, it's a beautiful spring day

10:10 am

herinfernallady

Hi Bichon. It is 1am here. Just dragging my butts to bed. I was hopping to have a short word dig but I am missing letters

10:10 am

MLFAN17

mkg I have one 5 and two 4s

10:10 am

Deeha

theres a phantom tortoise in the grid!!

10:11 am

mkg

would love clue for the 5. ty. and the 6 is like the 4 after it. last 4 of that six is to relax.

10:11 am

MLFAN17

you mean ab5 mkg?

10:12 am

mkg

guess so. i dont have the 5.

10:12 am

NatashaW

real common word mkg...

10:12 am

MLFAN17

what is that movie ab***?

10:12 am

mkg

5 what please?

10:12 am

jwr

See, y'all. Night's work done (babbling and *real* work) and I'm for bed. Congratulations ahead of time for everyone who finishes or who is satisfied with their stopping point. 301 is as good as it gets for me, all on my only.

10:12 am

NatashaW

unlike all the others

10:13 am

mkg

the ai 6 is ai + relax.

10:13 am

bichon

need ab 7/36, pls

10:13 am

Wolvie

stats for the lone E in 3rd col please?

10:13 am

MLFAN17

congrats jwr

10:13 am

car.eeyore

ed 4/6

10:13 am

rururocks

ed4 wolv

10:13 am

jwr

ty poof

10:13 am

Wolvie

lol- oh man. ty car and ruru

10:13 am

MLFAN17

ed 4 wolvie

10:14 am

Wolvie

ty mlf

10:14 am

MLFAN17

bichon ab 7/36 no idea on that either

10:14 am

MLFAN17

yw wolvie

10:14 am

rururocks

that was ED four incase you missed it wolvie :D

10:14 am

mkg

i thought there was an ab 5????????????

10:14 am

mkg

someone had an a 5 word. any clues? ty

10:14 am

MLFAN17

I clued it mkg

10:14 am

car.eeyore

ab 5/16

10:15 am

rururocks

pretty common word mkg

10:15 am

mkg

just got ab 5. ty ty.

10:15 am

mkg

but dont see a 7 from it.

10:16 am

NatashaW

It's not related to the 5, mkg. it's a science-y word.

10:16 am

Wolvie

lol ruru

10:17 am

mkg

ty natasha

10:18 am

mkg

tried abrosert and abroset. nope.

10:19 am

mkg

and not abiort or ore.....

10:20 am

NatashaW

think science, mkg. think of a course you took in high school...

10:20 am

mkg

ok

10:21 am

mkg

yes but how to extend is the issue

10:21 am

NatashaW

monkey it or look in morewords

10:21 am

NatashaW

can't really clue further without violating the rules...

10:22 am

mkg

got it.

10:22 am

mkg

ty

10:22 am

NatashaW

yw

10:22 am

mkg

forgot about morewords

10:39 am

MLFAN17

what rules Natasha?

10:39 am

MLFAN17

I still don't know the ab word?

10:40 am

cybernan

hello everyone - just finished sorting out the chat --- didn't take much science in high school so have no ideas on that ab 7 either

10:41 am

MLFAN17

hi cyber

10:41 am

NatashaW

i got in someone's bad graces the other day for too generous a clue, so I'm trying to be careful

10:41 am

Trifioso

i thought the science one was an ab5?

10:41 am

NatashaW

don't wish to offend anyone!

10:41 am

MLFAN17

do whatever you want natasha

10:42 am

MLFAN17

trif is their more then one ab5?

10:42 am

Trifioso

well, natasha, I flat out TYPED the tricky so9 into the chog this morning by accident, so you will get no grief from me!

10:42 am

NatashaW

sometimes a bit of a narrow bridge between under- and over-sharing

10:42 am

Trifioso

i dont know mkg

10:42 am

MLFAN17

f not its what is the book ab***?

10:42 am

NatashaW

lol trif saw that

10:43 am

MLFAN17

trif can you "accidently" type it In the chat again please?:D

10:44 am

mrloser

touts

10:44 am

Trifioso

loll, no dear, you will have to read the archives, pet. Surely you could that

10:45 am

TraderKate

:)

10:45 am

NatashaW

MLFAN, did you ever play piano? it's the middle pedal...

10:45 am

TraderKate

type one I haven't found yet please nrl ;)

10:45 am

cybernan

is the ab 7 a scientific term? subject?

10:46 am

NatashaW

can't say subject as it's part of the word. that's a hint :-)

10:46 am

cybernan

thought the middle peddle was the mute

10:46 am

MLFAN17

Natasha for the so word? I did keyboarding but not piano cant use the foot pedals

10:47 am

cybernan

aviosette

10:47 am

cybernan

don't mind me -- wrong box

10:47 am

moolingwa

under 200 to go...feels like I've completed a couple of grids already

10:47 am

phaeton

also...there is no V

10:47 am

phaeton

95

10:47 am

mkg

trying to get half way. ugh.

10:47 am

cybernan

no chem or physics not much of biology, so absoutely clueless

10:48 am

moolingwa

it's a marathon mkg

10:49 am

mkg

ugh

10:49 am

mkg

nan, a and then the shortened version of the class about plants and animals, then ending. use more words if you need to.

10:50 am

Douglas

First time I've seen bi4/6 in the grid. "Look, if I were to go around saying I were an emperor just because some moistened **** lobbed a scimater at me, they'd put me away."

10:50 am

cybernan

its the ending that has me stumped, mkg - and I hate using morewords

10:51 am

mkg

nan, imagine plural and then plural again with vowel inbetweet

10:51 am

mkg

in between

10:52 am

cybernan

ty mkg

10:59 am

cosdem

so I guess I gotta pick him up tomorrow

11:02 am

cybernan

bi 7 please

11:02 am

TraderKate

Hi cos. Must you do it? sounds like you don't want to yet.

11:04 am

cosdem

if i dont his mom will claim it

11:05 am

TraderKate

wasn't that the plan? you were having some made into a small pendant or something, she was getting the rest? have things changed

11:06 am

cybernan

cos I know the separation is impossibly hard for you right now, but think of Ryan being in a much better place and released from all the pain and suffering he endured during his illness.

11:08 am

TraderKate

found the bi 7 nan

11:08 am

cybernan

clue please?

11:08 am

MLFAN17

oh geez I used morewords for that ab word finally

11:08 am

TraderKate

starts like flora nd fauna science ends

11:09 am

TraderKate

with a 4 letter movie title sci fi...

11:09 am

MLFAN17

flora and fauna?

11:10 am

cybernan

there is no olgy

11:10 am

cybernan

ology that is

11:10 am

MLFAN17

os ending maybe cyber no idea on this weird

11:10 am

MLFAN17

word

11:10 am

cybernan

don't watch sci fi

11:11 am

cybernan

got it -- you meant science beginning

11:11 am

TraderKate

science beginning, yes.. trying to find a good ending clue

11:12 am

cybernan

found it - ty kate

11:12 am

TraderKate

an elec****ics super store might sell computers, stereos, tvs etc...

11:13 am

TraderKate

sorry about that awful clue, still working on my second tea here :/

11:13 am

magazinemom

70s movie starring Jeff Bridges :)

11:13 am

magazinemom

Or early 80s

11:14 am

TraderKate

but if they don't know sci fi... good clue though mag mom...coudnt think who was in it.

11:14 am

TraderKate

I just remember animation in it

11:14 am

cybernan

******* got it a long time ago - lol

11:14 am

cybernan

off to get a hair cut -- bbl

11:16 am

MLFAN17

It should end in not off?

11:16 am

TraderKate

bye nan

11:18 am

MLFAN17

got the bi7

11:23 am

markbowers7

have there been clues for so series up to the 10?

11:23 am

NatashaW

yes, even free giveaways :-)

11:24 am

TraderKate

yes mark.. if you read the chog from a few hours ago, one of the 9s was accidentally in there

11:24 am

TraderKate

along with a few other hints

11:30 am

NatashaW

1st bo6,27 - hint, anyone?

11:30 am

NatashaW

nm got it

11:31 am

NatashaW

that always happens... the minute I beg for a clue I see it

11:32 am

NatashaW

3/4 done, "only" 134 left... going to do what I'm paid to do, bbl

11:32 am

TraderKate

:) universal truth Nat.

11:36 am

magazinemom

I'm starting to use French words. Time for a break. :)

11:37 am

mkg

made it half way!!!!!yeah!!!!!!!

11:37 am

TraderKate

wooot!

11:38 am

magazinemom

Yay mkg

11:38 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Hi all, is 504 words a record?

11:38 am

magazinemom

I believe 744 is the record

11:38 am

TraderKate

744 is record Gwe hi ya :)

11:43 am

ch1212

We did have one that was over 800. I did a screen cap of it at the time (years ago) but since deleted it.

11:50 am

Fit2knit

soured

11:52 am

MLFAN17

so9 is a musical term?

11:52 am

Fit2knit

sorry wrong box

11:58 am

MLFAN17

so9 a musical term?

11:58 am

magazinemom

yes. go to the chog archives. the word is there

11:58 am

TraderKate

yes MLF... scroll back a cuple housr in chog. speelled tight out

11:58 am

periwinkle

yes and one of the s09 was typed in chog accidently.

12:04 pm

MLFAN17

oh the oen ending in i

12:09 pm

wvteach

then change to another vowel and then pl for 10

12:11 pm

Uneaixoise

take pity on me and give me a dumbed down clue for the so9 please

12:13 pm

Wolvie

une- call for help, 1 thru t--- then abbreviation for urinary tract infection :-)

12:13 pm

Wolvie

can change last vowel on that One and then plural for so 10

12:15 pm

Uneaixoise

what a word! thanks

12:16 pm

Wolvie

welcome- i would not have gotten it without looking back in the chog lol

12:16 pm

NatashaW

it's used a lot in classical music performance

12:17 pm

TraderKate

SO 9 @ 8:57.

