Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, May 22, 2018

12:00 am

harpjane

flip

12:00 am

Rainiqui

re 7

12:02 am

jessmom

Th7 x 2

12:02 am

jessmom

Th7 x 2

12:03 am

jessmom

Oops, meant te 7 x 2

12:03 am

jessmom

Oops, meant te 7 x 2

12:04 am

rururocks

te7 x 3 actually jess

12:05 am

dizgrannie

he 8

12:06 am

rururocks

thank you diz

12:06 am

dizgrannie

yw

12:08 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:08 am

Rainiqui

se 7

12:09 am

rururocks

to7

12:09 am

melonheadjujube

hi

12:10 am

rururocks

hi melon

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

hey ruru

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

seek

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

ooops

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

PB for me

12:12 am

jessmom

th7

12:14 am

rururocks

ge7

12:15 am

melonheadjujube

hah, I was just about to clue the ge7

12:17 am

rururocks

I screamed it out

12:17 am

rururocks

ke7

12:19 am

rururocks

at8

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

melonheadjujube

ty lickety!

12:21 am

flosey

thanks Lickety

12:22 am

melonheadjujube

I should be poring through bureaucratic paperwork at this moment. If only procrastination could cause magic to happen.

12:22 am

rururocks

re7

12:38 am

rururocks

Sp8

12:38 am

melonheadjujube

124 down, ten of the 7s, two of the 8s, nbt, nbs.

12:39 am

melonheadjujube

that's it for me for now. Now to deal with Medicare, Medicaid, the county, the state, the feds, and players to be named later. aaargh.

12:39 am

melonheadjujube

nite!

12:39 am

rururocks

Good luck melon

12:41 am

melonheadjujube

thanks. This is for my son. He started work, and his benefits are being threatened. Some safety net. [poof]

12:42 am

Lizlin

Hi all

12:42 am

Lizlin

he 8

1:26 am

flosey

leh r

1:32 am

flosey

ok, tired (or perhaps lazy) thumb dropping onto the space bar!! time to get to bed

1:32 am

flosey

good night all, bb in the morning

2:58 am

rabbasar

gelato

3:35 am

zoozzoom

Okay first run through and I have 61 words left for later. Happy babbling everyone!

7:59 am

Shirlockc

phantom hotness, tho that might not be accepted anyway

8:00 am

NatashaW

FW! My 1st ever without begging for any clues... :-)

8:00 am

Shirlockc

woot nat!

8:00 am

ChampFit

Congrats! That's awesome!

8:02 am

NatashaW

Thanks! Plus I learned a few lovely new terms, like One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat

8:03 am

NatashaW

How have I lived on the earth all these decades wtihout ever knowing that?

8:15 am

Deeha

you've obviously lived a very sheltered life Nat!!!

8:24 am

Trifioso

hello friends

8:28 am

origami

Hi Trif

8:28 am

Trifioso

hello

8:34 am

Trifioso

my brain is on auto pilot today, oh dear

8:34 am

Shirlockc

slowing down with 61 left

8:35 am

Trifioso

ha! Just typed something incorrectly, and apparently it's an enable accepted word! go me!

8:36 am

rubyfoo

Hello everybody

8:36 am

Trifioso

bonjour ruby!

8:37 am

origami

HI Ruby

8:37 am

rubyfoo

Optimistically, l hired a real gardener to de-jungle my overgrown garden

8:38 am

rubyfoo

l've been making do with a couple of hours of help, here and there, but it needed serious work

8:38 am

Trifioso

that is great! You won't be sorry, I am sure

8:39 am

rubyfoo

3 guys have been working since 8AM Monday and are on their second truckload of detritus

8:39 am

Shirlockc

enabling the grass roots movement

8:39 am

Trifioso

I need a flamethrower, at this point

8:40 am

rubyfoo

l figure that since l made it through this winter, l want the garden to be truly splendid next year

8:40 am

origami

good for you Ruby

8:40 am

origami

Mine looks like a pack of Hells Angels lives here - only thing missing is a pile of empty beer cans

8:41 am

rubyfoo

They're doing a great job and l've left it to their boss to make de isions and not bother me

8:41 am

Trifioso

its been raining here so much that i could not even cut my grass at this point - it would tear.

8:41 am

rubyfoo

Since this is my first garden, l had no idea about howw big tiny shrubs would become

8:41 am

Trifioso

but I am going to have to get at it this week, no matter what - looking like a junk yard out there.

8:43 am

rubyfoo

My neighbor whom l haven't seen in a couple of years, came over to complain that pine needles from my big pine trees were landing in her pool

8:43 am

rubyfoo

l don't think that's my problem

8:44 am

Trifioso

geez louise, what a precious muffin she is! Does she own a skimmer?

8:44 am

rubyfoo

The pine trees were here when we bought the house and they keep me from looking into her house

8:44 am

Shirlockc

did she actually expect you to doing something about it?

