12:04 am
harpjane
the opposite of yesterday!
12:04 am
cybernan
for sure
12:07 am
harpjane
sea eagle
12:08 am
Rainiqui
re 8, se 7, tr 7
12:09 am
dizgrannie
tr 7 x 2
12:10 am
flosey
20 done and must be off to bed, be back in the morning, good night all
12:11 am
dizgrannie
tr 7 x 3
12:11 am
pugmama763
op7-8-8
12:21 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:22 am
pugmama763
in 11
12:24 am
Rainiqui
nbt,nbs
12:26 am
mkg
i only have nbt.
12:26 am
Lizlin
Hi all - well, this is from the sublime to the ridiculous!
12:29 am
mkg
right liz. and night all.
12:32 am
cybernan
finally found the ll
12:32 am
cybernan
good find, pug
12:45 am
cybernan
calling it a night -- still lots for tomorrow :)
12:45 am
pugmama763
rest well nan
12:46 am
hurshy
seems like a lovely grid so far
1:00 am
harpjane
more sea birds
1:07 am
hurshy
wow, found all the 8s and longer no probs at all
1:08 am
hurshy
o's obliterated
1:15 am
hurshy
i hate doing k's, feeling like i'm just trying random combos of letters...
1:29 am
sprite
good morning all
1:30 am
sprite
glad to see a big grid, but really... 17????
1:33 am
Kamanjah
Hey Sprite! How are you?!
1:34 am
sprite
*hugs Kam* Hello dear one. I am okay, again a little bit better than yesterday. How about you? Did you see your doctor yet or is that tomorrow?
1:35 am
Kamanjah
It's Thurs - day after tomorrow here. I got a new salve that is really helping painful spots.
1:37 am
sprite
oh that is wonderful, I am glad you got some relief. And ugh, of course... sometimes I think you are in Oz instead of US.
1:37 am
Kamanjah
Lately, I would rather be anywhere else, lol!
1:38 am
sprite
:D you should rob a bank and buy airplane tickets to me and rose. We'd make you welcome!
1:39 am
Kamanjah
Good for you killing those Ks. I'm too tired to get much further on this grid tonight. It will keep
1:39 am
sprite
oh yes. 24 hours each grid, I love that aspect of babble.
1:40 am
Kamanjah
Hahaha! I would love to come see you two! But we all have lives that happen to be scattered through both hemispheres...
1:41 am
sprite
ain't that the truth. I am ever so grateful I get to see rose and don again. Wasn't sure it would happen again in this lifetime.
1:41 am
rastapopolous
I will be in France over christmas - don't suppose you folks are anywhere close to Tarbes
1:41 am
harpjane
almost halfway
1:41 am
sprite
hiya rasta! No, so sorry, I am close to Amsterdam in the netherlands.
1:41 am
sprite
hiya jane, good job
1:43 am
sprite
found one of your seabirds, jane
1:46 am
Kamanjah
I just found the word that describes me perfectly - ti7/32. And with that, I'm going to get ready to go to bed! Have a great day, Sprite, and to all, a good night from me.
1:47 am
sprite
sleep well, Kam, and dream of pretty things and sexy men. *hugs*
1:51 am
sprite
woot,, got me a 9
1:52 am
sprite
brb, gonna make coffee and turn on the heat
2:03 am
sprite
back with warmth, coffee and breakfast
2:07 am
grannyrose
cooee and g'day darling sprite. xoxox
2:07 am
sprite
*hugs rose* Hello my dearest friend. How was your day and how are you doing? How are you painwise and how is Don?
2:09 am
grannyrose
don is okay. behaving himself very nicely... loll me ?? still achy. booked into hospital December 10th for procedure on knee.... mwah, but no bed available for me to be in to have my infusion. won't be available until the New Year.
2:10 am
sprite
omg rose... honey that is awful. Are you on the waiting list? Many people cancel around the holidays.
2:10 am
sprite
oh and yay for the knee.
2:12 am
grannyrose
but.... i have been outside gardening 3 days in a row. we now have two beds of daisies in, a weeping wattle, a protea, two daphnes, and another small bush which becomes covered in small yellow flowers every spring.
2:12 am
sprite
that sounds so very pretty. Good job :)
2:12 am
grannyrose
yes, on waiting list. if anyone cancels i am first to be called.
2:13 am
sprite
*fingers crossed*
2:14 am
grannyrose
also have cut away dead and dying growth on ginger plants.i still have to work out where i want 3 prostrate plants to go.
2:15 am
sprite
some day, I will come over and admire your garden.
2:15 am
grannyrose
my neighbour came in and helped me pluck off the seed pods on the stinky iris. it has very pretty pale lemon flowers, but one clump is more than enough.
2:16 am
sprite
good neighbours are worth their weight in gold!
2:16 am
grannyrose
it's called stinky because the crushed leaves stink..
2:19 am
grannyrose
i have decided that endone and i are going to become very well acquainted...;loll. GP is going to have to suck it up. i simply cannot bear the pain .the thought reduces me to te4s.
2:19 am
sprite
had a thing with my beloved yesterday... he's been withdrawing, shutting me out, going on the downward spiral into depression again ever since the rotten talk with his boss. And then he went and said yesterday that he felt abandoned by me, and very alone... I said I have been there for him the whole time, and he said it doesn't feel that way to him. Sigh. Have offered to help him write emails and all, but it seems he wants me to check in with him every hour or so and ask if he wants to do it now... or now... or now...
Have held him and hugged him, but also told him that I am not responsible for how he is feeling. That I am there for him, but it is up to him to make use of that.
2:20 am
sprite
sweetie, that is what the endone is for. You take as many as you need and if your gp makes waves, refer her to the specialist who clearly said you need it.
2:23 am
grannyrose
poor Rob and poor you. so hard when you yourself are not on top of the world, and then are expected to hold up your beloved. it is so hard not to be resentful. i know. when don isn't a hundred per cent, my heart sinks.
2:25 am
grannyrose
you, me and kam... what a trio, eh?? my heart goes out to her and you.