12:22 pm

Douglas

I have 123 without reaching nbt. Spplt! I'm probably not going to get the whole grid today.

12:28 pm

bichon

I am missing the third column 3

12:37 pm

origami

bich - if you mean the e, it is ed 4/6

12:38 pm

bichon

ty origami

12:39 pm

origami

you're welcome

12:48 pm

cybernan

hi -- back feeling human again

12:55 pm

cybernan

yay -- hadn't seen the musical term clue before --- thank you :-)

12:55 pm

cybernan

are there 2 so 9's? -- both a variation of the musical term?

12:56 pm

cybernan

yes ! --- should have tried it before asking

12:56 pm

TraderKate

:)

12:56 pm

TraderKate

and pl for one of them nan

12:57 pm

cybernan

just so excited there were 2 x9 and a 10 letter word that I actually know!

12:57 pm

TraderKate

you and melon seem to be the only ones that knew it... well done nan!

12:58 pm

cybernan

I did play the violin for a few years, so it was part of the vocab.

12:59 pm

TraderKate

you're mutitalented nan!

1:02 pm

cybernan

lol -- that was so many years ago, I'm lucky I remembered

1:19 pm

TraderKate

oh, sorry nan, was knee deep in the R words... I need to give my eyes a rest for a while.

1:36 pm

MLFAN17

I am not getting the last vowel for the other so 9 word?

1:37 pm

MLFAN17

cyber I have a brother that played the violin for many years my mom was hoping he would continue it but he gave it up

1:38 pm

MLFAN17

finally went in never mind

1:41 pm

MLFAN17

are all of the oe words oes?

1:44 pm

zoozzoom

I have five OE words.

1:45 pm

MLFAN17

hi zooz I have 1

1:46 pm

MLFAN17

2 no2

1:46 pm

MLFAN17

now

1:49 pm

Uneaixoise

mlf, some are s and some are r

1:51 pm

zoozzoom

Oh i did not realise,Mlf was asking for a third letter.. I thought she meant oe's

2:15 pm

periwinkle

I am stuck with 238 left :(

2:15 pm

TraderKate

hi peri :)
10 minute break will probably do wonders.

2:16 pm

zoozzoom

I kow how you feel. I keep entering the same words I have already found. rather annoying!

2:16 pm

zoozzoom

Know*

2:16 pm

periwinkle

just found a few words. will try a little longer and then take a brak

2:17 pm

TraderKate

hi zooz :)

2:17 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, TK :-)

2:17 pm

zoozzoom

I am keeping my distance form you all today as I have a man flu :-(

2:18 pm

zoozzoom

From*

2:18 pm

periwinkle

hope you feel better soonm zooz

2:18 pm

TraderKate

oh you poor, poor man! :(

2:18 pm

periwinkle

soon even

2:18 pm

zoozzoom

((Peri)) (( TK)) Thank you!

2:19 pm

TraderKate

what an awful time to be stricken - just as the weather turns nice :(

2:20 pm

zoozzoom

I am more concerned with being there for my mother when she has these hospital appointments. Not sure to go with them whilst with this cold and risk my parents getting it also. So hard.

2:21 pm

TraderKate

I saw she had ppointments, but thought they were 3 weeks hence? when is the first one?

2:22 pm

zoozzoom

She had a phone call yesterday the urologist would like to have a word with her tommorow afternoon. then she has to go back on Sunday early in the morning.

2:23 pm

zoozzoom

So much talking and nothing getting done. And they are not that fit to keep traveling all the way to the hospital all these times either.

2:23 pm

Bugsaw

zooz, can you get a nose and mouth cover like surgeons wear? I have worn that when I didn't want to infect others.

2:24 pm

TraderKate

keep washng hands and don't sneeze?

2:24 pm

TraderKate

yes, available at the chemist usually cheap.

2:24 pm

periwinkle

why can't the urologist speak with your Mom by phone?

2:24 pm

zoozzoom

I thought of that, Bugsaw, I really want to be there for them.

2:24 pm

periwinkle

you are a good son, zooz

2:25 pm

TraderKate

how long of a drive is it?

2:25 pm

Bugsaw

even better plan, peri

2:25 pm

zoozzoom

I have no idea, Peri. We have been to the hospital around five times now just to have talks and a couple of blood tests. they are doing the camera work next week or so.

2:25 pm

periwinkle

down to 230 bbs

2:26 pm

TraderKate

urologist may wish to order tests or do exam?

2:26 pm

zoozzoom

It is around a 30 min there and 30 mins back again. they are knackered by the time we have finished.

2:27 pm

zoozzoom

I think my mother will tell them to shove it where they want to shove the camera soon if they keep this up!

2:27 pm

TraderKate

LOL, spunky woman ;)

2:28 pm

zoozzoom

Like Kje said a couple of days ago if it is gall stones why don't they just whip them out! Job done.

2:29 pm

zoozzoom

It takes a hell of a lot to wind my mother up, TK but when they do..Watch out!

2:30 pm

zoozzoom

This grid is not as easy going as I first thought it would be.

2:31 pm

TraderKate

her age may be a condieration zooz... and there may be an alternate to surgery for braking up the stones. I keep thinking about ultrasonic treatments but can't remember for sure... get her on a roller coaster.. that breaks them up pretty well.. :)

2:31 pm

TraderKate

ack... breaking.... it's contagious ;)

2:32 pm

zoozzoom

Ha! Bless her I could just see her face if she had to get on one of those rides LOL

2:32 pm

TraderKate

hehehe.. I am sure I read about it really!

2:35 pm

TraderKate

hmmm several sords with the ses ending

2:35 pm

zoozzoom

extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy is what you are thinking of TK.

2:37 pm

TraderKate

there ya go.... just not sure which stones it workds well on... but - non-invsive, so mummy can't object too much???

2:37 pm

zoozzoom

Kidney stones mostly but can be used also on gallstones.

2:39 pm

zoozzoom

How you getting on with the grid, TK?

2:40 pm

zoozzoom

herbite

2:40 pm

zoozzoom

ha not a word anyway

2:40 pm

zoozzoom

I was thinking on the lines of herbicide.

2:41 pm

zoozzoom

Think I am dominating the chat here. So will go into srealth mode for a while.

2:42 pm

TraderKate

I am here, sorry zooz

2:44 pm

TraderKate

wandered awat to put the kettle on flagging badly here - might need a break from staring at the grid.
104 left for me to search out, BUT I have listed.

2:44 pm

zoozzoom

No worries, TK! I just see a sea of blue icon and think it is tiime for me to give it a rest lol

2:45 pm

TraderKate

haha I do tht too... no worries, the chog is pretty quiet now. Everyne's likely got their nose to the grindstone ;)

2:46 pm

zoozzoom

Have you done the sudoku yet? I have not looked to see if it is an expert or not.

2:47 pm

TraderKate

haven't even looked at it yet zooz. I will go have a peek.

2:48 pm

TraderKate

It's an easy and comments aren't bad... some squabble going on about gun control :*(

2:49 pm

zoozzoom

Not sure if I will get there today I am feeling a bit weary with this cold. Not on about gun control again are they lol

2:50 pm

TraderKate

lol, since more babblers are there now, there is a lot more chat than there used to be - like bck in the dawn of iron sudoku...
no worries on taing a pass zooz, you can ctch it up when you are feeling better. There aren

2:51 pm

TraderKate

t bonus points for finishing on the same day, jsut as long as you finish it!

2:51 pm

zoozzoom

I like that about sudoku!

2:51 pm

TraderKate

Is it orange juice and chicken soup time zooz?

2:52 pm

zoozzoom

I had bangers & mash and I am drinking orange squash at the moment :-)

2:53 pm

TraderKate

:D two of my favourite things! I like lemon squash as well

2:53 pm

zoozzoom

Lemon squash is lovely but not on my sore throat.

2:54 pm

TraderKate

a spoonful of honey will help your throat...

2:55 pm

origami

my mother's remedy was always tea with brandy and honey. I almost liked getting sick :D

2:55 pm

zoozzoom

I did have some honey on bread for my breakfast :-)

2:55 pm

zoozzoom

Does that count lol

2:55 pm

TraderKate

nice remedy origami, hi :)

2:56 pm

origami

Hi Kate

2:56 pm

zoozzoom

Mothers knows best, Origami!

2:56 pm

TraderKate

absolutely, it's wonder drug - anti bacterial, antifungal and anti

2:57 pm

origami

Hope you feel better soon zooz

2:57 pm

zoozzoom

And it has a great taate. Unusual for something sweet being good foe you!

2:57 pm

zoozzoom

((Origami)) thank you!

2:58 pm

zoozzoom

My typos are strating to get worse!

2:58 pm

origami

I like honey in yoghurt

2:58 pm

TraderKate

haha me too... gonna check on the tea

2:58 pm

zoozzoom

Oh yes in a live yoghurt!

2:59 pm

TraderKate

I like that creamed honey - the whitish stuff that you spread :)

2:59 pm

TraderKate

the H words are giving me hell... *sigh*

2:59 pm

zoozzoom

Good gosh I have not heard of that stuff, TK for at least 40 years!!

3:00 pm

TraderKate

<--- older than dirt, LOL?

3:01 pm

zoozzoom

And wise too :-)

3:01 pm

TraderKate

It was nice on toast... got all melty if you put it on right away :D
not as easy to find these days and honey has gotten very pricey.

3:02 pm

TraderKate

old enough to know better, too young to resist? (not so wise ;)

3:02 pm

zoozzoom

LOL

3:03 pm

zoozzoom

I will always have honey in the house no matter how much it costs.

3:03 pm

zoozzoom

And marmite :-)

3:03 pm

TraderKate

:D

3:04 pm

zoozzoom

Sorry, TK I am keeping you from checking your tea. you go girl and enjoy!

3:06 pm

TraderKate

I made an executive decision... I'm under 100 now, so decided to celebrate with a glass of wine instead - 4 PM - such a scandal!

3:06 pm

zoozzoom

Yuo enjoy! And congrats on getting under 100!