8:44 am

rubyfoo

She's ne of these "fluttery" women, little fake voice, etc

8:45 am

rubyfoo

She wanted my guys to go over and clean up the pine needles!

8:45 am

Trifioso

what is WRONG with people?

8:45 am

Shirlockc

does this mean you can swim in her pool?

8:46 am

rubyfoo

When my husband died and also when l got sick, she never once came over (or even wrote a note!)

8:46 am

origami

What a whiner - it happens

8:47 am

Shirlockc

it's the neighbor lottery

8:47 am

rubyfoo

On the other side there's a neat-freak who keeps squaring off MY hedge

8:47 am

Trifioso

she is JUST PRECIOUS

8:47 am

Shirlockc

sometimes you get a winner

8:47 am

rubyfoo

and inherited beaucoup $$

8:48 am

rubyfoo

She has a straight-on view of the lake, but my trees block her oblique view

8:49 am

rubyfoo

She's Lucky l didn't build another house on the bottoom part of the garden

8:50 am

rubyfoo

l told her that any plants that come through the fence, she can have HER gardener lop off

8:52 am

rubyfoo

l have 93 words left and l'm falling asleep and it's not even 4PM

9:08 am

phaeton

hello...clue for the en7 & 8 please

9:09 am

rubyfoo

l was wrong, l think my very fragrant flowers are mock orange

9:12 am

phaeton

nm....FW

9:12 am

chrisk

en 7 & 8 - the en* and a short letter is a **** - and plural

9:52 am

Eva

don't get that chris. en followed by n4?

9:53 am

JW4975

en* - to finish, plus no4 and the plural, I think.

9:53 am

Eva

ah. thanks

9:54 am

JW4975

Took me a while, too!

10:00 am

Judi

Greetings, all. Uhg. It's raining again.

10:00 am

origami

It perplexes me the verbs that can be performed again and those that can't in enable.

10:00 am

origami

Hi Judi

10:04 am

rururocks

I cracked up at your hells angel comment ori

10:05 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:05 am

rururocks

i might have to get you a tattoo for xmas.. "born to raise hell"

10:05 am

rururocks

hey mool

10:06 am

Shirlockc

surely it should be "born to raise beer bottles"?

10:07 am

moolingwa

morning ru, was just in your state yesterday

10:07 am

rururocks

oh.. in so cal though no?

10:07 am

moolingwa

no, pleasonton again

10:08 am

rururocks

oh.. we'll have to time it sometime when you're going there. i go to Pleasanton once a month

10:08 am

moolingwa

oh yeah?

10:09 am

moolingwa

well next time I go, will let you know

10:09 am

rururocks

please do... i'll work it out to come down

10:10 am

origami

Yes, I think I need a couple of sleeves :-)

10:10 am

Judi

Computer wants restart. BBL.

10:10 am

rururocks

lol ori

10:12 am

moolingwa

do you ever have moments where "that really should be a word" and you try it, and it is

10:13 am

Shirlockc

i usually have the reverse, moo

10:13 am

moolingwa

well yeah

10:21 am

moolingwa

100 to go

10:27 am

Shirlockc

is there a gn?

10:27 am

Shirlockc

or a ps?

10:27 am

Shirlockc

or rather, another ps as i have the ps4

10:31 am

moolingwa

don't believe there's a gn

10:31 am

moolingwa

and don't believe there's any other ps words

10:38 am

periwinkle

hi all. help with either at8 or sp8 pls

10:38 am

moolingwa

at8 - someone who is at the meeting or event

10:39 am

periwinkle

ty.

10:42 am

moolingwa

the sp8...sounds like an advertiser with the second to last letter different

11:28 am

bichon

ge 6/24, pls

11:28 am

penquis

add not early....

11:30 am

bichon

ty pen

11:30 am

penquis

yw.....

11:36 am

momof5

Last word: re7,32. Any clues?

11:37 am

mrloser

GE6/24 italian style ice cream. 2nd one with different vowel at the end

11:37 am

mrloser

and both have pl's

11:38 am

penquis

sorry, momo....donâ€™t have it....

11:39 am

momof5

Just figured it out!

11:40 am

momof5

Now I am re* in the face for not seeing it.

11:42 am

bichon

share, pls, momo,

11:43 am

momof5

RE* is a color, add adjective ending

11:45 am

momof5

state of being RE*

11:49 am

momof5

Hope you got the re7. I have to get to work. TTFN

11:50 am

Dianne

Help with the se7 - please

11:52 am

Dianne

never mind

11:55 am

Dianne

No matter what I can't see the re7 - help, please

11:57 am

Judi

The color of embarasment, Dianne.

11:58 am

bichon

ty Judi

11:58 am

Dianne

;Thanks Judi - I knew that ending had to be used sometime!

12:28 pm

Judi

Blah. I'm sick of this grid. Throwing in the towel with 37 left in the bucket.

12:52 pm

mkg

i dont get the re 7. re color is one more letter.then what?

12:55 pm

mkg

also have no 8s. help!?