2:25 am
sprite
I do not mind having to hold him up. But when he withdraws from me and then blames me for his feeling alone, things get a little messy. Had to clear it up for the both of us. My heart bleeds for him, and yet I cannot be responsible for how he feels. I can tell him I am here, and offer to help him tackle the emails and all, but if he does not take me up on that, he cannot blame me for that.
2:26 am
grannyrose
exactly, sprite. at least don handles his emails etc. in fact, i think his phone is grafted to his hand.
2:27 am
sprite
lol ikr? Boys and their toys.
2:28 am
grannyrose
although you are superwoman is disguise, i don't think mind-re4ing is in you job description.
2:29 am
sprite
absolutely not. One of the many things I have learned over the years in relationships... we do NOT have to mindread. The other person has to voice his or her needs.
2:30 am
grannyrose
yup... and..."i don't know" is not an acceptable answer to the question 'what is the matter?"
2:30 am
sprite
found a bug
2:31 am
sprite
amen, sister. That was the answer I got yesterday. Took some doing to get through to him. Which I understand... it is hard to think rationally when you are in a blue funk.
2:31 am
grannyrose
oh sprite. i was so surprised. i finished my first run through the grid, going tile by tile as i do. when i looked up i saw that i had only 27 to go. i nearly fell off my chair.
2:32 am
sprite
wow rose! I did the ks, then went all over the place as usual. Even found a 9 early on.
2:33 am
grannyrose
double wow for you.
2:36 am
sprite
brb, nature calls
2:38 am
grannyrose
dinner on the way. will check in afterwards to see if you are still here. xoxox
2:51 am
sprite
okay sweetie, enjoy
2:59 am
sprite
found the 11 too
3:08 am
sprite
found another bug
3:12 am
sprite
fireflies. Lovely grid. Almost makes up for yesterday's blooper.
To you all, a blessed day and a peaceful night.
*leaves extra hug in chog for rose to find*
4:08 am
zoozzoom
Okay first run through and I got it to 99 words left to find. Will come back later to see if I can find any more words. No 9s or 11 yet.
4:08 am
rubyfoo
hello ((zooz)). l was lurking, waiting for the coast to be clear
4:11 am
rubyfoo
bad nel! l'll disappear (but still play and lurk)
4:20 am
dizgrannie
evening all, not usually on this late - 9:19 Aussie time, but back for my last 175.
4:46 am
Angelsong
Datepdent
4:47 am
rubyfoo
WRONG BOX AND GOOD MORNING ANGEL
4:53 am
MollyL
*Detecting a theme
: D
4:57 am
rubyfoo
LET''S GIVE us a thee and nicknames and avatars, like silly kids
4:58 am
rubyfoo
Hello Molly
5:08 am
MollyL
Hi Ruby. Everyone is all fat and happy after their "Babble Diet" yesterday.
5:10 am
rubyfoo
lt's very cold here but l'm happily ensconced in my blanket nest
5:10 am
rubyfoo
in front of the fire
5:10 am
MollyL
Nothing better than warm blankets and a fire when it's cold out.
5:11 am
rubyfoo
U fortunately, there will be 3 1/2 moremonths of this!
7:16 am
dan2bit
wow, I should have bet the over
7:17 am
BzznBea
Fun grid today.
7:40 am
bichon
Big improvement from yesterday's
7:49 am
Trifioso
hello friends
7:54 am
Trifioso
could not agree more about the warm blankets - I have purloined an old electric twin blanket from one of the kid's beds (unused) -- now i am in toasty heaven at night!
7:54 am
Trifioso
it shuts off after an hour, too - WIN
7:54 am
mael
ohh I got the 11 all by myself, that never happens
7:55 am
Trifioso
wahoo mael! great feeling, isn't it?
7:55 am
mael
it'll be my accomplishment for the morning haha
8:05 am
Trifioso
not choking the living sh*t out of the little punk in my B block class will be mine
8:05 am
mael
I wish you good luck!
8:17 am
Judi
Good morning, all. Ahk! Polar opposite of yesterday's grid I see.
8:21 am
MollyL
Feast or famine, Judi
8:34 am
Judi
My body is trying to fight off winter. I'm always cold now. Had to put an extra blanket on the bed. My husband looked at me like I was crazy, 'cause I'm usually too hot.
8:35 am
mkg
any cluesa for the 11 please? ty
8:36 am
LuvWordGames
pt of when two things cross, like two troads
8:36 am
bichon
what are the first two letter?
8:37 am
Judi
Got it. Ty, Luv.
8:37 am
bichon
ty Luv, got it. Wasn't that difficult with your clue
8:37 am
mkg
got the 9 too.......ty.
8:38 am
mkg
why isnt taser in dict??????
8:39 am
LuvWordGames
brand name-like xerox or kleenex
8:41 am
Judi
And it's an acronym.
8:41 am
Uneaixoise
TX for the 11, luv!
8:41 am
LuvWordGames
oh, I didn't know that Judi-what's it stand for?
8:41 am
MollyL
Useless trivia...TASER is an acronym for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle.
8:41 am
crosshair
Thomas A Swifts Electronic Rifle. :)
8:42 am
mkg
i also didnt know.
8:42 am
LuvWordGames
thanks everyone, learned something new today
8:42 am
Judi
Ummm... should know this. Work at a police station. ** going to look it up ***.
8:47 am
Judi
I lied. Not an acronym. Carry on with your lives as usual.
8:47 am
LuvWordGames
read crossy & Molly's posts below Judi
8:48 am
Judi
Oh. Ha. Never heard that. Just thought it was somebody's nod to sci-fi.
8:48 am
Judi
Off to do some real work. 177 left. BBL.
8:51 am
LuvWordGames
just finished, any clues needed?
8:55 am
LuvWordGames
ok HAGD everyone
9:06 am
MLFAN17
last column single o?