3:06 pm

zoozzoom

You*

3:07 pm

TraderKate

Well, the wine will make it more difficult to fish out the last 88, but I've got time ;)

3:07 pm

MLFAN17

i have too many words left sorry i left babble again for a bit to do other useless things lol

3:07 pm

TraderKate

are you starting to tire zooz?

3:08 pm

harpjane

nbt

3:08 pm

zoozzoom

I am, TK I really am lol

3:09 pm

zoozzoom

TK I remember havin a rioja white 1986 well in 1986 and it was the best wine I ever had!

3:09 pm

zoozzoom

I do not normally drink wine but I would have that one again.

3:09 pm

TraderKate

yay hane! hi MLF
are you ready to call it a night zooz/ the extra rest could help..and you have the trudge tomorrow for your mum...

3:10 pm

TraderKate

That sounds like a divine wine zooz. was there a special occasion?

3:10 pm

zoozzoom

No way, TK i will finish I am still in the must finish stage of my babble life lol

3:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Bak to find my last 308 lol

3:11 pm

TraderKate

Understood zooz ;)

3:11 pm

zoozzoom

No special occasion just happend to be a good year that year for that wine!

3:11 pm

TraderKate

go gwen go! :D

3:11 pm

MLFAN17

book 326 left for me to find

3:11 pm

zoozzoom

Nearly there then BDG!

3:12 pm

zoozzoom

Is this a bad time to say I need 23 words.

3:12 pm

TraderKate

BDG?

3:12 pm

zoozzoom

BDG - Book Doctor Gwen.

3:12 pm

MLFAN17

i keep spelling cheriot thinking its the carriage word when i know it isn't lol

3:13 pm

TraderKate

ugh! 1 sip of wine and can't think straight ;)

3:13 pm

zoozzoom

Take the C off, Mlf and you have a word :-)

3:14 pm

TraderKate

<scoop> ty!

3:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Slow day ubering. Waiting for next run.

3:16 pm

TraderKate

should it pick up a little as people finish school and work Gwen, assuming Wednesdays are generally slower...

3:17 pm

harpjane

425 to go....

3:17 pm

TraderKate

Yay jane!!!

3:18 pm

Judi

Hello, all.

3:18 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Judi :-)

3:18 pm

TraderKate

Hi Judi :)

3:20 pm

Judi

Yikes. Ginormous grid.

3:20 pm

harpjane

found river mammals

3:20 pm

TraderKate

breathe Judi ;)

3:21 pm

TraderKate

there is a bird jane... a wading bird

3:21 pm

zoozzoom

Should find a noah's ark full of animals with the size of this grid, Harp :-)

3:23 pm

cybernan

hi again --- what a monster and I'm still trying to figure out why I think I should have to finish it!

3:24 pm

TraderKate

I have 2 x samll bugs and another birdie, very light on critters today.

3:24 pm

zoozzoom

It will give you great satisfaction?

3:25 pm

TraderKate

because its there? - like

3:25 pm

cybernan

maybe - but so would creating something out of the chaos that is our garden

3:26 pm

zoozzoom

Ah but your garden will still be there tomorrow this grid will not :-)

3:26 pm

bubba218

re8,50 please, my last word

3:26 pm

bubba218

re8,50 please, my last word

3:26 pm

cybernan

true enough

3:26 pm

TraderKate

to get again???

3:27 pm

TraderKate

(for bubba)

3:27 pm

bubba218

Thank you

3:27 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats, Bubba!

3:27 pm

TraderKate

congratulatins?

3:28 pm

bubba218

Thanks, a big grid, fortunately lots of time today

3:29 pm

TraderKate

Well done bubba!

3:29 pm

bubba218

Anyone need clues before I go

3:29 pm

mixi6

ob6,24?

3:29 pm

cybernan

still have 211, but thanks

3:30 pm

harpjane

to procure, mixi

3:30 pm

TraderKate

to get hold of nixi... and then again...

3:30 pm

mixi6

duh ty. harp

3:30 pm

bubba218

ob6 to get,

3:31 pm

cybernan

he series following superman, please?

3:31 pm

TraderKate

mixi -do that agin...

3:31 pm

TraderKate

not a series nan...

3:31 pm

cybernan

scratch that --- the ones before superman and following the rosemary and thyme

3:32 pm

TraderKate

there is a drug and a birdie before the pl sipermenr

3:32 pm

bubba218

he 6 IV narcotic

3:32 pm

TraderKate

James He... Brit vet of tv and book fam,e author

3:32 pm

bubba218

he5 bird that eats bugs in the water

3:33 pm

TraderKate

and pl. the author

3:33 pm

cybernan

got those sorry -- looking for the ones before

3:33 pm

bubba218

You said before, sorry

3:33 pm

TraderKate

the meek will in***** the earth... one who does and pl for two more

3:33 pm

bubba218

he6 author of all things great and small

3:33 pm

cybernan

ty kate -- just need the 2 after the author now

3:34 pm

TraderKate

jsut clued nan

3:34 pm

cybernan

yay! - ty everyone

3:35 pm

TraderKate

badly worded clue.. that was for two words total, incase I messed amyne up.

3:40 pm

cybernan

ce 7/36 please?

3:41 pm

zoozzoom

CE + spelling like for not left.+ plural

3:41 pm

TraderKate

don't have it yet nan

3:42 pm

zoozzoom

Oh thats for the 32 sorry

3:42 pm

cybernan

do you have the de series before the road closure?

3:42 pm

TraderKate

ty zooz!

3:43 pm

TraderKate

I am working backwards nan... at the E words now.

3:44 pm

zoozzoom

CE+ consonant + like a frog

3:44 pm

zoozzoom

bad clue but something for you to work on.

3:44 pm

zoozzoom

It means tapeworm .

3:45 pm

wvteach

DE 7/8 combo - satellite comes out of path around earth

3:45 pm

TraderKate

ty teach and zooz

3:45 pm

wvteach

DE 6 and DE 9 are not related DE 9 - no money or anything

3:45 pm

cybernan

ty teach

3:45 pm

zoozzoom

DE 9 totally no money what so ever.

3:46 pm

TraderKate

debankrupt ;)

3:47 pm

cybernan

ceslimy

3:47 pm

wvteach

DE 6 - looks like it means take out liquid

3:47 pm

zoozzoom

like a frog but the other one but with out the A

3:47 pm

wvteach

under 100 left - taking a break to start dinner

3:48 pm

zoozzoom

Take care, Teach :-)

3:48 pm

TraderKate

bye tech :)

3:48 pm

TraderKate

still can't figure the ce froggy thing...

3:49 pm

cybernan

ty for the de 9

3:49 pm

zoozzoom

CE + bigger than a frog without the A + vowel

3:50 pm

zoozzoom

CE + consonant + bigger than a frog without the A + vowel

3:50 pm

TraderKate

stats please zooz, not sure if it's a 6 or 7

3:50 pm

zoozzoom

I am flagging here so sorry.

3:50 pm

TraderKate

ah.. vowel at the end.

3:50 pm

zoozzoom

CE 7/36 & CE 8/50

3:51 pm

TraderKate

got them, ty very much zooz :D

3:51 pm

cybernan

kate - sausages in yorkshire pudding is called Blank in the hole

3:51 pm

zoozzoom

Most welcome

3:51 pm

zoozzoom

LOL I like that, Nan :-)

3:52 pm

TraderKate

EN 8/40 was hard to find!
starts like a main course at dinner ends with the sun.

3:53 pm

TraderKate

:D ty nan good clue!

3:53 pm

cybernan

took me a while, but the light bulb did come on - ty zoom

3:57 pm

zoozzoom

à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ F.I.R.E.W.O.R.K.S à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ

3:57 pm

zoozzoom

Thank the babble gods!

3:57 pm

cybernan

en 8 please?

3:57 pm

cybernan

grats, zoom

3:57 pm

TraderKate

wooooot!!!!! WYG zooz!

3:58 pm

TraderKate

jsut clued a coule minutes ago nan

3:58 pm

zoozzoom

TK clued it at 3:52pm, Nan

3:58 pm

zoozzoom

Right time for me to get some shut eye. Nice to see you all. Happy babbling everyone!

3:59 pm

cybernan

ty zoom and kate

3:59 pm

TraderKate

sleep well zooz. hope you feel better very soon

4:00 pm

cybernan

off to make some lunch -- need to get out to the garden while the sun is shining - forecast for more rain later today

4:00 pm

TraderKate

:D

4:00 pm

TraderKate

bye nan

4:01 pm

pcal2

Earlier there was some discussion of that really big (744 words) puzzle and when it occurred. Straight from Dr. God--April 21, 2012--for any/all who might be interested.

4:04 pm

MollyL

If you look at Lickety's Stats, he lists the largest and smallest grids and when they occurred

4:06 pm

NANCY

yes, but no year was given and someone wanted to know that earlier.

4:08 pm

Judi

Tapping out with 200 left. *POOF*

4:17 pm

magazinemom

Halfway, finally!

4:18 pm

TraderKate

Yay mag mom!

4:43 pm

moolingwa

rehi all...back to try and knock off a few more of the 170 I have left

4:44 pm

lynxxx

Hi - about the same but going to list soon

4:46 pm

moolingwa

well, found a quick 20...so that's promising

4:51 pm

moolingwa

just found my first 9s :)

4:57 pm

jimmel

We were thrilled to have that huge puzzle in 2012...until a Lebanese guest and his wife wanted to try Babble and slowed us waaayyy down! We missed the deadline by fewer than 20 words! Argghhhh! So much for being polite!

4:58 pm

moolingwa

fortunately I have multiple devices :)

4:59 pm

jimmel

I guess we did, too, but were trying to be good hosts at the same time! I managed to knock off over 300 while they lounged on our dock!

5:01 pm

moolingwa

yeah, bit awkward entertaining and babbling

5:01 pm

jimmel

We often feign the need for sleep and slink off to the bedroom to finish the puzzle!