12:55 pm

Aussieme

If you sunburn your skin takes on a re7

12:56 pm

MLFAN17

mkg ends in loch ****

12:56 pm

mkg

ty got it. ty.

12:57 pm

mkg

how about the se 7? ty.

12:57 pm

mkg

oh gee just got it. sorry

12:57 pm

mkg

any 8s out there? would love clues. ty

12:58 pm

harpjane

hello 202 to go

12:58 pm

Aussieme

at8.45

12:59 pm

mkg

ty got it. whoa! ty

12:59 pm

Aussieme

you have the preceeding 6 and following 7 yes ?

1:00 pm

mkg

just got all 3. ty.

1:00 pm

Aussieme

233 to go here Harp

1:01 pm

MLFAN17

2nd column e?

1:03 pm

MLFAN17

an g stats pls?

1:04 pm

Aussieme

ge4.7 ge6.24 ge7.36 ge6.24 ge6.24 ge7.36

1:04 pm

harpjane

could I get stats for the 4th column s please?

1:04 pm

MLFAN17

sp 5/6 harp

1:05 pm

MLFAN17

ty aussie

1:05 pm

MLFAN17

aussie do you have 2nd column e?

1:05 pm

Aussieme

yw Fan

1:06 pm

Aussieme

I don#t yet Fan#

1:07 pm

MLFAN17

its a mystery

1:07 pm

MLFAN17

or hiding rather lol

1:35 pm

Biltong

clue for sp8, please?

1:36 pm

bichon

re 6/21, third one, pls

1:36 pm

bichon

sounds like those ad men represent

1:40 pm

Biltong

ty, bichon. Sorry, I don't yet have that re6

1:40 pm

MLFAN17

bichon does it start with sp 5/20?

1:40 pm

bichon

the re?

1:41 pm

MLFAN17

bichon the third re6 I I have is a pl

1:41 pm

bichon

no it doesn't just think of who ad men represent

1:42 pm

MLFAN17

i don't understand

1:42 pm

bichon

fan, the third re 6/21 is not a pl

1:44 pm

MLFAN17

can we try again for the sp8 pls?

1:45 pm

MLFAN17

bichon sorry that's what my third re word is

1:45 pm

bichon

now a word from our "********". change next to last leter

1:45 pm

ch1212

mlf, it plays off of "Brought to you by our sp.... Tide Laundry Detergent!"

1:46 pm

MLFAN17

chi yeah i know just monkeying it right now

1:46 pm

Biltong

i found re6/21 - to put on again

1:47 pm

MLFAN17

bit its that the pl of the re 5/12?

1:47 pm

bichon

ty Biltong

1:48 pm

Biltong

yes

1:48 pm

MLFAN17

that's the one i have as the third

1:49 pm

MLFAN17

got the sp words ty

1:57 pm

MLFAN17

does anyone have a word from the 2nd column e?

1:58 pm

Biltong

I have et5/12 which I think is from that e

1:59 pm

Biltong

en4/5

1:59 pm

MLFAN17

i have a et 5/12 already ?

2:00 pm

MLFAN17

ty bit got it

2:01 pm

Biltong

yw :)

2:04 pm

Biltong

MLF, en7/32 and 8/45 from the second column e

2:16 pm

mkg

biltong, a clue please.

2:18 pm

Biltong

mkg, en 7 & 8 - the en* and a short letter is a **** - and plural, clued earlier

2:19 pm

mkg

what does a short letter mean?

2:20 pm

Biltong

The sp8 has been clued before, but I still can't see it

2:20 pm

mkg

so opp of beginning + ????short letter??????and plural..not getting it. so sorry

2:21 pm

mkg

i also didndt get sp 8. sorry

2:21 pm

Biltong

no4/4

2:21 pm

TraderKate

short note + "thank you ****"?

2:21 pm

Biltong

and no4/5

2:21 pm

TraderKate

damn

2:21 pm

Biltong

:)

2:22 pm

TraderKate

sorry *poof*

2:22 pm

mkg

thank you who or what?

2:22 pm

penquis

you write a thank you **** if someone gives you a present....

2:23 pm

mkg

i have that no 4 but what else?

2:23 pm

penquis

FINISH + THANK YOU ****....

2:24 pm

penquis

sorry....did not mean to yell....;o)

2:24 pm

penquis

remember: it is an EN word...

2:24 pm

mkg

thank you much? thank you sir? thank you madam? thank you lady? i am just not getting it. so sorry pen

2:25 pm

penquis

MKG....look at my clue again along with my clue from 2:22...

2:27 pm

Biltong

penquis, could you please clue the sp8?

2:28 pm

penquis

sp 7 is like the advertiser....just change the last letter....

2:28 pm

penquis

"thank you to our sp 7 (change last letter) for subsidizing this show"....

2:29 pm

penquis

it's also a plural...

2:29 pm

penquis

but the pl is the 8...