9:07 am
Trifioso
in case anyone was wondering - it was a BIG NO - sent his scrawny, rude ass to the office. I am a PATIENT woman, but he's all over my last nerve. He shouldn't be here at all. He needs a structured program
9:07 am
MLFAN17
ty got it
9:08 am
doseffing
... hello ... just hanging in until I work u[p the energy to do some real work
9:08 am
MLFAN17
no idea what you are talking about trif
9:08 am
MLFAN17
souds like fun dose lol
9:09 am
Trifioso
I was in here earlier saying my goal for the day was to work with a certain student - it tanked shortly after
9:09 am
doseffing
... not really ... I was supposed to stop at one third done ... then at one half ... still monkeying at about 60%
9:09 am
MLFAN17
trif uggh
9:10 am
MLFAN17
congrats dose
9:11 am
doseffing
is he special needs or is he just a kid who hates school?
9:11 am
Trifioso
hes a behavioral nightmare
9:11 am
Trifioso
not special needs. just especially heinous
9:12 am
MLFAN17
trif by age being a male or something mental/emotional?
9:13 am
bichon
en 7/28, first one, pls
9:14 am
MLFAN17
hi bichon
9:14 am
MLFAN17
I have one ending in not off?
9:15 am
bichon
that's the second one
9:15 am
doseffing
... just being nosey ... ... have you or your school tried any of Carol Dwiek's "MINDSET" stuff on him and his family? ... just wondering if that stuff really works or if it's just works in special cases
9:15 am
penquis
it's a plural, i think....en + uses one of those Tom Terrific guns...
9:16 am
MLFAN17
i gtg will think about that pen ty
9:16 am
penquis
bichon....did you see my clue?
9:28 am
Scrabbler
Hahaha. We go from 26 to 372.
9:37 am
Trifioso
hi again, sorry had to help a kiddo. his family has washed their hands of him - they are basically ruled by him and his behavior They do not require him to do ANYTHING at home, including homework, and have very much let us know that from 7:30-2:30 he is our problem
9:38 am
Trifioso
and I dont know if we are doing Mindset directly, dos, but we are trying walks when he gets overwhelmed, social work support, and disciplinary actions when appropriate - which is pretty much every day. NO ONE here has had a kid like him in school, ever.
9:38 am
bichon
Trif, are there any good times being a teacher
9:39 am
Trifioso
yes bichon, of course! have many happy moments every day
9:39 am
bichon
good to hear. I just never hear about them
9:39 am
Trifioso
but it is, by definition, super challenging when a student like this comes down the pike. He shouldnt be here, but here he is.
9:40 am
doseffing
... in other words ... he has no parents . .. ...
9:40 am
bichon
Can't he go to a technical school?
9:40 am
Trifioso
lots of good things happen in this school. I will have to be more stringent about mentioning the good and bad
9:41 am
rururocks
that'd be nice
9:41 am
Trifioso
bichon, I shudder to picture him in a room where there is ANYTHING with a point. Given markers in 9th grade bio yesterday, he drew all over his hands.
9:43 am
MLFAN17
pen can you reclue that en7 pls I am not getting it?
9:44 am
bichon
Isn't there a school to deal with students like him?
9:45 am
doseffing
... en + the type of electrical weapon that is often used to subdue a perpetrator without using bullets ... often seen in airports ... oh yeah it's plural
9:45 am
Trifioso
yup.will his parents send him? no. it is a very affluent town, and they are not about to lose face in front of their la la chi chi foo friends. so we all (including the student) suffer
9:47 am
Scrabbler
Back. Oh, Trif, I am so sad about that child. We see kids like him in our office every day. We call them feral kids because they have not been socialized or civilized by their parents.
9:47 am
doseffing
... as it seems to be a high school what do the other teachers say? ....
9:48 am
Scrabbler
Another term we use is perpetual toddlerhood syndrome--egocentric, emotionally labile, aggressive kids that have never advanced beyond age 3.
9:48 am
Trifioso
four of the paras have gone to administration to say flat out that they will not work with him. he has been moved out of one english class already, as he is so disruptive (reminder - it's november)
9:48 am
bichon
Can't the school place him in a different school?
9:49 am
Trifioso
we have to have a loooong backlog of evidence before we can suggest outplacement, or there has to be a major infraction. keep in mind - if we outplace him, we have to pay for the education
9:50 am
bichon
the taxpayers
9:50 am
Scrabbler
It is so sad that he is not being prepared for adulthood. I bet at home he just engages with electronics in some form.
9:50 am
rururocks
wouldn't that be worth it trif?
9:51 am
doseffing
... it's probably illegal but ... is there any male teacher who is large enough to handle him and can be spared for a whole day maybe two ... put them in a small room and tell him to sit and then ignore him ... while the teacher goes on with some work and basically ignores the student letting him do what he wants as long as it's in this empty room ... ... after time ... then talk to him to find out what he thinks the problem is ....
9:51 am
Scrabbler
How you teachers deal with these kids is beyond me.
9:53 am
mkg
the idea of discipline has gone out the window.
9:53 am
mkg
perhaps this kid has learning issues and disabilities....
9:53 am
Scrabbler
Yes, too many parents have relinquished their roles.
9:53 am
doseffing
... discipline is taught by the parents ... if they don't there's nothing we can do
9:53 am
bichon
whatever he has, he needs to be outsourced
9:54 am
rururocks
sounds more like aspergers
9:54 am
mkg
not that i want to return to hitting, but when i was a teacher there were times.......................
9:55 am
bichon
hitting is a no no in the APA
10:04 am
rururocks
what's the apa?
10:06 am
Scrabbler
AAP = American Academy of Pediatrics. Spanking is not recommended.
10:13 am
MLFAN17
ty for the en7
10:16 am
MLFAN17
trif why would you have to pay? He would be their problem not yours?
10:17 am
Scrabbler
The school district would have to pay to continue the child's education.
10:18 am
MLFAN17
so the other place is for living?
10:20 am
doseffing
... do you do "in-school" suspensions? ... has he committed a suspension offense? ... that gives him one on one counciling in the school for the week outside of a classroom
10:20 am
Scrabbler
No, I think Trif meant an alternative school or home instruction.