5:08 pm

MollyL

There is money to be made in establishing the Betty Ford Babble Rehab. Someone needs to jump on that.
: D <---That was a joke.

5:08 pm

moolingwa

just say"no"

5:08 pm

penquis

hello all....anyone have ab 7?

5:08 pm

penquis

lol, molly....

5:09 pm

moolingwa

although, "no" is of course not acceptable in the grid

5:09 pm

moolingwa

not I sorry pen

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

wvteach

5:10 pm

moolingwa

well, that was interesting

5:10 pm

penquis

are you ok, wv?

5:10 pm

MollyL

ab + first three of class where you dissected + medical ending for things like liver disease from alcohol

5:10 pm

wvteach

A + first three of life science class + plurals

5:11 pm

moolingwa

thx molly

5:11 pm

wvteach

sorry don't know what did that

5:11 pm

moolingwa

interesting def

5:11 pm

moolingwa

not your fault teach...was just just interesting

5:11 pm

penquis

ty, wv and molly....got it...

5:13 pm

moolingwa

100 to go...sheesh

5:31 pm

LuvWordGames

bi

5:32 pm

lynxxx

cute de7/8

5:39 pm

penquis

i am not finding anything cute about the DE words.... :o|

5:40 pm

moolingwa

satellites falling back to earth perhaps

5:40 pm

moolingwa

they're cute right?

5:40 pm

moolingwa

kind of like shooting stars

5:40 pm

penquis

don't know...

5:41 pm

lynxxx

as long as they are not heading for you

5:41 pm

maggiej

bi 7/36 any hints?

5:41 pm

penquis

sorry, don't have it yet...

5:42 pm

LuvWordGames

bi + vowel + cons + president reagan

5:42 pm

penquis

figured out the de words....ty mool...

5:43 pm

moolingwa

cool

5:43 pm

moolingwa

and tx luv...maybe an organic version of an eighties sci fi character :)

5:43 pm

penquis

ty, luv...

5:43 pm

LuvWordGames

yw mool, I know it wasn't the best clue but all I could think of

5:44 pm

moolingwa

worked for me

5:44 pm

maggiej

ty

5:46 pm

LuvWordGames

re 8/50 please?

5:47 pm

penquis

sorry, don't have it yet...

5:47 pm

moolingwa

nor I sorry, but I'll look

5:47 pm

LuvWordGames

just found it if you want a clue

5:48 pm

penquis

yes, please...

5:48 pm

LuvWordGames

re + to get or acquire

5:49 pm

penquis

ok...ty...

5:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

back to find my last 289, woo hoo

5:49 pm

magazinemom

go gwen!

5:49 pm

moolingwa

almost there gwen

5:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

piece of cake, ha!

5:50 pm

moolingwa

I'm down to 85...but the last 15 have taken an hour or more

5:55 pm

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

5:55 pm

moolingwa

yeah, why do I play this?

5:56 pm

penquis

en 8/40?

5:56 pm

LuvWordGames

haven't a clue about that-lol

5:56 pm

LuvWordGames

en + trick or ***at + the bottom of your shoe is the ***e

5:57 pm

mkg

up to 263 and quitting. enough.

5:57 pm

mkg

congrats Luv on finishing. how many hours?

5:57 pm

penquis

ty, luv....

5:58 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks mkg, I worked on it off & on thru the day so I don't know for sure. I listed after about halfway through too

5:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

only need 273 clues, give me a sec LOL

5:59 pm

penquis

some words i don't remember seeing before...

5:59 pm

LuvWordGames

yeah, I thought I saw several unfamiliar ones too.

6:01 pm

TraderKate

confratulations Luv! It was a slog :)

6:02 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks Kate :-)

6:02 pm

penquis

an accomplishment any way you look at it...

6:03 pm

MollyL

No clue for the question "why do I play this?"

6:04 pm

moolingwa

entroused = to put pants on

6:04 pm

NatashaW

for the cash prizes, of course

6:05 pm

TraderKate

hahaha :D ty for the giggles ladies and gent

6:05 pm

NatashaW

haha mool there are a ton of fun neologisms in this board...

6:06 pm

TraderKate

trouser was one of my repeat phantoms today :/

6:07 pm

moolingwa

torturous too...perhaps apt

6:07 pm

TraderKate

<snicker> too true!

6:13 pm

penquis

outrest should be a word....i bet i could outrest someone tonight....tired...

6:13 pm

NatashaW

my dog can outshed your dog any day...

6:14 pm

moolingwa

yes, but you can't outin

6:16 pm

lynxxx

you can in*** a letter into an envelope - but out**** ?

6:17 pm

NatashaW

isn't that a great word, lynxx?? I'm in the middle of finalizing a program book for a gala next week and the printer today used that very word!

6:17 pm

lynxxx

co-incidence! I've never heard it before

6:18 pm

NatashaW

nor I!

6:18 pm

lynxxx

I like su7.36 too

6:19 pm

NatashaW

haven't found that one yet

6:20 pm

lynxxx

finishes with not in

6:20 pm

NatashaW

ok that could help...

6:20 pm

moolingwa

or french for on all

6:20 pm

NatashaW

oh, I know that word!! it's a coat, right?

6:21 pm

lynxxx

Unusual Word Day

6:22 pm

moolingwa

apparently, which rhymes with another form of clothing with just one letter different

6:26 pm

lynxxx

lots of words from the ta5.14 drum - including my last 8s & 9

6:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

OMG I GREYED OUT A TILE LOL

6:28 pm

penquis

go, gwen...

6:29 pm

lynxxx

I knew she could do it!

6:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

herbose = food with too many he4s

6:30 pm

penquis

i like it...

6:33 pm

lynxxx

and done - must run as Patch is whining for morning walk. Bye everyone, enjoy

6:35 pm

penquis

congrats...

6:36 pm

penquis

anyone have the so 8/9 combo?...the ones before the ache...

6:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

holy crap and wtg lynxxx !!!!!!!!

6:41 pm

Lizlin

Good morning all

6:41 pm

penquis

hi liz...

6:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

welcome to the monster, lizlin

6:42 pm

Lizlin

I did a lot of it yesterday - have 50 left now.

6:43 pm

Lizlin

It's the biggest grid I've done - the 744 was not long after I joined babble and I didn't bother with it.

6:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

200 to go here, time for a break

6:45 pm

penquis

do you know about when that grid appeared?

6:46 pm

cybernan

so 9-10: most of the ache + nipped with teeth + most of spanish cheer

6:46 pm

penquis

ty, nan...

6:47 pm

periwinkle

tuy nan

6:47 pm

Uneaixoise

tx nan!

6:47 pm

cybernan

yw all

6:48 pm

periwinkle

down to 18 left

6:49 pm

periwinkle

meant down to 180 left, wishful thinking

6:49 pm

TraderKate

744 - Apr 21, 2012 :)

6:50 pm

penquis

i am down to 50....

6:50 pm

periwinkle

go pen

6:50 pm

TraderKate

hi peri, pen and Gwen :)
wa all ready to cheer y ou jn peri...

6:50 pm

periwinkle

I will go to list soon, otherwise I will be here all night

6:51 pm

TraderKate

Hi Liz, lynn and mool :)

6:51 pm

penquis

ty, kate for the info....

6:51 pm

periwinkle

short break

6:51 pm

cybernan

ni 7/28 please?

6:51 pm

TraderKate

It's in the chog a few times, but it keeps coming up, so posted that fateful date again :)

6:52 pm

TraderKate

add a vowel to the NI 6/18 before it

6:52 pm

penquis

add a vowel to ni 6/18...

6:52 pm

cybernan

ty pen

6:54 pm

penquis

i think the su 7/8 was clued before, but I did not get it....another clue please?

6:55 pm

cybernan

will look, pen

6:55 pm

penquis

ty...

6:55 pm

cybernan

oe 7, the first, please?

6:56 pm

cybernan

french on + french all

6:56 pm

penquis

ends with a low number....same beginning as the next word...

6:57 pm

cybernan

ski resort big su* + consonant + not in

6:57 pm

penquis

ty for the su combo....should have found the french words....

6:57 pm

cybernan

don't have the next word either --- just the last 3 oe's

6:57 pm

penquis

they are like the es words...

6:58 pm

NatashaW

that first oe sequence is really hard to guess

6:58 pm

cybernan

last 2

6:58 pm

penquis

oh sorry about the oe words....i was looking at the other group....don't have the first and second oe words...

6:58 pm

NatashaW

the one before the last 2 is a relative of the last 2 nan

6:59 pm

NatashaW

i can't for the life of me figure out how to clue the first 2. I ended up looking in morewords

6:59 pm

cybernan

yes see that now -- like pen, I need the first 2 oe's

7:00 pm

NatashaW

think a poet's contraction of o--- the bounding main, followed by a bla___ heath

7:01 pm

cybernan

got the first part, but the heath has me stumped

7:02 pm

cybernan

got it - ty

7:02 pm

NatashaW

how's this: Kellogg's Fro___ Flakes

7:02 pm

penquis

ty...that worked...

7:02 pm

NatashaW

looked it up....unit of the auxiliary magnetic field H in the centimetreâ€“gramâ€“second system of units (CGS). It is equivalent to 1 dyne per maxwell.

7:03 pm

TraderKate

d'oh! We shoulds known that! :)

7:03 pm

NatashaW

LOL exactly my thought Kate

7:03 pm

NatashaW

After all, I was a mediaeval theology major

7:04 pm

cybernan

something I'm sure we will use every day now

7:04 pm

penquis

wow....lots of drum related TA words...

7:04 pm

TraderKate

were you really? that's so cool!

7:04 pm

TraderKate

and all the variations too pen!

7:06 pm

Lizlin

Lots of French sounding words today.

7:06 pm

penquis

yes...

7:06 pm

rururocks

merde

7:06 pm

Lizlin

:)

7:06 pm

TraderKate

and tons of ses endings

7:06 pm

cybernan

first ot 6 please?