2:31 pm

Biltong

Found it at last, ty so much penquis

2:31 pm

penquis

yw....i think mool clued it earlier, but he aid change the next to the last letter.....true only if you are spelling the plural....

2:33 pm

mkg

i actually got the sp 7 and 8 and it has not shown up on the word list! help!

2:33 pm

mkg

ok just refreshed and it is now there. ty.

2:33 pm

mkg

so now sgtruggling with the en + thank you and then ending which i am not sure of.

2:34 pm

Biltong

Yes, and also just too many sssss :)

2:35 pm

Biltong

mkg, en + consonant + no4/4 and pl

2:35 pm

mkg

got the en!!!!!!!!!ok here is my attempt to clue:

2:36 pm

mkg

en= opp of beginning + thank you ****+ plural for the 8

2:36 pm

penquis

yes, that is pretty much what i said... ;o)

2:37 pm

Biltong

yay, mkg :)

2:38 pm

Biltong

bye all, thanks for the great clues

2:40 pm

penquis

bye, bilt...

2:43 pm

Douglas

I really wanted snog to be in this grid

2:46 pm

Shirlockc

i believe that snog is accepted as a word, just not in this grid

2:53 pm

Douglas

"O let me not exist! For non-existence proclaims in organ *****, "To Him we shall return." From Rumi, "When was I less by dying?"

2:54 pm

Douglas

Of course, this returning might take a while, possibly ae5/10.

2:57 pm

Shirlockc

28 left and really tempted to list

3:39 pm

MLFAN17

po 6/21?

3:47 pm

Carol

po 6/21 has a double consonant dead center

3:48 pm

MLFAN17

hi carol ty

3:49 pm

Carol

Hi all - I sneak in and Babble at work sometimes, mostly a lurker. Glad I could help for a change!

3:52 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Carol :-)

3:52 pm

MLFAN17

hi zooz

3:52 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Mlf :-)

4:01 pm

moolingwa

just for the record, my daughter and I call those door stops that you mount to your baseboard that are spring - dongers

4:02 pm

zoozzoom

Thanks for letting us know, mool!

4:02 pm

moolingwa

yw

4:03 pm

moolingwa

it's in the board, but not acceptable

4:04 pm

Carol

ones

4:04 pm

moolingwa

which is also in the board :)

4:04 pm

zoozzoom

lol

4:04 pm

moolingwa

but is legitimate

4:05 pm

Carol

OOPS!

4:05 pm

moolingwa

which is not in the board, but is legitimate ;)

4:06 pm

moolingwa

well...20 to go

4:06 pm

moolingwa

not sure I'm gonna get much more of these

4:08 pm

zoozzoom

Yeah you will.

4:08 pm

moolingwa

well there's one

4:10 pm

zoozzoom

eleven in french

4:11 pm

moolingwa

onze?

4:11 pm

zoozzoom

Thank you!

4:11 pm

moolingwa

de nada

4:12 pm

moolingwa

I am down to treize now

4:13 pm

zoozzoom

French and Spanish...I am impressed

4:14 pm

moolingwa

know more french than spanish

4:14 pm

moolingwa

mostly just nouns in spanish

4:14 pm

moolingwa

lived in Miami for 8 years, if I'd been more motivated to learn, I probably could have become fluent

4:15 pm

moolingwa

my wife can speak conversationally in either

4:15 pm

zoozzoom

I take it there are a lot of spanish residents in Miami then?

4:16 pm

moolingwa

more spanish speakers than english

4:16 pm

zoozzoom

Wow did not know that!

4:16 pm

moolingwa

although a good number are of cuban heritage, and they don't like pronouncing their esses in cuban spanish

4:16 pm

moolingwa

so for instance...how are you...como estas comes out as como e-ta

4:17 pm

moolingwa

and their v's almost some like b's

4:17 pm

zoozzoom

Just a different dialect then.

4:17 pm

moolingwa

so havana, sounds like habana...and cavallo (horse) sounds more like caballo

4:17 pm

moolingwa

yeah

4:19 pm

moolingwa

it interesting though...certain words you can see are pretty common, or similar between languages...like six, six, sex, seis

4:20 pm

moolingwa

while others are completely different...head, tete, kopf, cabeza

4:21 pm

zoozzoom

True I think Iceland or greenland have thirty words for snow lol

4:23 pm

TraderKate

LOL, the Eskimoes here have about 50!
Hi zooz and mool :)

4:24 pm

moolingwa

hey kate

4:24 pm

TraderKate

How goes the grid battle

4:25 pm

zoozzoom

How many types of snow can one have!

4:25 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Kate :-)

4:25 pm

zoozzoom

The battle has been won here.

4:25 pm

PMS

Please could I have a clue for re7.

4:25 pm

TraderKate

Better weather today zooz? we had torrential rain last night :(

4:26 pm

zoozzoom

Compound word color +loch monster

4:26 pm

TraderKate

there are 2 x RE 7 PMS

4:26 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations zooz!!!

4:27 pm

zoozzoom

Nice and sunny here and near the evenig we had a couple of showers. Supposed to be nice again tomorrow.