10:21 am
MLFAN17
scrab that's why I asked the previous question
10:22 am
Scrabbler
Here we have alternative schools for kids in danger of failing or dropping out BUT the academic expectations are low which is what these kids want.
10:23 am
doseffing
... we have that too ... but I'm looking for a "guidance councillor" in school for a week
10:24 am
Scrabbler
I suspect the kids with behavior problems have frequent appointments with a counselor, like a social worker or psychologist.
10:25 am
Trifioso
he got suspended last year (8th grade) for selling pot in school. so far this year, nothing so major as that
10:26 am
Scrabbler
These kids need love, discipline, expectations, and consequences, but I am sure he gets little to none at home. It is so sad that his parents have given up on him.
10:27 am
bichon
What do they do all summer?
10:27 am
Trifioso
video games
10:27 am
doseffing
... I doubt they've given up ... I'd bet they never participated in the first place
10:28 am
Scrabbler
Videogames. I see so many boys that are addicted to videogames.
10:28 am
Scrabbler
True, doseffing.
10:28 am
bichon
I wonder when he does something so egregious and goes to juvie
10:29 am
Trifioso
i did ask the lead teacher the other day what his future will hold, and she looked at me, rolled her eyes and said "duh! JAIL!" which rather bummed me out
10:30 am
periwinkle
oh dear that is so sad. don't know how you all deal with him.
10:30 am
periwinkle
hi all
10:30 am
Trifioso
i bring him to the office. just about every day
10:30 am
Scrabbler
Sad, but true. You can't keep acting like a toddler. It becomes conduct disorder and big trouble.
10:30 am
doseffing
... you go home and drink something alcoholic until you forget
10:31 am
Scrabbler
Yes, substance abuse.
10:32 am
doseffing
... I often stop by a local tavern late on a Friday afternoon ... there's a group of eight to 10 teachers there every Friday afternoon
10:33 am
welki
hi folks - would he benefit from something like the big brother program?
10:33 am
Scrabbler
The career of a teacher, those that even stay more than a few years, is far shorter. I hear stories from teacher-parents that bring their kids to me.
10:34 am
Scrabbler
Hi welki
10:34 am
doseffing
... there's an idea but the parents might be of an economic group that would object
10:34 am
welki
yeah, i thought of that, dos - might be 'below' them to get their kid help :(
10:35 am
welki
i'd bet that young man would be surprised to see so many strangers trying to figure out a way to get him on track
10:35 am
doseffing
... for the past twenty years Ontario loses 5% of teacher graduates in the first year ... it has now reached 5% in each of the first three years after graduation
10:35 am
doseffing
... he'd laugh
10:35 am
MLFAN17
I think the help he needs should come to him not the other way around?
10:37 am
bichon
Most of my fellow students [female] became teachers because "you can go back to it after you have your children" I didn't major in early education
10:37 am
MLFAN17
welk with the type of behavior he seems to have I don't think he would really "see it" never mind the fact that he probably wouldn't even care
10:37 am
welki
oh - trif? aside from the big brother idea, is there an in-school program, something along the lines of what dos suggested, but under the guise of mentoring?
10:37 am
doseffing
... but if you don't know the help he needs you've got a problem ... if he won't admit that he has a problem or problems ... then he won't accept any help
10:38 am
MLFAN17
and most of them rebel against it
10:39 am
Trifioso
I would help him - i TRY, good god how I try - but he is too cool for school, and would rather fool around than admit he is desperately behind in all subjects and in real danger of flunking. He will tell anyone who will listen that the day he turns 16 he is dropping out, and finishing via night school. Spin earth, spin! I want the best for this kid, but he doesnt care - at all - his parents have tons of money, and he is so entitled and bossy that the real world will teach him more than I ever could
10:41 am
Trifioso
sad, but true. Every now and then one slips through, despite all efforts.
10:41 am
Scrabbler
But do his parents have ANY expectations of him? Chores? GED? A job?
10:42 am
Trifioso
no. no. no.
10:42 am
Trifioso
I suspect they can't wait to kick him out.
10:42 am
Scrabbler
I am not surprised. So he will live with them forever, playing videogames.
10:43 am
welki
how very sad
10:43 am
doseffing
... if he doesn't care then there's nothing you can do ... you let him go ... let him do the stupid thing that gets him suspended or expelled ... and give him back to his parents ....
10:43 am
Trifioso
the mother is high powered lawyer in the city. She blames us for "not implementing his plan correctly" whenever there is an incident. I fail to see how him drawing all over himself, making racist jokes, anti-semitic comments, and swearing every other word is US not implementing the plan....
10:45 am
doseffing
... you hire a better lawyer than her to defend yourself and then you attack ... her
10:45 am
Trifioso
the lead teacher is MUCH more experienced than I am, and she is as tough as nails. She is all about "natural consequences" with heavy documentation. We can show that we provided or offered every indicated support, and he accepted NONE of them. The natural consequence becomes that he fails.
10:46 am
Scrabbler
Good work, Trif.
10:46 am
doseffing
... that's what you do
10:46 am
Trifioso
I have to say, the administration here is LOVELY - the student has accused me of all kinds of things, and they have backed me, every time, without hesitation. It's great
10:47 am
Scrabbler
He may be a sociopath at this point.
10:47 am
doseffing
... you document everything ... every word every day ... and wait for the law suit ... and nail 'em
10:47 am
Trifioso
oh trust me, I do. in fact, I was asked to write less, lol
10:49 am
Scrabbler
I saw a 10 year old in my office yesterday, failing 5th grade because, per his mother, "All he does is play Fortnite."
10:49 am
Trifioso
gosh mom, ever hear of taking away fortnite? shaking my head
10:50 am
doseffing
... down below 100 words ... must be off ... I see these kids every day and I've got no good ideas ... let me know if anything ever works ...
10:50 am
Scrabbler
There are many, many wimpy parents that just want to keep their kids happy.
10:51 am
mixi6
glad i don't have kids....
10:51 am
Scrabbler
Unhealthy foods, videogames, no bedtime, etc. I see it every day in my office.