7:06 pm

TraderKate

et tu ruru?

7:07 pm

TraderKate

ends with sugar nan

7:07 pm

penquis

is un 8 a compound word?

7:07 pm

Lizlin

That ending too, Kate

7:08 pm

Lizlin

Don't have it yet, pen

7:08 pm

TraderKate

yes pen

7:08 pm

cybernan

ty kate -- brain has almost slowed to a stop now

7:08 pm

penquis

nan....i don't have the first ot 6....sorry....

7:08 pm

penquis

ty, kate...

7:08 pm

TraderKate

well... the 2 words elide.. they run into easch other... not quite a compound

7:09 pm

TraderKate

un 4 and tr 5 mashed together

7:09 pm

Lizlin

Thanks, Kate

7:10 pm

penquis

ty kate...

7:11 pm

TraderKate

yay! I had to sieve through morewords for that one...

7:11 pm

NatashaW

grateful for your sieving, Kate

7:12 pm

NatashaW

nan did you find ot6?

7:13 pm

penquis

i must be tired....can't find a 4 letter word!...

7:13 pm

cybernan

yes I did, thanks

7:14 pm

NatashaW

good!

7:14 pm

TraderKate

it happens pen..all the time here :(

7:14 pm

cybernan

lost in the re's time for a break

7:15 pm

penquis

well i have been through the list and I still have 19 to find....ugh....

7:16 pm

NatashaW

geez pen, I have 99, so you sound like you're in Eden to me

7:16 pm

TraderKate

well done pen!

7:16 pm

rururocks

119 here

7:16 pm

penquis

ty....down to 17 now....perhaps there is hope...

7:16 pm

penquis

have you listed, ru?

7:16 pm

Lizlin

39 here

7:16 pm

TraderKate

go ruru go!

7:16 pm

TraderKate

go pen, go Liz!

7:17 pm

NatashaW

and 98 of them start with ce. No, really, only 8 of 'em

7:17 pm

rururocks

not yet.. but thinking about it

7:17 pm

NatashaW

but it feels like 98

7:17 pm

penquis

heck, i listed with 175 left....didn't want to wait too late...

7:17 pm

NatashaW

ceria

7:17 pm

NatashaW

oops sorry but it's not a word anyhow right?

7:18 pm

NatashaW

ooh it is. My apologies...

7:19 pm

penquis

de 6/27?

7:19 pm

TraderKate

not suck up liquid??

7:20 pm

TraderKate

that ending is used more than you'd think...

7:20 pm

penquis

hmm....

7:20 pm

Lizlin

Down to 36 but time to make some bread. Back later. Good luck.

7:20 pm

penquis

ty...bye liz...

7:20 pm

UnikeTheHunter

Hint for an unusual word. N-6. My favorite peanut butter flavored cookie.

7:21 pm

TraderKate

based on a SO 4/6

7:21 pm

NatashaW

ah, tx again kate, you're the best!

7:21 pm

TraderKate

bread? mmmmmm home made bread :D

7:22 pm

penquis

ty, kate....got the six...

7:24 pm

TraderKate

clue for the lurkerz <3
EN 8/40 starts with the main course at dinner ends with the sun. (I thought it was a tricky one)

7:25 pm

penquis

how about de 9?....does it build on the previous word?

7:25 pm

TraderKate

it does not pen

7:26 pm

NatashaW

it's exactly like re9

7:26 pm

penquis

ok, thanks...

7:26 pm

penquis

it would help if i had the re 9... ;o)

7:26 pm

NatashaW

ooh, sorry! lol

7:27 pm

MollyL

Lurkers, ice cream cone icon <3 , or lurkers

7:27 pm

TraderKate

I had to go to morewords for the re :(

7:27 pm

TraderKate

do you want a hint on the DE 9?

7:27 pm

NatashaW

those were my first 9 words I got all by myself!

7:27 pm

MollyL

Sorry or lurkers â™¥

7:28 pm

penquis

i am happy for you, natasha...

7:28 pm

TraderKate

Molly, can you tell me how to call up the little icons to insert?

7:28 pm

NatashaW

you're sweet penquis...

7:28 pm

UnikeTheHunter

It doesn't accept DETUNE.

7:29 pm

NatashaW

happy to help if wanted but hate when people clue before I ask for it

7:29 pm

TraderKate

haha Hi unike :)

7:30 pm

MollyL

If you don't want clues before you are ready, turn the chat off. Chat is full of clues all day long.

7:33 pm

NatashaW

but the chat is half the fun here...

7:33 pm

NatashaW

lovely group of folks

7:33 pm

NatashaW

so I try not to peek when I see a clue posted, unless I want it

7:33 pm

TraderKate

It takes a village some days :)

7:33 pm

MollyL

And don't ever play at the flip with chat on, because it is some kind of alpha male/female competition to see who can clue first.

7:34 pm

NatashaW

I'm never up that late!!

7:35 pm

TraderKate

It is quite a sight - how they manage to find s many big fish right off the hop always amazes me. I have to sneak up on them ne letter at a time ;)

7:36 pm

NatashaW

Land of the Giants, eh? I'll stay quiet behind my rock.

7:36 pm

HarryHood

holy cow. I don't know if I should even start this one.

7:36 pm

penquis

ob 6/24?

7:36 pm

penquis

nm....

7:37 pm

NatashaW

well, you have about 4-5 hours left Harry.... 100 words an hour should do it :-)

7:37 pm

TraderKate

I usually have my head sown, if I'm on at the flip. That's a big people's game ;)

7:37 pm

penquis

channeling Peri tonight...

7:37 pm

HarryHood

gah. I can't resist. But I won't come close to finishing

7:37 pm

TraderKate

:) whatever works pen

7:38 pm

TraderKate

tons jof clues in the chog harry. good place to start.

7:38 pm

HarryHood

not even close to that kate - gotta exhaust the grid first

7:39 pm

penquis

ou 7/32?

7:39 pm

TraderKate

pitter patter harry. no time to chat ;)

7:39 pm

TraderKate

NOT put a letter in an envelope?

7:40 pm

NatashaW

GREAT clue Kate

7:40 pm

penquis

hmmm...

7:40 pm

TraderKate

or take a letter from the envelope?

7:41 pm

penquis

i know the first part...working on the second...

7:41 pm

NatashaW

phew, got all 84 (!) r words. Kate I take it you finished a while ago...?

7:41 pm

rururocks

are there 5 oe's.. I can't find more

7:41 pm

penquis

found it...ty...

7:41 pm

NatashaW

yes ru

7:41 pm

NatashaW

no ru

7:41 pm

NatashaW

6

7:42 pm

NatashaW

sorry I am BLIND from too much babble. it is 5

7:42 pm

TraderKate

I'm done, yes

7:42 pm

NatashaW

I can spell, but I can't count

7:42 pm

NatashaW

belated congrats Kate!!

7:42 pm

TraderKate

pen - sounds like a breath mint... it 2, 2, 2 mints in one!

7:44 pm

wvteach

** finito ** \

7:45 pm

TraderKate

woooot teach, WTG!

7:45 pm

NatashaW

what a marathon, congrats Teach!

7:45 pm

HarryHood

wow wvt. how many points total?

7:45 pm

wvteach

8444

7:45 pm

HarryHood

I grayed out a letter!

7:45 pm

penquis

only 9 S words left...

7:45 pm

HarryHood

*gasp*

7:45 pm

penquis

cool, harry...

7:49 pm

penquis

so 6/21?....the one after drunks?

7:49 pm

NatashaW

adj form of same word pen

7:49 pm

TraderKate

past tense sorta?

7:50 pm

TraderKate

often heard as be****** to be very taken with

7:50 pm

penquis

hmm...

7:51 pm

penquis

got it...ty....

7:51 pm

penquis

TITT... ;o)

7:52 pm

TraderKate

:D

7:52 pm

TraderKate

isn't that a bird?

7:52 pm

periwinkle

help with first de7 pls

7:52 pm

periwinkle

help with first de7 pls

7:53 pm

penquis

i am done.... :oD

7:53 pm

periwinkle

yay for pen

7:53 pm

periwinkle

only 140 left to find

7:53 pm

TraderKate

congrats pen!!!!!!

7:54 pm

penquis

tyvm....and thanks, all, for the help...

7:54 pm

TraderKate

DE 7/ 40 telstar falls to the earth?

7:54 pm

TraderKate

tel sat maybe? ugh

7:55 pm

TraderKate

astronaughts return frim circling the earth... that's better

7:55 pm

periwinkle

I saw that clue earlier and it did not help

7:56 pm

TraderKate

okay.. how about the name for the bone around the eye...as the root word

7:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, didn't have that one

7:57 pm

periwinkle

I don't remember that from anatomy class :(

7:57 pm

penquis

peri....de + what John Glenn was the first to do...and pl...

7:57 pm

NatashaW

i didn't either, thx kate, love your sp of astronaughts

7:57 pm

TraderKate

even more basic... another name for a sphere... what a king/queen might hold in hand along with the sceptre?

7:58 pm

TraderKate

hahaha... didn't even think of the spelling...

7:59 pm

periwinkle

aha finally got it and the de8 too ty all

7:59 pm

TraderKate

doesn't even go as agronaughts... ROFL... back to sdchol for me!

8:00 pm

penquis

yw...

8:00 pm

NatashaW

think you're doing OK there Kate... you finished this grid... there's your proof!

8:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2/3 done, i might faint

8:01 pm

TraderKate

go Gwen go!!!!
(sometimes typos can be your best friend Nat...)

8:02 pm

NatashaW

yes, when you accidentally monkey a babblet whilst trying to type a "real" word..

8:03 pm

TraderKate

LOL.. don't tell anyone - I had to look for a couple FOUR letter wrods in morewords I wa so Babbleblind ;)

8:05 pm

NatashaW

Haha Kate I suspect many have done the same today...