4:27 pm

moolingwa

well, it's not exactly 50 per se...

4:27 pm

moolingwa

https://tinyurl.com/oot2awv

4:27 pm

zoozzoom

The other re 7 is re + plural of not early.

4:27 pm

TraderKate

Are you warm enough? We have cooled considerably.

4:28 pm

zoozzoom

Well it is around 16c outside and 22c in my house at the moment so it is okay. i could do with it being about 10c warmer.

4:28 pm

moolingwa

endeath - to kill something or someone

4:29 pm

PMS

Thank you Zooz. That was my last one.

4:29 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats, PMS!

4:30 pm

zoozzoom

How is the weather your end, TK?

4:30 pm

TraderKate

ty mool.. interesting blurb :)

4:32 pm

TraderKate

ground fog still at 1730! The air is pregnant with rain :/
It was a cats and dogs one last night - it came down so hard you couldn't see acreoo the street! Not very warm now - probably about 15 as well. Ineedn't tell you about how damp it is...

4:34 pm

zoozzoom

I hope it clears and gets warmer for you soon then.

4:36 pm

TraderKate

Me too.. Victoria Day Weekend is our traditional garden planting time. The nights aren't too cool now, but we need sun and some warmth.. and my yard is about 1/3 under standing water now with all the rain we hve had over the last 3 days. Need wellies to go out in it. (looks like a rice paddy

4:37 pm

TraderKate

Did your book of short stories arrive safely?

4:38 pm

zoozzoom

Yes it did thanks! although the first three stories were rubbish. hoping the next one will be better!

4:40 pm

zoozzoom

Sorry to hear about your garden being under water. Maybe some sand dug into the ground might make it better at drainage.

4:40 pm

TraderKate

What a shame about the first three zooz; how many stories are there?

4:41 pm

mkg

anyone have both o words for the bottom row o? i have one: the on 5. help with other one please

4:42 pm

zoozzoom

OK 4/8 & OK 4/9

4:42 pm

zoozzoom

Not sure let me check, TK

4:42 pm

mkg

oops it was a different o. the ok 4. ty.

4:42 pm

mkg

ty zoo

4:42 pm

TraderKate

Yes, the andlord and I are slowly putting it to rights, but it is a long job. He had some weeping tile installed in half the yard last summer (drains out toward the road).. still have to grade and raise the land so it slopes away fromt he house. Slowly amending the soil with peat and sand. There is a lot of clay here, which doesn't help.

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

Only 20 :-(

4:43 pm

lynxxx

Thanks for the ok.9 Zooz. Morning everyone

4:43 pm

mkg

ty got the other ok. ty

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Lynxxx!

4:43 pm

TraderKate

that's not too bad zooz; better than ten!
Hi lynxxx

4:44 pm

zoozzoom

True but my last two short stories books had 100 each.

4:44 pm

mkg

would love the last 8: i have sp 8, en 8 and at 8. any other clues? ty

4:45 pm

mkg

sorry need stat and clues for last 8. ty.

4:45 pm

zoozzoom

HE 8 plural

4:45 pm

TraderKate

Did all the writers go on strike last year zooz - or was it just a bad year for quality writing ...

4:45 pm

TraderKate

uncivilised jperson singular...7

4:46 pm

zoozzoom

lol not sure, TK maybe I am just too fussy !

4:46 pm

TraderKate

or maybe non-believer?

4:46 pm

zoozzoom

My fave book this year was Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

4:47 pm

TraderKate

Not every story will be to everyone's liking. Lets hope the people that chose the stories have varied tastes.

4:47 pm

zoozzoom

Love the authors name too!

4:47 pm

TraderKate

I loved that one.. read all of them when I was younger. Gothic type writing was my entrance into adult reading.

4:48 pm

TraderKate

Hahaha... it's a cigarette brand name here.. think you have them there as well...

4:48 pm

zoozzoom

Love the name but would never smoke it :-)

4:49 pm

TraderKate

:D Who burns writers at the stake anymore?

4:49 pm

zoozzoom

LOL

4:51 pm

zoozzoom

There is a new Miss Peregrines novel coming out in Oct/Nov time! I have pre ordered it on amazon!

4:52 pm

zoozzoom

Miss Peregrines home for perculiar children novels.

4:53 pm

TraderKate

I haven't read any of them yet zooz. Unde4rstand that they are quite engrossing.

4:53 pm

zoozzoom

Well they were for me. I loved them!

4:54 pm

TraderKate

I'll have to add them to my list, that is already very long. Don't read nearly as much as I used to.

4:55 pm

mkg

that he 8: cant get it. have he 5 and must come from that. but cant find it.

4:56 pm

zoozzoom

I have made a habit of reading when I retire for the evening. Snuggled up in bed! I find it relaxes me ready for sleep.

4:56 pm

TraderKate

yes, extend the HE 5...but the 5 is a place, the 7 is a person who doesn't practice *ahem* accepted religions.