10:51 am
Scrabbler
Bye doseffing
10:52 am
Trifioso
im not expert on kids, god knows, unless it's raising other people's kids. THAT I seem an expert on
10:52 am
Trifioso
one of my own kids wont speak to me, so.....
10:52 am
bichon
At leat my grandkids are good
10:52 am
Scrabbler
Parents have to choose to act like parents.
10:53 am
Scrabbler
Oh, no, Trif. I am sad to hear that.
10:54 am
Trifioso
sometimes things they say reveal SO MUCH that provides important insight - example - a ninth grader asked his para today "I think my parents might be younger than they are supposed to be. How old are parents supposed to be?" Turns out, the student's parents are 30 and 32. He's 15.
10:55 am
bichon
My brother alienated himself from our family ages ago. Now he goes by the name Mildred
10:55 am
rururocks
that sounds healthy trif
10:55 am
Scrabbler
Oh, boy, Trif. Kids do figure things out.
10:55 am
Scrabbler
Is she happy, bichon?
10:55 am
rururocks
nothing like teenagers having kids
10:56 am
rururocks
my brother has a very short gestation period too
10:56 am
mac6157
Children having children...everyone loses. '-( Been there.
10:58 am
rururocks
scrabs is speaking italian
10:59 am
Scrabbler
I meant re5
10:59 am
rururocks
itsa how they reara their children
10:59 am
Scrabbler
Non parlo italiano adesso.
11:02 am
Scrabbler
I have cakes
11:02 am
Scrabbler
Different ending is all
11:03 am
rururocks
<---has all the i's now .. very smug
11:06 am
Scrabbler
180 left and that is all for now. May I will return tonight.
11:07 am
mixi6
has only 1/2 the i's. jealous of ruru
11:07 am
Trifioso
that truly is something to be smug about today, ru!
11:08 am
MLFAN17
not getting th cakes clue?
11:08 am
rururocks
I have been working on them a while.. all normal words.. very twisty most of them
11:11 am
Trifioso
it wasn't a clue, mkg
11:18 am
Scrabbler
to5/10 = singular cake. Add 2 different consonants for to6's. I don't have to7.
11:19 am
Scrabbler
*of course I need to find a few more words*
11:21 am
Trifioso
huh. i thought it was a legal thing.
11:21 am
Scrabbler
to7 has same beginning and ends in macar*** and cheese.
11:21 am
Scrabbler
I think that is to4/4, Trif. Add an e for the cake.
11:22 am
Trifioso
now you ARE speaking italian! lol
11:22 am
Scrabbler
OK, I must make good use of my day off. Vacuuming is next.
11:25 am
Buggie
ooooh I got all the I's. Now I'm feeling smug too :D I only had to use lickety's to find the last word - also the shortest. I'm not sure why a lacquer box worn on the sash of a traditional Japanese costume is part of the English language...
11:27 am
MollyL
It is not a part of the English language. This game makes no claim that it only uses English language words. That tripped me up for a long time.
11:28 am
Buggie
It's in the online dictionaries, so that means it's part of the language
11:28 am
jaxx7
Don't for get to make the cakes plural, folks.
11:30 am
MLFAN17
jaxx I just found one that ends in I
11:31 am
MLFAN17
i thought it was the one ending in n
11:32 am
MLFAN17
good point buggie
11:32 am
mixi6
I've just been demoted but eh church choir director.
11:32 am
MLFAN17
jaxx what does the word end with that needs to be pl?
11:33 am
MLFAN17
mixi demoted to what?
11:33 am
mixi6
from Soprano to tenor.
11:33 am
MLFAN17
a female tenor?
11:34 am
mixi6
yup. hopefully there will be another (male) tenor.
11:35 am
bichon
re 8/45, pls
11:35 am
MLFAN17
mixi are you familiar with the trans Siberian orchestra>
11:36 am
mixi6
went to see them once.
11:36 am
MLFAN17
omg i am so jealous mixi!
11:37 am
MLFAN17
their is a song on one of the albums called this is who you are . its bass/tenor i wish i could sing it..i catn sing and i am an alto
11:38 am
MLFAN17
bichon trying to find it too
11:38 am
origami
bich - took a chair again
11:38 am
origami
Hi folks
11:39 am
MLFAN17
hi origami thank you!
11:39 am
bichon
ty origami
11:39 am
origami
you're welcome :D
11:40 am
mixi6
I have a 3 1/2 octave range, so I can sing baritone to soprano.
11:41 am
MLFAN17
mixi that is so awesome!
11:41 am
mixi6
92 left. time to list.
11:42 am
MLFAN17
congrats mixi
11:42 am
origami
I can't carry a tune in a bucket
11:42 am
MLFAN17
me either origami
11:42 am
MLFAN17
mixi do you have the to 6/7?
11:43 am
BzznBea
Are they the last to's, mlf?
11:44 am
bojazz
Impressive Mixi. Did you know Mariah Carey has a 7 octave range?
11:44 am
MLFAN17
no idea bzz
11:45 am
mixi6
to 7 is the last to. I don't have it.
11:45 am
MLFAN17
bzz the only to 7 i have ends in i
11:45 am
mixi6
did not know that bojazz.
11:45 am
BzznBea
there are two to6's One is plural. and one ends in the number after nine.
11:46 am
BzznBea
The to7 sounds like a pasta
11:46 am
MLFAN17
bzz is that the one ending in i?
11:47 am
BzznBea
Yes, mlf.
11:47 am
MLFAN17
the 6 doesn't end in n that goes with it?
11:48 am
MLFAN17
that is a 5 right?
11:48 am
BzznBea
There isn't a word that goes with the 7
11:49 am
MLFAN17
i thought it was a to 6/7 my mistake sorry
11:51 am
BzznBea
Off to do some online shopping...76 left.
11:51 am
MLFAN17
bye bzz have fun shopping!
11:57 am
MLFAN17
oa 5/12?