8:06 pm

TraderKate

there are times, when you'd swear you tried every possible cmbo - even the impossible ones... ;)

8:07 pm

Bugsaw

hello friends. speaking of being Babble blind, is now a good time to ask for a clue to the re 8,50 ? I can't even find it in Morewords!

8:09 pm

NatashaW

to acquire once more?

8:09 pm

rururocks

I am looking for it too

8:10 pm

Bugsaw

I ruru. I am so tired of this while trying to do 3 other projects at the same time. . .

8:10 pm

TraderKate

I did clue it for lurkerz not long ago.

8:10 pm

TraderKate

(((bugs)))

8:11 pm

rururocks

you did?

8:11 pm

TraderKate

no ruru... PAY NO ATTENTION TO MY BAbblings

8:11 pm

Bugsaw

if you can tell me what time you did that I MIGHT have a chance of finding it Kate but there are no guarantees any more. I need a nap

8:11 pm

NatashaW

see my clue below at 8:09 bugs...

8:12 pm

TraderKate

what Nat said... great clue

8:12 pm

NatashaW

think I plagiarized it from you Kate

8:12 pm

NatashaW

so you're patting yourself on the back :-)

8:12 pm

Bugsaw

I saw it Natasha and appreciate your effort. However, it makes no sense with the letters I can see

8:12 pm

TraderKate

as long as it gets out there... :D

8:13 pm

penquis

other R?

8:13 pm

rururocks

I sure don't see it

8:13 pm

Bugsaw

me neither

8:13 pm

TraderKate

based on to acquire OB 6

8:13 pm

penquis

looking for what?....if it is the re8/50....use the left R...

8:14 pm

rururocks

thank you.. didn't look up

8:15 pm

Bugsaw

thank you thank you thank you for the ob clue!!!!

8:15 pm

TraderKate

get your hands on OB 6/24
do it again for the re 8

8:15 pm

NatashaW

OK. I finished those accursed ce babblets. Not one of 'em a word anyone I know would use...

8:17 pm

HarryHood

first pass through - 242 to go.

8:18 pm

HarryHood

and three tiles grayed

8:19 pm

TraderKate

C words are very often unpleasant, IMO ;)

8:19 pm

rururocks

I feel like I'm being punished

8:19 pm

Bugsaw

that kind of positive attitude will help today, Harry

8:19 pm

HarryHood

yeah I'm almost done with this one, I think.

8:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

en 9 pls?

8:20 pm

Bugsaw

well put ruru

8:20 pm

TraderKate

Do you WANT to be punished ruru? <wink>

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

doe

8:20 pm

NatashaW

Yes, but think of the big cash prizes if you finish, ruru

8:20 pm

HarryHood

a deer!

8:20 pm

TraderKate

that's the one I did clue not long ago...
starts like main course at dinner and ends with the sun TO

8:21 pm

TraderKate

(that's the 8, don't see a EN 9)

8:21 pm

NatashaW

there's plenty of 9s, don't need another one

8:22 pm

Bugsaw

TO it could be between suns in French

8:22 pm

TraderKate

nice clue Bugs!

8:23 pm

Bugsaw

thanks Kate. but only if she knows French

8:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty kate

8:24 pm

TraderKate

well.. if she attends plays there's "between acts"; which is more common. I liked that clue Bugs.

8:25 pm

Bugsaw

I always wonder what kind of minds understand my clues. It comforts me to know I am not the only one in the world who thinks sideways

8:26 pm

TraderKate

we all don't think linearly!

8:27 pm

TraderKate

which makes us all wizards at cryptic crosswords ;)
hahaha

8:31 pm

rururocks

i only have one 9 so far. .yuck

8:31 pm

Bugsaw

they are not normal words ruru

8:32 pm

TraderKate

ruru has a paucity of 9s...sorta hint

8:32 pm

rururocks

i am missing one r.. I'm screwed

8:32 pm

Bugsaw

have you listed to see which ones you need

8:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm still 24 shy of having all the 4-letter words. But I'm multitasking -- actually getting work down while I babble

8:33 pm

TraderKate

bet it's RE 9/60...

8:33 pm

Bugsaw

well done Gwen. My day is just one frustration after another

8:35 pm

TraderKate

Trif had sstate exams to proctor today - while she babbled away - lucky ladies!

8:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

sorry to hear, bugsaw

8:37 pm

TraderKate

Why such a frustrating day, Bugs?

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

ob5/6 pls?

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

setup

8:44 pm

TraderKate

OB 5 death notice and pl

8:45 pm

TraderKate

TO, the OB 5 is not related to the OB 6 (which is to acquire)

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

sorry, the death notice is a 4 and a 5 i am confused

8:45 pm

TraderKate

easy to do after struggling with a bruiser grid like this TO.. did you get what you needed?

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh man i am SOOOOO sick of reentering words i entered this monring. it is a drag when the grid is so big. ty kate

8:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

re 8/50 after scarlets, pls?

8:48 pm

TraderKate

to acquire again

8:49 pm

rururocks

screw it .. I'm listing.. not getting anywhere

8:49 pm

TraderKate

were the ones you enetered on your phone earlier not "saved" TO? sorry to hear that you are doing double duty on a large grid like this (

8:49 pm

TraderKate

admirable effort ruru; how far did you get?

8:51 pm

rururocks

42

8:52 pm

Bugsaw

holy crap ruru, that is excellent

8:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

129 to go, break time

8:54 pm

kittychan

clue for the first two de?

8:54 pm

wht

Hi all. Does anyone have a clue fro the de9?

8:55 pm

kittychan

de9 - completely out of money

8:55 pm

TraderKate

that is amazing ruru!!!

8:56 pm

TraderKate

kitty - to stop circling the earth in the astronaut's capsule and pl

8:57 pm

wht

Thanks kitty.

8:58 pm

kittychan

thanks TraderKate! That wasn't in MoreWords.

8:59 pm

TraderKate

wow1 yw kitty :)
hi wht and kitty!

9:00 pm

kittychan

hello!

9:01 pm

TraderKate

sooo, has spring finally sprung for you kitty?

9:02 pm

kittychan

Yes, it has been warm and rainy but sometimes beautiful. Buds are budding. You?

9:04 pm

TraderKate

finally some warmth here too... and more importantly some sun!!! another few days and we should finally be finished worrying about frost. trees are still trying to bud - no leaves yet on them (but verysoon!) rain is coming on and off for a week.

9:06 pm

NatashaW

wow, so very different from here... my lilacs are already finished... azaleas in fullest bloom... hydrangeas leafing out...

9:07 pm

NatashaW

soon it will be 40C every day... ugh

9:07 pm

TraderKate

tulips still in bud here. daffys are all out and the early ones are fading a bit. forsuthia still out in full bloom fer goodness sake (NOT normal)

9:08 pm

kittychan

My son can't wait to go swimming in the lake and talks about it every day. He's 4 and doesn't understand that the water is still freezing.

9:08 pm

TraderKate

we were well into the 20s yesterday and today.

9:10 pm

TraderKate

teachable moment kitty ;)
bring him down to the water and let him dip a toe in

9:11 pm

kittychan

With my luck he'd be able to take it and I'd have to go in and fetch him!

9:11 pm

TraderKate

raising a little daredevil ? :D

9:11 pm

NatashaW

some people are natural polar bears...

9:12 pm

TraderKate

kids don't feel cold or heat like us **oldsters** do

9:13 pm

NatashaW

so true! My kid's in school in Montreal this year, bought him a fancy LLBean parka, he never wore it

9:13 pm

NatashaW

and it's not like he has ANY body fat... he's just not cold!

9:14 pm

TraderKate

he's crazy... it was bloody freezing - especially DEc/Jan... started very early :(

9:14 pm

NatashaW

which I resent because my middle name is "I"m cold I'm making tea/soup"

9:14 pm

TraderKate

men: portable blast furnaces ;)

9:14 pm

NatashaW

isn't that why we marry them...

9:15 pm

NatashaW

need a clue for the ta8s and 9... are they related?

9:15 pm

TraderKate

yes, they keep us warm at night and keep track of which actors I like ;)

9:15 pm

rururocks

any help on the un 6/21 and 8/50 combo?

9:16 pm

NatashaW

kate clued the 8/50 ruj

9:16 pm

NatashaW

un6/21 is just an extension of un5,12

9:16 pm

TraderKate

lots are variations of the drum Nat.. pt and mini and pl

9:17 pm

NatashaW

hmm, thought I'd done all those variants...thanks

9:17 pm

TraderKate

the un 6/21 is the pl of the previous string ruru

9:19 pm

rururocks

ok.. but what about the un8

9:20 pm

rururocks

I'm missing a r 9 too.. have to look at the list

9:21 pm

TraderKate

UN 8/50 is almost a compound word...squash Un 4 and Tr 5

9:21 pm

mkg

there are two un 6 21s and a un 7 32 all from the un 4 5.

9:21 pm

TraderKate

bet its the RE 9/60 ruru...

9:23 pm

rururocks

it is.. is there a hint for that one too

9:23 pm

TraderKate

rhymes with ""poor""?

9:24 pm

rururocks

oh my god.. thanks TK.. I'm done.. brutal grid today

9:24 pm

TraderKate

court may order someone to to make full ************** - make thing s right; repay $$.. this is the root of that word.

9:25 pm

rururocks

I need to make dinner now.. thank you for the three clues

9:25 pm

TraderKate

congratulations ruru! You got those last ones so quickly... have you ever heard the word RE 9 used as in grid>?

9:25 pm

mkg

hi all. still cant get un 8........further clues kate or anyoe else? ty

9:26 pm

mkg

and what word rhymes with poor???????

9:26 pm

NatashaW

not sure it rhymes... think it was a definition of de9

9:27 pm

TraderKate

the other word in the grid means poor....really poor THAT word rhymes with RE 9/60

9:27 pm

mkg

de??????oh. i was trying for the un 8. well dont have either so clues welcome for either.

9:28 pm

TraderKate

UN 8/5- UN 4/5 + RU 4/5

9:28 pm

mkg

ty got the de. yes poor is super clue.