4:56 pm

zoozzoom

Add chicken/s to the end, Mkg.

4:57 pm

TraderKate

That's where I did most of my reading. I still curse S. King for many a night when I couldn't resist one more chapter..

4:58 pm

zoozzoom

lol there is that problem TK but a nice problem at that :-)

4:58 pm

TraderKate

or add a printer's measure?

4:59 pm

mkg

he 8: any further clues? ty.

4:59 pm

TraderKate

warmth + chickens for the 8

5:00 pm

TraderKate

lady chickens....

5:00 pm

TraderKate

the ones that lay eggs

5:00 pm

mkg

thanks so much. got it. got the 7 and the 8. ty.

5:00 pm

TraderKate

and get stewed when they are old ;)

5:01 pm

TraderKate

yw, mkg.

5:01 pm

zoozzoom

As next door seem to clang around a lot too I also have started to play white noise to cancel out there noise. How sad is that!

5:01 pm

zoozzoom

Their*

5:02 pm

TraderKate

Are their parties and music now keeping you up at night zooz.. maybe it's time to have a small word with the parents?

5:03 pm

zoozzoom

Parties are from Fri/Sun but during the week it is general noise. Parents I am sure are involved.

5:04 pm

TraderKate

Oh, that's unfortunate... I thought it was only when the parents went out that parties took place... you have mentioned slamming doors :(

5:04 pm

zoozzoom

the walls in the houses here are so thin you can hear everything so it is not them to blame to a certain extent.

5:04 pm

zoozzoom

Oh the bloody slamming doors are the worse, Tk! Drives me up the wall.

5:05 pm

TraderKate

I see zooz. I had the impression you were a bit removed fro the village

5:05 pm

zoozzoom

I am a bit removed int he head, TK but not in a village lol

5:06 pm

TraderKate

Hahaha... you crack me up! REmoved in the head is a coping mechanism for idiot neighbours ;)

5:08 pm

zoozzoom

Shame at the time I did not have enough money to buy a detached property. But hey ho that is how the cookie crumbles I guess.

5:09 pm

TraderKate

I see..well perhaps one day there will be a bit extra in the budget to do a bit of a reno on the adjoining wall - a bit of extra sound deadening in the wall?

5:11 pm

zoozzoom

Nah I think I would rather move to be honest. Although I do love my garden.

5:12 pm

zoozzoom

I think the birds would mis me too. After all who else is going to give them lots of bird seed and fatballs to eat!

5:12 pm

moolingwa

well, down to 10

5:12 pm

TraderKate

If you find the right spot, you may be able to transplamt your favourites when you move? Big time and energy investment to just walk away from...

5:12 pm

zoozzoom

Fatballs = lard and seed mixed together.

5:12 pm

zoozzoom

Good going, Mool!

5:13 pm

Shirlockc

still pecking at 26

5:13 pm

zoozzoom

When I retire I am going to move abroad to a sunnier place, TK. i will start again.

5:13 pm

moolingwa

I'm more digging in the dirt with a rusty spoon at this point

5:13 pm

moolingwa

or maybe digging in the rock is more apt

5:13 pm

TraderKate

go mool go... welcome back :)
ha zooz, I would just call that a suet ball.. but yes, the birds would miss you If you don't go far, they may folliow you ;)

5:13 pm

zoozzoom

lol

5:14 pm

zoozzoom

I thinnk it will not be long before you both finish!

5:14 pm

moolingwa

I have brought my bird feeders most places...although not New York

5:14 pm

TraderKate

Like Greece/Italy zooz? They are having "weathyer there too...

5:15 pm

TraderKate

go, shirl, go!

5:15 pm

zoozzoom

Southern Spain maybe.

5:15 pm

moolingwa

although the raccoons have destroyed and dinged most of mine currently

5:15 pm

TraderKate

How's your Spanish zooz? mool will probably give you some starter lessons.

5:15 pm

moolingwa

8 to go...and 4s are done

5:15 pm

zoozzoom

Those raccoons sound like they are a peat.

5:16 pm

moolingwa

no habla espanol

5:16 pm

TraderKate

greedy little fur bandits... still love them though!

5:16 pm

zoozzoom

Pest not peat.

5:16 pm

TraderKate

yay mool!

5:16 pm

moolingwa

they normally come in groups of 3 or 4...huge

5:16 pm

moolingwa

they're fun to watch, but brutal on the feeders

5:16 pm

moolingwa

and not particularly scared of people

5:17 pm

zoozzoom

Do they bite though?

5:18 pm

moolingwa

I imagine they would if you tried to grab one

5:18 pm

moolingwa

and there is a risk they carry rabies

5:18 pm

TraderKate

Not likely zooz.. they are very enured to humans in most places... and many feed them, they know most of us present no danger to them..just a minor annoyance when they are dining al fresco in our rubbish and we shoo them away...

5:18 pm

zoozzoom

Oh well I think I would stay well clear of those th4 if I was living there.