11:57 am
bichon
rowed a boat
11:58 am
MLFAN17
never mind
12:02 pm
bichon
tr 5/10, third one, pls
12:04 pm
MLFAN17
tr iod***
12:05 pm
MLFAN17
yw bichon
12:06 pm
doseffing
people who make money
12:11 pm
Trifioso
so many squares....so few grey
12:12 pm
doseffing
... sorry ... I gave up and listed really early
12:25 pm
MollyL
So many hairs, so many grey
12:29 pm
mixi6
so many hairs, so many white or gray
12:29 pm
Trifioso
lololol
12:29 pm
Trifioso
biting my tongue to avoid making inappropriate comment....
12:30 pm
MollyL
Trif, you can type with your tongue? (Stifles next comment)
12:32 pm
mixi6
another biting comment.
12:36 pm
mixi6
bit the dust.
12:36 pm
MollyL
Just bits and pieces now
12:38 pm
Trifioso
stahhhhhp!
12:42 pm
MollyL
We will, in a little bit
12:51 pm
MLFAN17
trif so few greyed tiles here too
1:44 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :)
1:50 pm
flosey
hi Nan and all, just back for a few more words
1:50 pm
flosey
she said hopefully
1:51 pm
cybernan
listing early -- don't have a lot of time to spend on this today
2:02 pm
cybernan
first de 7 please?
2:10 pm
doseffing
... to have damaged the side of your car ... and then consumed food
2:28 pm
doseffing
...good luck to all who can continue the struggle
2:46 pm
cybernan
ty dos - stopped for lunch
3:11 pm
cybernan
ni 7-8 combo please?
3:11 pm
cybernan
nm - found
3:12 pm
periwinkle
clue pls nan
3:12 pm
periwinkle
hi all
3:13 pm
periwinkle
112 left to find
3:13 pm
cybernan
end in consumed, pt, plural
3:13 pm
periwinkle
ty got them
3:13 pm
periwinkle
trying to get to 100 and then may list
3:13 pm
periwinkle
tought grid for me
3:16 pm
cybernan
listed with 130 to go -- too much time otherwise
3:17 pm
Scrabbler
174 left and here for a break, then I must go shovel snow.
3:17 pm
bonkler
hi all, clue for the single o in the bottom right corner please, for nbt. a hint for the 11 would be swell too :)
3:18 pm
cybernan
yuck -- don't even mention it -- still above freezing here and hope it stays that way for another month - although it is creeping down the mountains
3:18 pm
Scrabbler
We have gotten well over a foot since Monday night. Schools were closed today.
3:19 pm
cybernan
yes -- saw on the news that the east coast was being hit hard
3:19 pm
bonkler
thanks scrabs and nan!
3:20 pm
periwinkle
nan there are two ni8
3:20 pm
cybernan
*so glad we don't live in Montreal or Toronto anymore.
3:20 pm
periwinkle
scrabbs you can keep the snow
3:20 pm
Scrabbler
We received 13 inches as of this morning but it continues to snow. A community southwest of here got 28 inches as of this morning.
3:20 pm
cybernan
yes -- one plural and one pt
3:21 pm
periwinkle
ok that is what I have
3:21 pm
periwinkle
missing 2 of the 8s
3:21 pm
lynxxx
are the fires still burning in California?
3:21 pm
Scrabbler
Clue for the 9's and the 11?
3:21 pm
Scrabbler
Contained as of a few days ago, lynxxx.
3:22 pm
periwinkle
in9/60 and in11/104
3:22 pm
cybernan
I think so, Lynxxx, but they must be getting close to being contained by now
3:22 pm
cybernan
ah - ty for the update, scrabs
3:22 pm
Scrabbler
I found one in9, ty
3:23 pm
bonkler
holy smokes. just finished my first run through, 118 left and i have all but one of the 8s and i needed a clue for a 4/4 yikes!
3:23 pm
periwinkle
you will get the in11 too
3:23 pm
Scrabbler
Wow, bonkler.
3:24 pm
Scrabbler
Is in11 related to in9?
3:25 pm
bichon
ta 5/10, the 5th one, pls
3:25 pm
bichon
yes Scrabs
3:26 pm
Scrabbler
I must have the other in9
3:27 pm
bonkler
in9 that meets in the middle
3:27 pm
periwinkle
to cut or divide by passing through like highways
3:28 pm
Scrabbler
Got it, ty
3:28 pm
periwinkle
yvw scrabbs did you get the 11 too
3:28 pm
bonkler
my eyes are boggled (hah!) time for a break and a bite cheers all, thanks for cues!
3:28 pm
Scrabbler
I have it now
3:29 pm
Scrabbler
I need to go shovel my porch and steps.
3:31 pm
periwinkle
I am stuck bbl
3:31 pm
cybernan
bye scrabs
3:31 pm
cybernan
50 to go, so will keep plugging for a while
3:33 pm
bichon
te 6/18, 4th one, pls
3:35 pm
BzznBea
I'm looking, bihon...
3:38 pm
cybernan
4th one I have is fear
3:39 pm
BzznBea
I think that is it, nan.
3:43 pm
BzznBea
I keep thinking I'm done with the T's...
3:46 pm
cybernan
they are endless
3:47 pm
mixi6
no, there are 74 t's.
3:48 pm
cybernan
this grid really calls for some creative thinking!
3:49 pm
BzznBea
Greyed the last T!! 51 left...<sigh>
3:49 pm
cybernan
grats bea
3:50 pm
periwinkle
wtg bea
3:51 pm
periwinkle
I have all the c words
3:52 pm
BzznBea
I', working on those now...
3:53 pm
cybernan
to 7 please?
3:53 pm
mixi6
sounds similar to pasta.
3:53 pm
BzznBea
most of ripped + Italian male name
3:55 pm
Uneaixoise
TX Bea!
3:55 pm
dcseain
i'm listening to classic Punk. Really takes me back. :)
3:55 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* Thanks for the help :)
3:56 pm
mixi6
3 k's left.
3:56 pm
cybernan
Hard to believe we use to complete grids like this before lickety!