9:29 pm

mkg

i got a 7 for that not an 8. looking

9:29 pm

TraderKate

did you get the RE 9 that thymes with it mkg?

9:29 pm

mkg

oops it was an 8. sorry. ty for clues. got it.

9:29 pm

mkg

ty

9:29 pm

TraderKate

mkg m typo

9:30 pm

TraderKate

UN 8/50 = UN 4/5 + RU 4/5

9:30 pm

mkg

ty. super clues.

9:30 pm

mkg

got the re.

9:30 pm

mkg

ty

9:30 pm

NatashaW

Kate is the Nonesuch when it comes to cluing

9:31 pm

TraderKate

yay! (stooooopid word!)

9:31 pm

NatashaW

clueing?

9:31 pm

mkg

off to sleep. ty for great clues. got more than half way which is my goal.

9:31 pm

mkg

ty

9:31 pm

mkg

huh? nonesuch??????i dont get it.

9:31 pm

TraderKate

LOL, I would stick an E in, but - who knopws?

9:31 pm

NatashaW

it means there's no one like her, or no one who surpasses her

9:32 pm

NatashaW

I think definitely an e in it

9:32 pm

TraderKate

hahaha.. there are legdendary cluers here.. ones that DON'T make typos in clues :/

9:34 pm

TraderKate

congrats on your goal mkg - on a grid of this size, it's a whole grid on many days!

9:39 pm

NatashaW

phew... FINALLY found all those ta words... thx kate

9:39 pm

NatashaW

4 left...

9:40 pm

TraderKate

well done Nat.... and Go Nat go!

9:40 pm

NatashaW

hardly well done... ruru's been and gone while I'm still slogging away...

9:40 pm

NatashaW

but done...

9:40 pm

NatashaW

or almost...2 left

9:41 pm

TraderKate

Never mind ruru... he's a wizard.... you only compete against youyrself.

9:44 pm

harpjane

almost done, only 373 to go.....

9:44 pm

NatashaW

whee, all the pretty lights!! thank you muchly for all the support Kate and all!

9:45 pm

TraderKate

go jane, go... sorry to report there is a dearth of criotters :(

9:45 pm

NatashaW

there's an extinct critter...

9:45 pm

TraderKate

Woo hoo, Nat dashes over the finish line! YAY!!!!

9:46 pm

TraderKate

there is? hmmm

9:46 pm

NatashaW

crawls is more like it... but still... finished.

9:46 pm

NatashaW

some large animal that went the way of the dodo in the time of Caesar...

9:47 pm

NatashaW

I look up all the words I don't know. It slows me waaay down but if I don't then I just feel like a parrot pecking at a keyboard.

9:49 pm

TraderKate

I am lookijg. no idea what that critter is..

9:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks for the clues, kate

9:50 pm

TraderKate

you're very welcome TO :)

9:52 pm

cybernan

99 words left in the grid
99 wors to find
if one little word should come to me now
98 words wil me on my mind

9:53 pm

cybernan

getting a little punch drunk here

9:53 pm

wht

any clues for the so9/9/10?

9:54 pm

cybernan

musical direction to play in a sustained manner

9:55 pm

TraderKate

SO 9/60
HELP + X + vowel + (foot digits- e)

9:56 pm

TraderKate

THAT was the SO 10/77
singular for a 9
fhangwe the last vjowel of the 9 for a different 9

9:56 pm

cybernan

mayday letters + number + not me + drink with jam and bread. then change last vowel, then plural

9:57 pm

hurshy

oh my. first look at the grid.

9:58 pm

TraderKate

are you still conscious hurshy?

9:59 pm

TraderKate

smelling salts for hurshy!

10:01 pm

hurshy

lol thanks kate

10:01 pm

TraderKate

:D

10:02 pm

wht

ty nan and kate. It took me a while to get my fingers around those.

10:03 pm

TraderKate

nan's clue is much more succint (hey look, no typos too)
just finished eating, so hopefully I revive

10:05 pm

cybernan

to 5/12 following the legal no no

10:05 pm

TraderKate

after staccato, I am lost in musical references :/

10:06 pm

cybernan

nm - found it

10:07 pm

TraderKate

let them eat cake - lots of them ;)

10:08 pm

cybernan

2nd to 6/21 please?

10:09 pm

TraderKate

TO 6/21 sounds like the horoscope bull

10:10 pm

NatashaW

sorry Kate! Kid entered room and I got distracted! Extinct animal is ur4,6

10:10 pm

grannyrose

2nd to6/21 plural of to4/5

10:10 pm

TraderKate

there is a TO 5/12 that takes the same clue

10:11 pm

cybernan

don't have the 4/5 that follows the bull homonym

10:11 pm

grannyrose

to + sound you make for silence

10:12 pm

cybernan

ty rose

10:13 pm

grannyrose

bbl. lunch time. xoxox

10:13 pm

TraderKate

TY Nat. got as far as the Ts and got sidetracked as well... had the feedbag strapped on ;)

10:13 pm

TraderKate

hi rose, bye rose <3

10:14 pm

hurshy

when we were kids my sisters and i used to consider the spelling of a burp (if a burp had a spelling) to be "ut". therefore if we burped we would say, "excuse me, i utted."

10:15 pm

TraderKate

hehe hurshy that's cute :)

10:30 pm

cybernan

st 6-7 following walked purposely

10:32 pm

TraderKate

add the smallest of the litter(s)

10:33 pm

wht

Finally finished.

10:33 pm

wht

Good night all.

10:33 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations why!!!!!

10:33 pm

cybernan

grats wht

10:39 pm

cybernan

ty kate

10:40 pm

TraderKate

yw nan

10:53 pm

cybernan

de 6/27 please?

10:54 pm

TraderKate

NOT suck up (or get rid of) liquid (like a paper towel)

10:55 pm

TraderKate

SO 4/6 is the root word

10:57 pm

cybernan

ty kate

10:58 pm

TraderKate

getting pretty tired here. didn't word that very well, sorry nan. glad you got it.

11:00 pm

cybernan

your clues are great

11:01 pm

hurshy

well i've got 410 so far

11:01 pm

cybernan

well done hurshy

11:02 pm

hurshy

used the clue for the 10 but haven't tried for the 9s

11:02 pm

TraderKate

you are amazing hurshy!!!! How do you do that?

11:02 pm

cybernan

I've been at it a lot longer than you and not much further ahead

11:02 pm

TraderKate

drop the pl for a 9 and change the final vowel for a 2nd 9 jurshy

11:03 pm

hurshy

ohhhh that makes the 10 clue make even more sense now

11:03 pm

TraderKate

(who is jurshy?)

11:03 pm

hurshy

my evil twin

11:04 pm

TraderKate

after dinner lazies ;)
sinuse headache and getting sleepy, but must stay upright a while longer

11:04 pm

hurshy

pourquoi?

11:05 pm

TraderKate

if I lay down too soon after eating, my tummy doesn't like it.

11:05 pm

hurshy

ahhh, interesting.

11:05 pm

hurshy

if i eat dairy too early in the day, my tummy doesn't like that

11:05 pm

hurshy

if i eat dairy too early in the day, my tummy doesn't like that

11:06 pm

hurshy

gotta love the super quick double enter

11:06 pm

TraderKate

:D

11:07 pm

TraderKate

maybe your stomach doesn't like dairy on an empty tummy?

11:07 pm

hurshy

yeah

11:09 pm

meliae

Clue for the line e please and thank you

11:10 pm

TraderKate

ED 4/6 Hebrew letter

11:10 pm

cybernan

ed 4

11:10 pm

TraderKate

EDucated in High School?

11:10 pm

meliae

Th

11:11 pm

cybernan

last se 6-7 please?

11:11 pm

meliae

Ty

11:11 pm

meliae

Clue for the 10 please and thank you

11:11 pm

hurshy

i'm guessing that it's like, a spread at a buffet? but it's a compound word. i didn't ___ ___ to kill him, but one thing led to another...

11:12 pm

TraderKate

train enroute... to leave a boxcar in a siding

11:12 pm

TraderKate

nan - place + not in
and pl

11:13 pm

hurshy

wait what's that about a train?

11:13 pm

cybernan

so 9-10: mayday letters + number + not me + not from

11:13 pm

TraderKate

nm the train clue hurshy that was for the se 6,7 but I gave a better clue just after

11:14 pm

cybernan

didn't think that was one word - ty

11:14 pm

hurshy

ok, well that is what i clued also

11:15 pm

meliae

Thank you man excellent clue

11:15 pm

TraderKate

yes hurshy, same word :)
I like your clue better

11:15 pm

meliae

Nan

11:15 pm

cybernan

yw mel

11:16 pm

TraderKate

long time, no see mel :)

11:17 pm

meliae

Been on the night shift :)

11:17 pm

TraderKate

that's a drag...

11:19 pm

cybernan

so 7/28 please? - don't have either

11:20 pm

meliae

I meant playing late nights :)

11:20 pm

TraderKate

one ends like a mineral, the other ends with a sugar

11:20 pm

TraderKate

SO + ceremonies
SO + heavily scented flowers (of love)

11:21 pm

TraderKate

ah mel... I have been behaving and going to bed at a reasonable hour. yesterday was the first flip I'd seen in a while.. went to bed right after.

11:22 pm

cybernan

ty kate

11:22 pm

TraderKate

:)

11:23 pm

meliae

My eyes are going crossed and now I am just retyping too many of the same words lol

11:24 pm

hurshy

i'd like one more middle T and a couple more of the O next to it, but otherwise i'm fairly pleased

11:24 pm

TraderKate

been there ;)

11:25 pm

meliae

I usually play around 1am PST sometimes a bit earlier caught the flip last night and totally forgot it was a huge grid.

11:26 pm

TraderKate

TO 4/5 and pl
id the middle T...

11:26 pm

cybernan

struggling with the s's and so far most of them are "normal"

11:26 pm

hurshy

i think i have the ones you mean kate

11:27 pm

hurshy

unless you meant the to4/5 that plurals to a SIX, where i had MISSED the plural so now that's good!