5:19 pm

moolingwa

good idea with wild animals

5:19 pm

moolingwa

okay to observe, but be respectful

5:19 pm

TraderKate

No worries, really zooz. I have raised a few orphans in my day...

5:20 pm

zoozzoom

If they are raiding the bins is that why they are wearing masks over their eyes :-)

5:20 pm

moolingwa

have taken a few injured animals to the local refuges from time to time...but otherwise leave them alone

5:21 pm

moolingwa

7 to go...

5:21 pm

TraderKate

what mool said...Toronto is the unofficial raccoon capital of Canada... so used to them I don't even think about them at all... except when the marauders are in the feeders for the bird...

5:23 pm

zoozzoom

Starting to flag here so think I will call it a night. it was nice to chat to you, TK & Mool. Happy babbling everyone!

5:23 pm

moolingwa

night zoo

5:23 pm

moolingwa

still bright and shiny here, so have a little bit more time to try and knock off a few more

5:24 pm

TraderKate

the mom used to bring her babies around to my place to snack at the bird feeder...I'd sit there and watch them. the babies got curious about me and started investigating me. Eventuall they started climbing on me... and mother let them!.. One night they came without mama...I found she had been hit by a car... so I continued to raise them on her behalf... because she trusted me with her babies...

5:25 pm

TraderKate

Niters zooz. Wishing for the next story to be a good one. Sleep well.

5:26 pm

TraderKate

Are you doing this without a list mool?

5:26 pm

moolingwa

yes kate, I never use lists

5:26 pm

moolingwa

7 to go

5:26 pm

Shirlockc

so what happened TK? to the kits?

5:28 pm

TraderKate

I kept them...but was lucky that I was in Streetsville at the time on a very large piece of propety that backed onto the Credit River and almost surrounded by conservation land... fed them puppy chow soaked in milk then did my best to teach them how to froage as miother did...

5:28 pm

TraderKate

You are a warrior mool! :)

5:28 pm

moolingwa

or a masochist :)

5:29 pm

Shirlockc

at 25 and very tempted to list

5:32 pm

TraderKate

warrior/masochist, lol
shirl.. mool didn't list, so yu can't either ;)

5:33 pm

moolingwa

shirl can do whatever shirl wants to do...no need to share my misery

5:34 pm

moolingwa

6 to go

5:34 pm

TraderKate

haha...no masochist here.. I list for all but the small grids.. I am a wuss ;)

5:34 pm

moolingwa

each plays the grid the way that works for them...no wussiness implied :)

5:35 pm

Shirlockc

i actually got to 25 without tooooo much pain so i feel that i should keep going and going and going

5:36 pm

Shirlockc

asking for clues of course doesn't count :D

5:36 pm

TraderKate

True, but I do admit to it... as soon as I see that it is a larger or seemingly unfriendly one, I list after nbs/nbt and halfway...who wants to spend hours and hours n a grid (when you have a shabby memory for odd words..)

5:36 pm

moolingwa

of course not

5:36 pm

moolingwa

:)

5:36 pm

TraderKate

Do you have all the 7, 8 words now?

5:37 pm

moolingwa

no, missing one each of 7 and 8...two 5s and 2 6s also missing

5:37 pm

moolingwa

6 tiles to complete

5:37 pm

TraderKate

Clues are jperfectly valid shirl... and chat can offer some great jpointers.

5:38 pm

moolingwa

and some really bad puns too

5:38 pm

Shirlockc

i always scroll back on the chog

5:38 pm

TraderKate

do you want stats for 8s? (many are pl

5:38 pm

moolingwa

yeah, some of the puns are worth scrolling back for ;)

5:39 pm

moolingwa

not for me tx kate

5:39 pm

Shirlockc

and where's ruru with the pun fest? we haven't had one in a while -- unless i missed them

5:39 pm

TraderKate

Oh, did I miss a good pun fest? Rats.. I don't usually scroll back

5:39 pm

moolingwa

must have a word with him about that

5:39 pm

moolingwa

for some reason legnose doesn't seem to work

5:39 pm

TraderKate

:D

5:40 pm

moolingwa

wouldn't a hispanic who is not on time be a lateno?

5:41 pm

TraderKate

You'd think so, wouldn't you mool? Silly dictionary ;)

5:41 pm

moolingwa

and those christmas lights than you can throw over bushes would be lednets no?

5:42 pm

moolingwa

and would leonard's wife not be a leoness?

5:42 pm

TraderKate

hmmm.. not sure mool. It seems that you are incorporating LED....not a word.

5:43 pm

moolingwa

well there's been other acronyms that have become words...

5:43 pm

TraderKate

or a lion's wife?

5:43 pm

moolingwa

scuba, fubar, snafu

5:44 pm

moolingwa

laser for that matter

5:44 pm

moolingwa

radar, lidar...

5:44 pm

TraderKate

True, but that is usually after decades of common usage. REmember enable is frozen in time...