3:56 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats Nan!!
3:57 pm
cybernan
ty seain & une
3:57 pm
cybernan
any clues wanted before I leave?
3:57 pm
dcseain
yay mixi!
3:59 pm
cybernan
grats, mixi
3:59 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone :)
4:00 pm
dcseain
be well, nan
4:01 pm
periwinkle
I have all the d words
4:01 pm
dcseain
nice, peri
4:02 pm
periwinkle
d's and c's so far but still 86 left
4:02 pm
periwinkle
most of them T words
4:05 pm
dcseain
ooh, found the in9
4:07 pm
zoozzoom
You should find the 11 then.
4:09 pm
dcseain
ah, a different in9 to there. ta, zooz!
4:09 pm
zoozzoom
Ah okay. sorry about that.
4:10 pm
dcseain
all good. Got me to look :)
4:10 pm
dcseain
very blah orange sunset here tonight.
4:10 pm
dcseain
so tired of the cold windiness.
4:11 pm
zoozzoom
Love a nice sunset. Yeah I too hate the cold weather. We have months of it to go too :-(
4:14 pm
dcseain
We're 15F below average. Within range, but unhappily cold for this early.
4:14 pm
dcseain
i had forgotten how much i like Iggy Pop
4:15 pm
dcseain
oooh, greyed a second letter.
4:15 pm
zoozzoom
Yes that is cold. We are around 54F here and it is 10:15pm but supposed to be cooling down in the next few days.
4:17 pm
zoozzoom
Iggy pop was here in 2016 for the Isle of Wight festival.
4:17 pm
dcseain
it's 5:15pm here and 31F with a real feel of 21F. Upside, it's not supposed to get much colder overnight.
4:18 pm
dcseain
oh, nice! I last saw him live at a no-longer-extant club called Nation in SW Washington, DC in 1998.
4:18 pm
dcseain
First singer i ever saw sing while crowd-surfing.
4:18 pm
zoozzoom
He can still draw in a massive crowd that is for sure.
4:18 pm
Trifioso
<3 seain <3
4:19 pm
dcseain
hello trifioso! :D
4:20 pm
Trifioso
you made my whole week, brother!
4:20 pm
dcseain
LOL Glad to have been of service. :)
4:21 pm
periwinkle
I have all of the T words, whew!! still 26 left
4:21 pm
dcseain
great progress, peri :)
4:21 pm
zoozzoom
Good going, Peri!
4:22 pm
periwinkle
tyty need a break bbs to finish. I hate the cold but ok as long as there is no snow and ice
4:23 pm
zoozzoom
I'm okay when it is over 70F :-)
4:23 pm
dcseain
agreed! We sadly got some snow last week! We normally don't get any til January here.
4:24 pm
dcseain
i so want those Ses together.
4:25 pm
zoozzoom
Put a number after nine in front and you can.
4:25 pm
dcseain
The Big Sn4 is still one of my favourite cartoons. :)
4:26 pm
dcseain
not the same ;) ta!
4:29 pm
dcseain
ooh, more ae words :)
4:30 pm
zoozzoom
Yeah not keen on those type of words. I struggle to find them.
4:30 pm
dcseain
hmmm. pizza party this evening. I wonder whether it's worth going out.
4:31 pm
zoozzoom
ooh pizza. yum yum!
4:31 pm
dcseain
Ooh, i'm going to a pakora party a night of Chaunakah! Looking forward to that. Must bring some eggs to pakora.
4:32 pm
zoozzoom
Hope you have a great time, DC.
4:33 pm
dcseain
8 days of fried food, who's to complain :)
4:35 pm
dcseain
bbs, gonna go do my language studies for a bit.
4:35 pm
zoozzoom
Have a great eveing, DC. Good to see you.
4:36 pm
dcseain
it's been hard learning proper French having learnt to speak in Québec.
4:46 pm
zoozzoom
Well time for me to retire for the evening. Going to start on my new book by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Happy babbling everyone!
5:08 pm
Trifioso
i greyed a square! wahoo!
5:08 pm
Trifioso
besides the lone o, that is
5:10 pm
dcseain
i greyd the Top E as well as that O thus far.
5:11 pm
dcseain
g'night zooz
5:11 pm
Trifioso
that's the one I did too! lol
5:13 pm
Trifioso
the bottom n is driving me nuts....have 4, cannot find 5th
5:13 pm
dcseain
ah, the top A is that one for me :) i've only 3 of that N.
5:15 pm
dcseain
greyed that A :)
5:15 pm
Trifioso
wahhooo!
6:00 pm
poodletoes
all the ne's come off of the two ne4
6:06 pm
robwhy
I'm having a hard time believing there are 17 k words. I don't see one yet.
6:09 pm
poodletoes
I agreee robwhy
6:12 pm
poodletoes
kr 5 a unit on money\
6:12 pm
penquis
i have five 4 letter K words so far....and a couple have plurals...
6:13 pm
robwhy
a kr6 is also about a foreign money
6:14 pm
robwhy
I think....lol
6:14 pm
odessa
Some of the ks are misspelled c words, if it helps
6:15 pm
robwhy
yeah I'm just monkeying them to see if any of them stick
6:15 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am waiting for the stop script message so i can work this grid. my machine has slowed to a crawl.
6:15 pm
Marc Freeman
in11, please? Does it come of the in9?
6:16 pm
odessa
Pretty much how the last 100 words have been for me. 372 is just too many words. 33 left, not sure I’ll make it
6:16 pm
penquis
that i yes to you, marc...
6:17 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks I found it.
6:34 pm
wht
Just found the first in6,12. That one had been bugging me for a while.
6:35 pm
penquis
i think i am still missing that one....
6:35 pm
wht
That was a clue, penq
6:35 pm
penquis
ah yes...ty....
6:44 pm
dan2bit
whee found the 11! evening all
6:44 pm
rururocks
the k's were tough
6:44 pm
penquis
yes, but i found them all.....yet still missing some other words....