11:27 pm

TraderKate

the oe words all come from the 2nd column O

11:28 pm

meliae

I have up on the C

11:28 pm

cybernan

so 5/10 following the 10 please?

11:28 pm

hurshy

how many are there kate? i only have one. (not using list)

11:28 pm

meliae

Gave dang auto correct

11:29 pm

TraderKate

SO 5/10 ask not for whom the bell ***ls, it ***ls for thee?

11:29 pm

TraderKate

5 X OE

11:29 pm

hurshy

ooee

11:29 pm

cybernan

ty kate

11:30 pm

hurshy

i thought i'd tried an alt sp of the one i had and that it did not go but now it goes so now i have 2

11:30 pm

TraderKate

OE 7/32
OE 8/45 (pl)
OE 8/40
OE 8/45
OE 7/32

11:30 pm

hurshy

kay have the last 2

11:31 pm

TraderKate

yay!

11:31 pm

cybernan

so 6/21 following the drunken ones?

11:31 pm

hurshy

but golly what can the other 3 be

11:32 pm

TraderKate

OE 7/32
poetic "over" + kelloggs fro**** flakes
and pl

11:33 pm

hurshy

ok found 8/40 and the corresponding e

11:33 pm

hurshy

and thank you for those two!

11:34 pm

hurshy

funny though - 410 in an hour, 23 in the next half hour, lol

11:34 pm

harpjane

hello, almost done! (Only 373 to go!)

11:34 pm

hurshy

talk about diminishing returns

11:34 pm

TraderKate

take the OE 8/40 YOU found, and change the last 3 letters for a number of 3 digits

11:34 pm

meliae

Oe+min****** a type of pasta soup

11:34 pm

TraderKate

Still can't get over 410 in an hour.... wowzers!

11:35 pm

cybernan

throwing in the towel with 6 left

11:35 pm

hurshy

wait what? i thought there was just the one 8/40, are you confused or am i

11:35 pm

TraderKate

nan! really?

11:35 pm

TraderKate

25 minutes - unless you are too tired or frustrated

11:36 pm

meliae

One 8/40 is all I have

11:36 pm

TraderKate

just one OE 8/40

11:36 pm

hurshy

ok so then why do you appear to be using it to clue itself?

11:36 pm

TraderKate

sorry, I meant the 8/45 you found.. :(

11:36 pm

meliae

I have 8/45 8/40 8/45

11:36 pm

Jacula

Hi all. Sleepless night last night so waiting for the flip. Cybernan - what words do you need

11:37 pm

hurshy

lol, i'd already gotten that one though, while you were cluing me the other two, so i'm set on the oe words

11:37 pm

hurshy

hey jacula! don't see you much these days

11:37 pm

meliae

Oh ok Hurshy

11:37 pm

TraderKate

fif ui grt mel's clue at :34?

11:38 pm

TraderKate

good grief .did you get mel's clue at 12:34?

11:38 pm

meliae

I give lol this one I should have caved and listed.

11:38 pm

Jacula

Hi, hurshy. I'm here, but don't often chat these days.

11:38 pm

hurshy

kate, if you look at my first 11:33 post, you will see i said i found it then :)

11:39 pm

hurshy

and by the way i understood your hand-shifted-over-a-key gibberish too, lol

11:39 pm

ursh

morning all - i can also help if need be

11:39 pm

TraderKate

that's what I thought hurshy... the chog keeps jumpinmg and I keep losing my place..

11:39 pm

hurshy

ursh! my heart and soul.

11:39 pm

meliae

brb

11:39 pm

ursh

hahaha hurshy

11:39 pm

TraderKate

hi ursh and Jacula :)

11:40 pm

Jacula

Hi Kate.x

11:40 pm

hurshy

jumping chogs! that's no good. the celebrated jumping chog of calaveras county...?

11:40 pm

TraderKate

((Jackers))

11:40 pm

ursh

brb - more coffee

11:40 pm

meliae

Nan get those 6 finish for me lol

11:40 pm

TraderKate

haha... a champeeeeen jumper for sure!

11:41 pm

TraderKate

nan left :( ???

11:41 pm

harpjane

hi ursh and jac

11:41 pm

Jacula

I think she did leave, Kate. :(

11:41 pm

Jacula

Hi Harp/x

11:41 pm

hurshy

sometimes it's nice to leave a few unfinished

11:41 pm

hurshy

like thumbing your nose at the grid

11:41 pm

TraderKate

very sad :(

11:41 pm

hurshy

i COULD finish you if i wanted, grid, you know i could cause you see how close i got. but you're not WORTH the effort.

11:42 pm

TraderKate

jane came back!

11:42 pm

Jacula

Nice to leave a few unfinished? Are you mad, woman? lol

11:42 pm

TraderKate

hahaha....

11:42 pm

hurshy

take THAT, grid! you're not so important

11:43 pm

Jacula

LOL, Hurshy. We believe you.

11:43 pm

TraderKate

a few would be worse than half for me...slight OCD - nothing to see here ;)

11:43 pm

hurshy

it's like ninth grade biology

11:43 pm

Jacula

Same here, Kate!

11:44 pm

Jacula

Biology was fun, hurshy.

11:44 pm

TraderKate

nothing's like 9th grade biology ;)

11:45 pm

hurshy

i was getting a B+ which probably would have been like my only B in all of high school and there were like two more tests left in the year. and i had to get 100% on both in order to bump it to an A- for the final grade. and the teacher gave all-essay-tests. and if you didn't put in everything you could think of, even if it didn't ask about it in the question, he'd take points off. well, i studied my ass off for those last two tests and got OVER 100, bonus points. and i felt that i was in effect saying to the teacher: "see, i could have done this all year, but this class wasn't worth the effort."

11:45 pm

hurshy

so you see the connection

11:45 pm

Jacula

What age is 9th grade? It's a different system in UK.

11:46 pm

TraderKate

LOL... see, you do something like that and they expect it all the time!

11:46 pm

hurshy

i was 14

11:46 pm

TraderKate

same for you Jacula - 13 ish

11:46 pm

hurshy

well i normally got As on everything Kate, it was just his stupid essay tests with his unfair taking off points for things the question did not actually ask for...

11:48 pm

hurshy

the point is, it's all in the attitude. if i REJECT the last six words, then i have the power. i refuse to let the grid master me.

11:48 pm

TraderKate

not saying anyting about teachers in this chog... too many good ones I wouldn't want to insult.. and I was blessed with many good ones too. (had a real crap one in college though complete moron...

11:48 pm

Jacula

I've just checked what the Year ages are in UK now (changed since I was at school) - what was 3rd year of high school for me is now Year 9.

11:48 pm

hurshy

yes, like any profession, good ones and bad ones

11:49 pm

Jacula

I see what you are saying about not letting something master you, Hurshy, but I don't see the point. But, perhaps that's personal to you.

11:49 pm

jwr

I win the modesty/self-control game: stopped at 301

11:50 pm

jwr

Or was that lazy and ignorant hmmmmm

11:50 pm

TraderKate

you don't really have a middle school though, right Jac? K-6th, 7-8th, HS(9-12/13... O and A levels)

11:51 pm

TraderKate

jwr.. we know you are capable, so it was a life choice

11:51 pm

Jacula

Good for you jwr - I don't subscribe to either. I remember that old poster, 'It's not about winning but how you play the game'. lol

11:52 pm

jwr

True. I chose to be lazy and ignorant .... and go to movies alot, even if I am in increasingly depopulated cinemas.

11:52 pm

jwr

Oh Jac - you had to bring that up!

11:53 pm

Jacula

Yes, we do have middle school, Kate. In fact, there are far too many educational facilities and tests/goals to reach for children here now from pre-school to uni.

11:53 pm

TraderKate

don't see where ignorance comes into play... or is that self-depricating hunour?

11:53 pm

Jacula

Sorry and 'lol', jwr.

11:54 pm

TraderKate

not a fan of all these government mandated tests that have come in in the last decade. they are making testing companies rich... and if you ask me, kids learn less because they are "teaching the test"

11:54 pm

Jacula

Why can't children be given time to just be children these days? No wonder the number of children needing help with mental illnesses and stress has gone up so alarmingly.

11:56 pm

hurshy

my point was that it's not necessarily sad or a cause for pity that cnan left with 6 left

11:56 pm

TraderKate

they want to go back to standardised testing - why not go back to the exams required to get grade 13 diploma up until the alte 50s/early 60s... now those were tests.... jsut sying.

11:56 pm

hurshy

that alternatively, we could see it as a triumph

11:56 pm

hurshy

those exams are probably horribly out of date by now kate, lol

11:56 pm

Jacula

And then they go to uni and can't get a job afterwards and end up taking minimum wage jobs, get depressed, need help from the NHS which is failing them, etc.

11:56 pm

jwr

No, it's actually the onset of -- I seriously - just lost the word I needed, Kate. It's a gradual loss of mental capacity, begins with C. It will come back after awhile - just wanted to let you know I wasn't joking altogether

11:57 pm

TraderKate

I got the impression she was upset though... possibly because of babble blindness and clutter in chog.. to say nothing of bad clues replete with typos :(

11:57 pm

hurshy

even the standardized tests my students just took, idk how old they are exactly, but there was a question about whether something sounded more like a magazine article or a newspaper article, and i was like, um, kids today do not see magazines and newspapers, how would they know?

11:57 pm

Jacula

Hursh - Yes, nan left because she wanted to.

11:58 pm

TraderKate

no hurshy.. many would still fly today. at least the basics.. geography/history might need some tweaking but math is math and English is English...

11:58 pm

hurshy

mostly i'm just being... um... playful though. sometimes i take an idea and run with it just cause it is fun and entertaining

11:58 pm

TraderKate

they were basic exams but you had to know your stuff to pass.

12:00 am

hurshy

even the science books my kids use have pluto as a planet which of course is not currently considered true

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