5:45 pm

moolingwa

and if we were in the uk, todger would totally work

5:45 pm

TraderKate

case in point: this has been a military word for ages, but maybe only recently more common?
"fubar" was not found in the dictionary

5:46 pm

moolingwa

thought it was in TWL98 (aka this enable dictionary), must have been added in the next

5:46 pm

doseffing

... I'm sure it's too slangy ... which surprisingly is a word

5:46 pm

TraderKate

Ha! the dictionary woukd asccept snafu if it was in the grid. Surprised at that.

5:46 pm

moolingwa

clayey and oilily are both words, if we're going with weird adjectives

5:46 pm

Shirlockc

i kept trying the -odge- i'm still missing one of o

5:47 pm

moolingwa

fubar is now acceptable in competitive scrablle, mot sure it's in the family edition

5:47 pm

moolingwa

U can guess which one it is shirl

5:47 pm

moolingwa

I not U

5:47 pm

TraderKate

Scrabble dictioary keeps evolving though.. opurs is static.

5:47 pm

moolingwa

U may be able to guess, though it's pretty odd spelling

5:48 pm

moolingwa

yes, but it was static for some time...TWL98, which is the one this one copied, was the standard for some years

5:48 pm

moolingwa

then the group that oversaw the dictionary changed, and suddenly we got a whole bunch of words added

5:49 pm

TraderKate

you worked in that field mool?

5:49 pm

moolingwa

snodge totally sounds like some british slang

5:50 pm

moolingwa

no, but I have played competitive scrabble for 24 years I think it is now

5:50 pm

TraderKate

a remote cabin for the purpose of snogging?

5:50 pm

moolingwa

ooh, I like that

5:51 pm

moolingwa

and thenst sounds like old english

5:51 pm

TraderKate

My goodness... we'll have to get yu together with Scrabs next itme you come outthis way..you can scrabble your brains out :)

5:52 pm

moolingwa

my brain feels pretty scrabbled already :)

5:52 pm

TraderKate

snudge vb (intr)
1. archaic to be miserly or stingy
2. dialect to lie quietly and snugly
you aren't far off mool...

5:53 pm

moolingwa

cool

5:53 pm

periwinkle

help with sp8 pls

5:53 pm

TraderKate

I like #2.

5:54 pm

periwinkle

hi all

5:54 pm

moolingwa

sounds like advertisers, but change the second last letter

5:54 pm

periwinkle

156 words left, may not finish

5:54 pm

moolingwa

and hey there peri

5:55 pm

TraderKate

We'll get right back to the program after a word from our SP******** (almost... change out the last letter on root word)

5:55 pm

moolingwa

well perhaps you can do swedish instead

5:55 pm

TraderKate

Hi peri :)

5:56 pm

periwinkle

ty both

5:56 pm

TraderKate

the 8 is the pl of the 7

5:56 pm

moolingwa

well, might take a break and mow the lawn

5:56 pm

cybernan

hello everyone - late start and bridge tonight, so don't know if I'll finish this one

5:57 pm

TraderKate

Hi nan :)
Dive right in... it is pretty friendly. A few stinkers.

5:58 pm

TraderKate

The fish will likely leap out at you when you come back mool.

5:59 pm

cybernan

that's ok -- see that my favourite ice cream is here in plural

6:00 pm

TraderKate

ah.... took a minute :)

6:01 pm

TraderKate

I looked at the Hea and thought heavenly hash ;)
<---chocolate fiend

6:17 pm

cybernan

I do not like k's, sam

6:54 pm

cybernan

en 7-8 combo please?

6:56 pm

Lizlin

Hi Nan en 7 - final + short handwritten letter to someone

6:58 pm

Lizlin

Fireworks. BBL. Have a good day / evening everyone

6:59 pm

cybernan

darn - forgot it again! ty liz

7:01 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* Enjoy the rest of your day -- hope your evening is as lovely as ours, weatherwise

8:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

re7 pls?

8:12 pm

HarryHood

I have a plural of re6

8:12 pm

HarryHood

is there another?

8:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. re7/32 is the second re word.

8:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

got it!

8:40 pm

dan2bit

evening all!

8:40 pm

dan2bit

can I have help for the en7/8 pair?

8:42 pm

Aloyisius

not the beginning+ a short memo or something on the diatonic scale

8:45 pm

gapeach

Evening all. May I please have a clue for re-7-32? Thank

8:46 pm

Uneaixoise

Quality of being crimson

8:46 pm

LuvWordGames

The state of being scarlet

8:47 pm

Aloyisius

just discovered the reason why my ratings dropped.. I completed the grids, but because of a slow connection, they didn't register. Glad I checked tonight. Poofing out after completing once more, lesson learned.

8:47 pm

gapeach

Thanks Luv and Unea...look9ing

8:48 pm

LuvWordGames

Ends in loch monster

8:48 pm

gapeach

Have it now....thannks

10:10 pm

gapeach

FW at last. See y'all at the flip. Blessings

10:18 pm

Turt

fw!

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