6:48 pm
rururocks
starting to close out some tiles now.. I'm encouraged
6:53 pm
penquis
hard to believe that i can't find a seven letter word when i know the first four letters...
6:54 pm
wht
I can believe it with this grid, penq.
6:54 pm
penquis
i am down to 3....
6:57 pm
wht
I am down to all of yesterday's grid. :^)
7:00 pm
rururocks
it bugs me that words I put in this morning have to be reentered
7:01 pm
penquis
same here....
7:06 pm
penquis
ok...i give up....ti 7/32?
7:06 pm
rururocks
we need jaiannah to come In and clue all the rest :D.
7:06 pm
wht
Even more exhausted, penq.
7:07 pm
penquis
dumb word....ty wht.....i am done...
7:07 pm
wht
It is more of what you are with this grid. :^)
7:09 pm
penquis
amen to that...
7:09 pm
wht
I need a clue for the last to7,28
7:10 pm
penquis
same start....ends in a vowel....
7:10 pm
penquis
first four letters are same....
7:11 pm
BzznBea
This is the lastest I have been here in ages...
7:13 pm
MollyL
Bea is doing shots, staying up late and dancing while she plays Babble.
7:13 pm
penquis
hi bea...
7:13 pm
BzznBea
Oh, Molly...If only...!
7:13 pm
rururocks
bet the shots are jello shots
7:14 pm
MollyL
I have never understood the appeal of Jell-o Shots
7:14 pm
BzznBea
Jello shots are for wimps...
7:17 pm
rururocks
I won't argue that
7:18 pm
BzznBea
However, tequila shots are nor fo rme...
7:20 pm
rururocks
me neither.. tequila is way to heavy a drink for me
7:23 pm
BzznBea
It's just nasty!
7:24 pm
BzznBea
It took me months to be able to eat anything with salt with out wretching...
7:25 pm
dcseain
i don't like tequila.
7:25 pm
penquis
congrats...
7:25 pm
Dorens
sounds like a story behind this one bzz ;D
7:25 pm
penquis
i am heading out....goodnight all....
7:26 pm
BzznBea
Yea! wht!
7:26 pm
wht
good night penq
7:26 pm
dcseain
g'night penquis
7:26 pm
BzznBea
Unfortunately, you win the prize, dorens. =)
7:28 pm
dcseain
we retar our roofs here.
7:33 pm
wht
good night all.
7:33 pm
dcseain
g'night wht
7:34 pm
BzznBea
24 left and they are all D's...
7:41 pm
BzznBea
The first de7/32, please?
7:42 pm
mixi6
related to teeth
7:43 pm
BzznBea
Ty, mixi.
7:45 pm
Marc Freeman
er6, please?
7:47 pm
mixi6
a list of mistakes and their corrections.
7:49 pm
BzznBea
And my last one...de6/21...the one after devalues?
7:49 pm
Marc Freeman
I'm stuck because the er5/10 is the word for mistake and I don't see how to put something of the same in front of it.
7:51 pm
BzznBea
Marc, shorten the er5.
7:52 pm
BzznBea
Add a different vowel and add opp of short is **ll
7:53 pm
BzznBea
To er* is human...
7:54 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks now I need the last er5/10, please?
7:54 pm
Marc Freeman
The 'e's' are driving me crazy
7:55 pm
hurshy
probably the last er5 is the one that's like, that song has three v----- and you sing the chorus between each one. but without the v.
7:56 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks got it
7:59 pm
Marc Freeman
en7, the first one please?
8:16 pm
mixi6
en + not guns but ****r*.
8:19 pm
Marc Freeman
sorry if the last 5 letters is a work could you please give me the stats for it, thanks,
8:21 pm
Marc Freeman
I meant is a word sorry
8:22 pm
Marc Freeman
any other clue you could give me, please?
8:23 pm
hurshy
the word for these ( ) take out the par and the h
8:24 pm
mixi6
****r* give electric shocks.
8:26 pm
Marc Freeman
finally got it thanks
8:26 pm
Marc Freeman
Really tough to clue
8:31 pm
HarryHood
I really dislike the letter K.
8:33 pm
HarryHood
76 - listing this lovely grid!
8:41 pm
Marc Freeman
me too I am on the 'k's' now and feeling like I am never going to get through them. I have only found two.
8:43 pm
HarryHood
working backwards, so still on P
8:44 pm
HarryHood
I found 8 of the Ks without the list...a miracle
8:46 pm
HarryHood
now I'm up to K.
8:51 pm
HarryHood
found them (with the help of morewords..)
8:59 pm
HarryHood
need clues?
9:00 pm
gapeach
Yes, please need ta5-10 the 5th one. Thanks
9:01 pm
HarryHood
add the stuff you put on your roof
9:02 pm
gapeach
Thanks so much, Harry.
9:02 pm
Marc Freeman
finally finished. Thanks for all the help and have a great nite
9:03 pm
gapeach
Congrats, Harry and Marc.
9:03 pm
HarryHood
ty. hagn all
10:04 pm
dizgrannie
checking my profile pic
10:05 pm
dizgrannie
yep all good. see ya at the flip
10:25 pm
harpjane
hello 169 to go
10:51 pm
Pinikula
in11 ??? holy cow!
10:53 pm
Pinikula
bingo - got it!!!
10:53 pm
Pinikula
woot woot...think I'm done for the day now! :)
10:57 pm
harpjane
still have 123 here
11:22 pm
grannyrose
to force air into, and PT
11:36 pm
harpjane
73 to go
11:47 pm
harpjane
the last to7?
11:50 pm
grannyrose
to7. rocky outcrop + film award, swap last letter for a vowel
11:51 pm
grannyrose
or decay backwards + heavy weight + vowel
11:55 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :)
11:57 pm
Pinikula
...and back -
257 to go...don't think I'm going to make it
11:57 pm
cybernan
hi pini
11:58 pm
Pinikula
hi nan :)
11:58 pm
harpjane
lol pini I have 35 me neither
11:59 pm
Pinikula
we're on a roll, eh, jane?
12:00 am
Pinikula
we're all rockin' it!